Simon James

Brexit was a fascist project. The objective was to establish a mainstream fascist political party in the UK. Suddenly both their flagship project and the party they established are under threat. The backlash from the far right in politics and the media has been hysterical.

Explosive 53-page congressional report cites allegations involving 11 women, possible criminal conspiracy, and evidence of a Justice Department cover-up. We examine the evidence and the legal case. michaeldsellers.substack.com/p/house-dems...

#bbcbreakfast Brexit has not been “reopened because of Andy Burnham”, but because: - it’s turned out to be a costly mistake - geopolitics shows we can’t rely on the US, but need to work with our neighbours with whom we share common interests - the public has turned against it

One day I hope to see a similar apology from the BBC. Sadly, that day will not be anytime soon while GB News and other hard right political alumni continue to control the output of BBC News. #r4today

It's political advice you can see from space, Justin. Nothing Haldane says can be seen as just a technocrat speaking. #r4today

This is when you know an organisation is screwed. The company is collapsing and the boss blames the staff.

Blue Robbo's lead-in to the 8.10 interview was basically to pour scorn on a politician saying political things in order to further their political objectives and reframe the political debate. #r4today

Brexit's Henry Dimbleby on, too. You're spoiling us with that half-hour, #r4today.

The Conservatives wouldn't have had an 80-seat majority to "betray Brexit" without Farage's party standing down during that General Election - and it seems getting paid to do it. #r4today

After the Ballon D'or, into the studio struts the Ballon Bore, Nigel Farage. #r4today

This is just the maddest argument. These people would trap us in poverty to keep a decade old commitment, which no one ever actually made, to an electorate which no longer exists.

Speaking of dinosaurs, Justin, when are you interviewing the Farageosaurus? #r4today

Finally, someone with power said it. Regulate social media, tax tech companies like any other business, and prosecute the managers and owners when they use the business to break the law. End billionaires before billionaires end all of us. #Lula #r4today bsky.app/profile/adam...

My heart is heavy. Walter Koenig, our Ensign Pavel Chekov, passed away early today. Walter and I met on the bridge of the Enterprise in the 1960s, and we stayed friends for nearly six decades. When Brad and I married in 2008, Walter stood beside us as our best man.

What is the BBC's justification for maintaining this level of coverage of Reform now it has slipped into third place?

No surprise Montague sets up the Brazilian election piece from the reaction of Bolsonaro Jr. #wato

Bolsonaro's loss is not just a loss for Bolsonaro. It's a loss for Trump. For Musk. For Milei. For Netanyahu. For Farage. For Meta and Zuckerberg. For the meat barons, the fossil fuel corporations, and the rest of the neocolonial looters. And it is a massive win for humanity and the living planet.

"There continues to be substantial increases in AI adoption, but it is overwhelmingly for low-cost AI." Also: using claims of "political opposition" to avoid building new data centers that they don't want to build for financial reasons. Also: Ellison in big trouble: Oracle at junk bond level.

Let's start Monday with an edition of "I told you so" The report into the Online Safety Act landed. It has delivered no significant reduction in harm and sees continued high exposure rates whilst putting many legitimate news and information sites behind age-gates and paywalls.

The presenter of #r4today opines.

First Serbia, and now an even more seismic election result for the geopolitics of now. Hard to overstate how important Brazil bucking the far right trend in Latin America is - also a huge blow to Trump www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

🔴 REVEALED: Palantir led closed-door review of how MoD buys software The review was presented to defence minister Luke Pollard by Palantir UK boss Louis Mosley in Feb and has mostly been implemented None of this was made public New investigation🧵 democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-p...

SpaceX, the biggest Ponzi scheme in Wall Street history • SpaceX's efforts to finalize $40bn off-balance-sheet debt structure for its artificial intelligence buildout have been complicated by recent market turmoil. • The transaction is designed to fund the purchase of Nvidia Corp's chips through a

www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/o...

Three weeks ago AI founders were all over the press making vague but portentous comments about the existential risks and power of their models. This week their models are part of a widespread security failure around critical systems such as your bank account..a more immediate and serious risk 1/

Hey everyone, gather around! Elon Musk, the trillionaire defense contractor currently spending >$400m on political campaigns to prop up the party of a deeply unpopular president who launched the Iran War has some thoughts about Ukraine, elites, and money in politics.

I’m sorry, who is the president of the United States? Elon Musk or Donald Trump?

Joe Kernan is a partisan hack and aggressively unintelligent, and platforms false narratives. youtu.be/_jhNN86coMc?...

Still ageing like milk

Oh look, Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner is exactly as corrupt as we all know he is. “More than $700 MILLION in transfers” — Saudi Arabia & UAE set up a multi-billion dollar slush fund for him. www.vanityfair.com/story/jared-...

Again: Why does Musk have operational control over any *military grade* version of anything. That’s not how DOD contracts work.

SUNDAY: Reform UK councillor George Madgwick appears in ITV Reform UK doc for being close to far right group Portsmouth Patriots. TODAY: He's on LBC being treated like a credible voice. @lbc.co.uk aren't innocent in the ushering in of MAGA fascism. (Look how many racists they've had presenting).

"The IMF intervened twice on their demented plan. The Bank of England rushed in to prevent a £1.5 trillion collapse of pension funds. The budget still cost pensions £75 billion. That’s £1 per second for 2,325 years. Or £3,600 per hour, every hour, since Hannibal marched his elephants over the Alps."

Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation blueprint, is the to-do list. The Center for Progressive Reform found the administration had initiated or completed 53% of its domestic agenda by February this year. Its architects now run the machinery that decides what gets funded and what doesn’t. #r4today

Just as Macron and other French politicians have suggested, there is plenty of evidence that the force behind the riots in France is the Kremlin... and not "immigrants." Indeed, the Kremlin comments appears to be perfectly coordinated with a massive influence campaign designed to support Le Pen.

Jack Ross, CEO of Turning Point UK and a former Conservative election candidate, has been suspended from the party in the wake of undercover sting by Al Jazeera reportedly showing him discussing the cost of hiring contract killers. Story from @benquinn75.bsky.social and me

Just to be clear, Elon Musk’s disabling of starlink/starshield helps Putin target civilians rather than Ukrainian forces. By hampering air defences, he’s not just helping Russia’s military. He’s helping it commit war crimes

Reform's Danny Kruger: acting in the least-fine traditions of British politics. thecritic.co.uk/fara...