William Avery

Farage threatening the rights of EU citizens with settled status to have benefits including pensions in this country They've contributed economically and they have earned those rights Let's be ready!

Lula: "We had to overcome foreign interference through digital platforms, which we will have to regulate. A crime in the digital world must be treated the same as a crime in the real world. We cannot have monstrous companies earning millions... not paying taxes... wanting to steer elections."

Unfortunately, the winning candidate was from a party that required him to support UK withdrawal from the ECHR, just like Reform.

once again a criminal says the loud bit out loud regarding the one actual use of cryptocurrency - crime once again regulators and governments will ignore it

Gotta love the lead pic on this story. Talk about "the usual suspects."🤣 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Very concerned at the potential explosive device on Park Street. I'm at the police cordon monitoring the situation; thank you to emergency services for their quick response. Park Street is closed to all traffic including pedestrians, and nearby buildings including City Hall have been evacuated.

10 years ago: DEM candidate Hillary Clinton said Putin wants Trump as his puppet. Trump: No puppet! No puppet! It’s pretty clear ..; You’re the puppet! It’s pretty clear you won’t admit … No, you’re the puppet! You are willing to spout the Putin line ... & break up NATO ... Trump scowled.

Robert Jenrick suffers embarrassing blunder after asking Reform UK voters if they work metro.co.uk/2026/10/21/r...

So this is a big deal, and perhaps even *the day Brexit delusions die*. For the EU threatens to restrict automotive sector access unless the UK follows its trade and investment rules. And China threatens to retaliate if the UK does what the EU wants. www.politico.eu/article/chin...

If we're going to conditional poll "what if Nigel Farage throws a hissy fit about EU relations" can we also do "what if someone actually shows some leadership and makes a positive case"? Because the UK isn't getting closer without the latter anyway.

Police investigate Reform mayor for allegedly sharing ‘naked and sexualised’ images of himself

Producer: “Who can we get to represent the views of voters in struggling working class towns?” Researcher: “How about a London born privately educated banjo player who is the son of the billionaire who owns GB News?” Producer: “Perfect!”

The initial snarky comment is that the German car makers have finally come to the rescue. The more considered version is that the UK produces far fewer cars than it sells, unlike Japan or South Korea. So this is a way to try and replace Chinese with EU cars.

Latest follower gets instablock.🤣

"Releasing over 700 files at once is not a demonstration of scholarship, but a demonstration of power. We urge mathematicians to discontinue their work with #OpenAI and to return to a vision of science that centers human understanding." - www.ahmath.org/statements #ai

Non, la désinformation russe n'a pas ralenti après les attaques ukrainiennes sur les infrastructures du géant informatique Yandex www.liberation.fr/checknews/no...

Tories accuse Burnham of “unforgivable crime” of telling the truth about Brexit.

Nothing is more important than intimidating asylum seekers

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Solar panels are always the giveaway that any accusations of "overcapacity" are basically "we resent China winning" since the price keeps coming down even though China dominates the market, and that is changing the world - for good. ourworldindata.org/grapher/sola... ustr.gov/sites/defaul...

Thames Valley Police have responded to claims by Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s lawyer that search warrants issued by officers at the Royal Lodge at Windsor were unlawful. From the new Private Eye, in shops now.

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Exclusive: In 2010 letter, Trump pleaded with Macau leader to correct ‘outrageous’ trademark defeat, attaching TV ratings hongkongfp.com/2026/10/06/e...

Afraid there has always in my lifetime been a fair number in the further-left that are antisemitic, who tend to move around parties because of how completely toxic they are.

⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵 In July 1967, 19-year-old PFC Robert L. Hunt Jr. (below) returned home on leave to Cairo, IL. Hours after being arrested, he was found hanged in a jail cell. The ruling: suicide. Pull up a seat🪑, my friends. (cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

Finally, my scapula will be returned to me.

Nicholas Garland for the New Statesman 1974 on the Wilson renegotiation with the EEC - via Richard Johnson, QMUL

Fascinating. The motion doesn’t mention trans rights at all, it is about equalities law in general, but Nation.Cymru, normally a big fan of devolved rights, is against this because it might benefit trans people. nation.cymru/news/plaid-c...

📈 Only one policy option gets £92bn in growth. 💪 Only one policy option boosts our exports by £43bn every single year. 🇪🇺 Britain needs to rejoin the EU. And the EU needs Britain.

So odd that AI cannot count. The page to which it links clearly shows the required five lines above a treble staff. (The clef is the curly-wurly letter G on the left of the treble staff. I think it's a music theory fail if you call a staff a clef, too.)

This is an outstanding point

I have said before and will again: any electoral reform commission must NOT rule out a change of system BEFORE the next election if needed. We cannot risk a minority vote handing a huge majority to any party that would take a shredder to democracy itself.

"Fantabulosa" has been added to the OED. www.oed.com/dictionary/f...

“I know it’s bad news for you” says Lucy Powell to the Head of Racism at @lbc @nickferrarilbc.bsky.social as the RAF “attackers” aren’t actually “terrible forrins” Absolutely class!

Since I'm not going to Liverpool this year to discuss, a short state of play on UK EU relations and the Labour Party. The very short version - they're terrified. And trying to find ways to avoid the question none of which will work.

It’s great to see the BBC in Bristol & other local media, report on Andy Burnham backing mass transit for Bristol & Bath, TWO MONTHS after Bristol Post readers first found out 👇🏼 (If you want local news two months ahead of everyone else, read the Bristol Post.) www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...

Just renewing my broadband contract over the phone, and there's no hold music. Have they realised that it just enrages people?

I remember reading a post, a while back, by a man who had a pack of chocolate biscuits in his food parcel. The family sat down to tea and biscuits and had their first ever proper conversation about their situation and how they could deal with it.

Full of all the usual nonsense of course, but this is nevertheless a crucial moment. By far the most positive a Tory leader has been about EU anything since 2016.

Today’s equinox was the 79th since Türkiye applied to join the EU. ☀️🇹🇷🇪🇺