Ladies and gentlemen, your Home Secretary (Labour Party, since it's not remotely obvious):
#ShabanaMahmood told “white liberal” hecklers to “fuck right off” after being accused at an on-stage event of copying the policies of Nigel Farage’s Reform UK.
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Motherfucker you JUST did a kindergarten photo op with Barack Obama
Absolutely fantastic statement for the Telegraph to make in their article where not only did the provider of their MRP forget to remove Greens from constituencies and suggest Reform's strongest seat in Scotland would be Strathkelvin and Bearsden, *they didn't even do D'Hondt correctly*
A close up of black and yellow trainers
Nat shoes on for the last 2-and-a-bit weeks
America used to import tomatoes without any tariffs. The Trump administration said that arrangement was unfair.
Now, tomato prices are rising faster than gas prices.
Her office said the Office for Students (OfS), which regulates universities, had received reports of speakers and lecturers being harassed and blocked for holding gender-critical or religious views, of foreign interference suppressing academic freedoms, and of ideological belief requirements featuring in job advertisements.
The OfS will be able to use the new complaints scheme from September. From April, it will be able to fine universities the greater of £500,000 or 2 per cent of their income, which would amount to millions of pounds for large institutions, for breaches under the Freedom of Speech Act. Ultimately, universities could be deregistered for egregious cases.
Bridget Phillipson will introduce new laws to make it possible for Universities to be fined millions of pounds if they don't silence students who protest bigots invited onto their campuses. It's like the Tories never left office.
Tory election poster that says they stopped SNP majorities in 2016, 2021 and 2026
I doubt any of the unionist parties will recognise a pro Indy Majority in the next parliament anymore than they have in this one .. I think we need an overall SNP majority .. 👇
utterly damning of both Starmer as an individual and the British state as an institution in one casual swoop!
think this is wise in theory (why not try to appease your opponents by finding common ground away from what you disagree on!) but in practice, gender critical campaigners just won't listen to what Stonewall has to say anyway so no real point in trying to reach out and alienate allies by doing so
Literally this morning. This isn't some random transphobic account, it's a prominent figure in UK anti-trans politics, with 160k followers, routinely promoted and RTd by Rowling, "Sex Matters", etc. Just openly calling to completely ban being trans.
What are trans folks supposed to do with that?
So voting for Labour in Scotland isn't a vote for/endorsement of Starmer? Utter nonsense! Scottish Labour is a branch office of Starmer's party. There is no separate party in Scotland.
It's no surprise really: Sarwar opened his mouth... and more lies came out.
Unfortunately we need 'industrial scale' solar projects because we are an industrial scale country.
Solar on rooftops is great (getting ours installed on Mon!) but it only gets you so far.
Look obviously he couldn’t have predicted that Romeo knew, but it is quite remarkable how much Starmer’s strategy is built around surviving just one more day rather than surviving several years. He never thinks about the implications of his moves.
Doesn’t bear thinking about
‘scream if you wanna go fascister’
Is it worse to be the PM who overruled a failed vetting & lied about it, or the PM so un prime ministerial nobody bothered to tell him they were overruling the vetting? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
This Labour debacle (and it is a *Labour* debacle - Reform are loving this) is entirely of their own making.
The briefed @davidbol.bsky.social that they had a path to Bute House - fully understanding what that meant - to shore up their own vote by positioning themselves as a realistic alternative.
In België hoor ik kei-X heel vaak. (Keivaak, zelfs.)
is it believable that no one told the Prime Minister that his pick for ambassador to the US failed security vetting, not really
Is it believable that there’s *no record* of anyone telling the Prime Minister that is picked for ambassador to the US failed security vetting, we’re about to find out yes
Why is this site so glitchy boots today……
EXCL: Peter Mandelson failed his security vetting clearance but the decision was overruled by Foreign Office to ensure he could take up his post as ambassador to US - a Guardian investigation by Paul Lewis @direthoughts.com & me
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The BBC undercover investigation into false immigration claims is deeply irresponsible journalism. It does not highlight that exploitation by unregulated advisors occurs because legal aid was cut and the system is insane to navigate.
In serious times, Scotland needs serious leadership.
The SNP will always be on Scotland’s side, working to help with the cost of living, improve our NHS, and deliver the fresh start of independence.
I will be launching our manifesto at 10am - watch live on @theSNP channels.
"Every single time an age authentication mandate goes into effect, the internet shrinks some." — @ericgoldman.bsky.social
Not least because Labour themselves told the press a fortnight ago this was their strategy in the first place
Sarwar could be in front of a TV camera any time he likes today an say “if becoming FM relies on Reform votes, I will not put myself forward for FM” and put an end to it all. I don’t think he will.
Lads, when you brief that you can get Anas into Bute House on the back of unionist MSPs *and the party projected to be the biggest Unionist party is Reform UK*, the implication is clear!
Bizarre they'd try and make it a Swinney thing when it was literally Offord that said it?
Wait, what? Scottish Labour were, themselves, briefing that they'd do such a deal around 9 days ago!
This was my original story on this, revealing Labour insiders would rely on Reform to vote in Anas Sarwar as first Minister if the numbers stack up.