It's a good job Nigel Farage didn't inadvertently overclaim a fiver on Universal Credit, because he'd really be in trouble then

“It’s the greatest job in the world”

“I’m going to see out the term as Mayor of Manchester”.

After hearing all the evidence of the last couple of days.

I think Starmer did the only thing he could.

I can’t help my opinion on Burnham as I think he is vastly overrated.

Suella unsurprisingly joins Reform, saying she feels like she’s come home.

Quite ironic considering Reform had probably been telling her to ‘go home’.

a group of despicable me characters are riding a roller coaster together Alt: a group of despicable me characters are riding a roller coaster together

Rehearsals for the "Ed Davey becomes Leader of the Opposition after the 50th (approx) Tory defection to Reform" photo op

The least surprising defection of all... Poor Farage, so many egos waiting to take over...

ICE has now carried out two summary executions of innocent people in the streets of an American city.

If you work for ICE, there's no denying that's the mission you're supporting now. You don't get to claim in one year or ten or twenty that you didn't know what ICE was doing. You're complicit.

Nigel Farage is hellbent on stuffing his party with more and more failed Tories.

You couldn’t trust them then, and you can’t trust them now.

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A street scene in Minneapolis from above showing federal agents spread out across a deserted junction, tear gas all around.

Minneapolis today. One agent yelled "Boo Hoo" at protestors after the killing.

Recruitment is crucial: angry, uneducated, racist, violent, easily manipulated...

Reform is not really a party at all but Nigel Farage’s personal fan club - David Behrens I don’t wish to sound unnecessarily lavatorial about this, but sometimes it is necessary to flush several times before the most malodorous contents of the bowl can finally be rinsed away. That is pret...

Excellent from @yorkshirepost.co.uk. Reform councils are a joke because they're just bickering, inexperienced Farage groupies.

And former Tories who defect will be expected to hide their own huge egos behind that of the Great Leader.

Jenrick won't like that... 😂

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Badenoch and Farage competing for the "Biggest Traitor to their Country" prize would be hilarious if it wasn't true.

No one, even his followers are surprised...

What is wrong with America?

Deform-led Warwickshire County Council has withdrawn funding for Atherstone Warm Hub for the Homeless, run by volunteers.

Wonder if that covers the six-figure sum charged by the consultants they hired to advise on cutting council costs?

🆘 “This is the pure hell of Brexit for food exporters.”

Toby Ovens of Broughton Transport told MPs at the business & trade committee that Brexit has been a costly and logistic nightmare:

Vets chasing lorries.

Meat stuck in Calais for a month.
£16,000 burned because of a stamp in the wrong place.

Labour government is backing Northern Powerhouse Rail, giving the North the transport links it deserves. Not before time, but welcome.
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McBride: Look, people are clutching their pearls at this guy yelling something at the president. They are more offended by a worker standing up to the president and calling him out for his hypocrisy than they are by the president trying to cover up for a human trafficking ring

the European mission to Greenland was fourth in the BBC news running order this morning, which feels a bit like doing a light "and finally..." item about the archduke's motorcade taking a wrong turn in Sarajevo

Reader Contribution: CHANGE... #Fuck it’s difficult... Why real change hurts more than we expect - and why that doesn’t mean it isn’t happening

One of the best things about Bearly Politics is the people around it.

This reader contribution from @metaphorqu.bsky.social is thoughtful, generous, and deeply relevant to where we are right now.

While I've been critical about the government, this did make me stop and think.

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Minneapolis ICE shooting live updates: ICE agent who shot Renee Good suffered internal bleeding, officials say The ICE agent who shot Renee Good suffered internal bleeding, multiple U.S. officials familiar with his medical condition told ABC News.

The Regime is stating that the ICE THUG who shot Renee Good, suffered internal injury that caused bleeding. That he shot in self defense.
Can we say BULL - SHIT‼️
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Jenrick making his pitch to lead Reform. A country that buys his vile, racist, snake oil deserves everything it will subsequently reap.

BREAKING:

TIM WALZ: "If you see these ICE agents in your neighborhood, take out that phone and hit record."

"Help us create a database of the atrocities against Minnesotans, not just to establish a record for posterity, but to bank evidence for future prosecution."

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣I doubt they could keep canals open or manage any railway system...

BBC report at a headline level that Grok will now not make sexually exploitative images any more. An actual reporter comes on and explains that it will do no such thing, and will just make the images invisible in the UK. These are two very, very different things.

Farage of course did the "thank you Kemi" bit, but it must be satisfying for her to watch these shambles

EXACTLY

Ok @bbc5live.bsky.social ... We've had quite enough of the extended free party political broadcast for Reform that you're currently carrying.

Jenrick is quite capable of whining on for hours yet. Time to let him be, please!

Robert Jenrick illegally rushed through planning permission to try help a billionaire avoid £45m in property tax.

But he is sick of seeing Asylum Seekers break the law.

Because that’s only for him and his rich buddies.

Sums up how rubbish Badenoch is that she has been forced into a “You’re dumping me? I’m dumping you!” rather than just sacking and disbarring Jenrick over the many, many things that would have kept him out of any Tory Cabinet since 1968.

Robert Jenrick defects to Reform UK after Conservative party suspension Announcement comes after Kemi Badenoch sacked shadow justice secretary over evidence of defection plot

Anyone surprised?

Robert Jenrick defects to Reform UK.

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