Diane Abbott, "It's one thing to say as he insists on saying: nobody told me, nobody told me anything"

"The question is, why didn't the Prime Minister ask"

GB News Hosts Reform UK and Conservative Politicians and Activists Posing as Ordinary Voters The individuals were presented as ordinary members of the public, without informing viewers of their political affiliations, a new Byline Times investigation reveals

Important story by Max Colbert here:

🔴 GB News Hosts Reform UK and Conservative Politicians and Activists Posing as Ordinary Voters

The individuals were presented as ordinary members of the public, without informing viewers of their political affiliations, a new Byline Times investigation reveals

John Simpson: Today, governments can get away with anything. Israel is getting away with journacide There used to be some sense that killing a reporter would mean serious consequences. Now that understanding has vanished, writes the BBC’s world affairs editor

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Stewart Lee: Kanye West’s banned. Meanwhile certain people get away with antisemitism scot-free Obviously, rap stars advertising swastika T-shirts during the Super Bowl is unacceptable. There seem to be different rules for another kind of racism in Britain

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The deputy leader of Reform UK, Richard Tice, owns a property company - Quidnet REIT.

From 2020 to 2022 it paid Tice and his trust £600k in dividends. Quidnet should have paid £120k of tax on those dividends. It didn't.

A 🧵 with evidence from the company's own filings:

Why do some killer motorists get short prison sentences? UK road safety laws are letting them off the hook | Sally Kyd Two court cases last month illustrate how confusion over legal definitions are feeding into a culture of poor driving standards, says law professor Sally Kyd

Why do some killer motorists get short prison sentences? UK road safety laws are letting them off the hook | Sally Kyd www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

What I learned from my first few weeks as a Green MP? Most politicians have no clue how tough things are out there | Hannah Spencer With this escalating cost of living crisis, so many are really suffering – yet Labour lacks the imagination, boldness and will to do anything about it, says Green party MP Hannah Spencer

What I learned from my first few weeks as a Green MP? Most politicians have no clue how tough things are out there | Hannah Spencer www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Stewart Lee: Farage already has his dog-whistle excuse prepared in case he loses - ‘family voting’ What do you do if you’ve been beaten hollow by a Green female plumber and people don’t like your links to Trump? Undermine faith in democracy!

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Tony Blair: Antisemitism – The Challenge In an op-ed for The Free Press, Blair writes that antisemitism is rising as leaders fail to challenge its roots.

I think this oped by Tony Blair gets key boundaries wrong for sincerity in challenging antisemitism in UK. It goes too far in insisting on agreement with several of his views of Israel/Palestine & war in Gaza conflict as a litmus test for challenging antisemitism
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Girlguiding didn’t have to do this to its trans members. There was another way | Zoe Williams Girlguiding’s response to last year’s supreme court ruling is not the humane option – and changes the organisation’s identity, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

Girlguiding didn’t have to do this to its trans members. There was another way | Zoe Williams www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Predictably, Matt Goodwin's GB News debate was a disaster. He opens with defending the idea "everyone" uses AI tools for research now, and it's entirely legitimate. So the book is undeniably a product of using LLMs on some level. 1/

Kinks guitarist Dave Davies hits back at Moby for calling 1970 single Lola ‘gross and transphobic’ The band’s co-founder responded to the US musician’s comments, defending the song and saying they are ‘not transphobic’

Kinks guitarist Dave Davies hits back at Moby for calling 1970 single Lola ‘gross and transphobic’ www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...

We need to be honest about Iran – and how our rampant greed for oil is causing mayhem | George Monbiot Oil has empowered capitalism, and some of the world’s most exploitative regimes. Move away from it and we can solve some of the key issues we face, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

We need to be honest about Iran – and how our rampant greed for oil is causing mayhem | George Monbiot www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Stewart Lee: Blair. Hegseth. Disinformation. Hats. This post-truth news cycle is mutilizing our brains How are we supposed to cope with the tidal wave of lies, posturing and mangled English that is the byproduct of Trump at war?

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If you’re reading this and you’re scared, that’s understandable. And I can’t tell you that you’ll be able to pass as cis. But just to give you a single data point, I didn’t come out at work until I was 34. You can be alright, and you do have a future. People know what trans people are. It’s fine.

“My vote doesn’t matter? Why women deserve a fairer electoral system Too many women still feel their vote doesn’t matter. A fairer electoral system could change that

Too many women still feel their vote doesn’t matter. A fairer electoral system could change that #IWD
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Zack walking through the centre of an aisle in Peckham

Camden Green Party altogether in a park

Barnet big crowd in a circle

Haringey greens holding up vote green signs

So energised by our Saturday tour.

Four boroughs in one day - Southwark, Camden, Barnet and Haringey.

In every space: hundreds and hundreds of volunteers joining our Green Party, ready to make hope normal again.

Join us: join.greenparty.org.uk 💚🙌🏽

‘It’s 10,000 people saying – we’re with you’: inside Trans Mission, a night of solidarity and joy for a community under stress Olly Alexander and Glyn Fussell’s starry, Live Aid-inspired shindig – featuring Christine and the Queens, Kae Tempest and Munroe Bergdorf – is a show of unity in a dark time for trans people

‘It’s 10,000 people saying – we’re with you’: inside Trans Mission, a night of solidarity and joy for a community under stress www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m...

Read these words from 100 years ago about immigrants in Britain – and see how history is chillingly repeating itself | George Monbiot Shabana Mahmood’s new rights clampdown looks outlandish until we remember that this kind of hardline action is part of our country’s fabric, says George Monbiot

Read these words from 100 years ago about immigrants in Britain – and see how history is chillingly repeating itself | George Monbiot www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Iran is a nation held hostage by its own regime, but haunted by the fate of its neighbors. We are stuck in a house we hate, surrounded by fires we fear more."

A bad government is survivable. No government is not. We are not silent because we agree. We are cautious because we’ve learned—too well—what happens when superpowers decide to "help." In a sentence:

Freedom, in their language, often means vacuum, fire, and permanent instability. Right now, many Iranians live with three truths at once: The Islamic Republic is morally and politically bankrupt. The alternatives offered by foreign actors are not liberation—they’re collapse.

So no, we don't trust the U.S. or Israel. Not because we support our regime—but because we know how imperial powers treat ‘liberated’ nations in the Middle East.

On one hand, we face a deeply dysfunctional government, led by the Supreme Leader and the Islamic Republic’s unelected institutions.

"As an Iranian, I can tell you the situation is no longer just political—it's existential. We are trapped between two collapsing structures: one internal, one external.

Taken from Twitter by Cyrus Jannsen

An Iranian man left this comment on my YouTube channel. This is without a doubt the single best explanation of the reality facing Iranian people today👇

🚨PARLIAMENT TO DEBATE A PETITION FOR BY-ELECTIONS TO BE TRIGGERED AUTOMATICALLY WHEN MP’S DEFECT YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic

🚨VERY IMPORTANT!

ON 16 MARCH PARLIAMENT WILL DEBATE A PETITION FOR BY-ELECTIONS TO BE TRIGGERED AUTOMATICALLY WHEN MP’S DEFECT

Make sure your MP attends!
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Zack Polanski challenged on “unproductive wealth”, welfare and international relations YouTube video by BBC Politics

Thanks for all the kind comments!

I do agree that the Green Party seems to be interviewed with so much more hostility than anyone else.

But you know what - bring it on. 💚

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Successive interviews by Nick Robinson this morning perfectly sum up the BBC:

with Zack Polanski: sneering, aggressive, constantly interrupting.

with David Bull, Reform's Chairman: polite, nodding along, barely any interruptions.

Amazing. Will share the link when it's up so you can listen too.