It's certainly a bold approach to take to one of your party's core voting groups two weeks before elections.

Thing is, Home Secretary, if you tell people like me to fuck right off, who supported the Labour Party precisely because it has historically been an anti-racist party (amongst other principles you have also jettisoned), we might just do that. And I don't think Labour can afford to lose our votes.

True; and also Reckless..

Strong Andrea Jenkyns vibe off of Mahmood these days

Still can't get over this. How to win friends and influence people.

Shabana Mahmood swears at hecklers over Reform UK comments Home secretary accuses protesters of trying to ‘delegitimise’ concerns people have over immigration

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Also:

In other news

"We accidentally made an animated graphic for Reform and then did a party political broadcast for them by mistake."

OMFG I had to go and check that this ACTUALLY happened.

Since when does the BBC ever do chyrons with a political party's branding, rather than their own? Not to mention this is during a pre-election campaign purdah.

(h/t @iainsol.bsky.social)

Gracias

Ingles aqui.. Que significa ‘B’ por favor?

I'm not joking when I say mRNA technology is more important than "AI" and it's a tragedy we're throwing billions into one while our government is aggressively defunding the other.

Sat in a rural pub last night. Conversation one side about the BBC story on dodgy migration solicitors ("Muslims just claim they are gay and they get automatic permanent residency"). Interesting *that* story cuts through. The other side about crypto.

I was sitting in the pub with the info-sphere.

Haha 🤣

Rentoul continuing his attempt to challenge Jenkins as the Guy Who Is Always Wrong

The number of people crossing by small boat this year compared to last year. The fall is very real and not seasonal. Little difference in numbers during the winter but since numbers increased in spring, half as many people are coming as this time last year. This is mainly because of European trends.

Economists Slam Reform UK's 'Fantasy' Claims That 'Boriswave' Migrants Will Cost Households £20,000 “Reform have simply invented their own numbers..." say experts

So it turns out Nigel Farage's widely-reported claims that 'Boriswave' migrants will cost every household £20,000 are based on dodgy figures and inflated assumptions.

Reform have simply invented their own numbers…” say experts.

bylinetimes.com/2026/04/16/e...

Politicians condemn 'sham' lawyers as SRA probes asylum firms Regulator vows to take action against anyone in breach of their duties.

www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/politic...

Bravo BBC; Bravo

UK economy showed surprise 0.5% growth before Iran war ONS figure for February suggests Britain was gaining momentum before conflict dashed hopes of recovery

You can see why Rachel Reeves seemed quite cross yesterday

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Watched this last night and was genuinely shocked that what seemed like it should be a BBC London story about one allegedly bent solicitor was presented as the lead story on the News at Ten, with the implication it was illustrative of a big national problem.

Editorial oversight seems to have basically collapsed. Even when it's long form reporting.

BBC are being slow to respond to whether they will correct the false claim that immigration hasn't really fallen
bsky.app/profile/sund...

Here's where you can register your dissatisfaction www.bbc.co.uk/contact/comp...

2nd day in a row of the bbc dangerously manufacturing outrage against a minority group of vulnerable people with an inaccurate & incendiary headline on a shoddy piece of writing, it's heartbreaking. Please complain

Sunder's thread here is great, but I think "why has the government failed to communicate immigration has fallen?" Is downstream of "the government has chosen to behave as if immigration hasn't fallen."