Ah yes, Iran, famously the biggest country in the world
02.03.2026 16:47
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Ah yes, Iran, famously the biggest country in the world
it’s pure discrimination against Renaissance men!
Poor Matt Goodwin. All he ever wanted was to be a hard working MP/academic/tv presenter/commentator/writer/pollster/wealth adviser/women’s health guru and you all ripped that away from him. A shame
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No one deserved this loss more than Matt Goodwin lol
Pundits have to stop referring to anyone voting against the government’s stance on Gaza and its growing anti-migrant rhetoric as being a part of the “Muslim vote”. I keep hearing it in relation to Gorton and Denton. Progressive votes come from all corners of society and Muslims aren’t a monolith!
I'm looking to speak to people whose houses have been flooded in recent years due to extreme weather (not a burst pipe, pls) for a piece. If this is you or someone you know, please get in touch!
Heated Rivalry MENTIONED in Parliament by Tom Hayes MP just now - iconic.
Screenshot of a home office tweet
If the PM reckons Jim Ratcliffe should apologise for spreading this exact same lie, should the Home Office apologise too, or? 🤨
The current state of The Times’ comment section on this anti-immigration story is that most of the “recommended” posts actually violate the paper’s own policy. Utterly depressing.
I too hope they are wrong! However, I think we're about to see them make even more gains locally
It’s hardly surprising that Suella Braverman has defected. What’s interesting is that Reform doesn’t at all seem concerned about accusations that they will look like the Tories 2.0 to voters — they’re confident it won’t hurt them. And I think they're right.
Great culture can save lives. Literally.
Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard
I'm reading through the white paper or whatever it is. RESTORING ORDER AND CONTROL: A statement on the government’s asylum and returns policy www.gov.uk/government/p...
No need for the sarcasm, I also have eyes and live within this political landscape. The original question is whether a backbench Labour MP has more power to affect policy inside or outside the party, and my point is that I can see the arguments for staying.
Respectfully, you don't know anything about me to be calling me naive. My original point is that I don't think it's fair to Nadia to say she supports the government when she clearly doesn't.
Farage vs. left Labour MPs is not the same fight when they have very different resources available to them. I'm not saying it's impossible, but they're working under very different conditions!
And Farage is also funded by the super-rich, dominates our media landscape, and has been propped up by the far-right internationally. Could you say the same for any MPs who have left the Labour Party?
Look, it's just very frustrating that a handful of very genuine Labour MPs get told every day that they're staying in the party for personal gain or because they secretly agree with the policies. I think it's ungenerous, and I would go so far as to say it's very unkind.
But it can and does have tangible effects alongside other actions, such as media rounds, private meetings, letters, questions, and debates in Parliament. The most recent Labour rebellion over disability benefits cuts meant that hundreds of thousands of people kept their benefits!
I don't think it's working well, and it's clearly a huge struggle. But what's the alternative, and does it actually build more power? I imagine these are the questions many Labour MPs are asking themselves right now.
They can clearly see that they have far more power to influence policy in real-time inside a governing party than outside of it.
You can disagree with the fact that some progressive Labour MPs are staying in the party, but it's unfair to jump to the conclusion that it’s because they support everything the government does or because of self-interest.
Your analysis is incredibly ungenerous to Nadia and all the work she does fighting for her values within the party. Firstly, social media is one of the ways MPs put pressure on their leadership and subsequent policies, and secondly, MPs do far more work outside of social media than we'll ever know.
The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
Can we agree that the BBC clearly has shifted rightwards despite claiming political neutrality – whitewashing a genocide, amplifying anti-immigrant and anti-trans narratives – but that it’s also very worrying to see it capitulate to the Orange Man and his cronies for not being far-right enough?
the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
I SCREAMED when Mamdani mentioned Uzbeks of New York in his victory speech!!!! That's my mayor (I live in London)
