Reposted by @basilcat2.bsky.socialLiam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 28/05/2026I’ve lost track of all the mad and bad things that Reform’s Makerfield candidate has said. From misogyny to absurd conspiracy theories and pro-Russia propaganda. What’s amazing is this is their top candidate. The guy they have chosen to fight the biggest by-election in living memory. This guy. 921051234
Reposted by @basilcat2.bsky.socialIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Turned on the Today programme for perhaps the first time this year. Instantly presented with three minutes of Chris Mason: glib, inane, uninformative, utterly banal. Turned it off again. 2262221319
Reposted by @basilcat2.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Animals on money? Perish the thought that patriotic British people would ever countenance such a thing. 55934127
Reposted by @basilcat2.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Massive humiliation for Farage, who tipped off the UK press that he was flying to Florida to have dinner with Trump... only for Trump to decide he had more interesting things to do when Nigel arrived. 1681671547
Reposted by @basilcat2.bsky.socialThe News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 03/03/2026“For all we know, we could be in the middle of Keir Starmer’s finest hour”. Starmer’s critics say he is imperiling the UK’s special relationship with the US... But is it Donald Trump who's doing the damage? 59664176
Reposted by @basilcat2.bsky.socialJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 11/02/2026just billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe throwing out some serious made-up numbers on TV 59511122
Reposted by @basilcat2.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Farage at school by those who knew him best: www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-... 411077447
Reposted by @basilcat2.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 02/11/2025Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC 7136261037
Reposted by @basilcat2.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 26/07/2025In "Legitimate Concerns" news. 41% of the 899 arrested for taking part in Farage Riots last year had been reported for crimes associated with intimate partner violence. For those arrested by one police force, this figure was 68%. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...theguardian.comTwo in five arrested for last summer’s UK riots had been reported for domestic abusePolice data indicates overlaps between public violent disorder and domestic violence and abuse 1111770892
Reposted by @basilcat2.bsky.socialProf Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 26/07/2025This 316077
Reposted by @basilcat2.bsky.socialLarry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 02/07/2025Give the public what they want! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 532206240
Reposted by @basilcat2.bsky.socialLiam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 18/06/2025What happens when a political agenda takes over any semblance of journalistic standards Telegraph admits its story about private school family not being able to go on five holidays was complete nonsense and not remotely fact-checked Beyond embarrassing www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/the-t...telegraph.co.ukAn apologyOn May 25 we published an online article “We earn £345k, but soaring private school fees mean we can’t go on five holidays” which included stock photographs and not, as the art... 35517208
Reposted by @basilcat2.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 06/06/2025In amongst all the excitement I fear many have missed this outstanding bit of trolling by Friedrich Merz. The Chancellor gifted Trump a gilded framed copy of his grandfather’s German birth certificate... reminding Americans that Trump is both the child and grandchild of migrants. 23783272395
Reposted by @basilcat2.bsky.socialProf Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 08/04/2025I am getting increasingly frustrated by Labour bigwigs speechifying about how the world has changed and we need to be bold and then... not being bold 1673628699
Reposted by @basilcat2.bsky.socialRory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 05/03/2025www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p... Has the US really sent Ukraine $350 billion for its war? In less than 5 minutes @timharford.ft.com calmly demolishes Trump’s big liebbc.co.ukBBC Radio 4 - More or Less: Behind the Stats, Defence Spending, Rare Earths and Trunk TruthsThe numbers behind Ukraine’s rare earth worth and the UK’s defence spending ambitions 1136696
Reposted by @basilcat2.bsky.socialJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 24/02/2025❗❗❗ former leader of Reform UK in Wales has appeared in court accused of accepting bribes in exchange for making statements in the European Parliament that would benefit Russia, a court has heard www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukEx-Reform UK Wales leader accused of taking Russian bribesThe ex-MEP and former UKIP Wales leader made favourable statements about Russia for money, a court hears. 16523581235
Reposted by @basilcat2.bsky.socialJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 22/02/2025former Tory chief whip Simon Hart on the party’s current leader 492407324
Reposted by @basilcat2.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 23/11/2024If the right wing press and their Tory allies want to go after politicians' cvs, then why didn't they go after Iain Duncan Smith when he was the actual party leader? 52912271