Reposted by Chris GilesPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 3hWe need to stop all of this bollocks. 78919
Reposted by Chris GilesAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 2hThe Labour Party are now polling on average ten points higher under Andy Burnham than they were at the turn of the year under Keir Starmer. Reform are polling on average eight points lower than they were this time last year. 2437378
Reposted by Chris GilesRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 4hThe ability to pour hundreds of millions of pounds into a loss-making TV channel, bent on wrenching British politics sharply to the right, is yet another of the ways in which extreme wealth is trying to remake UK democracy. It needs to be part of any serious conversation about political funding. 411044455
Reposted by Chris GilesSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 4hOne of two Labour gains from Reform in Northumberland by-elections yesterday. Too early to know for sure we've passed peak Reform, but another encouraging sign. 20612110
Reposted by Chris GilesJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 3h"Trump's threat to ban diesel exports could itself spook markets into believing that the situation is worse than feared, meaning US prices for consumers wouldn’t fall. In short, a desperate and chaotic Trump is, again, harming his allies and the world for a plan that is almost certain not to work."inews.co.ukTrump is making your life harder – and putting the UK in dangerThe US President is threatening major economic damage on the UK and Europe – in the hope of short-term political gain back home 148833
Reposted by Chris GilesPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 8hDo people really not get quite how pernicious this ethno-nationalism is? I mean, this is *evil* stuff. 1525646
Reposted by Chris GilesThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 5hHello to old friend “clear”. A word which so often weakens rather than strengthens any contention. 5737
Chris Giles @chrisgiles7.bsky.social · 6hThis is disgraceful bias from @lbc.co.uk. It got 900k views on the other place. #LBC 222
Reposted by Chris GilesRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21hThe reason why Trump is president is because the US has way too many people like this. bsky.app/profile/atru... 6113442806
Reposted by Chris GilesOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Adam is my friend, so I'm biased. But he's a darned sight better than the rest of them. Which presumably is why Badenoch fears him. Which is presumably why he's banned. 30720169
Reposted by Chris GilesTim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 9hSorry to be a (Conservative) party pooper, butcentrewrite.brightblue.org.ukThe Keminaissance is a myth. The Tories are still like a weird uncle.Badenoch’s increasing tendency towards being ‘extremely online’ has led the party to paint itself into an ‘anti-woke’ corner that, to the majority of Brits who do not spend much time online… 53913
Reposted by Chris GilesMichael Savage @michaelsavage.bsky.social · 8hOOF! Opening episode of Celebrity Traitors watched by nearly three million more viewers than the first episode of season one. Drew average audience of 8.9m viewers & 54.9% viewing share. Last year's Celeb Traitors drew an overnight average audience of 6.1m and 46.4% share. 082
Reposted by Chris GilesPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Of *course* the ‘AI boom’ will make us poorer. It’s a ‘boom’ created by tech bros for tech bros, and they’re pretty much the worst human beings on the planet. How could it possibly do anything else? 1327673
Reposted by Chris GilesDavid Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 10hHistory is written by the victors. Thatcher broke the power of trade unions by mass unemployment, industrial restructuring, frittered away N Sea Oil, laid the foundations for the current housing crisis, decimated local bus services, hollowed out local government and introduced the poll tax. 86790213
Reposted by Chris GilesSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 10hBraverman blathering on about who can be English, Farage starting his me-me-me tour of the country telling audiences he’ll fix the country in 100 days or they’ll all sack themselves… apart from him… and Yusuf fanboying that racist thug who got refused bail… A moron festival. Come on, UK. Enough now. 43986250
Reposted by Chris GilesI Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 11hWe need someone to do a count of how often he uses the phrase "far" or "radical" left this morning. #r4today 293
Reposted by Chris GilesGeneral Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 21hRAJAN OUT RAJAN OUT RAJAN OUT #CelebrityTraitors 4849
Reposted by Chris GilesThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026NEW The diabolical defending of Manchester City Understanding an aggressive litigation strategy By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk (Prospect paywall is down currently.) www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th... #MCFC 2123493
Reposted by Chris GilesMic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026They shot him “in a crowded parking lot where several children were present”. 3547
Reposted by Chris GilesPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yeah, there are a few fairly obvious flaws with this plan. 38711
Reposted by Chris GilesGeneral Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 01/10/2026something something reverse mad fer it 3303
Reposted by Chris GilesRabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026the only map of england everybody else needs (best selling music by territory, Actually Helpful for understanding some things; also Suck It Morrissey.) 6744478
Reposted by Chris GilesAlex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 01/10/2026When I first read about the death penalty as a child, I thought it was barbaric. Still do. A state that gives itself the judicial power to kill debases itself and everyone it involves in that repulsive business. 1130236
Reposted by Chris GilesRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026So what if you just want to serve your country in the military now and don’t want Christian nationalism shoved down your throat and pushed on you by military leadership? I guess you are out of luck. Because that was our military for the entire history of the country until now. 1062269529
Reposted by Chris GilesEmma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Early release latest: a man was released from Wandsworth, outside of which British Transport Police immediately arrested him for bike thefts he was wanted on from June and August. 44015
Reposted by Chris GilesJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Manchester City’s Emirati chair was granted diplomatic immunity six years ago in a move that could complicate any legal action resulting from findings that the Premier League club artificially inflated its finances by more than £900mn. www.ft.com/content/1256...ft.comManchester City chair shielded by diplomatic immunityKhaldoon al-Mubarak was granted immunity six years ago, protecting him from potential legal proceedings in the UK 103918
Reposted by Chris GilesPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Narrator: it wasn’t mind-boggling. It was entirely predictable. 1618039
Reposted by Chris GilesJames Dart @jamesdart.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Asked to respond to whether his team were 'not German enough' or 'not white enough', Klopp said there was no point in giving room to 'such people and their utterances', adding: 'I have little time in everyday life for idiocy'. Story: @kateconnolly.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/football/202...theguardian.comJürgen Klopp disgusted by claims his Germany team are ‘not white enough’Jürgen Klopp has reacted with disgust to a social media debate questioning whether the Germany team he is in the process of forming are ‘white enough’ 18672149
Reposted by Chris GilesDorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The combination of profound mediocrity and delusions of brilliance is what makes Badenoch so annoying. Not mad like Truss or ruthless like Jenrick, just a vacuous bullshitter with a cruel streak conservativehome.com/2026/10/01/k...conservativehome.comKemi Badenoch tells ConHome - 'It's a new team to face a new opponent. We're ready, you'll see it at Conference, but prepare for hard work' | Conservative HomeKemi Badenochs talks to our Editor about Conference, her 'new generation, new team, new party' vibe, and tackling Burnham not Starmer. She takes on criticisms from our readers, both Conservative and R... 1822535
Reposted by Chris GilesOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026We're repeatedly told that asylum seekers pose a threat to the good people of our country... Reading about the threatening and violent treatment of elderly and open minded locals in Crowborough I get the impression that the real threat comes from closer to home. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... 51695335
Reposted by Chris GilesSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 01/10/2026We're 30 miles from the continent, Tom 3521137
Reposted by Chris GilesStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Semi-relatedly, a lot of people in the Shadow Cabinet are stealing a living. 68811
Reposted by Chris GilesMarie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 01/10/2026why not simply ban Amazon in that case :) if they can't obey simple rules then they shouldn't be allowed to operate in this country :) 1738442
Reposted by Chris GilesJennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 30/09/2026There is a quiet but live debate among many people I know here atm about the fallout from this for the city’s reputation, exactly at the point it’s been talked up to the nth degree 4348
Reposted by Chris GilesRoland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026And good morning to you too. 2416317
Reposted by Chris GilesJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is a dreadful argument from Burnham. Empirically false - almost 6m people were granted settled status; about 4m are currently resident. More importantly panders to racism/xenophobia, and directly contradicts argument made in his speech about migrant contributions. 39349151
Reposted by Chris GilesMichael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Most TV is just this now. 16568761885
Reposted by Chris GilesI Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Brilliant from Crick, but he should have gone further. Ian Gow was Thatcher's PPS, then Housing Minister, as Right to Buy peaked in 1984. A 2013 Mirror investigation found his son Charles Gow & wife owned at least 40 ex-council flats on one London estate, which they leased at huge rents. 🧵 #C4News 2126
Reposted by Chris GilesMic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026NEW | Another day, another columnist selectively quoting Orwell… ALLISON PEARSON’S ACTION MAN FETISH A deranged defence of the SAS and a dismissal of war crimes accusations is exactly what we expect from one of the Telegraph’s worst. brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/allison-pe...brokenbottleboy.substack.comAllison Pearson’s Action Man fetishA deranged and bloodthirsty defence of the SAS and a dismissal of war crimes accusations is exactly what we can expect from one of the Telegraph’s worst. 97630
Reposted by Chris GilesDr Stylite @columnist.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Sorry to post from the other place but !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2419733
Reposted by Chris GilesAlistair King @alistairking.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Bloody hell. Nandy was one of the quickest to embrace Brexit once she saw how much her constituents wanted it. It’s quite something that she’s saying this - and obviously something she wouldn’t be saying without cabinet consensus… 1493
Reposted by Chris GilesFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "Is Rejoining the European Union an option?" Lisa Nandy, "Yes of course." "And I think Andy Burnham is right to say that we've got to be honest, Brexit has not worked for us" "A lot of the public I think have come to that view as well" 3948374
Reposted by Chris GilesSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Was interviewed by a US journalist today who asked if we were all panicking about terrorists at Fairford, which ended with me trying to explain dogging. 551068145
Reposted by Chris GilesRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 30/09/2026It’s a mark of the corruption of our whole way of thinking about the world that trying to meet a planetary emergency is routinely described as “ideological”, while continuing to accelerate it is presented as “pragmatic” and “economic”. 201238445
Reposted by Chris GilesMic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026And now he’s wanking on about AI. Politicians are infected by a brain parasite when it comes to this topic. 2558
Reposted by Chris GilesSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 29/09/2026So he really is ending the triple lock eh. Fair play. 1936915
Reposted by Chris GilesPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026My opinion: the proscription of Palestine Action was done almost entirely for political reasons, to sound tough on the issue, without really thinking the consequences through. Another example of Labour thinking like an opposition, not like a government. 44561118
Reposted by Chris GilesAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Here is a sample of Denby's economic expertise: "Bond markets... don't believe in Britain, they think we are too much of a risk, because of our out-of-control spending and our out-of-control taxes and all of those things." I hope the Nobel Economics Prize Committee is paying attention. 2919228
