Reposted by @tonythecat123.bsky.socialPeter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Long tribute from Kemi Badenoch in her conference speech to Jeffrey Archer, complete with round of applause. The world is a "less colourful" place without him, she says, which is one way to describe a serial fraudster, fantasist and liar who wrecked several lives in the process. 27746210
Reposted by @tonythecat123.bsky.socialSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 07/10/2026A note from Richard Barfield sets out why Matt Goodwin's projections of population & ethnic change are entirely unreliable, using simplistic + false premises that are not valid but have the impact & intent of exaggerating the rate of change rbas.co.uk/wp-content/u...rbas.co.uk 59038
Reposted by @tonythecat123.bsky.socialmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 05/10/2026There is a reassuring fantasy among those who have critiques of unfettered left-wing governance that right agrees with these critiques and will temper the left when in power. But the contemporary right isnt that, it's an apocalyptic doomsday cult that lives in an alternate reality. 3642132
Reposted by @tonythecat123.bsky.socialRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The 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. 541904772
Reposted by @tonythecat123.bsky.socialSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Reform have launched an app & game for real-time tracking of boats crossing the channel. But some supporters have said it is boring because so little happens. There were 3 boats in last 7 days www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...independent.co.ukFury as Reform UK launch small boats mobile ‘game’Reform launches mobile game amid questions over party’s £72 million donations 39391172
Reposted by @tonythecat123.bsky.socialJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Politico: "The latest Private Eye pulls various data together to suggest the Rachel Reeves agricultural inheritance tax changes might be having the intended impact: pushing tax-avoiders out of farmland and making it more affordable for real farmers." (Cont.) 14977325
Reposted by @tonythecat123.bsky.socialPaige, TheMaverickGirl @themaverickgirl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Karn meets Echoverse Karn #MTGFracture 221937
Reposted by @tonythecat123.bsky.socialJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 08/09/2026The Chief Rabbi speaks for Netanyahu, Ben-Gvir and their apologists in this country. Ed Miliband speaks for me and many other British Jews. 27809209
Reposted by @tonythecat123.bsky.socialSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026One reason England does so well is our second generation immigrants outperform their peers which is not true in most OECD countries. We are also very good at integration. And it's v sad that this is never acknowledge in debates on immigration. 602405851
Reposted by @tonythecat123.bsky.socialJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 08/09/2026What Sam said. Meanwhile, in Denmark, migrants' kids lag 20/30/40 points behind on average -and there are still people here who think *we* should copy *them* on immigration/integration. 12451140
Reposted by @tonythecat123.bsky.socialSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Will the AfD winning in Saxony-Anhalt I've taken the paywall off the post I wrote last year about how memories of WW2 are being distorted by them and other radical right parties. "Never again?" samf.substack.com/p/never-agai...samf.substack.comNever again?Memory entrepreneurship and the radical right’s assault on the postwar order 10302117
Reposted by @tonythecat123.bsky.socialSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 02/09/2026The 2017 murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia by a car bomb tested and shook the institutions of Malta: an acknowledged participant in the murder plot is acquitted of orchestrating it 2257
Reposted by @tonythecat123.bsky.socialPhil Tinline @philtinline.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Free Speech news 14621
Reposted by @tonythecat123.bsky.socialflyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 30/08/2026You can split everyone who fell for the idiotic horseshit about defending free speech from leftist totalitarianism into two broad categories: far right cranks who always knew it was a dumb scam, and easily led idiots who didn’t stop to ask and didn’t really care. 229782
Reposted by @tonythecat123.bsky.socialRob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Very depressing that this highly misleading statistic is now being promoted by Conservative Shadow Home Secretary. Philp contrasts “foreign born” with “British citizens” but a lot of the people in the “foreign born” group ARE British citizens. 3932095
Reposted by @tonythecat123.bsky.socialSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Ok, some thoughts, as an olde tyme academic, on the Arday tragedy. First, allegations about causes. We don't know what was in his mind, but many people are keen to blame him, or woke lefties/academia, or the media. Some people are absolutely certain that the media are faultless. 1/ 19707253
Reposted by @tonythecat123.bsky.socialJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 17/08/2026(PS. I am once again begging journalists just to do some basic homework before recycling party press releases. I am not even the expert here - @stevepeers.bsky.social or @cbarnard.bsky.social are. Why not ask them first?) 829053
Reposted by @tonythecat123.bsky.socialJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Impressive chutzpah from JWS here: 4000 words on the spread of the "Great Replacement" theory in the UK without a single mention of his columnist/friend Douglas Murray, who wrote a whole book endorsing it... 14723190
Reposted by @tonythecat123.bsky.socialAmanda Carpenter @amandacarpenter.bsky.social · 18/08/2026A little thread on Trump's CRYPTO ventures because I don't think ppl are seeing how totally corruptive it is to the system. Let's start w this. When investors dump millions into Trump’s crypto ventures, what are they actually paying for? It has no intrinsic value. 381036393
Reposted by @tonythecat123.bsky.socialBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I think the ultimate test of this is actually Boris Johnson. Boris *was fired from his first job* for making up stories, only to go on to be hired into a prestigious role at the Telegraph and spend years lying about the EU at Brussels. And I mean literally lying here; not bad punditry. 312474567
Reposted by @tonythecat123.bsky.socialJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 16/08/2026A former director of BBC News speaks: 482559957
Reposted by @tonythecat123.bsky.socialOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Plenty to reflect about re: the Arday affair, but I'm going to repeat this one thing. The playbook the right used here is effective even though it's not especially sophisticated, as it relies on the audience to do the dirty work. I've been calling it "Trojan horse propaganda", let's go with that. 1/ 5763072015
Reposted by @tonythecat123.bsky.socialSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 16/08/2026They would do this by abolishing disability benefit and PIP and having a new benefit only for the most "severe" cases. Jenrick uses the "suicidal empathy" phrase in his quote. 50437104
Reposted by @tonythecat123.bsky.socialSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 15/08/2026This is an inappropriate, credulous & politically biased BBC headline. The claims about savings will be sharply contested. News reports should not imclude what reads as an ediorial endorsememt in the headline www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... 1181749522
Reposted by @tonythecat123.bsky.socialJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 16/08/2026The BBC has a very tough job as the national broadcaster and lots of what it does involves difficult balancing acts. But this isn't one of those situations. This is just amateur hour. 61369
Reposted by @tonythecat123.bsky.socialSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Past by-elections major parties did not contest Southend West (after murder of David Amess) Cons re-elected on 86% (+27) turnout of 24% Batley 2016 (after murder of Jo Cox) Labour re-elected on 86% (+43); turnout of 24% Haltemprice 2008 (resignation) Davis re-elected on 72% (+24); turnout 34.5% 3183
Reposted by @tonythecat123.bsky.socialRob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 10/08/2026The boats they are using are bigger but the overall number arriving is smaller. This is what a successful enforcement policy would look like - more boats are getting stopped forcing change of strategy by smugglers - but you would not know this from the alarmist bbc “LARGEST BOAT EVER” push alert 13397130
Reposted by @tonythecat123.bsky.socialRachel Sylvester @rachelsylvester.bsky.social · 09/08/2026New Scandinavian wings at Wandsworth and Pentonville jails have seen a 45% fall in assaults, 57% drop in self harm and halving of staff absence rates - fascinating results from trial into a more rehabilitative approach to prisons observer.co.uk/news/nationa...observer.co.uk‘Scandi wings’ offering pianos, pool and tea parties coul...A unit in London’s Wandsworth prison has been transformed using methods from Sweden and Norway that prioritise rehabilitation over retribution 531489581
Reposted by @tonythecat123.bsky.socialSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Braverman is Home Sec from Sept 2022 to Nov 2023. She inherited highest flows, does get returns to Albania. By replacing temp protection with a ban on processing, she is the major architect of asylum hotels fiasco. (Pursues Rwanda & fails: law + operations. It may have taken 1% 300-500 of 30k-50k!) 314164
Reposted by @tonythecat123.bsky.socialAlex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Honestly I think this is the bigger issue, not so much Polanski accepting the collab which I am prepared to accept was probably an oversight, albeit a really bad one. 1017320
Reposted by @tonythecat123.bsky.socialAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Nigel Farage's approval ratings have now sunk even lower than Keir Starmer's before he resigned, yet we're still being encouraged to believe he has some kind of magic connection with the British public 501142322
Reposted by @tonythecat123.bsky.socialSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 20/07/2026FFS - The Times used to be a vaguely serious paper. (Chart shows 5 days of movement on ten year gilts). 31548123
Reposted by @tonythecat123.bsky.socialDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 12/07/2026This is a really good explainer about the mortality estimates around USAID. One big point is that dismantling USAID also dismantled one of the main sources of mortality data in some of these regions. Early indicators of mortality are very worrying. 4124691186
Reposted by @tonythecat123.bsky.socialBen Bradshaw @benbradshaw.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Much more interesting than Farage’s diversionary stunt was Tim Mongomerie telling #wato earlier that Reform is a dictatorship & Farage has been incapable of transitioning from running a fiefdom to prospective PM leading a party of Government. 55420
Reposted by @tonythecat123.bsky.socialIan Martin @ianmartin.bsky.social · 07/07/2026unreposted this just so I can repost again - outrageous whether it was sloppy or disingenuous, it has now been amplified by the shittiest bastards on the internet 06534
Reposted by @tonythecat123.bsky.socialJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Click bait racist bullshit from the Times/Chris Philp. 12 Cameroonians did not sponsor 15 dependants each. 12 new work visas were issued to Cameroonians. 180 visas were issued to dependants of the (many thousands of) Cameroonians *already here*. Etc. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...thetimes.comMigrant care workers bring dozens of family members despite curbsTwelve workers from Cameroon sponsored 180 dependants to join them in the year to March, as the new rules do not apply to those who were already in the UK 16632231
Reposted by @tonythecat123.bsky.socialRachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I am confused. I thought when Josh Simons quit as an MP to call an unnecessary by-election it was a huge waste of taxpayer funds and an insult to voters? 1439478
Reposted by @tonythecat123.bsky.socialAdam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Farage resigning and re-standing as an MP will not save him from parliamentary sanctions resulting from investigations. The Procedural Protocol on parliamentary conduct specifically states that any investigation by the Standards Commissioner would restart upon his re-election as an MP. 1519572
Reposted by @tonythecat123.bsky.socialRuth Fox @ruthfox.bsky.social · 07/07/2026🧵 Amid all the speculation about Nigel Farage's 2pm statement, it's worth noting paragraph 40 of the Procedural Protocol to the MPs' Code of Conduct. If he announces he's resigning and seeking a by-election, that would not automatically end the investigation into whether he breached the Code in... 42971400
Reposted by @tonythecat123.bsky.socialAndy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 28/06/2026I know the list is endless but I genuinely think trashing the legitimate congressionally chartered org for celebrating the 250th to instead hijack our national assets and taxpayer funds for his personality cult grifter crap should, in and of itself, be fully sufficient to merit removal from office. 16091602654
Reposted by @tonythecat123.bsky.socialThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Every single Prime Minister since 1974 has either taken office or left office mid-term, between general elections. Sometimes even both. Starmer being replaced mid-term is not constitutionally unusual. What would be unusual is if he fought and then lost a general election having been elected at one. 1429386
Reposted by @tonythecat123.bsky.socialSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Apart from anything else domestic violence also rises when England win. The issue is drunk, coked up men not results. 20454112
Reposted by @tonythecat123.bsky.socialDanielle Blake @abradacabla.bsky.social · 17/06/2026If you were wondering just how much Dan Hannan’s brain and soul have rotted, he’s casually sharing naked racism from his Front National supporting pals without a care in the world now. 33459107
Reposted by @tonythecat123.bsky.socialGeorge Peretz KC @georgeperetzkc.bsky.social · 14/06/2026This excellent @justicehq.bsky.social paper www.justice.org.uk/reports/from... sets out many of the reasons why Labour (unlike the Conservatives and Reform) are committed to remain in the ECHR.justice.org.ukFrom Hillsborough to Rochdale: How ECHR has helped victimsThis paper tells the stories of how victims have used the Human Rights Act, which brough the ECHR into UK law, to get justice. 0228
Reposted by @tonythecat123.bsky.socialJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Meanwhile, on Kuennsberg, they are wibbling on about cutting welfare to fund defence. On this, see this excellent thread from @ruthcurtice.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/ruth... 24820
Reposted by @tonythecat123.bsky.socialJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 12/06/2026the FT column in which @edwardluce.bsky.social explains why Elon Musk is a “monstrous human being” 12502206
Reposted by @tonythecat123.bsky.socialJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 04/06/2026I feel like we’re in for many years of “haha, they were spending taxpayer money on bug condoms—DOGE to the rescue!” turning out to be something important Elon’s Tween Team didn’t understand. 212212649