Reposted by SaifTariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 25/09/2026P. Guardiola 7 May, 2022: "If you lie to me, the day after I am not here. I will be out and I will not be your friend anymore. I put my faith in you because I believe you 100% from day one." 78016
Reposted by SaifAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 17hKemi Badenoch condemned Reform's ban on critical journalists covering their conference as "authoritarian", saying her own party would never do the same as "we believe in free speech. We believe in a free press." Now the Conservatives have banned Byline Times from their conferencebylinetimes.comKemi Badenoch's Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist BanThe ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press 53902451
Reposted by SaifJo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 15hWe rightly give Home Office ministers a hard time here for many things, but in their defence, not one of them has ever ordered the Identity & Passport Service to mail out passports in envelopes that might as well be printed with the words ‘Important identity document enclosed: please steal’. 925962
Reposted by SaifTariq Panja @tariqpanja.bsky.social · 18h😳 Pep before cheats verdict: “If you lie to me, the day after I am not here. I will be out and I will not be your friend anymore.” Pep after verdict: “I am, always have been, always will, be behind my club, my owner, my chairman, Ferran, the players staff, Enzo and you, our unique supporters.” 2112338
Reposted by SaifByline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 21hA *third* Byline Times journalist has now been barred from Conservative conference – Chief Reporter @josiahmortimer.bsky.social. It comes after Political Editor @adambienkov.bsky.social and the late, great David Hencke were barred last year. bylinetimes.com/2025/10/08/c...bylinetimes.comConservatives Accused of ‘Trumpian’ Tactics After Barring Second Byline Times Journalist From ConferenceThe National Union of Journalists described the bans as a threat to media freedom which "undermines the Conservative Party leader’s repeated pledge to fight for free speech" 25212113
Reposted by SaifSound of Football Podcast @sofpodcast.com · 29/09/2026What that false money more than paid for: 15/16: De Bruyne, Sterling (£99m) 16/17: Stones, Jesus, Sane (£112m) 17/18: Walker, B Silva, Ederson (£123m) 11413
Reposted by SaifMike Andrews @mikea57.bsky.social · 29/09/2026What on earth were their auditors doing over these years. Not a good advert for BDO LLP 062
Reposted by SaifDean Hochlaf @dhochlaf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Healy on ITV just now saying we have a system which asks "how much are you entitled to" and that's absolutely not true, the welfare system in the UK has loads of conditionality to look for and find work, it's so weird Labour keep pretending otherwise 526452
Reposted by SaifMayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 28/09/2026It’s happening. Oxford Street is going traffic-free on Monday 26 October. The transformation of the nation’s high street into a world-class pedestrianised space will begin in earnest four weeks from today. 1437961
Reposted by SaifSimon is on strike ✊🏻 @simonxix.com · 28/09/2026Historic England outsourced their digital image provision to a third-party company. Then the company went bust and now all their images are inaccessible. Tell me again how outsourcing to the private sector is sustainable? 7234126
Reposted by SaifLewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Oh silly me I forgot to put a meter on my intelligence before these people stole my book. 3264
Reposted by SaifRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Can the new cutting-edge dollies models feel pain? They at least behave as if they do, according to a recent study by small female children.top5best.comTop 5 Best Crying Doll (Budget-Friendly Options (2026))2026's Top 5 Best Crying Doll Top Rated and Reviewed. Easily choose and compare the Best Crying Doll for you all in one place. (Budget-Friendly Options (2026)) 529134
Reposted by SaifThomas I-G @thomasig.bsky.social · 27/09/2026If he has genuine condemnation against the masked gangs are intimidating the public (never mind blocking national infrastructure), then he'd sack the Home Secretary for not doing her job, frankly. 1372
Reposted by SaifNick Garland @npjgarland.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It is no doubt comforting to think that the only reason the Starmer premiership didn't succeed was that it was held back from making Tough Choices by effete progressives inside the Labour Party and the British state. It is also nonsense. 127740
Reposted by SaifWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Shot (BBC) / chaser (Basingstoke Gazette) 422775
Reposted by SaifMayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 25/09/2026A new chapter for London’s buses. I’m launching Buses for London with TfL- the capital’s publicly owned bus company. Starting with Route 6 in 2027, we’ll reinvest profits into better services, safer journeys and a greener network.bbc.co.ukTfL announces capital's publicly owned bus companyTransport for London says one west London route will switch to its own operator from late 2027. 723153
Saif @walletzerosan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The open source Intel not even knowing who the foreign secretary is... 000
Reposted by SaifJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 24/09/2026"The early days of Andy Burnham’s government have made Starmer’s look positively energetic: a PM who usually loves nothing more than being on camera has studiously avoided saying a word as he loses control of law and order in Britain, and his home secretary seems determined to appease the thugs."thenewworld.co.ukIf Shabana Mahmood is tough, why is she so slow to crack down on Danny Tommo and the far right?Weeks of what looks like blatant lawbreaking have finally resulted in an arrest. But the home secretary seems happy to look elsewhere 2028289
Reposted by SaifTom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Ooo, he's got the special tense that's normally reserved for the NYPD or the IDF. 413424
Reposted by SaifAlasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026You know that saying about how the way they treat asylum seekers is the way they’d treat everyone else if they thought they could get away with it? Well, 25378180
Reposted by SaifBryan @bryanliminal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Mahmood yesterday was quick to say that unescorted landings were unacceptable. Very easy and not prejudicial to say 'Committing violence, endangerment and disruption is unacceptable and there's no place for it in our society'. 16119
Reposted by SaifDCharlie @dcharlie.bsky.social · 23/09/2026the #BBC are a shower It was not clear my arse. Is that the defence that will be wheeled out? disgusting stuff. 001
Reposted by SaifJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 23/09/2026Are any Labour MPs going to have the nerve to say so publicly? If a Conservative Home Secretary had issued the statement Shabana Mahmood has put out today they'd be able to find their voices. So why not now? 837768
Reposted by SaifDan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Not a dicky bird about thugs trying to sink a dinghy with a rescue worker on board or their claims to be "forming an army". Two boats of people seeking safety land and bingo bango they're the ones portrayed as the issue. Labour is complict in the rise of the far right. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukHome Secretary hits out at 'unacceptable' migrant landings in KentUsually brought ashore by Border Security Command or the RNLI, these are the first uncontrolled landings since 2025. 43948317
Saif @walletzerosan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I remember, all the way back in 2024, that the brains across the media said that Labour had to get net migration down. Then it would be fine. Who could ever have foreseen that racists would still be racist? That they would not be appeased. 020
Reposted by SaifYeahCheersMate @yeahcheersmate.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Also, “some in the crowd were chanting ’send them back’” is a pretty significant sanitising of the fact that there were also* chants of “let them drown”. *(assuming both chants were heard, rather than the BBC lying to make them sound less like a lynch mob and more ‘legitimate concerns’ 023
Saif @walletzerosan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I have done so, and while YT asked for a survey so not much extra coverage for him. 110
Reposted by SaifDuchess Gemma 🐠🕷️🇪🇺 @gemmagould.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Right fuck this. I have reported Danny Tommo’s YouTube video and I implore others to do the same. They are platforming a man who live streamed himself essentially committing a crime and he will be making money off of it as well. Please please report the video www.youtube.com/live/lkeZbk8... 83564247
Saif @walletzerosan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I'm not sure there is much wondering. They are appeasing fascists. 000
Reposted by SaifSamantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 22/09/2026The people who wrote the Arday story call themselves education journalists. Here's how much interest they took in associate professor Orr: - Albert Tait, Education Editor, The Telegraph: 14 articles on Arday, 0 naming Orr. - Eleanor Harding, Education Editor, Daily Mail: 6 on Arday, 0 on Orr. 113326
Reposted by SaifStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The thing I really didn’t expect about this by-election is that there would be less Labour literature through the door than there was in the local elections. 21917
Reposted by SaifJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026“We think it will be of public interest that the most expensive house in British history was acquired in a way that saved £18.5m of stamp duty.” Sold by Reform's treasurer, no less open.substack.com/pub/londonce...open.substack.comLondon’s most expensive house, Reform UK’s treasurer, and a massively reduced tax billA £265m mansion in the heart of the Chelsea • Sold by billionaire Nick Candy and his ex-wife Holly Valance • Bought by a Labour-donating hedge fund boss • Why was the tax bill so small? 7166103
Reposted by SaifKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 21/09/2026"Denouncing bigotry and refusing to patronize a place that promotes it is, in fact, exactly the same as not denouncing it and continuing to patronize that place as if nothing's wrong." It's the dril tweet, but entirely earnest. I'm in awe. 3159949
Reposted by SaifAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This wouldn't happen in the UK. Reform and the Conservatives have been banning journalists and news organisations they don't approve of for years now and the lobby has done absolutely nothing about it 21563124
Reposted by SaifJay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026On the BBC News Katya Adler has just described Germany, where the far right AFD keep winning elections, as entering 'uncharted political territory'. Hmmm. Where Germany is concerned I think that territory is pretty well charted. 563911733
Reposted by SaifSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 21/09/2026It is quite striking if Meta thinks it has the tech + the policy + the will to ban/filter out feminism (but not misogyny, obvs). It sounds like there may be an analogous ban on antiracism (but not racism). www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comMeta bans ads for Virginia Woolf play in Spain because they relate to feminismTheatre told that Facebook and Instagram filter out ads mentioning ‘social topics’ such as civil rights or feminism 79252
Reposted by SaifJohn Moore @johnofnorwich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The collective memory of that period, with the 'winter of discontent' et al, Britain in the doldrums subsequently saved by Thatcher, is a revisionist construct, not what actually happened. History is written by the victors - in this case the right wing, with their control of most of the press. 242
Reposted by SaifGeorge Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Lib Dem pledge to cut fuel duty by 10p is depressingly bad policy: poorly targeted, expensive (£5bn), and it weakens incentives to switch to EVs and reduce usage. 44641136
Reposted by SaifJonathan Clarke @jrlclarke.bsky.social · 20/09/2026This is almost exactly what I would expect. AI largely looks like it is plausible, but is always full of mistakes imo. The fact that it is a black box system and cannot explain how it generates results, should tell you not to trust it for professional work. 181
Reposted by SaifMartin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · 20/09/2026How can it be that I know Andy Burnham disapproves of serving Yorkshire puddings with Christmas dinner but not whether he disapproves of masked fascists threatening members of the RNLI? 47830
Reposted by SaifDmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 20/09/2026I don't think we disdain the center-right enough. First, they rode nativist populist tigers to power to get their tax cuts and deregulation; Then, they lost control of their own parties to those tigers; Now, they sit in lucrative jobs as columnists writing about how it's all the left's fault. 433129789
Reposted by SaifJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 19/09/2026I think it should be a source of deep embarrassment – and perhaps even shame – that Rishi Sunak has spoken out on this before Andy Burnham has. 651941447
Reposted by SaifOlga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 19/09/2026Election in occupied areas by Russia - voting under military supervision. 1281182713
Reposted by SaifElizabeth Zelle @kohizeri.bsky.social · 17/09/2026"the assessment did not consider the crocodiles" is my new metaphor for people choosing to just ignore the data point that doesn't agree with them 14843286
Reposted by SaifPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026And guess who follows me.... a man from the Institute of Economic Affairs who, of course, don't declare their donors Wild 925451
Reposted by SaifGregk Foley @gregk.co.uk · 16/09/2026Fair play to the wife of a Caribbean man and mother of mixed race children being informed by the BBC reporter that she’s in the minority in her community regarding immigration and responding with, “Yes, I’m surrounded by bigots.” 675791286
Reposted by SaifMartin @martinavatar.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Interesting to note how the BBC journalist interjects to say “you’re in a minority … consider other people’s views” but when they interview people of the opposite end of the spectrum they never use that approach. It’s always a matter of them nodding along and not correcting blatant racist lies. 938621
Saif @walletzerosan.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Imagine being so thick, you believe this BS. It may even be possible (depending on where) that the coffee being made also had some taxes applied on profits. 000
Reposted by SaifStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Great piece this. For the life of me, I don’t know how anyone who works in the museums and galleries sector could walk around a paid exhibition at the Tate, then walk around say, Moma or the Pompidou and not realise that “charging visitors” is not going to unlock more money:ft.comBritain thinks twice about free museumsThe UK government is considering charging tourists entry fees. The sector is vehemently opposed 2720523
