Anthony McDonald

What’s that you say? Liz has a new book out which even the Telegraph is saying is even more unhinged than the last one? Wonderful, I’ll post this then.

Farage tying himself in angry knots here ... as he refuses to answer the basic question: Is it racist to call Kemi Badenoch a "Nigerian scammer"?

Coincidence corner: Tory peer Lord (Tariq) Ahmad and Qatar From the latest Private Eye, out now.

Stop what you are doing and look at this lovely story. A photography student in the 80s took pictures of punks and mods on the street in Preston. He’s now tracked them down and photographed them again. The pictures and stories are really ❤️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Perhaps the BBC edited them out. They have form 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈✊🏼

WHERE'S YOUR POPPIES?

By all accounts this is what most of the recent Reform media events have looked like. Bubble well and truly burst

El-Sayed on Trump's cognitive tests: "I went to medical school...In my neurology unit, I would have to give that MoCA exam...The only people that you give a MoCA test to are people who you worry may have cognitive deficits. By definition, if you're taking one of those tests, something's wrong."

We know why. The former head of news directed the BBC's news output to pander to Reform voters to keep them onside. It's all there in the documentation. Instead of moaning about it, why not ask our useless culture secretary about why she's letting this continue.

This went on for the rest of the full hour, at which point the BBC apologised for having to go to the weather and urged viewers to follow continuing live coverage on iPlayer. Forty-one minutes of unfiltered, unchallenged propaganda by a far right party with 8 MPs, now third in the polls. Discuss.

What is the BBC's justification for maintaining this level of coverage of Reform now it has slipped into third place?

In "Peanuts," Linus first mentioned the Great Pumpkin on October 26, 1959, creating what would go on to become an indelible cultural icon. Here’s that strip, followed by the rest of that week’s dailies:

Since his ennoblement in Boris Johnson’s 2023 resignation list, Tees Valley regional mayor Lord (Ben) Houchen has claimed more than £25,000 in tax-free daily “attendance” allowances from the House of Lords for 73 days when he hasn’t voted, spoken or performed any recorded parliamentary activity.

If patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel, then "performative pietism" is surely the panic room inside.

🧵 Wow - this article is bordering on unhinged! Apparently the BBC is akin to a “North Korean re-education camp” for teaching children about net-zero and covering both the pros AND cons of immigration Join me for a masterclass in cherry-picking and context stripping to brainwash your own readers👍🏻

It's really important to pay attention to the fact that Lula beat the fascist candidate not by compromising and trying to meet fascist voters in the middle, but by sticking to his guns, promising prosecutions for election interference, and mobilising his own voters to turn out in greater numbers.

putting Lula’s head over Neymar’s would have been so goated

In one day, two politicians - Bolsonaro in Brazil and Vucic in Serbia - with ties to Trump have lost surprise elections thanks to high turnout. The rise of the international far-right is not inevitable.

None of us should forget this. Meta should be subjected to corporate death penalty and permanently broken up into small pieces.

Morning.

I can’t get this wonderful song out of my head Which is nice

Clear as day, and correct.

Strewth

Wait.... 29% of Reform voters would consider rejoining the EU... and 16% don't know And a mere 51% would vote to stay out. My giddy aunt - this is bonkers

Blimey, Toby looks proper jacked

Reform and Tories have pledged to reverse ULEZ repeatedly.

As an amused observer of Manchester United, I can't wait for Jim Ratcliffe's next sage piece of advice on how Britain should be run.

A month ago, Sir Jim Ratcliffe lectured the Prime Minister, telling him he should run Britain in the same way he runs Manchester United

Manchester United fans, we found your Carrick replacement.

And yet there are lunatics blowing up cameras and the mayor needs 24 hour,armed protection because some people don't believe there was a problem. bsky.app/profile/baba...

This is good advice whatever the weather

The reinvention of Jeremy Hunt as a sage and elder statesman overlooks his role as a participant in the creation of the current shitshow. #BBCLauraK

Fascinating Jeremy, now tell us about the time you cut national insurance twice as an electoral game despite knowing we couldn't afford it.

We tried "everyone is entitled to an opinion" for three straight decades and all we have to show for it is four thousand cases of measles and a death cult running the government. It's time for people who don't know what they're talking about to shut the fuck up.

It's wild that this lack of understanding about Nazi's being right-wing fascists, not socialists, is a thing in 2026.

Remastered from the archives (Feb 2021)

Herne Bay MP Sir Roger Gale described Kent Nationalist Movement a "far-right organisation", saying "Its effectively the Kent National Front" + should be treated with "contempt" He added "Herne Bay is a diverse little town, a happy little town; it has few, if any, problems caused by immigration".

🔥 OBAMA: “The thing is, Iran didn’t have nuclear weapons — because I put a deal in place he pulled out of… and the war he started is why the price of everything is UP… how much time do you think Hegseth spends looking at himself in the mirror? These are not serious people.”

Dele still winning at Chelsea www.instagram.com/p/De403SEGMD...

A story, in three acts

He is still awesome. If Trump tries to stand for a third term he should too.

Bloody hell www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I’m still feeling giddy as hell