David Wilcock
@davidtwilcock.bsky.social
Deputy Political Editor (Digital) with special responsibility for cheap memes at the Daily Mail. Foodie, occasional photographer. LFC
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Starmer says he doesn't think Trump is serious about using military action to seize Greenland. Might bookmark this.
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As Ronald Reagan said, "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the Government, and have you considered bobsleigh."
really enjoy that the bloke who won two golds on the luge is someone who was a national level taekwondo fighter until he got injured and then a government figure stepped out the shadows and said "let me tell you about project going down a hill really fast"
February 16, 2026 at 1:43 PM
As Ronald Reagan said, "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the Government, and have you considered bobsleigh."
Keir Starmer has U-turned over plans to postpone some of May's council elections until next year, less than three months before they will now go ahead...
February 16, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Keir Starmer has U-turned over plans to postpone some of May's council elections until next year, less than three months before they will now go ahead...
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This means that if you put on £10, you’ll win £0
February 16, 2026 at 12:06 PM
This means that if you put on £10, you’ll win £0
I do wonder how long broadcasters will keep allowing Reform to put up Zia Yusuf for media rounds/interviews, now they have eight MPs.
February 15, 2026 at 10:46 AM
I do wonder how long broadcasters will keep allowing Reform to put up Zia Yusuf for media rounds/interviews, now they have eight MPs.
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It’s over for this country
February 13, 2026 at 4:10 PM
It’s over for this country
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Significant that the High Court ruling is still, in places, quite damning of Palestine Action. It emphatically rejects that the group is engaged in "civil disobediance", for example.
It just finds (compellingly) that proscription was still wrong, despite that.
It just finds (compellingly) that proscription was still wrong, despite that.
February 13, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Significant that the High Court ruling is still, in places, quite damning of Palestine Action. It emphatically rejects that the group is engaged in "civil disobediance", for example.
It just finds (compellingly) that proscription was still wrong, despite that.
It just finds (compellingly) that proscription was still wrong, despite that.
Palestine Action wins High Court challenge to decision to ban it as a terrorist group
February 13, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Palestine Action wins High Court challenge to decision to ban it as a terrorist group
No10 confirms, finally, and in the style of a football manager that Chris Wormald is OUT as cabinet secretary 'by mutual agreement', and is being replaced by THREE interim replacements: Cabinet Office PS Catherine Little, Home Office PS Antonia Romeo and Treasury PS James Bowler
February 12, 2026 at 4:46 PM
No10 confirms, finally, and in the style of a football manager that Chris Wormald is OUT as cabinet secretary 'by mutual agreement', and is being replaced by THREE interim replacements: Cabinet Office PS Catherine Little, Home Office PS Antonia Romeo and Treasury PS James Bowler
Jim Ratcliffe doing Keir Starmer a favour by briefly allowing a divided and fractious nation to come together in their mutual dislike of Jim Ratcliffe.
February 12, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Jim Ratcliffe doing Keir Starmer a favour by briefly allowing a divided and fractious nation to come together in their mutual dislike of Jim Ratcliffe.
Too many immigrants in UK, says Monégasque businessman
'The UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
'The UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
Britain has been "colonised" by immigrants, who are draining resources from the state, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, one of the country's richest and most influential men, has told Sky News.
news.sky.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Too many immigrants in UK, says Monégasque businessman
Lots of news about but thought this was QI in @moreincommonuk.bsky.social poll: The general malaise in UK politics has even infected the Greens, with fewer than a *third* of those polled saying Zack Polanski would be their choice of PM.
February 11, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Lots of news about but thought this was QI in @moreincommonuk.bsky.social poll: The general malaise in UK politics has even infected the Greens, with fewer than a *third* of those polled saying Zack Polanski would be their choice of PM.
No10's position that they couldn't block Matthew Doyle's peerage once announced - despite Sunday Times revelations about campaigning for a paedophile - appears to be collapsing under the merest pressure. There is precedent and the Lords clerks have said there is no procedural bar.
February 11, 2026 at 1:35 PM
No10's position that they couldn't block Matthew Doyle's peerage once announced - despite Sunday Times revelations about campaigning for a paedophile - appears to be collapsing under the merest pressure. There is precedent and the Lords clerks have said there is no procedural bar.
Those of us not in the chamber for #pmqs currently being deafened by an anti-tax protest by wealthy gentlemen farmers in Parliament Square
February 11, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Those of us not in the chamber for #pmqs currently being deafened by an anti-tax protest by wealthy gentlemen farmers in Parliament Square
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EXC Starmer's ex-comms chief suspended from Labour over links to sex offender inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Starmer's ex-comms chief suspended from Labour over links to sex offender
Matthew Doyle, who now sits in the House of Lords, has had the Labour whip withdrawn
inews.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 4:37 PM
EXC Starmer's ex-comms chief suspended from Labour over links to sex offender inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Andy Burnham calls for Labour unity and an end to backstabbing with a completely straight face - oh and says he backs Starmer but also tells PM what he needs to do to keep his job www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Andy Burnham joins the Starmer pile on with fresh demands from PM
The Greater Manchester mayor, personally blocked from making a return to Westminster by the PM last month, said he supported Starmer but outlined a raft of major changes needed.
www.dailymail.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Andy Burnham calls for Labour unity and an end to backstabbing with a completely straight face - oh and says he backs Starmer but also tells PM what he needs to do to keep his job www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
'This is Emily Brontë reinterpreted by Lord Flashheart.' I'm sure Rob means this as criticism, but I am totally here for it. Woof.
Emerald Fennell, the director of Wuthering Heights, has heard of subtlety, and she's not having it. thecritic.co.uk/wuth...
February 10, 2026 at 9:13 AM
'This is Emily Brontë reinterpreted by Lord Flashheart.' I'm sure Rob means this as criticism, but I am totally here for it. Woof.
The self-proclaimed 'people's party' appears to have a bit of a problem with working class women not knowing their place
February 10, 2026 at 9:07 AM
The self-proclaimed 'people's party' appears to have a bit of a problem with working class women not knowing their place
Fun UK political timeline:
Starmer out in May
Replacement fails to move dial
Panicking Labour MPs install third PM a year out from 2029 election
Labour mullered anyway and Farage becomes PM
Farage fails to move the dial (the right way)
Robert Jenrick is PM in 2031.
Starmer out in May
Replacement fails to move dial
Panicking Labour MPs install third PM a year out from 2029 election
Labour mullered anyway and Farage becomes PM
Farage fails to move the dial (the right way)
Robert Jenrick is PM in 2031.
February 9, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Fun UK political timeline:
Starmer out in May
Replacement fails to move dial
Panicking Labour MPs install third PM a year out from 2029 election
Labour mullered anyway and Farage becomes PM
Farage fails to move the dial (the right way)
Robert Jenrick is PM in 2031.
Starmer out in May
Replacement fails to move dial
Panicking Labour MPs install third PM a year out from 2029 election
Labour mullered anyway and Farage becomes PM
Farage fails to move the dial (the right way)
Robert Jenrick is PM in 2031.
Nigel Farage suggests that Reform-supporting technocrats in his government could sit on empowered Commons committees rather than have to win election to the Commons or be put in the Lords. This would probably also mean they wouldn't have to face parliamentary standards scrutiny...
February 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Nigel Farage suggests that Reform-supporting technocrats in his government could sit on empowered Commons committees rather than have to win election to the Commons or be put in the Lords. This would probably also mean they wouldn't have to face parliamentary standards scrutiny...
Now we have finally go to Nigel Farage’s speech and he has said we need to invest in nuclear power to cope with the growth of cryptocurrencies
February 9, 2026 at 4:36 PM
Now we have finally go to Nigel Farage’s speech and he has said we need to invest in nuclear power to cope with the growth of cryptocurrencies
Genuinely intrigued by Kemi Badenoch campaigning in a Lib Dem top target seat (Godalming and Ash) days after giving centrist Tories the middle finger.
February 9, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Genuinely intrigued by Kemi Badenoch campaigning in a Lib Dem top target seat (Godalming and Ash) days after giving centrist Tories the middle finger.
Reform called a press conference for 3pm today and so far we have had an hour of Jeremy Kyle interviewing Reform MPs in the style of a 1990s Top Shop Radio DJ
February 9, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Reform called a press conference for 3pm today and so far we have had an hour of Jeremy Kyle interviewing Reform MPs in the style of a 1990s Top Shop Radio DJ
Farage unveils ex-Tory leader of Barnet Council as new Reform leader in Wales www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Farage unveils ex-Tory London council boss as Reform leader in Wales
Ahead of a crunch Senedd election in May Dan Thomas was unveiled at a press conference in Newport this morning.
www.dailymail.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Farage unveils ex-Tory leader of Barnet Council as new Reform leader in Wales www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...