The Lib Dems have told supporters "we are the only party with the conviction to stand up and fight for what we believe in" by still backing proportional representation, "not because it benefits us, but because we think it’s right"

"We must not, and will not, give up the fight for electoral reform."

British.

Love it 👏👏👏

'Honest Bob' Jenrick, a politician obviously & deliberately embracing xenophobia, does some weapons grade xenophobia & the BBC *apologises* for a Thought For The Day contributor calling it xenophobic. Licence fee payers need to know who makes these decisions & why. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A timely reminder that no matter how tiny, irrelevant and irredeemably out of office they’ve become, the modern Tory Party is still graced with some of the least pleasant humans on earth.

Dear breathless, gullible types in the UK eager to jump on the populist RW bandwagon:

It’s illegal in the UK to hire anyone on any grounds other than merit.

And it’s EDI, not DEI.

HTH

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You know, I've never once had a LGBTQ person force their "lifestyle" on me.

But these miserable greedy billionaires, man, they are in my face every goddamn day.

Over 52,000 - and rising - have complained to Ofcom and disagree. The most ever for a TV clip is 58,000. So Ofcom is certainly going to take a good close look.

Add your name here: action.goodlawproject.org/ofcom-stop-g...

We all know where this leads without checks and balances. bsky.app/profile/mike...

Bruce MacKinnon, the editorial cartoonist at the Halifax Chronicle-Herald, drew this last November.

No newspaper would print it.

It now deserves an outing.

just doublechecking Canada's biggest exports in case there's something we can buy in solidarity & it's basically three different forms of petroleum, gold, and cars, so i guess maple syrup it is then

The continued fascination with the ghastly Mitford sisters is rooted in England's fawning admiration for very rich, very posh self-regarding arsehats. I can understand why Nancy remains famous but the others? Diana, in particular, was a truly dreadful human being.

BBC’s Chris Mason calls Farage a “master of storytelling”
Maybe the BBC could stop helping him out and tell another story.One about a grifting prejudiced conman who’s wrecked our country with his ‘Breaking Point’ Brexit but has never been held to account for the lies he’s told, the damage he’s done.

Ffs why have they dragged Therese Coffey out of her coffin to go on Newsnight and say absolutely nothing of any substance just like she has done for the last 14 years.

Here’s a short story about who wins and loses from the status quo of our inheritance tax rules - and about, what you might politely call ‘sub-optimal’ journalism🧵

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I think this judge spoke for all of us.