What do we think?🤔 Hmm…. A Daily Mail headline so clearly designed to make you furious. Being shared by salivating Tory MPs who love a good rage farming story! So, what’s going on here? Let’s take a look!👀 🧵 1/13

NAUGHTY, NAUGHTY, NAUGHTY South West Water You know all that nonsense about WCs being transparent and accountable? Well guess what, it's all rubbish. Take this example, South West Water. Here's what their current sewage dumping in Cornwall looks like when viewed on independent

And this is where you see the mutation begin. It started as an unverified claim by Zia Yusuf - that Kent County Council is using taxpayer money to pay TV licences for asylum seekers. No evidence. No source. Just vibes. Now, less than 24 hours later, that unsubstantiated claim has

Turns out the millionaire exodus was a complete work of fiction.... built on dodgy data from a company flogging golden passports to billionaires. Henley & Partners spun a PR stunt – and the media ran with it. 10,000 headlines later, the truth emerges: less than 0.3% of UK

Brexit: the next phase. New post on my Brexit & Beyond Blog. With the Gibraltar agreement ending the A50 issues, and the Reset Summit over, we're entering a period of technical adjustments. Thoughts on that, and the 9th anniversary of the Referendum: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/06/brexit…

My column on the unmasking of Mr TattleLife theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

I’ve written a lot about Labour strategy this year. With the anniversary here, seemed a good time to pull it all together. 7 reasons Labour are in a hole, and 6 things Starmer could do about it. It starts with him and his dislike of ideology in politics. open.substack.com/pub/goodalland…

Applebaum: Trump admires unchecked power — no courts, no journalists. He’s positively disposed to Russia and personally impressed by Putin. As a trained KGB officer, Putin would know how to exploit weaknesses. Trump believes Putin is his friend. 1/

“When I entered Gaza the Israeli military had a rule: I was only allowed to bring in three kilos of food. As I was weighing out protein bars, trying to get under the limit, I said to my husband: ‘How sinister is this?’ I’m a humanitarian aid worker. Why would there even be a

🧵 Translated this interview by prominent Polish defence analyst Konrad Muzyka - Rochan Consulting for RP, which focuses on the current state of the Russia-Ukraine war. It's long, but very insightful. Many numbers, details and assessments. 1/

"Thames Water says new Abingdon reservoir could cost bill-payers up to £7.5bn," that's three times more than the original estimate. 🤬🤬🤬 So here's how the works or rather how you get had. Ofwat has this totally made up, completely bonkers number which apparently represents

How do you deflect attention away from your own gross incompetence? Easy by blaming the victims, lesson 1,752. Water companies are required by law to plan and prepare for drought, to ensure that our taps can be kept running. But they've never really had a plan, in fact the only

1/ Water supplies have been cut off in parts of the Rostov region as firefighters struggle to deal with the ongoing fire at the Novoshakhtinsk refinery. Residents are incredulous at claims by the authorities that there's no problem with air quality. ⬇️ x.com/bayraktar_1lov…

Must read essay by ⁦Timothy Snyder⁩ Putin is a cynical man, the founder of the post-truth politics in which Trump flourishes. But at the bottom of the deepest cynicism can often be found one very naive idea. Putin’s is that Russia has … 1/ on.ft.com/4oQTLhx

I was a war correspondent in Vietnam. Some 63 journalists were killed there in 10 years. But never did we fear we were deliberately targeted by the VC or the NVA. The UN says the Israelis have killed >240 journalists in Gaza in less than two years. Deliberately and criminally.

Dear BBC, your news report included rubbish spouted by Mr Farage. It's irresponsible to repeat lies, especially if they're designed to forment racist crimes. You should always note that 1. There's no "illegal" way of seeking asylum. We already deport those who fail asylum.

Since 2010, when Viktor Orbán returned to power, he and Fidesz have been steadily checking off the boxes for building a mafia state in Hungary. At some point, Orbán seems to have decided never to leave power again. 1/11

It feels timely & appropriate to post this magnificent beast ... the ultimate vox pop! ✊️🫡🤜🤛

In Russia there is such a place as the "Yamal Cross". This is the intersection of 17 main gas pipelines, which together transport ~80% of all gas in the Russian Federation. If at least 8 of the 17 pipes fail, which is 47% of the capacity. Russia will be forced to spend $200 mln

This is getting absolutely ridiculous now. Headline: Rayner’s family home was valued at almost twice the amount of other recently sold properties on her street. Article: Behind a paywall so most people will take that insinuation at face value The reality? 🧵1/10