Ian McG

It’s natural to want control over your own destiny and to have the power to shape your own future. So why wouldn’t you want the same for your country?

[The Daily Britain @dailybritainonx]

Lawyer Peter Stefanovic - whose political films have been watched over a billion times - breaks down Reform's Great Repeal Act line by line: strip day one sick pay, legalise fire and rehire, lift zero-hours protections, repeal the Renters' Rights Act, abolish the Equality Act, and leave the ECHR.

He also notes that almost half of Britons believe net migration has increased when it's fallen 48% to 171,000.

His conclusion: if the media explained Reform's policies, nobody would support them.

Full story at the link below 👇

[Harry Eccles @Heccles94]

And I’ll name them, the gestapo.

[Don McGowan @donmcgowan]

Over the last 36 hours, we have witnessed the very soul of Nigel Farage — his essence.

It has been over a month since he went into hiding, since serious questions began to be raised over his undeclared £5M donation.

A month since he appeared in front of TV cameras or underwent any questioning at all.

At 8am yesterday morning, Farage released a video, from a field somewhere, calling for rage. Calling for an end to the mythical two-tier policing.

Make no mistake, those were very carefully chosen words — he understood what he was unleashing, and his wish was granted last night in Southampton.

On Tuesday, the Home Secretary made a statement to the House regarding the murder of Henry Nowack. There was, as always, an opportunity to question Shabana Mahmood — was Nigel Farage in attendance?

No, of course not.

Today, Farage was granted a question at PMQs — the showpiece spectacle of the political week in which the country's news and politics fanatics tune in to watch — was Nigel Farage in attendance?

Yes, of course he was.

He had somehow found his way into work after missing 77 separate votes in Parliament because … he would, at least for three minutes, be the centre of the country's political attention.

His question was about the murder of Henry Nowack and the violence that erupted [on his command] last night, but he would not condemn it or call for calm.

Instead, he 'suggested' that this rioting might escalate.

This afternoon, he has performatively written to the BBC because someone on Newsnight dared to accuse him of inciting the violence — playing his perpetual victim card. Again.

And there we see the soul of Nigel Farage — a craven, desperate for attention, evil, petty and pointless man.

END RANT.

[Supertanskiii @supertanskiii]

What’s going on in Southampton isn’t about injustice, it’s about male violence.

It’s knuckle dragging scum being incited into angry mobs by multimillionaires.

They’re bored, racist radicalised idiots.

[Sam @SamCKx]

It seems the entire Reform Rob Kenyon election campaign is based on this carefully sculpted "working-class local lad" narrative.

Beyond the numerous red flags surrounding his past conduct, the real state of British politics is reflected in the fact that thousands of people will fall for this and simply vote for him.

No discussion of policies. No relevant experience. No meaningful credentials. Just someone who started a plumbing business on Checkatrade six months ago and now has the financial resources and propaganda machine of Reform behind him.

People are literally going to go out and vote for a stooge, and I think many secretly know it and simply don't care.

People are so desperate to find a scapegoat for the problems they face in life that they're delighted to blame the person delivering their Uber Eats or serving them coffee at Starbucks, rather than the tiny number of individuals who control a staggering share of the nation's wealth, leaving less resources for everyone.

It's far easier to look down on those with the least and blame them for your problems while wealthy elites and political grifters bankroll campaigns that will leave you poorer and even more desperate.

And by the time you realise what's happened, you'll already have handed them all the power.

[Goodbye Mr Mackenzie @gbmrmackenzie]

After decades as one of Scotland’s most influential bands, Goodbye Mr Mackenzie are back on the road in 2026 for a special run of Scottish dates. Will you be there? https://t.co/1M04gFkagU #scottishrock #alternativerock @BackDoune

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Royal Mail - Czech
National Grid - Australian
Thames Water - Canadian/Qatar
British Petroleum - American
British Gas - American
British Telecom - Indian
Rolls Royce - German

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

Thread! 🧵

Please read, like, share & send the article to your friends.

#TheHarbourneReceipts from @thenerve_news.

Important accountability journalism into Nigel Farage & his crypto pals.

Follow the money 💰 💰 💰

[Parody Nigel Farage @Parody_PM]

Some notes on my work ethic:

-I last voted in Parliament on 18 March, so I haven’t done my job for ten weeks.
-I’ve never held any face-to-face constituency surgeries, despite apparently having £5 million to spend on security.
-I refuse to do interviews or face press scrutiny of any sort.
-when I was in the European Parliament I had the 4th worst attendance record out of 748 MEPs.
-although I did manage to turn up to vote AGAINST plans to tackle Russian misinformation.
-I was on the Fisheries Committee but I only turned up to ONE out of 42 meetings.
-but I will of course be taking my £73,000 EU pension.

Vote Reform, get lazy, grifting, self-serving sacks of shit.

[Maura DragonHeart 🍀🇺🇸🇮🇪🇮🇹 🌛🌝🌜💙 @maura_resister]

🤣🤣🤣

[Callum 🧢 @CxllumRFC]

Super fucking Ally 😎💙

[🌼🌹Raquel🌹🌼 @eternallyRaq]

Please remember that when Donald Trump says “a lot of people don’t know” something, he’s talking about him. He just found this specific thing out. He’s shocked at this new information (that everyone else knew).

[your cousin Vinny @muddaub]

the problem with this scrimp and save mentality is that my landlord can raise my rent by 10% every year for no reason. no matter what you save, they find a way to take it from you.

[🇬🇧King 🇬🇧 @King0243_PJC]

🚨 James O’Brien ABSOLUTELY RINSES a Brexit voter live on LBC

Brexit voter Richard: “You’re very rude to me, aren’t you?”

James: “I am very rude to you because of what you’ve done to my country.”

One year on: GDP hit by 6-8%, trade down 15%, businesses struggling, no sunlit uplands in sight, just excuses.

This level of brutal accountability is what we need back.
Full rinse here 👇👇👇👇

[𝐃𝐈𝐆𝐁 @_DIGB]

What a country

What an announcement video

We’ll be fucking there 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[Sam Pilger @sampilger]

So that absolutely shocking VAR intervention for the Celtic penalty against Motherwell earlier this week proved to be crucial and helped rob Hearts and deliver Celtic the title. A great shame for Scottish football.

[Gaz @gazpop81]

Aside from the awful end to the season for my club I firmly believe football at the top level is broken beyond belief

⚽️ VAR re-refereeing games and taking the joy out of the game and standards lower than ever before

⚽️ Exorbitant ticket pricing, multiple tv subscriptions required to follow your team, merchandise pricing and fans treated as customers

⚽️ TV coverage reduce to ‘shock jock’ panto sound bites for social media interaction

⚽️ High player wage bills no longer playing for the jersey and player connection to fans minimised by lack of local players

⚽️ Youth development stifled

We want our game back

[John Walker @johnwalker_1986]

Rangers Player Pathway?

Last nights game v Hibs should have been littered with Youth Players especially the likes of Kyle Glasgow, Ashton Scally & Luca Rankin.

We keep hearing that agents and players are only interested in England but that's 3 boys that have chosen Rangers over England & in the first chance to give debuts in a nothing game & not, is really poor.

The idea that we are prioritising winning a 19s League is utterly laughable and that is what's wrong with Scottish Football and it's approach to a "Player Pathway".

Loanee's Meghoma, Aarons & Skov Olsen should have been left out in favour of showing an actual commitment to Rangers Player Pathway.

Kyle Glasgow has committed to Rangers since he was 7yo & it's been his dream since that point to play for them... Loanee's have committed nothing.

All 3 could have played a few minutes as a token gesture without having any impact on this 19s title & the impact that could have had on the next batch of kids not going to England could be huge.

No proven pathway 🤮

[Scotland’s Coefficient @scotlandscoeff1]

My take: the ball hitting a hand is not always a handball offence. You have to either

1.) deliberately touch the ball with your hand, or
2.) ball hits your hand/arm when it's made your body unnaturally bigger.

This isn't deliberate, and if the ball hits his hand - which is on his forehead in the middle of a normal footballing challenge - he hasn't made his body unnaturally bigger. Because the ball would have hit his head anyway, so his hand on his head does not make his body unnaturally bigger.

Furthermore, VAR can only recommend an on-field review for a clear and obvious error. There is only one camera angle available, which does not show that the referee has missed a clear and obvious error. We can't see clearly where the ball hits.

This is categorically not what VAR was brought in for, and it all needs ripped up in the summer. This is a really poor look for Scottish football, as you can see from the international condemnation online since the game.

You really have to feel for Hearts. Unless you're a Celtic fan of course, that must have been class. But if you're not a Celtic fan. Deary me. Could be a generation defining decision, never mind season defining!