Martin Nesbit

Independent, UK-based researcher on EU and environment issues. Former faceless bureaucrat. He/him.

[Chantelle Lunt @chantelle_lunt]

🛑 Nigel Farage should resign and face criminalinvestigation.
I do not often speak publicly about the riots of 2024, because my family still carries the scars of what happened afterwards. My son was followed by a far-right thug who threatened to burn and kill him, before smashing up our car when my husband arrived to protect him.

So it is not lost on me that Nigel Farage has escalated from suggesting, in the wake of Southport in 2024, that the truth was being hidden from the public, to now explicitly calling for “pure, cold rage” in 2026.

We know where this kind of rhetoric leads. Calls like that, alongside Tommy Robinson’s calls for people to gather outside police stations, have been followed by violent disorder in our communities.

Tuesday night in Southampton, 11 police officers were injured, people were reportedly arrested for offences including possession of weapons and assaulting police, property was damaged, cars were smashed, and communities were left frightened and distressed.

This is not responsible leadership. This is not justice for victims. This is the politics of rage, hate and division, and it has real consequences in communities like ours, and for families like mine.

Nigel Farage is a dangerous politician. He is dealing in a mendacious, hate-fuelled style of politics that puts ordinary people at risk.
He should resign.

[Mukhtar @I_amMukhtar]

When Metropolitan Police officer Wayne Couzens kidnapped and murdered Sarah Everard, Nigel Farage released a five-minute video urging people not to attack men or the police.

Today, in response to the murder of Henry Nowak, he called for "pure cold rage."

[David__Osland @David__Osland]

Fortunately, Britain has a Bermuda-registered mass circulation newspaper owned by a French-domiciled billionaire, a television station owned by a Dubai hedge fund and a political party backed by a Thailand-based crypto tycoon to remind us of the importance of patriotism

[Prof. Katharine Hayhoe @KHayhoe]

This article says climate change is “believed to have played a role” in the UK's extreme heat this week.

As a climate scientist, let me fact-check that.

First, climate change is not a religion. No belief is required. It is about evidence.

And the evidence has been crystal clear for more than two decades: climate change is making heat waves hotter, longer, more frequent and more dangerous.

In fact, science has advanced far beyond saying climate change merely “played a role.” Today, we can quantify how much more likely and how much hotter climate change made a specific event.

Here's the bottom line:

Climate is changing. Humans are responsible. And we are experiencing the impacts now. That’s the bad news.

The good news is that solutions already exist, and the majority of people care - 89%, around the world!

But meaningful action depends on helping people understand not just what is happening: we need to know how it affects our lives (this heat wave being example A today) and what we can do about it.

That’s the opportunity this reporting missed.

https://t.co/vYfPDKcWWf

[Tower Hamlets Labour Group @TH_Labour]

Tower Hamlets Labour Group is calling on Councillor Abul Monsur to resign from Tower Hamlets Council with immediate effect.

[Parody Nigel Farage @Parody_PM]

https://t.co/yBZ4pfyGdK

[Marina Purkiss @MarinaPurkiss]

Angela Rayner was dragged through every front page for weeks...

HMRC's verdict: NOT deliberate. NOT even careless.

Farage pockets £5 million and chooses not to declare it

So where's the wall-to-wall coverage?

Tell me this isn't a rigged game.

[Dan Neidle @DanNeidle]

When I reported on Zahawi I got a handful of abusive messages. When he apologised & it turned out I was right, they all stopped.

But Polanski? Wild levels of abuse, which just ramped up when Polanski apologised & it turned out I was right.

Does the Green Party have a problem?

[Marc Francis @MarcFrancisTH]

Congrats to Mads, Ottlie and Jonathan on their election as Bow East's cllrs. It has been a privilege to represent this area. Thanks to my @TH_Labour colleagues, the council officers who have helped me and especially Bow residents for your support + kindness over the past 20 years

[Adam Schwarz @AdamJSchwarz]

Hungary’s parliament sings “Ode to Joy” — the anthem of Europe — after Péter Magyar is sworn in as prime minister.

Hungary is once again a proud member of the European Union.

[Martin Nesbit @arrhenius]

@pastormarkburns It’s a golden calf, you demented cretin.

[Catherine @catherine_v_p]

@TH_Labour @SadiqKhan @CllrSirajIslam Siraj is a kind, decent Councillor who's served his local community with courage & dedication for decades. He spoke up to Starmer for Ceasefire in Gaza swiftly, on 24.10.23.
I was upset to see a cowardly, unfair smear campaign against him on local streets. He didn't deserve that.

[Rushanara Ali MP 💙 @rushanaraali]

It’s been brilliant campaigning with our Labour Mayoral and council candidates.

Polls close at 10pm - there's still time to cast your vote. Vote Labour. @CllrSirajIslam @BGandSLabour

[Cllr. Sirajul Islam @CllrSirajIslam]

I want to express my gratitude to everyone who voted for me on Thursday. To my constituents & friends of Bethnal Green, I am grateful for your 25 years of support & friendship. I will still be your neighbour & bump into you in Bethnal Green, Roman Rd or even in the allotment.

[Tower Hamlets Labour Group @TH_Labour]

5,000 social homes.
10,000 fewer families on the waiting list.
And the 25% local letting policy back to make sure social homes go to local residents.

@CllrSirajIslam built his record on housing.

Here’s what he’ll deliver as Mayor. 🎥
#TowerHamlets #VoteLabour

[Local London Elects @localelects]

🚨 TOWER HAMLETS MAYORAL PROJECTION 🚨

Projected first-round vote share:

Tower Hamlets is shaping up to be one of the closest mayoral contests in London, with Aspire narrowly ahead in our latest projection.

Tracking London’s Political Future.

#TowerHamlets #LondonPolitics

[Tower Hamlets Labour Group @TH_Labour]

@CllrSirajIslam A synagogue was set on fire in Whitechapel this morning.
Our borough has been here before we know what it looks like when a community is targeted to make them feel they don't belong.
The arson, the abuse, the assaults.
In Tower Hamlets, we will not look away.

[Tower Hamlets Labour Group @TH_Labour]

@CllrSirajIslam on why Labour is cutting the cost of sport for residents.

40% off pitch and court bookings. Two days a week, every week.

Your borough. Your pitch. Your price. 🏏⚽🏸

Vote Labour on 7 May → https://t.co/Vz0i7APhMp

[Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas]

Statements that have now come to light from a handful of @TheGreenParty candidates are totally unacceptable & require immediate action. There’s no place for anti-semitism or any hate speech in the party. This is a society-wide problem & needs to be rooted out wherever it’s found

[David @Zero_4]

In 2024, The Sun led with several stories regarding Starmer receiving clothes & spectacles from a Labour donor - even repeating accusations he’s “King of the Freebies”

In 2026, The Sun hasn’t published a *single story* about Farage receiving a £5m gift from a Reform donor