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[Ben Flook @Ben_Flook]

@KEdge23 @electionmapsuk @YouGov So much momentum that the Tories can’t get above 20% in their monthly average since May 2025, worse than even under Truss.

[Ben Flook @Ben_Flook]

@DPJHodges ‘With the possible exception of B’

The Tories have been decimated in their heartlands; lost seats in 2 consecutive local elections; and have been cemented to 17-20% since May 2025.

Find me a more unsuccessful opposition in British politics ever?

[Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage]

Level 2 and 3 plumbing courses are FREE for illegal migrants while young Britons pay thousands.

You get more for breaking into this country than for being born in it. It's a disgrace.

Reform will ban migrants from handouts and incentivise employers to hire our own people.

[Ben Bradley @Ben_Bradley_32]

Wandsworth's Conservative Council are planning a 94% Council Tax rise.

NINETY FOUR PERCENT. An extra £1000 on people's bills.

I'm the first to argue that local government is unsustainable on its current trajectory, but 94% is special. The biggest #CouncilTax rise EVER. And then blaming the government, when of course the previous Tory government did nothing about this either.

Look forward to seeing the massive media outcry on this one! Assume @SkyNews will immediately be sending in under cover reporters? I imagine they're assembling a left wing panel of guests to slate them on Cathy Newman's show right now. What do you think!? 🤔

https://t.co/PBOAIibBWD

[Financial Times @FT]

On Tuesday night, Wandsworth’s half-century era of ultra-low council tax came to an end as the borough’s Conservative administration announced plans for a 94% rise, Britain’s biggest ever annual increase.

Read more: https://t.co/dM99P43Gcn

[Tomas Pueyo @tomaspueyo]

Lots of people discuss immigration & crime in Europe, so I compiled what I think is ALL the data on the topic, which is hard because many countries hide it.
Do they commit more crime?
Is it because of age? Sex? Education? Poverty? Culture?

1. Sexual offenses & violent crime:

[Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage]

Excellent win in @RobertJenrick's seat last night.

While the Tories plummeted to 28.4%, Reform gained almost 50% on our first time standing there.

The Conservative Party is dead.

[Robert Jenrick @RobertJenrick]

An incredible 44% swing from Tory to Reform in Newark!

So proud of our candidate, Matthew Evans and my hardworking team.

Deeply honoured that my Newark constituents are backing Reform 🇬🇧 🚀

[electionmapsuk @electionmapsuk]

East Markham (Bassetlaw) Council By-Election Result:

➡️ RFM: 49.6% (New)
🌳 CON: 28.4% (-37.6)
🌹 LAB: 17.2% (-4.1)
🌍 GRN: 4.8% (New)

No LDM (-12.8) as previous.

Reform UK GAIN from Conservative.
Changes w/ 2023.

[Danny Kruger @danny__kruger]

Very disappointed the Government has not given the House of Commons the chance to debate the hugely significant developments in AI policy in recent weeks - and now we're off for a four week recess. I hope we'll look at it properly when we return... by which time everything could be different, again

[Ben Flook @Ben_Flook]

@lukerobertblack @KemiBadenoch The Tory leader repeatedly praised Net Zero as a ‘world leading target’ and was lauding her department’s role in achieving it as late as May 2024.

[Daisy Christodoulou @daisychristo]

Part one of my new transferable skills series is up now.

The worst civil war in history, British civil service reform, Cherokee and alchemy, and a bonus mention of cryptic crosswords & mimetic desire...

https://t.co/OVeYxS3OsG

[Naval @naval]

Strong liability enforcement could be helpful in the AI debate.

If your agent swarm goes rogue, you’re liable.

If your weakly protected model gets jailbroken, you’re liable.

If you serve a weakly protected OSS model, you’re liable.

[Reform UK @reformparty_uk]

Nigel Farage was right all along.

[Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage]

We are being invaded.

[Dario Amodei @DarioAmodei]

We Must Pace the Frontier: I’ve written a new essay on why the AI industry should slow down, with a three-part plan for doing so.

Anthropic is unilaterally committing to the first of these steps. We’ll provide third-party evaluators with permanent, employee-level access to our systems, so that they can verify adherence to our safety measures, report on incidents, and assess models’ alignment during training.

You can read the full post here: https://t.co/OGyPb7yaYt

[Nigel Farage @Nigel_Farage]

Thanks to the generosity of Christopher Harborne and Ben Delo, Reform will now be able to fight and win the next general election on a level playing field.

Britain is broken. Only Reform has what it takes to fix it. https://t.co/opJpPOS9fP

[Reform UK @reformparty_uk]

If you are a tradesman then this message is for you. 👇

A Reform UK government will raise the VAT threshold from £90,000 to £150,000, giving you more room to build your business.

[Ben Flook @Ben_Flook]

@KEdge23 @codybutleruk The conservatives haven’t conserved anything, though, since 1945. So it’s a pointless organisation

[Jacob Coxon @hilbertspaess]

I resigned from Anthropic today. I spent the last three years doing pretraining research at both OpenAI and Anthropic. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives. More thoughts below.