Cal Cowen

no DM please. labour supporter all my life, member of the labour party. against politics for personal profit or gain. Retired from our NHS.Never Tory or reform.

[daz @MetamateDaz]

Albanians just showed the world how it's done.

The government was selling off prime coastal land and protected islands to Jared Kushner and linked investors for a massive luxury resort turning public beaches and nature reserves into private playgrounds for the ultra-rich. The people said: HELL NO. Thousands poured into the streets under “Albania Is Not For Sale.” Protests turned fiery. They stormed government buildings and burnt down the Prime Minister’s house. This isn’t just about a deal. It’s about sovereignty. It’s about refusing to let your country be auctioned off to foreign billionaires while locals lose access to their own coastline. When elites sell the nation’s future for kickbacks and luxury resorts, the people have every right to push back hard. Respect to the Albanians for refusing to be colonized by cash. Other countries should be taking notes.

[Pete Buttigieg @PeteButtigieg]

Despite being under Republican control, the House just defied President Trump on the Iran war.

No amount of lying or bullying by the White House can make Americans forget we're paying for a senseless war.

Now even some GOP Members of Congress are recognizing they ultimately answer to us - not him. 

Keep up the pressure.

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

🚨WOW! Trump just LOST IT on CNN’s Kaitlan Collins for asking if the $1.8 billion DOJ slush fund is on hold or completely dead.

"You should be ashamed of yourself, you used to be a Conservative...

It was the greatest thing because people like you have abused our people so badly, like CNN, the NYT, oh my god.”

Then he started rambling and gushing about the Jan. 6 rioters.

"There was so much love and friendship; it was amazing people were crying.

"Those people have been abused by you."

We're witnessing on live TV the downfall of a powerful narcissist who's used to everything going his way.

[Eugene Vindman @YVindman]

Today, I joined a bipartisan majority of my colleagues to tell President Trump what the Constitution already does:

The president does not get to wage war by decree.

It’s long past time to end this costly war in Iran.

And it’s time for more of my Republican colleagues to find the courage to stand up to this administration and demand the same.

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

Donald Trump cheated on his first wife, who said he raped her, with his second wife, who he cheated on with his third wife, who he cheated on with a playmate and a porn star.

So MAGA can take their performative pearl clutching act about fidelity and fuck all the way off.

[Damian Low @DamianLow3]

Nigel Farage demands accountability from everyone except Nigel Farage.

That tells you more about his politics than any speech, campaign slogan or BBC lawsuit ever could.

For years, Farage has built his political brand around the idea that Britain is being misled. By politicians. By the media. By the civil service. By the establishment. The message is always the same. Other people are not telling you the truth.

1. Yet when you look at some of the most controversial moments of his own political career, accountability seems to disappear. After Southport, Farage amplified speculation and suspicion before the facts were fully established. At a moment when tensions were already dangerously high, he chose to raise questions that fuelled distrust rather than calm it.

2. Following the murder of Henry Nowak, we saw a similar instinct. Again, the focus quickly shifted towards institutional failure, hidden truths and public anger.

3. The point is not that politicians shouldn't ask difficult questions. They should. The point is that there is a difference between seeking facts and feeding suspicion.

4. Farage, like Trump, has latched onto something unpleasant that has entered modern politics. Distrust spreads faster than trust. Anger spreads faster than caution. People are far more likely to share a suspicion than a correction.

5. That is why today's threat to sue the BBC is so revealing. Because the same politician who has spent years benefiting from outrage, distortion and selective framing suddenly demands the highest standards of accuracy when he believes he is the victim.

6. The hypocrisy is obvious. When others are misrepresented, nuance often seems optional. When Farage believes he has been misrepresented, it becomes a matter for lawyers.

7. This is also why comparisons with Trump are increasingly hard to ignore. They share the same lack of accountability. If something helps the narrative, amplify it. If something damages the narrative, attack the source. If criticism follows, claim victimhood. And never, ever accept responsibility.

8. That last point matters most. Because accountability is not demanding answers from other people. It is being willing to accept scrutiny yourself. Accountability is not demanding answers from other people. It is being willing to accept responsibility when your own words have consequences.

That is the standard Farage applies relentlessly to everyone around him. Just never to himself. Because the central promise of Farage's politics is that Britain has been failed by everyone else.

The central flaw in it is that he never seems willing to consider his own role in making things worse.

[Thomas Standfield @TStandfield1789]

"Why is the leader of Reform dodging questions about his (£5,000,000) donation and why did he keep it secret in the first place?"
Farage - silence.
No wonder he is inciting riots.
A convenient diversion.
@Nigel_Farage @reformparty_uk @ZiaYusufUK @metpoliceuk

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

🚨WHERE IS THE MEDIA??

Trump just said the number 25,000 is bigger than a MILLION. The decline of his brain is now catastrophic.

“Where Martin Luther King made his great speech…he had a million people and I had 25,000 people. I had more people.” Wow.

[Kate from Kharkiv @BohuslavskaKate]

Rep. Keating to Rubio: "I'm sure you're aware that Ukraine, country that at the time had third-largest nuclear arsenal, peacefully turned over their nuclear weapons in conjunction with Budapest Memorandum.

And in exchange for U.S. commitment to defend Ukraine if it ever came under threat. The U.S. gave its word to Ukraine that it would defend them.

And I find this amazing. In your opening remarks, as you took us all over the world and mentioned 15 different incidents where you have interceded — 15, the top 15 — not once did you mention Ukraine when you were prioritizing achievements that are there."

[Mary Lefteris 🌹Labour @MaryLefteris]

@jimmysergi_ Who started this fight exactly? Who decided to cut short his mayoralty? Who decided to resign his seat? Who is planning to win this seat so he can challenge the PM? This stupidity could have been avoided and as a Labour member I will not support it.

[MP Arizona☀️🏳️‍🌈💙🌵🐕🐕‍🦺🫂💦🏜🐟🌴🎙🌎🌻♍️🌊 @AzPetrich]

SHUT UP! Albania's anti-corruption Prosecutors just froze Jared Kushner's dirty assets in the $4B resort fraud probe. Well done, Albania, well done.

[Lucas Sanders 👊🏽🔥🇺🇸 @LucasSa56947288]

🚨BREAKING: In a HUGE blow to Donald Trump, the House has PASSED the War Powers Resolution - 215-208 - which will require Congress’ say over the Iran War.

[Mike Jenkins @mihangelsiencyn]

Agreed

[Jennifer 💙💚🇺🇦 🌈Stand up for what is right. @Jennyfurfuls]

A few weeks ago, I had a verbal 'go' at Farage and Reform. I suffered a 'pile on' and much abuse. I stand by every word I said. Farage is a disease...and always will be!

[GOP Ls @GOP__Ls]

🚨 Republican Mayor Erin Stewart stole over $207,000 in taxpayer dollars.

She has now dropped out of the race for Connecticut Governor.

[Stephen Morgan MP @StephenMorganMP]

This Pride, I'm taking time to celebrate how far we've come while recognising the work we still have to do.

I am proud that Labour has always stood up for LGBT+ rights, and this Labour government is no different:
🌈 Delivering a trans-inclusive ban on conversion practices
🌈 Equalising hate crime law
🌈 Target to end all new HIV transmissions
🌈 Righting the wrongs endured by LGBT+ veterans

[hammy. @iamhamesh]

good. they should get on with the day job.

[Barbara @BarbaraSutton15]

The violence on the streets of Southampton last night was caused by:
Tommy Robinson
Nigel Farage
Rupert Lowe
Laurence Fox
And their supporters hopefully lots of early morning wake ups for them in the following days👮‍♀️👮‍♀️👮‍♀️

[Richard Smith @Richard_ezio]

BREAKING: Kushner, the "New Epstein," now copies his playbook with Ivanka in Albania—luxury resort on a protected island.

Same Deutsche Bank pipeline.
Same Saudi cash.
Same predator blueprint.

While victims wait for justice, they build another fortress!
@Abigail_M2050

[Snowleopardess 💚 @snowleopardess]

That...and to use as a tool in the vital Makerfield by-election, in which his appalling candidate Robert Kenyon was failing badly.