Caro H

Without contraries is no progression...

[Buvey @lawrence_bury]

World Cup 2026 half time show is the lowest point football has ever experienced. Doesn’t get worse than this.

[rachel @donnasmutiny]

the americanisation of the world cup final is abysmal

[Miguel Delaney @MiguelDelaney]

A half-time show is an anti-football abomination.

Players have gone through their career used to normal break. That rhythm disrupted, in the biggest game of their careers.

It's of a piece with absurdly high ticket prices and Balogun controversy - Fifa ushering this through.

[Count Binface @CountBinface]

On my way, Clacton.

[Marina Purkiss @MarinaPurkiss]

OOFT…

Did he wake up on the wrong side of bed?

Farage having an absolute mare today and I’m so here for it

First GMB

[Damian Low @DamianLow3]

Seeing some of the embarrassingly hateful reactions to Starmer's resignation today, I thought it was worth resharing this.

The level of personal hostility directed at Keir Starmer deserves scrutiny in its own right. Not because he should be immune from criticism, but because the tone and intensity of the attacks tell us something unhealthy about the state of democratic politics.

Starmer is a conventional political figure. Cautious, legalistic, incremental. He frustrates people precisely because he is managerial rather than messianic. Yet the reaction to him often goes far beyond disagreement, tipping into visceral hatred more commonly reserved for authoritarians or demagogues.

Much of this hostility is disconnected from concrete policy. It is not about specific votes, proposals or outcomes, but about projection. A belief that Starmer embodies betrayal, bad faith or hidden malice. That kind of politics runs on suspicion rather than evidence.

This matters because democracy depends on the assumption of good faith among opponents. You can think a leader is wrong, timid, or misguided without believing they are fundamentally illegitimate. Once politics becomes moralised to the point of demonisation, compromise is reframed as treachery and pluralism as weakness.

The pattern is familiar. In fragmented, polarised systems, anger concentrates not on extremists, whose intentions are clear, but on moderates, who disappoint maximalists on all sides. The centre becomes the lightning rod precisely because it resists totalising narratives.

There is also a media and online dynamic at work. Incentives reward outrage, not proportionality. Algorithms favour contempt over analysis. Over time, this creates a political culture in which relentless personal attack feels normal, even virtuous, rather than disgusting.

None of this is a defence of Starmer’s decisions, instincts or record. Those should be argued over robustly as you do in a democracy. The problem is the substitution of critique with hostility and the quiet erosion of democratic norms that follows when political opponents are treated as enemies rather than rivals.

A democracy cannot function if every election is framed as an existential struggle against internal evil. At some point, the target may change, but the damage to trust, restraint and culture remains.

[Deborah Meaden 🇺🇦 @DeborahMeaden]

He isn’t … there are plenty of vested interests who want us to believe he is…

[sam @samcramerrr]

Seeing a lot of people saying Keir Starmer is the worst prime minister in their lifetime and the only reasonable conclusion to make is that they are two years old

[Anna Soubry 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇺🇦🇪🇺🖤🤍 @Anna_Soubry]

No one should be celebrating what seems certain to be the imminent departure of #Starmer & arrival of our 7th PM in 10 years
Something has gone horribly wrong in British politics. Stability & competence were key parts of what made us a great country.
Poorer quality politicians, the cheapening of political debate (in part social media but also MSM) & rise of so called populism led to #Brexit & the decision to leave #EU just exacerbated the demise of competent Govt, sensible politics & decent politicians.

[Caro H @caroh]

@The_TUC Well and he has form of rarely turning up for work whether as an MEP or and MP so theres no solidarity there with people who do turn up to work do their jobs.

[Legal Mindset @TheLegalMindset]

Reckless Ben’s GoFundMe is back, likely due to public pressure and efforts like @IamSean90 starting a rival Legal Defense Fund on competing platform GiveSendGo, which actually has a spine when it comes to controversial cases.

Either way, good work getting it restored 👏

[Yorkshire girl @helloKi30596224]

Can we keep Keir Starmer and sack Chris Mason?
We do, after all, pay Mason's hugely inflated salary.

[Mark Cockerton @CockertonMark]

You boy! Are the riots working or are they still talking about that £5 million?

[kieron murphy @kieronmurphy5]

@MittensOff @Thehuck_59 Neo Nazis on the streets of 🇬🇧 thanks to #FarageRiots @reformparty_uk

Oh, and @BBCNews ….can you please stop referring to these thugs as “concerned” or “protesters”….. they injured 11 Police Officers and a Police dog in their fascist violence

[Hunter Biden @HunterBiden]

So let me get this straight.

Jake Tapper is focused on attacking my Mom.

Jared and Ivanka are building a private island paradise on Albanian protected land.

Don Jr married the daughter of Epstein’s banker, and a startup his fund backs just got a record $620M Pentagon loan.

Eric is taking an Israeli drone company public for $1.5B in the middle of a war with Iran that nobody wanted.

And I know: “But what about your paintings, Hunter?”

Please.

[Have I Got News For You @haveigotnews]

Nigel Farage's work over the last 11 weeks broken down:

- Parliamentary votes registered (including on immigration): 0

- Violent racial divisions stoked: 1

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Should Nigel Farage be arrested for inciting riots?

Like - Yes
RT - Instantly

[Caro H @caroh]

@rianroxx They are making life very hard for their franchisees. It must be hurting all of them. I wonder if they have any rights for damages ...

[Caro H @caroh]

@CTownEnjoyer @Portealmario The press conference was an absolute shambles that left many questions. And if they have nothing to fear they need to unredact the recordings

[jay plemons @jayplemons]

Body Cam remains undefeated

The Bricks and Minifigs saga just got even crazier.

The American Fork Police Chief in Utah released their official response… and Reckless Ben goes through it point by point with the body cam footage to refute everything.

Full breakdown below👇