EXCL: Last night’s LGBT party at Conservative conference descended into claims of homophobic abuse.
Attendees had to be removed for using highly offensive homophobic slurs.
One gay Conservative attending told me “Morally I don’t feel I fit in anymore”.
https://t.co/MB1TLfP9YM
You’ll have seen a lot of charts in the past few weeks.
But this one REALLY matters.
The mortgage burden - the % we spend on our repayments - is heading for the highest level since the late 80s.
Last time it hit these levels it preceded the biggest housing crash in modern history
Of all the words written about the catastrophe of the past week, this letter in the FT sums it up best of all. And it’s worse than we might have thought.
In Spain, train journeys under 300km are free until the end of 2022.
France’s energy bills are only rising by 4%.
Germany has cut public transport to €9 (£7.70) a month.
Our Government is telling people to buy a new kettle.
An absolutely outstanding speech from @maitlis calling out the "glaring omissions" of UK broadcasters who refuse to discuss Brexit ("the obvious economic cause of major change in this country)"
Link to whole lecture in thread below. It was superb
EXCLUSIVE: In a leaked video, Rishi Sunak boasted to Conservative Party members that he was prepared to take public money out of “deprived urban areas” to help wealthy towns.
@REWearmouth reports: https://t.co/uZMpjKm6rG
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Retweet this to see exclusive images from the #HouseOfTheDragon trailer before it is released to the realm.
The more people retweet, the more first looks will emerge from the flames. https://t.co/7wDrbXF3Ub
BREAKING🚨:
The #BigPlasticCount results are out & they are shocking!
UK households throw away almost 100 BILLION pieces of plastic a year & only 12% is recycled in the UK.
@10DowningStreet dumps the rest abroad, buries it in landfill or burns it.
RT to expose
A suspected terrorist shooting outside a gay nightclub in Oslo killed two people and wounded 14, hours before a Pride parade was set to begin https://t.co/Sf8d9IQ8Rv
If you want a glimpse of where the right-wing Supreme Court majority might be willing to go now that Roe v. Wade has been overturned, look no further than the words of Justice Clarence Thomas himself ⬇️
The Supreme Court has issued its ruling in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization case, overturning the landmark cases Roe v. Wade (1973) and Planned Parenthood v. Casey (1992) in the process.
NEW: No10 has confirmed that members of the PM's team personally intervened to have a story about his wife Carrie Johnson withdrawn from publication in The Times – but denied that Boris Johnson was personally involved in the discussions https://t.co/SlRBitrI7N