James Hart

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Tesco could pay every worker an extra £10,000 and still make a profit.

British Gas could pay every worker an extra £35,000 and still make a profit.

Shell could pay every worker an extra £300,000 and still make a profit.

It is the billionaires who are ripping you off.

[Count Binface @CountBinface]

Who needs mysterious Thai-based crypto-billionaires or convicted criminals called Posh George? You can support Team Binface by bunging me the cost of a trio of affordable croissants (£3) at https://t.co/F8x87pEplq. Or don’t. I love you either way.

[Liz Webster @LizWebsterSBF]

😹 😆 😹 Robert Jenrick says a Farage victory in Clacton would send a “powerful signal”.

Tim Stanley wasn’t convinced: “So the message to the wider electorate is… Farage can beat a field of one talking bin?”

Robert Jenrick: “Nigel Farage had the courage to put himself up for a by-election, which very few people do in politics.”

Tim Stanley: “Well, you didn’t.”

Jenrick: “Well… quite.”

Sometimes the best interview moments need no commentary. 🤣

[Jay @JibbaJabb]

Andrew Marr: " The Commons rules are very clear and they forbid face coverings "

Count Binface: " Well the Commons rules are very clear about what you can do with donations , but that seems to have got all murky so why can't I see how the line can get tested ? "

#lbc #farage #clacton @CountBinface

[Jon Brady @_jonbrady]

BBC: "have you ever been to Clacton?"

@CountBinface: "no, because I understand from the current incumbent that is part of how you do the job."

politics is BACK, baby

[Aydin Paladin🍸👑🇺🇸🇬🇬✝️📊 @AydinPaladin]

Farage got 46% in Clacton in 2024. He is only opposed now by Count Binface, meaning anyone who dislikes Farage or votes for any other party is represented by Binface. Given that Binface is a joke candidate - much as Trump was perceived of before the GOP primaries in 2016 - and that they just voted for him 2 years ago, it's possible that voting burnout and perceptions of him running unopposed may stymie Reform voter participation. Meanwhile, everyone else - the other 54% - are motivated to vote only for Binface. I don't think he will win, but it is within the realm of plausibility, and that really is the funniest possible outcome. Therefore, I support Count Binface fully. This is the grandest demonstration of the nonseriousness of democratic politics in recent memory, particularly considering this is only happening as a bolster to Farage's ego. This backfiring on Farage so badly that he loses his seat to Count Binface is the funniest thing imaginable, and therefore, the best.
I also agree with him that the 99 Flake should never be more than 99p. That's just smart policy.

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

20 year old student Edith Berryman at the #RejoinEU rally in parliament square calling for the UK to rejoin the European Union @MarchForRejoin

"10 years since the Brexit referendum. I am 20 years old. I have grown up living with the consequences of that decision. I have a simple question. Did Brexit deliver what we were promised? My argument is simple."

"Brexit has had a real measurable economic cost. Not just in political arguments, but in productivity, investment and living standards, not just one opinion or one forecast."

"This is the conclusion we keep seeing across UK institutions and independent research. The question is not what people believed in 2016. The question is what can we learn from the evidence shown in 2026?"

"And the evidence is clear. Firstly, in productivity, this again doesn't come from one political campaign or one think tank. This comes from the UK government, government's own Office for Budget Responsibility. Their estimate is that Brexit reduces long term, UK productivity by around 4% compared to staying in the EU."

"And more recent academic work shows that figure even higher to around 6 to 8%. To put it simply, a smaller economy than we otherwise would have had. Secondly, investment. Because countries don't just grow by accident, they grow because business."

"This creates, invests and builds for the future. Business investment in the UK fell sharply after the referendum and has remained weaker than expected ever since. Independent studies estimate it is around 10 to 15% lower than it would have been without Brexit."

"And that matters because investment means jobs, it means wages, it means opportunities for the next generation, the younger generation, my generation, alph."

"They estimate this loss in productivity translates into around 470 pounds per worker per year in lower wages over time, not just for today, but for years ahead. Thirdly, living standards."

"Because this is where the debate stops being about statistics and it becomes real people's everyday lives. Research from institutions like the London School of Economics has found that Brexit related trade barriers increased costs in everyday goods, including food, contributing to higher household bills."

"And some estimates suggest it could amount to around 250 pounds a year for the average household. And the Resolution foundation has found over, the long term, real wages are lower than they otherwise would have been expected to be. So when you put all three together, products, investment, living standards, you do not get one political slogan, you do not get one isolated focus."

"You get a consistent picture from official institutions and independent research. And the question then becomes, how did we get here from what we were promised? Because this isn't just about numbers on a spreadsheet."

"Behind every percentage point is a real life. It's about whether young people can afford a home, whether your business can grow, whether families feel like their wages are, going further. I think the biggest issue here is Trust."

"In 2016, people were asked to make one of the biggest decisions in modern British history. They were promised that leaving would mean more control, more money and a stronger future. People were told, on the side of a bus, that leaving the EU would free up 350 million pounds a week for the NHS."

"But now, 10 years on, we have to be honest about the gap between what was promised and what actually happened. Because democracy, it doesn't depend on everyone getting every decision right. Democracy depends on us being willing to look at the evidence afterwards and ask, did this work?"

"What can we learn and what should we do next? Ten years ago, Britain chose a new direction. Today, we have the chance to choose what comes next. Not based on nostalgia, not based on slogans, not based on fear."

"Based on reality. And, the future isn't built on ignoring the evidence, is built by facing it. So the question for 2026 is, now that we know the cost, what should we do next? Thank you very much."

[TKs-Mantis @TKsMantis]

when all the nukes are flying they should play this on all televisions for the last thing humans get to watch

[Sam @SamCKx]

For those who don't know how this works, Reform are supported by the owner of X. All their accounts are centrally run and 1000s of bots are programmed to like their posts as soon as they go out. This is a form of election fraud no one is talking about yet. Rob's account is run from the US. Good local Makerfield boy.

It's all such a grift.

[buns 🐰 @desigotdone]

Call me antisemitic but shouldn’t this headline read ‘Bulgaria’s Dara wins the 70th Eurovision Song Contest’? 🤔

[Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire]

Nigel Farage tells The Sun the £5m he got from the crypto billionaire was a ‘reward for campaigning for Brexit for 27 years’

On May 5, Mr Farage said the money was ‘the only way I can protect myself for the rest of my life’ as he was the ‘most attacked, physically, politician of modern times’

[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.

[The Daily Britain @dailybritainonx]

🚨 NEW: Panorama investigated Christopher Harborne’s £10m donation to the Brexit Party back in 2020 - now, years later, fresh questions are being raised under strikingly similar circumstances.

The old clip of Nigel Farage hanging up on a BBC interviewer when pressed about Harborne is resurfacing again.

[Politics In The U.K. @politixintheuk]

A young BBCQT audience member posed a stinging rebuke, asking Jenrick: “How long will this go on for before people realise that grifters like you and your colleagues are the problem?”
The MP for Newark seemed rattled by the exchange and immediately resorted to immigration rhetoric in response.
The youngster has received a wave of support on social media, with many praising his approach as a blueprint for how the British media should challenge politicians.

[India Willoughby @IndiaWilloughby]

If we had a proper media, Reform would be finished. The BBC has played a massive role in legitimising a re-hashed National Front. #Election

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Victoria Derbyshire spend 8 minutes taking apart Nigel Farage's £5,000,000 gift

"As you'd expect we asked Reform UK for an interview tonight. One Reform UK press officer asked: with who and to discuss what"

"We said we'd like to talk about the local elections, the detention centres in Green areas, and £5m gift from Christopher Harborne"

"We didn't receive another reply"

[𝙇𝙞𝙖𝙢 @OfficialVizeh]

I’m sorry but it needs to be said

What’s with the babying of this group of players, we’ve won 1 in 26 games. It’s not a shock that Parker has been moved on

I get that he’s a really nice guy but he’s not Gandhi, the outpouring of emotional on him I’d expect on Sean Dyche but it never happened

It looks like the club has become soft and standards have dropped, can’t help but feel this way

[James Hart @JamesHart92]

This Burnley team must HATE their families.

[Burnley FC @BurnleyOfficial]

"It's about the people we represent now." 🗣️

[Tom Whittaker @tomclaret]

If the players put the same kind of shift in on the pitch as they have on Instagram today, he'd still be in a job