Liam Walsh

30 yrs in the music industry...Prince, Depeche Mode, Oasis, The Killers, Biffy Clyro, Bjork, Nick Cave… AKA 'Liam Red Alert'.

[Jack Dart @JackWDart]

The media has convinced you that Keir Starmer is the worst Prime Minister in history. They're lying to you.

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

‘You sound like you’re speaking for a country who’s afraid of a bigger country’

@Lewis_Goodall grills Labour’s Darren Jones on the UK’s repsonse to the US capture of Nicolás Maduro

[Mike H @mikoh123]

Jonathan Gullis has defected to Reform.
Here he is saying there’s not a ‘cats hell in chance will I be defecting, for me it takes courage of conviction and belief to stay within something & fight for what you believe in’
He then calls chief whip Lee Anderson a liar.
#PoliticsLive

[Liam Walsh @LiamAWalsh]

https://t.co/X5Kg2EpwEQ

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

‘Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP Coburn answered "no" when a BBC journalist asked him whether he had ever been paid to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners.’

Great work from @BBCWales. Keep going

[Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire]

‘I can categorically say that stories being told about me from 50 years ago are not true’

That’s a statement from Nigel Farage tonight on claims he racially abused fellow school pupils 5 decades ago

That firm denial tonight is different to what he said in the interview yesterday with BBC Wales Political Editor Gareth Lewis 👇

[Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall]

An extraordinary turn of events. The chill wind of Trump litigation against media organisations working exactly as it is intended. And another example of the internal neurosis over a largely irrelevant Panorama edit resulting in *more* partial coverage of Trump, not less.

[terry christian @terrychristian]

Very strange - 2 biggest stories of the week - the estimated 26,000 unecessary deaths due to Tories delayed lockdown in covid inquiry and of course Reform MP guilty of being a traitor . Both not discussed at all ? @BBCNews @bbclaurak .

[Rutger Bregman @rcbregman]

The BBC's has responded in The Guardian that this was a routine editorial decision, but also that it was made on legal advice. Those two explanations don’t fit together.

The edit was made at the last minute, after editorial approval and four weeks after the live recording. A standard editorial edit doesn’t require days of high-level legal review or the involvement of many people at top level.

The truth is that the sentence wasn’t inaccurate – it was removed because of legal fears. And that’s exactly the concern my lecture raises: when institutions start censoring themselves out of fear of those in power.

Read it (without that one sentence...) here: https://t.co/6n9TmNxkDl

[Rutger Bregman @rcbregman]

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

[Protect the Wild @ProtectTheWild_]

This is Richard Smith of the South Durham Hunt and he thinks it’s ok to hit a horse over the head. Make this ‘man’ famous.

Filmed by North East Hunt Monitors on 08/11/25

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

When Zack Polanski calmly called for the legalisation and regulation of drugs, to move distribution from criminal gangs to the state e.g. the NHS

Carole Malone shouted out a number of objections which were mostly based on half truths, outright lies, and misinformation

Here are some of the key points of clarification:

➡️ Portugal decriminalised drugs in 2001, there is no evidence that they plan to reverse this

➡️ Individuals caught with drugs are typically referred to a "Dissuasion Commission" composed of social workers, medical professionals, and legal experts, who may recommend treatment or impose fines, but not criminal penalties

➡️ Portugal's example is such a success that other countries are looking to replicate it e.g. Ireland

➡️ Malone was right to say that between 2000 and 2015 there was a 30x increase in hospitalizations associated with cannabis use. But this isn't viewed as a failure of the policy, it has led to evaluating and tweaking the policy for better outcomes

➡️ There is no evidence that decriminalising drugs in Portugal has led to an increase in the number of child deaths. Instead, the 2001 decriminalisation of drugs has led to a decrease in the number of drug related deaths. Before 2001 they had 131, and in 2008 they had 20

➡️ Portugal's drug death toll was among the lowest in the EU, at 3 per million, compared to the EU average of 17.3 per million

➡️ The Washington Post's July 2023 investigation into Portugal's drug decriminalization policy did not conclude that the approach has failed, but it highlighted emerging challenges e.g. the rise of drug use in tourist areas of Porto, or the underfunding of services to help those on drugs with sometimes year long waits to get help

➡️ The Washington Post credited the policy pointing out that deaths from drug use has dropped significantly, there's a huge drop in HIV transmission from drug use, and it has reduced the number of people jailed for drug-related offences

➡️ The King’s College London report Malone referred to does indeed refer to the dangers of drugs, but it refers to the dangers of illicit and illegal drugs in the UK, and not the impact of drugs in countries where drug use has been legalised, like in Portugal

➡️ Malone claimed that drug scams through airports are on the rise in countries where drug use is legal as people do not want to pay tax on their drug use. Trafficking drugs through any airport remains illegal. And in the case of Portugal, there has not been an increase in drugs taken through airports to avoid paying domestic drug taxes

Zack Polanski remained calm and composed throughout Carole Malone's repeated shouty interruptions. It's as if she was trying to cover up the poor use of information to get an ideological point across with the brashness

I would like to think that Carole Malone, like Zack Polanski, and most people would like to see drug use drop to improve people's lives in society. On that much we can probably agree.

But as this one exchange showed, you can either use data and facts to make your point, or you can shout over other people spewing misinformation. The latter may appear more sincere because of the expressed emotion, but it's really the former that will lead to and drive meaningful change

[Good Law Project @GoodLawProject]

TikTok is getting rid of the London staff who keep you safe from harmful, misleading and illegal content. When did they announce the job cuts? Eight days before those employees were due to vote on unionising.

We’ve signed an open letter with @The_TUC and @CWUnews:

[Sam Avery @sam__avery]

Hope and equality? NO THANKS 👎

[Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno]

Could a future of fascism be upon us?

A devastating wake-up call from @ChrisGPackham.

[John Cleese @JohnCleese]

Could the BBC please explain this ?

[nazir afzal @nazirafzal]

This American Dad’s beautifully articulate takedown of what’s happening is as powerful as it is informed

“Is this greatness?’ He asks … and then answers

[Meidas_Charise Lee @charise_lee]

Remember their names and faces and share their bravery with the world‼️ Anthony Aguilar (retired Green Beret Liutenant) and Josephine Guilbeau (former army intelligence officer)

[Marina Purkiss @MarinaPurkiss]

What utter dickheads we are…

Rayner fought for workers: sick pay, maternity rights, protection from unfair dismissal

Farage and his MPs voted it down

No sick pay from day one. No protections.

Rayner gets binned over £40k in stamp duty

Farage dodges £44k, shrugs & strolls on

Well done bellends, the ultra wealthy win again.

[Jay @jessicamayclark]

This really cannot be retweeted enough.
Really can’t.

So what you waiting for? 🙏👍