🇫🇷 After left-wing NFP won legislative elections in France, Presidential Macron has snubbed NFP's PM nominee and appointed right-winger Michel Barnier. Barnier's party (LR) came 4th in the election, with only 39 seats (7%). NFP came first with 180 seats (31%). (Via BBC)

Khan is offering "congratulations" to a politician who wants to ban ALL immigration, a position more extreme than Nigel Farage (who wants a ban on "non-essential" immigration)

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Seat estimate for Norstat UK Political Polling Holyrood poll: 🟨 SNP 44 (-20) 🟥 LAB 39 (+17) 🟦 CON 17 (-14) 🟩 GRN 9 (+1) 🟪 REF 8 (+8) 🟧 LD 8 (+4) ⬜️ ALBA 4 (+4)

🚨 POLL: Keir Starmer's net approval rating has plunged by a whopping 30pts in just 40 days 📉 ✅ Approve 31% (-7) ❌ Disapprove 43% (+23) Via Opinium, 28-30 Aug (+/- vs 19 Jul)

🚨 NEW: Leftist Greens have launched an anti-capitalist, socially progressive network called Greens Organise to unite left-leaning Greens. The group supports Palestine, trans people, migrants and workers. It aims for Greens to become the voice of the socially progressive left.

The network has launched with a manifesto signed by longtime Green councillors and group leaders, as well as new joiners like former Corbyn aide Matt Zarb-Cousin and Councillor Heather Skibsted (who defected from Labour to Green in 2022, and won re-election). greensorganise.uk

Greens Organise is formally launching on Saturday 👇