85 year old Judith is losing her £300 winter fuel allowance and Richard Madeley invites her to blame the train drivers. Well done to Judith for putting the attention onto the profiteering energy companies instead #GMB

Brexit is not a one-off event it is a downward spiral. At some point our politicians will find the courage to address it. Er, won't they?

My list of defeated or retiring MPs who held proper handover meetings with their successors is now: Peter Bottomley Nigel Evans Anna Firth Jonathan Gullis Theresa May Penny Mordaunt promised to do so, but not had confirmation it happened. One Labour MP refused the offer.

Reading apparently normal people accusing Starmer (!!) of being a “communist” reminded me of the dark rabbit hole danger decent people risk using lucrative conspiracy theory bunkum. As an antidote try this excellent series bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Left: Kemi Badenoch, "I never have gaffes.. Or apologising for something.. That's not what I meant.. I never have to clarify.. Because I think very careful about what I say" Right: Kemi Badenoch, "10 years ago I hacked into a Labour MP's website and I changed all the stuff in

"If you have net migration of 10,000.. And you've got 10,000 terrorists coming in" Just the Conservative party leadership candidate Kemi Badenoch equating migrants to terrorists 🤷‍♂️

‘My father beat me with a spoon, hit me with a belt, and threw scalding soup over me’ Victoria Derbyshire bravely shares the abuse her family endured as she backs The Independent’s Brick by Brick campaign to build a safe refuge for domestic abuse survivors. ➡️ independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

I’m not sure that’s how it works

I grew up working class, but became a member of the aristocracy during a school trip to Chatsworth House.

John Major calls out his party for the Brexit lie that has lowered our standing in the world, we must also call out the editors that enabled that lie.

US woman died after abortion law delayed urgent medical care f24.my/AbRC.X via FRANCE 24

Very frustrating for staff and fans of #ReadingFC. And another reason why the English game needs an independent regulator to protect clubs, the hearts of communities, from owners like Dai Yongge.

Read the replies. Smell the coffee Laura Kuenssberg - be far better if he was in a court of law facing charges of corruption and misconduct in public office. Repeat offender.

John Major, "Brexit has made us weaker, poorer, it's not in the interests of our country" "The world saw us as a member of the European Union. It was a megaphone to amplify our power in the world.. Instead we are isolated and outside" "What has happened to the benefits of

“Sue Gray paid more than PM…” is that a Fan Hitter? A whole list of others in and around No10 are paid more, she is hardly “in it for the money” and she doesn’t set her pay, the Cabinet Secretary (paid more, by the way) oversees. What this does tell us is the ‘blob’ of other

1/5 On Toto Schillaci, by Giacinto Pipitoni in today's Giornali di Sicilia: "Here he lived until the end. Interpreting what every Palermitan would have wanted to be at least once in their life: someone no one would have bet on and who instead made it. With all his weaknesses, ...

Superb, must-watch documentary about South Yorkshire police brutality at Orgreave during the 1984-85 miners strike, and prosecution of miners described as "the biggest frame up ever", now on Netflix.

The BBC political editor (260K pa) thinks it's a story that the Downing Street chief of staff (170K pa) earns more than the PM (167Kpa). Welcome to political journalism! PS Laura Kuenssberg is on 325K, Nick Robinson 340K and Fiona Bruce even more. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

What a ludicrous story bit.ly/3ZtJdec Apart from the fact that many of those reporting on it are paid more to write about the people who run the country than the ones who actually run it! They should be explaining the political reasons why the UK PM is paid so little!

BBC journalists are in the top 0.5% of earners. Mason is on about £225k. He and his colleagues need to get a little woke and "check their privilege" before laying into politicians