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What is the bare minimum required to be labelled a "radical lefty" by the Daily Mail?

Amidst all these Tory to Reform defections, Ed Davey should be talking to the 20 or so most liberal Tory MPs who, if they defected en masse, would make him Leader of the Opposition as he'd be in charge of the second largest party in the commons.

@LukeTryl Great analysis! The "information environment" you mention is key. We see different parties campaign with charts saying they're the "tactical" choice. Each quote different metrics over different timeframes. Sorting the helpful advice from the propaganda will be most important.

Some reflections: - Most obviously tactical voting is going to really matter as is the information environment. - Tactical paralysis could become a real thing. Reform's 30% (ish) will be enough if left remains split, but not otherwise - The right bloc is less willing to switch between itself than the left. - Whoever becomes 'stop reform' party on left stands to benefit a lot (why Gorton matters so much) - Tories best pitch maybe tactical voting will block reform if you want labour out we've got a *better* shot. - Liberal Democrat voters are highly transactional, less of a glue than other parties.

This is Matt Goodwin. In response to the tragic LNER attack he blamed 'mass unctrolled migration' before any information had been released. Then when it turned out the attacker was British and the hero was a migrant, he claimed that the attacker wasn't British because he was black. Matt wants to represent a 40% non-white community in Gorton and Denton for racist Reform UK.

The similarities are uncanny.

This makes no sense… An MP can wake up one morning, ditch the party you elected them for, & sign up to a completely different manifesto… And we’re supposed to be ok with that? Nah If they defect to a different party, we should get a vote Sign the petition & help make that law. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/7376…

OK but, even now, we REALLY shouldn't stop talking about the Epstein Files.

.@mizog366 @MarkReckless @UKIP @Nigel_Farage no chance. Been a Conservative all my life and will die a Conservative.

@reformparty_uk @nadhimzahawi Might need to delete some tweets Nadhim

Identifying "top disinformation spreaders" on X from the UK is subjective and depends on sources. From 2024-2026 reports by Amnesty, BBC, UK Parliament, Global Witness, and outlets like The Spectator, frequently cited accounts include: 1. TRobinsonNewEra 2. Nigel_Farage 3. KTHopkins 4. LozzaFox 5. Cobratate 6. PrisonPlanet 7. darrengrimes_ 8. JuliaHB1 9. GeorgeGalloway 10. David_Icke Always cross-check info with fact-checkers like Full Fact or Reuters.

Based on 2025-2026 reports from Reuters, CCDH, EDMO, NewsGuard, and others across viewpoints, Elon Musk is most frequently cited as the top misinformation spreader on X due to his reach and post views. Others like Trump and RFK Jr. are noted. This is subjective; verify with fact-checkers.

“I’ve given you the most important metric which is, never mind life expectancy, never mind cancer outcomes, look at wage growth.” Boris Johnson Guess it said it all

Zohran Mamdani in New York Catherine Connolly in Ireland Rob Jetten in the Netherlands Plaid Cymru in Caerphilly The rise of the far right is not inevitable. If we work together, we can dare to hope.

So how many councils have *re-elected* Reform in any by-elections? Or is voting for them mostly a "one and done" sort of thing?

.@AndrewSparrow The sad thing is this typo didn't shock me

EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified. kfoxtv.com/news/local/el-…

BREAKING: A family in El Paso says ICE shot and killed their dog, Chop. The agent who fired reportedly ran as the family screamed for help. No one came.

The one thing that annoys me is that the red crosses are ALWAYS off-centre on the roundabouts. Why is that??

New wave of tactical voting to ‘stop Reform’ and hamper Farage in local elections theguardian.com/politics/2025/…