Liz McShane
@lizmcshane.bsky.social
Irish-born Hispanophile now living on the lovely Kent coast after many years in Tottenham. Labour councillor for Folkestone Central.
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Don Lemon speaks outside of the courtroom after release: "I have spent my entire life covering the news. I will not stop now ... I will not be silenced."
January 30, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Don Lemon speaks outside of the courtroom after release: "I have spent my entire life covering the news. I will not stop now ... I will not be silenced."
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My first remarks since being arrested last night.
January 30, 2026 at 11:30 PM
My first remarks since being arrested last night.
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You know, we can just say this without the “I held off on using the term bc I’m not an irrational leftist” dig.
I think the people who recognized what the GOP had become—long before we had ICE agents shooting Americans—deserve *credit.*
I think the people who recognized what the GOP had become—long before we had ICE agents shooting Americans—deserve *credit.*
Yes, It’s Fascism
Until recently, I thought it a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many and too strong to deny.
www.theatlantic.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:54 AM
You know, we can just say this without the “I held off on using the term bc I’m not an irrational leftist” dig.
I think the people who recognized what the GOP had become—long before we had ICE agents shooting Americans—deserve *credit.*
I think the people who recognized what the GOP had become—long before we had ICE agents shooting Americans—deserve *credit.*
Agree 100%.
The best candidates should get the best jobs in politics - that is what having an open, democratic, meritocratic political culture looks like.
That’s why I believe that if Andy Burnham wants to stand in Gorton and Denton, he should be allowed to.
#UKLabour
That’s why I believe that if Andy Burnham wants to stand in Gorton and Denton, he should be allowed to.
#UKLabour
January 25, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Agree 100%.
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We're 8 minutes into Trump's speech unveiling his 'Board of Peace' and this is what he's talked about:
- How many countries he's bombed.
- How much oil he's taken out of Venezuela.
- How large the US military budget is.
- How he won the popular vote.
- How much investment he's bringing into the US.
- How many countries he's bombed.
- How much oil he's taken out of Venezuela.
- How large the US military budget is.
- How he won the popular vote.
- How much investment he's bringing into the US.
January 22, 2026 at 10:28 AM
We're 8 minutes into Trump's speech unveiling his 'Board of Peace' and this is what he's talked about:
- How many countries he's bombed.
- How much oil he's taken out of Venezuela.
- How large the US military budget is.
- How he won the popular vote.
- How much investment he's bringing into the US.
- How many countries he's bombed.
- How much oil he's taken out of Venezuela.
- How large the US military budget is.
- How he won the popular vote.
- How much investment he's bringing into the US.
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It only took 49 days for Conservative MPs to conclude that Liz Truss was a total loon and unfit to be Prime Minister. Meanwhile over in the United States...
January 21, 2026 at 3:50 PM
It only took 49 days for Conservative MPs to conclude that Liz Truss was a total loon and unfit to be Prime Minister. Meanwhile over in the United States...
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Trump in Davos, Switzerland:
"Without us, right now you'd all be speaking German".
German is the main language of Switzerland.
"Without us, right now you'd all be speaking German".
German is the main language of Switzerland.
January 21, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Trump in Davos, Switzerland:
"Without us, right now you'd all be speaking German".
German is the main language of Switzerland.
"Without us, right now you'd all be speaking German".
German is the main language of Switzerland.
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This speech by Trump surely marks the end of the transatlantic alliance. An American president itching to incinerate NATO, conquer Greenland, and get far-right parties elected to government across Europe.
January 21, 2026 at 2:18 PM
This speech by Trump surely marks the end of the transatlantic alliance. An American president itching to incinerate NATO, conquer Greenland, and get far-right parties elected to government across Europe.
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“Would you actually use the word fascist about a Nigel Farage led government or not? - Trevor Philips
“I would just say if it walks like a duck and it quacks like a duck in my experience it usually is a duck” - Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy
“I would just say if it walks like a duck and it quacks like a duck in my experience it usually is a duck” - Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy
January 18, 2026 at 9:05 AM
“Would you actually use the word fascist about a Nigel Farage led government or not? - Trevor Philips
“I would just say if it walks like a duck and it quacks like a duck in my experience it usually is a duck” - Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy
“I would just say if it walks like a duck and it quacks like a duck in my experience it usually is a duck” - Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy
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People in Minnesota are now using their key fobs to trigger their car alarms from the safety of their homes when they see ICE walking around.
January 17, 2026 at 9:08 PM
People in Minnesota are now using their key fobs to trigger their car alarms from the safety of their homes when they see ICE walking around.
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"The danger for Reform is that this is the latest of a string of former MPs that all tend to be rather alike," says Lewis Goodall.
"They're all from a particular wing of the Conservative Party – the hardcore radical right"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/nadh...
"They're all from a particular wing of the Conservative Party – the hardcore radical right"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/nadh...
Nadhim Zahawi defects to Reform: ‘He saw where the wind was blowing and fancied a bit of it’ | The News Agents
Nadhim Zahawi’s defection to Reform UK is the highest profile yet, but does he really believe in Nigel Farage’s politics, or does he want a second run at being an MP?
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
January 18, 2026 at 9:01 AM
"The danger for Reform is that this is the latest of a string of former MPs that all tend to be rather alike," says Lewis Goodall.
"They're all from a particular wing of the Conservative Party – the hardcore radical right"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/nadh...
"They're all from a particular wing of the Conservative Party – the hardcore radical right"
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/nadh...
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Incredibly, no-one on Nigel Farage’s team has got round to deleting this post. It’s still live as Robert Jenrick gives his big defection speech.
January 15, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Incredibly, no-one on Nigel Farage’s team has got round to deleting this post. It’s still live as Robert Jenrick gives his big defection speech.
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Robert Jenrick is the MP for Newark - the only constituency that is an anagram of wanker.
January 15, 2026 at 4:52 PM
Robert Jenrick is the MP for Newark - the only constituency that is an anagram of wanker.
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Do you think Reform UK members will accept the man who opened the asylum hotels?
Farage: "I'm getting people in who are apologetic, indeed ashamed, of what they've done in the past."
This is totally humiliating for Robert Jenrick.
Farage: "I'm getting people in who are apologetic, indeed ashamed, of what they've done in the past."
This is totally humiliating for Robert Jenrick.
January 15, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Do you think Reform UK members will accept the man who opened the asylum hotels?
Farage: "I'm getting people in who are apologetic, indeed ashamed, of what they've done in the past."
This is totally humiliating for Robert Jenrick.
Farage: "I'm getting people in who are apologetic, indeed ashamed, of what they've done in the past."
This is totally humiliating for Robert Jenrick.
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Mine earlier today with @mrjamesob.bsky.social, with the supporting video.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb0p...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb0p...
'They are rewriting history': Simon Marks reacts to the ICE shooting
YouTube video by LBC
www.youtube.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Mine earlier today with @mrjamesob.bsky.social, with the supporting video.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb0p...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb0p...
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All the elements of an administration cover-up in the investigation into yesterday's Minneapolis shooting are now in place.
January 8, 2026 at 4:39 PM
All the elements of an administration cover-up in the investigation into yesterday's Minneapolis shooting are now in place.
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“Trump supporters can only see this truth if they’re willing to see it, and history suggests that most of them will choose to trust Trump over their own lyin’ eyes. Neither Trump, nor the DHS, nor ICE is going to reflect on how their rhetoric led to another innocent American being killed.”
ICE are now murdering people in the street
The shooting dead of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis is the fault of Trump, Noem, and the bullshit conspiratorial ecosystem they’ve built around themselves
www.thenewworld.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 5:48 PM
“Trump supporters can only see this truth if they’re willing to see it, and history suggests that most of them will choose to trust Trump over their own lyin’ eyes. Neither Trump, nor the DHS, nor ICE is going to reflect on how their rhetoric led to another innocent American being killed.”
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🚨 Farage is challenged on the truth about London.
"London's murder rate is the lowest in decades."
"Knife crime has fallen sharply over the past 10 years."
"The proportion of adults who have been victims of personal crime has fallen to the lowest level since 2002."
"London's murder rate is the lowest in decades."
"Knife crime has fallen sharply over the past 10 years."
"The proportion of adults who have been victims of personal crime has fallen to the lowest level since 2002."
January 7, 2026 at 3:05 PM
🚨 Farage is challenged on the truth about London.
"London's murder rate is the lowest in decades."
"Knife crime has fallen sharply over the past 10 years."
"The proportion of adults who have been victims of personal crime has fallen to the lowest level since 2002."
"London's murder rate is the lowest in decades."
"Knife crime has fallen sharply over the past 10 years."
"The proportion of adults who have been victims of personal crime has fallen to the lowest level since 2002."
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Jeez. Greenland is in the NATO alliance. How hard can this be?
January 5, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Jeez. Greenland is in the NATO alliance. How hard can this be?
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The pardon for Hernandez makes an obvious & absolute mockery of each & every attempt to rationalise, or even justify, Trump's treatment of Maduro. I'm not sure this single, simple point can be stressed enough. Once again, he proves his critics right & reduces his supporters to epic moral corruption.
January 5, 2026 at 9:04 AM
The pardon for Hernandez makes an obvious & absolute mockery of each & every attempt to rationalise, or even justify, Trump's treatment of Maduro. I'm not sure this single, simple point can be stressed enough. Once again, he proves his critics right & reduces his supporters to epic moral corruption.
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Buddy, hope left the building, went to lunch, had 4 margaritas and a bloody mary, got into a fight with the server, was tossed through a window, severed an artery, had its leg amputated, spent three nights in ICU, got divorced, defaulted on the mortgage, and is living in a van down by the river
Asked about the possibility of impeachment, Schumer says "we hope that we can have support from our Republican colleagues to put a brake on this long before it gets that far"
January 3, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Buddy, hope left the building, went to lunch, had 4 margaritas and a bloody mary, got into a fight with the server, was tossed through a window, severed an artery, had its leg amputated, spent three nights in ICU, got divorced, defaulted on the mortgage, and is living in a van down by the river
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Paging Tulsi Gabbard circa 2019.
January 4, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Paging Tulsi Gabbard circa 2019.
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