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“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears."
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social interview with Evan Davis @evanhd.bsky.social on BBC Radio 4 PM #BBCPM

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November 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social interview with Evan Davis @evanhd.bsky.social on BBC Radio 4 PM #BBCPM

🧵 PART 3/4
November 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social interview with Evan Davis @evanhd.bsky.social on BBC Radio 4 PM #BBCPM

🧵 PART 2/4
November 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social interview with Evan Davis @evanhd.bsky.social on BBC Radio 4 PM #BBCPM

🧵 PART 1/4
November 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
“We went to the affluent village of Prestbury to find out how residents feel about Labour's 'mansion tax' on homes worth more than £2 million.”

LBC goes to Prestbury near Cheltenham.

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November 27, 2025 at 10:01 PM
£1.8B sounds low, ripe for overrun.

Tony Blair’s 2000s plan cost £4.6B and didn’t happen.

Goodlaw Project in September @goodlawproject.bsky.social @goodlawproject.org

“Starmer’s desperate rush for digital IDs is a recipe for repression”
🔗 goodlawproject.org/starmers-des...
November 27, 2025 at 9:07 PM
"To have a Labour home secretary basically handing this country on a plate to Nigel Farage… is pretty vile."

Zack Polanski tells evanhd.bsky.social that the sharp drop in UK net migration figures is 'pretty worrying', and that immigration is a 'pro-humanity' issue"

📻 @bbcpm clip on X
November 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I suspect we’re going to see a lot of “BREAKING” news of policy tweaks over next few…
November 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
BBC Verify not mentioning the non-British/EU departures in their quoted figures:

"Emigration (people leaving), July 2024 to June 2025
693,000 ⬆️ 7% over 12 months
ONS data, as of 27 Nov 2025"

🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Maybe they’re ̷r̷a̷c̷i̷s̷t̷ still upset that she supported foreign farmers in 2008…

🚜 edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo...
November 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Can’t qwhite put a finger on it 🤔
November 27, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Something catches in ex-Tory Danny Kruger’s throat as he says Reform is a robust “centre-right” 🤣 party.

He was on Politics Live to critique the budget, encourage *some* types of people to have more children and, of course, to dutifully dismiss Nigel Farage’s “offensive banter”.
November 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
One more for your thread, Radio Kent in 2014...

Clare McDonnell @claremcdonnell.bsky.social posted her BBC Radio Kent interview on Threads:

“An interview I did with Nigel Farage when those racism allegations first broke back in 2014 when he was Leader of UKIP”

🔗 www.threads.com/@officialcla...
November 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
“… why does his response keep changing if there's nothing to it?”

Anja Popp on Channel 4 News, asks Nigel Farage about racist comments at Reform's Budget 2025 presser.

Visibly defensive, deflecting with 'Enoch Powell', 'political views', 'debate'… Farage doodles away his anxiety.

🔗 t.ly/CSIKj
November 26, 2025 at 9:36 PM
“… why does his response keep changing if there's nothing to it?”

Anja Popp on @channel4news.bsky.social asks Nigel Farage about racism and antisemitism allegations at the post-Budget2025 presser.

Visibly troubled, defensive and deflective, Farage tries to doodle away his anxiety.
November 26, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Dharshini David on BBC News at 6 frames “welfare” as only the forever-greedy disabled & feckless unemployed… irresponsible UC claimants with 3+ kids were demonised elsewhere.

No hint of what makes ~50% of welfare spending: PENSIONS 🔒🔒🔒

Check out wheredoesitallgo.org for interactive 🥧📊 pie charts.
November 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Before the leak… witness the duality of contempt the Tories hold for “Team 🇬🇧”, David Reed 🪂 MP:

1. “we should all be on Team UK”

2. “the message that's coming out from all of the leaks, is essentially, you don't need to work hard in this country…”

#politicslive
November 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
"… we are ramping sanctions… freezing known Russian assets… I don't actually mean the honourable member from Clacton."

I'm sure Rachel Reeves didn't say that to Nigel Farage "in a hurtful or insulting way" at least, "not with intent…"

I think that's what an alleged racist said recently…?
November 26, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Ed Davey's @eddavey.libdems.org.uk earlier Reform-Russia question, mentioned by Liz Saville Roberts.
November 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Liz Saville Roberts @lsrplaid.bsky.social at PMQs asking the Яeform Russia question with the gallery of racist assets sitting behind her.
November 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM
OBR leaking live on Politics Live #politicslive @ 11:50am

Interesting in the PDF:
Creation Date: 24 Nov 2025 at 22:21
Modification Date: 25 Nov 2025 at 03:10

@faisalislam.bsky.social #chrismason #ifs
November 26, 2025 at 12:11 PM
November 26, 2025 at 11:09 AM
“You don't love anyone else or the country you've made your home - the only thing you like & love is money… Off you go… hop on your private jet & fly to Dubai.”

James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk on £33 x billionaire Lakshmi Mittal leaving 🇬🇧 for 🇦🇪. Admittedly, he’s already left 🇮🇳 once.
November 26, 2025 at 10:41 AM
“Of course he’s an asset to Putin.”

Dr Fiona Hill on Trump (🇷🇺 adviser ‘17-19) to Matt Frei.

“Hill has spoken of the difficulty of ascertaining what Trump & Putin discussed in private meetings. Hill believed Trump idolized Putin and fell into a trap he set at the Helsinki meeting.” 🔗 w.wiki/GJq5
November 26, 2025 at 9:16 AM
انگار از بوته‌ای افتاده بیرون

Prisoner 951 is also a searing reminder that Boris Johnson felt no consequences for his statements during this £400M hostage situation and continued to fail upwards + Truss, Cleverly, etc

🇮🇷 ”He looks like he’s fallen out of a bush.”

bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m002hzfm
November 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM