Tom Scott
@tom--scott.bsky.social
Writer, editor, former lecturer, occasional poet, Green Party person. Views here not all party positions. On Twitter/X as Tom___Scott (for now)
Nathan Gill sentenced to 10.5 years for taking bribes to promote Russian talking points (something Farage apparently did for free).
Judge notes "grave betrayal of the trust placed in you by the electorate".
Good to see at least one far-right Reform crook held to account.
Judge notes "grave betrayal of the trust placed in you by the electorate".
Good to see at least one far-right Reform crook held to account.
November 21, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Nathan Gill sentenced to 10.5 years for taking bribes to promote Russian talking points (something Farage apparently did for free).
Judge notes "grave betrayal of the trust placed in you by the electorate".
Good to see at least one far-right Reform crook held to account.
Judge notes "grave betrayal of the trust placed in you by the electorate".
Good to see at least one far-right Reform crook held to account.
YouGov polling for @bestforbritain.org shows that most people intending or considering a vote for Reform are in favour of a wealth tax - which is Green Party policy
Nigel Farage & Richard Tice are, of course, vehemently opposed to taxing the ultra-rich whose interests they represent.
Nigel Farage & Richard Tice are, of course, vehemently opposed to taxing the ultra-rich whose interests they represent.
November 20, 2025 at 10:11 AM
YouGov polling for @bestforbritain.org shows that most people intending or considering a vote for Reform are in favour of a wealth tax - which is Green Party policy
Nigel Farage & Richard Tice are, of course, vehemently opposed to taxing the ultra-rich whose interests they represent.
Nigel Farage & Richard Tice are, of course, vehemently opposed to taxing the ultra-rich whose interests they represent.
I have spoken personally with someone who knew Farage well at Dulwich School, and who confirmed that he was a vicious little racist as a teenager. www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
November 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I have spoken personally with someone who knew Farage well at Dulwich School, and who confirmed that he was a vicious little racist as a teenager. www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
Trump met Mohammed bin Salman in Saudi Arabia back in February, along with Putin. They all despise honest journalists & Putin has had many of these murdered (as bin Salman did Khashoggi).
Not a problem with Trump. What"s not to like about murderous billionaire autocrats?
Not a problem with Trump. What"s not to like about murderous billionaire autocrats?
November 18, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Trump met Mohammed bin Salman in Saudi Arabia back in February, along with Putin. They all despise honest journalists & Putin has had many of these murdered (as bin Salman did Khashoggi).
Not a problem with Trump. What"s not to like about murderous billionaire autocrats?
Not a problem with Trump. What"s not to like about murderous billionaire autocrats?
Nigel Farage, career racist, Trump sycophant, Putin fanboy & close associate of multiple serious fraudsters, wants to make the BBC a "beacon for British values".
November 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Nigel Farage, career racist, Trump sycophant, Putin fanboy & close associate of multiple serious fraudsters, wants to make the BBC a "beacon for British values".
Why do the ultra-rich back Trump in the US and Farage in the UK?
For the same reason that many of them backed fascism in the 1930s.
Because extreme inequality is impossible to maintain indefinitely in a properly functioning democracy.
For the same reason that many of them backed fascism in the 1930s.
Because extreme inequality is impossible to maintain indefinitely in a properly functioning democracy.
November 18, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Why do the ultra-rich back Trump in the US and Farage in the UK?
For the same reason that many of them backed fascism in the 1930s.
Because extreme inequality is impossible to maintain indefinitely in a properly functioning democracy.
For the same reason that many of them backed fascism in the 1930s.
Because extreme inequality is impossible to maintain indefinitely in a properly functioning democracy.
Telegraph: Epstein files expose his links with Europe’s Right, his celebration of Tommy Robinson & his close connection with Steve Bannon.
Another reason Trump tried so hard to stop the files being released.
Far-right politics is a criminal enterprise from top to bottom.
Another reason Trump tried so hard to stop the files being released.
Far-right politics is a criminal enterprise from top to bottom.
November 18, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Telegraph: Epstein files expose his links with Europe’s Right, his celebration of Tommy Robinson & his close connection with Steve Bannon.
Another reason Trump tried so hard to stop the files being released.
Far-right politics is a criminal enterprise from top to bottom.
Another reason Trump tried so hard to stop the files being released.
Far-right politics is a criminal enterprise from top to bottom.
The Daily Mail attacking the BBC on the grounds of editorial standards is worse than the pot calling the kettle black. The Daily Mail is a witch's cauldron of distortion, misrepresentation and outright fabrication.
November 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The Daily Mail attacking the BBC on the grounds of editorial standards is worse than the pot calling the kettle black. The Daily Mail is a witch's cauldron of distortion, misrepresentation and outright fabrication.
If you're sickened by Labour whipping its MPs to vote down amendments that might have made the Planning & Infrastructure Bill less destructive to nature & wildlife...
Maybe it's time to join the Green Party?
join.greenparty.org.uk
Maybe it's time to join the Green Party?
join.greenparty.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
If you're sickened by Labour whipping its MPs to vote down amendments that might have made the Planning & Infrastructure Bill less destructive to nature & wildlife...
Maybe it's time to join the Green Party?
join.greenparty.org.uk
Maybe it's time to join the Green Party?
join.greenparty.org.uk
Putin's regime already had plenty of insight into Trump, and almost certainly no shortage of kompromat also. But Epstein was no doubt well placed to add some particularly unpleasant detail to the picture.
November 13, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Putin's regime already had plenty of insight into Trump, and almost certainly no shortage of kompromat also. But Epstein was no doubt well placed to add some particularly unpleasant detail to the picture.
If a woman in a pub were coming out with this drivel and then told me she used to be prime minister, I'd suggest she seek psychiatric help at the earliest opportunity.
November 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
If a woman in a pub were coming out with this drivel and then told me she used to be prime minister, I'd suggest she seek psychiatric help at the earliest opportunity.
What to do when you're tanking in the polls and emails are released showing you knew *all* about Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking of underage girls?
For Donald Trump, a war with Venezuela beckons.
For Donald Trump, a war with Venezuela beckons.
November 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
What to do when you're tanking in the polls and emails are released showing you knew *all* about Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking of underage girls?
For Donald Trump, a war with Venezuela beckons.
For Donald Trump, a war with Venezuela beckons.
* Thomson. Apologies - easy mistake to make.
November 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
* Thomson. Apologies - easy mistake to make.
Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson, Donald Trump, the Murdoch press, the Tories' Shadow Culture Secretary, the Israeli Embassy in London & Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs have all now weighed in to the attack on the BBC.
Crooks & liars all agree:
It's time to kill the BBC.
Crooks & liars all agree:
It's time to kill the BBC.
November 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson, Donald Trump, the Murdoch press, the Tories' Shadow Culture Secretary, the Israeli Embassy in London & Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs have all now weighed in to the attack on the BBC.
Crooks & liars all agree:
It's time to kill the BBC.
Crooks & liars all agree:
It's time to kill the BBC.
9/ Given the craven behaviour of the BBC Board, it's probably too much to hope that it will respond to Donald Trump's threat of a $1 billion SLAPP suit in the same way that Private Eye responded to a crook threatening to sue them: f*** off.
November 11, 2025 at 9:47 AM
9/ Given the craven behaviour of the BBC Board, it's probably too much to hope that it will respond to Donald Trump's threat of a $1 billion SLAPP suit in the same way that Private Eye responded to a crook threatening to sue them: f*** off.
Jacob Rees-Mogg: "Defend freedom of speech!"
Also Jacob Rees-Mogg: "Trump is right to sue the BBC for $1 billion. Teach these dreadful lefties a lesson!"
#Newsnight
Also Jacob Rees-Mogg: "Trump is right to sue the BBC for $1 billion. Teach these dreadful lefties a lesson!"
#Newsnight
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Jacob Rees-Mogg: "Defend freedom of speech!"
Also Jacob Rees-Mogg: "Trump is right to sue the BBC for $1 billion. Teach these dreadful lefties a lesson!"
#Newsnight
Also Jacob Rees-Mogg: "Trump is right to sue the BBC for $1 billion. Teach these dreadful lefties a lesson!"
#Newsnight
7/ Why is Trump bothering to intimidate the BBC with the threat of a €1 billion libel suit?
Because the BBC has a very large audience in the US, where it is trusted considerably more than all major US news brands.
Truthful reporting is anathema to autocrats.
Because the BBC has a very large audience in the US, where it is trusted considerably more than all major US news brands.
Truthful reporting is anathema to autocrats.
November 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
7/ Why is Trump bothering to intimidate the BBC with the threat of a €1 billion libel suit?
Because the BBC has a very large audience in the US, where it is trusted considerably more than all major US news brands.
Truthful reporting is anathema to autocrats.
Because the BBC has a very large audience in the US, where it is trusted considerably more than all major US news brands.
Truthful reporting is anathema to autocrats.
6/ Michael Prescott is an old friend of Robbie Gibb & was on the panel to choose the head of Ofcom when Boris Johnson was PM.
Gibb tried to swing it for a Tory apparatchik but was overruled by (of all people) Nadine Dorries, who preferred another.
bylinetimes.com/2023/11/21/d...
Gibb tried to swing it for a Tory apparatchik but was overruled by (of all people) Nadine Dorries, who preferred another.
bylinetimes.com/2023/11/21/d...
November 10, 2025 at 6:06 PM
6/ Michael Prescott is an old friend of Robbie Gibb & was on the panel to choose the head of Ofcom when Boris Johnson was PM.
Gibb tried to swing it for a Tory apparatchik but was overruled by (of all people) Nadine Dorries, who preferred another.
bylinetimes.com/2023/11/21/d...
Gibb tried to swing it for a Tory apparatchik but was overruled by (of all people) Nadine Dorries, who preferred another.
bylinetimes.com/2023/11/21/d...
3/ It would be interesting to know exactly what role BBC Board member Robbie Gibb played in this affair.
Whoever leaked Michael Prescott's inflammatory & ideologically loaded memo must have known what damage it would do to the BBC.
Cui bono?
Whoever leaked Michael Prescott's inflammatory & ideologically loaded memo must have known what damage it would do to the BBC.
Cui bono?
November 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
3/ It would be interesting to know exactly what role BBC Board member Robbie Gibb played in this affair.
Whoever leaked Michael Prescott's inflammatory & ideologically loaded memo must have known what damage it would do to the BBC.
Cui bono?
Whoever leaked Michael Prescott's inflammatory & ideologically loaded memo must have known what damage it would do to the BBC.
Cui bono?
2/ Hanover has been described as expert in media manipulation & covert lobbying.
You could be forgiven for seeing the leaking of Michael Prescott's inflammatory memo as a textbook example of media manipulation (with the full connivance of the Daily Telegraph et al).
You could be forgiven for seeing the leaking of Michael Prescott's inflammatory memo as a textbook example of media manipulation (with the full connivance of the Daily Telegraph et al).
November 10, 2025 at 3:30 PM
2/ Hanover has been described as expert in media manipulation & covert lobbying.
You could be forgiven for seeing the leaking of Michael Prescott's inflammatory memo as a textbook example of media manipulation (with the full connivance of the Daily Telegraph et al).
You could be forgiven for seeing the leaking of Michael Prescott's inflammatory memo as a textbook example of media manipulation (with the full connivance of the Daily Telegraph et al).
1/ Michael Prescott of Hanover Communications, whose leaked memo alleging left-wing bias led to the BBC meltdown.
You could be forgiven for thinking that a corporate lobbyist & former Murdoch press hack may not have the best interests of public-service broadcasting at heart.
You could be forgiven for thinking that a corporate lobbyist & former Murdoch press hack may not have the best interests of public-service broadcasting at heart.
November 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
1/ Michael Prescott of Hanover Communications, whose leaked memo alleging left-wing bias led to the BBC meltdown.
You could be forgiven for thinking that a corporate lobbyist & former Murdoch press hack may not have the best interests of public-service broadcasting at heart.
You could be forgiven for thinking that a corporate lobbyist & former Murdoch press hack may not have the best interests of public-service broadcasting at heart.
A battle-weary US soldier sleeps on the luxurious bed where Hermann Goering once slept.
Many Nazis became filthy rich through corruption. Trump & his accomplices are determined to outdo them in greed.
Many Nazis became filthy rich through corruption. Trump & his accomplices are determined to outdo them in greed.
November 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
A battle-weary US soldier sleeps on the luxurious bed where Hermann Goering once slept.
Many Nazis became filthy rich through corruption. Trump & his accomplices are determined to outdo them in greed.
Many Nazis became filthy rich through corruption. Trump & his accomplices are determined to outdo them in greed.
Elon Musk's Neuralink claims to have used a brain implant to make a monkey "see something that isn't there".
That's also pretty much the point of X these days. It's users are all experimental monkeys as far as Musk is concerned.
That's also pretty much the point of X these days. It's users are all experimental monkeys as far as Musk is concerned.
November 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Elon Musk's Neuralink claims to have used a brain implant to make a monkey "see something that isn't there".
That's also pretty much the point of X these days. It's users are all experimental monkeys as far as Musk is concerned.
That's also pretty much the point of X these days. It's users are all experimental monkeys as far as Musk is concerned.
Could have spent hours at Suzanne Treister's Prophetic Dreaming show at MOMA Oxford. She anticipated the sheer weirdness of cyberspace years before it metastatized into every part of our lives & maps the morphing of hippy counterculture into post-truth surveillance capitalism.
November 7, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Could have spent hours at Suzanne Treister's Prophetic Dreaming show at MOMA Oxford. She anticipated the sheer weirdness of cyberspace years before it metastatized into every part of our lives & maps the morphing of hippy counterculture into post-truth surveillance capitalism.