Mike here, hello
@mikecornes.bsky.social
Music, puns, cake, politics, cats and cars.
LGBTQ+ community. he/him 💚
Culturally incoherent.
📍Manchester-ish, UK
LGBTQ+ community. he/him 💚
Culturally incoherent.
📍Manchester-ish, UK
Pinned
Yes it’s a typo, deal with it.
These ice dancers keep falling over. That ice must be very slippery. #WinterOlympics
February 13, 2026 at 9:54 PM
These ice dancers keep falling over. That ice must be very slippery. #WinterOlympics
Reposted by Mike here, hello
This is everything it should be - meticulously researched, deeply thought out, uncomfortably probing, scrupulously fair, AND ALSO outrageously entertaining.
This is how progressives should tell stories. An hour flew by.
This is how progressives should tell stories. An hour flew by.
The Farage Files: Week One
@mrjamesob.bsky.social and Henry Riley have been scrutinising Reform UK with a fine-tooth comb, uncovering a massive 22 stories.
youtu.be/fyNKDMxg2bM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social and Henry Riley have been scrutinising Reform UK with a fine-tooth comb, uncovering a massive 22 stories.
youtu.be/fyNKDMxg2bM
James O'Brien introduces 'The Farage Files'
YouTube video by LBC
youtu.be
February 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
This is everything it should be - meticulously researched, deeply thought out, uncomfortably probing, scrupulously fair, AND ALSO outrageously entertaining.
This is how progressives should tell stories. An hour flew by.
This is how progressives should tell stories. An hour flew by.
Reposted by Mike here, hello
Today's ruling on the EHRC's interim guidance is a disappointing, confusing and mixed picture.
A trans woman who is a customer in a café can use the women's toilets, but if she works there she might not be able to.
Once again everyday life is being made a legal labyrinth for trans people.
A trans woman who is a customer in a café can use the women's toilets, but if she works there she might not be able to.
Once again everyday life is being made a legal labyrinth for trans people.
The High Court has ruled on our challenge to the EHRC’s interim guidance.
The judgment contains some good news for trans rights – but plenty of bad.
Read our analysis
goodlawproject.org/update/high-...
The judgment contains some good news for trans rights – but plenty of bad.
Read our analysis
goodlawproject.org/update/high-...
High Court rules on lawfulness of the EHRC’s interim guidance
High Court decides services may lawfully allow trans women to use women’s facilities – but the fight for trans rights continues
goodlawproject.org
February 13, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Today's ruling on the EHRC's interim guidance is a disappointing, confusing and mixed picture.
A trans woman who is a customer in a café can use the women's toilets, but if she works there she might not be able to.
Once again everyday life is being made a legal labyrinth for trans people.
A trans woman who is a customer in a café can use the women's toilets, but if she works there she might not be able to.
Once again everyday life is being made a legal labyrinth for trans people.
Reposted by Mike here, hello
Abolish the Home Office
After asylum seekers, foreign nationals and workers with a visa Dual Nationals are now on the government’s radar @mrjamesob.bsky.social @iandunt.bsky.social
apple.news/AYPIfNNwPTVW...
apple.news/AYPIfNNwPTVW...
Dual nationals to be denied entry to UK from 25 February unless they have British passport — The Guardian
New border controls require ‘certificate of entitlement’ to attach to second nationality passport that costs £589
apple.news
February 13, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Abolish the Home Office
@mrjamesob.bsky.social all words are made up. They become cromulent through usage.
February 13, 2026 at 12:22 PM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social all words are made up. They become cromulent through usage.
Labour defenders blaming Labour critics wanting better outcomes.
February 13, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Labour defenders blaming Labour critics wanting better outcomes.
Reposted by Mike here, hello
Reposted by Mike here, hello
can't quite believe I had to say this sentence to the actual British Broadcasting Corporation
February 12, 2026 at 10:18 PM
can't quite believe I had to say this sentence to the actual British Broadcasting Corporation
Reposted by Mike here, hello
Just a reminder, Hilary Cass is not an expert in health care for trans and gender incongruent kids, she's never worked with them at any time in her professional life.
All 13 expert peer reviews have uncovered methodological flaws, bias and contradictions and her review is fit only for the bin
All 13 expert peer reviews have uncovered methodological flaws, bias and contradictions and her review is fit only for the bin
Hillary Cass was invited to NI to review gender services here and her report is now out. She's lying about trans kids again
www.health-ni.gov.uk/publications...
www.health-ni.gov.uk/publications...
February 12, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Just a reminder, Hilary Cass is not an expert in health care for trans and gender incongruent kids, she's never worked with them at any time in her professional life.
All 13 expert peer reviews have uncovered methodological flaws, bias and contradictions and her review is fit only for the bin
All 13 expert peer reviews have uncovered methodological flaws, bias and contradictions and her review is fit only for the bin
Reposted by Mike here, hello
If you were trying to come up with more harmful guidance towards trans and non-binary young people you would be hard pressed to find it. The fact it is backed by Cass shows how wrong it is.
We are already seeing an increase in suicide rates among trans young people.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We are already seeing an increase in suicide rates among trans young people.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Vast majority' of parents should be involved if children question gender, schools told
School leaders welcome the
www.bbc.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 5:42 PM
If you were trying to come up with more harmful guidance towards trans and non-binary young people you would be hard pressed to find it. The fact it is backed by Cass shows how wrong it is.
We are already seeing an increase in suicide rates among trans young people.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We are already seeing an increase in suicide rates among trans young people.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reposted by Mike here, hello
Helen Lewis is back in The Atlantic with "Youth Gender Medicine Is Indeed Up for Debate". It is a masterclass in manufacturing consent, framing the capitulation of medical bodies to political terror as a calm "return to reason."
February 12, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Helen Lewis is back in The Atlantic with "Youth Gender Medicine Is Indeed Up for Debate". It is a masterclass in manufacturing consent, framing the capitulation of medical bodies to political terror as a calm "return to reason."
Reposted by Mike here, hello
"The country's resources have been drained" says billionaire who changed his domicile location to Monaco to avoid paying tax in the UK.
'The UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
'The UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
Britain has been "colonised" by immigrants, who are draining resources from the state, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, one of the country's richest and most influential men, has told Sky News.
news.sky.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:29 PM
"The country's resources have been drained" says billionaire who changed his domicile location to Monaco to avoid paying tax in the UK.
Reposted by Mike here, hello
The entire Tavistock scandal was over 8 complaints. They've fucked the entirety of trans and non binary peoples, because of 8 complaints, all of which have not materialised into anything as far as I can tell.
The real Tavistock Clinic scandal: 1,000 court cases that never materialised | A FoI request for the data behind the media hysteria over the Tavistock Clinic presents quite a different picture | Marie Shrewsbury
The real Tavistock Clinic scandal: 1,000 court cases that never materialised
A FoI request for the data behind the media hysteria over the Tavistock Clinic presents quite a different picture
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 1:48 PM
The entire Tavistock scandal was over 8 complaints. They've fucked the entirety of trans and non binary peoples, because of 8 complaints, all of which have not materialised into anything as far as I can tell.
Reposted by Mike here, hello
😉 Ayoub Khan MP: "Mr. Speaker. Rubbish is building up right beneath my very nose. It's becoming..."
"It's becoming a serious problem..."
"In Birmingham."
"It's becoming a serious problem..."
"In Birmingham."
February 11, 2026 at 12:43 PM
😉 Ayoub Khan MP: "Mr. Speaker. Rubbish is building up right beneath my very nose. It's becoming..."
"It's becoming a serious problem..."
"In Birmingham."
"It's becoming a serious problem..."
"In Birmingham."
Vetting can ignore anything if you don’t want to find something that might make you question your own judgement.
our FT story from June 2023 showed:
Mandelson stayed at Epstein’s $77m townhouse in Manhattan in June 2009 while the financier was in prison for soliciting prostitution from minor
in 2010 and 2011 Epstein noted that “Petie” was with him in Paris, where the financier owned a sumptuous apartment
Mandelson stayed at Epstein’s $77m townhouse in Manhattan in June 2009 while the financier was in prison for soliciting prostitution from minor
in 2010 and 2011 Epstein noted that “Petie” was with him in Paris, where the financier owned a sumptuous apartment
February 11, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Vetting can ignore anything if you don’t want to find something that might make you question your own judgement.
Reposted by Mike here, hello
Under Starmer, recognised refugees can no longer reunite with their children.
Recognised refugees.
Denied the right to reunite with their children.
It’s diabolical. Worse than anything the Tories did. & no, the racists are not & never will be satisfied.
So yes, he’s hated.
Recognised refugees.
Denied the right to reunite with their children.
It’s diabolical. Worse than anything the Tories did. & no, the racists are not & never will be satisfied.
So yes, he’s hated.
What these “but why do people hate Starmer SO MUCH” takes come down to is so shallow.
Starmer doesn’t sound or look like a firebrand so what’s the big deal?
Immune to questions of SUBSTANCE - he’s liar, enabled a genocide, pandered to anti-migrant politics & global Fascism.
Starmer doesn’t sound or look like a firebrand so what’s the big deal?
Immune to questions of SUBSTANCE - he’s liar, enabled a genocide, pandered to anti-migrant politics & global Fascism.
February 11, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Under Starmer, recognised refugees can no longer reunite with their children.
Recognised refugees.
Denied the right to reunite with their children.
It’s diabolical. Worse than anything the Tories did. & no, the racists are not & never will be satisfied.
So yes, he’s hated.
Recognised refugees.
Denied the right to reunite with their children.
It’s diabolical. Worse than anything the Tories did. & no, the racists are not & never will be satisfied.
So yes, he’s hated.
Reposted by Mike here, hello
I expect the extreme right to lie. But I'm exhausted when I see the left editing images, using AI and misrepresenting things. The truth is enough, we don't need to stoop to the level of liars and tyrants.
February 11, 2026 at 9:35 AM
I expect the extreme right to lie. But I'm exhausted when I see the left editing images, using AI and misrepresenting things. The truth is enough, we don't need to stoop to the level of liars and tyrants.
Reposted by Mike here, hello
You are welcome to disagree but I personally want people with this level of empathy, compassion and kindness in charge our lives, welfare and country.
Great episode with Zack Polanski and Hannah Spencer.
youtube.com/shorts/afqQX...
Great episode with Zack Polanski and Hannah Spencer.
youtube.com/shorts/afqQX...
This is what politicians without vested interests look like
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
youtube.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:01 PM
You are welcome to disagree but I personally want people with this level of empathy, compassion and kindness in charge our lives, welfare and country.
Great episode with Zack Polanski and Hannah Spencer.
youtube.com/shorts/afqQX...
Great episode with Zack Polanski and Hannah Spencer.
youtube.com/shorts/afqQX...
Posting as:
50% Timeline cleanse 🥰
50% Gays tag yourselves 👀
50% Timeline cleanse 🥰
50% Gays tag yourselves 👀
This is Ladybird. She's politely requesting butt pats. Will accept them for as long as you're willing to provide them. Could be days. Weeks even. 13/10 (TT: christina.stamper5)
February 10, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Posting as:
50% Timeline cleanse 🥰
50% Gays tag yourselves 👀
50% Timeline cleanse 🥰
50% Gays tag yourselves 👀
The social contract is broken.
The rich get ever more comfortable, while the rest of us have to work harder for less than ever.
We expected a Labour government to do more to change this.
It has to change.
The rich get ever more comfortable, while the rest of us have to work harder for less than ever.
We expected a Labour government to do more to change this.
It has to change.
Our major new book is out today, exploring the changing circumstances of the poorer half of Britain, and setting out a policy agenda.
Read a summary of it all here resolutionfoundation.substack.com/p/unsung-bri...
Read a summary of it all here resolutionfoundation.substack.com/p/unsung-bri...
Unsung Britain: working harder, getting nowhere
Mike Brewer explains how recent decades have squeezed the households who can least afford it
resolutionfoundation.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:32 PM
The social contract is broken.
The rich get ever more comfortable, while the rest of us have to work harder for less than ever.
We expected a Labour government to do more to change this.
It has to change.
The rich get ever more comfortable, while the rest of us have to work harder for less than ever.
We expected a Labour government to do more to change this.
It has to change.
Reposted by Mike here, hello
Streeting reminds me of a weasel that got stuck in a jar of Vaseline. I don’t think name-calling is appropriate, unless the individual is unworthy of respect. The minister’s action in ignoring warnings that his policies would lead to suicides amongst trans kids, puts him in the category*.
This is the funniest headline I seen in a long time. And bravo to whoever underlined the desperation with the juxtaposed link.
February 10, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Streeting reminds me of a weasel that got stuck in a jar of Vaseline. I don’t think name-calling is appropriate, unless the individual is unworthy of respect. The minister’s action in ignoring warnings that his policies would lead to suicides amongst trans kids, puts him in the category*.
Can you tell I’m cooking chicken?
February 10, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Can you tell I’m cooking chicken?
Starmer’s new Chief Advisor has been named as Rick Astley.
🚨 BREAKING: Keir Starmer declares he is "never giving up"
"I will never walk away from the mandate I was given to change this country. I will never walk away from the people that I'm charged with fighting for. And I will never walk away from the country that I love"
"I will never walk away from the mandate I was given to change this country. I will never walk away from the people that I'm charged with fighting for. And I will never walk away from the country that I love"
February 10, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Starmer’s new Chief Advisor has been named as Rick Astley.