Paul Murphy
@paulmurphy.bsky.social
Ex-editorial photographer. More Animal Behaviour & training these days
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Johnson culled the Tory Party of all but its grimmest dregs & now the grimmest of the grimmest dregs are defecting to Reform. It would be funny if it didn't alllow them, along with Farage, to pretend that they're not responsible for the state of the nation.
January 26, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Johnson culled the Tory Party of all but its grimmest dregs & now the grimmest of the grimmest dregs are defecting to Reform. It would be funny if it didn't alllow them, along with Farage, to pretend that they're not responsible for the state of the nation.
Sorry but nothing about the Pretti murder resembles law enforcement #wato
He was set upon by a group of ICE agents, brought down, beaten while lying on the ground, had his gun removed from it’s holster before being shot at least six times
He was set upon by a group of ICE agents, brought down, beaten while lying on the ground, had his gun removed from it’s holster before being shot at least six times
January 26, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Sorry but nothing about the Pretti murder resembles law enforcement #wato
He was set upon by a group of ICE agents, brought down, beaten while lying on the ground, had his gun removed from it’s holster before being shot at least six times
He was set upon by a group of ICE agents, brought down, beaten while lying on the ground, had his gun removed from it’s holster before being shot at least six times
Moan all you like about the Tories lacking an agenda (beyond just sneering at Labour)
But what ‘agenda’ does ReformUK have exactly?
The only policy details we’ve had from Farage is to ‘end illegal immigration’ … & as best as I can recall that unravelled when journos asked about children #wato
But what ‘agenda’ does ReformUK have exactly?
The only policy details we’ve had from Farage is to ‘end illegal immigration’ … & as best as I can recall that unravelled when journos asked about children #wato
January 26, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Moan all you like about the Tories lacking an agenda (beyond just sneering at Labour)
But what ‘agenda’ does ReformUK have exactly?
The only policy details we’ve had from Farage is to ‘end illegal immigration’ … & as best as I can recall that unravelled when journos asked about children #wato
But what ‘agenda’ does ReformUK have exactly?
The only policy details we’ve had from Farage is to ‘end illegal immigration’ … & as best as I can recall that unravelled when journos asked about children #wato
Nice to hear Braverman “believes in a better future”
The future she helped create for Britain with the Conservatives was bloody awful #wato
The future she helped create for Britain with the Conservatives was bloody awful #wato
January 26, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Nice to hear Braverman “believes in a better future”
The future she helped create for Britain with the Conservatives was bloody awful #wato
The future she helped create for Britain with the Conservatives was bloody awful #wato
While blocking Burnham is so obviously about saving his own unpopular skin
Can’t help agree with [whatshisface] that it stops the inevitable niggling media speculation on when Burnham will launch his challenge #r4today
Can’t help agree with [whatshisface] that it stops the inevitable niggling media speculation on when Burnham will launch his challenge #r4today
Ordinarily I’d agree any effort to prevent anyone from challenging Starmer would just mean it’s curtains for Starmer
Begging to think it’s worth blocking Andy Burnham from standing just to kill off this kind of niggling speculation dressed up as news #r4today
Begging to think it’s worth blocking Andy Burnham from standing just to kill off this kind of niggling speculation dressed up as news #r4today
January 26, 2026 at 9:03 AM
While blocking Burnham is so obviously about saving his own unpopular skin
Can’t help agree with [whatshisface] that it stops the inevitable niggling media speculation on when Burnham will launch his challenge #r4today
Can’t help agree with [whatshisface] that it stops the inevitable niggling media speculation on when Burnham will launch his challenge #r4today
We don’t need more free parking Quentin Letts; more traffic jams in & out of towns & cities
We need reliable & affordable public transport, segregated cycling, & pedestrianised roads & centres #bbcaq
We need reliable & affordable public transport, segregated cycling, & pedestrianised roads & centres #bbcaq
January 24, 2026 at 2:03 PM
We don’t need more free parking Quentin Letts; more traffic jams in & out of towns & cities
We need reliable & affordable public transport, segregated cycling, & pedestrianised roads & centres #bbcaq
We need reliable & affordable public transport, segregated cycling, & pedestrianised roads & centres #bbcaq
January 24, 2026 at 1:47 PM
The only thing that’s changed in the last 18months to make global security more volatile is Trump’s 2nd term.
Everything else from Gaza to Ukraine & the long running threat from Putin all happened while the Tories were “hollowing-out” defence spending #bbcaq
Everything else from Gaza to Ukraine & the long running threat from Putin all happened while the Tories were “hollowing-out” defence spending #bbcaq
January 24, 2026 at 1:39 PM
The only thing that’s changed in the last 18months to make global security more volatile is Trump’s 2nd term.
Everything else from Gaza to Ukraine & the long running threat from Putin all happened while the Tories were “hollowing-out” defence spending #bbcaq
Everything else from Gaza to Ukraine & the long running threat from Putin all happened while the Tories were “hollowing-out” defence spending #bbcaq
January 24, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Heard more than enough opinion lately on how small UK & European countries don’t spend the same as the American Superpower
High time we heard their ideas on how we can increase our spending #bbcaq
High time we heard their ideas on how we can increase our spending #bbcaq
January 24, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Heard more than enough opinion lately on how small UK & European countries don’t spend the same as the American Superpower
High time we heard their ideas on how we can increase our spending #bbcaq
High time we heard their ideas on how we can increase our spending #bbcaq
Ordinarily I’d agree any effort to prevent anyone from challenging Starmer would just mean it’s curtains for Starmer
Begging to think it’s worth blocking Andy Burnham from standing just to kill off this kind of niggling speculation dressed up as news #r4today
Begging to think it’s worth blocking Andy Burnham from standing just to kill off this kind of niggling speculation dressed up as news #r4today
January 24, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Ordinarily I’d agree any effort to prevent anyone from challenging Starmer would just mean it’s curtains for Starmer
Begging to think it’s worth blocking Andy Burnham from standing just to kill off this kind of niggling speculation dressed up as news #r4today
Begging to think it’s worth blocking Andy Burnham from standing just to kill off this kind of niggling speculation dressed up as news #r4today
Steak ‘n’ chips, but the lettuce was off
Farage courts Liz Truss over a discreet lunch at a Mayfair club all paid for by the climate-denying US thinktank The Heartland Institute
#r4today
Farage courts Liz Truss over a discreet lunch at a Mayfair club all paid for by the climate-denying US thinktank The Heartland Institute
#r4today
Red meat, no lettuce: Nigel Farage and Liz Truss attend private lunch after week of Tory defections
Meal at Mayfair club took place on day Reform UK’s Robert Jenrick criticised former PM’s mini-budget
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Steak ‘n’ chips, but the lettuce was off
Farage courts Liz Truss over a discreet lunch at a Mayfair club all paid for by the climate-denying US thinktank The Heartland Institute
#r4today
Farage courts Liz Truss over a discreet lunch at a Mayfair club all paid for by the climate-denying US thinktank The Heartland Institute
#r4today
Children won’t look to their parents to see whether this social media ban law is worth obeying.
They’ll see what their peers are getting up to - so it won’t work
This is about making MPs and parents feel like they’re doing something positive #r4today
They’ll see what their peers are getting up to - so it won’t work
This is about making MPs and parents feel like they’re doing something positive #r4today
January 24, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Children won’t look to their parents to see whether this social media ban law is worth obeying.
They’ll see what their peers are getting up to - so it won’t work
This is about making MPs and parents feel like they’re doing something positive #r4today
They’ll see what their peers are getting up to - so it won’t work
This is about making MPs and parents feel like they’re doing something positive #r4today
How were “we pushed around in Davos” exactly? #wato
Has Hunt been drinking in the Trump / White House PR Kool Aid and not realised Trump backed down on invasion AND tariffs?
Has Hunt been drinking in the Trump / White House PR Kool Aid and not realised Trump backed down on invasion AND tariffs?
January 23, 2026 at 1:26 PM
How were “we pushed around in Davos” exactly? #wato
Has Hunt been drinking in the Trump / White House PR Kool Aid and not realised Trump backed down on invasion AND tariffs?
Has Hunt been drinking in the Trump / White House PR Kool Aid and not realised Trump backed down on invasion AND tariffs?
This is awful #wato talking to a mother who has lost her son in Afghanistan.
And is there a better demonstration of the futility of world journalists & the BBC taking anything president Trump says at all seriously?
That Trump is a duplicitous, narcissistic buffoon is not headline news in fair
And is there a better demonstration of the futility of world journalists & the BBC taking anything president Trump says at all seriously?
That Trump is a duplicitous, narcissistic buffoon is not headline news in fair
January 23, 2026 at 1:19 PM
This is awful #wato talking to a mother who has lost her son in Afghanistan.
And is there a better demonstration of the futility of world journalists & the BBC taking anything president Trump says at all seriously?
That Trump is a duplicitous, narcissistic buffoon is not headline news in fair
And is there a better demonstration of the futility of world journalists & the BBC taking anything president Trump says at all seriously?
That Trump is a duplicitous, narcissistic buffoon is not headline news in fair
Curious why so many still believe UK’s role is to ‘cosy up to China’ if we are no longer cosying up to America
It’s not about cosying up to anyone but recognising that EUrope is its own economic superpower. #r4today
It’s not about cosying up to anyone but recognising that EUrope is its own economic superpower. #r4today
January 23, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Curious why so many still believe UK’s role is to ‘cosy up to China’ if we are no longer cosying up to America
It’s not about cosying up to anyone but recognising that EUrope is its own economic superpower. #r4today
It’s not about cosying up to anyone but recognising that EUrope is its own economic superpower. #r4today
“Which they haven’t done yet but APPARENTLY are planning to do”
Justin Webb dismissal of the government’s proposed consultation on online safety.
He’s not even trying to cloak his obvious contempt for this Labour government’s track record on ‘U-turns’ #r4today
Justin Webb dismissal of the government’s proposed consultation on online safety.
He’s not even trying to cloak his obvious contempt for this Labour government’s track record on ‘U-turns’ #r4today
January 23, 2026 at 7:50 AM
“Which they haven’t done yet but APPARENTLY are planning to do”
Justin Webb dismissal of the government’s proposed consultation on online safety.
He’s not even trying to cloak his obvious contempt for this Labour government’s track record on ‘U-turns’ #r4today
Justin Webb dismissal of the government’s proposed consultation on online safety.
He’s not even trying to cloak his obvious contempt for this Labour government’s track record on ‘U-turns’ #r4today
If you’re rationale is protecting your children from the ‘roomful of a million strangers online’
then why wouldn’t you ban all but the school sanctioned educational internet access until postgraduate age?
Because surely the problems children face online are the same for adults too #r4today
then why wouldn’t you ban all but the school sanctioned educational internet access until postgraduate age?
Because surely the problems children face online are the same for adults too #r4today
January 23, 2026 at 7:42 AM
If you’re rationale is protecting your children from the ‘roomful of a million strangers online’
then why wouldn’t you ban all but the school sanctioned educational internet access until postgraduate age?
Because surely the problems children face online are the same for adults too #r4today
then why wouldn’t you ban all but the school sanctioned educational internet access until postgraduate age?
Because surely the problems children face online are the same for adults too #r4today
January 22, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Article suggests Badenoch’s chat with Mike Johnson led to Trump’s Chagos deal rant forcing the PM to publicly rebuff US president #r4today
How Badenoch’s meeting with Mike Johnson led to Trump’s Chagos deal rant
A brief encounter set off a chain of events that culminated in a public rebuff to the US president from Keir Starmer
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:29 AM
Article suggests Badenoch’s chat with Mike Johnson led to Trump’s Chagos deal rant forcing the PM to publicly rebuff US president #r4today
Well we all know how Trump feels about ‘forever deals’ #r4today
This one sounds particularly toilet paper like:
This one sounds particularly toilet paper like:
Trump declaration of Greenland framework deal met with scepticism amid tariff relief
Nato chief Mark Rutte says there is ‘a lot of work to be done’, as some Danish MPs voice concern at Greenland apparently being sidelined in US president’s talks
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Well we all know how Trump feels about ‘forever deals’ #r4today
This one sounds particularly toilet paper like:
This one sounds particularly toilet paper like:
Gaming chat groups
Another gaping hole in the potential legislation banning social media for children is Whitehall spads & civil servants will need to define social media
Still, it’s much safer than legislating to curb the undesirable behaviour of tech companies #r4today
Another gaping hole in the potential legislation banning social media for children is Whitehall spads & civil servants will need to define social media
Still, it’s much safer than legislating to curb the undesirable behaviour of tech companies #r4today
January 22, 2026 at 7:52 AM
Gaming chat groups
Another gaping hole in the potential legislation banning social media for children is Whitehall spads & civil servants will need to define social media
Still, it’s much safer than legislating to curb the undesirable behaviour of tech companies #r4today
Another gaping hole in the potential legislation banning social media for children is Whitehall spads & civil servants will need to define social media
Still, it’s much safer than legislating to curb the undesirable behaviour of tech companies #r4today