Sunder Katwala (sundersays)
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How far should teenage Farage’s behaviour influence public views of his credentials today as a political leader? That can be the subject of reasonable debate. What is no longer in serious doubt is the credibility of the allegations.
My Eastern Eye column.
www.easterneye.biz/nigel-farage...
My Eastern Eye column.
www.easterneye.biz/nigel-farage...
YouGov have Nigel Farage 29% favourable (-1) and 64% unfavourable (+2)
Net unfavourability is -35 (3% dip rom -32).
Nov fieldwork 16-17th November vs 13th-14th December.
Dulwich racism in Guardian from 18.11.25
Too soon to say if may be a small impact at the margin, or just statistical noise
Net unfavourability is -35 (3% dip rom -32).
Nov fieldwork 16-17th November vs 13th-14th December.
Dulwich racism in Guardian from 18.11.25
Too soon to say if may be a small impact at the margin, or just statistical noise
December 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM
YouGov have Nigel Farage 29% favourable (-1) and 64% unfavourable (+2)
Net unfavourability is -35 (3% dip rom -32).
Nov fieldwork 16-17th November vs 13th-14th December.
Dulwich racism in Guardian from 18.11.25
Too soon to say if may be a small impact at the margin, or just statistical noise
Net unfavourability is -35 (3% dip rom -32).
Nov fieldwork 16-17th November vs 13th-14th December.
Dulwich racism in Guardian from 18.11.25
Too soon to say if may be a small impact at the margin, or just statistical noise
The founder of the Brexit Party (later rebranded as Reform) has become significantly radicalised - including calling to deport the Home Secretary
December 16, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The founder of the Brexit Party (later rebranded as Reform) has become significantly radicalised - including calling to deport the Home Secretary
More evasive than unrepentant, but Reform in 2025 think David Lammy should go home to the Caribbean is defensible for a Mayoral candidate without even withdrawing or apologising for it
Reform Candidate Unrepentant Over His Call For David Lammy To 'Go Home To The Caribbean'
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/reform...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/reform...
Reform Candidate Unrepentant Over His Call For David Lammy To 'Go Home To The Caribbean'
Chris Parry also refused to say that the former foreign secretary's "primary loyalty" is to the UK.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
December 16, 2025 at 8:46 AM
More evasive than unrepentant, but Reform in 2025 think David Lammy should go home to the Caribbean is defensible for a Mayoral candidate without even withdrawing or apologising for it
Trump’s legal challenge to the BBC is entirely without merit. The programme demonstrably did not damage his reputation in Britain, America or anywhere else. His reputation went up briefly at the time, for other reasons.
Trump approval in Britain - very negative - rises sharply if briefly shortly after the Panorama programme
This has nothing to do with the Panorama programme. It is a brief Winner's Bonus from getting re-elected, later diminished by his madness in office
The damages claim is a mad hoax
This has nothing to do with the Panorama programme. It is a brief Winner's Bonus from getting re-elected, later diminished by his madness in office
The damages claim is a mad hoax
December 16, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Trump’s legal challenge to the BBC is entirely without merit. The programme demonstrably did not damage his reputation in Britain, America or anywhere else. His reputation went up briefly at the time, for other reasons.
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Shocked by the awful death of Rob Reiner. I spoke with him for over an hour last night. We talked about his work and his plans for the future. I always enjoyed his company. We met at his Dad's in 1975. Last thing he said to me was "See you next year.." Such a terrible end. Such a sweet man.
December 15, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Shocked by the awful death of Rob Reiner. I spoke with him for over an hour last night. We talked about his work and his plans for the future. I always enjoyed his company. We met at his Dad's in 1975. Last thing he said to me was "See you next year.." Such a terrible end. Such a sweet man.
A crazy football match at Old Trafford tonight ...
December 15, 2025 at 9:45 PM
A crazy football match at Old Trafford tonight ...
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not the kind of behavior I expect from the winner of the fifa peace prize
December 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
not the kind of behavior I expect from the winner of the fifa peace prize
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Beautiful, funny and sad BBC Front Row tonight: Roland Gift, Humphrey Ker on Sherlock Holmes at Birmingham Rep, Panto for modern audiences, @robbiecollin.bsky.social on the films of Rob Reiner & we remember Joanna Trollope. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
a man and a woman are sitting next to each other on a plane .
ALT: a man and a woman are sitting next to each other on a plane .
media.tenor.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Beautiful, funny and sad BBC Front Row tonight: Roland Gift, Humphrey Ker on Sherlock Holmes at Birmingham Rep, Panto for modern audiences, @robbiecollin.bsky.social on the films of Rob Reiner & we remember Joanna Trollope. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Useful premises for this piece would include the name recognition of Nick Fuentes in this society (likely to be nearer 1/10 or below it than as high as 1/5) and the approval among using men among those who know who he is (likely to be nearer 1/10 than as high as 1/5)
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
There’s a reason young men turn to Nick Fuentes
Far-right US influencer exploits insecurities bred by a society that tells them they’re worthless
www.thetimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Useful premises for this piece would include the name recognition of Nick Fuentes in this society (likely to be nearer 1/10 or below it than as high as 1/5) and the approval among using men among those who know who he is (likely to be nearer 1/10 than as high as 1/5)
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
RIP Rob Reiner, who should be remembered for his work that so many millions of us enjoyed. The Princess Bride was surprisingly fantastic. Misery & A Few Good Men were gripping on the big screen on their release.
December 15, 2025 at 5:58 PM
RIP Rob Reiner, who should be remembered for his work that so many millions of us enjoyed. The Princess Bride was surprisingly fantastic. Misery & A Few Good Men were gripping on the big screen on their release.
The government is due to release its work and definition of anti-Muslim hatred in the coming days. Some tests of success from a column in March, when the process began
www.easterneye.biz/islamophobia...
www.easterneye.biz/islamophobia...
Comment: Defining Islamophobia a long overdue challenge
'Efforts must be made to protect free speech while tackling prejudice'
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December 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The government is due to release its work and definition of anti-Muslim hatred in the coming days. Some tests of success from a column in March, when the process began
www.easterneye.biz/islamophobia...
www.easterneye.biz/islamophobia...
Daniel Kruger claiming he hadn't seen this call from Reform's Mayoral candidate for David "Lammy must go home to the Caribbean" so didn't know what "context" it might have been in your make it less racist
the 'context':
December 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Daniel Kruger claiming he hadn't seen this call from Reform's Mayoral candidate for David "Lammy must go home to the Caribbean" so didn't know what "context" it might have been in your make it less racist
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No one who has ever used the term "cultural erasure" has ever meant anything more complicated or less racist than "get rid of the brown people".
December 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
No one who has ever used the term "cultural erasure" has ever meant anything more complicated or less racist than "get rid of the brown people".
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As Sunder has correctly pointed out our state religion is not "(Christianity, denomination may vary)" It's the Church of England and taking this position as a Catholic is an interesting one given the history of these islands.
Tomlinson confirms that this is the racist view which he advocates for both parliament and the civil service.
He says if Badenoch, Patel, Mahmood, Lammy or Miliband want to be in public service, they should emigrate to "their nation of origin" (even though they are British-born British citizens)
He says if Badenoch, Patel, Mahmood, Lammy or Miliband want to be in public service, they should emigrate to "their nation of origin" (even though they are British-born British citizens)
December 15, 2025 at 1:27 PM
As Sunder has correctly pointed out our state religion is not "(Christianity, denomination may vary)" It's the Church of England and taking this position as a Catholic is an interesting one given the history of these islands.
Kruger says Reform intend to say no more about the testimonies about Nigel Farage's racist conduct as a teenager. I am not sure if Farage or Reform have said whether he denies the account of the 17 year old sixth former abusing a 10 year old by telling him to go back to Africa.
December 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Kruger says Reform intend to say no more about the testimonies about Nigel Farage's racist conduct as a teenager. I am not sure if Farage or Reform have said whether he denies the account of the 17 year old sixth former abusing a 10 year old by telling him to go back to Africa.
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There is also at play a reluctance to face the possibility that prominent Right wing journalists that Labour figures might have once bantered with in a spirit of gentlemanly rivalry are now going through a process of far right radicalisation
Honestly impressed at Starmer and Nandy's commitment to not doing their job. This guy is literally talking about his wife, his children, her, and her children, and they do nothing!
CT explains why he thinks Shabana Mahmood is neither English, nor British, to which Cole does not respond to at all.
Cole: asks how many generations? Is it a race thing?
CT: Not race as Albanians don't count either. It is ancestry.
It is infinite generations, if you don't have the ancestry.
Cole: asks how many generations? Is it a race thing?
CT: Not race as Albanians don't count either. It is ancestry.
It is infinite generations, if you don't have the ancestry.
December 15, 2025 at 12:08 PM
There is also at play a reluctance to face the possibility that prominent Right wing journalists that Labour figures might have once bantered with in a spirit of gentlemanly rivalry are now going through a process of far right radicalisation
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Anti-racism norms matter. Really shouldn’t be too much to ask of a Labour government that they shun those giving platform to overt racism of a kind that has been unacceptable in the political mainstream of this country for generations.
There were 2 Labour Cabinet Ministers last week on TalkTV Harry Cole slot which plans to invite back an overt racist who'd ban the Home Secretary, Lord Chancellor, Leader of the Opposition & Deputy Speaker from parliament & all blacks, Asians, Jews, Hindus, Muslims & Sikhs from the civil service!
December 15, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Anti-racism norms matter. Really shouldn’t be too much to ask of a Labour government that they shun those giving platform to overt racism of a kind that has been unacceptable in the political mainstream of this country for generations.
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Harry Cole of Sun interviews Connor Tomlinson - who advocates banning ethnic minority MPs from parliament
Tomlinson regrets sacrificing Suella Braverman but feels sure (on no evidence) she would sacrifice herself to remove the risk of Kemi Badenoch, Rishi Sunak, Priti Patel & Shabana Mahmood!
Tomlinson regrets sacrificing Suella Braverman but feels sure (on no evidence) she would sacrifice herself to remove the risk of Kemi Badenoch, Rishi Sunak, Priti Patel & Shabana Mahmood!
December 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Harry Cole of Sun interviews Connor Tomlinson - who advocates banning ethnic minority MPs from parliament
Tomlinson regrets sacrificing Suella Braverman but feels sure (on no evidence) she would sacrifice herself to remove the risk of Kemi Badenoch, Rishi Sunak, Priti Patel & Shabana Mahmood!
Tomlinson regrets sacrificing Suella Braverman but feels sure (on no evidence) she would sacrifice herself to remove the risk of Kemi Badenoch, Rishi Sunak, Priti Patel & Shabana Mahmood!
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There's also a continued failure by the Starmer government to recognise that it holds power. It can refuse to engage with platforms that promote extremism (and can instruct its MPs not to do so as well).... it can call them out and criticise them.
December 15, 2025 at 12:05 AM
There's also a continued failure by the Starmer government to recognise that it holds power. It can refuse to engage with platforms that promote extremism (and can instruct its MPs not to do so as well).... it can call them out and criticise them.
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The general failure - among politicians and media - to push back against this stuff is reprehensible.
Harry Cole of Sun interviews Connor Tomlinson - who advocates banning ethnic minority MPs from parliament
Tomlinson regrets sacrificing Suella Braverman but feels sure (on no evidence) she would sacrifice herself to remove the risk of Kemi Badenoch, Rishi Sunak, Priti Patel & Shabana Mahmood!
Tomlinson regrets sacrificing Suella Braverman but feels sure (on no evidence) she would sacrifice herself to remove the risk of Kemi Badenoch, Rishi Sunak, Priti Patel & Shabana Mahmood!
December 14, 2025 at 11:59 PM
The general failure - among politicians and media - to push back against this stuff is reprehensible.
There were 2 Labour Cabinet Ministers last week on TalkTV Harry Cole slot which plans to invite back an overt racist who'd ban the Home Secretary, Lord Chancellor, Leader of the Opposition & Deputy Speaker from parliament & all blacks, Asians, Jews, Hindus, Muslims & Sikhs from the civil service!
December 14, 2025 at 11:41 PM
There were 2 Labour Cabinet Ministers last week on TalkTV Harry Cole slot which plans to invite back an overt racist who'd ban the Home Secretary, Lord Chancellor, Leader of the Opposition & Deputy Speaker from parliament & all blacks, Asians, Jews, Hindus, Muslims & Sikhs from the civil service!
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I have posted about him a lot but lots of the people at the Speccie and the Critic who indulged him are now realising he is deeply racist and freaking out
December 14, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I have posted about him a lot but lots of the people at the Speccie and the Critic who indulged him are now realising he is deeply racist and freaking out
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I don't think Harry Cole or someone in his position would have done this 10 years ago. Tomlinson is an internet bigot, he should in no sense be even in the conversation as a plausible guest on such a program.
December 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I don't think Harry Cole or someone in his position would have done this 10 years ago. Tomlinson is an internet bigot, he should in no sense be even in the conversation as a plausible guest on such a program.
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This thread is wild. Harry Cole is editor-at-large at The Sun. He is platforming extremism here, and leaving outright racism almost entirely unchallenged.
Cole remains a member of parliament's Press Gallery (despite now being based in the US)
Cole remains a member of parliament's Press Gallery (despite now being based in the US)
Harry Cole of Sun interviews Connor Tomlinson - who advocates banning ethnic minority MPs from parliament
Tomlinson regrets sacrificing Suella Braverman but feels sure (on no evidence) she would sacrifice herself to remove the risk of Kemi Badenoch, Rishi Sunak, Priti Patel & Shabana Mahmood!
Tomlinson regrets sacrificing Suella Braverman but feels sure (on no evidence) she would sacrifice herself to remove the risk of Kemi Badenoch, Rishi Sunak, Priti Patel & Shabana Mahmood!
December 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
This thread is wild. Harry Cole is editor-at-large at The Sun. He is platforming extremism here, and leaving outright racism almost entirely unchallenged.
Cole remains a member of parliament's Press Gallery (despite now being based in the US)
Cole remains a member of parliament's Press Gallery (despite now being based in the US)
I think it was clear that I am very much criticising Tomlinson's views as racist and challenging TalkTV and Cole platforming such extreme views (and in such a soft way). But this reply suggests that wasn't clear & suggests I need to do more than to hint that I am opposed to racism & to call it out
You’re still platforming him to your followers and taking him as some sort of person worth listening to without an equivocal upfront condemnation, so no I don’t think I’m missing the point, I think you’re happy to play sensible moderate hinting at but never calling out racism outright.
December 14, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I think it was clear that I am very much criticising Tomlinson's views as racist and challenging TalkTV and Cole platforming such extreme views (and in such a soft way). But this reply suggests that wasn't clear & suggests I need to do more than to hint that I am opposed to racism & to call it out