What an embarrassing afternoon for Reform UK. Farage and Jenrick unveiled their economic plans to a half-empty hall in central London. Asked about the empty seats, Farage first blamed “staff incompetence”, then suggested the businessmen invited were simply too busy to attend. How disgraceful to publicly humiliate your own staff rather than take responsibility. An event meant to showcase Reform’s readiness for government instead showed how quickly Farage blames others when things go wrong. You just know what sort of man he is to work with. If he’s this willing to blame his staff publicly, who knows what kind of behaviour is going on behind closed doors.

Wow, some leader is Farage.

Flávio Bolsonaro wants Brazil’s election annulled because, he claims, Lula “changed the rules halfway through the game” by extending voting hours. There’s just one rather inconvenient detail. Bolsonaro’s own campaign ALSO requested an extension! His request covered specific areas, while Lula’s was nationwide, but both wanted voting hours extended. Now, having lost by 4.4 million votes, he wants the result overturned over a measure his own campaign supported. Quite extraordinary.

In news that will surprise absolutely nobody, Brazil’s far-right Flávio Bolsonaro claims the election was rigged after losing to Lula. This from the man who promised to free his father, jailed for plotting a coup to overturn his own election defeat. Some nerve to cry corruption. Trump cried fraud when he lost in 2020. Farage alleged cheating after losing Gorton and Denton, despite police finding no evidence of criminality. They lose, cry corruption and challenge the result. Losers.

What an extraordinary night for democracy! In Brazil, Lula has defeated the far right in a dramatic electoral comeback. In Serbia, a student-led movement has toppled Vučić’s authoritarian government after nearly two years of protests. Two countries, thousands of miles apart, have delivered enormous blows to the nationalist right. A powerful reminder of what ordinary people can achieve when they organise and refuse to give up. Next up, it’s America’s turn.

This really is pathetic. She wouldn’t have moaned if he was raising money for a charity engaged in delivering aid for Palestine, I bet. Moaning for the sake of moaning. Party political parlour games.

Weaponised stupidity.

And this is why Reform are net stupid idiots.

This guy isn’t living in the real world. You’re going to need a massive turnaround in support which, by all measures, doesn’t appear likely. Wishful thinking, this.

Putin is a murderous prick, targeting innocent Ukrainians every day. This is a deception. Trump is a Russian asset. They must be defeated.