Gerry Hassan
@GerryHassan
Writer commentator academic. Hon Prof of Social Change; Books Editor @BellaCaledonia; Editor, 'Britain Needs Change: The Politics of Hope & Labour's Challenge'.
The fantasy Jeremy Corbyn Party is sweeping all before it. This has little chance of breaking through to such an extent. But the traditional parties have failed & the UK political system is broken. And this will produce new opportunities for the left.
In 24 hours, sign-ups to 'Your Party' have hit 250,000 and climbing. With your help, we're on track to become the largest political party in the UK. Keep it going 👇👇✊ yourparty.uk Edit: Now at 250k! The numbers are rising faster than we can keep up with them.
Another Claire Fox low as she links the Epping Forest demonstrations calling for the closure of a hotel with migrants to wider concerns about "cultural and identity politics." What despicable, reactionary politics from a shameless grifter on #Newsnight

1970s unreconstructed sexism is back with Farage's Reform.
American Eagle shares have gained 10% today (adding $200 million of market cap) after unveiling a new ad campaign fronted by Sydney Sweeney. Based ad campaigns are back, and wokery is gasping for breath. Take note Jaguar.
As ex-academic Matt Goodwin acts as a cheerleader for every Reform opinion poll a bit of historic comparison is helpful. Reform poll regularly just below or above 30%. The Liberal-SDP Alliance reached a peak of 50.5% with Gallup; and polled 26% in the subsequent election.
Wow! Reform 34% Labour 20% Tories 16% Source - FindOutNow 23rd July 2025
Trump in Scotland underlining what matters to him most: promoting Trump business enterprises. He bought Turnberry for $60m in 2014 & it has since been a loss-making enterprise. One which is unlikely to ever host & should never host the UK open while he owns it.
“It’s the greatest course in the world” — Trump does a promo for his golf business
Decades of venerating bullshiters, bloviators & pseudo-buccaneer capitalists has not surprisingly produced a class of folk who think they can do anything. And are entitled to impose it on everyone else. Step forward fantasy merchant Ant Middleton 'saving' London.

"Why is this Labour Govt so weak? Why are they are trying to appease as Israel does irreparable damage to their reputation ... and becomes a pariah state" says Lib Dem Vince Cable on Israel's war crimes in Gaza & Labour's cowardice & complicity. #bbcaq
SNP lead by 7% in Scottish WM voting intentions; Reform at their highest ever WM support; and Labour facing Scottish wipeout SNP: 29% (-1) REF: 22% (+15) LAB: 19% (-16) LD: 11% (+1) CON: 10% (-3) GRN: 7% (+3) @YouGov @ScotVoting Sample: 13-19 June +/- vs GE24 HT @LeftieStats

You really do get the impression that Boris Johnson struggles for material for his highly paid Daily Mail column. And serves them up any old twaddle each week.
I've just had private healthcare and here's why I'm not ashamed to admit it mol.im/a/14941113
David Mencer's interview with @bbcnickrobinson was a tragic example of how he and the Israelis have lost the PR battle in the free world. David's pointless anger, his refusal to answer, his lecturing, his anti-BBC monologue... dearie me.... bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/li…
Scotland knows how to welcome the US President Donald Trump to Scotland. Everything he represents is despicable & repugnant to the overwhelming majority of people in Scotland of every political persuasion, age & background.

This is a superb & comprehensive demolition of Kemi Badenoch & the Tory Party. The sunny Conservatism & version of Britain Badenoch bought into are dead & something more sinister emerging. A brilliant long-form essay by @Will___lloyd in @NewStatesman newstatesman.com/politics/uk-po…
Two big challenges for the UK & US media establishments: 1. Can it expose Trump's links & complicity with Jeffrey Epstein? And his cover-ups? 2. Can it call out Israeli war crimes & creation of famine in Gaza starving 2 million Palestinians?
Impromptu Palestine solidarity gathering in Kirkcudbright, Dumfries and Galloway, this evening. #PalestineAction

This is the textbook definition of genocide. Israeli genocide.

Ian Hislop is quite right. We are locking up people for holding up cartoons whilst (and this applies to too many Editors) failing to scream from rooftops about what is actually happening in Gaza.
"We've got to the state where a man is arrested for carrying a joke." Private Eye editor Ian Hislop on the arrest of a man under the Terrorism Act for holding up a cartoon from the magazine during a protest against the ban of the group Palestine Action at the weekend. #BBCPM
"Oven-ready" policy being promised by Reform! Cannot imagine it is more thought through than the "oven-ready Brexit" which was imposed on the UK & turned out to be half-baked & half-arsed.
People have no idea how much policy work Reform is already doing. We will have thousands of pages of legislation oven-ready for when @Nigel_Farage becomes PM. We know the system, the blob, will activate to block us at every turn. We will be ready. They will be defeated.
Once upon a time think-tanks used to undertake serious in-depth research. No longer. Entities such as the right-wing Institute of Economic Affairs just make unfounded pronouncements to aid their political lobbying operation: all aided by media mouthpieces.
The triple lock on pensions is the new NHS. No rational arguments are made. All emotion. If you criticise the system, you’re accused of being a genuinely bad person.
The Isle of Eigg is an inspiring example of a Scottish island owned by local people as a result of a community buyout in 1997. They are a successful exercise in self-government & community power & have chosen to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people.

FACT CHECK: The Institute of Economic Affairs used to be a serious think-tank. Now they are just an attention seeking fact free media & lobby operation for right-wing dogma. And shameless at it.
We need to slash public expenditure. A lot. Afuera!