Listening to Gideon Coe. In ten minutes if I'm still awake I'll have to switch to the local election coverage, and sticking with #SamCoates on Sky News throughout the night and then #SophyRidge for the rest of the day. Probably going to miss most of it as I'm so tired. But recording and quite anxious despite not wanting anyone to do well. There are no parties registering in the polls that float my boat.

Many of those who've argued most enthusiastically about getting journalists onto Mastodon paint a picture of them that I don't share, at least not completely. I'm very critical of most of them, but obviously not all. I enjoy listeing to ten Sky News broadcasters, top of my list being #SamCoates and Sophy #Ridge; can't remember the names of all the rest as they don't get as much airtime as they deserve. But we should entice even journalists we dislike. Let's criticize them, diplomatically.

@[email protected] @RickiTarr I agree with a lot of this. That site will collapse over time, not overnight. But I won't denounce all journalists as as bad as each other. I'm currently very happy with up to ten @SkyNewsBot journalists, esp #SamCoates and Sophy #Ridge. I want them here and would Boost most of what they post. With others I'll see what they say. If/when I disagree, I'll take issue with them, using hashtags to get things trending they'll hate. Mastodon must aspire to replace birdsite asap.

I'm really looking forward to Sophy #Ridge's interviews this morning. And #SamCoates's take on what Liz Truss and Boris Johnson is doing. I think both will find it hard to keep a straight face while discussing Liz Truss. I find their plotting comebacks as absolutely hilarious. I think Tory MPs have reached the stage where they know they're facing electoral armageddon. Given that they're just settling old scores. They're pre demob happy. They're zombies eating the insides of each others heads.

Btw, in addition following anyone using the #SocialistSunday hashtag today, I'll be watching Sophy #Ridge's one and a half hours of interviews, with her sidekick, @SkyNewsBot's deputy political editor #SamCoates. I'd watch it just to hear what they've got to say. But this week they've actually got a decent guest: Matt Wrack. I suggest all socialists watch it live if possible, starts at 8:30am, or on catch up. Use the hashtag to exchange ideas on how to take on every shade of Tories.

Dominic Raab has insisted he won't resign. That's very interesting given what Sophy #Ridge and #SamCoates said earlier today, about how this could help Rishi Sunak. I'm reminded of Liz Truss's chancellor saying the same and then got sacked as he returned to the UK by plane after insisting he's going nowhere. Sunak had to sack Nadhim Zahawi a few days ago. Looks like he'll have to sacrifice his deputy Prime Minister too. If he won't resign he'll have to be sacked within a few weeks.

As Sam Coates points out, Nadhim Zahawi's 'resigntation' letter didn't apologize for doing the things that got him sacked. Additionally, he's explicitly attacked the press that exposed his wrong doing, especially attacked the paper that began exposing his behavior. I agree with #SamCoates: Zahawi's career is going to end. Sam is less definite about that than I am.

Sam Coates being brilliant again. #SamCoates