Do watch this. It’s very good. Sound absolutely on.

Am wondering if all of those suddenly deciding they’re against communities living “parallel lives” might reconsider their support of religious schools? Or indeed private ones?

This is a lie.

There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.

But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.

Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.

The ventriloquist act they booked for the Tory Conference looks a bit shit.

Honest Bob Jenrick holding a judge’s wig in a manner that makes it look like his ventriloquist’s dummy.

“Gottle of geer.”

Look at who wants us to leave the ECHR. If it’s right wing extremists you know that the majority of the people in this country won’t benefit.
Wake up for Christ’s sake and stop sleepwalking towards your own demise.

Tories set a low bar after misspelling Britain on conference chocolate Misprinted wrappers pulled from Manchester goodie bags after derision on social media

People would have signed this off.

Others will have been shown the product.

Further individuals will have put them in the goodie bags.

How on Earth did nobody spot it?

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Tax authorities examine finances of key Nigel Farage ally Exclusive: HMRC conducts scoping exercise into Reform UK backer ‘Posh George’ Cottrell’s income from business and wealth

Tax authorities examine finances of key Farage ally (who has a US conviction for wire fraud) www.theguardian.com/business/202...

UK clinical trial approval times twice as fast with AI and reforms Patients receive earlier access to life-saving treatments as UK trial approval times cut in half from 91 to just 41 days.

Across their first year in government, Labour have been working on speeding up the time it takes to set up clinical trials.

Ideas have included a fast track route for low-risk trials, more use of AI within the process, new legislation, simplifying processes & building on work started in 2023.

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‘Big data’ helps HMRC increase UK tax haul by £4.6bn Connect system uses multiple sources of information to spot cases of underpayment

I really like this use of big data to go after unpaid tax.

I know it's just one of a range of measures the Labour government has worked on to go after unpaid tax.

And the impact in year 1: £4.6bn tax collected through this system, 35% higher than the average under the Tories.

Jenrick says, Handsworth the area I went to school in isn’t integrated as he didn’t see a white face and the closest he has seen to a slum? So is he saying we should pay minorities much more for their low paid jobs and welcome them to The Cotswolds with their mosques and temples???

Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in Birmingham neighbourhood Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on short visit

This is shocking racism from Jenrick and Badenoch should sack him immediately.

No further comment necessary.

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Reform lied to get elected to Kent County Council.

They promised tax cuts in their election material.

The only tax councils have any real say over is council tax.

Refore are now saying they will increase council tax in Kent.

Failure to deliver on what they promised after just 5 months.

Mel Stride: Conservatives are the only people who tell the truth, and have a plan for growth that means something | Conservative Home It falls to us, the Conservatives, to win back the country’s trust and reverse the economic vandalism of this Labour government. We can and we will.

Not sure I would have gone with headline - unless I actually wanted people to laugh out loud....

Dear Gods of all that is stupid...

IT'S REAL.

Tax authorities examine finances of key Nigel Farage ally Exclusive: HMRC conducts scoping exercise into Reform UK backer ‘Posh George’ Cottrell’s income from business and wealth

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The finances of one of Nigel Farage’s key confidants are being examined by the UK’s tax and revenue authorities amid questions over his income from wealth and business activities, the Guardian understands.

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Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in Birmingham neighbourhood Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on short visit

Under any other leader Jenrick would have been sacked for saying this.

Under Badenoch he'll probably get a promotion www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

As people of colour we are constantly asked to call out issues in our community. And most of the time, rightly so. It makes us stronger. A middle aged white man makes a rounded and critical observation of some in his own community (white men) and he’s vilified by some. Why?

More austerity you say? This is the kind of bold outside-the-box thinking that will surely turn things around for the Tories 🙃
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The Labour London Mayor doing more great things for London.

Thank you @london.gov.uk

Promo bar of chocolate saying "When Labour negotiates, Britian loses"

Another astonishing sign of incredible incompetence from the UK Conservatives. They can’t even get right the name of the country they want to represent.
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Gary Neville, "Brexit has had a devastating impact on this country"

"The messaging is getting dangerous"

"All these idiots out there spreading hate speech in any form, abuse in any form, we must stop promoting them"

"And get back to a country of love, peace and harmony"

"And become a team again"

No one in Reform U.K. Ltd knows Nathan Gill the ex Reform leader in Wales who was convicted of taking bribes to promote Putin’s Russia. Here is Richard Tice not knowing him.

Goody-bag merch from Tory Conference branded "When Labour negotiates Britian loses" and signed "Kemi Badenoch".

It helps to be able to spell the country you say only you are competent enough to run.

I am shocked and appalled by the arson attack on a mosque in Peacehaven, where two people were inside.

No community should be terrorised for their faith or in their place of worship.

At a time when Islamophobia hits record levels, we need urgent action from the top of government to confront it.

Yup.

Reform likely to raise Kent council tax after cost-cutting drive falters Nigel Farage’s party promised to revive local authority finances by slashing wasteful spending

Reality bites ReFuk in Kent that claimed to slash public spending in DOGE-like cuts during elections.

They can’t. They are “already down to the bare bones” and admits they will have to increase council tax

Words come easy when trying to win votes but governing is hard.

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Leaving the ECHR won’t fix illegal migration Half-baked tales of rulings turning on chicken nuggets are no basis for cutting Britain adrift

Tories and Reform want to quit the European Convention on Human Rights.

Since 1980, the ECHR court has heard 29 cases of immigrant deportation. UK won 16. No defeats in the last 5 yrs.

Quitting ECHR won't fix illegal immigration, will destroy our freedoms and rights.
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Kemi Badenoch wants a UK ICE.

Given that US ICE is destroying America, this is not a smart idea.