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I would imagine that a Tesla Robotaxi would be a child trafficker's perfect mode of transport for short trips around America.

They could keep a close eye on their victims and without a driver, reduce the chance of key witnesses speaking out and testifying against them.
#Musk #Epstein

Current polling can be very biased in favour of Reform.

Asking which party you would vote for if there was a General Election tomorrow is very different to asking if you're likely to vote tactically to keep Reform out of power.

It's clear that Starmer was in such a panic over trade with America due to the damage already done by Brexit that he was easily persuaded by McSweeney to appoint the "Trump Whisperer".

Just like Brexit, the right will treat it as a full scale war just to get across the finish line first, regardless of dirty tactics and broken promises.

Right-wing politics is dependent upon a multi-pronged attack.

Media misinformation and exaggeration to encourage ignorance.

Poll manipulation to encourage a herd mentality.

Social media manipulation through bot farms and advertising...

Now why would the very same people who delivered austerity for the poorest in society (which contributed to the deaths of up to 300,000 people) whilst protecting wealthy tax avoiders risk jeopardising ECHR protections for those on low wages? 🤔

The ECHR doesn't just protect the rights of refugees.

Protocol 1, article 1 protects against arbitrary deprivation of earnings. The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) may intervene if salary reductions cause extreme subsistence difficulties, while Article 14 ensures non-discriminatory pay...

Those that once promised that the UK could strengthen environmental protections and food standards after Brexit are now demanding that we leave the ECHR.

Hint: The same people since voted to poison bees with pesticides and insisted that there was nothing wrong with American chlorinated chicken...

These aren't long term goals that greedy capitalists aspire to. This is where we already are in the UK.

If you want to know where we are heading, just look at the tipping culture in America where some workers depend upon the generosity of customers to survive.

Capitalist ideology also believes that nursing homes should be able to charge over £1200 a week to care for an individual, but that somebody caring for an elderly or disabled relative 24hrs a day should get less than £90 a week in care allowance...

Capitalist ideology today doesn't just believe that workers are overpaid or that businesses should be subsidised by the state, but that the parents of workers should also work for nothing providing childcare duties to provide businesses with cheap labour...

When challenged with statistics over immigration, right-wing politicians will ask "but shouldn't we listen to fears of the public" knowing that those fears are largely based upon media and political exaggeration and disinformation.

If MPs were obliged to use only state education for their children, the NHS for all their families healthcare needs and social care for their parents, our public services would be in a far better state today.

... It IS Still Legal to Protect Yourself ....

I want to laugh at it but sadly it’s true.

Watching the development of AI is much like an episode of Robot Wars.

It's easy to admire the technological achievements creating these machines as they battle it out in a metal clad arena, but you wouldn't want a giant chainsaw on wheels coming at you as you turn a street corner.

Those doing the redacting may well be both horrified by the evidence and fully aware that releasing the names of the victims could finally lead to prosecutions.

If they were only told to redact the names of the perpetrators, then doing nothing more than "simply following orders" may be intentional.

When enough people believe that the legal system is failing, then they will be prepared to dish out their own form of justice.

We are already seeing many local vigilante groups appearing on social media whose focus is almost solely on immigrants due to current media hate campaigns.

It was always Robinson's aim to interfere with court proceedings in order to let perpetrators off on a technicality, then declare that our legal system is failing British citizens.

This is much like the "two tier" police/justice narrative peddled by right-wing politicians...

YouTube video by The Daily Show Heather Ann Thompson - “Fear and Fury” & How the Bernie Goetz Story Echoes Today | The Daily Show

To understand what Tommy Robinson is trying to achieve here in the UK, simply watch this video.

A story about a white supremacist "vigilante" that gunned down 4 black men in New York but won large public support as a result of Rupert Murdoch's press...
youtu.be/yzIbY8DU0Gk?...

The biggest argument put forward to scrap the policy was to stop putting an extra financial burden on already struggling farmers.

A better solution would have been to keep the original IHT proposal but ensure that real working farms got paid a fair price for their produce by supermarkets instead.

I disagree with Labour's U-turn on IHT.

The original policy was brought in to close the loophole allowing the wealthy to snatch up great swathes of agricultural land in order to avoid paying as much IHT...

The appointment of Mandelson was always going to be a high risk and potentially damaging move.

Whilst the right-wing may be first in line to attack Labour, it's important to remember that Starmer considered the appointment necessary to protect trade with America due to the damage caused by Brexit.

After spending 15 years decimating our public services and protecting the rich whilst making everyone else poorer, many Conservatives saw Reform as the perfect opportunity to prolong their career and continue doing the same. And Farage welcomed them with open arms.

Churchwarden linked to foreign-born billionaire is behind £200k Reform gift The man whose firm made the donations will not discuss where the money came from, nor his ties to wealthy Farage allies who may not hold citizenship Gabriel Pogrund, Whitehall Editor Saturday January 31 2026, 8.00pm, The Sunday Times Share A churchwarden from Potters Bar who works for the family of a highly secretive, Kazakhstan-born billionaire can be revealed as the man behind £200,000 of donations to Reform UK., John Richard Simpson is a 59-year-old

Why isn't this a major news story?

Tory Brexiter Lord Peter Lilley was on Matt Frei's radio show on Saturday still insisting that the EU "punished us" because we are no longer eligible for the benefits of being in the EU.

It's not as though we had any idea of what being outside the EU would be like (looks at other third countries).

This is the current Labour Party, aka the Lincoln Blackwood.

This vehicle, created from consumer research, was in production for just one year and only 3356 cars were produced.

Starmer needs to stop trying to please all the people all of the time and deliver policies we actually need instead.

The confusion comes directly from the Israeli Government continuing to insist that Israel is a Jewish state, whilst arguing that any criticism of its actions is anti-Semitic.

That's fantastic, Sophie.

The incentives for EV ownership are in the form of tax relief for businesses and cheaper running cost for the end user, not necessarily the legal owner of the vehicle if it's an individual who doesn't use the vehicle themselves.