Jim Ratcliffe has my full support. Anyone who lies about population figures, claims £120m in public money for his own company after paying no UK tax at all, while immigrants pay at least £15bn is my kind of guy!

Huge change to political donation rules to close loopholes on foreign cash Labour frontbencher Steve Reed today unveils legislation to stop foreign donors interfering with UK politics - while also letting 16 and 17 year olds vote in elections for the first time

Huge change to political donation rules to close loopholes on foreign cash

Labour’s Steve Reed today unveils legislation to stop foreign donors interfering with UK politics - while also letting 16 and 17 year olds vote in elections for the first time 👏
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Jim Ratcliffe & the return of blatant, public racism. tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx

Indiana Judge and His Wife Are Shot at Their Suburban Home The police in Lafayette, Ind., said they were investigating the nonfatal shootings of a Tippecanoe County Superior Court judge and his wife on Sunday.

An Indiana judge and his wife were shot at their home on Sunday, prompting concerns for the safety of the state’s judiciary after recent increases in threats and violence against public officials across the U.S.

Conservative MP Andrew Griffith agrees with Donald Trump that returning the Chagos islands is a bad idea

Even though it was Conservative Foreign Secretary James Cleverly who started the negotiations to return the Chagos islands in 2022

I see the 'patriotic parties' are now leaping to the defence of the man currently threatening to impose economic sanctions on our country, while seizing the European territory of our neighbours and allies

'So we thought we'd give them a chance to do it again'

Boot

"For science and medicine to prosper and deliver on their potential, medical leaders must not become creatures of the state."

@kamranabbasi.bsky.social in our latest Editor's Choice
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This is so important. If you persist in misrepresenting or misunderstanding reality you give even more ammunition to populist liars who understand nothing.

I'm delighted to welcome Robert Jenrick to Reform! One thing our party urgently needs is more frauds.

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I suspect Jenrick's read this. The idea that Farage, *any* Tory who backed Brexit/Johnson/Truss or the media that cheered it all on can somehow disassociate themselves from the messes they made is palpably nuts...
So in Brexit Britain it will almost certainly happen.
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Greenland and Iran: Two Crises, One Familiar Pattern Podcast Episode · The Trawl · 16/01/2026 · 46m

Today we’re trying to make sense of Trump’s Greenland fixation & NATO’s ball searching

We also dig into Iran: the blackout & the history no one wants to talk about

It’s a lot. But at least we go through together.

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Why is embedding Peter Thiel’s Palantir in the British army, navy & airforce a national security disaster? Well consider what happens when you ‘buy’ a Tesla.

You’re actually just renting the software. That can be turned off at any time.

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"Nadhim Zahawi, a few years ago you tweeted: 'I'm not British born Mr Nigel Farage, I'm as British you are. Your comments are offensive and racist. I would be frightened to live in a country run by you'"

Nadhim Zahawi has just joined Reform.

Nigel Farage on GB News in 2022: "I thought Zahawi had principles. Tonight we learn he's just about climbing that greasy pole, as so many of them are"

Nadhim Zahawi has just joined Reform.

2026: Nigel Farage lies about the vaccine rollout claiming the UK did it faster because of Brexit

2020:: Dr June Raine (CEO of the MHRA), "We have been able to authorise the supply of this vaccine using provisions under European law which exist until the first of January"

Nigel Farage welcomes the experience Nadhim Zahawi brings to Reform.

Zahawi previously made tax payers pay to heat his stables and 'accidentally' paid millions less in tax than he should have. That experience?

A split image of the Duke of Wellington statue in Glasgow, Scotland, featuring a new intervention by street artist The Rebel Bear. On the left, the full equestrian statue is shown outside the Gallery of Modern Art, with a sculpted oversized pigeon perched on the Duke’s head, holding a folded newspaper in its wings. On the right, a close-up reveals the pigeon wearing a tiny traffic cone while reading a miniature “Daily Dribble” paper, replacing the statue’s famous full-sized cone. The playful artwork adds a humorous twist to the iconic landmark.

The Duke of Wellington’s traffic cone has now been swapped for a pigeon sculpture, complete with a mini cone on its head and a little newspaper in its wings. 🐦📰

By The Rebel Bear

Thames Water defers controversial £2.5m in bonuses to bosses Heavily indebted utility puts back ‘retention payments’ for 21 executives until new year amid search for rescue deal

Thames Water has deferred £2.5m bonus, disguised as retention payments, to execs.

First tranche of £2.5m already paid, millions more promised

Bonus for what - fleecing customers, dumping sewage in ruvers, not investing, boosting profits?

Let customers vote on exec pay/bonuses.

UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme Exclusive: British students will be able to participate in EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources say

Thank goodness for that. Something that shouldn’t have happened, happened. And now it’s set to unhappen. Great for students, great for research in general and great for Britain.
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"Dear Diary,
The PM has just announced an inquiry into foreign interference in elections. That Nathan Gill has a lot to answer for - I still can’t believe he would do something so stupid. By which I mean getting caught, obviously"

Makeup, shampoos and hair care products still contain toxic chemicals. Experts call out ingredients to look for | CNN Personal care products such as lipstick, moisturizer and shampoo still contain potentially toxic chemicals despite industry progress, a new report found.

Personal care products such as lipstick, moisturizer and shampoo still contain potentially toxic chemicals despite industry progress, a new report found.

Raise £12bn in budget by extending income tax thresholds freeze, says thinktank Fabian Society says move ‘best available option’ for chancellor as she seeks to offset impact of weaker economic forecasts

Raise £12bn in budget by extending income tax thresholds freeze, says a Fabian Society.

The poorest 20% pay a higher proportion of income in taxes than the richest 20%.

Hitting low/middle income people won't aid growth.

Tax dividends and capital gains at the same rate as wages. Tax the rich

Private equity - "decimated" US hospitals according to report - now targeting the NHS - The Lowdown In late August the release of a report by US senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn) on the destruction of hospitals in his home state of Connecticut, and across the US by private equity companies highlights on...

Private equity decimated US hospitals, says Senate report; now targeting the NHS.

PE practice, Cut staff/wages, high debt/price, asset-stripping tax abuse, poor service.

PE makes millions in the UK from hip/knee/cataract surgery, GP surgeries, care homes, will run new NHS neighbourhood hubs.

And then allowed two completely unaffordable tax cuts as a desperate election ploy, screwing up the public finances while leaving the overall tax burden still at a high.

We always say “never again”. Visiting Kigali’s Genocide Memorial today. The exhibit chronicles how European governments created the conditions for the killings, armed the perpetrators, and stood back when they happened. Plus ca change?

Plaid Cymru won the Caerphilly by election, beating Reform into second place. So does #trevorphillips interview someone from the winning party? Of course he doesn't!

Instead he interviews Zia Yusuf from Reform.

And Wiley is apparently now requiring authors submitting articles to allow their text to be trawled for AI?

Thanks @juliamwright.bsky.social for flagging this shocker. I not the guy has previous for the same behaviour.

Midwife with client and infant, accompanied by graphic text that reads, "It's time to act. Tell your MPP: Ontario families want, need and deserve midwifery care, now."

Ontario’s primary care crisis demands innovative solutions. Midwives are highly skilled primary care professionals, providing pregnancy, postpartum, infant & reproductive care. Yet there's been no new investment in midwifery education since 2010.
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