Pete Bangert

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

Well done Prem.

Thursday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk

The new Tory trend towards dog-whistle-driven policy.

At least it keeps us onlookers entertained.

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

Should have got some Nazi Flags as well, they can't resist those.

Paid for and got.

We are now being governed by client politicians.

Pick any one of Lammy's speeches, interviews or appearances and draw your own conclusion.

Principles for hire in a shell of incompetence.

82% of the UK population is Caucasian.

"filled" is doing a lot of heavy lifting there.

Fair-dos about Lammy though.

YouTube video by PoliticsJOE RMT's Mick Lynch calls junior minister a liar 15 times on Newsnight

I prefer his double act with Mick Lynch.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUEh...

"Deported" is a very interesting way to say kidnapped, imprisoned illegally, abused, then released. 🤔

Kuenssberg will be completely out of her depth.

Water bills: millions of households in England could face even bigger rises CMA poised to give verdict after appeal by five firms for permission to increase bills higher than allowed by Ofwat

Are they actually joking ⁉️

5 private water companies want permission to raise your bills EVEN HIGHER

💧Bills already went up £10/month in April💧

There is no market, the rip off won't end until we end privatisation

Start by taking back Thames Water

www.theguardian.com/money/2025/o...

Starmer is now condoning piracy in international waters.

At least he's consistent about his paymasters.

She was arrested for holding a sign reading:

“I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action”

How that would warrant arrest is very unclear. I wonder if the police here even understand the boundaries of the bizarre law they’ve been forced to enforce.

UNLAWFUL ARREST

This woman was arrested for holding a sign with “I do not support the proscription of Palestine Action” on it, a totally lawful statement to make, even under the Labour government’s absurd new laws proscribing the direct action group.

wedonotcomply.org

New ICB figures show uneven trends on use of private sector? - The Lowdown New figures published earlier this month show the extent to which some Integrated Care Boards (ICBs) have increased their use of the private sector since Labour took office last July, and the extent t...

NHS increased use of the private sector under Labour govt.

Private sector delivered 22.1% of ophthalmic, 20.5% of orthopaedic procedures.

Numbers of NHS patients treated by private sector up by 10%.

With profit margins of up to 40% money buys less.

More efficient to expand NHS capacity.

Police to get new powers to crack down on repeated protests, says Home Office Move follows arrest of almost 500 people at latest pro-Palestinian demonstration in London on Saturday

Just when you thought Keir Starmer's Labour Party couldn't get more illiberal, or more like the Tories...
"Change", my left foot.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

The obscene face of Christian Nationalism: outlandish untaxed wealth in defiance of Jesus. Oh, and this time, slave laborers, too! Glory!

Just remember, for any money you give to Heaven, there is always a 100% handling fee here on Earth.

"legitimate"?

Everything he does is fully expenses paid.

That's the grift.

Kerrrchinnng

"You should never overestimate the extent to which the BBC changed this country by giving endless airtime to Nigel Farage, other far right extremists and the Tufton Street junktanks, while shutting out progressive voices."

– George Monbiot

Starmer's stooges parachuted themselves into constituencies they had no connection to.

This is the result!

It would appear (according to BBC reporting this morning) that one of the dead was (inadvertently) shot by the police.

Even more reasons for not conflating causes and effects.

The highest electricity prices in the world, the highest train fares in Europe and rivers full of sewage. It's almost as if privatisation was fundamentally flawed.

After clashing with Maurice Glasman recently, I've come to realise just how pernicious he and his Blue Labour movement are. We could discuss his chumminess with Steve Bannon and JD Vance, endless pandering to the far right and evident hatred of the Labour left. But there's something even worse. 🧵

If the government wants economic growth it must bring essential industries into public ownership Successive governments clobber households and small businesses by hiking interest rates to manage inflation, but don’t inconvenience corporations.

Big pharma war on the UK

Cancer drug lenalidomide had profit mark-up of 23,000%.

Hydrocortisone tablets prices up by 10,000%

Price of phenytoin sodium up by 2,300% - 2,600%.

They are holding govt to ransom, want the NHS to pay more, fueling higher taxes, inflation.

Must curb corporate power.

Extraordinary stuff.

The classic dissembling response of a client politician.

Paid for and fully biddable.

He's one of the Tory B Team's lesser accomplishments.