"It feels like it is just smoke and mirrors" Reform UK claims of '22 potholes per mile' along Derbyshire roads were based on 'misunderstood information' Reform UK claims that there were “22 potholes per mile” along Derbyshire roads were based on misunderstood information, it has been confirmed.

"It feels like it is just smoke and mirrors" Reform UK claims of '22 potholes per mile' along Derbyshire roads were based on 'misunderstood information'

www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/people/...

Seems @Nigel_Farage is trying damage limitation on the Reform Russian Bribes scandal.

He’s known Nathan Gill for 20 years, and claims he knew nothing.

No one believes you, Nigel.

Keep the story moving. Questions must be answered.

Reform UK’s Nathan Gill met with EU President Tajani to lobby him based on Russian Bribes.

Even then, Nigel Farage didn’t bat an eyelid.

Remarkable video. He had never shown an interest in free speech related to Ukrainian TV channels before.

#ReformRussianBribes

Julius Caesar conquered Gaul in 51 BC and died in 44 BC, therefore all of Asterix's adventures took place over the course of less than seven years, probably much less since Asterix's chieftain was at the battle of Alesia, were it is probable Asterix and Obelix's fathers died. In this essay, I will

Is there any chance there will be signed copies of Thomas Pynchon's new novel? 😂

Such a huge loss for the world. Thank you Jane Goodall for being not only one of the best ethologists ever known but also a gentle and determined advocate for chimpanzees and all animals. You will be greatly missed.

How Jane Goodall changed the way we see animals - and the world Jane Goodall, who chronicled the social lives of chimps, has died, but has left a lasting legacy on how we view the natural world

My piece on the exceptional legacy of Jane Goodall www.newscientist.com/article/2498...

Reform UK Chief Left Squirming Over Former Party Leader Who Made Pro-Russia Statements For Cash Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty to eight counts of bribery.

Reform UK Chief Left Squirming Over Former Party Leader Who Made Pro-Russia Statements For Cash

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/reform...

This is a fairly extraordinary read on Nathan Gill.

The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money review – a devastating picture of the biggest spending scandal ever This rigorous look at the Tories’ ‘VIP lane’ for PPE suppliers during Covid raises questions about the motivations of those involved – ones that are almost too disgusting to contemplate

Small boats: TV coverage - day after day after day after day....

PPE scandal: TV coverage - let's stick this powerful, enraging documentary on at quarter past ten on a Sunday night.

Danny Kruger having a big role in Reform immediately takes them in a decidedly more anti-abortion direction. Implausible he'd have jumped without discussions on that point

Nigel Farage:

"Children who have two stable parents have a better chance in life... The most stable relationships, the ones that last the longest, tend to be between men & women... There's an awful lot of kids in the country not getting the kind of start... they deserve."

Farage has two ex-wives.

1/11 Why is Elon Musk pushing for civil war in the US and Europe?

This thread breaks down how Musk is using his platform, wealth, and influence to amplify far-right movements, incite political violence, and undermine democracy—across continents

Farage gets expert tax advice amid pressure to explain Clacton home arrangements The Reform UK leader said last year he had bought a home in his Essex constituency, but it was later reported that his partner had made the purchase.

It’s heating up for Nigel…

Farage gets expert tax advice amid pressure to explain Clacton home arrangements

www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...

Sign the Petition Urge Nigel Farage to Release His Tax Returns

Urge Nigel Farage to Release His Tax Returns

Sign the Petition.

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A bear in the wild, smiling and posing coyly

I guess this has probably already gone viral somewhere but I am simply dying at this picture of a bear that looks like it hired a photographer to do a glamour shoot

Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum

This is a huge story.

Don't let him get away with it.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Am looking forward to Nadine Dorries being just as loyal to Reform and its leaders as she was to the last party she was a member of

Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him

HEATED DEBATE: Rep. Jamie Raskin DESTROYS Nigel Farage in Explosive Capitol Hill Clash | AC1G YouTube video by DRM News

Jamie Raskin's full speech roasting Farage and free speech imposters like him/Trump is now online here.....

Watch it all.

www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

Moebius of the day

The radicalised owner of X Elon Musk calls the Farage plan "weak sauce" as he promotes the racist convict Tommy Robinson's call for Rupert Lowe to join forces with Ben Habib's Advance UK. Lowe says a "proper" remigration and mass deportation policy must remove "millions" of legal migrants too

I love our town fair day, but there's always one violent idiot who has to ruin it for everyone, trundling around making threats.

Petition launched to save Santa Verna temple landscape Parliament urged to issue an emergency conservation order and extend the protective zone in Xagħra

timesofmalta.com/article/peti...

William Blake's Ghost of a Flea is a case study in his visionary sight. Look through the eyes not with them, he said: deconstruct perception. Then allow feel, learning, associations to impress upon you. The bloodsucking nit merges with the soul "by nature bloodthirsty to excess".

Callanish I: The Southern Extreme Moonset at Calanais as viewed from the north end of the avenue in 1987. #StandingStoneSunday A new book by Gerald Ponting is being launched in Stornoway on September 4th.

A surge in venue cancellations left Reform UK floundering for new options Reform UK's local branches face repeated cancellations, as venues withdraw bookings amid staff protests and community backlash

Who knew burgers and a Nigel Farage photo booth could spark so much drama?

Reform UK events cancelled... again.

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Seaside Gothic: Whitby, Witchcraft & Bram Stoker's Legacy - Man Vs Globe The Yorkshire seaside town of Whitby is famous for its connection to Bram Stoker's Dracula, but it's ghostly connections are much more historic.

Things to do over August holiday 9: take a spooky tour of gothic Whitby

The last victim of this mania was a woman called Janet Horne, who was burned alive in Dornoch in 1727.

Her "crime" was to have a daughter who had been born with unusual shaped hands and feet. Locals, therefore, concluded that Janet magically transformed her daughter into a horse at night ... 1/2