Terry Weldon

Nigel Farage discussed fronting far-right group led by Steve Bannon Footage shows Brexit party leader calling Bannon’s plan a ‘fightback against globalists’

www.theguardian.com/politics/201... Bannon and Trump are in Epstein files -Farage is close friends with Bannon and Trump -I think Farage should resign from public office

Dinner with Mr Brexit: Bannon’s European Revolution – Planned with Farage, Backed by Epstein Nigel Farage was the figurehead and his partner Laure Ferrari started it. Steve Bannon and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were providing almost daily support

The British mainstream media is busy trying to oust Starmer, again, and yet they seem not at all interested in a much bigger and more serious Epstein story involving Farage, Putin, and Brexit.

Fortunately, @bylinetimes.bsky.social is.

This is 100% accurate, and while it obviously reflects awfully on Starmer - he’s done now - just look at how much the US has sunk for this to have been the play. And look at the US now….nothing is happening. No one is being taken to task, no prosecutions, no committees, no inquiries….just meh 🤷🏼‍♂️

"Sex offenders" includes Trump. Is he really serious that he would not allow his great idol to visit UK?

Or should we just accept, as usual, that we cannot believe anything he says?

If Starmer doesn't get rid of Mcsweeney I think he is toast. You cannot put an adviser above the needs of the country.Starmer will have to show some spine + get rid of Mcsweeney or Starmer will be on trajectory to being replaced as leader. This would have happened anyway but will happen much sooner.

‘I have loved leading the DA,’ says Steenhuisen, exiting leadership race under party pressure John Steenhuisen trumpeted his success as DA leader while announcing he wouldn’t stand for re-election in April.…

www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026...

By-Election Result: Bearsden South An expected easy Lib Dem win accompanies a Conservative collapse that is a terrible omen for the latter's prospects in May.

By-Election Result: Bearsden South

An expected easy Lib Dem win accompanies a Conservative collapse that is a terrible omen for the latter's prospects in May.

Westminster Voting Intention:

RFM: 30% (+1)
LAB: 21% (-1)
CON: 20% (=)
LDM: 14% (+1)
GRN: 10% (=)
SNP: 3% (=)

Via @moreincommonuk.bsky.social, 31 Jan - 2 Feb.
Changes w/ 23-25 Jan.

Landmark case against Nigel Farage’s Reform reaches the High Court When voters asked Reform about their data, the party ignored them – now they’ll have to explain in court why they don’t listen

goodlawproject.org/update/landm...

Texas loss delivers warning to Republicans in critical election year An election for a state Senate seat has unnerved Republicans, after the Democratic candidate delivered a surprise win.

A special election in a reliably pro-Trump Texan district, where the majority of voters are Republican, Trump personally endorsed the MAGA candidate, and the GOP outspent Dems by 7-to-1.

Democrats won with a 31% swing.

The mid-terms are going to be a wipeout.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

“Right of Reform, is the Advance party 😀 which has Nick Buckley as a candidate who lives in the seat. He was a Reform candidate in 2021. Unlikely to win, he poses Reform a major headache: a candidate with the same offer as Goodwin but with stronger local credentials and electoral experience”

U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham has called on Trump to immediately provide Ukraine with long-range Tomahawk missiles, stating that the pressure the United States is currently exerting on Russia is "obviously not working".

Paris prosecutors raid X offices as part of an investigation into child porn, deepfakes and more French prosecutors have launched a search at the offices of Elon Musk's social media platform X. This is part of an investigation into alleged offenses, including spreading child pornography and deepfakes.

Paris prosecutors raid the French offices of Elon Musk’s X as part of an investigation into spreading child pornography and deepfakes.

Can the Greens win Gorton and Denton? Gorton voters may support the party, but winning over Denton will be harder

New post: likely ward by ward breakdowns of Gorton and Denton if it voted today.

It's reasonable to expect Labour to not top the poll anywhere. The Greens may win in the west and Reform the east, but decent Labour seconds all over could see them home.

www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

The Gorton and Denton by-election: a tale of two Manchesters? Unpopular incumbent + fragmented opposition + unusual seat = unpredictable contest

One last plug for my Swingometer profile of Gorton and Denton last week. Update post on where things stand coming soon, after nominations close & we know the final list of candidates swingometer.substack.com/p/the-gorton...

Tim Longson You know how our right wing are always saying we've "welfare spending is spiralling out of control" in the UK? Well the rest of Europe must be extremely baffled by the UK's eternal obsession with it.....

Labour, Tories, Reform Ltd all agree
that welfare spending should be cut
(but #TaxTheRich - never!)
saying it's out of control ...

but compare the UK to Europe
and we're near the bottom
of helping those in need

www.facebook.com/tim.longson/...

Intersex Inclusive Progress Pride flag flying on a flagpole outside the City Hall building.

Today marks the start of LGBTQ+ History Month, a moment to celebrate the incredible contributions LGBTQ+ people have made to our city across generations.

My message to London’s LGBTQ+ communities is this: you are loved and wanted in our city. Happy LGBTQ+ History Month.

Britain isn't broken, but it is coming out of 14 years of tories mismanagement and that stupid lying Farrage who said we would all be better off out of the EU. 'Bullshit' Brexit has cost every family about £10,000 lost jobs, lost earnings, because of racism, we must ask to rejoin to be better off.

Ex-Reform members on Devon County Council join Advance UK party Two Devon County Council members who previously quit Reform UK join a new political party.

We saw this in 2016 when UKIP gained seats in the then Welsh Assembly, they can't work together as a coherent unit, they fall out and join different factions. We could have over 30 of these in the Senedd come the 8th of May... They're simply not serious people. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Sell America Is the New Trade on Wall Street

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/b...

I'm not particularly bothered who wins #GortonAndDenton as long as its not ReformUK.
The way to beat Reform is to turn up and vote in numbers.
Farage relies on a low turn out.

The Appleby report bears the hallmarks of the cross-party Conservative/ Labour campaign against trans people.

In 2017, the post Brexit-vote Tories were going to introduce self-ID. Then Johnson became PM, introduced the anti-trans culture war into British politics; Keir Starmer waved a white flag.

There will be more - that's always been the way with Farage's ventures: UKIP, Brexit party and now Reform.

Riding high in the polls, but he cannot keep a team together for any length of time.

Reform by-election candidate endorsed by far-right activist Tommy Robinson

Total nightmare for Nigel Farage. He's spent years desperately trying to distance himself and his various parties from this far-right crim - and now look what's happened.

'I live on the street now': how Americans fall into medical bankruptcy Having health insurance is often not enough to save Americans from massive debts when serious illness strikes

Farage & Reform want to destroy the NHS. He'll be fine. He's rich. Are you?
"I live on the street now: how Americans fall into medical bankruptcy
Having health insurance isn't enough to save Americans from huge debts when serious illness strikes"
#ReformUK
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019...

His actions have led to higher prices for groceries, housing, utility bills, and more.

Of course the president will do anything to avoid talking about his economic failures.

Tories defending the seat, drop to 6th position, behind SNP, Reform, Labour and Greens, with just 6% of 1st preference votes.

It's clear that the only home for One Nation Tories is now the LibDems.

Donald Trump warns Keir Starmer against closer business ties with China UK prime minister to travel to Shanghai seeking to drum up deals after meeting Xi Jinping

🇺🇸 🇬🇧 Special Relationship? 😏

Trump has warned Starmer that it is “very dangerous” to build closer business ties with 🇨🇳 China, after the UK prime minister hailed “strong” relations with Beijing on a trip to the country.

➡️ Do Brits love being bullied by the US?

www.ft.com/content/1f65...