Ian Hamilton

English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books Survey finds 60% of key cities councils are planning to sell assets to meet costs of adult and children’s social care

English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books.

Social spaces lost forever. Libraries, community centres, school playgrounds, parks closed/sold as council funding cut in real terms to appease the rich.

Social vandalism.

Dangerous times...

Emails highlight Jeffrey Epstein and Steve Bannon relationship New documents show the pair discussing travel arrangements and UK politics in messages from 2018.

Farage, Boris Johnson & Rees-Mogg apparently plotting assaults on UK democracy with Bannon, who was reporting back to Epstein. Nothing to see here, newspaper folk…
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How does GB News get to broadcast this bollocks. Why aren’t they being treated to the same scrutiny as the BBC. What’s being said here is far more a distortion of the truth than what the BBC got hauled over the coals for. That presenter asking the questions knows she’s bare faced lying. 🤥

Steve Bannon advised Jeffrey Epstein for years on how to rehab his reputation, texts show Pair devised responses to public outrage about Epstein’s criminal history, his treatment by the justice system, and his friendships with powerful people Hundreds of texts over almost a year show Maga influencer Steve Bannon and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein workshopping legal and media strategies to protect Epstein from the legal and publicity quagmire that enveloped him in the last year of his life. The texts, released by the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday, show that as early as June 2018, the pair were devising responses to the gathering storm of public outrage about Epstein’s criminal history, his favorable treatment by the justice system, and his friendships with powerful figures in business, politics, and academia. Continue reading...

Steve Bannon advised Jeffrey Epstein for years on how to rehab his reputation, texts show

Warren Buffett Takes Veiled Dig At Elon Musk While Criticizing CEO Pay Spiral: 'Envy And Greed Walk Hand In Hand' In his final annual letter as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Inc (NYSE:BRK) (NYSE:BRK), Warren Buffett has highlighted a concerning trend of escalating CEO compensation amid Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Mu...

In parting message to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders Warren Buffett, 95, takes aim at the greed of corporate executives.

Buffett said disclosure rules which were supposed to encourage restraint had given rise to spiral in fat cat pay. ”They backfired,” he said.

Prison staff who leaked information about Maxwell’s treatment fired, lawyer says Prison staff who leaked information about Maxwell’s treatment fired, lawyer says

Prison staff who leaked information about Maxwell’s treatment fired, lawyer says

Trump’s Unpublished National Security Strategy Is Stephen Miller’s Far-Right Wet Dream The president’s new national-security draft document rants against migration and cultural “erasure” – and endorses far-right political parties abroad, sources tell Zeteo.

"There is so much about the draft papers that have caused some who’ve seen it to privately complain that it reads like openly fascist European rantings from the first half of the 20th century."

Zeteo scoop on a "bonkers" national security strategy draft:

Young people are alienated by neoliberalism As the FT notes today, in another excellent article by John Burns-Murdoch: In the UK [the number of] ... young people who are increasingly disengaged from not only the economy but the rest of society ...

The alienation of young people can be blamed on Covid, phones and much else. But those are exacerbations. The real cause is rent exploitation in all its forms. It is neoliberalism that is destroying the lives of young people. And that is why it has to go. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11...

Starmer and Reeves so gutless they won't tackle the elephant in the room.

Brexit killed the UK.

Until they confront this truly and ACT... nothing they do economically is credible

Arms dealing hedge fund was Labour's biggest ever donor Martin Shipton Serious concerns have been expressed about the Labour Party’s finances following the publication of accounts that confirm its biggest ever donation came from a hedge fund that stood to ...

Labour Party’s latest accounts reveal the party’s biggest donor was Cayman Islands-based “arms-dealing” hedge fund Quadrature Capital.

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Prescott himself doctored Trump quote in his anti-BBC report A report alleging Panorama broadcast misleading Trump quotes contains misleading quotes itself

The remarkable story we discussed this morning. (No paywall but do consider subscribing.) www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...

To knit together two stories: through intimidation, litigation & extortion, Trump is clearly trying to create a media ecosystem where nobody asks him about Epstein - or indeed anything discomfiting. It is appalling to see so many UK media individuals & institutions aiding & abetting his corruption.

Diageo pledges up to £5m to restore Scotland's peatlands - Drinks International - The global choice for drinks buyers Diageo has announced an investment of up to £5m over five years to help restore up to...

Just in case you're phenomenally stupid, that's 'up to' a £1 million a year.

Which is fuck-all.

Islay contributes more Tax to the UK, than many CITIES.

We REALLY need Scottish Independence!

PANIC SETS IN

Pam Bondi, Kash Patel, Todd Blanche, and others, plan on holding an EMERGENCY MEETING today on the Epstein Files as the discharge vote nears.

Rep. Boebert will reportedly be there.

It appears there is an all hands on deck effort to try to prevent a vote on the Epstein Files. (CNN)

Jeffrey Epstein alleged that Donald Trump knew about his crimes, newly released emails reveal – live updates In new batch of emails released by House Democrats, Jeffrey Epstein told Ghislaine Maxwell that Trump ‘spent hours’ at his house with one of his victims In a new batch of emails released by Democrats on the House oversight committee, Jeffrey Epstein wrote that Donald Trump knew about the late financier and sex-offender’s crimes. In the three emails released, Epstein apparently told his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell that Trump “spent hours” at his house with one of Epstein’s victims. In two other emails to author Michael Wolff, Epstein wrote that “of course he knew about the girls”, referring to the now-president. According to the exchanges, Epstein also solicited Wolff’s advice about how he should handle Trump discussing their friendship in an interview with CNN. “I think you should let him hang himself,” Wolff writes. “If he says he hasn’t been on the plane or to the house, then that gives you a valuable PR and political currency. You can hang him in a way that potentially generates a positive benefit for you, or, if it really looks like he could win, you could save him, generating a debt.” Continue reading...

Jeffrey Epstein alleged that Donald Trump knew about his crimes, newly released emails reveal – live updates

Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot says France is also concerned about US military operations in the Caribbean, citing violations of international law.

This comes after the UK yesterday stopped sharing intelligence with the US over the execution of civilians in small boats.

This will be a drip feed

No real surprise that the Monaco resident, tax dodging Bamford supports reform and the tories. Birds of a feather and all that

How does the US have any jurisdiction over a cemetery in another country even if it is an American cemetery...

'Just a bit of fun...'

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy Laffer's curve: the tax myth that promoted inequality

Richard Murphy debunks Reaganomics and Thatcherism, while pointing out the erroneous ideology driving right wing drive to increase wealth inequality.
So much for Tory (blue and red) and Deform UK tax cutting ideologies.

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A new Trump administration directive tells consular officers to deny visas to immigrants with certain health conditions such as diabetes, obesity, cancer, heart disease or mental health issues if they are judged likely to need costly care or rely on public benefits. (CBS)

This is weird. A Democratic Socialist with a minority background wins a historic victory in one of the world's great cities, and instead of using it as a cue to praise social democratic policies and repudiate far-right hate, the Labour minister Bridget Phillipson pretends she hasn't heard about it.

Palantir CEO Karp twice slams short sellers as stock suffers worst week since April Palantir CEO Alex Karp twice confronted short sellers this week as the company's shares suffered a double-digit drop.

Alex Karp and Peter Thiel are two of the worst people on this planet running one of the most evil companies to ever exist—we should do whatever we can to make Palantir go bankrupt.

YouTube video by Richard J Murphy Trump’s America: when wealth becomes unaffordable

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Labour slump to fourth in poll behind Greens and Conservatives A NEW poll has put Keir Starmer's Labour Party in fourth place behind Reform, the Greens and Conservatives.

Keir Starmer has killed the Labour party. Find Out Now puts Labour on 15%, 3% behind the Greens. Labour needs to combat the far right instead of pandering to it.

The poll puts Reform UK on 33%, the Greens on 18%, the Conservatives on 16% and the LibDems on 11%

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