Kathy Thornett

The White House's press secre-tary, Karoline Leavitt, poked fun at Davie's resignation. On X, she wrote "shot" above a screenshot of a Telegraph headline saying "Trump goes to war with 'fake news' BBC". Leavitt then added "chaser" above a second screenshot from the BBC website announcing Davie's departure. Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr, wrote on X that UK reporters were "just as dishonest" as "the ones here in America". Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said the resignations must be "the start of wholesale change"

The BBC's reporting is widely viewed in the US, with the corporation positioning itself as an impartial alternative to partisan networks like Fox News. The UK's right-wing GB News is winning friends in the White House and could be awarded reporting credentials after launching a new Washington DC show. One BBC News figure said: "This will have serious repercussions for the BBC's Washington team. If Trump launches a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against the BBC, as he has with US networks, that would be disastrous. Tim needs to give a grovelling apology personally to the President."

The Panorama edit was clumsy. But the facts remain. It was a violent insurrection to upend a democratic vote. Looking at the wild outrage here, we’d be forgiven for thinking Jan 6th never happened. In terms of bias, this is off the scale worse. With Farage delighting in the damage.
(Extracts iPaper)

A really positive meeting today for the West Northamptonshire Lib Dems, covering a range of themes. A big welcome was given to Harry, a former Labour Councillor who has joined the team. Thanks to everyone who came along. @libdemlocalgov.bsky.social

Welsh election: UKIP's Farage backs 'terrific' Gill UKIP leader Nigel Farage backs the party's Welsh leader Nathan Gill as

"I have worked with Nathan Gill over a period of years and he's been terrific, he's never, ever, let me down. He's as honest as the day is long."
Nigel Farage
BBC News 2016

Fridays firings www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

They "unfired" the CDC employees when they figured out what a gigantic mistake that idiot Russell Vought had made. The Trump Administration is one idiot show after another. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/h...

Nobody, even with half a brain can honestly say #Brexit has worked. You know this, I know this & you can bet your life so does #Starmer.

So this pretence of trying to 'make Brexit work' is nothing but a sham. Why do every PM since muppet #Johnson try to do the impossibe? Same "owners"??

#RejoinEU

The plastic inside us: how microplastics may be reshaping our bodies and minds The particles are in our blood, brains and guts – and scientists are only beginning to learn what they do Microplastics have been found almost everywhere: in blood, placentas, lungs – even the human brain. One study estimated our cerebral organs alone may contain 5g of the stuff, or roughly a teaspoon. If true, plastic isn’t just wrapped around our food or woven into our clothes: it is lodged deep inside us. Now, researchers suspect these particles may also be meddling with our gut microbes. When Dr Christian Pacher-Deutsch at the University of Graz in Austria exposed gut bacteria from five healthy volunteers to five common microplastics, the bacterial populations shifted – along with the chemicals they produced. Some of these changes mirrored patterns linked to depression and colorectal cancer. Continue reading...

The plastic inside us: how microplastics may be reshaping our bodies and minds

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'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny Insiders have told Byline Times it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements

The thing I'm "stunned" about is why this isn't the biggest domestic news item on every flipping platform

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He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam now faces deportation.

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

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A 15 year old boy with autism went missing earlier this week

He was selling fruit with his family in Springbranch when he disappeared

They filed a missing person’s report & begged the public to help find him

Turns out he was in a Houston ICE detention facility

They kidnapped a disabled child!

Brexit was partly brought about by hate and fear. Returning to the EU should be central to any party’s policies who fight division.

"A future president, even dumber than you, will allow Qatar, the country that harbored Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the architect of the plane attacks in NY, PA, and DC today, and whose royal family will help him escape capture by the US, to build a military base on US soil to train Qataris to fly jets."

Danny Kruger sends letter to explain defection to Reform In a letter to constituents Danny Kruger says Tory "failures" were behind his reason to defect.

Reform UK MP Danny Kruger doesn’t give a shit about his constituents.

He can write all the letters he likes to help himself sleep at night, but the bottom line is he’s betrayed his constituents by defecting and he knows it.

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Key to a policy of hope, focusing on ‘neighbours’ is looking towards Europe and rejoining the SM and CU and eventually the EU as a whole. That is where our future lies.
That is what I am waiting for politicians to shout loudly and repeatedly.

NYPD Use of Force Complaints Surged Under Mayor Adams—And You'll Never Guess Which Neighborhoods Had the Most A new report from NYC Comptroller Brad Lander’s office finds that the neighborhoods generating the most complaints about police use of force are overwhelmingly Black and Latine.

New York City has spent more than half a billion dollars in recent years settling lawsuits against the NYPD. A new report from the Comptroller's office finds excessive force complaints are concentrated in Black and Latine neighborhoods:

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Weston Town Council scraps sanctuary plans for asylum seekers More than 100 people protested outside a town council meeting on Monday night.

Well how blooming depressing is this? A Labour councillor misunderstanding what City of Sanctuary means and bowing to Reform pressure. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Economic dynamism is the victim in Trump’s second term Few sectors will escape the negative supply shocks caused by the president’s policies

Trump has reduced US economic growth from 2.8% in 2024 to about 1.5% in 2025 & staying there.
It surprises me that his damage has not been greater, but this is minor stagflation, lower growth & too high inflation - now 2.9%.
It is likely to get worse.
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A Free Press, Not a Free Pass – It's Time for Fair Regulation For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. We’ve all seen the heartbreaking consequences. They’ve hacked phones, listened to ...

Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that could transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

One of the cruellest and most devastating diseases known to humanity, Huntington's disease, has been successfully treated for the first time in our history.

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

And yet you seem to believe that the accession criteria will never change. Ostensibly they have. And will continue to do so.

Without doubt the UK will also change. Social media will mean that populism will feature more highly unless the rest of us can be more flexible and understanding.

YouTube video by Femi Should you blame Farage and Reform for Brexit?

Femi explains how Farage is responsible for Brexit.
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Interesting.

It doesn't surprise me, we are heading for a two tier insurance based system, if Wes has his way. Btw did you see that they also have changed the free COVID jab.
Now , to get it free you must be 75 years or older!
Charge will be £98.95
Thanks Wes, finding new ways to screw the poorest!

UK set up secret Afghan immigration scheme after data leak and gagged media ‘Super-injunction’ lifted two years after 25,000 were placed at risk of Taliban reprisals

this is such an extraordinary story:

The UK government set up a secret multibillion-pound scheme to relocate thousands of Afghans to Britain after a data leak put them at risk of reprisals from the Taliban — and gagged the media with a super-injunction

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Trump's Project 2025 wants to eliminate public schools. Biased, greedy businesses want personal profits & Christian Nationalism instead of free, non-religious education. Fight back against attempted destruction of federal education dept. Keep showing up!

Wes Streeting has defended only paying for half the population to get an NHS dentist

Current £3 billion budget for England is only enough to fund NHS dental care for half the population,just think about that

Shocking new data shows nearly 14 MILLION ADULTS unable to access NHS dentistry in England