So a cordial (rambling, unscripted, incoherent?) hour-long call with Putin but a terse (probably rude) twenty minute call with Starmer.
Perhaps the King should cancel his state visit to the US next month (plenty of plausible excuses available)?
Once again, the UK government bond market is exhibiting its "high beta"—in this case, seeing borrowing costs rise more sharply in reaction to higher oil prices than those of other advanced economies.
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The Elephant remains in the room, looming large. Sir Keir Starmer - Common Sense dictates an effort to REJOIN now makes sense.
"Meta removes UK politics deepfake pages after BBC investigation"
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UK households that use heating oil face ‘frightening’ surge in bills over Iran war
10.03.2026 06:08 — 👍 56 🔁 22 💬 9 📌 5So how do we all feel about one of our main news channels being owned by a far right agitator and pumping out extreme, racist filth, while OFCOM, the govt, the opposition and the rest of the media just sit blankly staring at it, as if they were watching the hands of a clock go round ?
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BREAKING: @andyburnham.bsky.social says the Duchy of Lancaster is treating people in the north as “second-class citizens” after failing to support the clean-up of a huge illegal waste dump near Wigan
An investigation by Ch 4 News uncovered that the estate of King Charles is connected to the site
‘Farage and his Reform Party and Kemi Badenoch’s Tories are desperate for Britain to fall into step behind America. They are backed by the entire British right-wing media – the same newspapers and commentators who cheerled for the disaster of the Iraq War’
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This is insane.
Blair is the last person who should be piping up.
I dip in to GB News and Talk because it's important to see what they are saying and getting away with.
My impression is that both are pushing the boundaries of "acceptable discourse" well beyond the limits.
Stuff like this has become normal, and it's frightening.
Explosive details 13-year-old Trump accuser confirmed by local reports
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have released additional photos from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein including ones of Donald Trump.(img: Epstein Estate/House Over. and Reform Comm)
www.alternet.org/jeffrey-epst...
Yet more evidence of how Reform voters tend to be political outliers on a series of issues. Challenge for Farage et al is to keep these core supporters sweet while not putting off others. Thus far they seem to be mainly leaning into a core vote strategy.
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Social Cohesion Action Plan statement in the Commons now
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Look at the United States right now.
A few billionaires and oligarchs have essentially bought the government and rule the country.
Europe needs to be incredibly careful not to go down that same path.
We must protect our institutions from extreme wealth and corporate capture
Tony Blair’s presumably unintentional illustration of his own epic vanity & the weapons grade hypocrisy of the Mail etc…
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New in PN: The bombing of Iranian children is an unforgivable crime
"American disinterest in the lives of people abroad is a resource politicians use to justify cynical wars. It's hard to see on what moral grounds we claim a right to decide the fate of those about whom we clearly care so little."
I don't know how you prepare a population for bad economic news because the US President is crazy. I do know the UK is considerably better placed to survive the worst case than many other countries. But it will worsen a long ongoing cost-of-living crisis.
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"The EU’s zero-tolerance rule for food imports containing residues of two pesticides banned in the bloc has come into full effect. Neonicotinoids are a type of pesticide that is absorbed by plants and affects the nervous system of insects. European agriculture hasn't used neonicotinoids since 2018."
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By 2025, Brexit has reduced UK GDP by an estimated 6–8%. With investment down 12–18%. And productivity 3–4% lower.
...Than if the UK had remained in the EU.
Contributing to a total Brexit bill of ~£250Bn/yr.
Further evidence that Reform voters are more likely to be on X and GBNews and therefore fed a diet of misinformation.
When is the Government going to start Leveson II?????
Good.
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I don't think you have to Nostradamus to figure that bombing Iran might raise oil prices. And it seems pretty obvious that buying oil in advance of causing an oil price spike might just save Americans a lot of money. But...
...maybe there wasn't much planning?
Crude oil price shock inflicts pain on motorists around world ft.trib.al/84JOEm2
09.03.2026 17:47 — 👍 29 🔁 10 💬 2 📌 0Nigel Farage spent the weekend having dinner with a suspected paedophile, a sex offender, criminal and an adjudicated rapist.
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the first group of Ukrainian military experts will depart for the Middle East on Monday, to share experience gained during four years of war with Russia.
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Epstein Latest: A newly surfaced document reveals an inmate told the FBI he overheard guards talking about covering up Epstein's death the morning he died.
Miami Herald Investigative Reporter, Julie K. Brown, describes what the inmate claims he heard.
I cannot believe that the Whitehouse says "It doesn't really matter " that Russia is helping Iran target US military personnel. Is there anything, ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING, that Putin can do where Donald Trump will criticise him?
He would rather see US troops die than upset his boss!😡😡
