Morag Connolly

The mansion tax IS a wealth tax. This is what people want.

#bbcAQ

Hear Farage’s advertising bill is pretty close to the price of that Frinton house. No wonder he wanted to keep his roubles available. Never know when you need to dig deep to get yourself out of a jam do you?

An illustration of Kemi Badenoch shouting at a scared child: “If you can’t afford to live then why did you decide to be born?”

Bang on, @bjennings90.bsky.social

An idea for another two pages wasted in the Torygraph: Why do we still not know who paid for the house Farage claims his girlfriend bought in Clacton?

It's amazing how when poor people can't afford food they need to spend less on luxuries and sell any non-essential assets if they want to eat, but when rich people can't afford their own assets the solution is obviously to give them a free ride.

Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue , new analysis shows Exclusive: Britons also up to £3,700 worse off, leading to calls for the Labour government to improve relations with the EU

Remember when they said Brexit would save us £350m a week?

Well, it has actually cost us £250m a day this year.

And that goes a long way to explaining why our taxes are high why productivity low.

It’s never been clearer that the key to growth is fixing our relationship with Europe.

Wow. Just wow. A decision in direct conflict with all the ideals of the Reith Lectures.

If you told me 15 years ago to one day see a President of the United States post this image of himself on social media, I would have declared you insane.

Now, I declare the President insane.

Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls

If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.

We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

It’s not a make or break Budget.

It’s a Budget.

Same as we have every year.

Sometimes they’re good. Sometimes they’re not.

What’s different: our despicable media

Am I the only one who will be celebrating this fantastic news?

The Guardian reporting two Peers suspended, gives a long explanation of what Dannet did but no mention of whether he's Labour, Tory or cross bencher (he's a cross bencher) shorter paragraph about Evans, first sentence mentions he's a Labour peer, two tier reporting eh🤔

🇺🇸😠💥🇺🇸😠💥😠🇺🇸💥😠
Please supply your own expletives. I do not have sny strong enough.

#ukraine #trump

Given the 10 and a half year sentence given to Nathan Gull, Reform's Welsh leader, I expect the BBC Tory Laura and Trevor Phillips on that show he does will be grilling Farridge about it and his own links to Russia. I expect he'll be feeling really uncomfortable with the strength of the questions.

Peter Sutcliffe - 13
Dennis Nilsen - 15
Harold Shipman - 250
Boris Johnson - 20,000

Still, at least the NHS got a few rounds of applause and Michelle Mone got a lovely yacht.

Laura Kuenssberg has just managed to host an hour long political programme, without a single mention of one of the main parties being implicated in a Russian bribery scandal

How is that even fucking possible?

#bbclaurak
#bbcbreakfast

Relief for rail passengers as fare freeze in England announced for 2026 Chancellor will confirm the measure, intended to help commuters on expensive routes, in her budget speech

www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n...
Rail fares in England will not be increased in 2026, it’s the first fare freeze in 30 years.
Rachel Reeves, will confirm a freeze on fares in this week’s budget, a move designed to limit inflation, ease the cost of living and support economic growth.

Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system Files show then PM was walking dog, riding motorbike and hosting guests as pandemic planning stalled in ‘lost month’

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

All this shouting about energy bills going up.

It’s 1p a day. 28p a month. £3.36 a year.

STFU

A news banner with the headline: "Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes." The accompanying photo shows Nathan Gill.

Gill-ty as charged.

I wonder if Nigel Farage will be giving a press conference on this one?

The Daily Mail's Boris Johnson Covid conundrum Can the paper really continue to pay the former PM a seven-figure salary as a columnist after he was shamed by the independent inquiry?

Can the paper really continue to pay the former PM a seven-figure salary as a columnist after he was shamed by the independent inquiry?

✏️ Rats in a Sack 🐀

UPDATE: from Court 2 at the Old Bailey.

Many new details revealed by the Crown in sentencing hearing of Nathan Gill including his "close relationship" with his handler Oleh Voloshyn who took instructions directly from Putin's closest ally in Ukraine.

Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said."

Love that Trump tries to distance himself from his pedo pal, by saying Epstein was "a lifelong Democrat who donated to that party". Presumably hoping nobody mentions that SO WAS HE - until he realised that the Dems would never nominate him and jumped ship about ten minutes before the 2016 primaries.

These three look like they're in a hostage situation.