Sonali Gwalani

You may have missed this gem yesterday. From which we learn that:

1. Betting shops are really good for the mental health of isolated people.
2. Most drug-takers are not a problem.
3. Kids put tuppence in slot machines in the hope of getting rich.
4. Farage probably has a gambling industry donor.

Journalist, "Farage accused the BBC of election interference"

Ed Davey, "The interference we've seen is from Farage's friend, Putin"

"We've seen Russian interference in the most appalling way"

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk: “Putin has tools that can destroy the European Union as an organization, but also Europe as a cultural phenomenon.

“These tools are Russia’s fifth columns, present in every country of Europe.”

Absolutely this.

Rt Hon Sir Edward Davey MP HOUSE OF COMMONS LONDON SWIA OAA Rt. Hon. Keir Starmer MP Prime Minister Sent by email Monday 10 November 2025 Dear Prime Minister, President Trump's assault on the BBC is a serious threat to our national interest, and ! urge you to join me in standing up against it. The BBC belongs to everyone here in the United Kingdom. We should be incredibly proud that the UK is home to the world's number one source of trusted news - something that strengthens our democracy while also enhancing our power to uphold our values around the globe. As a public service broadcaster, the BBC has an important, distinctive and vibrant role to play in the UK's cultural and media landscape - helping to boost growth and create jobs. We cannot afford to let it be destroyed by Donald Trump and his allies. It should be extremely concerning to us all to see the President of the United States pressuring the BBC over its leadership and attacking its journalists as "corrupt", and his Press Secretary telling everyone to "watch GB News". It should not be up to foreign powers to dictate where the British people get their news from. We must stand united to defend our democracy from foreign interference like this - even when it comes from a crucial ally. The BBC's strength lies in its independence and impartiality. That has been eroded, and it is essential that, together, we urgently work to ensure that it is properly independent and strong enough to stand up to political pressure, whether foreign or domestic. The BBC must stay true to its original mission - to inform, educate and entertain - and not be bullied into giving undue prominence to the loudest, most divisive voices. We have watched with alarm as Trump and his allies have undermined the free press in the United States, and all the damage that has done to American democracy. We cannot let that happen here.

Will you join me in condemning Donald Trump's attack on the BBC? As political leaders, we have a responsibility to protect one of our nation's most treasured institutions from becoming subservient to Donald Trump and his cronies, especially when their values are so far removed from the values of the British people. The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together. Yours sincerely, Suad Na Ed Davey Leader of the Liberal Democrats

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey has written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage urging them to condemn Trump’s attack on the BBC.

“The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.”

Surgeons Reveal Spike in ‘Mar-a-Lago Face’ Requests From Trump Insiders The MAGA faithful in the capital are all rushing to pump their faces full of filler.

The MAGA faithful are rushing to pump their faces full of filler.

BBC Trump scandal - latest: US president threatens to sue for $1 billion over misleading speech edit - Yahoo News UK The BBC has apologised for an "error of judgement" that led to the resignation of two senior executives.

Trump is threatening to sue the BBC for $1 billion over the documentary about him.

Trying to control a media outlet by bullying. Worked in the US where all the craven media capitulated. Will it work in the UK?

The only silver lining to last night’s cave.

Tonight’s Senate vote on the federal government shutdown should have been a time for strength.

Instead we saw capitulation and a betrayal of working Americans.

The American people need more from their leaders.

a lion from the wizard of oz is talking to a woman and saying `` i haven 't any courage '' . ALT: a lion from the wizard of oz is talking to a woman and saying `` i haven 't any courage '' .

Can Starmer ask for the heads of news / social media orgs in the US to roll - who are fomenting literal violence in the UK (not to mention spreading misinformation/disinformation)?

Or do we not have any "sov-ren-tea"!

UK govt currently filled with spineless dishrags.

Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?

Tonight was a very bad night.

The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.

The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.

People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.

And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.

That Jeffrey Epstein evidence isn't missing - there's more than you can imagine Thanks to annieli for tipping me off with the hard drive picture above in her diary on whether Pam Bondi is lying. I went looking for pictures and found a lot more than that. _________________________...

www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

My guess based on what I have read so far:
Pedophilia - Possibly snuff included
Money laundering
Weapons deals
Blackmail
Drug running
Human smuggling and trafficking
Involves global leaders and intelligence agencies, but “good” and “bad” guys, and all corporations

RICO.

NEW: EXCLUSIVE: I spoke to sources at FBI and DOJ that reviewed the Epstein files. It’s worse than the photos. I’ll let you know what they said today at 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET on @meidastouch.com. Link to show: www.youtube.com/live/hEi77Ib...

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez: “A few tech-oligarchs are clearly influencing electoral processes. We’ve seen it in the UK, Germany, France, Hungary…and I’m sure we will see it in Spain.” (El Pais)

Stand aside wars, genocide, the unravelling of US democracy, climate crisis, child poverty, stagnating economy, homelessness, or foreign interference in our politics - there is only one bit of news. Everyone is having a meltdown about a couple of petty criminals who had a day out by mistake.

Plant importers say border delays in Kent could drive up prices and stop deliveries from EU Traders report long waits at Sevington inspection post and claim trees and shrubs are repeatedly being damaged

Labour’s reset with the EU may solve this boring, costly nightmare for British businesses.
But EU-phobic Farage and Tories say they would rip that agreement up again.
What an utterly childish response to the damage they’ve done.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Well done to everyone who remembered to vote.

Once again the Restore Trust group were seen off.

Let's do it all again next year.

Folks this is not a candid shot of the man at 11PM on a weekend, this is what he was doing while sitting in the middle of an internationally broadcast major press conference in the Oval Office

He is cooked, get him out of there ASAP—before we find ourselves in the midst of a second Great Depression

Fagman Farage didn't save Kent. (From Private Eye)

Don't know why Reform voters are kicking off about Farage 'not being allowed' to lay a wreath at the Cenotaph in Whitehall.

His side lost the last war.

Revealed: the billion-pound PPE contractor with a Tory MP on site Special report: Uniserve was paid £1.4bn for Covid contracts that included supply of £178.5m in never-used equipment

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro: “They think life is a bad Hollywood movie where they’re always the heroic Rambo-style winners and the rest of us—Latinos, Mexicans, Colombians, Venezuelans, Caribbeans, Africans—are the villains.

“Let them keep their fading empire and their ugly story.”

$40B of your money to this guy, so he can dance at CPAC at Mar-a-Lago while Americans wait for their paychecks, hoping the money actually comes.

Voting results from the AGM Read about the National Trust's 2025 Annual General Meeting and the results from the day.

National Trust council elections saw a defeat for the Restore Trust campaign.

35k members voted to re-elect a slate of council candidates endorsed by the nominations committee

12k - 13.5k voted for candidates on Restore Trust slate

Non-slate candidated
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...