Who could have predicted that one practice match prior to the first Test wouldn't be sufficient?
#TheAshes

Sorry historic Black Horse Barnet is "closed, future uncertain". Owner Star pubs say they're recruiting. Concerned residents have signed petition & trying for ACV. Community hub for generations, founded 1720, big garden. A favourite of mine, one time micro brewery, always great Cask till recently.

Do south east Londoners support Sadiq Khan? Poll Do south east Londoners support Sadiq Khan? Vote in our poll.

This little poll seems to have really upset the racists - many of whom don't appear to live anywhere near London

Why not upset them a little more.

www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/2562835...

Gosh. What a surprise.

No lawmaker in Congress should be able to buy, own, and sell individual stocks. Period. Let's make Congressional stock trading illegal.

I’ve known the source of this story for 30 years - and he’s never diverged from his account of Farage’s anti semitism. The only thing that’s changed is his willingness to take on anti semitic apologists

Can those in Commons and media holding govt to account please keep asking this Q until we get a clear answer?

Marjorie Taylor Greene Just Wrecked the Cult of Trump The Georgia congresswoman’s extraordinary takedown of Trump Tuesday morning sent a signal that no Republican can now ignore.

Marjorie Taylor Greene's big takedown of Trump today is powerful because it broadcasts that he's losing control over the GOP. His sudden call for release of files wasn't about transparency. It was about sustaining the illusion that he controls the party.

New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2033...

BBC News: "the government believe refugees are deliberately bringing their children to avoid deportation"

As opposed to doing what with their children??

Narrator: A jury held Trump liable for sexual abuse.

‘Out of touch’ hereditary peers criticised for voting against workers’ rights Lords look ‘undemocratic and firmly against interest of working people’, say senior trade union and Labour figures

Finally, after I've been talking about it for weeks and after the Lord's voted 3 separate times to water down the Employment Rights Bill, I see the story is picked up in the media!

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

Labour MP Nadia Whittome tells Shabana Mahmood that her plans "fly in the face of decency and compassion" and "will force children and spouses into the hands of the very people smugglers that the Home Secretary is seeking to smash"

Labour MP Brian Leishman: "The Government has surrendered to... the vile rhetoric of Reform. Does the Home Secretary not see that removing the legal obligation to support asylum seekers who will be otherwise destitute, is as far away from Labour Party principles and values as we can get?"

Politico: "The vote for Brexit inflicted a GDP blow of between 6 percent and 8 percent in the decade following the referendum — even worse than predicted beforehand, according to U.S. think tank the National Bureau of Economic Research"

Don't imagine this will end up on many Faragist front pages...

Labour MP Olivia Blake tells Shabana Mahmood that her rhetoric about asylum seekers being handed a "golden ticket" is "deeply offensive" and "feeds division" "and will only strengthen Reform not beat them".

Hey Labour

Remember the majority of voters who believe in treating people decently and not stealing from those who've endured months and years of hardship fleeing war and persecution to seek a place of safety?

We're still over here 👋

Anglican bishop shaken ‘to the core’ by home secretary’s asylum seeker comments Bishop of Edmonton says people coming to UK are being ‘scapegoated’ for years of policy failures

It's hard to find words to capture quite how revolting, steeped in bigotry, irresponsible, morally unmoored, Labour has become. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

This needs saying. Again and again and again.

When a Labour government sees the approval of Tommy Robinson as more important that the approval of the Labour Party membership, things are probably going wrong

Mahmood is moving further towards, and further towards normalising, the Reform/Tory line on refugees - a truly cruel, stupid and counterproductive idea. Matching a loud demand for integration with the effective withdrawal of a route to permanent settlement for refugees is pure evil genius.

#R4Today

I wonder:

How many months do you think Labour would knock off his 20-year wait for full citizenship for being stabbed whilst protecting home-grown citizens?

##wealthtaxnow

Man of the people or privately educated, rich, greedy, entitled, selfish, bone-idle, divisive grifting gobshite?

Libraries purchase books. When you see a book at the library, it isn’t “free”

the library bought it.

which in turn means that the community bought it.

In other words, library books are not lost sales for authors and publishers; they’re positive sales. Active sales. Those are bought.

Sir Mo Farah reveals 'the truth' about how he came to the UK The Olympic star was warned speaking out could put his British citizenship at "real risk" - but it is understood the Home Office is taking no action against him.

Mo Farah, trafficked to UK aged 9 in 1992. Teacher Alan Watkinson secures citizenship after 8 years here, 2000 (aged 17) so he could travel abroad as GB athlete

Under future rules

Renew status? 1995, 98 x6

Eligible settlement after 20 years (2012)

Citizenship 2013

news.sky.com/story/sir-mo...

Do you notice that Donald Trump sues everybody, but has he ever sued any of the people accusing him of sexually molesting children? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't recall that happening. Maybe because he doesn't want to see them present their evidence in a court of law.

Remember when we learned that our wealthiest and most powerful people were connected to a guy who ran a literal child sex trafficking ring? And then that guy died mysteriously in a jail? And now we just don't talk about it.

Oh, they're talking about it now, Mr Vance.

NEWS: Donald Trump is now begging "Weak Republicans” to stop talking about Jeffrey Epstein as a vote to release the files nears, implying that it is affecting his ability to run the country. meidasnews.com/news/donald-...

Water company enjoys 131% rise in profits after bills go up £112 United Utilities, whose executives are barred from receiving bonuses because of pollution record, will pay out most of the increase in dividends

Water company United Utilities enjoys 131% rise in profits after bills go up £112.

UU has 205+ criminal convictions.

Loses over 175bn litres of water to leaks. In 2024 dumped sewage 450,778 hours in rivers//akes. No exec prosecuted/fined

Rewarded with higher price and profit.
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This is Richard Smith of the South Durham Hunt and he thinks it’s ok to hit a horse over the head. Make this ‘man’ famous.

Filmed by North East Hunt Monitors on 08/11/25