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Reform UK's Nigel Farage challenged by BBC reporter over school racism claims Nigel Farage insisted he has never engaged in 'direct, personal' abuse, following accusations of racism.

Needless to say, this story is nowhere near the front page of the BBC website despite only being posted 4 hrs ago. So where have the BBC put a story about Farage, an MP who leads a Westminster party and whose seat is in Essex? In the "Wales" news section, obviously

First Secretary of Defense you could defeat by painting a tunnel on the side of a boulder.

Civilisations: Rise and Fall review – TV that will make you despair for our own plummeting society The mightily stressful and incredibly close-to-the-bone BBC show traces the demise of four ancient worlds – and it’s wildly prescient stuff. Will we never learn?

“It’s gripping, if despairing stuff.” The rinse and repeat of civilisational collapse. Happy days.

Trump’s signals to Zelensky and Europe: Accept this plan or you’re on your own | CNN The 28-point plan hammered out by US and Russian envoys and put to Ukraine this week came with a deadline and an implicit threat: Sign up or face the risk of being abandoned.

The media needs to stop calling it a peace plan. It's a Republican surrender plan for Europe. Why? Because Republicans have embraced fascist plutocracy and Europe isn't.

www.cnn.com/2025/11/23/e...

Holy shit. So Elon decides it would be nice to know what region of the world people are posting from. So they add that little feature.
2 hours later they figure out that many Trump supporters with millions of followers are posting from other countries. Surprise!
That "feature" is now gone.

This most stupid part of the whole Brexit madness is, we knew, millions of us knew, it would be a disaster, on multiple fronts, not just economic. Those who still pander to the “it was a democratic decision”, are blind and should not be in politics.
Will we be the “ poor man of Europe” again.

Britain can't have sustainable growth without Rejoining the EU.

When Rachel Reeves looks to the budget, perhaps she forgot that Brexit costs us £140 bn pa.

See www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FZLQW9TQ for a comprehensive appraisal of the #RejoinEU opportunities and
#Brexit threats.

New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer

Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.

A new decade-long Brexit study explains it:

a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else.

Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.

Boris Johnson didn't apologise to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, even when she told him in person the lasting impact his comments about her had on her detention in Iran, her husband tells the BBC

I’d have thought nothing cuts more against our precious British values than selling out your country for Russian bribes…

And yet Reform, the right‑wing press, and all those self‑styled guardians of these values have nothing to say

…funny that.

Flag campaign chief praised by Tommy Robinson facing jail over ‘holiday scam’ Ryan Bridge, ringleader of the Raise the Colours movement heralded by ex-EDL leader Tommy Robinson, is being pursued for an eight-year sentence in Spain

Ryan Bridge key figure behind the Raise the Colours movement is being pursued for an eight-year sentence in Spain over claims of fraud and membership of a criminal group according to The Mirror

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Vaccines DO NOT cause autism - there is extensive research showing this. Resurrecting old, discredited, fraudulent work is shameful.

Vaccine-preventable illnesses are serious - this is going to cause real harms.

This is dangerous & disappointing.

X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.

Here’s an “influencer from Texas”

Roman coin find in Dorset field sells for over £16,000 A hoard of 97 Roman coins found in Dorset by metal detectorist Trenton Oliver sold for £16,625 at Noonans Mayfair auction, exceeding estimates.

*Archaeological find of national significance broken up and dispersed overseas*

There, fixed that headline for you

www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/2562811...

Nathan Gill: How WhatsApp messages revealed ex-Reform politician's pro-Russian bribes The former leader of Reform UK in Wales has admitted bribery and will be sentenced on Friday.

Has Nigel Farage or Zia Yusuf remembered who Nathan Gill is yet?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Where are all the "revoke Shamima Begum's citizenship she's a traitor people" today, I wonder.

BREAKING: Reform UK's former Welsh leader and close Nigel Farage associate, Nathan Gill, sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison for repeatedly taking bribes to spread pro-Russian propaganda

Cummings' Contempt for Us All has Revealed the Real Man Behind the Myths Otto English shares a personal story of tragedy during the lockdown which was unfolding at the same time as Dominic Cummings was conducting his Barnard Castle eye test. My family loves Easter Sunday. ...

A very personal story of Covid tragedy and Dominic Cummings, which I wrote early in the pandemic in 2020.

bylinetimes.com/2020/05/27/c...

Boris Johnson's lack of leadership blamed for 23,000 Covid deaths A scathing report by inquiry chair Baroness Hallett also criticises the Department of Health, led by the current Cabinet Secretary Sir Chris Wormald and the then minister Matt Hancock

But he was SO FUNNY on Have I Got News For You.

Amazing how out of step Labour are with the public on this.

75% of people support a weath tax on assets (2% over £10M and 1% over £1B).

70% support a tax on hones worth £2M+

Voters want to TAX THE ULTRA RICH FUND PUBIC SERVICES!!!!!

YouGov poll link below.
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...

A quick Google reveals Seneca the younger described a German gladiator who committed suicide in a latrine by using the sponge stick to block his own throat,
😬🤢
(You'd think there were easier ways really)

Classical historians such as Seneca and Martial wrote about it, I believe. Not sure if there is any physical evidence of sticks with sponges on from any finds records though.

One of the cruelest tricks society played on creative people was planting the idea that being proud of your work is somehow unseemly and egotistical.

You made a thing! You like it! You SHOULD be proud of it. Brag all you want!

Also there are occasional relaxed hours for neurodivergent or disabled folks with AV etc. mostly turned off and lighting levels raised. I think the last one had tickets for £1.

Thing I found out today: if you're on Universal Credit (or other means-tested benefits) you can get into Hampton Court Palace, Kensington Palace, or the Tower of London for £1 (and 50% off at one cafe per site too). Because poor people deserve days out too www.hrp.org.uk/one-pound-ti...

Reform council repaints road markings for school which closed in 2016 Kent County Council sold the disused school site to a government agency in March, but has repainted yellow zigzags and "School Keep Clear" warnings.

In a spell-binding move, Reform run, cash-strapped, Kent County Council repaints the yellow 'Keep Clear' lines outside a school that closed 10 years ago

news.sky.com/story/reform...

Defending the BBC when truth is under siege Since my election, I have been a consistent advocate for the BBC. Not out of sentimentality, but because in an age saturated with disinformation, the BBC remains one of Britain’s strongest defences ag...

Good to see @peterprinsleymp.bsky.social support #BBC "It is striking that those most eager to discredit it on social media often present themselves as patriots. In truth, few actions are less patriotic than undermining an institution that contributes so profoundly to Britain’s identity."

The BBC is the biggest thump of soft power the UK has and its reach and influence to the benefit of the country is extraordinary. Destroy it, hugely damage the UK. The same people who helped weaken us over Brexit are seeking to do it again.

The government is forever striving for the positive Daily Mail headline that will never, ever come.