Bryan Smith #RejoinEU

New prison houseblocks under construction to keep streets safe HMP Northumberland will gain four new houseblocks, boosting its capacity by 240 places, in the latest Government step to make streets safer.

Labour getting on and fixing the prison space problem!

HMP Northumberland will gain four new houseblocks, boosting its capacity by 240 places.

Already 2,900 extra spaces have been built since Labour got it to power, as part of their plans for 14,000 more.

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The change means that in 2027, repayment threshold will be held instead of going up £900.
Affected Plan 2 Student loans (taken out under Tory Govts) will increase by *9% of £900*, ie £81 a year, each year for 3 yrs.

So stop talking about "£72,000 debt".
Thats due to the Tories! Blame them!

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The change means that in 2027, repayment threshold will be held instead of going up £900.
Affected Plan 2 Student loans (taken out under Tory Govts) will increase by *9% of £900*, ie £81 a year, each year for 3 yrs.

So stop talking about "£72,000 debt".
Thats due to the Tories! Blame them!

#C4News has been running an attack story about Student Loans (repeated by many on here) for some days.
But the #Fact is, its nothing to do with the high interest - that isn't changing.
The Budget froze repayment thresholds *from April 2027 for 3yrs*.
Nobody has paid a penny extra yet!
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I suspect in this case Farage has put a super injunction in place to prvent anyone saying anything about his dealings with either Russia or Epstein (both, probably, are connected).
He has access to plenty of funding to do & maintain this.
All he needs is a judge to agree, & Epstein had them too...

The thing about super injunctions is that we have no way of knowing what they cover, or even that they exist, since its illegal for anyone to tell us (or even hint).
The only clue they are in place is a large inexplicable & widespread silence surrounding a subject that should normally be discussed.

Super injunction, I suspect

UK lenders step up with £11 billion push to back British businesses UK banks agree £11 billion lending packages to support small business growth, particularly for small and mid-sized enterprises.

This is great.

Sensible lending is important to small businesses.

So it's welcome to see 5 major UK lenders agree to an £11bn lending package to help small business growth, following a government roundtable.

This help could see SMEs invest, hire more staff, expand into new international markets.

Picture of child with cancer edited to include Nigel Farage – Full Fact An image which has gone viral on Facebook and supposedly shows the Reform UK leader fulfilling a child’s “final wish” by visiting them in hospital isn’t real.

Must read for all you Farage fans

This is your hero. Faking photos with sick children.

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When I've used it, I only needed a dab. Its pretty well instant. No need for immersion or scrubbing.

Labour Manchester mayor Andy Burnham hit the streets today to throw his full weight behind the party’s candidate Angeliki Stogia in the key battleground of Gorton and Denton. #UKNews

Try using white vinegar first, its really good at removing rust stains from all sorts of plasticy or waterproof surfaces.

Keir Starmer has said Nigel Farage was wrong about Brexit and said the "botched deal" created by the previous government "has caused damage to our economy"

www.itv.com/news/2026-02...

He is no longer a *Labour* peer, just an unaffiliated one - but he has been on "Leave of absence" from the Lords since being recalled as ambassador, so not able to attend or vote (& must give 3 months notice to rescind that absence).

Nigel Farage was mentioned 43 times in the Epstein files.

But you don’t see any of the ‘political’ journalists mention this do you?

Instead it’s the usual diatribes against Starmer.

These people are an embarrassment

Imagine if Keir Starmer’s name was in the Epstein files.

But no it’s Farage’s. So nothing to see here.

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Its an anagram, for some place in Wales...

Ah, common mistake.
She was a Swinger too!😉

Isn't Florence the gardener's daughter?🤔

That'll be the Mead Hall thatch smouldering again...

Incidentally, talking about healthy stuff, I subscribed to the new "Axe Diet", hyped as "lose 1/3 of your body weight in just one day!".
I don't recommend it.
Cost me an arm & a leg.🙄

Fortunately, Russia has (probably much) fewer than 30 Tu-22M3 aircraft (which are the only ones that can launch these Kh-32s, & can only carry one each), & no way to maintain them in flying condition.

So there won't be many Kh32s launched at Ukraine hopefully.

Kh-32 doesn't carry much of a warhead

Also - Week ending 25 January, 4 asylum seeker boats arrived but 6 were prevented by the French under the agreement with Labour.

On 17th January, French police intercepted one of the small boats on the water for the first time, under a new agreement with Labour to prevent boats loading in the surf.

What's happened with small boat crossing in January? Now that January 2026 is over, we have the first full month of data from this year on small boat crossings in the English Channel.

What's happen to small boat crossing in January?

The data shows we've seen the lowest number of crossing for a January since 2021.

Plus, we've seen a lot of 'firsts' across the month where plans to tackle dangerous crossing announced last year have come into force, or been used for the first time.

Our important work at Kent Council to spend £600k on a car park to provide free parking for Reform councillors while staff have to pay, is all part of our 'We don't give a shit about anyone but ourselves' policy.

And yes, the chemo damaged my heart. It killed the nerves up to mid ankle too. My heart rate is "too fast"* & my Blood pressure "too high"** - yet I manage on a daily low-dose aspirin & occasional willing blonde.

* Now 85. But it was 110 last year.
* Now 150/90. But 180/120 last year.
Up yours Doc.

The view I have, 2 years after surviving an unexpected, undiagnosed until Stage 4, & rare lymph node cancer, is "if you are going to live, then *live* - don't just "survive".

You can die tripping over a loose shoelace. At least have a coffee & a bacon sarnie before putting on your shoes!

High streets to receive £150 million to restore community pride Multi-million-pound package to turn the tide on ailing high streets, targeted in places most in need of support

Our Labour government are doing so much to help support and improve our high streets.

The latest announcement today is of £150m targeted fund to help restore community pride in areas most in need.

This is the first step in the new High Streets Strategy, which will launch soon.

But....

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Labour chooses Angeliki Stogia for Gorton and Denton byelection The Manchester city councillor was selected to fight the seat after a hustings event and vote by local members

Congratualtions to Angeliki Stogia, who has been picked as the Labour candidate for the Gorton & Denton by-election.

She has been a councillor on Manchester City Council since 2012.

She was born in Greece, but moved to Manchester 30 years ago for university. She is a naturalised British citizen.

Record harvest sparks mass giveaway of free potatoes across Berlin From zoos to soup kitchens, people are hauling away tonnes of surplus spuds after the biggest crop in 25 years

Does @wulfhelm.bsky.social know about this naked coup attempt by the Saxons? 🤔

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