😆😆But ain't it the truth? When a bully meets its match, it throws its allies on the fire.

Radical with Amol Rajan - Fake News: How We Can Save Ourselves From Disinformation (Eliot Higgins) - BBC Sounds Bellingcat founder Eliot Higgins on the crisis of democracy.

Here's my interview with Amol Rajan on BBC Radio 4's Radical about what's going wrong with democracy and how we can fix it

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British farmers face ‘catastrophic’ harvest, warns Jeremy Clarkson Former Top Gear host says a lack of rainfall is severely affecting UK crops

Climate denier buffoon gets a reality check - his damage already done.
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Rupert Lowe has reported two groups of ‘fighting age males’ invading via the Thames.

Opinion: The year is barely halfway done but China is 2025’s runaway winner, writes Ed Luce on.ft.com/3HmNqJT

The headline mb clickbait, the story bollocks. BUT it's an important truth that more and more former Tory voters l) and are being rapidly brainwashed propaganda. I personally know a few sane + intelligent ppl who are buying into its -ve agenda of destroying trust in govt + institutions.

Western liberalism’s waning star Lack of conviction and intolerance are character defects that augur badly for centrist and centre-left parties

"It's all very well pointing out the dangers of Trump, Farage, Le Pen and others. It would be negligent not to. But the negative case isn't enough. “I might not be beautiful but have you seen the ugly person next to me?” said no winner of a beauty contest ever." My column www.ft.com/content/c2bc...

Oligarchy

“A retired US special forces officer has revealed to the BBC why he resigned from his work with US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) aid distribution centres.
"I witnessed the Israeli Defense Forces shooting at the crowds of Palestinians," Anthony Aguilar told the BBC.

‘Boiling frog’ effect makes people oblivious to threat of climate crisis, shows study ‘Boiling frog’ effect makes people oblivious to threat of climate crisis, shows study: Research showing people respond to binary date could drive more effective ways of communicating gravity of crisis Surveys show that the increasing number of extreme climate events, including floods, wil...

‘Boiling frog’ effect makes people oblivious to threat of climate crisis, shows study: Research showing people respond to binary date could drive more effective ways of communicating gravity of crisis Surveys show that the increasing number of extreme climate events, including floods, wil...

Who is accountable in privatised Britain? From unadopted housing estates to a road no one seems to own – hollowed-out local government can no longer cope.

"Whereas councils used to adopt new estates, the CMA has found that 80% of new homes built by the 11 largest developers in 2021-22 were sold under the fleecehold system, with £260m in estate management charges paid out in 2022 alone"

Column | China’s strategy? Let Trump cook. As President Donald Trump dismantles U.S. soft power and launches trade wars with allies, China is content to sit back and watch.

“Beijing’s assessment .. the United States is dismantling, fairly systematically, the sources of its strength,”
“the dethroning of the West as the central driver of world history, the provincialization of the West ."

China’s strategy? Let Trump cook. wapo.st/4m1fxNw

‘He’s a lot of fun to be with’: Trump and Epstein were close friends for 15 years As Trump tries to claim he was ‘not a fan’ of Epstein, photos, videos and anecdotes paint a picture of a their relationship

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‘An enormous scar’: the battle over solar farms and pylons as Reform UK takes aim at net zero In the fourth part of a series, we look at how climate orthodoxy is coming under fire in Lincolnshire

Our media continue to treat Reform as if this is some sort of game. We know that if they achieve power, Reform will mimic Trump by terminating Britain's frail democratic institutions, collapsing the economy and ending all climate mitigation and adaptation measures, dooming millions.

BREAKING: FBI Director Kash Patel also wants Pam Bondi gone, considering to leave if Deputy Director Dan Bongino leaves, DOJ source says. - DailyWire

The UK’s tax burden in historical and international context - Office for Budget Responsibility In our March 2023 Economic and fiscal outlook, we forecast that the UK's tax burden was set to rise to a post-war high. This box considered the UK's tax burden in international and historical context.

Can we just remember while we have these disucssions, that the UK has been (and continues to be) a low tax country when compared to most Eurpoean countries - while trying to provide European counties level of publis services.

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If you're wondering what happened with Grok overnight, it ended up referring to itself as MechaHitler before being switched off.

The former White House chief strategist reveals why he believes the Iran strikes were a win, what he learnt from jail, and his message for FT readers, over steak and eggs for Lunch with the FT: https://on.ft.com/4lwxXW4

‘A war of the truth’: Europe’s heatwaves are failing to spur support for climate action ‘A war of the truth’: Europe’s heatwaves are failing to spur support for climate action: Voters may feel hotter summers are ‘too much’ but they appear to tolerate roll-back of policies to stop global heating “It’s just too much, isn’t it?” says Julie, a retiree in Stanford-le-Hope, Essex...

‘A war of the truth’: Europe’s heatwaves are failing to spur support for climate action: Voters may feel hotter summers are ‘too much’ but they appear to tolerate roll-back of policies to stop global heating “It’s just too much, isn’t it?” says Julie, a retiree in Stanford-le-Hope, Essex...

Trump admin tries to kill the most indisputable evidence of human-caused climate change by shuttering observatory | CNN The Mauna Loa laboratory in Hawaii has measured atmospheric carbon dioxide, which — along with other planet-warming pollution — has led directly to climate change, driving sea level rise, superchargin...

The administration’s budget proposal will further cut climate science. This will not make us great and is not helping any of us. 🧪🌊🔌💡 www.cnn.com/2025/07/01/c...

Wow.

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Sadly Rutte has to kiss the ring like everyone else, or learn Russian.

Yes, they did.

TV tonight: a sobering film about the rise of extreme weather TV tonight: a sobering film about the rise of extreme weather: An insight into the Valencia floods and how we need to prepare for climate catastrophes. Plus, Jordan Gray’s fun new sitcom. Here’s what to watch this evening 9pm, BBC One The anatomy of a modern climate catastrophe is revea...

TV tonight: a sobering film about the rise of extreme weather: An insight into the Valencia floods and how we need to prepare for climate catastrophes. Plus, Jordan Gray’s fun new sitcom. Here’s what to watch this evening 9pm, BBC One
The anatomy of a modern climate catastrophe is revea...

Jeff Bezos’s upcoming Venice wedding has become a lightning rod for protest, as locals disgruntled with overtourism join climate activists to rage against a spectacle that to them epitomises many global ills. www.ft.com/content/460c...

Energy prices cut for business as part of UK industrial strategy Sectors including automotive, aerospace and chemicals will be exempt from paying green levies on electricity bills

Energy prices cut for business as part of UK industrial strategy https://on.ft.com/4eht1lt

In London and Paris, we’ve experienced vicious backlash to climate action. But we’re not backing down | Sadiq Khan and Anne Hidalgo In London and Paris, we’ve experienced vicious backlash to climate action. But we’re not backing down | Sadiq Khan and Anne Hidalgo: Around the world, well-funded, organised climate deniers are spreading lies about the crisis. We call on governments and tech companies to step up Sadiq Kh...

In London and Paris, we’ve experienced vicious backlash to climate action. But we’re not backing down | Sadiq Khan and Anne Hidalgo: Around the world, well-funded, organised climate deniers are spreading lies about the crisis. We call on governments and tech companies to step up Sadiq Kh...

Predictions of £40bn hit to public finances from Brexit ‘correct’ Office for Budget Responsibility’s forecast of a 4 per cent productivity loss from leaving the EU has been largely borne out, says top economist

9 years on from the Brexit vote, the verdict is in and predictions correct:

🕳️£40 billion hole in public finances
📉4% hit to UK productivity
📦15% drop in trade
💷 £100bn in tax rises—40% of which Brexit made necessary

Happy Brexitversary! 🇬🇧🎉

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