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Britain’s Story: The Next Chapter - the BBC Royal Charter Review, Green Paper and public consultation The government is consulting the public to aid decision-making on the terms for the BBC Charter’s renewal and any changes needed to help the BBC to continue to serve the public.

📣 CALL TO ACTION 📣

Deadline for submitting your view on BBC is 10th March

www.gov.uk/government/c...

Of the £5m+ donated to Reform in the final three months of 2025, more than half (£3m) was given by crypto investor Christopher Haborne.

The rest appears to have been given by an assortment of metals traders, asset managers, and property developers.

You know, when Benjamin Franklin wrote about the only truly certain things being death and taxes, he did not mean those as *alternatives*. It was not death OR taxes.

Pentagon eyes Ukrainian interceptor drones to counter Iran Kyiv has pioneered cheap and mass-produced machines to battle Russian versions of the Shahed attack drone

giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Bit of a story here: the West has known for some time that Ukrainian interceptor drones are cheap, effective and the best way to deal with the sorts of things Iran has. If the US had been remotely serious it would have thought about this ahead of a war.
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Sun headline about £500k compensation for migrants, discussing human rights, and public outcry over payouts.

Did you see this headline?

Did you feel the requisite anger and rage at asylum seekers that The Sun was asking of you?

Did you maybe blame Starmer because.... um... it was probably his fault🤷‍♀️

Would you like to know the reality behind the headline?

Course you would!😜

Let's take a look

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And panic on the 9th when you suddenly remember!

⚠️ Being faced with the reality of what his followers think seems to have touched a nerve.

❌ Can't face the facts.

I must apologise for Richard Stupid Tice not understanding that no gas or oil is ‘our own’ because Maggie Thatcher sold it off, so it is all sold by private companies on the global market. Norway did not sell theirs off and now have a sovereign wealth fund of £1.6trillion.

Map by populationreview.com showing countries that export the most oil, led by Saudi Arabia, followed by Russia.

The Middle East conflict is driving up oil prices.

Guess who's profiting the most?

#slowclap
#Russia
#SaudiArabia

Anyone telling me that this is a “fair” way to manage immigration can seriously fuck off.

It is an odious, senseless and deeply discriminatory policy that yet again benefits the “right” kind of immigrant - and I say this as one of the supposed “right” kinds.

Hard no from me.

Politics is a tumultuous business. Most in it are career politicians. A few are not. I am of that few. I have always stood on principle. It's desperately needed in a sea of otherwise political expedients. @_AdvanceUK and I will always stand firm on principle for the country, 米来来 8:48 pm. 26 Feb 26 .28.5K Views

Humourless multimillionaire Ben Habib's Advance UK won just 154 votes at Gorton and Denton.

Nick Buckley was beaten into 7th place by Sir Oink A-Lot of the Monster Raving Looney Party.

Ben's taking it well.

Nobody here needs to be told that Reform's claims of cheating are utterly absurd but it's worth noting that the anti-Reform vote was so large that even if the Greens and Labour had split it 50/50 Reform would still have lost — in fact they would have come third. They only value democracy if they win

Suddenly the will of the people is completely wrong

Worth noting that even if Labour and the Greens had split the vote exactly evenly – the absolute worst case scenario for the stop Reform majority in the seat – Matt Goodwin still didn’t have enough votes to sneak a victory.

So the Telegraph is taking this well

It was also nice getting this news from you first, your email drop was the first thing I read this morning.

Yes, defo shop around more. Prices vary a lot. Good luck.

My friend had horrible dark brown veneer doors and successfully painted them white...maybe spend some time looking into options, especially if you can do it yourself

● Typical cost of a Business Class flight to Maldives is £3,100 - £3,200+ return

● 2 of those minimum so £6,400+

● Accommodation minimum of £250-£350 per night. Farage demands finer things in life though so can exceed £1,000

● Gross household average salary Gorton & Denton £653 per week

‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...

No way would I travel to the US right now. And I - like the woman in this story - am a white, middle-aged woman.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

I assume you can turn on translate if you need the audio.

YouTube video by Sylvie Rasch - CraSy creative things Alles, was du zum stricken von Colorwork wissen musst - Tipps und Tricks und 3 Methoden

youtu.be/LDztOxzmf7U?...

I just started out on colourwork. After watching a tutorial on strand holding bought a knit ring and it's a game changer (for my continental knitting anyway).

“Suella Braverman asked for my help to get maternity leave when she was Attorney General. As first pregnant AG she needed new rights. (I helped ofc, she took mat leave and returned to govt office) Depressing she now plans roll-back of rights for aother women”.

Harriet Harman

"Bedford Borough Council holds no authority over the Council of Nicea and was not responsible for the creation of the moon 4.53billion years ago"

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There's a 6pm relaxed performance in Southbank Centre tomorrow Thu.

I thought Reform were all about saving money?

They've just cost us all another £63m....as that is what the government has now been forced to give councils undergoing reorganisation so they can afford to do that AND run & staff elections in this May.

The coucils had asked the government...

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A reminder that if you live in England or Wales & were born between 1970-1990 – or even before 1970 – you can help protect your community by getting the MMR vaccine free from your NHS GP now. I did last year. www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...

Dual nationals to be denied entry to UK from 25 February unless they have British passport New border controls require ‘certificate of entitlement’ to attach to second nationality passport that costs £589

Just in case you've missed this - if you are a dual national, you must have a UK passport to travel to UK from 25.02.26. You can't travel on your other passport. Or you have to pay £589 for a “certificate of entitlement” (which is fecking scam, if you ask me)
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

YouTube video by LBC James O'Brien introduces 'The Farage Files'

The Farage Files: Week One

@mrjamesob.bsky.social and Henry Riley have been scrutinising Reform UK with a fine-tooth comb, uncovering a massive 22 stories.

youtu.be/fyNKDMxg2bM