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GB News loses Β£22m, taking their total losses to over Β£130m. Except it's not a 'loss', it's an investment by Paul Marshall in providing a propaganda service to platform right wing grifters, gobshites, conspiracy nutters and contrarian fuckwits.
04.03.2026 08:31 β π 1081 π 348 π¬ 41 π 17I just signed the campaign calling on PrimeMinister Keir Starmer: Do not allow the USA to use British military bases for strikes on Iran, &give MPs a vote in Parliament. act.38degrees.org.uk/act/Do-not-a...
02.03.2026 17:42 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Can you do me a quick favour today? βοΈ
The government is finally asking if they should ban cages for hens in the UK. ππ Lobbyists are trying to block it, so we need huge numbers to show them that the public wants this ban NOW: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...
The βsilent majorityβ has now been tested more than once. And when it is summoned to the ballot box, it turns out the majority isnβt silent. And it isnβt Reform.
@theleaduk.bsky.social
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Today's by-election is another illustration of the problems with FPTP.
The result may tell us less about what voters want to happen than whether they can game the system effectively to stop a result most *don't* want.
The electoral system should not be an obstacle that voters have to work around.
A senior Church of England bishop has been suspended after police arrested him on suspicion of sexual assaultΒ |Β John Elworthy
23.02.2026 05:51 β π 12 π 9 π¬ 1 π 1
Footage from an Australian interview reveal what the former Prince Andrew's security staff used to refer to him as
βοΈ Rats in a Sack π
According to the New Yorker, Donald Trump and his family profited off the presidency by an estimated $4 billion in 2025 β mostly through shady crypto deals.
That amounts to $456,621 per hour.
But how are you doing?
"Turns Out There Was Voter Fraud in Georgiaβby Elon Musk
The state board of elections found Muskβs PAC sent prefilled ballot applications." newrepublic.com/post/206857/...
Turns Out There Was Voter Fraud in Georgiaβby Elon Musk
The state board of elections found Muskβs PAC sent prefilled ballot applications
It turns out there was voter fraud in Georgia but done by Elon Muskβs political operation, not individual voters. Links:
www.11alive.com/article/news...
newrepublic.com/post/206857/...
Absolutely insane story about a middle-aged woman from Hertfordshire who got arrested, shackled, and detained by ICE and held in a prison for eight weeks.... while on holiday... with a valid tourist visa... as she tried to leave the country.
21.02.2026 07:27 β π 1549 π 849 π¬ 96 π 45
Squatter.
Reform MP refuses to vacate constituency office after defecting
Andrew Rosindell battles the Conservative Party over his use of Margaret Thatcher House in Romford
The property is held in trust for the Conservative Party
a bar chart that says greens close the gap to reform in gorton and denton from 1st february. green party is on 34% reform is on 39% labour are in free-fall on 21% with others on 6%
π¨ 1 WEEK LEFT
π© GREENS CAN WIN! We're SO CLOSE!
π’ There's phone-banking from home, leafleting, door-knocking, letter writing + bundling and election day!
π Please sign up + share the link
gorton-denton.greenparty.org.uk#action-days
Thousands of companies globally have filed lawsuits that challenge Trumpβs tariffs and seek refunds.
20.02.2026 16:34 β π 27 π 11 π¬ 7 π 1So, the tariffs were another lawless act by Trump that Republicans in congress failed to act on.
20.02.2026 15:26 β π 8 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0If UK news shows wonβt call this absolute boll**** out let do it ourselves
19.02.2026 20:07 β π 547 π 205 π¬ 23 π 7
A change of EU rules to let in Ukraine might also offer a way in for Britain, but make us always rule-takers, perpetuating resentmentΒ
By Niall Γ Conghaile
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
Trump's Dangerously Dumb Plan to Steal the Midterms
open.substack.com/pub/messageb...
Turns out thereβs an economic cost to everyone hating us.
20.02.2026 12:18 β π 19395 π 6220 π¬ 1374 π 541Soβ¦ not a hoax then?
19.02.2026 13:43 β π 16054 π 5999 π¬ 561 π 269Grim. One can only imagine what passes for βbanterβ or βlocker room talkβ when these ghouls converse in private.
19.02.2026 15:15 β π 1212 π 325 π¬ 66 π 16