This is huge - and proves exactly what we're saying.

We cannot have a moment of complacency - only the Green Party can stop Reform.

Vote Hannah Spencer and the Green Party on Thursday in Gorton and Denton. 💚

Reform UK’s Matt Goodwin faced GB News complaint over colleague’s claim of ‘inappropriate comments’ Exclusive: Nigel Farage understood to have known of grievance against byelection candidate, whose lawyer described it as resolved ‘minor workplace matter’ of miscommunication Matt Goodwin, Reform UK’s candidate in the Gorton and Denton byelection, was accused by a young woman working at GB News of making inappropriate comments which she viewed as sexually harassing, the Guardian can reveal. The junior staffer complained to HR last year alleging Goodwin had made inappropriate comments, one regarding her appearance, sources say. Goodwin, 44, volunteered an apology after the complaint had been raised. Continue reading...

Reform UK’s Matt Goodwin faced GB News complaint over colleague’s claim of ‘inappropriate comments’

1.77-Million-Year-Old Homo erectus Crania in China Challenge Long-Held Timelines of Human Dispersal - Arkeonews New 26Al/10Be burial dating shows China’s Yunxian Homo erectus skulls are 1.77 million years old, making them the oldest securely dated

1.77-Million-Year-Old Homo erectus Crania in China Challenge Long-Held Timelines of Human Dispersal 💀🇨🇳 arkeonews.net/1-77-million...

This waterlogged corner of England was once only habitable during summer. Climate change could make it so again As the UK experiences high levels of rain, Somerset Levels in the south-west of England is trying to cope with extreme flooding and its consequences.

This waterlogged corner of England was once only habitable during summer. Climate change could make it so again

...the Somerset Levels

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Ah Matt turn off comments.
Why?
Maybe to stop people pointing out that:
a) All Reform MPs voted against the Workers’ Rights Bill
b) He took a hefty salary from a Hungarian far-right organisation
c) He doesn’t even live in the area—and likely won’t be seen after the election
d) All of the above?🤔

Cartoon by @billbramhall.bsky.social.

Black hole is born with an infrared whimper – Physics World Observation sheds new light on how some massive stars fade away

Not with a bang but a

The reason we have no investigations into the Epstein files here is because trump, his cabinet, his appointees and all of his donors are in them or assisting the cover up.

Jeffrey Epstein’s estate agrees to pay up to $35m to settle survivors’ lawsuit Class-action suit accused Epstein’s lawyer and accountant of aiding and abetting his sex trafficking, filing says Jeffrey Epstein’s estate has agreed to pay as much as $35m to resolve a class-action lawsuit that accused two of the disgraced financier’s advisers of aiding and abetting his sex trafficking of young women and teenage girls, according to a court filing. Boies Schiller Flexner, a law firm representing Epstein victims, announced the settlement in a brief filed in federal court in Manhattan on Thursday. Continue reading...

Jeffrey Epstein’s estate agrees to pay up to $35m to settle survivors’ lawsuit

Email blunder exposes $90bn Russian oil smuggling ring Apparent network of companies using same server includes little-known group that has become country’s largest oil exporter

The FT has identified 48 seemingly independent companies working from different physical addresses that appear to be operating together to disguise the origin of Russian oil, particularly from Kremlin-controlled Rosneft.

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The tranche of emails, which date from 2011 to 2019, suggest that Maria “Masha” Prusakova, who now goes by Masha Prusso, repeatedly recruited women for Epstein, arranged meetings, and sent photographs and résumés for “assistants”, while also asking him for advice on her schooling and ventures.

Turns out there’s an economic cost to everyone hating us.

A war foretold: how the CIA and MI6 got hold of Putin’s Ukraine plans and why nobody believed them Drawing on more than 100 interviews with senior intelligence officials and other insiders in multiple countries, this exclusive account details how the US and Britain uncovered Vladimir Putin’s plans to invade, and why most of Europe – including the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy – dismissed them

A war foretold: how the CIA and MI6 got hold of Putin’s Ukraine plans and why nobody believed them

Febbraio?

Tra sabato e giovedì le temperature risulteranno superiori alle medie su gran parte d’Europa e su tutta Italia. Non che adesso siano basse, intendiamoci, ma i prossimi 6-7 giorni ci metteranno il carico da novanta.

Lo zero termico potrà agilmente raggiungere o superare i 3000 metri…1/4

never in a million years could i have predicted that a country with an actual king would arrest prince andrew for a crime all whilst america lets its current leader reign freely after committing the exact same crimes with the exact same criminals

LOCK HIM UP

Stephen Colbert says network blocked interview with Democrat James Talarico. CBS denies it The network denies it stopped the interview with a Texas Democrat from airing but warned it could run afoul of the US broadcast media watchdog.

That CBS censoredColbert's recent interview of
James Talarico indicates that CBS is now fascist TV. I urge all
Liberty living Americans to boycott the network.
Stephen Colbert says network blocked interview with Democrat James Talarico. CBS denies it share.google/pWXUxkTnmH0m...

How ‘smog capital of Poland’ saved 6,000 lives by cutting soot levels Kraków’s ban on burning solid fuels plus subsidies for cleaner heating has led to clearer air and better health

10 years ago I worked with Polish colleagues to phase out coal heating.

Clean heating policies worked – Poland’s air is cleaner today.

Clear rules and support for households cut pollution and saved thousands of lives.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A must read.

The government's immigration proposals are immoral, expensive (falls in immigration already damaging our economy) and will not achieve the stated aims.

We know exactly why. It is clear.

Virginia Giuffre’s Brother: It was disgraceful that Bondi couldn't even acknowledge us because if they did that, then they would admit wrongdoing. Our president can't do that. The reason is he is potentially implicated in these files. He may have to answer some questions himself.

What about the 2 million unreleased Epstein files tho

Nailed it.

Epstein files could be just tip of the iceberg for Andrew investigation It is likely we have only seen the tip of the iceberg compared to what the police have seen.

Detectives investigating Andrew have asked the FBI and DOJ for unredacted copies of the Epstein Files, via the National Crime Agency.

1,000 Kenyans were recruited to fight for Russia in Ukraine, intelligence report says A new Kenyan intelligence report said the Kenyans were recruited to fight for Russia in Ukraine after being misled with false promises of jobs in Russia before being sent to the front lines.

Kenyan recruits who have returned to the country have given accounts of being promised skilled jobs such as electricians and plumbers. They say they signed contracts written in Russian and were sent to battle with little or no military training.
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Tech firms will have 48 hours to remove abusive images under new law The government is proposing that intimate image abuse should be treated more severely.

Tech firms will have 48 hours to remove abusive images under new UK law.

Errr ... May happen after consultation. Not unusual for govts to cave in to corporate lobbying/threats

Who will monitor compliance? All UK regulators required to promote growth of their sectors.

These two women are suing Andrew Tate, alleging he raped them. Here they visit the social media companies that created Tate. Please share.

*one voice altered to disguise identity

She never lived to see this moment, but it’s worth remembering that none of this would have happened without Virginia Giuffre.

She had the courage to speak out against power and privilege when it was just her word against Andrew’s.

Thanks to her, justice & accountability may finally have its day.

UK: Prince Andrew arrested.

South Korea: Former President Yoon sentenced for life.

Brazil: Former President Bolsonaro serving a 27-year sentence.

USA: President Trump demands $10 billion payout from taxpayers.

We need to get serious about tackling corruption through political donations The government's reforms are welcome but they won't end political corruption

Most Britons can't make political donations/bribes and are made to suffer.

14.2m live in poverty
120,000 a year die in fuel poverty
300,000 a year die prematurely awaiting hospital appointment.
Poorest 20% pay higher proportion of income in tax than the richest 20%.

Is democracy possible?