Le Pen attacks ban from running for public office as 'political decision' The far-right National Rally leader's sentence jeopardises her chances of running for president in 2027.

Could someone tell her, that if she hadn’t gone theiving, this wouldn’t have happened.
Just a thought.

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Trump turns White House lawn into car lot for megadonor Musk It’s easy to get inured to the corruption, but hawking Teslas on the South Lawn was among the most obscene events in White House history.

“Just because the corruption plays out in public doesn’t mean it’s not corruption”

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Hi. American here. Things are not going well. You should quickly move to prevent what our country now represents, oligarchy.

Michael Gove Told Officials to Buy 10,000 Ventilators From Dyson During Pandemic in ‘Affront’ to Procurement Rules Evidence published by the Covid Inquiry reveals that the Conservative Minister was “insistent that an order” was placed with leading Brexiter Sir James Dyson’s firm

It’s been an interesting week at the Covid Inquiry.

Here’s a summary of @bylinetimes.bsky.social reports this week 🧵⤵️

First up ⤵️

🚨 Michael Gove Told Officials to Buy 10,000 Ventilators From Dyson During Pandemic in ‘Affront’ to Procurement Rules ⤵️

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Russell Jones's Week Moment: Don Trumpito's Hillbilly Charm Offender Russell Jones examines US Vice President JD Vance's incredibly busy week alienating every single one of America's closest allies

"I wasn’t shocked things went wrong. Only one of them has a command of English, and it ain’t Don Trumpito, whose default incoherence surely led him to make Zelensky an offer he couldn't understand"

My bit for @bylinetimes.bsky.social about the week in Trump

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Conservative Peer Lord Feldman Helped 'Good Friend' of Michael Gove Win VIP PPE Deal Documents released by the Covid Inquiry reveal a network of connections between senior ministers, advisers and those handed lucrative Covid contracts

🚨Conservative Peer Lord Feldman Helped David Meller a ‘Good Friend’ of Michael Gove Win VIP PPE Deal

👀 Feldman referred 3 companies to the VIP Lane who later received contracts, & further 18 firms who didn't.

My latest report for @bylinetimes.bsky.social

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Starmer’s being giddy and fawning. 😬
Oh no Kier, please hold a bit back… please!

Heaven help America

YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic Trump falsely claims Zelensky’s approval rating was “at 4%” - recent polling puts it better than his

Donald Trump again mimics Putin and calls for an election in Ukraine - falsely claiming Zelensky’s approval rating was “at 4%”

Recent polling in fact shows that Zelensky’s approval rating is better than Trumps

Lets make sure everyone knows the truth
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I mean, that's outstanding.

Northumberland, Gateshead and Durham councils welcoming scrapping of public path recording deadline Northumberland, Gateshead and Durham councils welcoming the scrapping of public path recording deadlines by 2031

"Durham, Northumberland, and Gateshead councils have all come out in favour of the government’s plan to remove the need to catalogue historical rights of way in six years’ time...

'this will mean a number of unrecorded pathways can continue to be enjoyed by both residents and visitors.'”

YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic People having to pull out their own teeth with pliers is not Victorian - it’s medieval

🚨People suffering excruciating pain forced to pull out their own teeth with pliers

🚨A staggering 97% of new patients who try to get an NHS dental appointment fail to get one

IT’S MEDIEVAL. Please join me in backing @thebda.bsky.social in its call for urgent action

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This week the Guardian's owner, the Scott Trust, gifted the 233-year-old Observer to Tortoise Media.

This isn't just a dark day for journalism, it's a sign.

Meet the team.

This is Putin giving Tortoise's energy advisory board member an 'Order of Friendship' medal in 2017.
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If like me you’ve had enough of these individuals trying to rewrite history share these actual FACTS

To say I'm fuming is an understatement ⏬️

Are you?

“We are now faced with a situation where the money has to come from somewhere. The money that the water companies have paid out to their shareholders in dividends & the like that’s unfortunately gone, that’s sitting behind a door in the Cayman Islands”

Bodes well for MTD for IT when it's implemented ... Not!!!!
HMRC are a joke and for Jim Harra to get a knighthood is even more sickening!!!! How has incompetence become rife within HMRC,not so many years ago it was efficient and respected, today it's all about saving costs at the expense of service

I'm shocked, shocked I tell you....

An open letter to the BBC Dr Russell Jackson, senior lecturer in communication and public relations at Sheffield Hallam University, writes to the BBC about Question Time

With Farage back on Question Time last night...

...here is your reminder that Farage was on BBCQT a record-breaking 35 times before he became an MP.

And, further, that the panellist selection on BBCQT has been heavily slanted to right-wing think tanks and commentators over the years.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says the public want to leave the ECHR

Let him know he’s wrong by sharing this widely

A gentle reminder that Kemi Badenoch admitted hacking into a website, which is a criminal offence

Jeez. This is an outrageous post from Elon Musk. If anyone was in any doubt about where his sentiments will lie at the next UK general election look no further than this. The Prime Minister, every cabinet member & Labour MP need to join @bsky.app now

Whose land? Tax avoidance and the broken economics of British farming Noise in the billionaire press about inheritance tax changes hides a basic fact: the non-farming rich own too much land

"Some 56% of farmland bought in 2023 was sold to landowners who were not working farmers.” 💰🧐

YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic Labour Government backs Tory power grab by appealing Liberty High court victory

🚨Our parliamentary democracy exists to make sure a government can’t just do whatever it wants. That must be respected - and that includes this government

Liberty will be back in court FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER to #DefendDemocracy.

This is why I shall be standing with them👇
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Elon Musk hides X engagement figures amid user exodus As X loses users, the platform introduced a new feature allowing optional hiding of likes, shares, and other engagement metrics.

Elon Musk Hides X Engagement Figures Amid User Exodus

Sounds desperate to me

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It's my opinion that Victoria Derbyshire should replace Laura Kuenssberg on every single BBC show she is on, and she should do it right now.

I'm sure you agree.

I still don’t understand why Labour is cutting the winter fuel payments back in this stark manner

No problem at all with wealthy pensioners (I’m almost at that age now) who don’t need it not receiving it obviously

But for only those on Pension Credit to receive it .. is wrong

Jeremy Clarkson, James Dyson and Junk Stats: Is This the Best the Anti-Inheritance Tax Farming Lobby Has to Offer? Millionaire landowners are using dubious statistics to campaign against the Government's inheritance tax reforms

🔴Jeremy Clarkson, James Dyson and Junk Stats: Is This the Best the Anti-Inheritance Tax Farming Lobby Has to Offer?

Millionaire landowners are using dubious statistics to campaign against the Government’s inheritance tax reforms, reports @josiah.writes.news

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