Dom

As Farage's star continues to rise I can't help but detect exactly the same mistakes being made all over again. In so routinely prioritising Farage's rhetoric and personality over the substance of his policies, actions and record, the British press is once again failing to properly hold to account a man who the opinion polls now suggest has a serious chance of becoming Prime Minister in just a few years time. If that chance does become a reality then he will quickly prove, as Johnson did before him, how utterly unsuited he would be for such a position. Yet by that point much of the damage of a Farage premiership to our national public services, economy and global reputation will already have been done, with many of the same news organisations who helped to get him to that point, only belatedly bothering to point out why he had never been suitable for the job in the first place.

“Whatever happens, the damage that has already been done by the constant media indulgence of Farage and his divisive, inflammatory and outright racist views will take many years for this country to recover from.”

Yes. A disgraceful, unforgivable failure.

www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/reform-dog...

This is a much more effective response than airborne aid drops! Please circulate this and use any means you have to encourage your government to push for access for this desperately needed aid!

Not fleeing: New report shows more wealthy residents in Mass., 2 years into 'millionaire's tax' Despite previous concerns, Massachusetts' "millionaire's tax" hasn't seemed to deter high-earners from continuing to live here, according to a new study from the Institute for Policy Studies.

1. The extra marginal tax rate will affect millionaires' daily lives almost not at all, which is why in reality none of them would leave the state.

2. When you have this much money, your accountant/financial folks are already making you as tax efficient as possible.

www.wbur.org/news/2025/04...

it’s hard to square an *additional* payment of this amount — on top of a ~£700k salary — for what seems a fairly ordinary, if responsible, job (managing water supplies to a single region of the uk), until you realise she’s basically just in charge of a financial instrument

Remember this very creepy video from 2006?

“Jump!!”

“A real man would jump…” 🙃

Haha. Makes perfect sense…!! 🙃

Sydney Sweeney in an American Eagle ad wearing a denim jacket and jeans.

I've had enough.

In this thread, I will tell you, definitively, whether Sydney Sweeney has great jeans.

This way, you will be more informed when shopping for your wardrobe . 🧵

At last someone is speaking out. He is absolutely right!

The crimes behind Reform How I uncovered a network of new crimes involving Nigel Farage's most loyal financier. It could severely damage Farage.

thestateofuk.substack.com/p/the-crimes...
Interesting read.

I wonder would it be helpful for the english to see what happened in Finland when their version of Reform was voted into gov?

Another datapoint for how tech sector dominance is hollowing out the rest of the US economy

Netherlands to deliver $579 million in US weapon systems to Ukraine, including Patriot missiles "I am sincerely grateful to the Netherlands for their substantial contribution to strengthening Ukraine's air shield," President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote, saying this is "the first such step" among NA...

⚡️Netherlands to deliver $579 million in US weapon systems to Ukraine, including Patriot missiles.

"I am sincerely grateful to the Netherlands for their substantial contribution to strengthening Ukraine's air shield," Zelensky wrote, saying this is "the first such step" among NATO countries.

This is the sort of piece that should have been featured nonstop in the New York Times from August through November last year.

Poland is sliding back towards populism. Democrats elsewhere should heed our mistakes | Karolina Wigura and Jarosław Kuisz Donald Tusk has failed to offer a positive vision for the future. Without one, liberals will just be an interval between populist acts, say historian Karolina Wigura and journalist Jarosław Kuisz

Modern populism is a global phenomenon that for some reason is largely treated as a response to national policy failure (that is arguably no worse than it ever was). www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“turbocharge the move to electric” is rather much mixed messaging?! 🤣

This is a shrewd and accurate assessment of Trump’s ‘trade deals’.

If you think FaRage has the answers, you don’t understand the problem. Migrants in boats represent 4% of all migration to UK. You should get some perspective. We need migration. It’s good for our country. Don’t get conned by FaRage.

'One-in, one-out' small boats pilot plan comes into force The "one-in, one-out" deal will see some of those arriving in the UK returned to France.

This really is a cruel and pointless plan, guaranteed to face legal challenges. You cannot just deny people the right to seek asylum without at least hearing their claim. This is guaranteed to increase risks of harm to people seeking safety.

#r4today

www.bbc.com/news/article...

How do you know that barbershops are a staple? I’ve not heard or experienced that. And just because you or Farage suggest it might be the case doesn’t make it so?

That *messaging* is akin to just saying: “they’re all around us - you just have to look”… 😱

You see how contemptible that is?!

This about covers it.

Seeking to quell the backlash, the Justice Department dispatched a top official to meet with Ghislaine Maxwell, Mr. Epstein’s longtime associate who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for sex trafficking. On Friday, Ms. Maxwell was moved to a lower-security facility. That fueled speculation that Mr. Trump might commute her sentence or even pardon her in return for her cooperation.

Here's how NYT explained that TRUMP'S FUCKING DEFENSE ATTORNEY went to meet the sex trafficker who "stole" his spa girls, turning one into a sex slave.

No mention of his name, no mention of his role as defense attorney, no mention that sex traffickers don't go to prison camps.

Russian gasoline prices hit record high amid Ukrainian strikes on oil refineries, Russian media reports A market source told the Russian state outlet Kommersant that Ukrainian attacks on oil facilities on Aug. 2 contributed to the price hike.

⚡Russian gasoline prices hit record high amid Ukrainian strikes on oil refineries, Russian media reports.

A market source told the Russian state outlet Kommersant that Ukrainian attacks on oil facilities on Aug. 2 contributed to the price hike.

Busting up big corporations and tackling Wall Street’s greed.

Getting big money out of politics. 

Strengthening unions and fighting for higher wages.

Medicare for all, paid family leave, universal childcare...

This is the progressive populist agenda we need in America.

The rich must be incentivised; the poor must be disciplined.

The political economy of the super-elite in one headline.

The west ignores Rwanda’s dark side – and political prisoners like my mother pay the price | Rémy Amahirwa She was arrested after planning to run against Paul Kagame. It’s time democracies woke up to the true nature of his regime, says Rémy Amahirwa

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Impossible to discern from the article that this is just a rank shakedown, indicative of authoritarian entrenchment, and that white supremacists in the government are blatantly bullshitting about their concerns over antisemitism, since, well, they’re ideologically adjacent to Nazis.

UK government borrowing costs are REMARKABLY stable for the last 2 years at the moment. About one quarter of one percent different. The #BOE could help much more, I’ll discuss this more when we get guidance, maybe on Thursday. But share this photo with anyone who criticises Reeves.

Context: I was talking to an old friend who was telling me that his dad goes on Daily Mail-inspired rants against immigrants despite having lots of friends who are immigrants, and he told me "he's the nicest guy though", and then he continued, "it sounds like I'm making excuses for him doesn't it".

I so love that…!