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Scrap hospital parking charges now! Need to visit the hospital? Patients, families and NHS staff are being met with rising fees just to park their cars. Join me and sign this petition from 38 Degrees to demand these unfair charges are s...

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Revealed: The true toll of female suicides in UK with domestic abuse at their core Exclusive: Research suggests official statistics could track as few as 10% of the true number of cases

Hugely important story in tomorrow’s Guardian. Domestic violence suicides growing at a rate that a woman in an abusive relationship is now more likely to take her own life than be killed by a partner. But official stats may track as few as 10% of the true number. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

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Is there any guarantee that Nigel Farage will still be the MP for Clacton after the general election in 2029? Discuss. @mrjamesob.bsky.social

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEN!! 🎂

'The Mandelson-Epstein Scandal Is an Opportunity for Starmer to Radically Reform Our Broken Politics' The Prime Minister should use this moment to shine a light on the dark forces corrupting our democracy, argues former British diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall

I wrote this yesterday - Starmer could still turn his premiership around, if he finally, FINALLY, finds the courage to address the grubby circs which allow people like Mandelson to rise so far. bylinetimes.com/2026/02/07/t...

The UK is at a point now where journalists decide who should be the Prime Minister. Whispering into the ears of Labour backbenchers (who outside of their constituency no one has heard of) about how lacklustre Keir Starmer is while offering them their 15 minutes of fame by giving them airtime.

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NEW: Who was John Pond?
This August 2009 email exchange which was forwarded to Epstein included Mandelson, the PM's PPS Jeremy Heywood, the minister/adviser Shriti Vadera and... John Pond.

Two sources have told the BBC that John Pond was in fact Gordon Brown, then the PM

Which he said with the brilliant voice of a Beefeater!

'This is not a progressive system, it's a regressive one.'

@lewisgoodall.com explains how the student loan system has 'quietly shifted the burden' from higher earners onto those 'least able to bear it'.

And don’t get me started on the Osborne decision to abolish maintenance grants. The poorest students now borrow the most, carry debt longest, and subsidise the richest families who can pay it off quickly. Sounds like a sensible tax system!

As I have previously said - American week is now American Hour or is that America by the Hour. Your contribution is excellent Simon.

Here in the UK journalists can, have and continue to call for Prime Ministers to be removed if policies differ from manifesto pledges or are (in their opinion) damaging to the country. Why are journalists not calling for Trump to be removed for the safety of American citizens?

Not on @tomswarbrick.bsky.social Simon?

@mrjamesob.bsky.social What is wrong with the food industry. Who cares if a carrot resembles Nora Batty’s tights or a potato isn’t perfectly round. Food is food. Any chance of a phone in on this absurdity?

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@simonmarksfsn.bsky.social In light of this weeks unhinged ramblings by US President Donald Trump it is essential that American Week becomes American Hour because his constant ramblings change by the hour.

I think the over use of ultraviolet (UV) light, on his face has frazzled his brain.

@simonmarksfsn.bsky.social can you confirm that Washington DC was a safe and harmonious state before ICE was deployed there because the continued unhinged rhetoric from Trump about DC decline and now miraculous regeneration is becoming more desperate by the day.

ICE detains five-year-old Minnesota boy arriving home, say school officials Superintendent says Liam Ramos and his father were taken into custody while in their driveway and sent to Texas

‘Terrible things are happening outside… Families are torn apart; men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared. Women return… to find their families gone.’
Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl.

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

I wouldn’t get too excited about the Trump line on force in Greenland. He’s been spooked by the markets and possibly by US public opinion. It’ll be the line until it’s not where he’ll hint at it again. Which might be later today.

Yes because the USA fed infected pigs to soldiers

Here we go Trump insulting Somalia again.

Isn’t Jerome Powell leaving the Fed in May anyway?

Shocking listening to Trump’s speech.

The Ethiopian People: Through extensive fundraising and national dedication, it's often called a project built by Ethiopians themselves, as noted by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed

Was DC unsafe before ICE came in? Doubt it?
Someone needs to cut his microphone

Trump talking about being responsible for ‘English’ being their first language????

Lewis, is Trump reading from a script oh his rambling on about Somalia again

The actions of a petulant child or an unhinged adult! This is what the citizens of America have inflicted on the world by voting him in as President. That said, where are the Democrats on this, and Simon, who is the Democrat leader anyway?

Rachel Johnson using her show to tell the Covid inquiry to “sod off” and a political witch hunt against her brother. Insulting many of us who lost our loved ones prematurely because of her brother.