The UAE is an authoritarian autocracy, a petro-state with no income tax for citizens, to bribe them for the lack of democratic voice or free speech
It is 85% migrant, a segregated society with a ban on integration in principle and practice, few rights, equal opportunities, nor voice for incomers
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In 2037 it'll release a bargain-basement knock-off first-person-shooter in which the NPCs say how great Hitler was.
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The scoping exercise by HMRC is said to be focused on tax residency and the business affairs of George Cottrell, whom Farage has described as โlike a son to meโ.
Known as โPosh Georgeโ, Cottrell leads an expensive lifestyle and regularly using a ยฃ4m house in one of the wealthiest areas of London
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The Opposition and the party thatโs leading in the polls literally have policies more extreme than the BNP 20 years ago
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Iโm old enough to remember when a comment like this would have been a resigning matterโฆ
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Coverage of Jenrick today basically amounts to sane-washing. He didn't criticise judges. He claimed there was a conspiracy by certain judges, who he had discovered and could number, to undermine British law and create open borders.
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It breaks my mind that two British political parties have seen scenes like this and decided to try and replicate it in Britain. Thuggary, lawlessness, state brutality. Farage and Badenoch decided they liked the look of it.
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Every post from the Tory conference just makes me sad. Like watching a destitute clown begging for pennies.
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At some point, an important function of the Conservative Party as it used to be has gone into reverse. What used to happen is that hard-right but bright MPs were given responsibilities as junior ministers and taught that slogans were all very well but governing involved the real worldโฆ
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Universal credit is back in the dock โ this time at the United Nations
United Nations special rapporteurs have called for the UK government to question its reforms to universal credit.
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Industrial park on fire in Lviv after Russian attack
๐คฌ Industrial park on fire in Lviv after Russian attack
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Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."
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Tbilisi, ๐ฌ๐ช โ thousands have taken to the streets right now and are marching toward the presidential palace.
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Why Russiaโs micro-aggressions against Europe are proliferating
It is hoping to sap support for Ukraine and highlight Americaโs ambivalence
Western countries cannot be certain why Russia has ramped up its poking and prodding. But part of the explanation might lie with Americaโs president
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Feels like this is one of those things that could have quite serious repercussions - how can this have slipped through?
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Kemi Badenoch mistakenly says NI voted in favour of Brexit
In a BBC NI interview, the Tory leader said the
Kemi Badenoch saying โthe last time I checked, Northern Ireland did vote to leaveโ is so on-brand it hurts. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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"I am sick and tired of watching people with decent, compassionate values constantly be told to accommodate the views of people who lack decency or compassion...."
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Leaked text to Scott Bessent exposes Trump admin concerns, 'they're f---ing up'
Leaked text messages revealed that some of President Donald Trump's Cabinet appointees appear to be scrambling after his tariffs led a major trading partner to reach a deal with Argentina, which the United States recently bailed out with billions of dollars.
30.09.2025 11:33 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 0
Texas investigation into teachersโ posts after Charlie Kirkโs death violates their free speech, experts say
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The Texas Education Agency is investigating hundreds of teachers' social media posts about conservative activist Charlie Kirk's killing. Legal experts say the investigations are an attack on teachers' free speech rights.
via @texastribune.org
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/texa...
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Pentagon insiders claim Hegseth is 'crawling out his skin' over his own safety
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has allegedly descended into a state of paranoia regarding his own safety after the shocking murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
30.09.2025 11:44 โ ๐ 10 ๐ 8 ๐ฌ 8 ๐ 1
The scramble to shape Trump's Gaza plan is just heating up
The plan Trump presented had significant Netanyahu edits, infuriating Arab officials.
NEW: The Gaza peace plan President Trump presented yesterday contained significant changes requested by Benjamin Netanyahu, infuriating Arab officials involved in the negotiations, sources familiar with the process tell Axios.
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There is a key moral distinction between immigration policy on new arrivals, no matter how draconian, and on people who have already been granted status, on set conditions. It is about being a country that keeps its word. If we're not that, we might as well fucking give up now.
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Almost two in three Labour members back Burnham over Starmer for leader, poll shows
The exclusive poll also reveals that around a third of Labour members polled no longer think Sir Keir Starmer is a good prime minister.
Almost two in three Labour members would back Burnham as leader
Starmer made poor policy choices
Two child benefit cap.
Winter fuel payment fiasco.
Disability benefit cuts.
Sticking to Tory income tax thresholds.
No curbs on energy/water profiteering.
Return of PFI.
No end to political corruption
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