Jeremy Smith

We are in Mafia shakedown land here. Here is a prediction. All of this money will go into what will become known as the "President's Fund" which will allow Trump to dispense favours as he tries to buy elections and punish opponents. It is a slush fund.

FFS.

He didn't "kick off".

It's not a "jibe".

He said, with dignity and restraint, what we were all thinking - that Al-Obeid didn't just "die" - he, like tens of thousand of other innocent civilians, was killed by Israel as part of its ongoing programme of ethnic cleansing.

Twaddle.

The fact that the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation endorsed the decision to proscribe PA without thinking about these inevitable consequences really is staggering.

This is not what counter-terrorism legislation is for.

I really think he should be considering his position tonight.

Dumb policing

MP claims Surrey Care home is a “hot bed of terrorist activity” filled with Palestine Action supporters.

A cold-blooded triple killer, set free in a cynical U.S.-Venezuela swap. Justice crushed under the boot of political games. Freedom bought with a price—because in America’s shadow, even murder is just another transaction. Darkness thrives where power profits.
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And the impeachment and removal of Brazil's President for allegedly misrepresenting GDP numbers.

You need this video in ur life... 😊 #bluesky

Meanwhile in non-news...

They excuse war crimes.

They arm apartheid and genocide.

But don't you dare protest for peace.

Because that's real terrorism.

466 people. Insane.

The police action today against Palestine peaceful protectors is absurd and dangerous. The banning of Palestine Action was a foolish and reactionary act by Cooper and Starmer faced with Netanyahu's blatant terrorism.

Police arrest 365 people at protest over Palestine Action ban in London Met officers and other UK forces form ‘significant presence’ in largest protest since group was proscribed as terrorist organisation

This is Monty Pythonesque. Makes Britain look ridiculous.

Some @privateeyenews.bsky.social are only so-so. Others are for the ages…

Why England’s new towns should look to medieval France The UK government’s taskforce is preparing to publish its next-generation proposals. Could the markets, maisons and master planning of Europe’s still thriving 13th-century towns provide the answers?

I like this. One difference, which isn’t mentioned in the piece, is that the French village will have a (surprisingly powerful) mayor and council. Whereas we think it is a good idea to have feeble local government and a mayor representing all of central southern England.

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At least 200 arrests at protest in support of proscribed group Palestine Action Palestine Action has been proscribed since 5 July, making it a criminal offence to show support for the organisation - but police said a "significant number" were carrying placards backing the group.

This ban is a joke!
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Chart shows real-terms change in overall funding between 2025-26 and 2028-29 for councils. Title states: "Some councils will see big rises in their funding by 2028-29, while others will face large real-terms cuts even if they put up council tax bills."

📊 #IFSSatStat: Proposed reforms to English councils' funding allocation system will create big winners and losers.

One-in-four authorities will see real-terms increases in funding of 12% or more over the next three years, with another one-in-four seeing real-terms funding cuts.

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In July we saw better inflation numbers in China. CPI was flat year on year but up 0.4% month on month. This is the first month-on-month price increase since January.

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Foreign correspondents > “Broke Britain’s on the edge of financial disaster, Labour’s out of its depth — and people are angry. I’m scared for what’s to come.” — Andrew Neill, Daily Mail, 22 July. Brillo lives largely in the South of France > “Migrant hotels are radicalising Middle England.” — Guy Dampier, Daily Telegraph, 22 July. Dampier lives in Germany > “Small boats and sky-high legal immigration will continue to wreak demographic havoc. This change is permanent. Millions of immigrants from clashing traditions will bring only more of their friends and families. None of these people are going home.” — Lionel Shriver, Times, 24 July. As Shriver explained in her column, she recently moved to Portugal, having previously migrated to the UK from America > “Epping proves the police are the paramilitary wing of the left.” — Richard Littlejohn, Daily Mail, 25 July. Littlejohn lives in Florida for much of the year > “All the online censorship & superinjunctions can’t keep the English down. Regime change.” — Former MP and Telegraph columnist Douglas Carswell commenting on footage of asylum hotel protests, X, 3 August. Carswell lives in Mississippi > “Unless our leaders get a grip — and fast — exasperated communities will turn vigilante. Then things could get really ugly.” — Isabel Oakeshott, Daily Telegraph, 4 August. Oakeshott moved to the UAE in January for tax reasons

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Many of the columnists seemingly egging on English rioters don't even live in the UK. Private Eye again

Europe’s century of humiliation

Europe's Century of Humiliation. How von der Leyen surrendered not just to Trump but to permanent vassalage
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Pro-Palestine protester threatened with arrest takes legal action against Kent police Laura Murton seeks damages and apology after police said her demonstration expressed support for banned Palestine Action

This person wasn't even referring to PA in her protest, but the police officer assumed she was guilty anyway. Effectively, he assumed thoughtcrime.

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The Mauthausen Concentration Camp 1938–1945 - History - KZ-Gedenkstätte Mauthausen On 12 March 1938 the ‘Anschluss’ (‘Annexation’) of austrofascist Austria to the German Reich took place. Two weeks later, the National Socialist Gauleiter (regional head) of Upper Austria, August…

Between 1938-45 over 190,000 people were imprisoned in the Mauthausen-Gusen complex. At least 90,000 of them were killed, including around 28,000 Poles. www.mauthausen-memorial.org/en/History/T...

*TRUMP: HAVE CHOSEN DR. STEPHEN MIRAN FOR FED GOVERNOR

Trump says he wants 1% fed funds. Will Miran dissent if they don't cut 50 or 75bps next meeting? I assume he will dissent at every meeting now until we get to 1%.

The unconscious will always shine through.

More crude than sly.

Lord Dannatt urged ministers to crack down on Palestine Action at request of US firm Police officer was concerned ex-army chief, a Teledyne adviser, sought to have ‘input’ into factory attack investigation

This story is getting worse and worse.

1. US defense firm gets vandalized by UK group.

2. US defense firm reaches out to UK politician it employs.

3. Politician lobbies his network to get the group banned.

Answer - pay Musk loads more $$.

What's happening at Tesla is a smaller version of what Trump is doing to America — fleecing it while running it into the ground. Some thoughts... https://robertreich.substack.com/p/why-is-musk-getting-a-29-billion

Excusing the inexcusable. The firing was political retribution for bad news. President’s own words.