Jim in Moray

Orbán’s pay cheques: Reform candidate fuelled by profits from Russian oil The Reform candidate at this month’s byelection claims he wants to put Britain first, but is he still on the payroll of Viktor Orbán’s far-right propaganda unit?

Blimey. Looks like Matt Goodwin, who seems to think the Handmaid's Tale is an instruction manual, is in the pay of an Orban think tank, funded by Russian oil money.

Their only chance of getting a sniff of winning was to have Andy Burnham as a candidate but Starmer was too afraid to have him as an adversary in parliament.
Can't be having someone with socialist ideals to influence the Labour Party drones on the backbenches. Ohhhh no, no, no.

The "Dangerous" Barrios of Caracas The truth is much more interesting

The truth about Venezuela and Caracas:
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Another Reach plc rag in the same stable as the Daily Express. There can't be many people left who read these newspapers surely?

Starmer was so ruthlessly successful at getting in a position to become leader and PM - he'll know all the shenanigans that happens and how to address them.
He'll not shift easily.

💧 Scottish households will pay £107 less a year for water than those in England in 2026/27. Public ownership means Scotland has the cheapest water bills in the UK – lower bills, better value, and water run for people, not profit.

I struggle to think of a darker more divisive Britain than Labour has given us since the election.

Shameful dereliction of duty.

There's no doubt many right-wingers in Labour that are 'gutted'. They could always defect to Reform.

I've never heard Kier Starmer give a superb speech. I saw the event today and I still am full of mistrust when any policy is proposed by this guy.

If retirement age keeps getting pushed back, then it's only going to get worse.
Such a short-sighted policy, supposedly to save on state pension costs but having an adverse effect on the jobs market.

...but he doesn't unfortunately.

Mandelson should never have been allowed back into a position of power. That he was, says it all about Starmer.

Thankfully students in Scotland get a better deal.

Rachel Reeves defends 'fair and reasonable' student loans system The chancellor's defence comes after Martin Lewis called her freeze on student loans

When interest rates are so high that the chances of repaying a loan are slim, that's surely predatory lending or acting like loan sharks:

BBC News - Rachel Reeves defends 'fair and reasonable' student loans system - BBC News
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Do we still have security/intelligence services? Or have they been so badly infiltrated that they no longer serve the UK?

I see they've taken the strap line down to just 2 words now. They must be appealing to a different set of voters 🤔.

SNP in disarray? Time to stop watching the BBC I think.

Started reading the article before realising I was reading about someone of no consequence. I've time better spent. Always thought of her as pure evil and nothing would change my mind.

Reminder that just a month ago the Swiss Government rejected using Palantir in any role in Switzerland's Government.

Because they posed a 'catastrophic' threat.

Do we have a British media?

Just a month ago the UK agreed to a deal in which the NHS has to pay £3bn a year more for US drugs.

The only thing we got was an agreement the UK would face no tariffs.

Today that deal has been broken by the USA.

The deal must be torn up and no money stolen from the NHS.

That's not Labour. That's a bunch of political frauds.

All Trump's mob - look like the mob and act like the mob.

In fact, I think the real mob have more integrity.

Er - that's some amount of manipulation there, Labour Councillor Kaz.

I've seen more leadership from the Green Party since Zak Polanski was elected, than I've seen from Labour in decades.

The uk doesn't have a leader but a district manager. Working for Trump and Netanyahu.

Ah right. The issue isn't the cost of living but a PR problem!

His plan will entail tiny tweaks that will have little impact and perhaps none, when inflation is taken into account.
He fails to appreciate what people really want and that's properly taxing billionaires to fund public services and an end to privatisation.
Hopefully, Scotland will vote to exit UK

UN experts urge UK to protect lives and rights of pro-Palestinian detainees on hunger strike GENEVA – UN experts* today expressed grave concern for the lives and fundamental rights of eight pro-Palestinian activists imprisoned in the United Kingdom, who have been on indefinite hunger strike s...

UN experts urge UK “to immediately guarantee appropriate healthcare for all hunger strikers, and engage in meaningful dialogue and action to address not only the claims of the protestors, but also … an end to the repression of Palestine activism.”

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Political donations 🤷‍♂️

Was always going to happen.

Haha - not wrong there!