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SHOCK POLL: NIGEL FARAGE WILL BE PM TOMORROW IN an amazing poll conducted by The Pointless Polling Company, it was revealed that voters' intentions may well change over the next three and a half years and at present it's 100 percent impossible to guess what the next government might look like. However, 99 percent of journalists agree that it would be much more fun if we had an election tomorrow and everybody resigned and everything was chaos and Farage had a go at being PM, just for the hell of it, because it was so much fun when Brexit happened and then the government kept falling every five minutes and we could write endless pieces about (cont. p94)

Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.

The image shows two X posts. The first, by Juliette Kayyem (@juliettekayyem ) from 1 hour ago, states: "'Take care of' is not subtle. This weekend the ground has shifted and no person can deny what the president, unpopular and unfit, intends. To remain silent is to welcome this. They can both sides or claim they didn't hear, but there is no wiggle room about his plans now." The second, by Aaron Rupar (@atrupar ) from 6 hours ago, quotes Trump addressing the Navy: "We have to take care of this little gnat that's on our shoulder called the Democrats." The post includes a photo of Trump speaking to a group in Navy uniforms, with a caption noting he "called the Democrats. They want to give all of our money to illegal."

No President should ever stoke this kind of division and dehumanize the other half of the country in this way.

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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It's vital people learn the truth about Reform and Farage's ties to the Putin regime. As polls stand we may be just a few years away from a Kremlin stooge in Number 10. Sounds like hyperbole, isn't.

It is so welcome to finally have some indisputable facts which completely support and align with what many of us have said for a while: The genesis of Brexit and the Farage movement was in Moscow. It’s all chess.

"Milei is amazing. It's Thatcherism on steroids. Cutting and slashing. That's leadership" - Nigel Farage

Milei would be the "template" for my government - Kemi Badenoch

The Polio Vaccine Was a Miracle—and We Must Not Forget It As a polio survivor, I am a dinosaur today. My great hope is that our country’s living memory of the disease ends with my generation.

Some day, there won't be anyone left who remembers life before the polio vaccine. But while there still are, listen to them: www.thebulwark.com/p/polio-vacc...

Comic. “Measure [Twice], cut [Once]” -Carpenty Proverb. [Scatter plot with number of measurements on y axis and number of cuts on x axis. Points in a descending line on graph: surveyor, surgeon, good carpenter, careless carpenter, really bad carpenter, serial killer]

Measure Twice, Cut Once

xkcd.com/3149/

bUt iTs aLL bIDenS fAuLT

Quick reminder: they can still release the Epstein files during a government shutdown.

"Farage does not like having his policies criticised, because he's used to simply standing on the sidelines."

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper responds to Nigel Farage calling the Prime Minister's language "a disgrace".

#Newsnight

Strong words from Ed Miliband at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool...

"Elon Musk: Get the hell out of our politics and our country"

Very good passage on Farage. "Decline is good for their business... When was the last time you heard Nigel Farage say anything positive about Britain's future? He doesn't like Britain... He wants you to doubt it as much as he does."

Held Hostage by Cartoon Villains: Notes from the Decline Now Featuring Russian Bribes and MAGA-Grade Madness In the UK Spin-Off Nobody Asked For

How much more of this bllocks are we supposed to take?

Trump’s clearly demented. Reform’s a bin fire of bad ideas and Russian fingerprints.

And still, it feels like the left are turning up to a gunfight with a dildo.

My thoughts here:

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“Fascism is a political system built on control, fear, and loyalty to a strong leader. Fascism attacks democracy.”

A quick primer on fascism and anti-fascism:

"Whoever forbids Antifa, wants fascism! Make Antifa Great Again!" - Banner held by Bayern Munich fans on Friday, right behind the goal, so guaranteed to be in the broadcast worldwide.

"Whoever forbids Antifa, wants fascism! Make Antifa Great Again!" - Bayern Munich fans on Friday, right behind the goal, so guaranteed to be in the broadcast worldwide.

The revelations about Musk, Thiel and Bannon maintaining links with Epstein while he was apparently targeted by Russian intelligence is the missing story

HOW DARE YOU MAKE ME CONFRONT THE TRUTH

yes

how are #Labour SO BAD AT THIS?

So, Sunday Times runs with latest poll showing Farage winning if there was an election now. But makes NO mention of Reform’s collusion with Russia. And this is how democracy gets beaten to death in the dark. Voters are not being told the truth. Reform is given the stage but is NEVER held to account.

Smoke and mirrors Why is Keir Starmer allowing the right wing to set the political agenda with confected crises, rather than engaging with real issues?

“Why is Keir Starmer allowing the right wing to set the political agenda with confected crises, rather than engaging with real issues?”

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Full on 100% Don Quixote

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Perhaps read this.

Keir Starmer's aides are reportedly telling him not to go to the COP30 climate conference, because Reform would attack him for it.
Yes, they might.
And he should wear it as a badge of honour.
Standing up for humanity, for science and a habitable planet.
Where's the hazard in that?

look, i'm not saying that paypalpatine's trips to pedo island involved sexual offences of any kind. i have no idea. i'm just asking questions...

Media: REFORM ON TRACK TO WIN NEXT ELECTION

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@simonloverules.bsky.social you were wondering about Slow Horses locations. The open estate and square is in Harlow Essex. I’m very pleased about this because I didn’t look it up, I just knew it because of my own project and the very distinctive tiling.