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DrRoyBailey

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Former senior police officer, lecturer and business consultant. Bracknell Constituency Labour Party Chair and councillor. Doctorate in criminal justice. Commentator on policing and criminal justice. Carer, anti racist and Oxford United fan. #FRSA

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“It’s no longer a political calculus. It’s a moral and legal and Constitutional obligation of Congress to [impeach]. It would be a violation of the oath of office for a member of Congress not to push for impeachment when it is possible.”

26.02.2026 14:22 — 👍 9848    🔁 2833    💬 369    📌 138
Photo of Yusuf at a lectern saying “shadow Home Secretary” (Wot?)

Reform's plan for a 'British ICE' combines cruelty with stupidity

Photo of Yusuf at a lectern saying “shadow Home Secretary” (Wot?) Reform's plan for a 'British ICE' combines cruelty with stupidity

Project forward to 2036 under a majority Reform government and the picture darkens further. Britain would be smaller, older and whiter; more isolated from Europe; paradoxically, more vulnerable to foreign interterence and less able to fund its own defence.
The welfare state would shrink to a skeleton. Charity would fill the gaps.
Flags would proliferate; rights would not. The police and courts would be politicised. The BBC could disappear.
The NHS would survive only as a minimal safety net. Protections against discrimination would erode - you might indeed be sacked for being disabled.
Migrants and even their British-born children could find their rights curtailed unless they were deemed to
"contribute" sufficiently. Meanwhile, the wealthiest would enjoy a generous, low-tax regime.

Project forward to 2036 under a majority Reform government and the picture darkens further. Britain would be smaller, older and whiter; more isolated from Europe; paradoxically, more vulnerable to foreign interterence and less able to fund its own defence. The welfare state would shrink to a skeleton. Charity would fill the gaps. Flags would proliferate; rights would not. The police and courts would be politicised. The BBC could disappear. The NHS would survive only as a minimal safety net. Protections against discrimination would erode - you might indeed be sacked for being disabled. Migrants and even their British-born children could find their rights curtailed unless they were deemed to "contribute" sufficiently. Meanwhile, the wealthiest would enjoy a generous, low-tax regime.

“Rarely has a British political party unveiled a programme that combines cruelty with impracticality on such an extravagant scale.”

Chilling on Reform’s increasingly confident fascism. High on viciousness and greed. Very low on wisdom. A ruinous combination.
www.independent.co.uk/voices/zia-y...

24.02.2026 07:44 — 👍 1989    🔁 894    💬 137    📌 50
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Loads and loads of teams out today in Gorton & Denton - here’s a very small selection featuring colleagues.

24.02.2026 23:19 — 👍 29    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Look.

People get divorced for all manner of reasons, and it's nobody else's business.

However.

When a politician is using the slogan:

Family. Community. Country.

It's perfectly reasonable to point out that they are recently divorced and live in the SE of England miles from Gorton and Denton.

24.02.2026 22:36 — 👍 772    🔁 232    💬 38    📌 4
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Populism is plain to see all around us | Letters Letters: The characteristics include attachments to authoritarian regimes including the one based in the Kremlin, writes Kevin Lloyd; plus a letter from Peter Gray

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

24.02.2026 23:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Neighbour does not hate neighbour in Gorton and Denton. That’s why Labour will beat Reform | Angeliki Stogia We see Thursday’s byelection as a straight fight between us and Farage’s poisonous politics, says Angeliki Stogia, Labour’s candidate in the Gorton and Denton byelection

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24.02.2026 23:30 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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So Epstein buddies Andrew and Mandelson have been arrested in the UK. And in the US? Zero, zip, nada | Marina Hyde At least the British gave us the perp-walk shots. But I fear that any Americans seeking real justice will have to wait, and wait, and wait, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

24.02.2026 23:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Devastating expose - Zero Line - on Russia’s brutal treatment of its soldiers. Putin is destroying Russia.

24.02.2026 22:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Just returning home from an event in London, where Fiona Hill was the guest speaker. With John Sopel as Chair, she spoke powerfully, with great clarity and insight about all things Trump and Russia.

23.02.2026 22:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Great final flourish from Heidi Alexander on #bbcqt tonight. She impressively denounced the hypocrisy and falsehoods of both the Tory and Reform panelists.

19.02.2026 23:44 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Over 80% of 16 to 24-year-olds would vote to rejoin the EU, ITV poll finds

www.itv.com/news/2026-02...

19.02.2026 13:04 — 👍 886    🔁 264    💬 51    📌 10
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🚨 NEW: Turns out Generation Z, who have to live with Farage’s Russian project, don’t want Brexit.
83% of 16- to 24-year-olds would vote to rejoin the EU, while just 17% would keep Farage’s Russian project going.
Gen Z was too young to vote in 2016.
Source: ITV #UKNews

19.02.2026 14:10 — 👍 131    🔁 42    💬 7    📌 2
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Prince Andrew's Arrest Across the pond in Britain, justice and accountability is a serious matter

Never in a million years did I ever fathom when I resurrected the Epstein story in 2018 that it would lead to first arrest of a British Royal in four centuries. Not since King Charles I was arrested in 1647.
open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...

19.02.2026 14:32 — 👍 33788    🔁 7834    💬 1933    📌 786

The American president is more insulated from accountability than a British royal.

Our political system provides the elite with immunity. It has to change.

19.02.2026 14:44 — 👍 26026    🔁 5892    💬 797    📌 269

With today’s unprecedented events, will the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor provide the stimulus for similar action in the US?! The scale of Epstein’s crimes demand urgent justice.

19.02.2026 19:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Should your esteemed constabulary be inclined to cross the pond, we are in possession of a most splendid catalogue of miscreants (which we would be delighted to preserve in like confidentiality) for your good offices to apprehend.

19.02.2026 13:24 — 👍 6513    🔁 1317    💬 310    📌 48
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Americans waking up to news that Prince Andrew has been arrested for Epstein ties

19.02.2026 12:57 — 👍 16278    🔁 2900    💬 616    📌 174
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Elon Musk has accused Reform UK of being "Nazis" and wanting "race extinction". #UKNews

18.02.2026 19:13 — 👍 39    🔁 14    💬 19    📌 11
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BREAKING: Prime Minister Keir Starmer responds to Reform UK’s “shocking” plan to scrap the Equality Act

19.02.2026 06:58 — 👍 360    🔁 116    💬 29    📌 12
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office – live The police raided Andrew’s Norfolk home this morning

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...

19.02.2026 11:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This is a significant development and I hope it triggers similar police action in the US. No one is above the law.

19.02.2026 10:39 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office - live updates It comes after Thames Valley Police said they were assessing a complaint over the alleged sharing of confidential material by the former prince with Jeffrey Epstein.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c7...

19.02.2026 10:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Holy shit.

A lot of people have suggested this, but I don’t think Lieu would make the allegation unless he had seen some evidence.

18.02.2026 19:34 — 👍 18617    🔁 6993    💬 1312    📌 564
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🚨 BREAKING: Nigel Farage has announced that Robert Jenrick will be Reform UK's Shadow Chancellor

18.02.2026 08:48 — 👍 1306    🔁 636    💬 169    📌 60

If someone had told me ten years ago that in 2026, there could be evidence of the president raping and threatening to kill children, and he would *still* be allowed to stay in office, I would have politely asked them to put down the meth pipe.

18.02.2026 22:27 — 👍 22777    🔁 5988    💬 809    📌 268
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Listen closely to every word of this

19.02.2026 01:16 — 👍 10646    🔁 4952    💬 357    📌 321

It's totally disingenuous of the media to claim postponing local council elections is a Labour Government policy. It isn't, the policy is exactly the same as the last Tory government policy, allowing councils to request postponement if certain criteria is met. Who needs facts eh.

17.02.2026 17:14 — 👍 55    🔁 23    💬 6    📌 1
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Rallies held across the world in support of Iran’s anti-government protesters Reza Pahlavi, son of the last shah, tells 200,000 in Munich he is ready to lead Iran to a ‘secular democratic future’

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

15.02.2026 21:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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UK’s top prosecutor says ‘nobody above law’ amid claims against former prince Andrew Director of public prosecutions says he is confident police would examine any evidence of potential misconduct

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

15.02.2026 21:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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UK considers new Russia sanctions after Navalny frog toxin finding Yvette Cooper says claim against Kremlin ‘deeply serious’ while Russia dismisses western ‘feeblemindedness’

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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