Peter Holmes

Yes I wish I had started with than point! Thank you for trudging all the way down thread to find it.

Governor Whitmer was almost kidnapped by armed thugs. Governor Shapiro‘s house was set on fire. Nancy Pelosi‘s husband was violently attacked by someone looking for her. Melissa Hortman was assassinated in her home with her husband and dog…and now this. The left is the victim, not the perpetrator.

Also even if there is Top Secret material justifying a ban, it’s very difficult I think to argue that retired GPs and Quaker students holding up a cardboard sign are party to that information or responsible for it

Kemi Badenoch told the BBC in Northern Ireland that "the last time I checked, Northern Ireland voted to Leave". (56% Remain). One reason she didn't know/ recall the actual result is probably that she is more familiar with Unionist MPs from Northern Ireland but much less aware of Catholic opinion

UK and EU poised to strike deal sparing British business from carbon border tax Exclusive: temporary deal to shield UK exporters from levy’s impact is now viewed by both sides as likely

This is good news. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Have taken the time to read this *extraordinary* 161p ruling by Federal Judge William Young. Absolute must-read to understand the full extent of Trump regime's depravity and lawlessness, the steep extent of 🇺🇸 descent into authoritarianism & the enabling role of integrity-free Roberts Court

This has got to be one of the dumbest, crassest and least impressive articulations of military power in history.

Sums up this most dismal moment.

Britain is going backwards under Starmer, Labour voters say Disappointing figures come on the eve of a crucial Labour Party Conference

Labour voters overwhelmingly cite Brexit as the number one cause of our current difficulties, with 69% naming the decision to leave the EU as the main reason behind the country’s problems.
inews.co.uk/news/politic...

Pioneer Square Webcam in Portland Pioneer Square Webcam in Portland

This is Portland right now. We’re“under siege” by pollen and potholes, that’s about it. We have a ton of live webcams if you want to watch us go to the farmers markets or walking our dogs, we love dogs.
Release the Epstein files.
www.camscape.com/webcam/pione...

On the first day in office, this President pardoned actual violent insurrectionists who stormed our Capitol.

Now he’s making up shit in Portland to justify using the military AGAINST the American people.

Real POS behavior from this TEMU dictator.

this is an extraordinary canary in the coal mine

UK needs ‘ambitious’ EU youth migration deal, says Rachel Reeves The chancellor believes allowing young people to live and work in Britain would boost the economy and reduce the need for tax rises in the budget

The Chancellor right - the road to uk economic growth goes firmly through Europe and addressing damage Brexit has done to business. The deal we have so far shows the door is open to us to do so- join us in @labour4europe.bsky.social campaigning to do just that www.thetimes.com/article/ea32...

Labour must grab the microphone from Reform UK and stand up for true British values | Lucy Powell If elected deputy Labour leader, I would take the fight to Nigel Farage and show him for what he really is, says Labour MP Lucy Powell

“Labour must grab the microphone from Reform UK and stand up for true British values”
@lucympowell.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"To be credible, Reeves’ fiscal rules must be judged economically and politically sustainable. As things stand they are not."

Reform UK’s ex-leader in Wales Nathan Gill pleads guilty to bribery charges Gill admits to eight counts of bribery relating to pro-Russia statements made in the European parliament and articles

This should also be an EU story - former Brexit Party MEP has pleaded guilty to bribary charges, including for making statements "which were “supportive of a particular narrative” that would “benefit Russia regarding events in Ukraine” in 2018/19:

The United States Secretary of Defense (aka, Major Pete) is either (a) openly celebrating Nazis and planning to destroy the US government from within or (b) a punk-assed internet troll trying to look tough to offset his gross deficiencies. Neither is good.

Lord Glasman, who Curtis Yarvin told me was a "charming fellow", is now calling Yarvin a "wanker" in the Byline Times and disputing Yarvin's claim that they hung out the night before I met him in June bylinetimes.com/2025/09/25/b...

Last time I looked Robert Jenrick was not leading the Conservative Party

How the simmering UK freedom of speech row reached boiling point How did we reach a point where the UK is being compared to a 'tin pot Third World dictatorship'?

What on Earth is this? An "in depth" BBC article about free speech in the UK that only cites examples of right-wing/ 'anti-woke' speech being suppressed. How can you mention Lucy Connolly but completely ignore Palestine Action / Just Stop Oil? Gob-smacking. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Kimmel Saga Reveals a MAGA Strategy — and Its Defense Pressure from above and below convinced Disney to suspend the TV host, and only concerted public pressure restored him.

Trump uses both top-down and bottom-up pressure to consolidate power. But as Kimmel’s uncancellation shows, it doesn’t always work

The most successful novelist of her generation can't actually enter this country to accept an award for fear of arrest, someone tell the BBC

For 56 minutes Sky News and BBC News interrupted everything else and carried a Reform UK feed live, uninterrupted, unchallenged. The stream spluttered, froze, pixelated - dozens of times - still they stuck with it. FOR ONE HOUR.

This is an editorial choice. No other party gets this coverage. ~AA

Media reveal alleged Russian plot to influence Moldovan parliamentary elections The documents seen by Bloomberg outline a multi-layered strategy reportedly coordinated directly by the Kremlin.

🚨🚨 "Surprise, surprise": #Moscow has devised a plan to interfere in the #Moldovan parliamentary elections and disrupt the country's path toward EU membership, @bloomberg.com reported on Sept. 22, citing documents it had seen. 🧵
kyivindependent.com/media-reveal...

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The grim prioritisation for infected blood scandal compensation, brought about by inordinate delays. From @privateeyenews.bsky.social - chance to read online…
private-eye.co.uk/in-the-back

Starmer and Miliband’s £22bn Net Zero carbon capture plan sending lots of zeroes into the bank accounts of UK’s luckiest businessmen, as they buy 12 acre plot that the Teesside part is being built on for £12.43 (plus VAT). Details in latest @privateeyenews.bsky.social

Critical infrastructure update: 20 substations on Teesside sold to local businessmen for £10.91, as they’re gifted 45% stake in previously publicly-owned electricity network. Another bonanza on the Tees for the lucky few. Full details in @privateeyenews.bsky.social

Bill for lawyers on Post Office scandal hits £350m, more than half to firm that helped fight against Alan Bates then cleaned up on redress scheme. More in @privateeyenews.bsky.social

Catch Eye hack Richard Brooks tonight on ITV1 in The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money.

The documentary tells the story of how some companies with little or no track record in supplying PPE or medical tests were given massive contracts - and made a killing from Covid.

🕙 10:15pm on ITV1 / ITVX