Cllr Martin Rawson

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte says the Alliance is now outproducing Russia in ammunition, a major shift from earlier in the war. He stressed the need to ramp up production and speed up deliveries, with dozens of new lines opening. Focus areas include air defense and low-cost drone interceptors.

New Jersey Democrats end early in-person voting on a high note with another huge day of turnout that dwarfed GOP turnout.

Add in the mail vote advantage and NJ Dems are heading into Election Day with a solid lead.

Now they just have to run through the tape.

Mikie Sherrill is polling at a new high of 49.6% in our average of polls for the New Jersey Governor race.

🔵 Mikie Sherrill 49.6%
🔴 Jack Ciattarelli 44.5%

Only 2 more days until Election Day.

Ukraine war latest updates:Ukraine says it halted Russian push north of Pokrovsk Live coverage of Russia’s war against Ukraine with breaking news and frontline updates. Ukraine says it halted the Russian push north of Pokrovsk and that Myrnohrad has been reinforced.

⚡️Ukraine says it halted Russian advance north of Pokrovsk

Netherlands election: Geert Wilders' far-right party suffers blow as centrists lead in exit poll Far right parties have been on the march in countries including France and Germany, but long-serving Dutch populist leader Geert Wilders has been dealt a blow in his country's latest general election.

Far right suffer losses in Dutch election, with country set for its youngest ever PM

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Female survivors of grooming gangs demand apology from Nigel Farage Exclusive: Five women said Reform leader’s comments that they were victims of other types of sexual abuse were ‘degrading’

Politico: "Five women have called for Nigel Farage to apologise after he suggested they were not victims of grooming gangs but a “very different kind of sexual abuse”...The women said the Reform leader’s comments made them feel “like we have to defend ourselves and prove that we are victims again"

Pennsylvania has an important Supreme Court race coming up on Tuesday, November 4. If you live in the Keystone State, or know someone who does, vote YES to retain three justices who will protect your fundamental rights and freedoms.

Poor Kemi.

#NATO sec general says Putin is "running out of money, troops and ideas"

Rutte is optimistic regarding Western unity, mentioning "good discussions" this week in Washington, Brussels & London, which in his view indicate the right direction to end the war #Ukraine
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Rosneft and Lukoil shares fall by $5.2 billion amid US sanctions — online.ua Shares of Rosneft and Lukoil fell on the Moscow Exchange after Russia's two largest oil companies were hit with US sanctions.

Rosneft & Lukoil shares fall by $5.2 billion amid #US sanctions

According to stock exchange data, in 2 days — Thursday & Friday — the total capitalization of Rosneft & Lukoil decreased by 424 billion rubles
#Ukraine #Russia
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✈️🇬🇧🇹🇷 The UK and Türkiye signed an £8 billion ($10.7 billion) deal for 20 Eurofighter Typhoon jets. First delivery expected in 2030.

Ukraine destroys Russian Buk air defense system worth $45 million, military says Ukraine's "Black Forest" brigade detected and struck a Russian Buk-M3 anti-aircraft missile system at an unspecified location.

⚡️Ukraine destroys Russian Buk air defense system worth $45 million, military says.

Ukraine's "Black Forest" brigade detected and struck a Russian Buk-M3 anti-aircraft missile system at an unspecified location.

Politico: "MPs should consider deleting X, according to a committee led by Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle...

"On social media, the report said MPs should feel “empowered to step away from platforms that pose more harm than benefit.”

Absolutely. Please get on with it.

The Sheer Scale of Conservative Mismanagement of the Asylum System Revealed Billions of pounds were wasted by successive Conservative Home Secretaries on a chaotic and costly system that left vulnerable people at risk, according to a new Parliamentary report

The Sheer Scale of Conservative Mismanagement of the Asylum System Revealed

Billions of pounds were wasted by successive Conservative Home Secretaries on a chaotic and costly system
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Starmer signs £8bn Typhoon jet deal with Turkey The agreement is the largest fighter jet deal in almost 20 years.

Keir Starmer signs £8bn Typhoon jet deal with Turkey

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Explosions are being reported near Moscow for the second night in a row as Ukrainian strike drones target the capital and rear areas. Russian strategic and tactical aircraft are evacuating from airfields near Kubinka and Zhukovsky. Panic in the skies, again.

Labour's Renters Rights Bill is coming into law. This is what it means ⬇️

Racist incidents against UK nurses surge by 55% Royal College of Nursing calls on government to stop using anti-migrant rhetoric, which it says emboldens racist behaviour

The Farage Factor.
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Swedish company Saab ready to open Gripen fighter jet assembly plant in Ukraine – FT The Swedish company Saab is prepared to open a plant in Ukraine for the final assembly of JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets as part of a proposed deal for Kyiv to purchase up to 150 of the aircraft, the Fina...

🇸🇪 Swedish company Saab ready to open Gripen fighter jet assembly plant in Ukraine

GOP’s refusal to swear in Rep-elect Adelita Grijalva is a continuation of Jan. 6 and GOP’s rejection of democracy The GOP is anti-democracy party

GOP’s refusal to swear in Rep-elect Adelita Grijalva is a continuation of Jan. 6 and GOP’s rejection of democracy
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🇪🇪 Estonia is ready to shoot down Russian targets that cross our airspace, - the head of Foreign Ministry

"We will intercept and shoot them down. And the NATO protocol on this issue has existed for 20 years. NATO is ready to defend its territory from the first second, from the first push.

The select committee report on the asylum hotel shambles highlights a point I made repeatedly - the absurd gimicks pursued by the last govt like Rwanda took resources away from running the actual system properly.

'We want this to apply everywhere'

Housing Secretary Steve Reed tells #BBCBreakfast about new rules for social landlords to fix damp and mould within strict timescales - named Awaab’s Law after Awaab Ishak who died from a respiratory condition caused by exposure to mould in his home

Keir Starmer announces closer ties with Turkey

Including 20,000 British jobs building $11 billion worth of Eurofighter jets

YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic 🚨A RECORD 4.5 MILLION CHILDREN NOW LIVE IN POVERTY IN THE UK - its a shocking 31% of all children

🚨A RECORD 4.5 MILLION CHILDREN NOW LIVE IN POVERTY IN THE UK - a shocking & shameful 31% of all children

Ending the two-child limit would lift 470,000 children out of poverty NOW.

I’m joining Trussell in calling on the chancellor to end this cruel policy. Please join us🙏
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Farage is asked about another two of his MEPs, who made the same pro-Russia statements that Nathan Gill has now pled guilty to being bribed to make.

"Opinions are opinions."

Farage's defence seems to be that they arrived at those views independently and it has nowt to do with him.

Hmm. 🤔 ~AA

For ‘adverts’, see also: ‘hospitals’, ‘the Cabinet’, ‘kindergartens’, ‘the England football team’ and, of course, ‘the country’. The only way you can miss this is deliberately. And just watch them try.

Off the top of my head, there have been four egregious examples of weapons grade public racism in the last couple of weeks - Jenrick; the Express hack; Captain Concrete & the Reform woman. The way they are treated by employers, punters & wider media, will directly influence how much more we see.

Factionalism, farce and chaos dogs Reform UK in the garden of England All is not well in Kent for Nigel Farage’s party as the recent video of an incendiary meeting suggests

That’s being to kind to them

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