Kevin Kerrigan

Pretty certain that this was her final
conference speech.

‘Animal Farm’ Never Gets Old Orwell’s classic turns 80.

"The devoted Boxer, sold to the glue factory so that the pigs can buy themselves a few cases of beer, can be seen as a stand-in not only for the Soviet working class but for all the MAGA faithful getting screwed by Trump’s policies." www.thebulwark.com/p/animal-far...

“I would gently point out to Nigel Farage that before we left the EU we had a returns agreement with every country in the EU. He told the country it would make no difference if we left. He was wrong about that. These are Farage boats in many senses coming across the channel” 👏

PM Keir Starmer

Lowry sinks putt that retains Ryder Cup for Europe as they hold off US comeback Shane Lowry’s birdie took Europe to the crucial 14 points after USA staged a nerve-shredding fightback only to lose 15-13 at Bethpage Black

Great to see European teamwork win out against American individualism. There’s a lesson in there somewhere.

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Multiple people shot at Mormon church in Michigan and North Carolina bar Church on fire in violent weekend, with deadly shootings also at Texas casino and New Orleans’ Bourbon Street

You’ve got to hope that one day American voters will come to the realisation that the right to not be shot should override the right to bear arms.

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Keir Starmer attacks ‘racist’ Farage plan to deport people settled in the UK Prime minister says Reform proposal to abolish indefinite leave to remain could ‘tear this country apart’

Starmer is 100% right. Farage’s plan is racist and immoral and needs to be called out as such.

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A cracking all-round team performance today by #cafc. That’s how to send the supporters home happy!

Reform UK expels Seaham councillor over drunken behaviour Jack McGlenen will continue to represent the Dalton and Dawdon ward as an Independent.

Another fine example of what you get as your representative when you vote Reform.

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Ex-Reform UK Wales leader Nathan Gill pleads guilty to bribery charges Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.

Another Reform politician is found out. They’re not to be trusted.

Ex-Reform politician admits Russia-linked bribery charges www.bbc.com/news/article...

Ah lads. Those Reform eejits are really losing their minds.

Burnham says MPs are privately urging him to challenge Starmer for Labour leadership Greater Manchester mayor accuses Downing Street of creating a ‘climate of fear’ and says wholesale change is required

Giving interviews like this to the Telegraph is playing right into Reform and Tory hands. They’ve been trying to destabilise the Labour Party since the moment they got into government.

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Cork court charges anti-immigration activist Derek Blighe with harassing a garda There was no garda objection to bail for Mr Blighe on certain conditions

Glad to see the law catching up with Blighe. He’s going to love checking in with Fermoy gardai twice a week.

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I can’t believe that too many will be disappointed.

After the far right’s march on our streets, Londoners must show Trump we reject his politics of fear | Sadiq Khan These are dark times, but those who seek to divide us will not win. The capital’s soul and spirit are as inclusive and optimistic as ever, says London mayor Sadiq Khan

President Trump has fanned the flames of the far-right.

And now a toxic form of politics is spilling out onto our streets.

These are dark times, but those who seek to divide us will not win. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

There’s a bit of good news for a Monday morning!

Irish woman with green card faces US deportation over $25 bad cheque Donna Hughes-Brown, who has lived in US since 1977 and wrote cheque a decade ago, being held in isolation by Ice

Hardly ranks as a major misdemeanour, especially given the president’s record. Bet he’s not the only voter thinking twice about not having voted for Harris last November.

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Poland shoots down drones over its territory amid Russian attack on Ukraine Donald Tusk says operation launched after ‘repeated violations of Polish airspace’

Israel launching attacks in Qatar and Russian drones in NATO territory. All this shit going down with that imbecile in the White House. Coincidence or because Netanyahu and Putin believe that they can do whatever they like without fear of him standing up to them?

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Boris Johnson under pressure to explain how private office follows funding rules Office is part-funded by public duty costs allowance, which should only be used to support public work of former PMs

Nice ‘n Sleazy does it for Boris Johnson.
Funnily enough the Mail and Telegraph don’t seem to have noticed his shenanigans.

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She’s not wrong.

‘No-holds-barred fight’: California’s governor takes off his gloves to punch back at Trump Gavin Newsom has trolled the president mercilessly online, but he’s counting on his redistricting scheme to reclaim the House for Democrats – and boost his presidential ambitions

Good to see the back of the “when they go low we go high” stuff. MAGA folk never care about the high moral ground but Newsom will be riling them by going just as low as Trump.
He’s building his profile for the next presidential election too.

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Reinforcing the fact that Reform party leaders have no interest in ordinary working people, other than garnering their votes under false pretences come election time.

Reform UK accused of serving a ‘plate of chaos’ at Leicestershire county council Tory opposition criticises leadership after Reform’s 22-year-old deputy leader is removed after three months in role A Reform UK-led county council has served its residents a “plate of chaos” from the start of its leadership, according to its Conservative opposition, after its 22-year-old deputy leader was removed three months into the job. Joseph Boam, elected in May as a Reform councillor for Leicestershire county council, had also been stripped of his cabinet brief for adult social care and communities, said the leader of the Leicestershire Conservatives, Deborah Taylor. Continue reading...

Reform UK accused of serving a ‘plate of chaos’ at Leicestershire county council

Well feckity feck. What a great first day back in the championship for #cafc

There goes the neighbourhood.

Cabinet ministers and third of MPs call on Starmer to recognise state of Palestine Exclusive: Rayner and Cooper understood to back action as 221 MPs sign letter calling for UK recognition of statehood

Past time for the UK government to stand up.

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Never a dull moment with Reform politicians!

Viktor Orban tried to ban the Budapest Pride parade. He got the biggest one yet. Steve Hendrix reports from the Hungarian capital

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Rod Stewart tells people to "give Farage a chance" ahead of Glastonbury 2025 performance Rod Stewart has urged people to give Nigel Farage "a chance" ahead of his 'Legends Slot' at Glastonbury 2025.

From Rod the Mod to Rod the Knob in sixty years

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Cheering support and instant condemnation: US lawmakers respond to attack on Iran Ro Khanna and Bernie Sanders denounced the decision to launch attack, while most Republicans praised the action

Doesn’t seem like the American constitution is worth the paper that it’s written on.

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Two Democratic lawmakers shot, one fatally, in ‘politically motivated assassination’ in Minnesota Police say suspect was dressed as law enforcement and shot at responding officers before escaping

It’s time the political rhetoric in the US was dialled down, starting from the top in the White House.

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