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can't believe the BBC edited Donald Trump's posts to make it seem like he threatened violence against members of Congress

Covid inquiry: Lockdown could have been avoided and other key findings The long-awaited report is published into how well or badly the government handled the Covid pandemic.

Eh? How on earth is this your headline, BBC News website, when surely the main finding of the report is that tens of thousands of people died unnecessarily because, on more than one occasion and for all sorts of reasons (complacency, toxic culture etc.), those in charge didn't lockdown early enough?

‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10

Remembering the hit of fear as Italians I respect immensely told me in early March that "you must lock down ASAP". While the British government said these were "populist – non-science based – measures that aren't any use" and "they're who not to follow".
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

I know I’m a libtard but I think it’s bad the U.S. president keeps calling for the killing of specific sitting elected officials who didn’t even commit crimes

Shabana Mahmood's proposal to stop being told to "go back home" is to send people "home". Her proposal to stop black and brown people from feeling like they don't belong, is to bake in to the immigration system that they will never belong.

‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10

TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE. For shame, Mr Johnson and the team you pretended to lead. Preventable deaths on your hands. They will not return to us. You live on, rich and vainglorious.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Nigel Farage Is a Racist The media is refusing to state the most bleedingly obvious facts about a man whose entire career has been devoted to pursuing a racist political agenda

On Nigel Farage's racism, of course it is possible that someone can believe one thing when they're a teenager and something completely different when they're an adult.

But where is the evidence that has happened in this case?

Instead all of the evidence points in the complete opposite direction

Covid inquiry live: ‘Inexcusable’ delays under Johnson led to 23,000 deaths Lockdowns may have been avoided if Boris Johnson’s government had acted faster, damning report finds

Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...

"Professor Susan Michie, Director of the Centre for Behaviour Change at University College London, stated that the “initial secrecy surrounding SAGE’s membership, minutes and reports” was the “main reason” for the formation of Independent SAGE."
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Independent SAGE is mentioned in the report of module 2 of the UK Covid Inquiry.

"Much comment and expertise existed in the public domain, with
Independent SAGE (see below) being one of the most visible commentators."
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Another day where you have to wonder whether the Canadian and Mexican governments have prepared contingency plans to handle any regional fallout from serious civil disorder in the United States

A former UK prime minister held responsible for tens of thousands of deaths while the US president calls for elected politicians to be hanged.

A jolt of a reminder that law and policy are ultimately about life and death.

And politicians are often not up to dealing with such things.

The Covid Inquiry finds that if Boris Johnson had called the first lockdown even one week earlier then it could have saved at least 20,000 lives.

Here's a quick reminder of what Johnson was actually doing during those weeks

The Covid inquiry’s findings are shocking but unsurprising now, so the main thing it left me thinking is that without a vaccine we wd’ve been utterly screwed. & if you worked round the clock to make a thing that saved millions of lives globally, to see that legacy trashed by anti-vaxxers…

Important: House Dem leaders just said Trump's call for execution of Dems has prompted them to contact US Capitol Police and House Sergeant at Arms to "ensure the safety of these members and their families."

Treat Trump like an unhinged menace. He's weak and in deep political trouble. Don't let up.

Labour MPs Call For A More Serious Review Of The Government's Use Of X Labour MPs are calling for ministers to take control of decisions over the government’s continued use of X, as concerns grow about the platform’s s...

I’m calling on the UK Government to seriously review its presence on X (formerly Twitter) and then leave. It’s not just a communication channel anymore. Read more:
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This does feel like a major crossing of the Rubicon – the world's best-funded and in many ways most powerful public health agency is now actively pushing disinformation.

I know there's a *lot* going on to care about at the moment, but this one really is significant, and matters well beyond the US.

Dinner with Mr Brexit: Bannon’s European Revolution – Planned with Farage, Backed by Epstein Nigel Farage was the figurehead and his partner Laure Ferrari started it. Steve Bannon and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were providing almost daily support

“Dinner with Mr Brexit: Bannon’s European Revolution – Planned with Farage, Backed by Epstein
Nigel Farage was the figurehead and his partner Laure Ferrari started it. Steve Bannon and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were providing almost daily support” bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/d...

That's unfair to the Arctic Circle, its done nothing to deserve that!

So… the Epstein File Transparency Act has this exception. What can go wrong….

Reform UK councillor suspended over WhatsApp group Nigel Farage’s party is launching an investigation into the messages

Lancashire Reform Cllr (council lead for resources and finance) Tom Pickup suspended for membership in WhatsApp group where some called for Muslim genocide, mass deportations, shooting of the PM, and telling people to start stockpiling weapons to attack 'lefties' & 'immigrants' tinyurl.com/5fyzx372

So ReFUK has suspended this councillor, Tom Pickup, for being in this WhatsApp group. Was it the racist sentiment?

The call for Muslim genocide?

The mass deportations?

Shooting the PM?

Stockpiling weapons to attack “lefties & immigrants”

Where’s the line?

I'm in Dublin as I needed to be close to the airport for work. But know Wexford well as that's where my father was from, and I lived there for a while.

Unless you live in London, steel yourself for the VFM shock on housing...

Left in 2017, partly due to Brexit, but also seeing effect of austerity on my sector + business, and UK rapidly going backwards compared to most of the rest of Europe.

Not pretending its been all roses where I've lived since (🇫🇷, now 🇮🇪), but def an ⬆️QoL + feel far more valued professionally.

I relocated to Ireland last year (for family reasons) after 8 yrs based in France. DM me if you want the real low-down on life here :)

Ditto. Left in 2017, along with my business. Will never ever live in the UK again.

It's time we asked a different question about migration: Why are so many British people leaving the UK?

inews.co.uk/opinion/immi...

Trump Was Working With Putin The Entire Time And Now Europe and Ukraine Will Pay The Price

Well, once again it was shown that Trump's "support" for Ukraine was a con. He has been working with Putin in secret to craft a "peace" deal which the US and Russia will now try to shove down Ukrainian and European throats. Just sent out this free piece. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

This is deeply troubling - and sounds all too likely. Moment of truth approaching for Ukraine and Europe

I do not think that anger is a helpful emotion. It does not really do anything that is positive.

But I must admit that I am angry at a very fundamental level these days because everything that is currently happening in the UK was predictable and predicted. Not in every detail, but in the ... 🧵