Ross Houston

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

Newly-built council homes to be exempt from Right to Buy for 35 years Pennycook announces further reforms, including changes to use of receipts, eligibility and discounts

Brilliant news for #ukhousing thank you @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social @teamlabouruk.bsky.social
make it so @stevehilditch.bsky.social @simplicitly.bsky.social @alisoninman.bsky.social @martinhwheatley.bsky.social @tomemurtha.bsky.social
Free at last, good god almighty, free at last

Nearly 70 years since the Sovereign first opened Parliament, we welcomed Their Majesties back to Canada — a nation proud of its roots and with a bold, ambitious plan for its future.

Trump's 'Grotesque' Plane Crash Comments Leave Democrats Gobsmacked "What a horrible, pathetic, little man," one said of the president blaming DEI efforts for the deadly crash.

The Reviews Are In! 👀

“Grotesque & Outrageous” “Downright Disgusting” “Disgraceful” “Absolutely Shameful” “Despicable” “Racist & Sexist” “A Betrayal” “Monstrous” “Simply UnAmerican” “Craven” “Pathetic” “Absolutely Vile” “What A Horrible Pathetic Little Man!”
#EmbarrassmentInChief 😩

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Can’t believe the updates from The US…

Two emotionally detached narcissists engineering what appears to be a mass looting of the country

Triggering culture, tariff and diplomatic wars

…while rolling out orders that will hurt the pockets, safety & health of its citizens.

Trump’s revenge agenda has shocked officials who ‘didn’t think it was going to be this bad’, insiders say Trump’s better-known adversaries were expecting payback, but more intense vengeance is being felt by civil servants

Trump’s revenge agenda has shocked officials who ‘didn’t think it was going to be this bad’, insiders say.

Trump’s better-known adversaries were expecting payback, but more intense vengeance is being felt by civil servants.

The WSJ Editorial Board slams Trump’s trade war with Camada and Mexico:

“Mr. Trump sometimes sounds as if the U.S. shouldn’t import anything at all, that America can be a perfectly closed economy making everything at home. This is called autarky, and it isn’t the world we live in…”

I don’t love lawsuits at all, but in this case the admin needs buried in them

I’ve got to agree with the Wall Street Journal editorial board this time.

Dear Canada and Mexico,

We’re so, so sorry.

— Sane America

Americans — especially those in red states — are about to learn a very painful lesson about how tariffs work. Despite Trump’s idiotic claims to the contrary, American consumers will soon pay higher prices because of Canada’s 25% retaliatory tariffs, in response to Trump’s tariffs.

Welcome to FAFO.

The Price America Will Pay for Trump’s Tariffs Alienating allies and partners that the U.S. desperately needs means that “America First” will be “America Alone.”

"America First" becomes "America Alone"
from @davidfrum.bsky.social

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Elon Musk may now have unique sway over the US Treasury What could possibly go wrong with giving the tech mogul access to federal payments?

Elon Musk May Now Have Unique Sway Over the US Treasury

What could possibly go wrong with giving the tech mogul access to federal payments?

Save The Prince Charles Cinema The iconic Prince Charles Cinema in London’s West End future is under serious threat! We are beyond disappointed that our landlords Zedwell LSQ Ltd and their ultimate parent company Criterion Capital...

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Never forget #LightTheDarkness #HolocaustMemorialDay

For too long, renters have had limited rights and have lived in insecure and poor conditions.
Today I am voting for the Labour Government’s Renters' Rights Bill. This will empower renters, outlaw no-fault evictions and protect tenants from dangerous damp and mould.

Exclusive: How One Labour Minister Is 'Smashing' Tory Attempts To Revive The Culture Wars Diana Johnson has repeatedly slapped down Conservative MPs.

While some stoke culture wars and divisions, the Labour Government is focussing on delivering our Plan for Change on the issues that matter to mainstream Britain:
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Whose land? Tax avoidance and the broken economics of British farming Noise in the billionaire press about inheritance tax changes hides a basic fact: the non-farming rich own too much land

"James Dyson owns 36,000 acres of agricultural land, estimated to be worth in excess of £550mn... Prior to Reeves’ new tax regulations there would have been no tax to pay if he had died and passed the land on to his successors."

'London Snow', Warwick Square (1955) by Iain Macnab

(Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art)

'Snow in London' (1949) by Charles James McCall

(Private collection)

Good morning! This week's theme is Winter ❄️
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'London Snow' (1932) by Gwen Raverat

'Nightfall, Fleet Street and the Royal Courts of Justice' by Michael Alford
michaelalford.co.uk

The Ship and Shovell, Craven Passage, Charing Cross, London - November 2024

The media’s dangerous embrace of Farage: a critical look at BBC’s Question Time The BBC’s platforming of Nigel Farage on Question Time promotes divisive and misleading rhetoric, distorting the debate on immigration

📣 The media’s dangerous embrace of Farage: a critical look at BBC’s Question Time

The BBC’s platforming of Nigel Farage on Question Time promotes divisive and misleading rhetoric, distorting the debate on immigration

By Dr Russell Jackson

When Rachel Reeves became Chancellor, she discovered the true scale of the damage left behind by the Tories.
That’s why she is focused on fixing the foundations of our economy to make working people better off.

Winter sunset in Norway

After months of dysfunction and miscommunication, is the Starmer method finally working? | Rafael Behr The prime minister won’t learn charisma, but he has a record of going places by doggedly clearing the obstacles in his way, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

Column on Labour's steep learning curve, salvaging the non-lunatic bits of Cummings critique of the state and sifting the slurry of bad headlines for signs that Starmer's way might work www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

BREAKING: “Russia and China have tried to destabilise our nations to intimidate us. #NATO Allies will face these threats by continuing to stand together. None of these actions will deter us from supporting #Ukraine or making our own defences stronger”

Mark Rutte
Secretary General of NATO👏