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Three more Farage bloc MEPs alleged to have followed Russian asset’s script At least eight MEPs elected for Ukip or Brexit party now known to have been focus of efforts by jailed Nathan Gill

In latest "Patriot" news:

The CPS has named three more Ukip/Brexit Party MEPs who appear to have followed the script provided to Nathan Gill by Oleg Voloshyn when interviewed by pro-Russian TV in 2019, bringing the total to *eight*. 👀~AA

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

YouTube comments sections are also becoming more X like, really gross.

Baroness Mone hits out at Kemi Badenoch over PPE VIP lanes:

‘I acted no differently than Matt Hancock who referred 4 companies…
And let’s not forget Michael Gove & his referral of 4 contracts to his friend David Meller’

Reform’s immigration plan falls apart on hard contact with evidence, economics and any form of engaged brain. Never be afraid to stand up for this country and its decency and future by giving them short shrift.

He didn’t say he would though. I desperately was a form of PR but at no stage did he promise change.

Times: "Asylum protests swell across the UK " headline, reporting an underwhelming wave.

Leeds "draws 70"
Cardiff "disorganised + small"
Altrincham "*swelled* to around 200"
Cheshunt about 250
Chichester: about 100
Portsmouth: about 70 v 70 on each side

www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Screegrab of thread on X, by Lib Dem Councillor Tom Astell: "Cllr Tom Astell @tomastell Something very concerning is happening in Hull & East Yorkshire. The new Reform UK Mayor has launched a website for a “£1m Community Fund.” Here’s why residents should be worried 👇 1/10 1:06 PM · Aug 17, 2025 · 57.7K Views Cllr Tom Astell @tomastell · 20h The site (http://lukeasksyou.com) carries the Combined Authority logo & privacy policy, making it look like an official consultation and that the Combine Authority will be the ones handling your data. 2/10 Cllr Tom Astell @tomastell · 20h But when you complete the survey, you’re told it’s “promoted by Reform UK.” Your personal data goes to the party — not the Authority. 3/10 Cllr Tom Astell @tomastell · 20h And the £1m fund? It doesn’t exist. It has never been through the Combined Authority Executive Board. No decision. No approval. It’s not even clear if the Combined Authority actually has the ability or monies available for such a fund. 4/10 Cllr Tom Astell @tomastell · 20h The Constitution is clear: any spending over £250,000 is a Key Decision. It must be formally approved. That hasn’t happened. 5/10"

Screegrab of thread on X, by Lib Dem Councillor Tom Astell: " Cllr Tom Astell @tomastell · 20h So residents are being invited to pitch ideas for a fund that hasn’t been agreed — while handing their data to a political party. 6/10 Cllr Tom Astell @tomastell · 20h This is a serious breach of trust. Public branding. Party data collection. A non-existent fund. Residents deserve honesty. 7/10 Cllr Tom Astell @tomastell · 20h I’ve written to the Combined Authority Chief Exec demanding answers: 🔹 Has this fund been authorised? 🔹 Who approved use of CA branding? 🔹 Is this an official consultation — or a party campaign tool? 8/10 Cllr Tom Astell @tomastell · 20h I’ve also raised this with the Monitoring Officer, Chief Finance Officer and the ICO. Governance and transparency matter. 9/10 Cllr Tom Astell @tomastell Public office is a public trust. Hull & East Yorkshire deserves honesty, not smoke and mirrors. 10/10 1:06 PM · Aug 17, 2025 · 5,987 Views"

An important thread. What is Reform UK up to? ~AA

These are the kind of stories I want to see about asylum seekers. Not the boats.

🔗 www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...

Newspaper gives misleading impression of the percentage of sexual crime committed by foreign nationals

Crime and the perception of crime: @jburnmurdoch.ft.com via @stephenkb.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/9623...

Revealed: How foreign billionaires pump millions into British politics The Elon Musk-shaped hole in Starmer’s Election Bill

🔴 NEW: Foreign billionaires are using UK companies to pour millions into British politics — legally.

We found £6m+ in political donations from UK firms owned by foreign nationals — people who can’t vote in Britain.

New on Democracy for Sale (🧵)

democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-h...

When the left riots* the question is "what's wrong with the left?"

When the right riots* the question is "what's wrong with the country?"

*What constitutes a "riot" can also be wildly different. We're moral panicking over sings at left wing protests as right wing thugs fight cops.

Our conversation over the last couple of days suggests a complete moral breakdown, at a national scale. Instead of sympathising with far-right protests, politicians should be fucking challenging them.

inews.co.uk/opinion/star...

It's a wonder we don't find these people covered in lamb's blood and speaking in tongues when they legislate, they're absolutely off their tits.

New research reveals the best attack lines to use against Reform How to stop Farage...

🔴 New research reveals the best attack lines to use against Reform

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Children queuing for supplements killed in Israeli strike in Gaza, hospital says Eight children were among 15 people reportedly killed when a queue for nutritional supplements was hit in Deir al-Balah.

Massacre after massacre, day after day - the deliberate annihilation of an entire civilian population.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Israeli forces fire on people waiting for aid in Gaza, killing 25, witnesses and hospitals say Palestinian witnesses say Israeli forces and drones opened fire toward hundreds of people waiting for aid trucks in central Gaza.

BREAKING: Palestinian witnesses and hospitals say Israeli forces opened fire toward hundreds of people waiting for aid trucks in central Gaza, killing at least 25 people.

🔹 You would be hard pressed to find a problem in modern day Britain that the Conservatives did not make worse.

14 years of inaction.

14 years of broken promises.

14 years of rising inequality.

14 years of division.

14 years of incompetence.

‪@songicartoons.bsky.social‬ ‬ 🎯

Hell of a chart, this, from @financialtimes.com. Spot the JCPOA.

on.ft.com/4kSuQYO

The astounding hypocrisy of the UK’s DOGE-obsessed politicians When we exposed obscene levels of fraud and waste, Farage, Badenoch and co. were nowhere to be seen...

The astounding hypocrisy of the UK’s DOGE-obsessed politicians

UK risks becoming an ‘incubator economy’ if we don’t take action to support our tech companies to scale up - Committees - UK Parliament The Communications and Digital Committee publishes its report 'AI and creative technology scaleups: less talk, more action'.

Supporting UK AI and creative tech startups on the agenda at 10am as members debate the Lords Communications and Digital Committee's report. Detailed scrutiny of two private members' bills follows.

➡ Find out more committees.parliament.uk/committee/17...

What just happened to Oxford Ionics was very dispiriting.

Ros Atkins on... The White House claims on BBC Gaza coverage On Tuesday White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt launched an attack on the BBC's coverage of reports that Israeli forces had killed Palestinians near an aid distribution centre in Gaza. She cla...

On Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt made a series of claims about the BBC's coverage of events in Gaza on Sunday. We've looked at the claims - and the number of misrepresentations and untruths that they contained. www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

US anti‑abortion cash floods UK free speech frontlines Democracy for Sale investigation finds US anti‑abortion lawyer funding Toby Young’s Free Speech Union, while Alliance Defending Freedom’s UK spending soars.

UK right-wingers showing an increasing interest in anti-abortion rhetoric as US money starts to flood in - very interesting report from @petergeoghegan.bsky.social

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Hope anyone in need or homeless sees this

Going to keep saying it - the Farage effect is largely an illusion. Many, many more people loathe him than like him.

This is staggering.

Real wages have grown more in the first 10 months of this Labour government than during the first ten years of Tory governments since 2010.

And not one apology from Conservative MPs for the mess they left us in today - shameful.

With Labour there are thousands more water company inspections & a record number of criminal investigations over sewage dumping.

Tories caused record levels of illegal sewage to be dumped into our rivers, lakes & seas.

Labour is cleaning up their mess & a record number of criminal investigations have been launched against water companies.

#Labour #KeirStarmer