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It’s fascism. Wake up!
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Reform’s mayoral candidate replicates Trump’s controversial Greenland penguin image The White House post sparked further concerns about Donald Trump’s ambitions in Greenland

Even after his disgraceful comments about British veterans - Reform UK politicians seem desperate to ape Trump.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/reform-uk-laila-cunningham-penguin-greenland-donald-trump-b2907512.html

Here’s the lesson of the Andy Burnham saga: Labour needs a new leader – fast | Polly Toynbee Keir Starmer’s dismal decision to block the Greater Manchester mayor has bought him time, but it won’t change his fate, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

"Labour’s impulse for political self-harm defies belief."
"Starmer’s dismal decision to block the Greater Manchester mayor has bought him time, but it won’t change his fate."
"The Starmer tragedy, a good and clever man not made for politics or leadership."
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YouTube video by Femi - F Politics! Suella Braverman defects to Reform UK

Suella Braverman defecting to Reform UK is FANTASTIC NEWS!

She once admitted: Asylum seekers have no choice but to cross the Channel in small boats to seek refuge in the UK.

So when Reform criminalises refugees, they're KNOWINGLY hurting innocent people!

Defection from Reform UK in Buckinghamshire prompts by-election call The Tories regain control of a council as a politician jumps ship after winning for Reform in May.

Reform UK councillor Cameron Anderson said voters would "now feel a great sense of dissatisfaction and injustice".

A bit rich from the party parading their own defectors around and refusing any calls for a by-election?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgjj21p802o

Suella Braverman brutally mocked after defecting to Reform UK In the least surprising defection ever...

Suella Braverman has become the latest high-profile Tory to defect to Reform UK, leading to her being brutally mocked.

Braverman was announced as the latest Tory MP to defect to Nigel Farage’s party during a rally for party activists in London.
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Former Fifa chief Sepp Blatter backs calls to boycott 2026 World Cup Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter has endorsed calls for fans to boycott the 2026 World Cup over President Trump's US administration.

Former Fifa president Sepp Blatter has endorsed calls for fans to boycott the 2026 World Cup over the US and President Trump’s domestic and international policies
www.cityam.com/former-fifa-...

Prime minister urged to force new links with EU. Senior figures in No 10 are urging Starmer to keep the customs union on the table. The Observer, 25 January

Rejoining the customs union would reduce trade friction with the largest free market in the world, Europe. If we're serious about economic growth, we cannot afford to remain on the sidelines.

Meanwhile, in the Big Top:

"We can either continue down this route of managed decline to weakness and surrender. Or we can fix our country, reclaim our power, rediscover our strength," she told the crowd.

Would make perfect sense if she'd added, "Rejoin the EU!"

Trump’s Tariff Threats Designed to Influence Pending USMCA Talks, Canada PM Carney Says Carney said he expects a robust review of the continental trade pact, which the Trump administration will lead later this year.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said President Trump’s tariff threats likely represent some prepositioning ahead of negotiations later this year to renew the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade pact.

Wow, just over 9000 of the over 77,000 voters turned out in Fareham and Waterlooville to vote for Reform.
But now they get themselves an MP and all the 41,000 that voted for other parties were wasted votes.
That is democracy in the bin.

A new survey has found that Europeans are feeling downbeat about the state of the world.

Overall, 65 percent of those polled think their country is heading in the wrong direction. Check out where your country sits in the ranking 👇

🔗 www.politico.eu/article/euro...

'Write That': Donald Trump Seeks To Influence Reporter's Coverage Of His Health 'Write That': Donald Trump Seeks To Influence Reporter's Coverage Of His Health

The president pushed back on concerns around his health during an interview with New York magazine.

Measles ‘re-established’ in the UK, say global health chiefs The UK is no longer considered to have “eliminated” measles, global health officials have announced. Countries are awarded measles elimination status by the World Health Organisation (WHO). The global...

The UK is no longer considered to have “eliminated” measles, global health officials have announced

YouTube video by LBC ‘Completely insane’ Simon Marks reacts to ICE shooting Alex Pretti

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We are opening an investigation into Grok because we believe that X may have breached the DSA.

We have seen antisemitic content, non-consensual deepfakes of women, and child sexual abuse material.

In Europe, no company will make money by violating our fundamental rights.

link.europa.eu/Fh8h84

No, Mr. Trump, offshore wind is for ‘winners,’ says UK’s Miliband The U.K. Energy Secretary hits back at the U.S. president’s jibe that offshore wind is for “losers.”

The U.K.’s Energy Secretary Ed Miliband hit back at Donald Trump’s Davos jibe that offshore wind is for “losers,” telling a European energy summit that wind turbines are “for winners.”

Think Telegram is playing by the rules? Think again!
From masked channels to using diplomatic status as legal cover, discover how Russian FIMI is slipping through the cracks of EU regulations.
Read the full deep dive: euvsdisinfo.eu/beyond-the-b...

Two weeks ago, a Reform UK staffer stepped in and put hands on a journalist trying to ask Malcolm Offord about a 'racist' attack ad run by his party.

Today, when the same question came up, the Scottish Reform leader took pre-prepared lines from his pocket 📽️

👉 www.thenational.scot/news/2...

YouTube video by LBC ‘We can all see what happened’: Nurse shot dead by ICE

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Zarah Sultana: Palantir has no place in UK public services From ICE to Gaza, Palantir is complicit in violent US hegemony. Why do we keep giving it contracts?

Read the full op-ed from @zarahsultana.bsky.social here
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/zarah-sutlana-palantir-no-place-uk-public-services-ministry-of-defence/

🧵 From ICE to Gaza, Palantir is complicit in violent US hegemony. Why do we keep giving it contracts? From @zarahsultana.bsky.social ⤵️
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/zarah-sutlana-palantir-no-place-uk-public-services-ministry-of-defence/

EU opens new probe into Elon Musk’s X following Grok sexual images Move follows explosion of sexually explicit deepfakes of women and children.

The European Commission has opened a fresh investigation into Elon Musk’s X following an explosion of non-consensual sexualized deepfakes created by the artificial intelligence chatbot Grok.

EU opens investigation into X over Grok sexualised imagery, lawmaker says The European Commission has launched an investigation into Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok over the production of explicit imagery, Regina Doherty, a member of the European parliament representing Ireland, said in a statement on Monday.

EU opens investigation into X over Grok sexualised imagery, lawmaker says reut.rs/3NCZU2W

America tells us what happens if the bad guys get into power.

Seems that Nigel Farage's first cabinet - should the old fraud succeed - will mainly comprise failures from the Tories and UKIP. Not a cheering prospect.

YouTube video by Political X Does This Sound Familiar, Donald Trump?

Does This Sound Familiar, Donald Trump? An American classroom film once warned how despotism takes hold — not overnight, but through fear, division, and the slow erosion of democratic norms. youtu.be/sqyndYGglhg?...

2026 World Cup facing 'boycott' threat from major European nations He may have won the FIFA Peace Prize - a very serious award, of course - but Donald Trump is still putting people off the 2026 World Cup

The London Economic: 2026 World Cup facing ‘boycott’ threat from major European nations
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/202...

"This is the increasing worry among many Labour MPs and ministers: they see Starmer as simply unable to resurrect the party and hold off what is viewed by them as the utterly terrifying prospect of a Reform government.

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TheNational.scot: Mhairi Black: The world should be listening to Canada's prime minister
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