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Labour's best hope in Gorton & Denton? Matt Goodwin This by-election was supposed to be a referendum on Starmer - but it could turn into one on Reform’s divisive populist

"Reform's press release notes he was 'first in his family' to go to university – a ‘fact’ that raised eyebrows given his father, who was awarded a CBE by the Queen for his services to the NHS, acquired a Master’s in Business Administration in the 1980s, and a PhD during Tony Blair’s first term."

100 years since John Logie Baird stole his first picanic basket.

Reform UK's guide to the history of Britain The generations of leftist schoolteachers using subversive techniques like source criticism and analytical thinking have been brainwashing British youngsters to hate their country. As part of…

The generations of leftist schoolteachers using subversive techniques like source criticism and analytical thinking have been brainwashing British youngsters to hate their country

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Nigel Farage v the elites, one champagne reception at a time Reform’s leader made a fool of himself at Davos while Brexit critic Mark Carney showed Keir Starmer that closer EU ties are the only way forward

'Just how much luxury travel by private jet, how many cigars and how much port can one man be expected to enjoy on other people’s expense accounts, just to give voice to ordinary decent people on the dole in Clacton?"

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Should we boycott Trump’s World Cup? A tournament meant to unite the world is fast becoming a pageant of American belligerence and a celebration of a bullying president’s life and work

A tournament meant to unite the world is fast becoming a pageant of American belligerence and a celebration of a bullying president’s life and work

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When you’ve overdone it at the Davos Welcome Drinks and stayed up chatting in Germany’s hotel room until 6am.

How committed is Toby Young's union to free speech? The Tory peer’s group has been granted a High Court application to ban the naming of those who fund it

The Tory peer’s group has been granted a High Court application to ban the naming of those who fund it

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Trump’s supersized Suez moment In 1956, Eisenhower humbled Britain. In 2026, Trump wants to humiliate the entire Western alliance

In 1956, Eisenhower humbled Britain. In 2026, Trump wants to humiliate the entire Western alliance

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this is what it has come to for Mexican restaurants in the Twin Cities

Why I took a ‘fucking bitch’ banner to the Renee Good vigil I thought I’d have to explain why I wanted it printed - instead, the shop owner gave me a discount

I thought I’d have to explain why I wanted it printed - instead, the shop owner gave me a discount

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Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting "They killed my wife," the distraught woman says, adding, "They shot her in the head." An ICE agent shot and killed a 37-year-old woman who was driving an SUV in Minneapolis on Wednesday. / Screenshot/@Breaking911

"They killed my wife. I don't know what to do," the woman says through sobs in the footage, with a damaged SUV visible in the distance behind her. "We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head," the woman cries. "We have a six-year-old at school," she says, almost unable to breathe, as a chaotic scene in which federal officers prevented at least one doctor who was on the scene from assisting the shot victim unfolds. "We're new here," the distraught woman says in despair.

You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.

This could be you.

I have annexed
The country
Whose resources
I wanted

And which you
Were probably
Hoping
I could identify a giraffe

It was the best clock
Anybody drew
I like McDonald's
Hey look, a bird

Grand Theft Auto VI: the biggest game in history The release of GTA6 has been delayed again. It’s not surprising the developers want to get it right – it might just create a whole new online universe

The November 2026 Grand Theft Auto launch is set to warp the economics of the entertainment industry like little else before it

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Ten years later, David Bowie is still everywhere Nothing has been quite the same in the decade since he made his final transformation. Except, that is, our appreciation of his genius

Nothing has been quite the same in the decade since he made his final transformation. Except, that is, our appreciation of his genius

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Paul Marshall rewrites Brexit history The GB News and Spectator owner says he always knew there would be short-term economic downsides to Brexit. He kept that quiet

If only Brexit had been done properly, it would have been marvellous!
Yet Brexiters never explain what doing it properly would have looked like. Funny that.
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The ghosts of Brexit past return to wail about Erasmus Rejoining the reciprocal study scheme has infuriated Brexiteers - and given new impetus to calls for a full return to the EU

Rejoining the reciprocal study scheme has infuriated Brexiteers - and given new impetus to calls for a full return to the EU

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Dog-whistle and factually incorrect. Ladies, raise your hand if you were sexually assaulted by a boy at school? I’d wager this or a family member is most women’s first experience of sexual violence

Twelve angry months Flags waved, Trump ranted and raved, an ex-royal was depraved and the PM looked like he couldn’t be saved. It’s been one hell of a year

Morning, shwmae, I wrote a review of 2026 for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social which you can read here:

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When are we going to take anti-semitism seriously (and actually do something about it?) The Matts explore the issues thrown up by the dreadful massacre of Jews at Bondi Beach this week. When is a protest actually an act of violence? Why do we

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Tweet from Christian Calgie. "Another Tory MP: "I haven't seen a shitshow like this since I visited my local sewage works".

For a while, I collected the worst jokes UK political correspondents ascribed to MPs, especially those sent via WhatsApp.

Because I despise you, I'm migrating the thread here, starting with this absolute *shiter* from 2022, so we can share in the horror together. Please send me the worst you have.

#sgtpepper2025

Bondi Beach and the politics of meeting hate with hate Politicians and activists must do better than using slaughter to justify their points of view

“Al Ahmed’s parents – who had themselves arrived in Australia just months ago, an example of the kind of “chain migration” right wingers so often decry – explained their son’s motivations. He couldn’t stand to do nothing as he saw people suffering, and did what he could to stop it, they said.”

Dubai: a safe space for hypocrisy The UAE is attracting right wing Brits who mock Britain’s supposed decline while ignoring their hosts’ repression

I wrote about the Brits who affect to despise migration, and go and live in an autocracy where’s there no income tax.

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