Maggie #FBPE

🚨 BREAKING: Shabana Mahmood has publicly backed Keir Starmer

All Cabinet Ministers have now backed Starmer to stay on as Prime Minister

Agreed. I believe Starmer to be a ‘good egg’ on the whole but his poor judgment is worrying. Is he gullible? The choice of who could replace him is worrying, I can’t think of anyone in the cabinet who would be better, in fact worse possibly.

My sentiments too Bear.
It just doesn’t make sense, his lack of judgement in this case and others has me baffled. I sincerely thought he would be a good leader and offer stability.
Who is likely to succeed him if it comes to that? What a mess.

Raw America (@rawstory) THIS IS GREAT: Sir Ian McKellen destroys Trump on Colbert last night by performing a Shakespeare monologue from Sir Thomas More. Fits the historical moment exactly. Make sure this gets around!

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Superb!

I hope this clears up any confusion.

Peter Thiel's New Model Army The Palantirisation of the UK military is a national security disaster

Mandelson did arrange Starmer’s 2025 Palantir visit while his lobbying firm counted Palantir as a client, and months later the company landed a £240m MoD contract—facts now confirmed and raised in Parliament—but there’s still no proof the visit caused the deal, only unanswered transparency question-

The Government must reveal all details of Peter Mandelson’s links to Palantir - Foxglove Sign the petition for an urgent investigation into Peter Mandelson's dealings with Palantir. Did he use his position as UK Ambassador to benefit the US spy tech firm?

I just signed a petition calling for an urgent investigation into Peter Mandelson's dealings with Palantir. Did he use his position as UK Ambassador to benefit the US spy tech firm? Sign now: www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/ma...

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Ellen Wilkinson, postwar education minister, died on this day 1947.

This whole business stinks to high heaven. The true Labour Party no longer exists.

If this is true, then it is beyond sinister and shows the levels of toxicity and poisonous factionalism that some in the party have created.

Questions must be asked and answers must be given.

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

There has been lots of reporting on this, it’s really worth checking out @peterjukes.bsky.social article in @bylinetimes.bsky.social.

bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/d...

Palantir’s far-reaching gaze penetrates Britain Are we really still independent of the US security state?

#Epstein was co-owner of a Silicon Valley venture fund controlled by Peter Thiel, billionaire founder of defence analytics giant Palantir Technologies, which holds more than £670 million in UK Government contracts.

Palantir has tentacles that reach deep into the British state and institutions.

Seven satellite-tagged Hen Harriers lost on English grouse moors in 2025 The RSPB has announced that seven satellite-tagged Hen Harriers are suspected or confirmed to have been illegally killed in England during 2025, renewing calls for licensing of all gamebird shooting to tackle raptor persecution.

The RSPB has reported that seven satellite-tagged Hen Harriers are suspected or confirmed to have been illegally killed in England during 2025, all on or close to land managed for grouse shooting:

To all our international friends attending the Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony in Milan tomorrow:

Please loudly boo JD Vance and his delegation. Make him feel like shit. We encourage it. We wish we could be there to boo him, too.

Signed,
the American people

#epsteinfiles

John Richard Simpson is a 59-year-old conveyancer whose parish website describes him as an experienced" and "dedicated" Anglican lay leader. He is the owner of Interior Architecture Landscape Limited, which made seven payments to_Nigel Farage's party last summer. The firm, which was originally owned via a trust in the British Virgin Islands, is so small it does not have to file professionally audited accounts. It did not display any contact details until recently and was almost wound up by HMRC after a tax dispute last year. Simpson, known locally as Bill, "does conveyancing, but is not a fully qualified solicitor", according to a Facebook post by a neighbour in the Hertfordshire town. There is no evidence he has any background in interior design. He has no known political affiliation or background in activism. He would not discuss the source of the funds donated to Reform last week. Simpson has long worked for Sasan and Yasmin Ghandehari, a married couple who a spokesman for the interior design company acknowledged were "clients" Last month, the Ghandehari family office sponsored Farage's pass to Davos and a hotel in the Swiss resort for the World Economic Forum's annual gathering. They claimed to have retained the Reform leader as "an honorary and unpaid adviser" in an arrangement first reported by the Financial Times.

I mean... this is REALLY not ok

As Starmer becomes the Political equivalent of the Black Death 💀 let’s not forget who Farages mates really are 😱😱 the Epstein Files is like his friendship book 📕 🤫🤫

Thank you #Spain

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#RejoinEU

Post-Brexit, Epstein told Thiel: "Brexit is just the beginning" – eyeing crypto deregulation via right-populism. 7/12

Oh.

Drowning in Denial – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition As Nigel Farage’s party scraps climate schemes around the country, Nafeez Ahmed reports on new data that shows flood risk surging across the 10 councils it leads

🟨 Print Edition — Drowning in Denial

As Nigel Farage’s party scraps climate schemes around the country, Nafeez Ahmed reports on new data that shows flood risk surging across the 10 councils it leads

🔗 https://subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/82/drowning-in-denial/

I wonder how many Reform Ltd supporters
realise how many non-British millionaires
are funding their patriotic flag-waving beliefs
(and no doubt expect a return
from Reform policies & contracts)

"Some of #Reform's backers...."
meme via Fibbymcfibface

If you want to know how good I would be in government, just look at the only thing I have ever actually achieved - Brexit. If you think that went well, vote Reform!

Do you get it now?

The arrest of Don Lemon is textbook fascism—a brazen attempt to silence reporting on a criminal regime. Stand up for Don, because our rights stand and fall with those of courageous journalists throughout this country.

Peter Thiel’s spyware firm Palantir is wiring itself into critical UK services - with over £630m in government contracts.

We need a full Parliamentary debate on Palantir’s role 👇

(Graphic via @thenerve.news)

“Zia Yusuf, the party's head of policy, told the Times last year that his party would adopt a 'Trump 2.0' approach to immigration, saying: "We are going to move at great speed. It'll be much more like Trump mark two than Trump mark one"
When they tell you who they are, you better listen”

Frey: "In Mpls, we heard them say they'll end this siege when we hand over voter rolls. The DOJ is being used as a weapon. They're investigating me and several other local elected officials not because we've done something wrong because we speak on behalf of our constituents.

The @waspicampaign.bsky.social claims that women born in the 1950s received a significantly less timely notification about the change to state pension age compared to men born in the same era. It is correct. Regarding the govt's decision not to compensate the WASPI women, here are the facts:

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