Anne Parry

75% of Reform UK’s donations have come from just three rich men Calls grow for donation caps as Democracy for Sale research reveals that three-quarters of Reform’s funding comes from a trio of wealthy donors

🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history

75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men

Is this what democracy looks like?

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Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.

This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started

“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”

mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one

Andy Field, 61, an NHS doctor who said he knew Farage well because they took the same train to school, has similarly clear memories. "When I became a prefect, he [Farage] said, Tll show you how to do it,' claimed Field,. "He took me for a walk up to the lower school playground, where all the children from about nine years old to 12 would be. And he singled out, completely at random, a kid of Asian extraction, and just put him in detention for no reason whatsoever. I was flabbergasted, absolutely stunned. I was just disgusted, really. No rhyme or reason, just purely based on the colour of his skin.

Farage at school by those who knew him best:

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Let's drop the naivité and accept that this war will end on the battlefield after Ukraine achieves the necessary military strength, not in a conference room after a round of talks and a carafe of wine.

BREAKING:
@glandsbergis.bsky.social is the recipient of the 2025 Magnitsky Award for “Outstanding Contribution to the Magnitsky Justice Campaign,” in honour of his exceptional leadership in mobilising international action for human rights and targeted sanctions. #MagnitskyAwards

European Democracy Shield Unveiled by European Commission

The comprehensive plan is designed to help EU members and aspiring states guard against foreign interference. It represents one of the EU’s most ambitious attempts so far in building democratic resilience against disinformation and hybrid threats.

Shell abandons floating North Sea wind farm projects UK energy group to focus on potentially more lucrative activities such as power trading

Shell has exited its ScotWind projects, handing its lease back to Crown Estate Scotland and leaving questions as to what happens next.

It's a stark reminder of the risks in relying on distant investors and fossil fuel giants to deliver Scotland’s renewable energy future.

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The Silent Architecture of Control: Is a Social Credit System Being Built in UK Free Zones? All the ingredients for Chinese-style surveillance are being assembled in Britain’s corporate-governed territories—with zero public debate

This is the densest article I have written to date on the UK duopoly's nationwide rollout of Freeports, Special Economic Zones, and AI Growth Zones.
Please take the time to read and share it.
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Reform UK, the Russian spy and rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill How did a former Mormon bishop end up pleading guilty to taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia in the European parliament?

Thorough piece on Farage’s close colleague and friend Nathan Gill and the Kremlin cash he took

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I have defended the BBC again and again.

No more.

Robinson claimed the objective of today's march was to "unite the Kingdom".

That was never the real purpose. This was a show of strength in a far right turf war.

The British public are rapidly being radicalised and
every far right figure is fighting to become the leader of the desired revolution.

This may explain why there’s an aggressive response to people who merely post Kirk’s own words. It threatens the existence of the alternate Kirk - the motivational speaker that had been marketed to young kids and white Christian groups through selective quotation & clips.

This is unhinged, dangerous, and reckless. At this point I don't know how you conclude anything other than that Musk is trying to foment pogroms against immigrants across the west.

Sign with picture of Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Propaganda Minister quoting: Accuse the other side of that which you are guilty

Why is this point not made more often?! Took this sign to an 8/2 protest, and some folks pointed out that many will have no idea who Goebbels is. Crazy!

Detainees at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” are on a hunger strike over what they call inhumane, dangerous conditions.

Some haven’t eaten in 10 days. One of them, Pedro Hernández, was hospitalized and still refuses food until they are treated with dignity.

If we are not educating our children, what are we even doing here?

🕯 Russia's July 31 attack against Kyiv became the deadliest on capital this year, as the death toll reached 31. Search and rescue operations have concluded.

This massive strike killed 5 children, with the youngest child being aged 2 years old.

With this handshake between the Swiss President of the National Assembly, Maja Riniker, and Valentina Matviyenko, the heavily sanctioned right-hand woman of the Russian ruler, Switzerland shows that it still considers collaborating with war criminals an essential part of its policy of "neutrality".

Friends — I'm pleased to be joining The Late Show w/ Stephen Colbert on Monday (8/4). I'm sure Stephen and I will have a lot to discuss, including my new book "Coming Up Short: A Memoir of My America."

Please tune in so the ratings don't come up short.

I do wonder whether a point will come when ‘dealing’ with Trump will be rendered an irrefutable & catastrophic mistake & the Mark Carney approach will be utterly vindicated. (Don’t @ me if you think it *already* looks like a catastrophic mistake. I used ‘irrefutable’ for a reason!)

July 25, 2025 “We’re going to end up shooting some of them.”

July 25, 2025

So many of us maybe feeling like today is not the day to watch this video but I highly say the opposite. This is the day to watch it.

The U.S. Is Switching Sides Donald Trump is giving Vladimir Putin every incentive to keep killing Ukrainians.

"the American realignment with Russia and against Ukraine and Europe is gathering pace—not merely in rhetoric but in reality"

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The third option for Iran: a feminist and human rights imperative for the UK Yes, Iran needs regime change: but through organised civil resistance led by women, not military intervention or appeasement

Yes, yes, yes. What a brilliant article. @yorkshirebylines.co.uk

Dr. Coni: One patient had been receiving treatment with eye drops, but then I didn’t see her for months.. I wondered what had happened to her.

When she finally returned, she told me she had lost her Medicaid coverage and couldn’t afford her drops. As a result, she had gone blind in one eye.

Marines are now stationed on the California border. Newsom's office calls it 'mission creep' As the Trump administration cracks down on undocumented immigrants deep in the country, it's sending Marines and soldiers to patrol the border.

Marines and mission creep: