Fiona

For all my country's manifold problems, I am very grateful to live in a place where even the very rich and powerful are not beyond the long arm of the law.

Not even the late Queen's favourite son.

Look on and weep America.

Fairly remarkable to observe the difference between how the Epstein files are impacting the UK and the US

In America, the guy who is mentioned in the files more than one million times faces zero consequences or any pressure

Here the King’s Brother is in the Nick using a metal toilet

We interrupt tributes to Jesse Jackson to bring you your daily dose of racism.

Thanks, Beeb. Respectfully handled.

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Outstanding quote from Casement.

YouTube video by Pete Buttigieg Here we go again

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I want to be clear: Donald Trump’s administration is temporary. California’s commitment is not.

He will be gone in three years. Our resolve to confront climate change is enduring and we remain a stable, reliable partner in that fight.

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47% of Europeans want X banned across the EU, so the flipping Scandiwegians are doing something about it, with proper Viking energy.

W is now accepting registration ahead of it's launch.

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Bannon, Brexit, Johnson and Cambridge Analytica: the Daughter of Time Peter Jukes reports on more revelations about the transatlantic right-wing network, and why the Government is withholding key information on the former Prime Minister’s role

Now more details in the Epstein files reveal Bannon as part of a successful plot to topple Theresa May with Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees Mogg, here’s an article from the archive about Johnson and Bannon’s collaboration

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Damn right. There's still time to transform a wasted govt into a transformational one. It's not as though nobody knows what needs doing, or we're lacking ideas about how.

Labour built the NHS in 3 years, and transformed the nation. They can this too. It just takes will.

McSweeney going is excellent news. It doesn't fix any problems by itself, but it is the precondition for fixing those problems.

McSweeney going?

US Olympian Chris Lillis, "I feel heartbroken about what's happened in the United States when it comes to ICE and the protests"

"As a country we need to focus on respecting everybody's rights and making sure we're treating our citizens as well as anybody with love and respect"

Ten countries have launched investigations related to the released Epstein files.

Norway, UK, France, Lithuania, Latvia, Sweden, Australia, North Macedinia, Turkey, Poland.

Conspicuously absent is the United States, the epicenter of this scandal.

We know why.

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Andrew McCarthy: ‘Perks of fame involve vanity, ego and sex – all three get you in trouble’ On a break from rehearsals for The Crucible at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin, the Brat Pack actor talks about fame, solitude, friendship and his deep connection to Ireland

Andrew McCarthy: ‘Perks of fame involve vanity, ego and sex – all three get you in trouble’

The 100-year-old old Irish man in London - and the Cockney stranger who saved him Michael Hopkins was let down by the Irish system as a child and the British system as an elderly bachelor. Then he met a photographer at a bus stop

The 100-year-old old Irish man in London - and the Cockney stranger who saved him

So true. Also, many of the Americans doing literally nothing about Epstein’s American ‘associates’ are precisely the ones lying about Europe & particularly the UK being overrun with child-rapists. It’s insane.

The truth about Mandelson must come out - we should also recognise we need to reform the way we make appointments to ensure no powerful man or woman can evade accountability and probity. Other countries bring more scrutiny into that process - it’s time we did too.

Just a thought, if Starmer is being called in to step down for something Mandelson did in 2009 when Starmer wasn't even an MP shouldn't Farage step down for what Nathan Gill did when he was a Brexit Party Ltd MEP and Farage was party leader🤔

This is preying on my mind a bit. Jeffrey Epstein was not primarily a British scandal! So far we've removed a Prince from the Royal family, fired our US ambassador who was one of the most important political figures of the last few decades and banned the CEO of Barclays from the financial industry..

Churchwarden linked to foreign-born billionaire is behind £200k Reform gift The man whose firm made the donations will not discuss where the money came from, nor his ties to wealthy Farage allies who may not hold citizenship Gabriel Pogrund, Whitehall Editor Saturday January 31 2026, 8.00pm, The Sunday Times Share A churchwarden from Potters Bar who works for the family of a highly secretive, Kazakhstan-born billionaire can be revealed as the man behind £200,000 of donations to Reform UK., John Richard Simpson is a 59-year-old

Why isn't this a major news story?

WhatsApp message screenshot: I have decided that this about us as a country. Americans as a people. All of this is, at its foundation, a country looking in the mirror at who we really are. Elitist, racist, arrogant, narrow minded, uneducated, deceitful, sick bullies.

🧵 35 yrs ago, at a US college & after a thoughtless, dismissive remark of mine about Americans, a then (& still) very good friend told me she woke up every morning proud to be an American.

This is a message from her I received last night. Don't forget: Many are deeply disillusioned right now.

Bravo, Maestro.

Listen to this guy.

Actually, listen to this guy and act.

A community of good people is a powerful thing. Especially when it's off the internet and real.

In case you were worried about speaking up, as @bradleywhitford.bsky.social says, it's your right! Use your platform, build a community, help however you can.

#ProudBlue

The Belgian prime minister at Davos with an interesting analysis from a European perspective.

A year ago today, Boris Johnson, Farage, Braverman, Truss, and a host of Trump’s British fans were all in Washington for Trump’s second inauguration...

Starmer wasn't invited - and it was treated like a massive Diss - remember that? Because we should.

Suggested EU response:

- US airbases now represent an armed presence, inside our borders, of a nation that is openly threatening to invade our territory
- Withdraw the threat or we have no choice but to close those bases
- This turns USA from a global power to a regional one, overnight

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Joint statement on Greenland

Something I've being saying for days, he isn't a political commentator, his words unlike all of ours have consequences and why was anybody asking for the PM's response, haven't they seen this statement??????