But they seemed like such nice, patriotic, community-minded chaps. (Except the ones currently facing murder, child abuse & assault charges, obviously.)

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Leaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.

Reform UKs plan to use the Royal Navy to intercept migrant boats in the Channel brilliantly taken apart by ... er ... Nigel Farage

Direct, full-time jobs opening Rosebank oilfield would create: 450 D, f-t jobs opening Jackdaw gasfield would create: 27 D, f-t jobs in UK's net-zero economy: 300,000 + 400,000 more on the way D, f-t jobs in the rest of the green economy: 600,000 Is that really the hill Burnham wants to die on?

I can’t believe we’re still having a debate about whether there’s a trade off between job creation and measures to green the economy. There isn’t. The evidence was clear years ago - a green economy creates far more jobs than the fossil fuel economy it replaces. Come on Labour, catch up …

Government contracts to require job creation instead of green targets under new rules

Louise Haigh says taxpayer money must benefit local communities amid backlash from environmental groups

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Once again, I think we can all agree that the real story here is Kemi Badenoch’s miraculous resurrecting of Tory fortunes.

Check out those Reform voters! (Source: www.ft.com/content/4932...)

Super interesting. China is threatening the UK with an ISDS case over its nationalisation of British steel. This threat will be repeated as Burnham moves on water etc. Will the government finally wake up to the danger ISDS poses? www.ft.com/content/dc61...

China’s Jingye demands payout over British Steel nationalisation

UK government accused of disregarding group’s investment and offering ‘almost zero compensation’

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We’ve watched as corporate court cases challenge climate policies, frustrating the green transition. But now we’re increasingly seeing companies use claims to determine who benefits from the transition, as cases over ‘critical mineral’ projects rise. www.globaljustice.org.uk/news/uk-comp...

UK companies sue Mexico over mining regulations through secretive ‘corporate courts’ - Global Justice Now

Campaigners state corporate court system allows companies to hold countries to ransom Two UK-based companies have initiated a legal challenge against Mexico through a corporate courts system campaigne...

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I’ve seen what can confound Farage on his home turf: optimism. People need a politics that offers them that | Owen Jones

I’ve seen what can confound Farage on his home turf: optimism. People need a politics that offers them that | Owen Jones

You can’t blame his constituents in Clacton for their pessimism – because they have been let down for years, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

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++BREAKING++ The UK and Spanish governments have issued a joint statement overnight: "[We] agreed that this summer’s wildfires demonstrated that climate change was now a national security emergency facing Europe and threatening our way of life." www.gov.uk/government/n...

As Europe braces itself for another heatwave Andy Burnham looks set to approve new oil and gas. Kemi Badenoch is purging the Tories of net zero supporters, while Reform councils are abandoning climate goals up and down the country. The UK urgently needs bold and ambitious climate leadership

British American Business says - give up on the idea of digital sovereignty and sign a legally binding tech deal with the US which surrenders everything to Trump 🤦‍♂️ www.babinc.org/britishameri...

BritishAmerican Business Makes the Case for UK Tech Sovereignty Through Transatlantic Partnership - BritishAmerican Business

Published: 28 July 2026 BritishAmerican Business Makes the Case for UK Tech Sovereignty Through Transatlantic Partnership Share this page Contact: Mazar Ahmed, Senior Manager, Communications & Mediama...

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The US says ‘Britain capitulated to our Big Pharma companies, now Germany must follow suit’ It’s being called the ‘U.K. model’ - a shorthand for total surrender. ustr.gov/about/policy...

USTR Announces Initiation of Section 301 Investigation of Germany’s Persistent Underpayment for Innovative Pharmaceutical Products

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer initiated an investigation under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 against Germany. This investigation will seek to determine whether pe...

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Bloody hell.

Pete Apps@peteapps.bsky.social · 2w ago

In November, a lobbying firm approached me and asked to pay me to write articles critical of the Building Safety Regulator for newspapers. Filmed undercover, their staff admitted secretly paying reporters for copy in British newspapers friendly to their clients: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

New PM, same old media: Burnham is now simultaneously being accused of spending money he hasn't got on the policies he announces *and* not spending enough money on the policies he announces.

Big Pharma really unhappy that their man on the inside has been sacked 🙂🙂🙂 www.abpi.org.uk/media/news/2...

ABPI comment on resignation of Lord Vallance

On the resignation of Lord Vallance as Science Minister, Richard Torbett, Chief Executive of the ABPI, said: “Patrick Vallance has been a tremendous Science Minister and a genuine champion for the U...

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Britain’s cars and SUVs are growing bigger – but there is a way to stop this deadly ‘carspreading’ | Christian Wolmar

Britain’s cars and SUVs are growing bigger – but there is a way to stop this deadly ‘carspreading’ | Christian Wolmar

Larger vehicles crowd our roads and are far more dangerous to pedestrians. Let’s curb them before they do even more damage, says says transport commentator Christian Wolmar

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I agree that 'the characteristic linking them [Trump, Putin and Netanyahu] most closely is their rejection of – or failure to grasp – basic moral standards' rather than the earlier suggestion in the article that 'they can't tell right from wrong', which might or might not be true.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · last mo.

The immorality of world leaders is contagious. Thank heavens for the pope | Simon Tisdall

229,000 excess deaths: the cost of US-UK trade deal? - The Latest

229,000 excess deaths: the cost of US-UK trade deal? - The Latest

The NHS will divert billions of pounds from essential services to pay for new medicines under the terms of the US-UK trade deal agreed last December, which could lead to more than 200,000 excess deaths, analysis has found. Lucy Hough speaks to columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

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Infrastructure cuts to pay for defence will cost UK 10,000 jobs, analysis shows

Infrastructure cuts to pay for defence will cost UK 10,000 jobs, analysis shows

Exclusive: Findings cast doubt on Starmer claims that reallocation of funds to MoD will boost British jobs Keir Starmer’s decision to cut billions of pounds of infrastructure spending to pay for more defence equipment will end up costing the UK 10,000 jobs, according to an analysis of the government’s own figures. The prime minister announced this week he was putting an extra £15bn into defence investment to revamp the country’s armed forces and boost British manufacturing. Continue reading...

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People ask: ‘why don’t countries just refuse to pay ISDS fines.’ Here’s why. They get hounded. In this crazy case, ISDS investors are following Spain’s football team around the World Cup to try to seize their assets (inc deposits for hotel rooms). Insane www.bfmtv.com/economie/int...

Des investisseurs américains traquent l'équipe d'Espagne de foot aux Etats-Unis pour saisir une partie de leurs avoirs (ils réclament 600 millions d'euros à l'Etat espagnol)

Un fonds d'investissement américain réclame 200 millions d'avoirs espagnols situés aux États-Unis, dont certains seraient liés à la Coupe du monde. Les investisseurs reprochent à Madrid d'avoir cessé ...

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🇸🇳⚽ Senegal is on the world stage tonight, but back home it's facing a far harder match. More than 40% of their government spending goes to unjust debt. Money that should reach hospitals and schools goes to lenders, under rules written in their favour. act.debtjustice.org.uk/tackle-unjus...

Private lenders just squeezed an extra $65 million out of Zambia. A country where almost half of the population doesn't have electricity. www.reuters.com/world/africa...

An event is planned to be hosted in London proudly promoting the sale of land on illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. This is obscene. I've called on @london.gov.uk and @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social to stop the event and for this govt to take real action on illegal settlements.

Farage will be attending Liz Truss’s comeback gig. I tell @desmog.com “Farage likes to pretend he’s on the side of the ordinary working man, but he’s really a 1980s yuppie, with out of date Thatcherite ideas” www.desmog.com/2026/06/08/n...

Nigel Farage to Speak at Liz Truss’ CPAC GB Event

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has announced that he will be speaking at CPAC GB in July – the pro-Trump conference brought to the UK by disgraced former prime minister Liz Truss. Reform sources speaki...

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The way the entire British media is suddenly discussing 'two tier policing' as if it is a real thing worth seriously debating, rather than the obvious far-right white supremacist fantasy it has always been, is very alarming

- 87% of Labour Party members support banning trade with Israeli settlements - 78% support suspending all UK arms exports - 68% support suspending the UK-Israel Trade deal. www.map.org.uk/latest/news/...

New poll shows overwhelming majority of Labour members support a full arms export ban to Israel, illegal settlement trade ban

New poll shows overwhelming majority of Labour members support a full arms export ban to Israel, illegal settlement trade ban.

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Racist politicians whip up racist outrage. Widespread disorder ensues. The courts treat widespread disorder with the severity that they have always treated widespread disorder. Racist politicians cry “two-tier justice”, whipping up racist outrage. Rinse. Repeat. It’s so fucking tedious.

UK’s growing green economy worth more than £100bn a year, research finds

UK’s growing green economy worth more than £100bn a year, research finds

Net zero industry accounts for more than a million jobs and benefits whole country, according to CBI Economics More than a million jobs, higher wages, nearly half a trillion pounds in investment in the pipeline – the UK’s green economy is powering ahead, according to research by the country’s leading business organisation. The net zero economy, which is worth more than £100bn a year, benefits all of the UK, according to the CBI Economics analysis commissioned by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit thinktank, despite critics who want to abolish the UK’s net zero targets. Continue reading...

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No media outlet in the English-speaking world covered the fact that a former Trump administration official was at a gathering of the world's leading fascists to promote the ethnic cleansing of non-white people from the United States and Europe. www.theredoubt.net/why-did-the-...

Why did the press ignore a gathering of the world's leading fascists?

Right-wing extremism is going mainstream, but it's not getting the coverage.

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