I'm old enough to remember when the entire British right had a month long meltdown about "foreign interference" when Obama said something mildly disobliging about Brexit. The Trump administration pouring millions of dollars into far right political groups in the UK? Not a peep

FIFTY-ONE previous convictions. The frontline warriors of Nigel Farage’s “patriotism”…

"Sources close to" Bob Borsley@bobborsley.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Musk's shock troops: "The court heard that Medhurst, had 51 previous convictions for 96 offences, including handling stolen goods, burglary and shoplifting." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We saw that one out of every five people arrested after their participation in the 2024 summer riots has since been reported to the police for domestic abuse. Not "legitimate concerns". Call it what it is: thuggery and racism. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

One in five people arrested over 2024 riots have since been reported for domestic abuse

Exclusive: Police data shows 21% of the 949 people detained in England and Northern Ireland were later accused of violence against intimate partner

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Immigration is *not* a national security issue. Far-right racist rioting *is*.

Having spent the day, much like every other day at present, listening to journalists and broadcasters restate unsubstantiated claims, and elide the fact of difference with a trigger for racist violence, here are simple rules even Chris Mason might grasp. ⬇️

1. Do not repeat rumours as context! If a claim is unverified, say so clearly. Stop laundering racist misinformation through phrases like "concerns have been raised" or "people are saying".

Since the summer of 2024, Nigel Farage, convicted criminal Stephen Yaxley-Lennon and billionaire racist Elon Musk have been *DIRECTLY* responsible for £tens, possibly hundreds of millions of damage to property and for the fracturing of UK society by means of inciting riot. 1/2

We all need to resist attempts like this to politicise Henry Nowak’s death and divide our country - whether they come from MAGA politicians like Vance or their cronies here in the UK.

It's OK everyone - no need to feel pure cold rage at this one. www.itv.com/news/anglia/...

When will Reform/Restore/Refash start the campaign to deport these unpleasant foreign nationals? www.bbc.com/news/article...

Maga influencer Melissa Rein Lively admits Bond Street assault

Melissa Rein Lively accepted a caution, while an assault by beating charge against her was withdrawn.

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A fake story has been plastered all over FB recently about Spain wanting 90/180 cancelled for Brits, quoting the same 'former tourism officials' (yawn) and no indication of when they supposedly said it. Nothing in Spanish press, of course 😏 The article and comments are the same old thing... (1/2)

Michelle Mone and her husband defrauded us all of 500 times the money that Peter Murrell did. He's locked up 23 hours a day in Edinburgh jail, her and her husband are banging it up on a Caribbean Island laughing at us all.

Why do we humans continue to think it acceptable to take creatures out of their homes for our “enjoyment”? www.bbc.com/news/article...

Sloth World: 31 sloths died before opening of Florida attraction

Many died due to conditions at a Florida warehouse where they'd been shipped, while others arrived from South America dead, authorities say.

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I just don't know what to do with the fact that there are a great many people for whom deranged threats to do war crimes, to slaughter people en masse, are actively a good thing; what they want from a leader. This is their idea of strength, their valourised masculinity. I think I hate them.

Meloni cant suck up to Trump this time “According to treaties signed in the late 1950s, the US navy can use the base for logistical and training purposes but not as a transit hub for aircraft used to transport weapons for war unless in an emergency situation…” www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Italy denies use of Sicily airbase to US aircraft carrying weapons for Iran war – Europe live

Treaties dictate Sigonella airbase cannot be used for aircraft transporting weapons for war without parliamentary approval

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At a time when Trump has launched an illegal war that is devastating the Middle East and pushing up bills for British families, it’s clear this visit should not go ahead. @calummillerld.bsky.social

Trump’s illegal war is hitting our economy, pushing up inflation and deepening the cost of living crisis. We shouldn’t be rewarding that behaviour with a state visit.

It’s certainly time for the EU to walk away from all trade agreements with this rogue state.

Unfortunately truth does not matter one tiny jot to Reform followers

Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Greater Manchester police can not find evidence of criminal offences during the by-election. It is good they put a significant amount of effort into following all leads.

Apparently, reports from inside the EU are saying that Starmer has been trying to "divide and cherry pick" what he wants from the EU, just like the Tories did. Basically, any deal will be thin, and he's wasted a lot of good will.

Britain and the EU Haunted by Old Divisions on the Road to a New Deal

In the blistering heat outside Winston Churchill’s ancestral home last summer, it began to dawn on Keir Starmer that his plan to reset Britain’s relationship with the European Union would be easier sa...

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Today we have a double debunk: 1. A debunk of the idea that 67 dog breeds are being banned in Britain 2. A debunk of what the usual suspects are saying online (because they are so tediously predictable!🙄) 🧵1/21

Sharing this - the symptoms of stroke. Someone important to me didn't recognise loss of speech as a sign, to their cost, upsettingly so. Know the signs: F. A. S. T. Dropped side of the FACE Inability to raise both ARMS SPEECH slurred or impossible Act FAST, call an ambulance #Stroke #StrokeAwareness

That some of the world's wealthiest and most powerful men were writing crime e-mails to crime man Epstein on gmail suggests two non-exclusive things: a) Our meritocracy isn't all it's cracked up to be; b) Our overlords operate at levels of arrogance & impunity that make consequences unimaginable.

Google Translate got better and better overtime and had a short window of being brilliant, before getting, one assumes, AI slopified, and coming up with stuff like this - (the word I'd googled was "muchacho")

Guess who haven’t condemned Dump’s Afghanistan comments disrespecting 447 British deaths and countless wounded? Nigel Farage. Richard Tice. Rupert Lowe. Robert Jenrick. Kemi Badenoch. Nahim Zawahi. These people hate Britain. Wake up.

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Why do they keep calling it "The Botched Brexit Deal"? It implies that Brexit *done properly* would gift UK better deals than India, China, USA, Canada etc, indeed even better deals than those countries that are actually members of the EU! Brexit by definition botches deals "Brexit means Brexit."

“Brexit is dead but the body still lies in our living rooms. Get rid of it.”

Peter Cook: Brexorcist in Chief: Reboot Britain@brexitrage.bsky.social · 7mo ago

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