James Alexander

@jmsalxdr.bsky.social

Saw this post by the Tories on here. It’s almost funny. The image looks like a promo shot for an ITV daytime detective drama that only aired for one series, never-mind getting into how ridiculous the claims are.

@Conservatives post on X.com
‘We know whose side we are on.
If you work hard, play by the rules and do the right thing, Conservatives are on your side.
But if you break the law, we will hold you to account.
A Conservative government led by @KemiBadenoch will bring back consequences for crime.’
+ Image of Chris Philp & Kemi Badenoch wearing Police hi-vis jackets with their arms crossed standing in front of a Police van.

I'm delighted to hear that BP doubled their profits, making £4.2bn in just 3 months. Not that I have any vested interest in it, other than the £50,000 given to us by the wife of former senior BP executive James Hay.

Pretending that the Navy taking back migrants would be a humanitarian mission and therefore legal, is a bit like pretending that a £5 million bribe is nothing to do with politics and therefore doesn't need to be declared.

Badenoch has turned the Tories into a naughties sitcom, that only ran for 2 series, something like The State of It, a sort of prequel to The Thick of It by which time the entire cast have been replaced.

Badenoch & Co. dressed in police high-vis looking nonchalant.

Rather than allowing humanists to contribute to Radio 4's Thought for the Day, the BBC's current format requires all speakers to frame political and current affairs commentary through a religious or scriptural lens. Yet half of the UK is non-religious so why not let us speak?

On the Today programme Reform UK’s home affairs spokesperson Zia Yusuf claimed “almost 1%” of, or “one in 100”, people crossing the Channel via small boat are dying. That’s not correct. The data we have suggests the actual proportion is closer to one in 1,000.

How many people die trying to cross the Channel in a small boat? – Full Fact

Reform UK’s home affairs spokesperson Zia Yusuf told the Today programme that “almost 1%” of those crossing the Channel via small boat are dying, but the actual figure is much less.

fullfact.org

French authorities have to waste their time rubbishing Reform’s ‘policy’ — announced by 2 people at a press conference that are not even MP’s, Farage and Yusuf — which they hastily put out to distract from massive scandals that would massively damage any other Party.

France hits out at Reform UK plan to return migrants using Royal Navy

It comes after the party said it would override French objections to return migrants to France.

bbc.co.uk

Burnham is urging employers to stop using AI to filter candidates’ CVs and stop using Zoom calls to interview young people, saying; "How does a young person shine in that situation? How do you get over some of your personality, your passion?" Quite right, too.

A Channel 4 News investigation has found that Christopher Harborne registered as living in the UK to vote for Brexit and make large financial donations - but months later stated he was based abroad. ✉️ Read our latest newsletter:

The 'gaping loopholes' used by billionaire to bankroll Reform UK

A Channel 4 News investigation has found that Christopher Harborne registered as living in the UK to vote for Brexit and make large financial donations - but months later stated he was based abroad.

channel4news.substack.com

Tice says the BBC "will be hearing from my lawyers"… Can imagine Tice & Farage’s lawyers are Saul Goodman types — asking no questions of the origin of the money they’re paid. Also turns out Reform’s bank froze its account for 2 weeks in 2024 including during the GE, due to concerns.

James Alexander@jmsalxdr.bsky.social · 2w ago

The Met Police are investigating donations made by Tice, Reform’s deputy leader, to Reform, originally from a convicted fraudsters mother — the same fraudster who’s been bankrolling Farage. This is different to the £5M ‘gift’ to Farage reported to the UK crime agency for money laundering concerns.

The Met Police are investigating donations made by Tice, Reform’s deputy leader, to Reform, originally from a convicted fraudsters mother — the same fraudster who’s been bankrolling Farage. This is different to the £5M ‘gift’ to Farage reported to the UK crime agency for money laundering concerns.

Police investigate donations by Richard Tice company to Reform UK

Britain Means Business, owned by the party’s deputy leader Richard Tice, made two donations of £250,000 in the run-up to the 2024 general election.

bbc.co.uk

Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface

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