Richard Tice appears to have used more than half a million pounds he received from the mother of Nigel Farage’s long-term aide George Cottrell to convert loans he had made to Reform UK into donations. ft.trib.al/YwfH2uZ
Joanne Clements 🕷💙🦋
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But they seemed like such nice, patriotic, community-minded chaps. (Except the ones currently facing murder, child abuse & assault charges, obviously.)
Oxford Clarion@oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 2d agoLeaders 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.
The Righteous Rupert Lowe-Life preached about leaches sucking the financial blood out of Britain. This is the same Whoopert Lowe-Life whose company took £100k in furlough cash despite making £7.9 million profit He really didn’t need it but it was free, it was available so he took it like a leach
Abdul El-Sayed was outspent 9-to-1 by AIPAC and corporate Super PACs in the most expensive Senate Democratic primary of all time. Last night, he proved that organized people can beat organized money.
I have a question (asking also in the other place) - Europe and UK appear not to be providing #Ukraine (the current European front line vs Russia) with defensive infrastructure vs ballistic missiles. Does this mean we (Europe/UK) can't right now defend the entire continent? @wesstreeting.bsky.social
A 60 Minutes probe into Epstein's banking, with Wyden already interviewed, vanished right after Sharyn Alfonsi got pushed out under Bari Weiss. Same editor who stalled the CECOT migrant story until Stephen Miller got a say. CBS keeps calling it timing. Sure looks like a pattern.
60 Minutes Epstein Banking Story Vanished After CBS Ousted Sharyn Alfonsi, Dem Senator Reveals
Wyden revealed he was interviewed for the show in a Senate report alleging the country's largest banks turned “a blind eye” to Epstein's financial activity
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Good article but refusing formal rather than informal (family) care is hardly "taboo". I and my colleagues see people week in week out who quite openly do just this. I'd say the bigger taboo (in some cultures) is families admitting they can't/won't do it www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What if older people refuse help outside the family? This is the taboo that could wreck care reform | Emily Kenway
Many fear losing their independence if they agree to care workers looking after them. Any social care review must take this on board, says Emily Kenway, a social policy doctoral researcher
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A disturbing and unhinged interview with Rep. Max Miller amid horrifying allegations; Cornyn and Tillis show the art of the cave; the Iran debacle deepens; and much more. Ron's daily bulletin has arrived.
Today in Politics, Bulletin 433. 8/4/26
… Senators John Cornyn and Thom Tillis both served up lame excuses today as they voted to pass AG nominee Todd Blanche out of the Judiciary Committee on a straight 12-10 party line vote.
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One in five people arrested during the 2024 anti-migrant riots have since been reported to police for domestic abuse, adding to earlier findings that two in five had already been reported for domestic abuse before the disorder took place. [June 2026 report] #FarageRiots
Police data shows 1 in 5 men arrested during 2024 riots have since been reported for domestic abuse | End Violence Against Women
Joint statement from Southall Black Sisters (SBS), Hibiscus, Latin American Women’s Rights Service (LAWRS), Imkaan, End Violence Against Women Coalition (EVAW), Women for Refugee Women, Asylum Matters...
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A vote to confirm Todd Blanche is a vote against justice for Epstein survivors.
Given we are approaching that time of the year, my big piece from years back on the 1983 Cold War Crisis (and the role of Stanislav Petrov in it) over onto authory as a free-to-read. Over the years, the myth of what happened has been simplified. The reality was scarier. Because: Ronald Reagan.
The Day the World Didn’t End
At the height of the Cold War, with alarms screaming, one Soviet officer stopped to think. It cost him his career. It may also have saved the world. The morning of the 26th September 1983 had started ...
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It's sort of wild that the US president declares war and announces peace deals 3-4 times a week now and it's just...barely even news any more? Could it be unhealthy? Who can say!
Ashton Pittman@ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 2d agoUpdate: No deal, back to war, Trump says.
The point of school, the simple justice of a wealth tax & Congo Chris Philp’s amazing crime busting wheeze that literally nobody* has ever thought of before… podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i... *may contain sarcasm
Is Britain being gaslit about a wealth tax?
Podcast Episode · James O'Brien Daily · 3 August · 59min
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"It's just insane how patronising some people are to their readers." @mrjamesob.bsky.social isn't a fan of the newspaper coverage of Andy Burnham's holiday.
Kemi Badenoch’s candidates: Grant Shapps out Former neo-Nazi with criminal record in open.spotify.com/episode/6WqM...
Should a former neo-Nazi be allowed to stand for election?
James O'Brien Daily · Episode
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A stranger stopped me in the centre of Kyiv and invited me to a bell-ringing and carillon performance at St. Michael’s Golden-Domed Monastery. I followed her. The full letter is for paid members www.patreon.com/strategywoma...
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Can electoral lightning strike twice? #VoteBinface #Clacton
Man who shagged his girlfriend behind his wife's back lectures the Archbishop of Canterbury on Christianity.
Perimeters, not parameters. An excursion, not an incursion. Six genders, not cisgender. Insane asylums, not asylum. Transgender mice, not transgenic mice. The IQ of a potato.
RFK Jr and wife had a soiree at their Hollywood mansion during COVID and required proof of COVID vaccination with RSVP. Watch what they do, not what they say. –Rachel Maddow
They subpoenaed an 85-year-old man who has testified before Congress 250 times. They published his private diary first. Then screamed profanity at him for not talking. Six years of investigation. Zero charges. This is what having nothing looks like. www.JackHopkinsNow.com
RefUK, RW media, & Eurofash are plainly trying to whip up a panic about this. Any serious report must begin by explaining that Ceuta is in Africa - not mainland Spain - and 48k+ of the 50k crossers were already returned. It is frightening how many still don't know this. Please share on all socials.
Hi @sturdyalex.bsky.social 3 weeks ago I wrote this, printed about 200 copies, drove to Clacton & stuck them around the town - it shows the exact timeline of which you speak. PS, great show at Leicester Sq theatre last Thursday, you were all great and Count Binface - wow! v funny with serious point
Alex Andreou@sturdyalex.bsky.social · 4d agoImportant, because Farage's defence for not declaring Harborne's £5m 'gift' has always been very specific: he did not decide to stand until 3rd of June. Turns out this deal was struck mid-May (confirmed by RefUK) and facilitated by Farage's other big donor, convicted felon 'Posh' George Cotrell. 🧐