This is Reform's criticism of providing free travel for 11 to 16 year olds in GM. These people only know the politics of division and grievance.
More evidence that Reform voters are not like other people in the UK. Show them some potential corruption and they’re all in.
$5.7bn. Approximately £4.28bn. Simple maths says, with a global population of 8.2bn, that's about 52 pence, stolen from every human being on this planet! IN 3 MONTHS Tell me @zackpolanski.bsky.social and @greenparty.org.uk are wrong when they call this profiteering? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BP profit highest since 2022 as Iran war pushes up oil price
Higher oil prices boost the energy giant's results while environmental groups accuse it of profiteering.
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Joshua Bonehill-Paine Self-styled "nationalist, fascist, theorist and supporter of white rights” who was jailed in 2015 for antisemitic online posts.... Selected as a Tory candidate.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2d agoFormer neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate for Somerset council election
NEW How the BBC turned the litigation table on Trump The president now faces a dilemma about revealing his business records By me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
Fascinating change in BBC news bulletins about Reform. Farage announcement on small boats only gets the third spot and is balanced by critics saying he's trying to distract from allegations over his finances. Quite the change from the uncritical coverage earlier this year.
Wales become first nation to drop support for Fifa president Gianni Infantino
Wales become first nation to drop support for Fifa president Gianni Infantino
* FAW says under-fire president has lost its confidence * ‘This is a failure we cannot accept’ The Football Association of Wales has withdrawn its support for the Fifa president Gianni Infantino’s re-election bid over his bungled effort to sell off stakes in the World Cup to private investors. Infantino announced last week he was shelving the widely-denounced plan that was rejected by three confederations but his decade-long reign at the head of Fifa remains under intense scrutiny. Continue reading...
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The Football Association of Wales has banned players at a fifth-tier club from wearing shirts supplied by its sponsor because they promote the pro-Welsh independence campaign group Yes Cymru ✍️Martin Shipton wp.me/p8Mk4U-1qcE
Drought declared across the whole of Wales with July on course to be driest in 190 years
Drought declared across the whole of Wales with July on course to be driest in 190 years
Drought has been declared across the whole of Wales, with this month on course to be the driest July in the area since records began.
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Major fire on heathland down the road from Sizewell B (Suffolk, UK), to add to the seemingly endless list of conflagrations as the world heats up and rain patterns change.
It’s exhausting. For years, decades, right wing media have lied and told us #climate breakdown was just woke nonsense. Now, it’s whoopsies, yes it’s real, but relax everyone & enjoy our new “Mediterranean” climate as Europe goes up in flames around us.
This is the letter that the current Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has written to the Telegraph in response to yesterday's column by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard. Note how she - yet again - doesn't actually explain how she would tackle climate change 🤔
On Burnham’s social care speech today, it was deeply refreshing to see him make a point to thank immigrants who provide social care. I hope that reflects where we go with ILR bill but beyond that it is good to hear gratitude and openness rather than scapegoating and penny pinching.
We offer no analysis on whether Burnham will turn out to be a good PM or not; that's not what our podcast is about. But surely we can all agree that having a proper, match-going, buying-their-own-ticket, not-sat-in-bloody-hospitality fan at the helm is a big upgrade on most of the recent incumbents.
When Saturday Comes@wsc.co.uk · 2w agoThe first WSC contributor to hold the office of Prime Minister – Andy Burnham for WSC 101, July 1995
If the good people of Clacton reject Nigel Farage and vote in @ Count Binface they will be a significant part of British history and the biggest challenge to the far-right since Churchill's era willblack-53220.medium.com/if-you-suppo...
If you support Reform you are supporting the far-right
Nigel Farage has strong links to the far-right. A vote for Reform is an insult to our relatives who fought fascism i
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Yeah Lucy Connolly was guest of honour at the Reform conference FFS. www.itv.com/news/anglia/... Endorsing others' calls for acts of violence is bad. You can't pick and choose based on who the target is.
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Mark Chadbourn@chadbourn.bsky.social · last wk.After months of Farage whipping up actual violent riots on the streets of Britain, it’s hilarious to see Reform getting incensed over a t-shirt. We’ve just blown up the Hypocrisy Klaxon.
Labour overtakes Reform in voter poll for first time since March 2025
Labour overtakes Reform in voter poll for first time since March 2025
Labour up four points to 28% while Reform falls to 24% as Andy Burnham apparently wins favour for cost of living focus
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Not enough attention has been paid to just how destructive Kemi Badenoch’s plan to withdraw from the ECHR would be. It wouldn’t just be internationally damaging but would have profound domestic consequences too. My latest open.substack.com/pub/nixons/p...
Said this before, will again. Badenoch is the most dangerous figure in British politics. She's not as extreme as Farage or Lowe, but her impact is more pernicious. She actively prevents the British centre-right from adopting moderate positions, and thereby facilitates the radicalisation process.
Haven’t been to Denmark for a decade. And yes, it’s still more expensive than the UK but the price shock is materially lower than last time I was here. Which is a different national paths of inflation story. UK price level up about 43% since 2016, Danish more like 22%.
Wakefield now has a large Reform majority on its council. These delightful gentlemen are examples of what we were stupid enough to elect. Local Facebook groups also point out that they were wearing official council ID, and allegedly harassed mainly female bar staff... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reform councillors try to 'close down' Wakefield music festival
Investigation has begun after row started over posters that displayed Nigel Farage's face.
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There’s massive fallacy at the very start and heart of this story - no amount of new oil and gas from the North Sea can bring down the cost of living - global markets set the price, even when we make it here - not us. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
The Iran war poses real economic challenges but UK consumers continued their strong start to 2026 - retail sales rose 0.6% in the second quarter. Consistent growth now for two full years after flatlining throughout the entire last parliament.
UK inflation falls more than expected to 2.6% in June ft.trib.al/5bqMGBw
UK inflation falls more than expected to 2.6% in June
Figure comes as Prime Minister Andy Burnham seeks to cut cost of living
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Burnham govt removes VAT from household electricity bills. Average domestic bills should fall by £45 from 1st October. Ends Starmer's digital ID project which was going to cost £1.8bn over the next three years. Encouraging start.
VAT to be cut from electricity bills in October
Homes will save around £45 a year through the cut announced on Andy Burnham's first full day as prime minister.
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🟣 SUBSTACK: What the World Cup Showed Us About Politics As the tournament comes to its final game, Jon Bloomfield and David Edgar reflect on what it has demonstrated about nationhood, identity and the global rules-based order Read below.
What the World Cup Showed Us About Politics
As the tournament comes to its final game, Jon Bloomfield and David Edgar reflect on what it has demonstrated about nationhood, identity and the global rules-based order
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866,000 suspicious activity reports (SARs) on illicit financial flows reported to the National crime Agency. Can't launder money without accountants. UK has 408,000, highest per capita in the world, Only 0.71% came from accountants. Yet their trade associations regulate audit, insolvency.
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