Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.
Left- Israeli, Ben Gvir, encourages mass kidnapping, rape and torture of Lebanese women and children. Right- 7 month old Palestinian girl was shot in the head and killed by an Israeli soldier yesterday.
Something shocking and out of the ordinary is happening in the UK. While in most comparable countries, healthy life expectancy is rising, here it is plunging steeply. Q. So what marks us out? A. 47 years of extreme neoliberalism, culminating in austerity. www.health.org.uk/reports-and-...
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Reminder: Israel bulldozed the Gaza War Cemetery in Al-Tuffah, Gaza City, destroying graves of British, Australian, and other allied soldiers from World War I and II. The war cemetery had been cared for by a Palestinian family for several generations. #AnzacDay #LestWeForget #FreePalestine #auspol
This is an extraordinary story they deserves much more airtime. Shocking in so many ways. Share widely.
Will Coldwell@willcoldwell.bsky.social · 4mo agoAlbert Douglas, a British businessman, was imprisoned in Dubai for five years over debts incurred by his son's company. Many others like him remain behind bars. My latest for the @theguardian.com Saturday Magazine www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Vance says that stopping funding for Ukraine is one of his proudest achievements in this administration. I’m watching this stunningly cruel speech from Ukraine, as Russia continues to kills us every day. Just today, they killed 8-year-old boy in Cherkasy and five people in Dnipro.
@nickybandini.bsky.social hi Nicki, love your work. Can you tell the subs, half way through your match report it starts referring to Croats. Sorry for your loss...
The morning after Hannah won I was asked time and time again about this. There was no evidence for it. Instead the establishment media fuelled the fire. It was Islamaphobic. And it's because those in power are scared of us ending rip off Britain.
Lizzie Dearden@lizziedearden.bsky.social · 4mo agoGreater Manchester Police has found "no evidence of any intent to influence or refrain any person from voting" in the Gorton and Denton by-election, after Reform made a complaint over alleged "family voting" The investigation looked at potential offences under the Representation of the People Act
Is it not news-worthy… That an 18-month-old Palestinian toddler was allegedly held in detention for 10 hours Tortured by Israeli soldiers using burning cigarettes and nails All to force a confession from his father? Look at him Because our press will rather you didn’t.
Israel escalates/attacks Iran’s gas fields => Iran reciprocates/attacks Qatar. Israel also attacks bridges/infrastructur in Lebanon. Israel is out of control. TRUMP, TELL ISRAEL TO STAND DOWN. Cut off their Patriots/all military aid. ISRAEL WAS A POOR CHOICE AS ALLY! Repost if you agree #BlueCrew
This absolute bullshit story about a Sikh restaurant owner getting arrested for "refusing to sell halal meat" has now gone global thanks to shoddy reporting in the tabloids, X and presenters on Talk tv not bothering to do a moment of research. Restaurants in the UK are not obliged to serve halal
BBC1 6pm flagship news show. Starmer makes a major statement on the attack on Iran, the BBC get reaction from 3 national party leaders. Spot which party is missing? Clue: they won a by election last week, have been above the Lib Dems in polls for ages.
What they’re basically saying is that Starmer and the UK isn’t allowed to operate an even moderately independent foreign policy outside of the United States. That is both ahistoric, wrong and weird for people who constantly tell us how sovereignty is what matters most.
Reform: There's too much state interference. Also Reform: We will force you to marry, stop you getting divorced, make you have babies, dictate your religious beliefs, control your sexuality, penalise you if you are disabled and deport you if you don't look right. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform’s Danny Kruger criticises UK’s ‘totally unregulated sexual economy’
Former Conservative laments divorce changes and says Reform UK will pursue policies to boost birthrate
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His dad who was Finance Director at the English Electric Cooker Company and Managing Director of Cannon Industries? His dad, whose startup company went on to turnover millions and who privately educated his son?
Welcome to Reform’s front bench Yusuf, Hampton School, £29,916 per year Jenrick, Wolverhampton Grammar, £17,835 per year Farage, Dulwich College, £30,618 per year Tice, Uppingham School, £58,176 per year Braverman, Heathfield School, defunct private school The authentic voice of the working class
Lower bills. Defend the NHS. Rebuild our public services. Only the Green Party can stop Reform. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Polanski says Gorton and Denton by-election a choice between ‘hate and hope’
Leader Zack Polanski believes the Gorton and Denton by-election will be a race between the Greens and Reform
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Mafia goon: Nice house you got here...it'd be a shame if something happened to it Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
Inside Manchester United post-derby day: New faces, old songs and shoots of optimism. For @theathleticfc.bsky.social t.co/trFuNpwBXU
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6986127/2026/01/21/manchester-united-derby-win-carrick/?source=emp_shared_article
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So... Looks like Alonso might be looking for a new job soon. Can't say I've followed either Leverkusen or Madrid enough to know, but would he be an upgrade on Amorim? What's the consensus view, fellow Reds?
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... - my new article, if of interest please share.
I endured an English public school. But that’s not the only reason I’m unsurprised about the Farage allegations |
Let’s put aside the schooldays accusations and look, instead, at the Reform leader’s path since then. I think a pretty clear picture of the man emerges, says author and podcaster Musa Okwonga
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