Ruth
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Proud Northern soul ..always Labour and Man Utd .. just trying to be better every day ! 🌹🔥
Gotta give it to Semi Goodenough. I've never seen any political so morbidly determined to find a hill to die on. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Badenoch gives former neo-Nazi advisory role after he withdraws as Tory candidate
Joshua Bonehill-Paine, who was convicted of harassing Jewish MP, says Badenoch has asked him to work with party’s culture and integration commission
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"We're going to dock naval vessels and sailors without permission at the port of a key ally. We're not mental, honest."
"On what basis would France refuse a humanitarian operation to save lives?!" Reform's Laila Cunningham responds to France's suggestion that her party's plan to stop Channel crossings would violate its sovereignty and breach international law. #Newsnight
The chaos being created by Reform in local government is almost as scandalous as the issues around its funding at national level.
Reform Party UK Exposed@reformexposed.bsky.social · 12h agoReform UK Warwickshire under George Finch’s toxic leadership have haemorrhaged councillors. They have now just 17/57. He wouldn’t survive a vote of no confidence.
An astute observation from @terrythenurse.bsky.social
Sarah Murphy@13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 7h agoAs ever, @iandunt.bsky.social provides the cathartic dose of visceral contempt that is needed in these situations… “Badenoch is a joke, but her actions are deadly serious. Her continued presence as Tory leader undermines the party and corrodes public life.” liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/468...
Is there anyone or anything that Kemi Badenoch actually likes? Conservative councillors are the latest group to be on the receiving end of her contempt.
Reform UK was built from the bottom up to be about one man, but he is floundering and the party is sinking in the polls #EndOfReform #GetFarageOut
Reform UKs plan to use the Royal Navy to intercept migrant boats in the Channel brilliantly taken apart by ... er ... Nigel Farage
I have read Joshua Bonehill-Paine’s blogpost from April entitled “Inside the Mind of an Antisemite -and How I Escaped It”. It’s a fascinating account of being consumed by hateful, extremist ideology. You know what’s not in there? An apology. To Luciana Berger or the wider Jewish community
It probably won't happen but the prospect of Badenoch leading a Tory general election campaign is a joy. Every time she leaves X and enters the real world, she is hilariously inept and crass.
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.
More questions over Farage's £5m gift... Daisy Cooper, deputy leader of the Liberal Democrats: “With every new revelation, Reform UK and Nigel Farage look more and more like a bunch of grifters who believe it’s one rule for them and one rule for everyone else."
Farage urged to ‘come clean’ as fresh questions raised over £5 million gift
It casts new doubt on his defence for not declaring a £5 million gift from crypto-billionaire and Reform donor Christoph
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Reform repaid Tice loan on same day £1mn donated by mother of Farage aide Cottrell ft.trib.al/dlAq12b
Reform repaid Tice loan on same day £1mn donated by mother of Farage aide Cottrell
Transactions fuel criticism of the party’s lack of transparency over its financing
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Yep. Not many independent vets left now. So many people don’t realise that their vets practice is now corporate. They keep the old practice names to mislead. Pet owners are now being fleeced on a daily basis. The insurance doesn’t even cover all of the costs. It’s a bloody scam.
People can look closer to home at what has happened to their vet bills. Indy vets bought out by huge US companies who also own the pet insurance companies that they have convinced everyone to buy. Same model.
All of them are the same, they are backed by private healthcare companies so it benefits them to demand the removal of the NHS, already profitable sections have been sold off to private companies. I agree, we just need to look at the US to see the right are spreading lies, lies we can't afford.
Reform UK Warwickshire under George Finch’s toxic leadership have haemorrhaged councillors. They have now just 17/57. He wouldn’t survive a vote of no confidence. zurl.co/VDG0P
'Let's see what happens at the ballot box': Warwickshire County Council leader George Finch reflects on Reform-Restore battle and defections
Warwickshire County Council leader George Finch has expressed confidence voters will stick with Reform UK in areas where councillors have defected to Restore Britain.
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Solar panels are going up on schools across the country - including Bristol’s own Avonmouth Primary. This Government is taking practical action to help schools generate their own clean electricity, reduce energy costs and support our transition to net zero.
Well that's a vote of confidence for all Tory councillors.
“Individuals like Luciana Berger should have been contacted prior to this decision being taken. Instead, the Tories seemingly sidelined them, and have had to pay for such a misstep with mounting public backlash.” conservativehome.com/2026/08/05/i...
I believe in second chances - but not for former neo-Nazis | Conservative Home
Again, I reiterate that I am all for second chances. But there comes a point in which one cannot extend the generosity of yet another attempt. Bonehill-Paine - I believe -, despite what he has done si...
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A few weeks ago John Healey resigned from Starmer's cabinet because he was unhappy with defence spending. He's now Chancellor in Burnham's cabinet, begs the question why his first policy announcement hasn't been to increase defence spending. Maybe his resignation wasn't about spending, who knew.
Booker: "Ghislaine Maxwell is sitting in the lowest possible confinement after giving no information that helped us get one more investigation started and has been silent, and the man responsible for that we're about to make the attorney general of the US ... this is farcical."
I was lucky enough to have known John for the last 25 years. He was remarkable to the end, witty, sharp and kind to a fault. Do read his obituaries, a fascinating life. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
John Croft obituary
Codebreaker at Bletchley Park who later worked at the Home Office and became a successful abstract artist
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