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Long-time journalist & reviewer for various - mainly M East-related - publications
It would be nice if #r4today mentioned something of Ben Delo's history.
Peter Geoghegan@petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 5d agoThe Ben Delo who has just given Reform £36m is the same Ben Delo who US prosecutors said was the leader of a ‘criminal enterprise’ But hey ho, it’s fine for him- and any other crypto bro - to buy British democracy lock stock and barrel democracyforsale.substack.com/p/reforms-4m...
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Tommy Robinson: Where’s the Money Gone? review – endless shocking allegations
From his claim of being ‘de-banked’ to a disturbing detail about a rape survivor’s story being used to fundraise, this film puts big questions to the co-founder of the English Defence League. But it i...
theguardian.com
JL Partners strapline: "Giving you the conviction to lead" Hepless with mirth.
The polling company JL Partners featured in tonights Channel 4 News Exposé on Reform is the same one used by Sex Matters and LGB Alliance . JLP are linked to American Christian investors that hope to shape UK policy.
The polls were conducted by JL Partners and widely reported in the press, including by the Times and Telegraph, without disclosing who had funded them.
Also JL Partners breached British Polling Council rules in one of the most egregious ways possible.
The British Polling Council (BPC) said “it is clear there have been breaches” of rules governing the industry after JL Partners reportedly did not disclose that Reform UK commissioned polling it had carried out. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv... #BBCPM
Reform suspends two officials over donations sting as Farage admits their comments ‘don’t look good’ – UK politics live
James Orr and Dan Jukes, aides to Nigel Farage, stepped down after an investigation by Channel 4 News
theguardian.com
Nigel Farage proposing the end of liberal democracy here.
55 years ago today, Paul and Linda McCartney hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with “Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey,” from 'Ram.' It became Paul’s first U.S. No. 1 single after The Beatles.
Reform UK’s a farce: Suffolk County Council now recognises that "whilst the climate is changing" it does not believe the state of emergency that has existed since 2019.
Reform council not 'denying climate change' but undeclare emergency in Suffolk
Suffolk is no longer in a state of climate emergency after the term was undeclared at a meeting of Suffolk County Council on Thursday, July 16.
ipswichstar.co.uk
Why can’t people see that when dodgy Nige says that Reform will declare a state of emergency and root out judges and civil servants, ‘who stop us doing what we want to do,’ it’s like a burglar saying he’s going to make it legal to go into your house and steal your stuff.
Times has it tucked away on page 2, above a similar sized piece on how Farage would declare a state of emergency if he got into power so he could force through legislation. Delusional but dangerous. But as red flags go, both articles are very big and very red. The Times doesn’t say that though.
Flock cameras have no place in Texas. They can piece together an exact map of your behavior — the places you went and how long you were there. Flock calls this “pattern-of-life” mapping. Texans call it something else: government overreach.
The brutality and inhumanity of ICE continues to grow www.nytimes.com/2026/08/30/w...
Deportees Recount Harrowing Journeys to Africa: Shackles, a ‘Freezer’ and Blows (Gift Article)
Ten deportees said they experienced or witnessed what they called abusive or violent treatment by ICE. They spent months in detention, they said, before being sent to nations where they had no ties.
nytimes.com
Happy one-year anniversary to our leader Zack Polanski. 🥳 A remarkable first year, and this is just the beginning. 💚
Nigel Farage is sworn back in as an MP in the House of Commons One heckler shouts: “Until the next by-election”
Tehran calls for Washington to respect terms of MoU after attacks send tensions soaring in the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran urges US to honour commitments under MoU
Tehran calls for Washington to respect terms of MoU after attacks send tensions soaring in the Strait of Hormuz.
aljazeera.com
Burnham falling into the trap of gauging the economic and social health of Britain by the state of its high streets when they are instead mostly a gauge of its increasingly online shopping habits which is not the same thing at all