Nigel Farage just took a question from a 'journalist' at his press conference, who turned out to be his former chief adviser Raheem Kassam, who asks him why the media are being so unfair to him

Course you would, “love”… And Brexit will suddenly be amazing. And climate change will go away. And Trump will give us the bestest trade deal ever. And voters will love you for scrapping their rights, to please your moneyed mates… Now, pipe down and focus on your upcoming fight with a bin.

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.

1/3 Strip away the theatre and Reform UK is a billionaire-backed project to dismantle the public realm, shred regulatory protections and hand what remains of state power to capital. It’s plain to see – just follow the money.

The leader of Restore Britain, Rupert Lowe, has urged Nigel Farage to make a Reform-Restore pact "for the good of the country". The so-called 'good': - Mass deportations - A referendum on the death penalty - Brutal welfare cuts It's not a pact. It's a threat to the future of our country.

Rupert Lowe urges Nigel Farage to work with Restore Britain

Lowe says the two should put ‘personalities and our past disagreements aside for good of the country’

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I'm glad to see this. It's what many of us have been arguing for a long time, but until now no one in government seemed ready to listen. Let's hope we will begin to see an education policy which works for children, and for the 21st Century. In The Times today.

I worked for New York’s largest medical center at the start of the pandemic. There were morgue trucks on the streets. They set up emergency medical tents in Central Park. Healthcare worker colleagues died. It is horrific that RFK Jr is on national TV lying that ICUs were empty.

Andy Burnham correctly points out in an interview that small boat crossings are massively down this year compared with last. The comments in the post are filled with people suggesting he is lying about this very clear, data-evidenced fact. It’s almost as though they don’t want it to he true…

Confused by Lewis Goodall going weird about Covid in 2026, without even the excuse of lockdown

The funniest - and least discussed - aspect of this is that Farage, having reportedly told RefUK he'd only lead them if compensated for the £1m a year income he had outside politics, pocketed their five million, then kept earning from outside interests at the same rate anyway. He scammed even them.

Alex Andreou@sturdyalex.bsky.social · 4d ago

Important, 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. 🧐

Strawberries, cherries, broccoli, peas, pumpkins, sweetcorn, cauliflower, eggs, milk, beans, cucumber, potatoes. All at risk of shortages. This is the reality of living in a climate emergency. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/drought-heatwave-food-supply-risk-england-b3024535.html

The British food items at risk due to extreme drought conditions

Farmers and food supply experts have warned of supermarket shortages as British farmers tackle extreme drought condition

independent.co.uk

A leading UK Conservative and moderate criticises leader Kemi Badenoch for chasing Reform policies and suggests it might be better if the party split.

"We don’t have concentration camps today in the US, but we have something close." At least 52 people have died in ICE custody since Trump returned to office. Tens of thousands have been held in solitary confinement. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/30/ice-detention-center-camp

Don’t call them ICE detention centers. Call them camps | John Washington

I’ve spent a decade reporting on immigration enforcement. The word ‘camp’ best captures the political function of these

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Trump has done some pretty shitty things to Ukraine since taking office, but promising the ability to produce Patriots only to reverse is an absolute disgrace. Ukraine is in a strong position but is still vulnerable to murderous strikes from Putin. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/trump-...

Trump Offers Word-Salad Gibberish To Explain His Position On Patriots For Ukraine

The president publicly said three weeks ago that he would let Ukraine build its own anti-missile interceptors. Now he says maybe not.

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🔥 If you do one thing this Sunday- please watch this video. It’s a jaw-dropping scandal and the survivors need justice. Video link —> www.instagram.com/reel/Dbh8gO_...

Nigel Farage's father was a very rich stockbroker; he's privately educated, billionaire funded, travels by private jet cares far more about his 5 homes & 13 jobs than helping constituents in Clacton which includes Jaywick, named the most deprived neighbourhood in England for 4th time since 2010

This seems to be a fairly sane analysis of the much hyped High Court ruling, touted by the right wing as a "Come On In" sign, which it definitely is not abc17news.com/news/nationa...

The Supreme Court ruling at the center of Spain’s Ceuta migrant crisis

By Alessandra Freitas, CNN (CNN) — Around 50,000 migrants crossed into Spain’s North African exclave of Ceuta this week, a mass influx that overwhelmed local authorities. At least 57 people died durin...

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It's really hard to see how Farage can avoid a sanction for breaking rules on declarations. At very least he was clearly considering a return when the Harborne donation happened. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Nigel Farage struck Reform comeback deal long before election

Supervised by the convicted fraudster George Cottrell, the agreement undermines Farage’s claim about when he decided to return to politics

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Capital One says it closed Trump Organization’s accounts after anti-money-laundering review www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Capital One says it closed Trump Organization’s accounts after anti-money-laundering review

Disclosure from 2021 investigation marks first time a bank has formally tied money-laundering concerns to Donald Trump

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Every single second, the world hands $6,000 to the fossil fuel industry in subsidies. That’s $5 TRILLION every year. Renewables? Barely a fraction of that. We are literally paying to cook our own planet. When does this madness stop? 🌍💸 #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels

Former Australia Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has a punchy letter in the Times defending compulsory voting: "Surely a key objective of a democracy is to maximise the participation of all the people, regardless of their wealth, education or enthusiasm for reading political columns in The Times"

Spain clearly controls entry into the Schengen area from Africa. Almost everyone who entered Ceuta has returned. They would not have been eligible for regularisation anyway. Take your profound ignorance elsewhere.

Piñín♾️ ... que de Piñón "ye" sobrín@the-real-nacho.bsky.social · 3d ago

Spain could control entry to the Schengen area from Africa but it doesn't. The ailing government in Madrid has just granted EU residency to 600,000+ undocumented migrants. This pull factor together with Spain's incompetent border control strategies have led to a very dangerous situation in #Ceuta.

George Cottrell through his lawyer at Carter Ruck - the same lawyer who also acts for Nigel Farage - flatly denies the claim & any relationship with Abramovich’s son. Three separate sources say otherwise & @bylinetimes.bsky.social has another.

NEW: The Abramovich connection. How convicted money launderer George Cottrell - & close aide to Nigel Farage - ‘signed documents’ for one of Putin’s closest allies. My latest for @thenerve.news 1/ www.thenerve.news/p/george-cot...

Farage, George Cottrell and Putin’s friend Abramovich

Source reveals convicted money launderer and Reform leader’s close ally worked as a young man for the now-sanctioned oligarch after becoming friends with his son. Report by Carole Cadwalladr

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Covid lockdowns demonstrated, in a deeply imperfect way, the possibility of large-scale social solidarity for a higher cause. That is a prime reason why so many powerful people want us to run screaming away from them into the comforting arms of selfish individualist competition.

As the UN Secretary General says, every new fossil fuel project approved today makes tomorrow’s heatwaves more dangerous & our world less secure. I hope Andy Burnham is listening. Caving in to the fossil fuel lobby as the planet burns would be unforgivable

Burnham risks first revolt as PM over apparent support for North Sea drilling

Labour MPs fear No 10 team lack up-to-date energy insight and don’t fully recognise voters’ climate concerns

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Sir #DavidAttenborough “Things are going to get worse. This is the new extinction. We are in terrible, terrible trouble and the longer we wait to do something about it, the worse it is going to get." #ClimateEmergency

David Attenborough, the voice of Our Planet: “Things are going to get worse”

The voice of some of the most stunning nature documentaries ever made is pessimistic about the future of wildlife on earth.

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Worst we’ve known’: UK turns to imports as drought and heat hit vegetable crops. Food insecurity and higher prices would follow. Poor hit the hardest. Despite warnings, no plan for water shortages. Need reservoirs, water storage, better water management. Companies can't do national planning.

‘Worst we’ve known’: UK turns to imports as drought and heat hit vegetable crops

Growers in dismay after scorching weather and lack of rain affect yields, sending wholesale prices rocketing

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Nigel Farage struck a secret deal to return as Reform leader months before the election, and showed it to the treasurer in May 2024.So the man who claimed he “wasn’t involved in politics” and therefore didn’t need to declare gifts was already cutting leadership deals behind the scenes.😆

Two things. One of the main exploitation methods of those spreading misinformation is to take normal scientific arguments over details and suggest they imply doubt over an entire subject. The second, what is ‘at best’ supposed to imply other than that the idea that long covid itself is a lie?

Lewis Goodall@lewisgoodall.com · 4d ago

Long covid is a disputed subject, at best.