AladdinNoons
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The bill to scrap the 2-child cap on benefits has pass it's second reading in the Commons tonight.
The bill will lift 450,000 children out of poverty.
It passed by 458 votes to 104.
Full voting breakdown still to come.
The bill will lift 450,000 children out of poverty.
It passed by 458 votes to 104.
Full voting breakdown still to come.
February 3, 2026 at 7:24 PM
The bill to scrap the 2-child cap on benefits has pass it's second reading in the Commons tonight.
The bill will lift 450,000 children out of poverty.
It passed by 458 votes to 104.
Full voting breakdown still to come.
The bill will lift 450,000 children out of poverty.
It passed by 458 votes to 104.
Full voting breakdown still to come.
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Nigel Farage once vehemently believed that defections should trigger by-elections…
I challenged Reform’s Andrea Jenkyns on his now opposite stance
And this was the state of her response…
I challenged Reform’s Andrea Jenkyns on his now opposite stance
And this was the state of her response…
February 3, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Nigel Farage once vehemently believed that defections should trigger by-elections…
I challenged Reform’s Andrea Jenkyns on his now opposite stance
And this was the state of her response…
I challenged Reform’s Andrea Jenkyns on his now opposite stance
And this was the state of her response…
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Is Nigel Farage next?
February 3, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Is Nigel Farage next?
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But what do Reform do? Table a reasoned amendment that would kill the bill.
Two of the reasons they give: it would encourage migration and because some of the help will be for children with at least one parent born outside the UK.
Absolutely fucking disgusting!
2/2
Two of the reasons they give: it would encourage migration and because some of the help will be for children with at least one parent born outside the UK.
Absolutely fucking disgusting!
2/2
February 3, 2026 at 12:13 PM
But what do Reform do? Table a reasoned amendment that would kill the bill.
Two of the reasons they give: it would encourage migration and because some of the help will be for children with at least one parent born outside the UK.
Absolutely fucking disgusting!
2/2
Two of the reasons they give: it would encourage migration and because some of the help will be for children with at least one parent born outside the UK.
Absolutely fucking disgusting!
2/2
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February 3, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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HMP Northumberland will gain four new houseblocks, boosting its capacity by 240 places, in the latest Government step to make streets safer.
New prison houseblocks under construction to keep streets safe
HMP Northumberland will gain four new houseblocks, boosting its capacity by 240 places, in the latest Government step to make streets safer.
www.gov.uk
February 3, 2026 at 4:53 PM
HMP Northumberland will gain four new houseblocks, boosting its capacity by 240 places, in the latest Government step to make streets safer.
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Yesterday I asked to be taken off the review committee of Supercomputing 26 in Chicago, one of the key conferences in my field. I cannot support a conference in a country where children are snatched from school and put into concentration camps.
February 3, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Yesterday I asked to be taken off the review committee of Supercomputing 26 in Chicago, one of the key conferences in my field. I cannot support a conference in a country where children are snatched from school and put into concentration camps.
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Our pubs in #CardiffEast are the heart of our communities.
To support them with rising costs and changing habits, the Welsh Labour Government is providing a 15% discount on business rates in 2026-27.
This £8m package will help 4,400 hospitality businesses across Wales.
To support them with rising costs and changing habits, the Welsh Labour Government is providing a 15% discount on business rates in 2026-27.
This £8m package will help 4,400 hospitality businesses across Wales.
February 3, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Our pubs in #CardiffEast are the heart of our communities.
To support them with rising costs and changing habits, the Welsh Labour Government is providing a 15% discount on business rates in 2026-27.
This £8m package will help 4,400 hospitality businesses across Wales.
To support them with rising costs and changing habits, the Welsh Labour Government is providing a 15% discount on business rates in 2026-27.
This £8m package will help 4,400 hospitality businesses across Wales.
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Not friendly at all
February 3, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Not friendly at all
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Anything about sky tv packages and forcing the poor to put their pets down? Feel like it's missing a bit more stick tbh.
Reform UK says it would re-impose two-child benefit cap for most families to fund £3bn support package for pubs - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
February 3, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Anything about sky tv packages and forcing the poor to put their pets down? Feel like it's missing a bit more stick tbh.
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NEW: Reform UK says it would re-impose the two-child benefit cap - scrapped by Labour - for most families to fund £3bn support package for pubs.
February 3, 2026 at 3:41 PM
NEW: Reform UK says it would re-impose the two-child benefit cap - scrapped by Labour - for most families to fund £3bn support package for pubs.
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The UK's ICO has opened an investigation in to X in relation to Grok AI & its potential to produce harmful sexualised image & video content.
They say the creation of the "content raises serious concerns under UK data protection law & presents a risk of significant potential harm to the public"
1/3
They say the creation of the "content raises serious concerns under UK data protection law & presents a risk of significant potential harm to the public"
1/3
ICO announces investigation into Grok
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has opened formal investigations into X Internet Unlimited Company (XIUC) and X.AI LLC (X.AI) covering their processing of personal data in relation to the ...
ico.org.uk
February 3, 2026 at 2:35 PM
The UK's ICO has opened an investigation in to X in relation to Grok AI & its potential to produce harmful sexualised image & video content.
They say the creation of the "content raises serious concerns under UK data protection law & presents a risk of significant potential harm to the public"
1/3
They say the creation of the "content raises serious concerns under UK data protection law & presents a risk of significant potential harm to the public"
1/3
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Am certainly no fan of Mandelson, but I am also no fan of using primary legislation so as to impose a sanction on particular individuals without any due process.
This is what the Stuarts did, and we sort of thought better of it after the civil wars.
This is what the Stuarts did, and we sort of thought better of it after the civil wars.
February 3, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Am certainly no fan of Mandelson, but I am also no fan of using primary legislation so as to impose a sanction on particular individuals without any due process.
This is what the Stuarts did, and we sort of thought better of it after the civil wars.
This is what the Stuarts did, and we sort of thought better of it after the civil wars.
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Listening to several Tory contributions it proves they are morally devoid…while the Reform amendment to kill the bill is downright evil.
5/5
5/5
February 3, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Listening to several Tory contributions it proves they are morally devoid…while the Reform amendment to kill the bill is downright evil.
5/5
5/5
Lie after lie after lie
February 3, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Lie after lie after lie
February 3, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Surely if Andrew can be stripped of his titles Mandy can be too
Government officials drafting law to do that
Government officials drafting law to do that
BREAKING: Lord Mandelson is to step down from the House of Lords immediately.
But he will keep his title as a peerage is bestowed for life - unless government changes the law.
But he will keep his title as a peerage is bestowed for life - unless government changes the law.
February 3, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Surely if Andrew can be stripped of his titles Mandy can be too
Government officials drafting law to do that
Government officials drafting law to do that
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BREAKING: Lord Mandelson is to step down from the House of Lords immediately.
But he will keep his title as a peerage is bestowed for life - unless government changes the law.
But he will keep his title as a peerage is bestowed for life - unless government changes the law.
February 3, 2026 at 2:57 PM
BREAKING: Lord Mandelson is to step down from the House of Lords immediately.
But he will keep his title as a peerage is bestowed for life - unless government changes the law.
But he will keep his title as a peerage is bestowed for life - unless government changes the law.
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1. In 2009 I wrote this. I argued that Peter Mandelson's department “functions as a fifth column within government, working for corporations to undermine democracy and the public interest.”
This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵
www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...
This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵
www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...
Mandelson’s Fifth Column
The British government’s business department exists to undermine democracy.
www.monbiot.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:32 AM
1. In 2009 I wrote this. I argued that Peter Mandelson's department “functions as a fifth column within government, working for corporations to undermine democracy and the public interest.”
This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵
www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...
This thread explains what I saw, and reaches a startling conclusion.🧵
www.monbiot.com/2009/05/04/m...
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Lebedev is still a Lord...
February 3, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Lebedev is still a Lord...
“Back Your Local
Save Our Pubs”
Says Farage from pub in Westminster
Nice to see him doing some constituency work…
Save Our Pubs”
Says Farage from pub in Westminster
Nice to see him doing some constituency work…
February 3, 2026 at 2:42 PM
“Back Your Local
Save Our Pubs”
Says Farage from pub in Westminster
Nice to see him doing some constituency work…
Save Our Pubs”
Says Farage from pub in Westminster
Nice to see him doing some constituency work…
Watch how the votes fall with this one
MPs are now considering the second reading of the Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill.
Watch the debate ⬇️
parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
Watch the debate ⬇️
parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...
February 3, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Watch how the votes fall with this one