Louise Crossley
@candidepeel.bsky.social
Part-time soothsayer, some time poet, full-time woke.
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Reform UK council chair resigns after ‘illegally renting out two unsafe properties’
Reform UK council chair resigns after ‘illegally renting out two unsafe properties’
Edward Harris, chair of Warwickshire county council, owned homes with ‘multiple serious safety failures’
A Reform UK council chair has resigned after it was found he was illegally running two unsafe rental properties, according to a neighbouring local authority.
Edward Harris, the chair of Warwickshire county council, owned two unlicensed houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) in Staffordshire that had “multiple serious safety failures”, according to Labour-led Tamworth borough council. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Reform UK council chair resigns after ‘illegally renting out two unsafe properties’
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This is so unhinged
January 29, 2026 at 9:34 PM
This is so unhinged
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I don't think a limited company can sue for defermation on behalf of one of its employees?
January 29, 2026 at 6:30 PM
I don't think a limited company can sue for defermation on behalf of one of its employees?
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Plenty of people who knew Farage personally have publicly called Farage a vile racist. To my knowledge, he's not sued a single one 🤔
January 29, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Plenty of people who knew Farage personally have publicly called Farage a vile racist. To my knowledge, he's not sued a single one 🤔
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The fact the party, rather than Braverman's own lawyers, have written this letter is interesting. The party failing to comply with procedural requirements suggests the letter is about political point scoring than expressing a genuine intention Braverman wishes to sue.
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I don't think the Reform Party UK pre-action letter to Kemi Badenoch threatening legal action for the mental health slur against Suella Braverman in her defection complies with the Defamation Pre-Action Protocol. This is either incompetence or posturing.
January 29, 2026 at 9:43 PM
The fact the party, rather than Braverman's own lawyers, have written this letter is interesting. The party failing to comply with procedural requirements suggests the letter is about political point scoring than expressing a genuine intention Braverman wishes to sue.
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friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there
January 29, 2026 at 9:34 PM
friend of mine is an undocumented immigrant and has been hiding in Melania theaters bc he knows people assume no one is in there
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You’ve got to be a complete fucking moron to believe that the FBI has 5 hard drives showing existensive fraud and nobody has been arrested.
But then again, complete fucking morons are their target audience.
But then again, complete fucking morons are their target audience.
January 29, 2026 at 8:18 PM
You’ve got to be a complete fucking moron to believe that the FBI has 5 hard drives showing existensive fraud and nobody has been arrested.
But then again, complete fucking morons are their target audience.
But then again, complete fucking morons are their target audience.
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And about fucking time too.
And about fucking time too.
Judge throws out challenge to trans women using Hampstead Heath pond — The Times and The Sunday Times
A charity cannot bring a High Court challenge to rules allowing trans people to use single-sex facilities in Hampstead Heath’s swimming ponds, a judge has ruled. Sex Matters sought to take legal actio...
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January 29, 2026 at 8:26 PM
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And about fucking time too.
And about fucking time too.
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Angus: Donald Trump is furious that he was made to look like an absolute buffoon in Davos, and that the revenge was coming fast and quick. And what do you do the next day? You start raising the issue of breaking Canada apart.
This is the Donbass playbook.
This is the Donbass playbook.
January 29, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Angus: Donald Trump is furious that he was made to look like an absolute buffoon in Davos, and that the revenge was coming fast and quick. And what do you do the next day? You start raising the issue of breaking Canada apart.
This is the Donbass playbook.
This is the Donbass playbook.
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I still cannot quite believe that 77 million 🇺🇸 voters willingly voted for this utter tosser and imbecile.
A majority of them THREE TIMES
A majority of them THREE TIMES
Trump: "Coal doesn't mind very cold weather, right? You're not allowed to say the word 'coal' with preceding by saying 'clean, beautiful coal.' It's not affected by bad weather. The windmills are are frozen. You know that, right? They don't turn. The windmills aren't turning."
January 29, 2026 at 8:41 PM
I still cannot quite believe that 77 million 🇺🇸 voters willingly voted for this utter tosser and imbecile.
A majority of them THREE TIMES
A majority of them THREE TIMES
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"Council should not be raising revnue" from school streets. May I remind the editor of our local newspaper that the only reason they are is because drivers choose to ignore the restrictions that were put in place to PROTETCT CHILDREN from getting hurt or killed outside their schools.
January 29, 2026 at 1:15 PM
"Council should not be raising revnue" from school streets. May I remind the editor of our local newspaper that the only reason they are is because drivers choose to ignore the restrictions that were put in place to PROTETCT CHILDREN from getting hurt or killed outside their schools.
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FBI raiding election offices in Georgia
This feels really, really ominous for the prospect of free and fair elections in US
Been blindingly obvious since Nov 2024 that Trump will go this way.
Does American democracy have any defences left?
This feels really, really ominous for the prospect of free and fair elections in US
Been blindingly obvious since Nov 2024 that Trump will go this way.
Does American democracy have any defences left?
Why is Tulsi Gabbard at an FBI raid on an elections office in Fulton County?
January 29, 2026 at 8:52 PM
FBI raiding election offices in Georgia
This feels really, really ominous for the prospect of free and fair elections in US
Been blindingly obvious since Nov 2024 that Trump will go this way.
Does American democracy have any defences left?
This feels really, really ominous for the prospect of free and fair elections in US
Been blindingly obvious since Nov 2024 that Trump will go this way.
Does American democracy have any defences left?
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The Reform Party chair of Warks County Council has been exposed as a slum landlord. He let out two HMOs that had no central heating or hot water - amongst other problems.
They were so bad that Tamworth Council closed them with emergency prohibition orders.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
They were so bad that Tamworth Council closed them with emergency prohibition orders.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Warwickshire Reform UK councillor illegally let unsafe Tamworth homes
Edward Harris is described as a
www.bbc.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 7:34 PM
The Reform Party chair of Warks County Council has been exposed as a slum landlord. He let out two HMOs that had no central heating or hot water - amongst other problems.
They were so bad that Tamworth Council closed them with emergency prohibition orders.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
They were so bad that Tamworth Council closed them with emergency prohibition orders.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I’m deeply disappointed by today’s decision not to compensate WASPI women. For years, I and many of the ministers now in government stood on platforms with these women and campaigned alongside them for justice. Read my full statement: www.clivelewis.org/uncategorise...
My response to the government’s decision on WASPI compensation - Clive Lewis
I’m deeply disappointed by today’s decision not to compensate WASPI women. For years, I and many of the ministers now in government stood on platforms with these women and campaigned alongside them fo...
www.clivelewis.org
January 29, 2026 at 5:34 PM
I’m deeply disappointed by today’s decision not to compensate WASPI women. For years, I and many of the ministers now in government stood on platforms with these women and campaigned alongside them for justice. Read my full statement: www.clivelewis.org/uncategorise...
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"UAE authorities maintain a zero-tolerance policy toward criticism of the government and enforce that policy with an arsenal of invasive surveillance tools... This has produced a chilling effect on public discourse..." www.hrw.org/news/2023/11...
In a GB News interview with an Emirati minister, GB News host / shareholder and Reform leader Nigel Farage says the UK can "learn" from the UAE in terms of "law and order".
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January 29, 2026 at 5:40 PM
"UAE authorities maintain a zero-tolerance policy toward criticism of the government and enforce that policy with an arsenal of invasive surveillance tools... This has produced a chilling effect on public discourse..." www.hrw.org/news/2023/11...
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The massive government funding package just failed badly in the Senate, 45-55.
Needed 60.
Zero Democrats voted for it.
SEVEN Republicans opposed it:
Budd
Johnson
Lee
Paul
Moody
Rick Scott
Tuberville
(John Thune switched his vote to no for procedural reasons.)
Needed 60.
Zero Democrats voted for it.
SEVEN Republicans opposed it:
Budd
Johnson
Lee
Paul
Moody
Rick Scott
Tuberville
(John Thune switched his vote to no for procedural reasons.)
January 29, 2026 at 5:27 PM
The massive government funding package just failed badly in the Senate, 45-55.
Needed 60.
Zero Democrats voted for it.
SEVEN Republicans opposed it:
Budd
Johnson
Lee
Paul
Moody
Rick Scott
Tuberville
(John Thune switched his vote to no for procedural reasons.)
Needed 60.
Zero Democrats voted for it.
SEVEN Republicans opposed it:
Budd
Johnson
Lee
Paul
Moody
Rick Scott
Tuberville
(John Thune switched his vote to no for procedural reasons.)
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Things like killing civilians when they sleek, sexually assaulting children in occupied territories, murdering and torturing people, bombing homes and schools and hospitals.
Witkoff: "The Russians are doing things maybe that people wouldn't give them the credit for doing, and I think it always comes down to your indomitable spirit"
January 29, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Things like killing civilians when they sleek, sexually assaulting children in occupied territories, murdering and torturing people, bombing homes and schools and hospitals.
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🔴Keir Starmer’s Labour Government Is Much Better Than the Media Admits
There is a deep disconnect between the Government’s actions to improve the country and its standing in the polls, argues @prfchrispainter.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/29/k...
There is a deep disconnect between the Government’s actions to improve the country and its standing in the polls, argues @prfchrispainter.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/29/k...
Keir Starmer’s Labour Government Is Much Better Than the Media Admits
There is a deep disconnect between the Government's actions to improve the country and its standing in the polls, argues Professor Chris Painter
bylinetimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 2:30 PM
🔴Keir Starmer’s Labour Government Is Much Better Than the Media Admits
There is a deep disconnect between the Government’s actions to improve the country and its standing in the polls, argues @prfchrispainter.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/29/k...
There is a deep disconnect between the Government’s actions to improve the country and its standing in the polls, argues @prfchrispainter.bsky.social
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Brutal column but this stood out for me - "what MPs want is someone who can, in an era of uncertainty, inject a political argument, direction and urgency".
Not just MPs. As long as it is something with some grounding in their life and the world we live in.
Not just MPs. As long as it is something with some grounding in their life and the world we live in.
January 29, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Brutal column but this stood out for me - "what MPs want is someone who can, in an era of uncertainty, inject a political argument, direction and urgency".
Not just MPs. As long as it is something with some grounding in their life and the world we live in.
Not just MPs. As long as it is something with some grounding in their life and the world we live in.
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UK govt again rejects compensation to 1950s-born women over state pension age confusion.
2024 ombudsman report recommended apology & compensation. Govt apologised, no compensation.
If only they been party donors, private equity managers, non-doms, steel companies ... they would have got something.
2024 ombudsman report recommended apology & compensation. Govt apologised, no compensation.
If only they been party donors, private equity managers, non-doms, steel companies ... they would have got something.
Ministers reject Waspi calls for compensation after rethink
Women hit by changes to the state pension age say the decision shows
www.bbc.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 2:39 PM
UK govt again rejects compensation to 1950s-born women over state pension age confusion.
2024 ombudsman report recommended apology & compensation. Govt apologised, no compensation.
If only they been party donors, private equity managers, non-doms, steel companies ... they would have got something.
2024 ombudsman report recommended apology & compensation. Govt apologised, no compensation.
If only they been party donors, private equity managers, non-doms, steel companies ... they would have got something.
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In a GB News interview with an Emirati minister, GB News host / shareholder and Reform leader Nigel Farage says the UK can "learn" from the UAE in terms of "law and order".
💰 GB News advertisers: #JCBmachines, #NationalLottery, #staysuretravelinsurance, #weareboxt, #allclearinsurance & #freshpet
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January 29, 2026 at 1:23 PM
In a GB News interview with an Emirati minister, GB News host / shareholder and Reform leader Nigel Farage says the UK can "learn" from the UAE in terms of "law and order".
💰 GB News advertisers: #JCBmachines, #NationalLottery, #staysuretravelinsurance, #weareboxt, #allclearinsurance & #freshpet
💰 GB News advertisers: #JCBmachines, #NationalLottery, #staysuretravelinsurance, #weareboxt, #allclearinsurance & #freshpet
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Yet ANOTHER water bill increase
It's an insult that we're being asking to pay more while our water system collapses around us
This government has promised to tackle the cost of living crisis.
They should begin by slashing water bills through public ownership of water.
It's an insult that we're being asking to pay more while our water system collapses around us
This government has promised to tackle the cost of living crisis.
They should begin by slashing water bills through public ownership of water.
Households in England and Wales must splash out more as water bills to rise by 5.4%
Average bills to go up again in April, with Ofwat approving record spending plans amid outrage over sewage spills
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Yet ANOTHER water bill increase
It's an insult that we're being asking to pay more while our water system collapses around us
This government has promised to tackle the cost of living crisis.
They should begin by slashing water bills through public ownership of water.
It's an insult that we're being asking to pay more while our water system collapses around us
This government has promised to tackle the cost of living crisis.
They should begin by slashing water bills through public ownership of water.
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It's easier for journalists to take right-wing populism to task *before* it becomes a full-fledged Trumpian regime.
Reform UK, Britain's answer to 'MAGA', has a credible path to power. And the monopoly press is failing to scrutinise it.
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Reform UK, Britain's answer to 'MAGA', has a credible path to power. And the monopoly press is failing to scrutinise it.
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The Scrutiny Gap and Reform UK’s Path to Power Reform UK’s rise is accelerating at the same moment rigorous investigation is retreating. Byline Times can fill that journalistic void – but only with yo...
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January 29, 2026 at 1:43 PM
It's easier for journalists to take right-wing populism to task *before* it becomes a full-fledged Trumpian regime.
Reform UK, Britain's answer to 'MAGA', has a credible path to power. And the monopoly press is failing to scrutinise it.
👉 subscribe.bylinetimes.com/reformscruti...
Reform UK, Britain's answer to 'MAGA', has a credible path to power. And the monopoly press is failing to scrutinise it.
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