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BREAKING The number of homicides in England and Wales has fallen to 499 - the lowest level for four decades.
From Oct 24 -Sep 25 there were also falls in knife crime and gun crimes, recorded by police.
But shop theft rose to 519,381 offences.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS)
From Oct 24 -Sep 25 there were also falls in knife crime and gun crimes, recorded by police.
But shop theft rose to 519,381 offences.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS)
January 29, 2026 at 10:04 AM
BREAKING The number of homicides in England and Wales has fallen to 499 - the lowest level for four decades.
From Oct 24 -Sep 25 there were also falls in knife crime and gun crimes, recorded by police.
But shop theft rose to 519,381 offences.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS)
From Oct 24 -Sep 25 there were also falls in knife crime and gun crimes, recorded by police.
But shop theft rose to 519,381 offences.
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS)
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Sanctuary policies are legal. The Supreme Court has been clear for decades that the federal government cannot commandeer state or local governments to enforce federal immigration law. This isn’t “playing with fire.” It’s constitutional law.
January 28, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Sanctuary policies are legal. The Supreme Court has been clear for decades that the federal government cannot commandeer state or local governments to enforce federal immigration law. This isn’t “playing with fire.” It’s constitutional law.
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"If we have to hunt you down, the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will find your identities. We will find you. We will achieve justice. And we will do so under the Constitution and laws of the United States."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ft1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ft1...
Philly DA vows to prosecute ‘wannabe Nazi' ICE agents who violate the law
YouTube video by NBC10 Philadelphia
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:50 AM
"If we have to hunt you down, the way they hunted down Nazis for decades, we will find your identities. We will find you. We will achieve justice. And we will do so under the Constitution and laws of the United States."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ft1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ft1...
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I'm less likely to visit the US whether they do or not....it's the descent into authoritarianism and institutionalised bullying that deters me
January 29, 2026 at 9:34 AM
I'm less likely to visit the US whether they do or not....it's the descent into authoritarianism and institutionalised bullying that deters me
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Pension system is ‘dysfunctional’ and exacerbating gender inequality, Women’s Budget Group tells MPs
Increasing the State Pension age without addressing women’s caring responsibilities and unequal access to private pensions risks deepening gender inequality and pensioner poverty, the Women’s…
Increasing the State Pension age without addressing women’s caring responsibilities and unequal access to private pensions risks deepening gender inequality and pensioner poverty, the Women’s…
Pension system is ‘dysfunctional’ and exacerbating gender inequality, Women’s Budget Group tells MPs
Increasing the State Pension age without addressing women’s caring responsibilities and unequal access to private pensions risks deepening gender inequality and pensioner poverty, the Women’s Budget Group (WBG) warned MPs today. Giving evidence to the House of Commons Work and Pensions Committee ahead of the scheduled increase in the State Pension age in April, Dr Daniella Jenkins, incoming Director of the Women’s Budget Group, cautioned that the current pensions system is dysfunctional because it does not work for the majority of pensioners, who are women.
labourhub.org.uk
January 28, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Pension system is ‘dysfunctional’ and exacerbating gender inequality, Women’s Budget Group tells MPs
Increasing the State Pension age without addressing women’s caring responsibilities and unequal access to private pensions risks deepening gender inequality and pensioner poverty, the Women’s…
Increasing the State Pension age without addressing women’s caring responsibilities and unequal access to private pensions risks deepening gender inequality and pensioner poverty, the Women’s…
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Don’t pay any attention to a Finditoutnow poll which shows Reform winning in the Gorton & Denton byelection.
The sample is just 143 people and the top three are blurred into margin of error.
The sample is just 143 people and the top three are blurred into margin of error.
January 28, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Don’t pay any attention to a Finditoutnow poll which shows Reform winning in the Gorton & Denton byelection.
The sample is just 143 people and the top three are blurred into margin of error.
The sample is just 143 people and the top three are blurred into margin of error.
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Possibly the main reason why the people ignoring Trump's depravity are as dangerous as the ones excusing or actively supporting is that he wil clearly start a war to avoid scrutiny of anything from ICE to Epstein if he thinks he will get away with it.
January 29, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Possibly the main reason why the people ignoring Trump's depravity are as dangerous as the ones excusing or actively supporting is that he wil clearly start a war to avoid scrutiny of anything from ICE to Epstein if he thinks he will get away with it.
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What does a Labour government ever do for you?
Well here are 14 things they have done TODAY!
How many can you say other parties even have the first clue about?
1. Upgrades to more grass roots sports facilities
2. 450,000 disadvantaged students to be supported by new AI tutoring tools
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Well here are 14 things they have done TODAY!
How many can you say other parties even have the first clue about?
1. Upgrades to more grass roots sports facilities
2. 450,000 disadvantaged students to be supported by new AI tutoring tools
1/8
January 27, 2026 at 8:27 PM
What does a Labour government ever do for you?
Well here are 14 things they have done TODAY!
How many can you say other parties even have the first clue about?
1. Upgrades to more grass roots sports facilities
2. 450,000 disadvantaged students to be supported by new AI tutoring tools
1/8
Well here are 14 things they have done TODAY!
How many can you say other parties even have the first clue about?
1. Upgrades to more grass roots sports facilities
2. 450,000 disadvantaged students to be supported by new AI tutoring tools
1/8
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Don’t wear contact lenses if there’s any chance at all you might be exposed to tear gas or pepper spray
January 28, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Don’t wear contact lenses if there’s any chance at all you might be exposed to tear gas or pepper spray
They're all ignorant, abusive and cruel.
💉 CDC CHAIR: VACCINES = "BATTERY"?! 🤯
Trump’s new CDC advisor is calling life-saving shots "medical battery" and wants POLIO vaccines to be optional for kids! 🛑 This is not a drill! www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/pack-your-...
Trump’s new CDC advisor is calling life-saving shots "medical battery" and wants POLIO vaccines to be optional for kids! 🛑 This is not a drill! www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/pack-your-...
January 27, 2026 at 7:53 PM
They're all ignorant, abusive and cruel.
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Interesting moment in the post-Trump succession struggle. 1/
January 27, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Interesting moment in the post-Trump succession struggle. 1/
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TikTok users say they can’t upload anti-ICE videos. The company blames tech issues
Why can’t TikTokers upload anti-ICE videos? | CNN Business
Some TikTok users are accusing the app of censorship after they attempted and failed to upload videos about ICE. TikTok says the ongoing glitches are related to a power outage.
www.cnn.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:41 PM
TikTok users say they can’t upload anti-ICE videos. The company blames tech issues
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Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
January 27, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
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I understand Labour faces a largely hostile media environment, but its inability to make a big splash with genuinely positive news remains unfathomable. Like the Warm Homes Plan last week, this will make a big difference to the finances and lives of hundreds of thousands of people.
Good news but slightly odd manner and timing of announcement? - in a video on tik tok, not made overnight to maximise press coverage, no supportive quotes
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
PM: “We're capping ground rents at £250”
PM caps ground rents at £250 a year in game-changing shake up of leasehold system and to support families with the cost of living.
www.gov.uk
January 27, 2026 at 9:51 AM
I understand Labour faces a largely hostile media environment, but its inability to make a big splash with genuinely positive news remains unfathomable. Like the Warm Homes Plan last week, this will make a big difference to the finances and lives of hundreds of thousands of people.
Nuts... absolutely appalling person.
Just like Farage, Suella Braverman wants to turn Britain into Trump's America.
January 26, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Nuts... absolutely appalling person.
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Pam Bondi said they will leave the state once MN officials hand over the full voter rolls.
This was never about immigration.
This was never about immigration.
January 25, 2026 at 4:56 AM
Pam Bondi said they will leave the state once MN officials hand over the full voter rolls.
This was never about immigration.
This was never about immigration.
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If an episode of Mr & Mrs was directed by Leni Riefenstahl.
January 26, 2026 at 3:55 PM
If an episode of Mr & Mrs was directed by Leni Riefenstahl.
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much worse; Fox doesn't know where you are or what you're doing or what you like
TikTok will now be Fox News online. That is why Trump approved his right wing oligarchs buying it.
January 26, 2026 at 3:57 PM
much worse; Fox doesn't know where you are or what you're doing or what you like
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🚨 PSA on ICE Tactics 🚨
January 26, 2026 at 3:52 PM
🚨 PSA on ICE Tactics 🚨
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Friends, please do not follow the US down the path of fascism. Take to the streets to protest fascist policies before they are implemented.
The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
January 26, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Friends, please do not follow the US down the path of fascism. Take to the streets to protest fascist policies before they are implemented.
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Who's going to tell him?
Vance Urges Minnesotans To Help ICE 'Find A Sex Offender'—And Everyone's Thinking The Same Thing
www.comicsands.com
January 26, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Who's going to tell him?
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New research suggests civil conversations often have more impact than we anticipate: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...
We underestimate how much civil discussion can change minds | BPS
New research suggests civil conversations often have more impact than we anticipate.
www.bps.org.uk
January 16, 2026 at 12:00 PM
New research suggests civil conversations often have more impact than we anticipate: www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...
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One thing that shows you how bad ICE’s tactics are — ACTUAL cops are among the most vocal and biting in criticizing them.
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."
January 26, 2026 at 11:15 AM
One thing that shows you how bad ICE’s tactics are — ACTUAL cops are among the most vocal and biting in criticizing them.
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Scalise lies: "The want to defund ICE. They defunded police. The police chief of Mpls said yesterday multiple times how stretched thin his department is. They don't have enough people because Mpls defunded the police." (Police were not defunded and MPD is stretched thin bc of unrest caused by ICE)
January 26, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Scalise lies: "The want to defund ICE. They defunded police. The police chief of Mpls said yesterday multiple times how stretched thin his department is. They don't have enough people because Mpls defunded the police." (Police were not defunded and MPD is stretched thin bc of unrest caused by ICE)