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Reform says Britain is broken, and they offer radical change to put it right. But who broke it? We name the guilty parties. | Stephen McNair
Who broke Britain?
Reform says Britain is broken, and they offer radical change to put it right. But who broke it? We name the guilty parties.
eastangliabylines.co.uk
February 1, 2026 at 6:18 AM
Reform says Britain is broken, and they offer radical change to put it right. But who broke it? We name the guilty parties. | Stephen McNair
After 18 years of decline, Reform are promising radical change. But who was it who broke Britain, and how did they do it?
Here, the author lays out all the culprits ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @stephenmcnair.bsky.social
Here, the author lays out all the culprits ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @stephenmcnair.bsky.social
Who broke Britain?
Reform says Britain is broken, and they offer radical change to put it right. But who broke it? We name the guilty parties.
eastangliabylines.co.uk
February 2, 2026 at 10:59 PM
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Starmer will have already known Palantir has contracts right across UK gov, including very sensitive areas.
Starmer will have already known Palantir has contracts right across UK gov, including very sensitive areas.
February 2, 2026 at 8:58 PM
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Starmer will have already known Palantir has contracts right across UK gov, including very sensitive areas.
Starmer will have already known Palantir has contracts right across UK gov, including very sensitive areas.
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Geoffrey Robinson's loan and consequences seems to have been completely forgotten
Geoffrey Robinson's loan and consequences seems to have been completely forgotten
February 2, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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Geoffrey Robinson's loan and consequences seems to have been completely forgotten
Geoffrey Robinson's loan and consequences seems to have been completely forgotten
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Old Barry Manilow smash-hit chart rise in UK and US
Old Barry Manilow smash-hit chart rise in UK and US
February 2, 2026 at 7:14 PM
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Old Barry Manilow smash-hit chart rise in UK and US
Old Barry Manilow smash-hit chart rise in UK and US
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🎵 Oh Mandy
🎵 Oh Mandy
Max Wilkinson, Lib Dem MP: "The evidence is damning, the use of public office for private gain is the very definition of corruption."
February 2, 2026 at 5:21 PM
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🎵 Oh Mandy
🎵 Oh Mandy
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🎵 Oh Mandy
🎵 Oh Mandy
Three parties - SNP, Lib Dems and Plaid Cymru - now asking for the police to investigate Mandelson.
Hard to recall a worse public scandal than a cabinet minister allegedly colluding with foreign bankers to share market sensitive info and encourage threats against Chancellor
Hard to recall a worse public scandal than a cabinet minister allegedly colluding with foreign bankers to share market sensitive info and encourage threats against Chancellor
February 2, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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🎵 Oh Mandy
🎵 Oh Mandy
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#Gaza
Aaron Bastani talks to Oborne about his book:
'Complicit: Britain's Role in the Destruction of Gaza'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5m-...
⚪ 1 hr 12 mins
#Gaza
Aaron Bastani talks to Oborne about his book:
'Complicit: Britain's Role in the Destruction of Gaza'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5m-...
⚪ 1 hr 12 mins
Media Insider EXPOSES Israel’s Capture Of British Politics | Aaron Bastani Meets Peter Oborne
YouTube video by Novara Media
www.youtube.com
February 1, 2026 at 2:40 PM
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#Gaza
Aaron Bastani talks to Oborne about his book:
'Complicit: Britain's Role in the Destruction of Gaza'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5m-...
⚪ 1 hr 12 mins
#Gaza
Aaron Bastani talks to Oborne about his book:
'Complicit: Britain's Role in the Destruction of Gaza'
www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5m-...
⚪ 1 hr 12 mins
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#moneylaundering
#Oliver_Bullough
From author of Moneyland & Butler to the World, new anatomy of global money laundering, Everybody Loves Our Dollars. On Audible read by author Oliver Bullough.
Bicester, Oxon., enters the story. And in a, What? Shakes head amazing way.
#moneylaundering
#Oliver_Bullough
From author of Moneyland & Butler to the World, new anatomy of global money laundering, Everybody Loves Our Dollars. On Audible read by author Oliver Bullough.
Bicester, Oxon., enters the story. And in a, What? Shakes head amazing way.
February 1, 2026 at 11:18 AM
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#moneylaundering
#Oliver_Bullough
From author of Moneyland & Butler to the World, new anatomy of global money laundering, Everybody Loves Our Dollars. On Audible read by author Oliver Bullough.
Bicester, Oxon., enters the story. And in a, What? Shakes head amazing way.
#moneylaundering
#Oliver_Bullough
From author of Moneyland & Butler to the World, new anatomy of global money laundering, Everybody Loves Our Dollars. On Audible read by author Oliver Bullough.
Bicester, Oxon., enters the story. And in a, What? Shakes head amazing way.
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#Gaza
Petraeus, ex-Iraq surge, ex-CIA, is getting
carried away saying the lessons he learned from defeating Falluja insurgency, a Sunni uprising against US occupation of Iraq, has lessons for Gaza.
Iraq was a state, Gaza a territory settler colonial Israel has hemmed in.
tinyurl.com/zdd5b5ja
#Gaza
Petraeus, ex-Iraq surge, ex-CIA, is getting
carried away saying the lessons he learned from defeating Falluja insurgency, a Sunni uprising against US occupation of Iraq, has lessons for Gaza.
Iraq was a state, Gaza a territory settler colonial Israel has hemmed in.
tinyurl.com/zdd5b5ja
Ex-CIA Chief David Petraeus Briefs Officials in Israel Overseeing "New Gaza"
Petraeus, who was a major proponent of biometric gated communities in counterinsurgency, now works for KKR whose portfolio includes companies that have technology and defense interests in Gaza.
www.dropsitenews.com
January 31, 2026 at 10:56 PM
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#Gaza
Petraeus, ex-Iraq surge, ex-CIA, is getting
carried away saying the lessons he learned from defeating Falluja insurgency, a Sunni uprising against US occupation of Iraq, has lessons for Gaza.
Iraq was a state, Gaza a territory settler colonial Israel has hemmed in.
tinyurl.com/zdd5b5ja
#Gaza
Petraeus, ex-Iraq surge, ex-CIA, is getting
carried away saying the lessons he learned from defeating Falluja insurgency, a Sunni uprising against US occupation of Iraq, has lessons for Gaza.
Iraq was a state, Gaza a territory settler colonial Israel has hemmed in.
tinyurl.com/zdd5b5ja
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😼 Ffor also Boyd read Boyd also. Of course.
😼 Ffor also Boyd read Boyd also. Of course.
January 31, 2026 at 10:41 PM
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😼 Ffor also Boyd read Boyd also. Of course.
😼 Ffor also Boyd read Boyd also. Of course.
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The mistake surely is to see, or express, this as a one-man project with singular motivations.
Way, way, before they were talking Heritage Foundation, Russ Vought, Project 2025. There are several P 2025 trackers showing how far their plans have been implemented.
The mistake surely is to see, or express, this as a one-man project with singular motivations.
Way, way, before they were talking Heritage Foundation, Russ Vought, Project 2025. There are several P 2025 trackers showing how far their plans have been implemented.
January 31, 2026 at 9:19 PM
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The mistake surely is to see, or express, this as a one-man project with singular motivations.
Way, way, before they were talking Heritage Foundation, Russ Vought, Project 2025. There are several P 2025 trackers showing how far their plans have been implemented.
The mistake surely is to see, or express, this as a one-man project with singular motivations.
Way, way, before they were talking Heritage Foundation, Russ Vought, Project 2025. There are several P 2025 trackers showing how far their plans have been implemented.
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Got it bit earlier. A take away from this Lauder and Trump have known each other for 60 years.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Got it bit earlier. A take away from this Lauder and Trump have known each other for 60 years.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
How a billionaire with interests in Greenland encouraged Trump to acquire the territory
US president’s friend Ronald Lauder – who first proposed Arctic expansion – is now making deals in the island
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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Got it bit earlier. A take away from this Lauder and Trump have known each other for 60 years.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Got it bit earlier. A take away from this Lauder and Trump have known each other for 60 years.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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#CH4
#TheChelseaDetective
Part 1 Series 1
www.channel4.com/programmes/t...
⚪ Might well be a cut above the normal detective series.
Was attracted to it with its Chelsea specific policing. Just read William Boyd's, Ordinary Thunderstorms, which centres on Chelsea, where also Boyd lives.
#CH4
#TheChelseaDetective
Part 1 Series 1
www.channel4.com/programmes/t...
⚪ Might well be a cut above the normal detective series.
Was attracted to it with its Chelsea specific policing. Just read William Boyd's, Ordinary Thunderstorms, which centres on Chelsea, where also Boyd lives.
The Chelsea Detective - Series 1 Episode 1
Stonemason Andrew Knightley is pushed under a London Underground train during rush hour.
www.channel4.com
January 31, 2026 at 8:41 PM
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#CH4
#TheChelseaDetective
Part 1 Series 1
www.channel4.com/programmes/t...
⚪ Might well be a cut above the normal detective series.
Was attracted to it with its Chelsea specific policing. Just read William Boyd's, Ordinary Thunderstorms, which centres on Chelsea, where also Boyd lives.
#CH4
#TheChelseaDetective
Part 1 Series 1
www.channel4.com/programmes/t...
⚪ Might well be a cut above the normal detective series.
Was attracted to it with its Chelsea specific policing. Just read William Boyd's, Ordinary Thunderstorms, which centres on Chelsea, where also Boyd lives.
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Which quite naturally segues to this very important article on the dual-state:
www.truthdig.com/articles/ice...
Which quite naturally segues to this very important article on the dual-state:
www.truthdig.com/articles/ice...
ICE and the Dual-State Regime - Truthdig
The Nazi political theory behind ICE lawlessness creates two systems: one that follows rules and one that ignores traditional restraints.
www.truthdig.com
January 31, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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Which quite naturally segues to this very important article on the dual-state:
www.truthdig.com/articles/ice...
Which quite naturally segues to this very important article on the dual-state:
www.truthdig.com/articles/ice...
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😼 Perhaps she has in mind being the first Labour Minister to join Reform.
😼 Perhaps she has in mind being the first Labour Minister to join Reform.
January 31, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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😼 Perhaps she has in mind being the first Labour Minister to join Reform.
😼 Perhaps she has in mind being the first Labour Minister to join Reform.
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😼 Any half-decent Nazi would hand over at least 4 of his extra jobs to an unemployed potential Reform voter.
😼 Any half-decent Nazi would hand over at least 4 of his extra jobs to an unemployed potential Reform voter.
January 31, 2026 at 6:34 PM
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😼 Any half-decent Nazi would hand over at least 4 of his extra jobs to an unemployed potential Reform voter.
😼 Any half-decent Nazi would hand over at least 4 of his extra jobs to an unemployed potential Reform voter.
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Right straight on to my cleaner-who-cooks to thrown together a clutch of those for my freezer.
Right straight on to my cleaner-who-cooks to thrown together a clutch of those for my freezer.
January 31, 2026 at 6:26 PM
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Right straight on to my cleaner-who-cooks to thrown together a clutch of those for my freezer.
Right straight on to my cleaner-who-cooks to thrown together a clutch of those for my freezer.
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#NeilKinnock
2 hours. 82 yrs old. Still sharp as a button. Memory of an elephant. Feel free to suggest other superlatives.
No mention of, "The best PM we never had". Though it probably wouldn't have been an easy ride.
Riveting for those who lived through it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNQn...
#NeilKinnock
2 hours. 82 yrs old. Still sharp as a button. Memory of an elephant. Feel free to suggest other superlatives.
No mention of, "The best PM we never had". Though it probably wouldn't have been an easy ride.
Riveting for those who lived through it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNQn...
Neil Kinnock | A Labour Rebel's Path To Power.
YouTube video by The Rest Is Politics: Leading
www.youtube.com
January 31, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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#NeilKinnock
2 hours. 82 yrs old. Still sharp as a button. Memory of an elephant. Feel free to suggest other superlatives.
No mention of, "The best PM we never had". Though it probably wouldn't have been an easy ride.
Riveting for those who lived through it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNQn...
#NeilKinnock
2 hours. 82 yrs old. Still sharp as a button. Memory of an elephant. Feel free to suggest other superlatives.
No mention of, "The best PM we never had". Though it probably wouldn't have been an easy ride.
Riveting for those who lived through it.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNQn...
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A lightening fast, condensed but effective exposition of what is being said across the web from many angles.
Into the pot, 3:
Fraenkel --> Schmidt
www.rawstory.com/steve-bannon...
Bannon:
www.rawstory.com/steve-bannon...
Authoritarian Stack
www.authoritarian-stack.info?ref=dispatch...
A lightening fast, condensed but effective exposition of what is being said across the web from many angles.
Into the pot, 3:
Fraenkel --> Schmidt
www.rawstory.com/steve-bannon...
Bannon:
www.rawstory.com/steve-bannon...
Authoritarian Stack
www.authoritarian-stack.info?ref=dispatch...
'You cannot de-escalate': Trump urged to increase violence against Minnesota 'insurgents'
MAGA influencer Steve Bannon called on the Trump administration to double down after officers from the Department of Homeland Security killed Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old nurse, over the weekend."In Min...
www.rawstory.com
January 31, 2026 at 1:23 PM
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A lightening fast, condensed but effective exposition of what is being said across the web from many angles.
Into the pot, 3:
Fraenkel --> Schmidt
www.rawstory.com/steve-bannon...
Bannon:
www.rawstory.com/steve-bannon...
Authoritarian Stack
www.authoritarian-stack.info?ref=dispatch...
A lightening fast, condensed but effective exposition of what is being said across the web from many angles.
Into the pot, 3:
Fraenkel --> Schmidt
www.rawstory.com/steve-bannon...
Bannon:
www.rawstory.com/steve-bannon...
Authoritarian Stack
www.authoritarian-stack.info?ref=dispatch...
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#collapse_of_compassion
LLMS are good at neologism German compounds.
So: awareness of terrible things in the world while telling a joke.
Katastrophenkomikschuld (Katastrophe – catastrophe
- Komik – comedy - Schuld – guilt )
⚪ There is a psychological phenomenon termed collapse of compassion:
#collapse_of_compassion
LLMS are good at neologism German compounds.
So: awareness of terrible things in the world while telling a joke.
Katastrophenkomikschuld (Katastrophe – catastrophe
- Komik – comedy - Schuld – guilt )
⚪ There is a psychological phenomenon termed collapse of compassion:
January 31, 2026 at 12:48 PM
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#collapse_of_compassion
LLMS are good at neologism German compounds.
So: awareness of terrible things in the world while telling a joke.
Katastrophenkomikschuld (Katastrophe – catastrophe
- Komik – comedy - Schuld – guilt )
⚪ There is a psychological phenomenon termed collapse of compassion:
#collapse_of_compassion
LLMS are good at neologism German compounds.
So: awareness of terrible things in the world while telling a joke.
Katastrophenkomikschuld (Katastrophe – catastrophe
- Komik – comedy - Schuld – guilt )
⚪ There is a psychological phenomenon termed collapse of compassion:
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#ICE
Antifa used to unmask neo-Nazis, now it’s exposing ICE: ‘Predators don’t get anonymity’
Christopher Mathias, Guardian, 30 Jan 2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
⚪ Perhaps that's where Homan got the idea to post up pics of members of the public protesting ICE
#ICE
Antifa used to unmask neo-Nazis, now it’s exposing ICE: ‘Predators don’t get anonymity’
Christopher Mathias, Guardian, 30 Jan 2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
⚪ Perhaps that's where Homan got the idea to post up pics of members of the public protesting ICE
Antifa used to unmask neo-Nazis, now it’s exposing ICE: ‘Predators don’t get anonymity’
Following in a long American tradition of identifying fascists, a network of leftists has set out to name and shame Trump’s immigration agents
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 11:16 AM
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#ICE
Antifa used to unmask neo-Nazis, now it’s exposing ICE: ‘Predators don’t get anonymity’
Christopher Mathias, Guardian, 30 Jan 2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
⚪ Perhaps that's where Homan got the idea to post up pics of members of the public protesting ICE
#ICE
Antifa used to unmask neo-Nazis, now it’s exposing ICE: ‘Predators don’t get anonymity’
Christopher Mathias, Guardian, 30 Jan 2026
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
⚪ Perhaps that's where Homan got the idea to post up pics of members of the public protesting ICE
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And Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). Here’s Ben Horowitz’s father talking about his protégé, Stephen Miller
Folks. it’s time to delete your data, delete your TikTok accounts, and delete the TikTok app.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4OC...
Folks. it’s time to delete your data, delete your TikTok accounts, and delete the TikTok app.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4OC...
Zero Tolerance: David Horowitz Interview | FRONTLINE
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
www.youtube.com
January 26, 2026 at 2:57 AM
And Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). Here’s Ben Horowitz’s father talking about his protégé, Stephen Miller
Folks. it’s time to delete your data, delete your TikTok accounts, and delete the TikTok app.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4OC...
Folks. it’s time to delete your data, delete your TikTok accounts, and delete the TikTok app.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4OC...