Stuart Basson
@stuartbasson.bsky.social
Retired former Technical Manager in a UK touring theatre.
Luton>Linslade>Portsmouth>Sidcup>Chesterfield.
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Totally omitting he is off to China in April and Xi is having a state visit to the US later in the year.
Trump's had another pop at the UK overnight because of course he has.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/donald...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/donald...
Donald Trump Hits Out At Keir Starmer Over 'Very Dangerous' China Talks
The US president also took a swipe at Canada's attempts to forge closer ties with Beijing.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
January 30, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Totally omitting he is off to China in April and Xi is having a state visit to the US later in the year.
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Narrator:
Donald Trump's property portfolio in New York alone is worth north of $1.1 billion.
It's in his own commercial interests to drive prices up.
Donald Trump's property portfolio in New York alone is worth north of $1.1 billion.
It's in his own commercial interests to drive prices up.
Trump: "I don't want to drive housing prices down. I want to drive housing prices up for people who own homes."
January 30, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Narrator:
Donald Trump's property portfolio in New York alone is worth north of $1.1 billion.
It's in his own commercial interests to drive prices up.
Donald Trump's property portfolio in New York alone is worth north of $1.1 billion.
It's in his own commercial interests to drive prices up.
97% of everyone who goes to see this "Melania" rubbish will be journos who want to be able to report that they were the only ones in the cinema.
January 30, 2026 at 4:13 PM
97% of everyone who goes to see this "Melania" rubbish will be journos who want to be able to report that they were the only ones in the cinema.
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Council leader hit with a third code of conduct probe
Council leader hit with a third code of conduct probe
Warwickshire County Council leader George Finch faces a third conduct complaint for aggressive social media conduct, sparking internal council concerns.
warwick.nub.news
January 29, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Council leader hit with a third code of conduct probe
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Reform’s plan to hike Nottinghamshire social care fees to raise £1.5m branded ‘outrageous’
www.worksopguardian.co.uk/news/politic...
www.worksopguardian.co.uk/news/politic...
Reform’s plan to hike Nottinghamshire social care fees to raise £1.5m branded ‘outrageous’
Reform-led Nottinghamshire Council’s plans to put up adult social care fees in a bid to raise £1.5m have been branded “outrageous”.
www.worksopguardian.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Reform’s plan to hike Nottinghamshire social care fees to raise £1.5m branded ‘outrageous’
www.worksopguardian.co.uk/news/politic...
www.worksopguardian.co.uk/news/politic...
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Labour make another big announcement as part of the new National Cancer Plan!
A new £200m fund has launched to tackle cancer screening inequalities in deprived areas.
Health services will work with their local communities to address gaps in screening uptake - and saving lives!
Nice one Labour!
A new £200m fund has launched to tackle cancer screening inequalities in deprived areas.
Health services will work with their local communities to address gaps in screening uptake - and saving lives!
Nice one Labour!
New fund to tackle cancer screening inequalities and save lives
£200 million for local cancer care to address gap in screening uptake and reduce screening inequalities in deprived areas
www.gov.uk
January 29, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Labour make another big announcement as part of the new National Cancer Plan!
A new £200m fund has launched to tackle cancer screening inequalities in deprived areas.
Health services will work with their local communities to address gaps in screening uptake - and saving lives!
Nice one Labour!
A new £200m fund has launched to tackle cancer screening inequalities in deprived areas.
Health services will work with their local communities to address gaps in screening uptake - and saving lives!
Nice one Labour!
And another thing, Tesco: provide somewhere in your store for the home shopping order-fillers to flirt with each other. When they stop to do that in the aisles, it gets in everyone's way and it puts me off my food.
January 29, 2026 at 11:40 AM
And another thing, Tesco: provide somewhere in your store for the home shopping order-fillers to flirt with each other. When they stop to do that in the aisles, it gets in everyone's way and it puts me off my food.
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Warwickshire County Council chairman has rental properties shut down by neighbouring council
www.warwickshireworld.com/news/people/...
www.warwickshireworld.com/news/people/...
Warwickshire County Council chairman has rental properties shut down by neighbouring council
The chair of Warwickshire County Council said he was “contrite” over having two rental properties shut down by a neighbouring authority – but he does not plan to stand down.
www.warwickshireworld.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Warwickshire County Council chairman has rental properties shut down by neighbouring council
www.warwickshireworld.com/news/people/...
www.warwickshireworld.com/news/people/...
When you are forced to have a full trolley check at Tesco in full public view because the checker made a mistake in a smaller-scale check, when nothing wrong is found, the manager should walk in front of your trolley ringing a bell and shouting "HE'S INNOCENT! WE FUCKED UP!" as you leave.
January 29, 2026 at 11:36 AM
When you are forced to have a full trolley check at Tesco in full public view because the checker made a mistake in a smaller-scale check, when nothing wrong is found, the manager should walk in front of your trolley ringing a bell and shouting "HE'S INNOCENT! WE FUCKED UP!" as you leave.
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REFORM - leading in the polls - charges prospective candidates £125 to apply to run as an MP - before selecting a GB News host who is a colleague of the party leader and one of his MPs to run instead.
You'd honestly think this was newsworthy.
But apparently not.
You'd honestly think this was newsworthy.
But apparently not.
Reform seem to have been charging people £125 to put themselves up as potential Gorton and Denton parliamentary Candidates:
Applications closed Sunday.
When did they select Goodwin?
Applications closed Sunday.
When did they select Goodwin?
January 28, 2026 at 2:15 PM
REFORM - leading in the polls - charges prospective candidates £125 to apply to run as an MP - before selecting a GB News host who is a colleague of the party leader and one of his MPs to run instead.
You'd honestly think this was newsworthy.
But apparently not.
You'd honestly think this was newsworthy.
But apparently not.
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He's now wearing one glove to hide his rotting hand.
January 27, 2026 at 10:40 PM
He's now wearing one glove to hide his rotting hand.
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No response yet from Reform pundit and activist Tim Montgomerie about his party's selection in Gorton and Denton
January 28, 2026 at 10:55 AM
No response yet from Reform pundit and activist Tim Montgomerie about his party's selection in Gorton and Denton
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Incompetence or corruption, or a bit of both - the Serious Fraud Office have been called for. Just another Tory era mess for Labour to clean up. Lest we forget, 14 years of misrule takes time to put right.
January 27, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Incompetence or corruption, or a bit of both - the Serious Fraud Office have been called for. Just another Tory era mess for Labour to clean up. Lest we forget, 14 years of misrule takes time to put right.
Hey, Bialystock!
What is it, Bloom?
I think I've found it! I think I've found it!!
What is it, Bloom?
I think I've found it! I think I've found it!!
January 27, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Hey, Bialystock!
What is it, Bloom?
I think I've found it! I think I've found it!!
What is it, Bloom?
I think I've found it! I think I've found it!!
I suppose that you might have got some going for the unintended comedy value, but less so now perhaps, what with her husband ordering the deaths of his own people.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Melania documentary struggles in UK cinemas as Vue admits sales are ‘soft’
Only one ticket sold for premiere of film about US first lady at Vue’s flagship London branch as insiders question launch strategy
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 7:53 AM
I suppose that you might have got some going for the unintended comedy value, but less so now perhaps, what with her husband ordering the deaths of his own people.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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They owe her, and all of us, an apology.
January 25, 2026 at 9:45 PM
They owe her, and all of us, an apology.
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Hull and East Yorkshire Reform UK Mayor Luke Campbell accused of breaking £1m fund promise
www.infrastructure-now.co.uk/article/4109...
www.infrastructure-now.co.uk/article/4109...
Hull and East Yorkshire Mayor Luke Campbell accused of breaking £1m fund promise
Luke Campbell, the Reform UK Mayor of Hull and East Yorkshire, has been accused of breaking his promise of an annual £1 million Community Fund. A c...
www.infrastructure-now.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Hull and East Yorkshire Reform UK Mayor Luke Campbell accused of breaking £1m fund promise
www.infrastructure-now.co.uk/article/4109...
www.infrastructure-now.co.uk/article/4109...
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And, another one.
Braverman was a horrific Home Secretary who was once referred to by a Boris Johnson govt minister as a “real racist bigot” so she will fit in perfectly well - that articke here www.theguardian.com/world/2023/a...
Ex-Tory Home Secretary Suella Braverman defects to Reform UK
Braverman was a horrific Home Secretary who was once referred to by a Boris Johnson govt minister as a “real racist bigot” so she will fit in perfectly well - that articke here www.theguardian.com/world/2023/a...
Ex-Tory Home Secretary Suella Braverman defects to Reform UK
Ex-Tory Home Secretary Suella Braverman defects to Reform UK
The MP was unveiled as the party's latest recruit by leader Nigel Farage at a rally.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 12:45 PM
And, another one.
Braverman was a horrific Home Secretary who was once referred to by a Boris Johnson govt minister as a “real racist bigot” so she will fit in perfectly well - that articke here www.theguardian.com/world/2023/a...
Ex-Tory Home Secretary Suella Braverman defects to Reform UK
Braverman was a horrific Home Secretary who was once referred to by a Boris Johnson govt minister as a “real racist bigot” so she will fit in perfectly well - that articke here www.theguardian.com/world/2023/a...
Ex-Tory Home Secretary Suella Braverman defects to Reform UK
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After Suella Braverman's defection, 12.5% of Reform UK MPs have been photographed stepping on a guide dog
January 26, 2026 at 1:17 PM
After Suella Braverman's defection, 12.5% of Reform UK MPs have been photographed stepping on a guide dog
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More members of Liz Truss's cabinet are in Reform than in Badenoch's shadow cabinet...
January 26, 2026 at 1:12 PM
More members of Liz Truss's cabinet are in Reform than in Badenoch's shadow cabinet...
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New in PN: The regime's mind-bending lies are a tactic
"The VP told them they could kill anyone who annoyed them. Pretti annoyed them. So they killed him. Now the lies Bovino and Noem are telling about Pretti’s death are intended to encourage further extrajudicial executions and likely will do so."
"The VP told them they could kill anyone who annoyed them. Pretti annoyed them. So they killed him. Now the lies Bovino and Noem are telling about Pretti’s death are intended to encourage further extrajudicial executions and likely will do so."
The regime's mind-bending lies are a tactic
Thinking about them in terms of truth or falsity is a category error.
www.publicnotice.co
January 26, 2026 at 12:48 PM
New in PN: The regime's mind-bending lies are a tactic
"The VP told them they could kill anyone who annoyed them. Pretti annoyed them. So they killed him. Now the lies Bovino and Noem are telling about Pretti’s death are intended to encourage further extrajudicial executions and likely will do so."
"The VP told them they could kill anyone who annoyed them. Pretti annoyed them. So they killed him. Now the lies Bovino and Noem are telling about Pretti’s death are intended to encourage further extrajudicial executions and likely will do so."
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It is time for Nigel Farage to put his money where his mouth is. Release your tax returns.
Anyone claiming they aspire to stand for the position of British Prime Minister should adhere to the highest standards of transparency.
Anyone claiming they aspire to stand for the position of British Prime Minister should adhere to the highest standards of transparency.
Sign the Petition
Urge Nigel Farage to Release His Tax Returns
www.change.org
January 26, 2026 at 1:32 PM
It is time for Nigel Farage to put his money where his mouth is. Release your tax returns.
Anyone claiming they aspire to stand for the position of British Prime Minister should adhere to the highest standards of transparency.
Anyone claiming they aspire to stand for the position of British Prime Minister should adhere to the highest standards of transparency.
Braverman's defection is fantastic news for Keir Starmer, since it comes just one day after the Andy Burnham business blew up, and knocks that off the top of the news. You have to wonder about Farage's political instincts, sometimes.
January 26, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Braverman's defection is fantastic news for Keir Starmer, since it comes just one day after the Andy Burnham business blew up, and knocks that off the top of the news. You have to wonder about Farage's political instincts, sometimes.
Ever the opportunistic, self-preserving charlatan, Braverman complains that, "...over the last decade, defence spending has been hollowed out."
Will she kindly remind us who was in a position to improve it for nine of those ten years?
Will she kindly remind us who was in a position to improve it for nine of those ten years?
January 26, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Ever the opportunistic, self-preserving charlatan, Braverman complains that, "...over the last decade, defence spending has been hollowed out."
Will she kindly remind us who was in a position to improve it for nine of those ten years?
Will she kindly remind us who was in a position to improve it for nine of those ten years?
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They murdered a nurse who cared for military veterans & then called him a terrorist.
January 25, 2026 at 2:39 PM
They murdered a nurse who cared for military veterans & then called him a terrorist.