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Sir Rake Stepper masterfully places another giant rake on the floor
We're hearing that Antonia Romeo will become the next cabinet secretary - the first woman in the role - after an expedited appointments process, despite a briefing campaign against her.
February 12, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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He got out after 3 months in an ICE gulag.
My electrician is a green card holder who's been here since he was a kid. He got married to a citizen, applied for citizenship, went to court for the papers and when he got there ICE kidnapped him and he's been locked up for a month.
February 11, 2026 at 6:56 PM
I think it says a lot that by far the stupidest option out of these was still Mandelson, and that's who they went with
This piece in The Spectator by @shippersunbound.bsky.social has an absolutely mad detail that I was not previously aware of spectator.com/article/auth...
February 12, 2026 at 2:37 PM
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Slightly odd paragraph in that Shipman article where an anon source tells him about the infamous "cutting off power" interview, which Shipman presents in a way which suggests he's not familiar with it
February 12, 2026 at 1:25 PM
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One day there will be a reckoning for how Arsenal Football Club dealt with this case. And I’m afraid that includes the manager
February 12, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Ratcliffe deploying The Cunt's Apology - "Sorry that you were offended"
February 12, 2026 at 12:18 PM
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February 12, 2026 at 8:55 AM
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If the PM reckons Jim Ratcliffe should apologise for spreading this exact same lie, should the Home Office apologise too, or? 🤨
February 12, 2026 at 9:29 AM
The Guardian view: The wallet inspector should go back to inspecting our wallets like he said he would
February 12, 2026 at 9:29 AM
OK - will coconut milk still be coconut milk?
February 11, 2026 at 9:27 PM
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I gotta say, "the Pentagon uses a high powered laser to shoot down a party balloon" feels like enough symbolism for awhile. all full up thanks
February 11, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Harsh but fair
🚨 NEW: Labour MPs have told Keir Starmer that they have been branded "paedo lovers" on the doorsteps
February 11, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Starmer has emboldened these people
February 11, 2026 at 6:32 PM
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"Hey Kieth, what if you did a series of things that are totally, 100%, absolutely, in opposition to everything you've ever done so far in your campaign and time as PM? What if you were, in fact, another guy?

Have you tried being another guy?"

Impressive cope.

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This 10-point plan would allow Keir Starmer to get a grip on his government. He should read it and fast | John McTernan
Things are terrible right now, but he has a radical manifesto to draw on, a landslide majority and breathing space. He must seize the day, says former Labour party adviser John McTernan
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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Fixed it.
February 11, 2026 at 2:07 PM
February 11, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Labour & Tories with a combined -79.8 is absolutely savage
Fishguard North East (Pembrokeshire) Council By-Election Result:

🌼 PLC: 33.8% (New)
🔶 LDM: 18.0% (New)
➡️ RFM: 12.7% (New)
🌹 LAB: 11.1% (-47.9)
🙋 Ind: 10.5% (New)
🌳 CON: 9.2% (-31.9)
🙋 Ind: 4.7% (New)

Plaid Cymru GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2022.
February 11, 2026 at 8:54 AM
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“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”

There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.
www.aljazeera.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:29 PM
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You know, the Labour peer who was key to Starmer's operation and was mates with a paedophile even after they found out about.

No, not him, the other one.
February 10, 2026 at 4:59 PM
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Anything happening about a UK government cabinet minister admitting he thinks Israel are committing war crimes?
February 10, 2026 at 11:28 AM
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I love sending exactly three WhatsApp messages to my longtime political mentor Peter Mandelson
February 9, 2026 at 11:42 PM
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This doesn't pass the sniff test because another Mandelson associated op was based out of Streeting's constituency, and its latest incarnation has a close associate of Streeting as a director
February 9, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Haha I hadn't seen this one before. Absolute banger
February 9, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Over on the Nazi site, Danny the Fink was challenged on working with Mandelson on this podcast, and his answer was "butbutwhatabout Noam Chomsky"
The Times calls Keir Starmer's decision to hire Peter Mandelson an "egregious error" which deserves an "inquiry into the appointment process."

Not included is any demand for an inquiry into their own appointment of him, long after his post-conviction relationship with Jeffrey Epstein was exposed
February 9, 2026 at 6:17 PM
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The Times calls Keir Starmer's decision to hire Peter Mandelson an "egregious error" which deserves an "inquiry into the appointment process."

Not included is any demand for an inquiry into their own appointment of him, long after his post-conviction relationship with Jeffrey Epstein was exposed
February 8, 2026 at 7:29 PM