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Richard Littlejohn wrote about fly-tipping in yesterday’s Mail, today Boris Johnson turns his attention to a bus driver sacked for beating up a thief. Anything, literally *anything*, to avoid addressing the now utterly undeniable shame & humiliation of their pathetic cheerleading for Donald Trump…
January 31, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Richard Littlejohn wrote about fly-tipping in yesterday’s Mail, today Boris Johnson turns his attention to a bus driver sacked for beating up a thief. Anything, literally *anything*, to avoid addressing the now utterly undeniable shame & humiliation of their pathetic cheerleading for Donald Trump…
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The BBC need to do better than letting panelists simply lie about what they said
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Left: Konstantin Kisin denies calling Rishi Sunak a 'brown Hindu' on #BBCQT
Right: Konstantin Kisin, "He's a brown Hindu"
Right: Konstantin Kisin, "He's a brown Hindu"
January 30, 2026 at 4:22 PM
The BBC need to do better than letting panelists simply lie about what they said
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The arrests of Don Lemon, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lundy are unacceptable and a clear violation of the Constitution.
This is a dangerous abuse of power that threatens the rights of every single American.
They must be released immediately.
This is a dangerous abuse of power that threatens the rights of every single American.
They must be released immediately.
January 30, 2026 at 4:54 PM
The arrests of Don Lemon, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lundy are unacceptable and a clear violation of the Constitution.
This is a dangerous abuse of power that threatens the rights of every single American.
They must be released immediately.
This is a dangerous abuse of power that threatens the rights of every single American.
They must be released immediately.
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The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
January 30, 2026 at 4:44 PM
The arrests of journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are a test for every MSM member with a platform. If you are not voicing your outrage at this blatant violation of the First Amendment, you are utterly discredited as a journalist.
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Who radicalised him?
(If this article has been deleted when you see this post it’s because a sub editor woke up!)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
(If this article has been deleted when you see this post it’s because a sub editor woke up!)
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Sidcup man convicted aover explosive attack on Ulez camera
Kevin Rees's homemade bomb caused damage to vehicles and property including a child's bedroom.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Who radicalised him?
(If this article has been deleted when you see this post it’s because a sub editor woke up!)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
(If this article has been deleted when you see this post it’s because a sub editor woke up!)
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Poor Melanie. She is SO close to getting it.
No, it's no coincidence. Because violence flows directly from ICE and Democrat-run cities are where ICE has been sent to cause it. It's like observing that surfing is not popular in landlocked states or that intellectual rigour is rare at the Telegraph.
No, it's no coincidence. Because violence flows directly from ICE and Democrat-run cities are where ICE has been sent to cause it. It's like observing that surfing is not popular in landlocked states or that intellectual rigour is rare at the Telegraph.
We hear all the time about the damaging effect of social media. Less abt the radicalising & dehumanising effect of corporate right-wing media. An example: the increasingly deranged, dogmatic Melanie Phillips. How long can @thetimes.com continue to publish such rancid right-wing crap?
January 28, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Poor Melanie. She is SO close to getting it.
No, it's no coincidence. Because violence flows directly from ICE and Democrat-run cities are where ICE has been sent to cause it. It's like observing that surfing is not popular in landlocked states or that intellectual rigour is rare at the Telegraph.
No, it's no coincidence. Because violence flows directly from ICE and Democrat-run cities are where ICE has been sent to cause it. It's like observing that surfing is not popular in landlocked states or that intellectual rigour is rare at the Telegraph.
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Dear voter, sick of the other parties and tempted by Reform UK? Don’t be daft. Don’t do it. They’re not your friends. Unless you are already rich, this report proves that they will only make your life and your family’s lives worse talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/01/28/d...
Dear voter, sick of the other parties and tempted by Reform UK? Don’t be daft. Don’t do it. They’re not your friends. Unless you are already rich, this report proves that they will only make your life...
From the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) yesterday: Reform UK have announced plans for cuts to income tax in Scotland if they were to win the Scottish Parliament elections in May. They say they …
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January 28, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Dear voter, sick of the other parties and tempted by Reform UK? Don’t be daft. Don’t do it. They’re not your friends. Unless you are already rich, this report proves that they will only make your life and your family’s lives worse talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/01/28/d...
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Tell me again how this BBC editorialising is just my cognitive bias... This isn't a quote from anywhere. It's just the BBC's description of this disgraced, divisive politician.
January 28, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Tell me again how this BBC editorialising is just my cognitive bias... This isn't a quote from anywhere. It's just the BBC's description of this disgraced, divisive politician.
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Rwanda's £290 million was about 40% of £715 million spent directly on the failed UK/Rwanda policy. (There were much higher costs of associated policies, esp hundreds of millions spent on hotel accomodation, with claims not being processed at all, to wait for Rwanda deal)
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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January 28, 2026 at 10:55 AM
Rwanda's £290 million was about 40% of £715 million spent directly on the failed UK/Rwanda policy. (There were much higher costs of associated policies, esp hundreds of millions spent on hotel accomodation, with claims not being processed at all, to wait for Rwanda deal)
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Paul Kagame's Rwanda government got £290 million from the UK government/taxpayer - for very little beyond three press conferences (with a new Home Secretary each time). The attempt to seek another £100 million shows a striking level of chutzpah
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
January 28, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Paul Kagame's Rwanda government got £290 million from the UK government/taxpayer - for very little beyond three press conferences (with a new Home Secretary each time). The attempt to seek another £100 million shows a striking level of chutzpah
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I’m probably wrong but I think the Tories have stopped pretending that ripping up this nonsense the minute they got in was some sort of mistake by Labour.
Paul Kagame's Rwanda government got £290 million from the UK government/taxpayer - for very little beyond three press conferences (with a new Home Secretary each time). The attempt to seek another £100 million shows a striking level of chutzpah
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
January 28, 2026 at 3:43 PM
I’m probably wrong but I think the Tories have stopped pretending that ripping up this nonsense the minute they got in was some sort of mistake by Labour.
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Why did you delete this, Matt Goodwin?
January 28, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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Why did you delete this, Matt Goodwin?
January 28, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Why did you delete this, Matt Goodwin?
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Goodwin was born in St Albans in Hertfordshire.
Farage needs a geography lesson.
Farage needs a geography lesson.
January 28, 2026 at 7:37 AM
Goodwin was born in St Albans in Hertfordshire.
Farage needs a geography lesson.
Farage needs a geography lesson.
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NEW: Expensive gas still biggest driver of high UK electricity bills, says UKERC
"Volatile, gas-linked market prices – not green policies, as some misleading claims have suggested – dominate the real-terms increase in bills since 2021."
www.carbonbrief.org/expensive-ga...
"Volatile, gas-linked market prices – not green policies, as some misleading claims have suggested – dominate the real-terms increase in bills since 2021."
www.carbonbrief.org/expensive-ga...
January 28, 2026 at 9:03 AM
NEW: Expensive gas still biggest driver of high UK electricity bills, says UKERC
"Volatile, gas-linked market prices – not green policies, as some misleading claims have suggested – dominate the real-terms increase in bills since 2021."
www.carbonbrief.org/expensive-ga...
"Volatile, gas-linked market prices – not green policies, as some misleading claims have suggested – dominate the real-terms increase in bills since 2021."
www.carbonbrief.org/expensive-ga...
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Sorry but why the fuck would you *not* want to recreate 2006?Pre-financial crash, pre-austerity, pre-Brexit, pre-inflation. Britain's economically healthy, decent public services, largely competent government, fairly amiable political disputes. What kind of person prefers this period to that?
Kemi Badenoch says the Tories are "not trying to recreate 2006" which, to this 38 year old, is a pity
January 28, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Sorry but why the fuck would you *not* want to recreate 2006?Pre-financial crash, pre-austerity, pre-Brexit, pre-inflation. Britain's economically healthy, decent public services, largely competent government, fairly amiable political disputes. What kind of person prefers this period to that?
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But…former Tories should?
January 26, 2026 at 10:31 PM
But…former Tories should?
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"more than 90 per cent of new renewable power is cheaper than building new fossil fuel plants. Investors see it. Governments see it. Communities feel it. Clean energy is faster to deploy, cheaper to run and more resilient in an increasingly volatile world."
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Clean Energy Is the World’s Most Secure Path Forward | United Nations
To meet global climate goals and deliver energy for all, clean energy investment must more than triple by 2030, and much of it must go to emerging and developing economies.
www.un.org
January 26, 2026 at 10:15 AM
"more than 90 per cent of new renewable power is cheaper than building new fossil fuel plants. Investors see it. Governments see it. Communities feel it. Clean energy is faster to deploy, cheaper to run and more resilient in an increasingly volatile world."
www.un.org/en/un-chroni...
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"I feel like I've come home," Suella Braverman tells assembled Reform UK voters.
Funny thing - the word on the tip of their tongue, looking at her, is also 'repatriation'.
Funny thing - the word on the tip of their tongue, looking at her, is also 'repatriation'.
NEW: Suella Braverman has defected to Reform UK, shocking the many people who were sure that she had already.
January 26, 2026 at 12:37 PM
"I feel like I've come home," Suella Braverman tells assembled Reform UK voters.
Funny thing - the word on the tip of their tongue, looking at her, is also 'repatriation'.
Funny thing - the word on the tip of their tongue, looking at her, is also 'repatriation'.
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Five years ago. Incredible. Everyone was talking about a Johnson third term and Labour's 'decade in the wilderness'. Only FOUR of that most senior team are now Tory MPs.
The BoJo effect.
The BoJo effect.
Another failed Tory MP jumps ship, as Suella Braverman defects and presumably becomes a customer of Reform Ltd.
Leaving just 4 of Johnson’s 2022 cabinet as Conservative MP’s
Leaving just 4 of Johnson’s 2022 cabinet as Conservative MP’s
January 26, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Five years ago. Incredible. Everyone was talking about a Johnson third term and Labour's 'decade in the wilderness'. Only FOUR of that most senior team are now Tory MPs.
The BoJo effect.
The BoJo effect.
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More top analysis from Mason. 'Let me tell you why this non-story is a big story.'
No mention of the huge risks to Reform and Farage. No assessment of the toxic content of Braverman's speech or the cynicism of the move. No acknowledgment that Reform hit a poll ceiling and bounced down. Just gossip.
No mention of the huge risks to Reform and Farage. No assessment of the toxic content of Braverman's speech or the cynicism of the move. No acknowledgment that Reform hit a poll ceiling and bounced down. Just gossip.
January 26, 2026 at 3:15 PM
More top analysis from Mason. 'Let me tell you why this non-story is a big story.'
No mention of the huge risks to Reform and Farage. No assessment of the toxic content of Braverman's speech or the cynicism of the move. No acknowledgment that Reform hit a poll ceiling and bounced down. Just gossip.
No mention of the huge risks to Reform and Farage. No assessment of the toxic content of Braverman's speech or the cynicism of the move. No acknowledgment that Reform hit a poll ceiling and bounced down. Just gossip.
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Also, please note, that Mason says he has known Braverman for "more than 25 years". When they were both 19. Before she was on any political radar. Before he was even a trainee journalist.
They were at Cambridge at exactly the same time. Where Suella was president of the Conservative Association. 🤔
They were at Cambridge at exactly the same time. Where Suella was president of the Conservative Association. 🤔
January 26, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Also, please note, that Mason says he has known Braverman for "more than 25 years". When they were both 19. Before she was on any political radar. Before he was even a trainee journalist.
They were at Cambridge at exactly the same time. Where Suella was president of the Conservative Association. 🤔
They were at Cambridge at exactly the same time. Where Suella was president of the Conservative Association. 🤔
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"Britain is suffering, she is not well," said Suella Braverman, announcing her defection to Reform UK.
Emily Maitlis says that after "slagging off Britain's broken-ness," the former Tory is in for one hell of a shock when she finds out who's responsible...
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/tory...
Emily Maitlis says that after "slagging off Britain's broken-ness," the former Tory is in for one hell of a shock when she finds out who's responsible...
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/tory...
‘Tory defectors tell us Britain is broken – but they are the culprits’ | The News Agents
Suella Braverman becomes the latest Tory MP to jump ship and join Reform UK. Does her defection damage the Conservatives – or is it Nigel Farage who should be worried?
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 4:04 PM
"Britain is suffering, she is not well," said Suella Braverman, announcing her defection to Reform UK.
Emily Maitlis says that after "slagging off Britain's broken-ness," the former Tory is in for one hell of a shock when she finds out who's responsible...
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/tory...
Emily Maitlis says that after "slagging off Britain's broken-ness," the former Tory is in for one hell of a shock when she finds out who's responsible...
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/tory...
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Next meeting of Reform MPs:
Pochin: 'HELP, I feel very uncomfortable by the new brown face in the room!'
Braverman: 'It's OK, I know I can never be English.'
Lee Anderson: 'Aye, we all know Suella is a foreigner.'
Farage: 'Indeed. Rest assured we'll deport her when we win.'
All cheer.
Pochin: 'HELP, I feel very uncomfortable by the new brown face in the room!'
Braverman: 'It's OK, I know I can never be English.'
Lee Anderson: 'Aye, we all know Suella is a foreigner.'
Farage: 'Indeed. Rest assured we'll deport her when we win.'
All cheer.
January 26, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Next meeting of Reform MPs:
Pochin: 'HELP, I feel very uncomfortable by the new brown face in the room!'
Braverman: 'It's OK, I know I can never be English.'
Lee Anderson: 'Aye, we all know Suella is a foreigner.'
Farage: 'Indeed. Rest assured we'll deport her when we win.'
All cheer.
Pochin: 'HELP, I feel very uncomfortable by the new brown face in the room!'
Braverman: 'It's OK, I know I can never be English.'
Lee Anderson: 'Aye, we all know Suella is a foreigner.'
Farage: 'Indeed. Rest assured we'll deport her when we win.'
All cheer.