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Andy Burnham: Britain is still "in hock to the bond markets"
The Greater Manchester mayor sets out his case for "business friendly socialism"
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
The Greater Manchester mayor sets out his case for "business friendly socialism"
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Andy Burnham: Britain is still “in hock to the bond markets”
The Greater Manchester mayor set out his case for "business friendly socialism"
www.newstatesman.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Andy Burnham: Britain is still "in hock to the bond markets"
The Greater Manchester mayor sets out his case for "business friendly socialism"
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
The Greater Manchester mayor sets out his case for "business friendly socialism"
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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“We do prefer respect to bullies, We do prefer science to politicism and we prefer rule of law to brutality"
President Macron👏
President Macron👏
January 20, 2026 at 4:20 PM
“We do prefer respect to bullies, We do prefer science to politicism and we prefer rule of law to brutality"
President Macron👏
President Macron👏
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This hasn’t aged well..
January 20, 2026 at 4:34 PM
This hasn’t aged well..
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Spot on ⬇️
"Leaving the EU was a disaster a decade ago."
"And it's even more of a disaster given the international situation now."
"Leaving the EU was a disaster a decade ago."
"And it's even more of a disaster given the international situation now."
January 20, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Spot on ⬇️
"Leaving the EU was a disaster a decade ago."
"And it's even more of a disaster given the international situation now."
"Leaving the EU was a disaster a decade ago."
"And it's even more of a disaster given the international situation now."
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There is no coming back for these people
January 20, 2026 at 5:15 PM
There is no coming back for these people
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Vote for Reform UK and get the very worst of the Tories...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/18/reform-tory-defections-robert-jenrick
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/18/reform-tory-defections-robert-jenrick
No amount of defections will change the fact that Reform and the Tories are singing the same tunes | John Harris
The battle for political domination on the British right is a family feud – the result will be a Conservative restoratio
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Vote for Reform UK and get the very worst of the Tories...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/18/reform-tory-defections-robert-jenrick
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/18/reform-tory-defections-robert-jenrick
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January 20, 2026 at 7:15 PM
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Keir Starmer faces a showdown with over 100 of his backbenchers if he U-turns on a promise to cap ground rent for leaseholders, a senior Labour MP has warned
news.sky.com/story/starme...
news.sky.com/story/starme...
Starmer warned against fresh U-turn that could trigger row 'with 100 MPs'
There is speculation the government could row back on its promise to cap ground rents amid concern from the Treasury about the impact on pension funds.
news.sky.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Keir Starmer faces a showdown with over 100 of his backbenchers if he U-turns on a promise to cap ground rent for leaseholders, a senior Labour MP has warned
news.sky.com/story/starme...
news.sky.com/story/starme...
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Just as the established press in America largely failed to do its job with Trump in both 2016 and 2024, our media is similarly paving the way for Reform UK.
www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/medi...
www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/medi...
Media’s acquiescence to Trump will fail
"There’s no evidence that moving to a both-sidesy middle will bring in new readers, and plenty of evidence it won’t."
www.niemanlab.org
January 15, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Just as the established press in America largely failed to do its job with Trump in both 2016 and 2024, our media is similarly paving the way for Reform UK.
www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/medi...
www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/medi...
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Our reporting to date has made clear that Reform UK is an arm of Trump's transatlantic right-wing network. Notable figures on the right, from Paul Marshall to Elon Musk, have repeatedly called to ‘liberate’ Britain.
The UK is locked in their sights.
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/gb-news-ca...
The UK is locked in their sights.
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/gb-news-ca...
GB News Calls For Trump's America to 'Save Britain’
GB News’ new show broadcast live from the US features non-stop praise for Donald Trump – with the channel’s co-owner begging ‘MAGA’ politicians to save the UK, reports Josiah Mortimer
www.bylinesupplement.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Our reporting to date has made clear that Reform UK is an arm of Trump's transatlantic right-wing network. Notable figures on the right, from Paul Marshall to Elon Musk, have repeatedly called to ‘liberate’ Britain.
The UK is locked in their sights.
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/gb-news-ca...
The UK is locked in their sights.
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/gb-news-ca...
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Trump shows that once demagogic movements gain institutional control, scrutiny narrows quickly.
Watchdogs are weakened, access closes, and journalists come under intense pressure. The window for effective investigation is before that consolidation takes place.
bylinetimes.com/2024/09/20/d...
Watchdogs are weakened, access closes, and journalists come under intense pressure. The window for effective investigation is before that consolidation takes place.
bylinetimes.com/2024/09/20/d...
Deplatformed: Nigel Farage's Reform Bans Byline Times from their Party Conference
Reform UK's leader claims to be fighting for free speech, but his party has banned a series of critical outlets from their events
bylinetimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Trump shows that once demagogic movements gain institutional control, scrutiny narrows quickly.
Watchdogs are weakened, access closes, and journalists come under intense pressure. The window for effective investigation is before that consolidation takes place.
bylinetimes.com/2024/09/20/d...
Watchdogs are weakened, access closes, and journalists come under intense pressure. The window for effective investigation is before that consolidation takes place.
bylinetimes.com/2024/09/20/d...
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A predatory class, which demands not just the shirt off your back, but the skin as well. 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 15, 2026 at 1:54 PM
A predatory class, which demands not just the shirt off your back, but the skin as well. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Brexit failed, and Farage was one of its key architects.
"In a sane world, Farage would not be able to show his face in parliament or in a TV studio without being reminded of two things. His adult life was devoted to a cause that his compatriots now regard as a mistake."
https://on.ft.com/4pEaXpC
"In a sane world, Farage would not be able to show his face in parliament or in a TV studio without being reminded of two things. His adult life was devoted to a cause that his compatriots now regard as a mistake."
https://on.ft.com/4pEaXpC
How Nigel Farage gets away with it
His two great liabilities, Brexit and Donald Trump, are unmentionable in British politics
www.ft.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Brexit failed, and Farage was one of its key architects.
"In a sane world, Farage would not be able to show his face in parliament or in a TV studio without being reminded of two things. His adult life was devoted to a cause that his compatriots now regard as a mistake."
https://on.ft.com/4pEaXpC
"In a sane world, Farage would not be able to show his face in parliament or in a TV studio without being reminded of two things. His adult life was devoted to a cause that his compatriots now regard as a mistake."
https://on.ft.com/4pEaXpC
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Incredibly, no-one on Nigel Farage’s team has got round to deleting this post. It’s still live as Robert Jenrick gives his big defection speech.
January 15, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Incredibly, no-one on Nigel Farage’s team has got round to deleting this post. It’s still live as Robert Jenrick gives his big defection speech.
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This hasn’t aged well...
January 15, 2026 at 5:03 PM
This hasn’t aged well...
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Good question 🎯
"Mr. Farage, you say you're a new reforming force in politics. How can you claim that if - by your own definition - you're bringing in so many people that cause the mess you're trying to clear up?"
Vote for Reform UK and get the very worst of the Tories...
"Mr. Farage, you say you're a new reforming force in politics. How can you claim that if - by your own definition - you're bringing in so many people that cause the mess you're trying to clear up?"
Vote for Reform UK and get the very worst of the Tories...
January 15, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Good question 🎯
"Mr. Farage, you say you're a new reforming force in politics. How can you claim that if - by your own definition - you're bringing in so many people that cause the mess you're trying to clear up?"
Vote for Reform UK and get the very worst of the Tories...
"Mr. Farage, you say you're a new reforming force in politics. How can you claim that if - by your own definition - you're bringing in so many people that cause the mess you're trying to clear up?"
Vote for Reform UK and get the very worst of the Tories...
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Of course, the definitive text on precisely how they broke Britain (How They Broke Britain by 😀) contains an entire chapter on Farage.
A third group said "it's broken, but we can't say so, because the Conservative party broke it".
"If they can't admit that to you, the British people, what they broke, then how can they possibly begin to fix it".
"If they can't admit that to you, the British people, what they broke, then how can they possibly begin to fix it".
January 15, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Of course, the definitive text on precisely how they broke Britain (How They Broke Britain by 😀) contains an entire chapter on Farage.
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Bingo. Farage gives them - and the media - vaguely plausible deniability for the mess they personally made.
Sky's Rob Powell asks Nigel Farage that, given Robert Jenrick is the 7th person to have served in Boris Johnson's government to defect to Reform, how can his party be "a new, reforming force" when it is "bringing in so many people who caused the mess that you're trying to clean up"
January 15, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Bingo. Farage gives them - and the media - vaguely plausible deniability for the mess they personally made.
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Brilliant questions. 🚨
"And finally, to Nigel, isn't it embarrassing that last year you said that Robert Jenrick is a fraud?"
"And finally, to Nigel, isn't it embarrassing that last year you said that Robert Jenrick is a fraud?"
January 15, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Brilliant questions. 🚨
"And finally, to Nigel, isn't it embarrassing that last year you said that Robert Jenrick is a fraud?"
"And finally, to Nigel, isn't it embarrassing that last year you said that Robert Jenrick is a fraud?"
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The decent Tories were culled in 2019.
The indecent ones are defecting to Farage.
I wonder who or what will be left by 2029.
The indecent ones are defecting to Farage.
I wonder who or what will be left by 2029.
January 15, 2026 at 5:58 PM
The decent Tories were culled in 2019.
The indecent ones are defecting to Farage.
I wonder who or what will be left by 2029.
The indecent ones are defecting to Farage.
I wonder who or what will be left by 2029.
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Flying to Minneapolis tomorrow to cover the ICE raids for News Agents, what is unfolding and the politics which flows from it. If you’re there or know the city and know people/organisations we should be speaking to, please get in touch.
DMs open.
DMs open.
January 15, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Flying to Minneapolis tomorrow to cover the ICE raids for News Agents, what is unfolding and the politics which flows from it. If you’re there or know the city and know people/organisations we should be speaking to, please get in touch.
DMs open.
DMs open.
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Our new Tory to Reform UK Defection Tracker is even more relevant after the chaos that was today...
https://www.bestforbritain.org/tory_reformuk_defection_tracker
https://www.bestforbritain.org/tory_reformuk_defection_tracker
Tory to Reform UK Defection Tracker
Reform UK are presenting themselves as an insurgent political party, yet their adoption of former Conservatives shows they are nothing more than the 'Tories in disguise'.
www.bestforbritain.org
January 15, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Our new Tory to Reform UK Defection Tracker is even more relevant after the chaos that was today...
https://www.bestforbritain.org/tory_reformuk_defection_tracker
https://www.bestforbritain.org/tory_reformuk_defection_tracker
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The likes of Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch back ICE-style raids.
What’s happening in the US shows why this should never become a reality in Britain.
https://news.sky.com/story/minneapolis-clashes-in-us-city-after-second-ice-shooting-in-space-of-week-13494453
What’s happening in the US shows why this should never become a reality in Britain.
https://news.sky.com/story/minneapolis-clashes-in-us-city-after-second-ice-shooting-in-space-of-week-13494453
Minneapolis: Clashes in US city after second ICE shooting in space of week
Minneapolis has become a major flashpoint in the backlash to Donald Trump's immigration enforcement, with the fatal shooting of a woman in the city having led to competing narratives about the conduct...
news.sky.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:16 PM
The likes of Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch back ICE-style raids.
What’s happening in the US shows why this should never become a reality in Britain.
https://news.sky.com/story/minneapolis-clashes-in-us-city-after-second-ice-shooting-in-space-of-week-13494453
What’s happening in the US shows why this should never become a reality in Britain.
https://news.sky.com/story/minneapolis-clashes-in-us-city-after-second-ice-shooting-in-space-of-week-13494453
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These unconscionable cuts to a vital lifeline fund for some of the most vulnerable children & young adults in England are staggering - a 60% reduction from £7.5K to just £3K per child & even worse they were introduced without consultation, warning & no evidence base
youtu.be/7roDSM-GPBY?...
youtu.be/7roDSM-GPBY?...
Devastating cuts for some of most vulnerable children in England is not what I expect from Labour
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
January 15, 2026 at 7:26 PM
These unconscionable cuts to a vital lifeline fund for some of the most vulnerable children & young adults in England are staggering - a 60% reduction from £7.5K to just £3K per child & even worse they were introduced without consultation, warning & no evidence base
youtu.be/7roDSM-GPBY?...
youtu.be/7roDSM-GPBY?...
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You. Cannot. Make. This. Shit. Up.
January 15, 2026 at 7:34 PM
You. Cannot. Make. This. Shit. Up.