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Chris
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Escapee from the other side. Musk and Trump are forces for evil

Not a Tory or Reform, pro European & proud dad. No to injustice, bigots, racism and little Englanders. NHS, JL Picard😁. Science based facts. MA Central and East European Studies, MBA
Will be interesting to see if this government goes down this route

The government is too scared of upsetting the uneducated

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Door is open to customs union talks with UK, EU Commissioner says
Valdis Dombrovskis says the EU is willing to engage with Britain amid mounting global uncertainty.
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February 3, 2026 at 6:51 AM
A sycophant who believes in his own immortality

An embarrassment to football

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FIFA boss Gianni Infantino apologises for fans joke - and insists Trump deserved peace prize
Gianni Infantino suffered a backlash after joking that: "For the first time in history... no Brit was arrested during a World Cup. Imagine!"
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February 2, 2026 at 9:24 PM
What is so beguiling is that he thought he could get away with it and it’s certainly not the first time

The full force of the law is needed to show that those in power and with influence cannot get away with it

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Politics latest: Mandelson accused of giving Epstein advanced warning of €500bn Eurozone bailout
Opposition parties have called for police to investigate allegations that Peter Mandelson leaked sensitive UK government tax plans to Jeffrey Epstein when he was the business secretary. Lord Mandelson...
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February 2, 2026 at 6:46 PM
"objectively, he deserves it".

From a subjective arse licker ……

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FIFA boss Gianni Infantino apologises for fans joke - and insists Trump deserved peace prize
Gianni Infantino suffered a backlash after joking that: "For the first time in history... no Brit was arrested during a World Cup. Imagine!"
news.sky.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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Spitting Image had the right idea.
1984-1996 Peter Mandelson 'Spitting Image' puppet. at Whyte's Auctions | Whyte's - Irish Art & Collectibles share.google/YiOzUxd5vn66...
1984-1996 Peter Mandelson 'Spitting Image' puppet. at Whyte's Auctions | Whyte's - Irish Art & Collectibles
Spitting Image Sale, Sotheby's, 29 November 2001; private collection; Whyte's, 21 April 2012; Collection of Johnny Fox's Pub, Co. Dublin.
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February 2, 2026 at 2:38 PM
He was always slippery but he seems to become slippier with age

He has not done Labour any favours

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Mandelson ‘leaked government tax policy plans to Epstein’ - UK politics live
Report from the FT says confidential document outlining plans in the wake of the financial crash were released as part of Epstein files
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February 2, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Complete rubbish

There is far more being hidden to protect those with money

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Todd Blanche says review of Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking case ‘is over’
Deputy US attorney general says victims ‘want to be made whole’ but that doesn’t mean ‘we can just create evidence’
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February 2, 2026 at 10:48 AM
They need to get on with it

UK should consider resuming talks on EU defence pact, Starmer says
February 1, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Progressives v Regressives

Reform and the Tories are certainly regressive looking backwards rather than forwards

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‘You can tell the mood has changed’: How Plaid Cymru led the Welsh fightback against Reform
Nigel Farage’s party was on the charge in Wales – but after the seismic Caerphilly byelection, progressives now believe they can come out on top in May
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February 1, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Mandelson in his underwear talking to something as one usually does wearing underpants. Reminds me of that Tory MP in Ghosts without his trousers

How on earth is he still a peer

Mandelson is as slippery as Farage
January 31, 2026 at 10:43 PM
The irony of these words from one of the biggest free loaders. Self centred , arrogant and a nob

"Time to put something back into me before the rest of the world starts sucking it out in all their greed and demands," he wrote

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Epstein files: Latest emails and pictures dig even deeper hole for Andrew
More unedifying pictures and words mean it doesn't get any better for Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.
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January 31, 2026 at 6:10 PM
Poor Andrew attempting CPR no doubt
January 31, 2026 at 8:26 AM
She always had great taste….

Sarah Ferguson called Epstein a 'legend' and a 'special friend'

Ferguson called him "my dear spectacular and special friend".
She also described him as "a legend" and told him "I am so proud of you"

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Epstein files latest: More than three million pages being released
The US Department of Justice is releasing more than three million pages from the Epstein files. Follow the latest here - as we go through the latest drop page by page.
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January 30, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Think his attempted rehabilitation is not going well…..

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Jeffrey Epstein sent money to Mandelson’s husband after prison release, emails reveal
Convicted child sex offender asked accountant to ‘send 13k dollars’ to partner of then UK business secretary
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January 30, 2026 at 6:58 PM
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Racists unite

Those Tories who joined Reform should hang their heads in shame …. except they have no shame

Reform = Racism
Labour accuses Reform candidate of ‘toxic politics’ after Tommy Robinson endorsement
Far-right activist tells X followers to vote for Reform’s Gorton and Denton candidate, Matthew Goodwin
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January 30, 2026 at 4:25 PM
The US has become a dictatorship

Trump is behaving like the leader of a Banana Republic which is sadly what the US has become

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Ex-CNN anchor Don Lemon arrested on charges connected to Minnesota church protest
Lemon’s lawyer said he was taken into custody after attending protest in which demonstrators disrupted a church service earlier in January
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January 30, 2026 at 2:26 PM
They are not interesting in preserving nature at all

The only thing they want to preserve is Ann Widdecombe and the ghosts of previous failed Tories

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Reform UK enlists Boris Johnson ally to write party nature policies
Exclusive: Ben Goldsmith will work on issues including fishing and green belt preservation to attract green Tories
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January 30, 2026 at 9:41 AM
What a nasty piece of no work Lawrence Fox is
January 29, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Vile person

Cosplay fascist
January 29, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Very difficult to see the difference between Reform and the Tories

What would happen to one nation Tory MPs? Perhaps they should defect to the Lib Dems?

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Badenoch shoots herself in the foot on the Tories’ long march to the right | John Crace
Not content with haemorrhaging MPs to Reform, Kemi decides to drive others into the arms of the Lib Dems
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January 28, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Trump is like a rat trapped in a corner

He will become even more irrational

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Trump says government will 'de-escalate a little bit' in Minnesota after Pretti shooting
The killing of Alex Pretti over the weekend led Minnesota officials and locals to renew calls for Trump to end his immigration operation there.
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January 28, 2026 at 7:41 AM