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Lutnick isn’t stupid. He knows what he’s saying here is a lie. Kellyanne knows this is a lie. But they have nothing but contempt for the Fox audience, and serving up lies to the lemmings has worked so well for so long. A tiny handful are doing well, millions are not.
December 24, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Lutnick isn’t stupid. He knows what he’s saying here is a lie. Kellyanne knows this is a lie. But they have nothing but contempt for the Fox audience, and serving up lies to the lemmings has worked so well for so long. A tiny handful are doing well, millions are not.
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A patently stupid and self-destructive idea, pushed by very entitled people who had nothing to lose and Putins disinformation machine and voted for in large part by bigots who thought it would make this country great again.
All to the colossal detriment of the UK.
F*** them all a million times.
All to the colossal detriment of the UK.
F*** them all a million times.
Letter to the FT that stingingly sums up Brexit and the shit creek we now find ourselves in.
A terrible idea (naive, prejudiced and uninformed) that has deeply divided us and left us poorer and less secure… but unwilling to face up to the damage we’ve done to ourselves. While the EU moves on.
A terrible idea (naive, prejudiced and uninformed) that has deeply divided us and left us poorer and less secure… but unwilling to face up to the damage we’ve done to ourselves. While the EU moves on.
December 24, 2025 at 11:51 AM
A patently stupid and self-destructive idea, pushed by very entitled people who had nothing to lose and Putins disinformation machine and voted for in large part by bigots who thought it would make this country great again.
All to the colossal detriment of the UK.
F*** them all a million times.
All to the colossal detriment of the UK.
F*** them all a million times.
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Plenty of good questions already. Want me to make a prediction about politics in 2026? Ask in the replies! Predictions will start after Boxing Day.
Hi all, its time for my annual Christmas tradition - making predictions on politics in 2026. If you're interested in hearing my thoughts on what next year will bring, or just keen to try and make me make a fool of myself, then post your questions in replies here!
A reminder of yesterday's post reviewing last year's Christmas predictions for 2025. I will start a new prediction thread for 2026 about a week from now. If there's a prediction you'd like me to make, post it in the replies here!
December 24, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Plenty of good questions already. Want me to make a prediction about politics in 2026? Ask in the replies! Predictions will start after Boxing Day.
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Disruption between ##London Waterloo and ##Exeter St Davids, and between ###Salisbury and ##Yeovil Junction via Westbury until the end of the day
National Rail Disruptions
Disruption between #London Waterloo and #Exeter St Davids, and between ##Salisbury and #Yeovil Junction via Westbury until the end of the day
www.nationalrail.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Disruption between ##London Waterloo and ##Exeter St Davids, and between ###Salisbury and ##Yeovil Junction via Westbury until the end of the day
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Mitt Romney said the quiet part out loud: the rich should pay more in taxes.
The Wall Street Journal attacked him for it.
But he’s right—and ignoring the math is how democracies crack.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
The Wall Street Journal attacked him for it.
But he’s right—and ignoring the math is how democracies crack.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Mitt Romney Is Right: Tax the Rich Before the Pitchforks Come Out
The One Percent’s Problem Isn’t Envy. It’s Math.
open.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Mitt Romney said the quiet part out loud: the rich should pay more in taxes.
The Wall Street Journal attacked him for it.
But he’s right—and ignoring the math is how democracies crack.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
The Wall Street Journal attacked him for it.
But he’s right—and ignoring the math is how democracies crack.
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
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Can you imagine if we were as strict on MPs expenses and billionaires tax avoidance as we were on Disabled People?
The money would be raining down.
The money would be raining down.
December 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Can you imagine if we were as strict on MPs expenses and billionaires tax avoidance as we were on Disabled People?
The money would be raining down.
The money would be raining down.
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Inheritance tax is one of the fairest systems of taxation, and everything was in place to protect working farms, so this just looks pathetic frankly.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Government waters down farm inheritance tax plan
The government has now said it will lift the intended threshold from £1m to £2.5m.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Inheritance tax is one of the fairest systems of taxation, and everything was in place to protect working farms, so this just looks pathetic frankly.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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You know those stories about how the magic of Christmas miraculously restores your faith in humanity? It isn't working.
December 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
You know those stories about how the magic of Christmas miraculously restores your faith in humanity? It isn't working.
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I deleted my post about alleged letter from Epstein to Nassar because I’m concerned about its authenticity and I’m worried that sharing it may help the DoJ damage the credibility of other documents if it turns out to be a forgery.
December 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I deleted my post about alleged letter from Epstein to Nassar because I’m concerned about its authenticity and I’m worried that sharing it may help the DoJ damage the credibility of other documents if it turns out to be a forgery.
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The DOJ is not even trying to hide that it functions as Trump's personal law firm
December 23, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The DOJ is not even trying to hide that it functions as Trump's personal law firm
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MEMPHIS FLYER: “Nearly 6 of every 10 ICE arrests in Tennessee since Trump took office involve individuals with no criminal convictions...”
So much for the violent criminals narrative, eh @GovBillLee?
www.memphisflyer.com/nearly-60-pe...
So much for the violent criminals narrative, eh @GovBillLee?
www.memphisflyer.com/nearly-60-pe...
December 23, 2025 at 7:25 PM
MEMPHIS FLYER: “Nearly 6 of every 10 ICE arrests in Tennessee since Trump took office involve individuals with no criminal convictions...”
So much for the violent criminals narrative, eh @GovBillLee?
www.memphisflyer.com/nearly-60-pe...
So much for the violent criminals narrative, eh @GovBillLee?
www.memphisflyer.com/nearly-60-pe...
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Government has announced a major climbdown on its farmers inheritance tax plans
In a statement on Tuesday, two days before Christmas, DEFRA said it'd raise the threshold at which estates will be hit by reforms from £1m to £2.5m
As a result, the number of affected estates has fallen from 375 to 185
In a statement on Tuesday, two days before Christmas, DEFRA said it'd raise the threshold at which estates will be hit by reforms from £1m to £2.5m
As a result, the number of affected estates has fallen from 375 to 185
Government Announces Major U-Turn On Farmers Inheritance Tax
The Labour government has announced a significant climbdown on its policy of inheritance tax for farmers following a major backlash.
www.politicshome.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Government has announced a major climbdown on its farmers inheritance tax plans
In a statement on Tuesday, two days before Christmas, DEFRA said it'd raise the threshold at which estates will be hit by reforms from £1m to £2.5m
As a result, the number of affected estates has fallen from 375 to 185
In a statement on Tuesday, two days before Christmas, DEFRA said it'd raise the threshold at which estates will be hit by reforms from £1m to £2.5m
As a result, the number of affected estates has fallen from 375 to 185
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Left: Greta Thunberg arrested for holding a placard in London
Right: Labour's Baron Hain, "This gov is treating Palestine action as equivalent to ISIS or al-Qaeda, which is intellectually bankrupt, politically unprincipled and morally wrong. I'm deeply ashamed"
Right: Labour's Baron Hain, "This gov is treating Palestine action as equivalent to ISIS or al-Qaeda, which is intellectually bankrupt, politically unprincipled and morally wrong. I'm deeply ashamed"
December 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Left: Greta Thunberg arrested for holding a placard in London
Right: Labour's Baron Hain, "This gov is treating Palestine action as equivalent to ISIS or al-Qaeda, which is intellectually bankrupt, politically unprincipled and morally wrong. I'm deeply ashamed"
Right: Labour's Baron Hain, "This gov is treating Palestine action as equivalent to ISIS or al-Qaeda, which is intellectually bankrupt, politically unprincipled and morally wrong. I'm deeply ashamed"
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Farage’s past racist comments are revealing - but ultimately become secondary to the larger issue:
The party he's built from the ground up to incubate rotten apples.
The party he's built from the ground up to incubate rotten apples.
Reform UK Doesn’t Just Have a Racism Problem - It Has a Racism Infrastructure
Why focusing on Farage’s past misses how racism is incentivised, normalised and repeatedly rewarded in the present
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Farage’s past racist comments are revealing - but ultimately become secondary to the larger issue:
The party he's built from the ground up to incubate rotten apples.
The party he's built from the ground up to incubate rotten apples.
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Community. Note.
December 23, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Community. Note.
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Russia may lose part of Armenia's fuel market due to supplies of cheaper Azerbaijani gasoline, which will go on sale on December 23, ArbatMedia reported.
Twenty-two wagons carrying 1,210 tons of 95-octane gasoline produced by Azerbaijan's SOCAR arrived in Armenia via Georgia on December 19.
Twenty-two wagons carrying 1,210 tons of 95-octane gasoline produced by Azerbaijan's SOCAR arrived in Armenia via Georgia on December 19.
December 23, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Russia may lose part of Armenia's fuel market due to supplies of cheaper Azerbaijani gasoline, which will go on sale on December 23, ArbatMedia reported.
Twenty-two wagons carrying 1,210 tons of 95-octane gasoline produced by Azerbaijan's SOCAR arrived in Armenia via Georgia on December 19.
Twenty-two wagons carrying 1,210 tons of 95-octane gasoline produced by Azerbaijan's SOCAR arrived in Armenia via Georgia on December 19.
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"These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless."
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 23, 2025 at 10:01 AM
"These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless."
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All I want for Christmas is First Past the Post Electoral Chaos
Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 25% (-3)
LAB: 20% (+2)
CON: 19% (+2)
LDM: 15% (+1)
GRN: 15% (-2)
SNP: 3% (-1)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 21-22 Dec.
Changes w/ 14-15 Dec.
RFM: 25% (-3)
LAB: 20% (+2)
CON: 19% (+2)
LDM: 15% (+1)
GRN: 15% (-2)
SNP: 3% (-1)
Via @yougov.co.uk, 21-22 Dec.
Changes w/ 14-15 Dec.
December 23, 2025 at 9:53 AM
All I want for Christmas is First Past the Post Electoral Chaos
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Good demonstration of why Google AI overview should not be trusted.
According to this, Chris Rea had fairly robust opinions on the "business implications" of Brexit.
But it's confusing singer Chris Rea with a completely different person.
According to this, Chris Rea had fairly robust opinions on the "business implications" of Brexit.
But it's confusing singer Chris Rea with a completely different person.
December 22, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Good demonstration of why Google AI overview should not be trusted.
According to this, Chris Rea had fairly robust opinions on the "business implications" of Brexit.
But it's confusing singer Chris Rea with a completely different person.
According to this, Chris Rea had fairly robust opinions on the "business implications" of Brexit.
But it's confusing singer Chris Rea with a completely different person.
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I’m the Democrat running to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene in this special election. Across the country, Democrats are flipping seats and we have a real campaign on the ground and a real shot to do the same here.
Donate to Shawn Harris
Show your support with a contribution.
secure.actblue.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I’m the Democrat running to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene in this special election. Across the country, Democrats are flipping seats and we have a real campaign on the ground and a real shot to do the same here.
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Please no,
Don't tempt us with a good time...
Don't tempt us with a good time...
December 22, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Please no,
Don't tempt us with a good time...
Don't tempt us with a good time...
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A little selection of my favourite words for the season. Some beautiful, others potentially necessary. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.
twowords2.page.link/play
twowords2.page.link/play
December 22, 2025 at 7:06 PM
A little selection of my favourite words for the season. Some beautiful, others potentially necessary. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.
twowords2.page.link/play
twowords2.page.link/play
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From 2018 to 2024, the tax rate paid by eight major retailers was slashed from 30% to just 17.5%.
The CEOs of those major retailers were paid a collective $1.3 billion.
Meanwhile, the average worker at those stores was paid less than $32,000 in 2024.
Nothing trickled down.
The CEOs of those major retailers were paid a collective $1.3 billion.
Meanwhile, the average worker at those stores was paid less than $32,000 in 2024.
Nothing trickled down.
December 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
From 2018 to 2024, the tax rate paid by eight major retailers was slashed from 30% to just 17.5%.
The CEOs of those major retailers were paid a collective $1.3 billion.
Meanwhile, the average worker at those stores was paid less than $32,000 in 2024.
Nothing trickled down.
The CEOs of those major retailers were paid a collective $1.3 billion.
Meanwhile, the average worker at those stores was paid less than $32,000 in 2024.
Nothing trickled down.