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Given all the other recent Conservative defections he's accepted, "I've always thought Robert Jenrick was a fraud" reads more like a recommendation than a criticism
January 15, 2026 at 12:16 PM
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The main bank account holding revenue from the Venezuelan oil sales is located in Qatar.

“There is no basis in law for a president to set up an offshore account that he controls so that he can sell assets seized by the American military,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

www.semafor.com/article/01/1...
Exclusive: US gets first $500 million Venezuelan oil deal, holding some proceeds in Qatar
The details shared with Semafor mark an initial milestone in the administration’s plan following the ouster of Nicolás Maduro.
www.semafor.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:42 AM
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"The flag acts as a warning sign: a silent message. It makes you more vigilant…you go into a house with a flag, you have to prepare emotionally for the possibility of racism or rejection”

This is Farage’s ‘patriotism’ in action. It’s not pride. It’s intimidation.
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January 15, 2026 at 7:58 AM
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Absolutely. Turn him around, put him back in his plane and tell him to fuck off back to Mar-a-Lago.
January 15, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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The 'give ice qr codes' thing reminds me of when Sarah Everard was murdered by a real policeman using his real police id to kidnap her, and the police & gvt made out the solution was to have a helpline to check that the person bundling you away was a real policeman (as the murderer was)
January 14, 2026 at 6:02 PM
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#OtD 15 Jan 1934 the UK tabloid the Daily Mail published an article 'Hurrah for the Blackshirts!' supporting Oswald Mosley's fascist movement. Written by Viscount Rothemere, whose family still own the Mail, its politics haven't really changed much stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8672...
January 15, 2026 at 7:25 AM
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More superb reporting today from Sky’s Ridge & Frost on the shocking student loans scandal.

Watch this staggering report. This has got to be fixed. We cannot allow young people to exploited in this way.
January 15, 2026 at 9:09 AM
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🔴 Last week the Free Speech Union got a High Court writ to prevent the publication of a list of its donors

So we decided to investigate who *does* fund Toby Young's outfit

Wanna see? 🫣

New on Democracy for Sale:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-funds-...
Who funds the Free Speech Union?
Toby Young’s outfit went to court to hide its donors. Today we reveal that funders include US anti-abortion groups, Brexit politicians and Tufton Street insiders.
democracyforsale.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:31 AM
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While purporting to care deeply about the funding of other organisations and the importance of free speech, Lord Young's FSU won't reveal who funds the er ... Free Speech Union

Excellent work from @petergeoghegan.bsky.social

democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-funds-...
Who funds the Free Speech Union?
Toby Young’s outfit went to court to hide its donors. Today we reveal that funders include US anti-abortion groups, Brexit politicians and Tufton Street insiders.
democracyforsale.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:53 AM
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January 14, 2026 at 9:12 PM
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100 per cent this ⬇️
Strong moment during PMQs.

"Anyone who defends platforms linked to sexual exploitation of children forfeits any right to give lectures about protecting women and girls."

January 14, 2026 at 9:13 PM
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January 14, 2026 at 9:16 PM
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Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham tells Faisal Islam that Reform are “anti-North” over its plan to scrap the £45bn northern corridor rail link & “breathtakingly arrogant” to tell investors to shun the North of England.

“Look at them… There’s nothing northern about them,” he said
January 14, 2026 at 9:54 PM
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Sweden is also deploying to Greenland.

European troops being deployed to Greenland as a deterrent to… the United States.

Who saw this coming
January 14, 2026 at 10:02 PM
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Schrodinger's MAGA: simultaneously cheering on the brave protesters in Iran risking their lives to defy the authorities while celebrating ICE thugs in America shooting unarmed women.
January 14, 2026 at 11:57 PM
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How is this even a real conversation
Trump: Milk would help your cognitive abilities?

Carson: Absolutely. You can tell who has been drinking milk. 

Trump: I took a cognitive test—I’ve taken a lot of them. I've aced all of them because I drink milk.
January 15, 2026 at 12:28 AM
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Non-protesting dad just trying to hustle his kids, as young as 6mo, out of the neighborhood. ICE threw a flash-bang INTO HIS car, all 6 kids in the hospital now.

If anyone wondered how things turn against occupying armies there's a case study playing out in front of you.
That is what was relayed
January 15, 2026 at 4:27 AM
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Ofcom just sat in Parliament and suggested the reason they haven't upheld single complaint on climate coverage since 2020 is that "broadcasters that we regulate have a good understanding of the code and they are complying with the rules".

This is what they've been green-lighting...
January 14, 2026 at 4:40 PM
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It’s a lawless totalitarian occupation of an American city.
I know people on Bsky know this but I hope it filters out: The feds are OCCUPYING the Twin Cities. This is a blockade, a siege. They are shutting down economic and civic activity. They are conducting "papers please" stops. They are criminalizing being a bystander/witness.

You could be next.
January 14, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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January 14, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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There are still 2 million documents in the Epstein files that have not yet been released even after court order that they should be...

Just a reminder.
a black and white clock with a spiral in the center
ALT: a black and white clock with a spiral in the center
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January 14, 2026 at 5:10 PM
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These barbarians are destroying everything that makes society work. Kids can't go to school, patients can't go to the hospital. We are, in effect, paying them to wreck the basic infrastructure of the country
January 14, 2026 at 4:28 PM
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January 13, 2026 at 10:37 PM
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And the same old wrong.
January 14, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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Whoever came up with the name “Ewok Powell” to describe Tommy Robinson should take the rest of the year off.
January 14, 2026 at 3:28 PM