Leopardlilly
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In 2024, at least 1,365 people were killed by police in fatal shootings in the USA.
In the England and Wales in the same period that figure... was 2.
In the England and Wales in the same period that figure... was 2.
January 8, 2026 at 8:04 AM
In 2024, at least 1,365 people were killed by police in fatal shootings in the USA.
In the England and Wales in the same period that figure... was 2.
In the England and Wales in the same period that figure... was 2.
What morality..he has none
January 8, 2026 at 8:20 PM
What morality..he has none
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The most generous explanation for this is that he's an idiot who just hasn't even bothered to look at how vaccines work.
The worst is that he's deliberately spreading misinformation that will put actual lives at risk, in order to please his conspiracy-theory loving base
The worst is that he's deliberately spreading misinformation that will put actual lives at risk, in order to please his conspiracy-theory loving base
Farage: "I believe in vaccinations when they're vaccinations. I don't think what happened with Covid were vaccinations. You have to keep having them every 6 months."
Conspiratorial nonsense.
Some vaccinations like Covid shots require multiple/seasonal doses because immunity fades & viruses change.
Conspiratorial nonsense.
Some vaccinations like Covid shots require multiple/seasonal doses because immunity fades & viruses change.
January 8, 2026 at 11:21 AM
The most generous explanation for this is that he's an idiot who just hasn't even bothered to look at how vaccines work.
The worst is that he's deliberately spreading misinformation that will put actual lives at risk, in order to please his conspiracy-theory loving base
The worst is that he's deliberately spreading misinformation that will put actual lives at risk, in order to please his conspiracy-theory loving base
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"Freedom of assembly is not a gift governments grant their citizens; it is a right that protects citizens from their governments. Look to Hungary. Britain should not have to learn that lesson the hard way."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Slowly but surely, a state can repress its people. Why is the UK channelling Viktor Orbán’s Hungary? | Lydia Gall
I know enough about the erosion of civil rights to fear what I now see in the UK. Britons should understand how this ends, says Lydia Gall of Human Rights Watch
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 4:04 PM
"Freedom of assembly is not a gift governments grant their citizens; it is a right that protects citizens from their governments. Look to Hungary. Britain should not have to learn that lesson the hard way."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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What should the world do about Trump's attack on Venezuela, threats to other countries?
The UK hasn't condemned the attack; obeys Trump; won't call for sanctions imposed on other states for violating the UN charter.
The era of gangster states is with us.
Watch the Minister's reply
The UK hasn't condemned the attack; obeys Trump; won't call for sanctions imposed on other states for violating the UN charter.
The era of gangster states is with us.
Watch the Minister's reply
January 8, 2026 at 7:56 PM
What should the world do about Trump's attack on Venezuela, threats to other countries?
The UK hasn't condemned the attack; obeys Trump; won't call for sanctions imposed on other states for violating the UN charter.
The era of gangster states is with us.
Watch the Minister's reply
The UK hasn't condemned the attack; obeys Trump; won't call for sanctions imposed on other states for violating the UN charter.
The era of gangster states is with us.
Watch the Minister's reply
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Make this go viral.
Labour MP Louise Haigh.
Labour MP Louise Haigh.
I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
January 8, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Make this go viral.
Labour MP Louise Haigh.
Labour MP Louise Haigh.
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This confirms our worst fears.
Labour want to divert taxpayers money from our public services to pay for their mandatory Digital ID scheme.
The Lib Dems fought against Labour’s ID plans before and won, and we can do it again.
Labour want to divert taxpayers money from our public services to pay for their mandatory Digital ID scheme.
The Lib Dems fought against Labour’s ID plans before and won, and we can do it again.
January 8, 2026 at 8:04 PM
This confirms our worst fears.
Labour want to divert taxpayers money from our public services to pay for their mandatory Digital ID scheme.
The Lib Dems fought against Labour’s ID plans before and won, and we can do it again.
Labour want to divert taxpayers money from our public services to pay for their mandatory Digital ID scheme.
The Lib Dems fought against Labour’s ID plans before and won, and we can do it again.
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Also, I just realised that we are now 26% into the 21st century and I’m… perturbed.
The instinct to call Trump and his administration Fascist is sometimes overwhelming - but are we being counterproductive when doing so?
My growing concern is this:
If we keep relying on 20th century language, are we actually failing prepare for a very 21st century threat?
A rambly one today.
My growing concern is this:
If we keep relying on 20th century language, are we actually failing prepare for a very 21st century threat?
A rambly one today.
Trump Isn’t a Fascist - and That’s the Problem
Why clinging to 20th-century labels is leaving us unprepared for a very 21st-century form of power
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Also, I just realised that we are now 26% into the 21st century and I’m… perturbed.
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Unhook ourselves from oil and gas and we unhook ourselves from dependency on dictators, autocrats and expansionist regimes all over the planet.
Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.
Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.
January 6, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Unhook ourselves from oil and gas and we unhook ourselves from dependency on dictators, autocrats and expansionist regimes all over the planet.
Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.
Renewables and other low-carbon energy sources are not just good climate sense. They are also good political sense.
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If the Palestine Action hunger strikers die - which they could do at any moment, as they are now very close to the end - it will be the government that killed them. Today’s column explains why. Please share, and write urgently to your MP.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Let’s be clear: if the Palestine Action hunger strikers die, the government will bear moral responsibility | George Monbiot
The three remaining hunger strikers have been convicted of nothing. Yet with astonishing cruelty, ministers refuse to listen to their reasonable demands, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:07 AM
If the Palestine Action hunger strikers die - which they could do at any moment, as they are now very close to the end - it will be the government that killed them. Today’s column explains why. Please share, and write urgently to your MP.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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➡️ Even The Telegraph are unconvinced by Reform UK's hubris...
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/01/06/farages-plot-to-abolish-the-obr-shows-reform-is-not-serious/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/01/06/farages-plot-to-abolish-the-obr-shows-reform-is-not-serious/
Farage’s plot to abolish the OBR shows Reform is not a serious party
Voters remember only too well what happened when Liz Truss sidelined the financial watchdog
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 5:16 PM
➡️ Even The Telegraph are unconvinced by Reform UK's hubris...
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/01/06/farages-plot-to-abolish-the-obr-shows-reform-is-not-serious/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/01/06/farages-plot-to-abolish-the-obr-shows-reform-is-not-serious/
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Pathetic Maria Machado has said she will give Donald Trump her Nobel Peace Prize and begged him to invade Venezuela and install her as President.
Got to be the worst Nobel Peace Prize winner ever, what a disgrace to the Nobel Prize, to Venezuela and of course to herself.
Got to be the worst Nobel Peace Prize winner ever, what a disgrace to the Nobel Prize, to Venezuela and of course to herself.
January 6, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Pathetic Maria Machado has said she will give Donald Trump her Nobel Peace Prize and begged him to invade Venezuela and install her as President.
Got to be the worst Nobel Peace Prize winner ever, what a disgrace to the Nobel Prize, to Venezuela and of course to herself.
Got to be the worst Nobel Peace Prize winner ever, what a disgrace to the Nobel Prize, to Venezuela and of course to herself.
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There is no instance in history of an authoritarian far-right leader taking over that did not end in disaster for those who voted for them
And, unfortunately, everyone else.
It's too late for Trump/MAGA voters to retract their votes
But it's not too late for Farage/Reform voters to retract theirs
And, unfortunately, everyone else.
It's too late for Trump/MAGA voters to retract their votes
But it's not too late for Farage/Reform voters to retract theirs
January 5, 2026 at 4:46 PM
There is no instance in history of an authoritarian far-right leader taking over that did not end in disaster for those who voted for them
And, unfortunately, everyone else.
It's too late for Trump/MAGA voters to retract their votes
But it's not too late for Farage/Reform voters to retract theirs
And, unfortunately, everyone else.
It's too late for Trump/MAGA voters to retract their votes
But it's not too late for Farage/Reform voters to retract theirs
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Oh look, here's Alan Graves, the leader of Reform UK in Derbyshire during the lead up to the Local Elections criticising Council Tax.
He just confirmed that his council will raise it by the max 4.99%:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
He just confirmed that his council will raise it by the max 4.99%:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
January 5, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Oh look, here's Alan Graves, the leader of Reform UK in Derbyshire during the lead up to the Local Elections criticising Council Tax.
He just confirmed that his council will raise it by the max 4.99%:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
He just confirmed that his council will raise it by the max 4.99%:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The world capitulates.
150 countries agree plan to stop global companies shifting profits to low-tax jurisdictions, but US companies will be exempt from 15% global minimum tax.
They make profit we fund the cost.
The race to the bottom will accelerate.
150 countries agree plan to stop global companies shifting profits to low-tax jurisdictions, but US companies will be exempt from 15% global minimum tax.
They make profit we fund the cost.
The race to the bottom will accelerate.
US will be exempt from global tax deal targeting profits of large multinationals
Agreement finalised by the OECD waters down a landmark 2021 deal that set a minimum global corporate tax of 15%
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 8:10 AM
The world capitulates.
150 countries agree plan to stop global companies shifting profits to low-tax jurisdictions, but US companies will be exempt from 15% global minimum tax.
They make profit we fund the cost.
The race to the bottom will accelerate.
150 countries agree plan to stop global companies shifting profits to low-tax jurisdictions, but US companies will be exempt from 15% global minimum tax.
They make profit we fund the cost.
The race to the bottom will accelerate.
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I'm writing about the Palestine Action hunger strikers at the moment, any of whom could die at any moment, and the astonishing media and government silence surrounding them. The Establishment seems to have become even crueller than when Thatcher was PM.
January 5, 2026 at 12:27 PM
I'm writing about the Palestine Action hunger strikers at the moment, any of whom could die at any moment, and the astonishing media and government silence surrounding them. The Establishment seems to have become even crueller than when Thatcher was PM.
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Under the Treason Felony Act 1848, it is a crime punishable by life imprisonment to intimidate parliament or encourage any foreign power to invade the U.K.
We should be applying this law to every traitor openly calling for the U.S to depose our democratically elected government.
We should be applying this law to every traitor openly calling for the U.S to depose our democratically elected government.
January 5, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Under the Treason Felony Act 1848, it is a crime punishable by life imprisonment to intimidate parliament or encourage any foreign power to invade the U.K.
We should be applying this law to every traitor openly calling for the U.S to depose our democratically elected government.
We should be applying this law to every traitor openly calling for the U.S to depose our democratically elected government.
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Absolutely spot on. If I were a betting person I'd say the odds of the US upholding Nato's article 5 is almost zero. The odds of him helping Putin if it benefits him personally or the US in general is probably 50-50.
Europe needs to face reality
No one is coming to help us when Putin invades the first NATO country
The US may even assist Putin
A tiny percentage increase in defence spending by some remote future date is not going to deter Putin
We are signalling to him that we are not serious
Time to wake up
No one is coming to help us when Putin invades the first NATO country
The US may even assist Putin
A tiny percentage increase in defence spending by some remote future date is not going to deter Putin
We are signalling to him that we are not serious
Time to wake up
January 3, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Absolutely spot on. If I were a betting person I'd say the odds of the US upholding Nato's article 5 is almost zero. The odds of him helping Putin if it benefits him personally or the US in general is probably 50-50.
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Bernie Sanders publicly swears in Zohran Mamdani as NYC mayor
January 1, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Bernie Sanders publicly swears in Zohran Mamdani as NYC mayor
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Chatted to my great uncle yesterday – a northern, working-class guy, not that political. I told him my job involved exposing Farage.
His first question was: “who funds him?”
Investigations into Farage’s donors can have a major impact on Reform’s support – as this research has already shown 👇
His first question was: “who funds him?”
Investigations into Farage’s donors can have a major impact on Reform’s support – as this research has already shown 👇
New research reveals the best attack lines to use against Reform
How to stop Farage...
writesbright.substack.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Chatted to my great uncle yesterday – a northern, working-class guy, not that political. I told him my job involved exposing Farage.
His first question was: “who funds him?”
Investigations into Farage’s donors can have a major impact on Reform’s support – as this research has already shown 👇
His first question was: “who funds him?”
Investigations into Farage’s donors can have a major impact on Reform’s support – as this research has already shown 👇
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Fascinating. Now perhaps someone should ask him where he found enough money to emigrate to Tenerife.
Tommy Robinson says he found Jesus in prison. Churches disagree about how to respond
Tommy Robinson says he found Jesus in prison. Churches disagree about how to respond
C of E faces dilemma as far right claims Christianity to push agenda that often clashes with gospel message
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Fascinating. Now perhaps someone should ask him where he found enough money to emigrate to Tenerife.
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My heart bleeds.
Also, he does realise there are alternatives to his children inheriting the business - like him retiring and passing it on, right?
Almost as though this is a confected drama to get himself in the news again.
Also, he does realise there are alternatives to his children inheriting the business - like him retiring and passing it on, right?
Almost as though this is a confected drama to get himself in the news again.
December 28, 2025 at 8:42 AM
My heart bleeds.
Also, he does realise there are alternatives to his children inheriting the business - like him retiring and passing it on, right?
Almost as though this is a confected drama to get himself in the news again.
Also, he does realise there are alternatives to his children inheriting the business - like him retiring and passing it on, right?
Almost as though this is a confected drama to get himself in the news again.
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Number crunching: Telegraph editorial columns in December highlighting ‘the unreliability of social media’ v corrections the Telegraph has had to publish so far this year due to inaccurate reporting
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
December 27, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Number crunching: Telegraph editorial columns in December highlighting ‘the unreliability of social media’ v corrections the Telegraph has had to publish so far this year due to inaccurate reporting
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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If I were innocent, I would want everything released to prove my innocence.
December 27, 2025 at 9:29 PM
If I were innocent, I would want everything released to prove my innocence.
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Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
December 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers