Jane Lang
@littleacorn1.bsky.social
Politics. Arts. Amateur.
Doing my 1000 hours to learn a craft skill.
Doing my 1000 hours to learn a craft skill.
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Epstein survivor speaks out after latest files released
Epstein survivor speaks out after latest files released
We spoke to Jena Lisa Jones, a survivor of Jeffrey Epstein's abuse. She was just 14 years old when Epstein assaulted her during a massage at his house in Palm Beach.
www.channel4.com
February 3, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Epstein survivor speaks out after latest files released
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February 2, 2026 at 6:46 PM
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Farage is in Dubai hosting a lunch for Indian billionaire Sunny Varkey, the latest non-UK resident to back Reform.
Farage Seeks Support at Dubai Lunch Backed by Indian Billionaire
Nigel Farage hosted a private lunch event in Dubai on Tuesday with the backing of Indian billionaire Sunny Varkey, underscoring the Reform UK party’s embrace of wealthy donors based in the United Arab...
www.bloomberg.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Farage is in Dubai hosting a lunch for Indian billionaire Sunny Varkey, the latest non-UK resident to back Reform.
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On the frontline with Somalis standing up to ICE in Minnesota
On the frontline with Somalis standing up to ICE in Minnesota
Minnesota has the largest Somali population of anywhere in the United States and they've become the target of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
www.channel4.com
January 28, 2026 at 8:05 PM
On the frontline with Somalis standing up to ICE in Minnesota
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Nick Clegg: "Nigel Farage's great achievement in life is a disaster for this country, and no one holds him to account."
January 28, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Nick Clegg: "Nigel Farage's great achievement in life is a disaster for this country, and no one holds him to account."
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Always been the major flaw in this theory. "Anywheres" might be more "cosmpolitan" but they still have a community orienation. I live in a very "anywhere-y" place but there's plenty of school fetes and local book groups.
A thought: what's happening in the US shows that the somewheres/anywheres thing is bollocks. Most of the people mobilising, Goodhart would call Anywheres. And they're mobilising specifically to protect their neighbours and their neighbourhoods.
January 27, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Always been the major flaw in this theory. "Anywheres" might be more "cosmpolitan" but they still have a community orienation. I live in a very "anywhere-y" place but there's plenty of school fetes and local book groups.
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Deeply moved and honoured to welcome Holocaust survivor Tatiana Bucci to @europarl.europa.eu on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Having survived the horrors of Auschwitz alongside her sister Andra, Tatiana is a living testament to strength, resilience and courage.
Having survived the horrors of Auschwitz alongside her sister Andra, Tatiana is a living testament to strength, resilience and courage.
January 27, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Deeply moved and honoured to welcome Holocaust survivor Tatiana Bucci to @europarl.europa.eu on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Having survived the horrors of Auschwitz alongside her sister Andra, Tatiana is a living testament to strength, resilience and courage.
Having survived the horrors of Auschwitz alongside her sister Andra, Tatiana is a living testament to strength, resilience and courage.
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Nice example of Farage's view of extrajudicial executions of bystanders not breaking the law. Especially pertinent given that he wants to start his own program of mass deportations.
Farage claims Trump never meant to insult British troops, and ICE victim in Minneapolis shouldn't have been there with gun - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
January 26, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Nice example of Farage's view of extrajudicial executions of bystanders not breaking the law. Especially pertinent given that he wants to start his own program of mass deportations.
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pleadse note!
I've recorded almost 400 attacks on science over the last year (and that doesn't even include the attacks on universities)!
www.trumpactiontracker.info
they've slowed down over recent months but only because I think they've achieved a lot of what they want to already :-(
I've recorded almost 400 attacks on science over the last year (and that doesn't even include the attacks on universities)!
www.trumpactiontracker.info
they've slowed down over recent months but only because I think they've achieved a lot of what they want to already :-(
January 20, 2026 at 6:34 PM
pleadse note!
I've recorded almost 400 attacks on science over the last year (and that doesn't even include the attacks on universities)!
www.trumpactiontracker.info
they've slowed down over recent months but only because I think they've achieved a lot of what they want to already :-(
I've recorded almost 400 attacks on science over the last year (and that doesn't even include the attacks on universities)!
www.trumpactiontracker.info
they've slowed down over recent months but only because I think they've achieved a lot of what they want to already :-(
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“giving up Chagos was stupid and this proves you should therefore give up Greenland”
January 20, 2026 at 7:31 AM
“giving up Chagos was stupid and this proves you should therefore give up Greenland”
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The UK government has signed a £205m deal with British firm QinetiQ for specialist support for the RAF's Typhoon fighter jets, keeping these important aircraft mission-ready to protect the UK and NATO allies.
The deal will support 250 skilled jobs across Lancashire, Lincolnshire and Hampshire.
The deal will support 250 skilled jobs across Lancashire, Lincolnshire and Hampshire.
Britain's fighter jet fleet strengthened in £205 million boost for British jobs
The UK has signed a £205 million contract extension with QinetiQ to strengthen the RAF's Typhoon fleet with technical and engineering support
www.gov.uk
January 19, 2026 at 5:06 PM
The UK government has signed a £205m deal with British firm QinetiQ for specialist support for the RAF's Typhoon fighter jets, keeping these important aircraft mission-ready to protect the UK and NATO allies.
The deal will support 250 skilled jobs across Lancashire, Lincolnshire and Hampshire.
The deal will support 250 skilled jobs across Lancashire, Lincolnshire and Hampshire.
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Another covid fraudster held to account for fraudulently taking out 3 COVID loans worth £150k - on top of legitmately taking out over £50k of loans.
And he has only ever paid back £2,722.
He now faces up to 2 years in prison if he fails to pay back £197k within the next 3 months.
And he has only ever paid back £2,722.
He now faces up to 2 years in prison if he fails to pay back £197k within the next 3 months.
Convicted Covid fraudster who ran mobile phone shops ordered to repay almost £200,000
He was handed a suspended sentence last year
www.gov.uk
January 19, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Another covid fraudster held to account for fraudulently taking out 3 COVID loans worth £150k - on top of legitmately taking out over £50k of loans.
And he has only ever paid back £2,722.
He now faces up to 2 years in prison if he fails to pay back £197k within the next 3 months.
And he has only ever paid back £2,722.
He now faces up to 2 years in prison if he fails to pay back £197k within the next 3 months.
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You've got to admit he's good at distracting everyone from the Epstien files, which he is clearly in big time. Up to his weird neck.
Look, Greenland! Look Venezuela! Look, Minneapolis!
I haven't forgotten about the Epstien files, have you?
Look, Greenland! Look Venezuela! Look, Minneapolis!
I haven't forgotten about the Epstien files, have you?
January 19, 2026 at 8:38 AM
You've got to admit he's good at distracting everyone from the Epstien files, which he is clearly in big time. Up to his weird neck.
Look, Greenland! Look Venezuela! Look, Minneapolis!
I haven't forgotten about the Epstien files, have you?
Look, Greenland! Look Venezuela! Look, Minneapolis!
I haven't forgotten about the Epstien files, have you?
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The EU supports Denmark and the people of Greenland. We do so united in resolve.
The measures against NATO allies announced today will not help in ensuring security in the Arctic. They risk the opposite, emboldening our joint enemies & those who wish to destroy our common values & way of life.
The measures against NATO allies announced today will not help in ensuring security in the Arctic. They risk the opposite, emboldening our joint enemies & those who wish to destroy our common values & way of life.
January 17, 2026 at 9:38 PM
The EU supports Denmark and the people of Greenland. We do so united in resolve.
The measures against NATO allies announced today will not help in ensuring security in the Arctic. They risk the opposite, emboldening our joint enemies & those who wish to destroy our common values & way of life.
The measures against NATO allies announced today will not help in ensuring security in the Arctic. They risk the opposite, emboldening our joint enemies & those who wish to destroy our common values & way of life.
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that’s not very free speech-y
It will not surprise you to learn that Toby Youngs 'Free Speech Union' has obtained a High Court injunction banning the publication of a list of its donors open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
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.
open.substack.com
January 17, 2026 at 11:35 AM
that’s not very free speech-y
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January 17, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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What to read this week, from Elizabeth Kolbert to Tom Paulin.
Your essential guide from The Observer’s books desk.
https://bit.ly/48M4XET
Your essential guide from The Observer’s books desk.
https://bit.ly/48M4XET
What to read this week, from Elizabeth Kolbert to Tom Paulin | The Observer
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December 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM
What to read this week, from Elizabeth Kolbert to Tom Paulin.
Your essential guide from The Observer’s books desk.
https://bit.ly/48M4XET
Your essential guide from The Observer’s books desk.
https://bit.ly/48M4XET
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The Ministry of Defence has announced a rapid £140 million investment in drone and counter-drone technology through the newly formed UK Defence Innovation.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-commits-1...
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-commits-1...
UK commits £140m to counter Russian drone threat
The Ministry of Defence has announced a rapid £140 million investment in drone and counter-drone technology through the newly formed UK Defence Innovation.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk
December 15, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The Ministry of Defence has announced a rapid £140 million investment in drone and counter-drone technology through the newly formed UK Defence Innovation.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-commits-1...
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/uk-commits-1...
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The European Union has triggered Article 122 to indefinitely immobilise the assets of the Russian Central Bank, worth a whopping €210 billion.
I explain what just happened and why this is such a big deal for Europeans.
🧵 Long thread.
I explain what just happened and why this is such a big deal for Europeans.
🧵 Long thread.
December 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The European Union has triggered Article 122 to indefinitely immobilise the assets of the Russian Central Bank, worth a whopping €210 billion.
I explain what just happened and why this is such a big deal for Europeans.
🧵 Long thread.
I explain what just happened and why this is such a big deal for Europeans.
🧵 Long thread.
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Brexit reduced the UK’s GDP by between 6% and 8%. That is MASSIVE. #ProjectFear #wetoldyouso
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
November 10, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Brexit reduced the UK’s GDP by between 6% and 8%. That is MASSIVE. #ProjectFear #wetoldyouso
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
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The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
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He was a passionate voice for motoring and consumer rights. Quentin dedicated his life to sharing his love for cars and helping people understand them, from classic combustion to modern electric. His kindness, intelligence, wit, and warmth will always be missed. Rest in peace, Q we love you.
November 9, 2025 at 10:04 AM
He was a passionate voice for motoring and consumer rights. Quentin dedicated his life to sharing his love for cars and helping people understand them, from classic combustion to modern electric. His kindness, intelligence, wit, and warmth will always be missed. Rest in peace, Q we love you.
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Moore rather gave the game away on Today just now when he mentioned climate change as one of the things on which the BBC should be impartial. Treating the truth and lies as though they are equal isn't impartiality, it's an abdication of the most basic journalistic responsibility
November 10, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Moore rather gave the game away on Today just now when he mentioned climate change as one of the things on which the BBC should be impartial. Treating the truth and lies as though they are equal isn't impartiality, it's an abdication of the most basic journalistic responsibility