@lizbcm.bsky.social
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The far right obsession with London is vital in their playbook. People who don’t live there are told constantly it’s a crime ridden hell hole with no go areas. It’s just not true on every measure - it’s a hugely successful and multicultural city, and that’s why they hate it.
Khan: "[London is] one of the safest.. cities in the world when it comes to homicide. We're safer than Paris, Milan, Rome, Brussels, Berlin.. two and half times safer than NY, 5 times safer than LA, 12 times safer than Chicago.. those that spread lies have a problem with London"
January 12, 2026 at 10:01 AM
The far right obsession with London is vital in their playbook. People who don’t live there are told constantly it’s a crime ridden hell hole with no go areas. It’s just not true on every measure - it’s a hugely successful and multicultural city, and that’s why they hate it.
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Trump is ready to grab Greenland. The EU should move first – and offer it membership | Robert Habeck and Andreas Raspotnik
Trump is ready to grab Greenland. The EU should move first – and offer it membership | Robert Habeck and Andreas Raspotnik
The US president’s threats to the territory show Europe needs a new strategy for its far north: one based on cooperation, not domination, say Robert Habeck, former German vice-chancellor, and Andreas Raspotnik of Nord University
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Trump is ready to grab Greenland. The EU should move first – and offer it membership | Robert Habeck and Andreas Raspotnik
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Farage gets all defensive and flappy when Zahawi is asked about vaccines.
- "We believe in free speech."
- "I was asking Mr Zahawi."
- "He wouldn't know the answer."
Ah yes. The sort of 'free speech' that Trump's White House believes in. ~AA
- "We believe in free speech."
- "I was asking Mr Zahawi."
- "He wouldn't know the answer."
Ah yes. The sort of 'free speech' that Trump's White House believes in. ~AA
January 12, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Farage gets all defensive and flappy when Zahawi is asked about vaccines.
- "We believe in free speech."
- "I was asking Mr Zahawi."
- "He wouldn't know the answer."
Ah yes. The sort of 'free speech' that Trump's White House believes in. ~AA
- "We believe in free speech."
- "I was asking Mr Zahawi."
- "He wouldn't know the answer."
Ah yes. The sort of 'free speech' that Trump's White House believes in. ~AA
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🚨🚨This is the way: Malaysia and Indonesia block #Musk's #Grok over explicit deepfakes. 🧵
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Grok AI: Malaysia and Indonesia block X chatbot over sexually explicit deepfakes
Sexualised images of real people generated by Grok have circulated on X in recent weeks.
www.bbc.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:22 AM
🚨🚨This is the way: Malaysia and Indonesia block #Musk's #Grok over explicit deepfakes. 🧵
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Researchers warn UK has a “finance curse” – an oversized sector extracting wealth instead of creating it.
If Britain wants to feel better off again, we need a financial system that invests in the real economy – not one that gambles with it.
Andrew Curry explains
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
If Britain wants to feel better off again, we need a financial system that invests in the real economy – not one that gambles with it.
Andrew Curry explains
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Where did the money go – we offer some answers
We are a leading economy but this isn't reflected in how we feel. The UK has fallen behind other countries on many metrics
eastangliabylines.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Researchers warn UK has a “finance curse” – an oversized sector extracting wealth instead of creating it.
If Britain wants to feel better off again, we need a financial system that invests in the real economy – not one that gambles with it.
Andrew Curry explains
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
If Britain wants to feel better off again, we need a financial system that invests in the real economy – not one that gambles with it.
Andrew Curry explains
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
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Calling NATO a one-way subsidy ignores how much Europe provides. This letter to the editor analyses all the ways the US benefits from European infrastructure, tax breaks, logistics, long-term host nation support and assistance with US missions ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Letter: Why Americans are wrong about NATO and Europe
Claims that the US subsidises European defence ignore how NATO underwrites American power, trade and global influence
eastangliabylines.co.uk
January 7, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Calling NATO a one-way subsidy ignores how much Europe provides. This letter to the editor analyses all the ways the US benefits from European infrastructure, tax breaks, logistics, long-term host nation support and assistance with US missions ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
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In news that will surprise no one, Nigel Farage's Reform Party, a senior member of which has been convicted for taking bribes from Russia, consistently opposes sending UK troops to Ukraine.
Nigel Farage rejects UK plan to send troops to postwar Ukraine
Reform UK’s populist leader told POLITICO there are circumstances in which he would join an international peacekeeping force — but only “time-restricted and on rotation.”
www.politico.eu
January 8, 2026 at 8:15 AM
In news that will surprise no one, Nigel Farage's Reform Party, a senior member of which has been convicted for taking bribes from Russia, consistently opposes sending UK troops to Ukraine.
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The Tories/Reform and their tax avoiding newspaper owners would have you believe that private schools are closing and they are suffering financially.
Here are the facts.
Here are the facts.
January 4, 2026 at 9:18 PM
The Tories/Reform and their tax avoiding newspaper owners would have you believe that private schools are closing and they are suffering financially.
Here are the facts.
Here are the facts.
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Seems VAT on private school fees delivers £1.4bn considerably more than estimated. IPaper reports today. That’s great news. Thanks Rachel. More money for the 93% of kids attending State Schools.
January 1, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Seems VAT on private school fees delivers £1.4bn considerably more than estimated. IPaper reports today. That’s great news. Thanks Rachel. More money for the 93% of kids attending State Schools.
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They are about to understand the Streisand Effect: the more you try to hide something from the public, the bigger the story gets.
December 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
They are about to understand the Streisand Effect: the more you try to hide something from the public, the bigger the story gets.
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This is excellent! (IMO)
For all of Farage’s bombast and bravado, Reform is basically just a retirement home for disgraced Tories - and the media should be reporting it as such
Farage’s Tory recycling scheme
And why it will surely backfire...
writesbright.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
This is excellent! (IMO)
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My former hardcore Brexit friend tonight:
Words to the effect
'we need a stronger and more united Europe, and leaving the EU was a massive mistake'
Words to the effect
'we need a stronger and more united Europe, and leaving the EU was a massive mistake'
December 10, 2025 at 11:02 PM
My former hardcore Brexit friend tonight:
Words to the effect
'we need a stronger and more united Europe, and leaving the EU was a massive mistake'
Words to the effect
'we need a stronger and more united Europe, and leaving the EU was a massive mistake'
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Zelenskyy says Ukraine won’t cede territory to Russia
Zelenskyy says Ukraine won’t cede territory to Russia
The Ukrainian president ruled out territorial concessions amid talks with European leaders in London.
dlvr.it
December 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Zelenskyy says Ukraine won’t cede territory to Russia
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I'm really pleased that the accusations against Farage are quite rightly not going away. He appears very, very rattled and deservedly so.
This is very long overdue.
This is very long overdue.
December 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I'm really pleased that the accusations against Farage are quite rightly not going away. He appears very, very rattled and deservedly so.
This is very long overdue.
This is very long overdue.
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Because, you see, buying influence is only a worry if a Labour peer donates a couple of "freebie" outfits to close friends. When a man, whose business is literally DARK MONEY, single-handedly rescues a near-bankrupt far-right party, leading in the polls, he's doing it because he believes in Nige.
December 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Because, you see, buying influence is only a worry if a Labour peer donates a couple of "freebie" outfits to close friends. When a man, whose business is literally DARK MONEY, single-handedly rescues a near-bankrupt far-right party, leading in the polls, he's doing it because he believes in Nige.
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Finally someone says it.
Daisy Cooper, "In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker that arrived on a boat"
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
December 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Finally someone says it.
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Reform is reporting £331 million in savings across the councils it runs, but Private Eye’s Rotten Boroughs writer Saba Salman says the claims are complete guff.
Watch the full episode of Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube.
Watch the full episode of Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube.
December 3, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Reform is reporting £331 million in savings across the councils it runs, but Private Eye’s Rotten Boroughs writer Saba Salman says the claims are complete guff.
Watch the full episode of Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube.
Watch the full episode of Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube.
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I often boast about being the national schoolboy public speaking champion in my youth. Just in case anyone at the Times, Telegraph, Mail, Spectator etc is preparing a humiliating exposé, I would like to clarify that it was the 1988 English Speaking Union National Schools Public Speaking competition.
Truly shocking that Rachel Reeves had the audacity to call herself the U14 girls chess champions when she won the U14 girls chess championship but some bloke thought she was talking about something else.
December 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I often boast about being the national schoolboy public speaking champion in my youth. Just in case anyone at the Times, Telegraph, Mail, Spectator etc is preparing a humiliating exposé, I would like to clarify that it was the 1988 English Speaking Union National Schools Public Speaking competition.
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This is how Chris Mason, like a child filled with wonder, described "the choreography and theatre that surrounds a Budget" in Feb 2024, when a male Tory Chancellor was in post.
"Plans, or even just options, can be floated... Reaction to them can be tested. Opponents can be teased or wrongfooted." 👀
"Plans, or even just options, can be floated... Reaction to them can be tested. Opponents can be teased or wrongfooted." 👀
December 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This is how Chris Mason, like a child filled with wonder, described "the choreography and theatre that surrounds a Budget" in Feb 2024, when a male Tory Chancellor was in post.
"Plans, or even just options, can be floated... Reaction to them can be tested. Opponents can be teased or wrongfooted." 👀
"Plans, or even just options, can be floated... Reaction to them can be tested. Opponents can be teased or wrongfooted." 👀
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This is a borderline psychotic thing to put in a newspaper.
This is the point where the anti-Reeves stories tip into madness. Criticise her performance all you like but what the hell is this?
December 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This is a borderline psychotic thing to put in a newspaper.
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For context the 'Middle England' referred to here is the 0.5% of households living in homes worth more than £2 million
November 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
For context the 'Middle England' referred to here is the 0.5% of households living in homes worth more than £2 million
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Pope Leo XIV told reporters on Sunday that a two-state resolution is the ‘only solution’ for Israel-Palestine, reiterating the Vatican’s position.
The Pope made the comments on a flight to Lebanon for the last leg of his first overseas trip as Catholic leader.
The Pope made the comments on a flight to Lebanon for the last leg of his first overseas trip as Catholic leader.
December 1, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Pope Leo XIV told reporters on Sunday that a two-state resolution is the ‘only solution’ for Israel-Palestine, reiterating the Vatican’s position.
The Pope made the comments on a flight to Lebanon for the last leg of his first overseas trip as Catholic leader.
The Pope made the comments on a flight to Lebanon for the last leg of his first overseas trip as Catholic leader.
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This sounds great. But, unfortunately, it’s nonsense. We borrow from the bond markets. There is no alternative. I wish it were otherwise, but it’s not. The real world cannot be wished away.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social on the importance of spending multipliers & borrowing to invest
Zack is, without doubt, a great communicator. And on him talking about democracy & the bond markets I'm reminded of Eddie Dempsey at the Durham Miners Gala when he asked "who elected the bond market?"
Zack is, without doubt, a great communicator. And on him talking about democracy & the bond markets I'm reminded of Eddie Dempsey at the Durham Miners Gala when he asked "who elected the bond market?"
November 24, 2025 at 9:03 AM
This sounds great. But, unfortunately, it’s nonsense. We borrow from the bond markets. There is no alternative. I wish it were otherwise, but it’s not. The real world cannot be wished away.
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“Over 150,000 Twitter accounts based in Russia tweeted about Brexit during the referendum, an investigation found..Britain "knows" what Russia is doing” but Tories were bankrolled by Russian money & compromised.
www.businessinsider.com/russia-used-...
www.businessinsider.com/russia-used-...
Russia used a network of 150,000 Twitter accounts to meddle in Brexit
Russian-based Twitter accounts focused their attention on the Brexit referendum in the days leading up to the vote, data scientists have concluded.
www.businessinsider.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
“Over 150,000 Twitter accounts based in Russia tweeted about Brexit during the referendum, an investigation found..Britain "knows" what Russia is doing” but Tories were bankrolled by Russian money & compromised.
www.businessinsider.com/russia-used-...
www.businessinsider.com/russia-used-...