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It's dangerous and irresponsible to be putting our national security in the hands of Donald Trump and not be considering alternatives to NATO.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Trump's threat to Greenland must be a wake-up call for Britain
For too long our politicians have toadied to a dangerous president
www.newstatesman.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:40 AM
It's dangerous and irresponsible to be putting our national security in the hands of Donald Trump and not be considering alternatives to NATO.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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How shocking.
The Sunday Herald, 21 May 2000:
The Sunday Herald, 21 May 2000:
February 1, 2026 at 4:43 PM
How shocking.
The Sunday Herald, 21 May 2000:
The Sunday Herald, 21 May 2000:
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JK Rowling's team invited Jeffery Epstein to the deathly hallows play and to a Harry potter dinner.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov
February 1, 2026 at 4:52 PM
JK Rowling's team invited Jeffery Epstein to the deathly hallows play and to a Harry potter dinner.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
2008: Epstein is convicted of procuring a minor for prostitution
2018: Despite that conviction, [files indicate] he was invited by Rowling’s team - along with a guest of his choosing - to the Broadway opening of Harry Potter and the private after-party
Protecting women and children, is it?
2018: Despite that conviction, [files indicate] he was invited by Rowling’s team - along with a guest of his choosing - to the Broadway opening of Harry Potter and the private after-party
Protecting women and children, is it?
JK Rowling's team invited Jeffery Epstein to the deathly hallows play and to a Harry potter dinner.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
February 2, 2026 at 12:11 AM
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All JK Rowling's talk about protecting women and children is such bs. It was always about hating trans people. She invited him to the Harry Potter Broadway opening in 2018. This was way after Epstein was convicted of soliciting sex from a minor.
JK Rowling's team invited Jeffery Epstein to the deathly hallows play and to a Harry potter dinner.
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
www.justice.gov
February 1, 2026 at 7:38 PM
All JK Rowling's talk about protecting women and children is such bs. It was always about hating trans people. She invited him to the Harry Potter Broadway opening in 2018. This was way after Epstein was convicted of soliciting sex from a minor.
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Labour have sunk in the polls & no longer have enough support to beat Reform in the Gorton & Denton by-election or across the country. The Greens support continues rising, with people switching from Labour especially. Voting Labour in Gorton & Denton will let Reform in.
February 1, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Labour have sunk in the polls & no longer have enough support to beat Reform in the Gorton & Denton by-election or across the country. The Greens support continues rising, with people switching from Labour especially. Voting Labour in Gorton & Denton will let Reform in.
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Nobody in Britain pays any attention to Australian politics, but One Nation overtaking the Coalition in the polls has distinct parallels with Reform leading the Conservatives. Parties on the radical right are coming for centre right parties across the world...
Poll via AFR / RedBridge Accent.
Poll via AFR / RedBridge Accent.
February 1, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Nobody in Britain pays any attention to Australian politics, but One Nation overtaking the Coalition in the polls has distinct parallels with Reform leading the Conservatives. Parties on the radical right are coming for centre right parties across the world...
Poll via AFR / RedBridge Accent.
Poll via AFR / RedBridge Accent.
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Just visited Australia 4 1st time. Wine tasting in Hunter Valley, host blamed lack of Koalas on immigrants needing housing. They never stop.
February 1, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Just visited Australia 4 1st time. Wine tasting in Hunter Valley, host blamed lack of Koalas on immigrants needing housing. They never stop.
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The main features of radical right parties are authoritarianism and nationalism (increasingly ethno-nationalism).
Irregular immigration can be an important part of their narrative but it doesn't need it to succeed.
Irregular immigration can be an important part of their narrative but it doesn't need it to succeed.
February 1, 2026 at 9:49 PM
The main features of radical right parties are authoritarianism and nationalism (increasingly ethno-nationalism).
Irregular immigration can be an important part of their narrative but it doesn't need it to succeed.
Irregular immigration can be an important part of their narrative but it doesn't need it to succeed.
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Also evidence that essentially eliminating irregular immigration - as Australia has - doesn't, by itself, stop the radical right.
Nobody in Britain pays any attention to Australian politics, but One Nation overtaking the Coalition in the polls has distinct parallels with Reform leading the Conservatives. Parties on the radical right are coming for centre right parties across the world...
Poll via AFR / RedBridge Accent.
Poll via AFR / RedBridge Accent.
February 1, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Also evidence that essentially eliminating irregular immigration - as Australia has - doesn't, by itself, stop the radical right.
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"It is quite extraordinary for a serving government minister to advise a foreign bank to threaten the chancellor in order to reduce its UK tax bill.”
Surely Lord Mandelson cannot retain the Labour whip?
www.ft.com/content/91e8...
Surely Lord Mandelson cannot retain the Labour whip?
www.ft.com/content/91e8...
JPMorgan should ‘threaten’ UK over banker tax, Mandelson told Epstein
Then business secretary advised sex offender on how Jamie Dimon should lobby chancellor in 2009
www.ft.com
February 1, 2026 at 7:03 PM
"It is quite extraordinary for a serving government minister to advise a foreign bank to threaten the chancellor in order to reduce its UK tax bill.”
Surely Lord Mandelson cannot retain the Labour whip?
www.ft.com/content/91e8...
Surely Lord Mandelson cannot retain the Labour whip?
www.ft.com/content/91e8...
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We litter pick as part of our commitment to the communities in which we live and because it improves the local environment in a visible way. It is also strangely satisfying! Here’s a crew from Liverpool Green Party out in Aigburth this weekend.
February 1, 2026 at 4:52 PM
We litter pick as part of our commitment to the communities in which we live and because it improves the local environment in a visible way. It is also strangely satisfying! Here’s a crew from Liverpool Green Party out in Aigburth this weekend.
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This is grim-Labour MPs saying they prefer a Reform win in Gorton & Denton than The Greens: Reform is worse for the country, but the Greens are be worse for their careers. They want Reform to do well so they can use them as a threat to force folk to vote Labour www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
February 1, 2026 at 12:18 PM
This is grim-Labour MPs saying they prefer a Reform win in Gorton & Denton than The Greens: Reform is worse for the country, but the Greens are be worse for their careers. They want Reform to do well so they can use them as a threat to force folk to vote Labour www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Labour and the FPTP mindset
February 1, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Labour and the FPTP mindset
40-seat parliamentary majority with only 29.5% of the vote is perverse
imagine the catastrophic damage Reform could do despite such a small amount of support from the electorate
FPTP MUST be abolished
imagine the catastrophic damage Reform could do despite such a small amount of support from the electorate
FPTP MUST be abolished
General Election Nowcast - 01/02/26:
RFM: 345 (+340), 29.5% (40 Maj.)
LAB: 94 (-317), 19.8%
LDM: 77 (+5), 12.4%
SNP: 44 (+35), 2.7%
CON: 39 (-82), 18.4%
GRN: 18 (+14), 12.6%
PLC: 8 (+4), 1.3%
Oth: 6 (+1), 3.2%
electionmaps.uk/nowcast
RFM: 345 (+340), 29.5% (40 Maj.)
LAB: 94 (-317), 19.8%
LDM: 77 (+5), 12.4%
SNP: 44 (+35), 2.7%
CON: 39 (-82), 18.4%
GRN: 18 (+14), 12.6%
PLC: 8 (+4), 1.3%
Oth: 6 (+1), 3.2%
electionmaps.uk/nowcast
February 1, 2026 at 4:20 PM
40-seat parliamentary majority with only 29.5% of the vote is perverse
imagine the catastrophic damage Reform could do despite such a small amount of support from the electorate
FPTP MUST be abolished
imagine the catastrophic damage Reform could do despite such a small amount of support from the electorate
FPTP MUST be abolished
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Can’t believe Labour are briefing such a poor line, when an obvious response is “why is the party who blocked a local candidate from running because he’s midway through his political term calling a London Assembly member ‘chicken’ for not running to be MP of a constituency 160 miles from his home?”
A Labour spokesperson, responding to Zack Polanski’s interview with Laura Kuenssberg, said: "If [he] thought the Greens had a chance in Gorton and Denton he wouldn't have chickened out standing himself."
This is pretty weak IMO - Polanski is a serving London Assembly member and lives in Hackney...
This is pretty weak IMO - Polanski is a serving London Assembly member and lives in Hackney...
February 1, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Can’t believe Labour are briefing such a poor line, when an obvious response is “why is the party who blocked a local candidate from running because he’s midway through his political term calling a London Assembly member ‘chicken’ for not running to be MP of a constituency 160 miles from his home?”
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It's also massively hypocritical but from gambling lobbyist Turley that's not surprising is it? Burnham cannot be allowed to stand because it would create a local govt vacancy. Polanski must stand or be a coward, despite it also creating a local govt vacancy. Pure Starmerismo, no plan just rakes.
February 1, 2026 at 9:11 AM
It's also massively hypocritical but from gambling lobbyist Turley that's not surprising is it? Burnham cannot be allowed to stand because it would create a local govt vacancy. Polanski must stand or be a coward, despite it also creating a local govt vacancy. Pure Starmerismo, no plan just rakes.
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The Guardian missing that Polanski's spokesperson has responded to Anna Turley by saying he's waiting for Keir Starmer to resign his seat is very funny.
Anna Turley, out trying to make Starmer's deliberate stitch up of popular politician trying to return to Westminster about the Green Party. Losers
Anna Turley, out trying to make Starmer's deliberate stitch up of popular politician trying to return to Westminster about the Green Party. Losers
February 1, 2026 at 9:09 AM
The Guardian missing that Polanski's spokesperson has responded to Anna Turley by saying he's waiting for Keir Starmer to resign his seat is very funny.
Anna Turley, out trying to make Starmer's deliberate stitch up of popular politician trying to return to Westminster about the Green Party. Losers
Anna Turley, out trying to make Starmer's deliberate stitch up of popular politician trying to return to Westminster about the Green Party. Losers
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February 1, 2026 at 7:39 AM
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Interesting take: the Tory/Reform battle is really about the big donors not the voters
writesbright.substack.com/p/why-badeno...
writesbright.substack.com/p/why-badeno...
Why Badenoch won’t move to the centre
The Tories and Reform will continue to converge...
writesbright.substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Interesting take: the Tory/Reform battle is really about the big donors not the voters
writesbright.substack.com/p/why-badeno...
writesbright.substack.com/p/why-badeno...
even the Dems are getting their shit together
Former Texas Lege reporter here. A Dem hasn't held this seat since 1990. Tarrant is the safest of red suburban counties. There is no way the TX and national GOP aren't in panic mode right now.
JUST IN: Democrats flip a red seat in the Texas Senate.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
Taylor Rehmet wins against Leigh Wambsganss, a conservative activist who helped lead right-wing efforts to take over TX school boards.
With all early vote, and 95% of precincts, in, Dem up 57/43.
Trump won this seat by 17% in Tarrant County.
February 1, 2026 at 4:08 PM
even the Dems are getting their shit together
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Came across this memorial in Bebelplatz in Berlin yesterday, recognising the burning of books by Nazis in May 1933.
The books burned included 20,000 books from the library of Magnus Hirschfeld who set up the Institute for Sexual Research, the world’s first trans health clinic.
The books burned included 20,000 books from the library of Magnus Hirschfeld who set up the Institute for Sexual Research, the world’s first trans health clinic.
May 26, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Came across this memorial in Bebelplatz in Berlin yesterday, recognising the burning of books by Nazis in May 1933.
The books burned included 20,000 books from the library of Magnus Hirschfeld who set up the Institute for Sexual Research, the world’s first trans health clinic.
The books burned included 20,000 books from the library of Magnus Hirschfeld who set up the Institute for Sexual Research, the world’s first trans health clinic.
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There is no escape on this #PoisonedPlanet, with the growing toxic cocktail with major #PublicHealth implications
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Pesticide cocktails’ polluting apples across Europe, study finds
Pan Europe found several pesticide residues in 85% of apples, with some showing traces of up to seven chemicals
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2026 at 1:51 PM
There is no escape on this #PoisonedPlanet, with the growing toxic cocktail with major #PublicHealth implications
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Why would Zack run in a seat that’s not local to him? He hasn’t lived in Manchester in decades. That’s not how the Greens do things…
Weird criticism. Looks like this by election is going to be full of all sorts of nonsense.
Weird criticism. Looks like this by election is going to be full of all sorts of nonsense.
Labour claims Zack Polanski has "bottled it" in Gorton
Greens hit back at "patronising" comment - and say Polanski is "waiting for the byelection in Holborn and St Pancras, which we expect to take place later this year"
So long, progressive alliance...
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Greens hit back at "patronising" comment - and say Polanski is "waiting for the byelection in Holborn and St Pancras, which we expect to take place later this year"
So long, progressive alliance...
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Zack Polanski cowardly for not fighting byelection, Labou...
The party is on defence after decision to block Andy Burnham from standing for Gorton and Denton seat
observer.co.uk
February 1, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Why would Zack run in a seat that’s not local to him? He hasn’t lived in Manchester in decades. That’s not how the Greens do things…
Weird criticism. Looks like this by election is going to be full of all sorts of nonsense.
Weird criticism. Looks like this by election is going to be full of all sorts of nonsense.
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Labour claims Zack Polanski has "bottled it" in Gorton
Greens hit back at "patronising" comment - and say Polanski is "waiting for the byelection in Holborn and St Pancras, which we expect to take place later this year"
So long, progressive alliance...
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Greens hit back at "patronising" comment - and say Polanski is "waiting for the byelection in Holborn and St Pancras, which we expect to take place later this year"
So long, progressive alliance...
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Zack Polanski cowardly for not fighting byelection, Labou...
The party is on defence after decision to block Andy Burnham from standing for Gorton and Denton seat
observer.co.uk
February 1, 2026 at 7:34 AM
Labour claims Zack Polanski has "bottled it" in Gorton
Greens hit back at "patronising" comment - and say Polanski is "waiting for the byelection in Holborn and St Pancras, which we expect to take place later this year"
So long, progressive alliance...
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
Greens hit back at "patronising" comment - and say Polanski is "waiting for the byelection in Holborn and St Pancras, which we expect to take place later this year"
So long, progressive alliance...
observer.co.uk/news/politic...