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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
“Look at them… There’s nothing northern about them,” he said
January 14, 2026 at 9:54 PM
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
“Look at them… There’s nothing northern about them,” he said
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"Nigel Farages party wants to scrap the NHS and make working people pay more by moving to an insurance-based system of healthcare.
January 14, 2026 at 11:45 AM
"Nigel Farages party wants to scrap the NHS and make working people pay more by moving to an insurance-based system of healthcare.
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Remember when the Tories said privatisation meant efficiency?
Bills up. Pipes bursting. Water gone.
CEO on £400k salary + £104k bonus.
Investment funds shareholders (70% in Canada and Australia) laughing all the way to the bank.
Thatcherism is still poisoning Britain.
#UKPolitics
Bills up. Pipes bursting. Water gone.
CEO on £400k salary + £104k bonus.
Investment funds shareholders (70% in Canada and Australia) laughing all the way to the bank.
Thatcherism is still poisoning Britain.
#UKPolitics
January 14, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Remember when the Tories said privatisation meant efficiency?
Bills up. Pipes bursting. Water gone.
CEO on £400k salary + £104k bonus.
Investment funds shareholders (70% in Canada and Australia) laughing all the way to the bank.
Thatcherism is still poisoning Britain.
#UKPolitics
Bills up. Pipes bursting. Water gone.
CEO on £400k salary + £104k bonus.
Investment funds shareholders (70% in Canada and Australia) laughing all the way to the bank.
Thatcherism is still poisoning Britain.
#UKPolitics
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Poland failed to win the Hitler team over
Denmark, Greenland failed to win the Trump team over
Denmark, Greenland failed to win the Trump team over
The U.S. allies hoped meeting senior Trump officials would diffuse tensions and tough talk on Greenland. It didn’t.
dlvr.it
January 14, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Poland failed to win the Hitler team over
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So Musk will continue to allow the creation of sexualized images of women and children on his platform anywhere that doesn’t actually outlaw it!
apnews.com/article/grok...
apnews.com/article/grok...
X says Grok, Musk's AI chatbot, is blocked from undressing images in places where it's illegal
Elon Musk’s X says its AI chatbot Grok won't be able to edit photos of real people in revealing clothing in places where that is illegal.
apnews.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:14 AM
So Musk will continue to allow the creation of sexualized images of women and children on his platform anywhere that doesn’t actually outlaw it!
apnews.com/article/grok...
apnews.com/article/grok...
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Yesterday: "Reform UK is not a retirement home for failed politicians"
Today: Another 15 Conservative councillors join Reform.
They broke your public services before - you still can't trust them now.
Today: Another 15 Conservative councillors join Reform.
They broke your public services before - you still can't trust them now.
January 14, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Yesterday: "Reform UK is not a retirement home for failed politicians"
Today: Another 15 Conservative councillors join Reform.
They broke your public services before - you still can't trust them now.
Today: Another 15 Conservative councillors join Reform.
They broke your public services before - you still can't trust them now.
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BTW has anyone else noticed that no new Epstein files have seemed to have been released lately?
January 14, 2026 at 11:20 PM
BTW has anyone else noticed that no new Epstein files have seemed to have been released lately?
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Europe having to perform military exercises against their primary threat, the United States.
January 15, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Europe having to perform military exercises against their primary threat, the United States.
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BREAKING:
TIM WALZ: "If you see these ICE agents in your neighborhood, take out that phone and hit record."
"Help us create a database of the atrocities against Minnesotans, not just to establish a record for posterity, but to bank evidence for future prosecution."
TIM WALZ: "If you see these ICE agents in your neighborhood, take out that phone and hit record."
"Help us create a database of the atrocities against Minnesotans, not just to establish a record for posterity, but to bank evidence for future prosecution."
January 15, 2026 at 1:39 AM
BREAKING:
TIM WALZ: "If you see these ICE agents in your neighborhood, take out that phone and hit record."
"Help us create a database of the atrocities against Minnesotans, not just to establish a record for posterity, but to bank evidence for future prosecution."
TIM WALZ: "If you see these ICE agents in your neighborhood, take out that phone and hit record."
"Help us create a database of the atrocities against Minnesotans, not just to establish a record for posterity, but to bank evidence for future prosecution."
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BBC report at a headline level that Grok will now not make sexually exploitative images any more. An actual reporter comes on and explains that it will do no such thing, and will just make the images invisible in the UK. These are two very, very different things.
January 15, 2026 at 6:44 AM
BBC report at a headline level that Grok will now not make sexually exploitative images any more. An actual reporter comes on and explains that it will do no such thing, and will just make the images invisible in the UK. These are two very, very different things.
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🚨"This is nuts! What the f*ck is going on, this is insane! ICE is just trying to scare people; they tell you it's only immigrants—it's f*cking anybody!" -furious Minneapolis resident tells our @zdroberts.bsky.social after ICE shot a man in the leg tonight. LIVE NOW ⬇️
January 15, 2026 at 3:59 AM
🚨"This is nuts! What the f*ck is going on, this is insane! ICE is just trying to scare people; they tell you it's only immigrants—it's f*cking anybody!" -furious Minneapolis resident tells our @zdroberts.bsky.social after ICE shot a man in the leg tonight. LIVE NOW ⬇️
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Europe having to perform military exercises against their primary threat, not China, North Korea or Iran, but the United States.
January 15, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Europe having to perform military exercises against their primary threat, not China, North Korea or Iran, but the United States.
Just maybe Russia isn’t actually the problem?
Denmark and Greenland “still have a fundamental disagreement” with the U.S. over President Donald Trump’s desire to control the Arctic territory, Denmark’s foreign minister said Wednesday.
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
Denmark, Greenland failed to win the Trump team over
The U.S. allies hoped meeting senior Trump officials would diffuse tensions and tough talk on Greenland. It didn’t.
www.politico.com
January 15, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Just maybe Russia isn’t actually the problem?
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It’s been a year since RCN members sounded the alarm about their experience of corridor care.
But one year on, your testimony shows corridor care is only becoming more entrenched across the health service.
We have a message for ministers: Stop stalling. Act now.
bit.ly/4b1uWer
But one year on, your testimony shows corridor care is only becoming more entrenched across the health service.
We have a message for ministers: Stop stalling. Act now.
bit.ly/4b1uWer
January 15, 2026 at 7:53 AM
It’s been a year since RCN members sounded the alarm about their experience of corridor care.
But one year on, your testimony shows corridor care is only becoming more entrenched across the health service.
We have a message for ministers: Stop stalling. Act now.
bit.ly/4b1uWer
But one year on, your testimony shows corridor care is only becoming more entrenched across the health service.
We have a message for ministers: Stop stalling. Act now.
bit.ly/4b1uWer
There is something deeply wrong with politicians and press salivating for war that is in no one’s interest - except for arms manufacturers, that is.
January 15, 2026 at 7:59 AM
There is something deeply wrong with politicians and press salivating for war that is in no one’s interest - except for arms manufacturers, that is.
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Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
January 15, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
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Maccabi Tel Aviv fans arming themselves with steel bars from a construction site before going on a rampage in Amsterdam.
This is why they were banned in the UK.
This is why they were banned in the UK.
January 14, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Maccabi Tel Aviv fans arming themselves with steel bars from a construction site before going on a rampage in Amsterdam.
This is why they were banned in the UK.
This is why they were banned in the UK.
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U.S. billionaires got an astounding $1.5 TRILLION richer in the first year of Trump's second term.
Remember — this is happening as they get even more tax cuts in exchange for the social safety net being cut for everyone else.
"New Golden Age" for who?
Remember — this is happening as they get even more tax cuts in exchange for the social safety net being cut for everyone else.
"New Golden Age" for who?
January 14, 2026 at 10:15 PM
U.S. billionaires got an astounding $1.5 TRILLION richer in the first year of Trump's second term.
Remember — this is happening as they get even more tax cuts in exchange for the social safety net being cut for everyone else.
"New Golden Age" for who?
Remember — this is happening as they get even more tax cuts in exchange for the social safety net being cut for everyone else.
"New Golden Age" for who?
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And there it is 🤬
Reform UK's would-be Scottish leader in row over introducing charges for NHS patients
EXCLUSIVE: Lord Offord is under fire over a paper which also called for a debate on introducing user charges in the NHS.
Paul Hutcheon Political Editor, Daily Record
04:30, 13 Jan 2026
Reform UK's would-be Scottish leader in row over introducing charges for NHS patients
EXCLUSIVE: Lord Offord is under fire over a paper which also called for a debate on introducing user charges in the NHS.
Paul Hutcheon Political Editor, Daily Record
04:30, 13 Jan 2026
January 13, 2026 at 12:48 PM
And there it is 🤬
Reform UK's would-be Scottish leader in row over introducing charges for NHS patients
EXCLUSIVE: Lord Offord is under fire over a paper which also called for a debate on introducing user charges in the NHS.
Paul Hutcheon Political Editor, Daily Record
04:30, 13 Jan 2026
Reform UK's would-be Scottish leader in row over introducing charges for NHS patients
EXCLUSIVE: Lord Offord is under fire over a paper which also called for a debate on introducing user charges in the NHS.
Paul Hutcheon Political Editor, Daily Record
04:30, 13 Jan 2026