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It is simply a lie to claim that the Conservative government (or any other UK government in recent history) oversaw 'an open borders experiment".
No excuse for the PM or Reed repeating this lie or for media not describing it as such.
No excuse for the PM or Reed repeating this lie or for media not describing it as such.
“Robert Jenrick is the man who as Immigration Minister oversaw the open borders experiment that led to the biggest increase in illegal immigration in our country”
Labour's Steve Reed reacts to Robert Jenrick's decision to defect from the Conservatives to Reform UK
Labour's Steve Reed reacts to Robert Jenrick's decision to defect from the Conservatives to Reform UK
January 16, 2026 at 8:37 AM
It is simply a lie to claim that the Conservative government (or any other UK government in recent history) oversaw 'an open borders experiment".
No excuse for the PM or Reed repeating this lie or for media not describing it as such.
No excuse for the PM or Reed repeating this lie or for media not describing it as such.
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One of Robert Jenrick's first acts as a minister was a Small Town initiative. He launched it in Wolverhampton, which is actually a city and prides itself on no longer being a town, thus causing widespread offence. It was to be the peak of his ministerial career.
“Later, it emerged that Jenrick had been delayed because he had got lost in the corridors of Millbank Tower, getting stuck one floor below the press conference location after failing to find his way up the stairs.”
Did anyone ever think Honest Bob was clever at anything other than grifting? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
January 16, 2026 at 8:43 AM
One of Robert Jenrick's first acts as a minister was a Small Town initiative. He launched it in Wolverhampton, which is actually a city and prides itself on no longer being a town, thus causing widespread offence. It was to be the peak of his ministerial career.
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A former South Carolina Republican lawmaker & member of the ultra-Conservative Freedom Caucus, who supported drag and trans healthcare bans “to protect childhood innocence”, has been handed a prison sentence for distributing vile child sexual abuse material.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4aWMFni
Read more: https://bit.ly/4aWMFni
January 16, 2026 at 12:40 AM
A former South Carolina Republican lawmaker & member of the ultra-Conservative Freedom Caucus, who supported drag and trans healthcare bans “to protect childhood innocence”, has been handed a prison sentence for distributing vile child sexual abuse material.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4aWMFni
Read more: https://bit.ly/4aWMFni
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Kerry Katona says Nigel Farage ‘texts me now and then’
Kerry Katona says Nigel Farage ‘texts me now and then’
Kerry Katona says Nigel Farage ‘texts me now and then’
www.independent.co.uk
January 15, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Kerry Katona says Nigel Farage ‘texts me now and then’
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"The pattern reveals how Farage has positioned himself as the British end of an American-led crypto-political network, one that sees digital money not merely as a technology, but as a key part of a new authoritarian political order."
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🔴Nigel Farage Paid by Trump Crypto Adviser Who Worked With Russia Operative Paul Manafort
The Reform UK leader received payment from David Bailey, who collaborated with the convicted fraudster behind the Trump-Russia influence scandal, reports @nafeez.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/15/n...
The Reform UK leader received payment from David Bailey, who collaborated with the convicted fraudster behind the Trump-Russia influence scandal, reports @nafeez.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/15/n...
Nigel Farage Paid by Trump Crypto Adviser Who Worked With Russia Operative Paul Manafort
The Reform UK leader received payment from David Bailey, who collaborated with the convicted fraudster behind the Trump-Russia influence scandal
bylinetimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 12:06 PM
"The pattern reveals how Farage has positioned himself as the British end of an American-led crypto-political network, one that sees digital money not merely as a technology, but as a key part of a new authoritarian political order."
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Trump-Farage-Putin
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January 15, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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Just as the established press in America largely failed to do its job with Trump in both 2016 and 2024, our media is similarly paving the way for Reform UK.
www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/medi...
www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/medi...
Media’s acquiescence to Trump will fail
"There’s no evidence that moving to a both-sidesy middle will bring in new readers, and plenty of evidence it won’t."
www.niemanlab.org
January 15, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Just as the established press in America largely failed to do its job with Trump in both 2016 and 2024, our media is similarly paving the way for Reform UK.
www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/medi...
www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/medi...
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Our reporting to date has made clear that Reform UK is an arm of Trump's transatlantic right-wing network. Notable figures on the right, from Paul Marshall to Elon Musk, have repeatedly called to ‘liberate’ Britain.
The UK is locked in their sights.
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/gb-news-ca...
The UK is locked in their sights.
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/gb-news-ca...
GB News Calls For Trump's America to 'Save Britain’
GB News’ new show broadcast live from the US features non-stop praise for Donald Trump – with the channel’s co-owner begging ‘MAGA’ politicians to save the UK, reports Josiah Mortimer
www.bylinesupplement.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Our reporting to date has made clear that Reform UK is an arm of Trump's transatlantic right-wing network. Notable figures on the right, from Paul Marshall to Elon Musk, have repeatedly called to ‘liberate’ Britain.
The UK is locked in their sights.
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/gb-news-ca...
The UK is locked in their sights.
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/gb-news-ca...
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Trump shows that once demagogic movements gain institutional control, scrutiny narrows quickly.
Watchdogs are weakened, access closes, and journalists come under intense pressure. The window for effective investigation is before that consolidation takes place.
bylinetimes.com/2024/09/20/d...
Watchdogs are weakened, access closes, and journalists come under intense pressure. The window for effective investigation is before that consolidation takes place.
bylinetimes.com/2024/09/20/d...
Deplatformed: Nigel Farage's Reform Bans Byline Times from their Party Conference
Reform UK's leader claims to be fighting for free speech, but his party has banned a series of critical outlets from their events
bylinetimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Trump shows that once demagogic movements gain institutional control, scrutiny narrows quickly.
Watchdogs are weakened, access closes, and journalists come under intense pressure. The window for effective investigation is before that consolidation takes place.
bylinetimes.com/2024/09/20/d...
Watchdogs are weakened, access closes, and journalists come under intense pressure. The window for effective investigation is before that consolidation takes place.
bylinetimes.com/2024/09/20/d...
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In refusing to take Reform UK to task, Britain’s own political-media class may be ushering us down a similar path.
Farage appears to be serving as Trump's proconsul in Britain.
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/15/n...
Farage appears to be serving as Trump's proconsul in Britain.
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/15/n...
Nigel Farage Paid by Trump Crypto Adviser Who Worked With Russia Operative Paul Manafort
The Reform UK leader received payment from David Bailey, who collaborated with the convicted fraudster behind the Trump-Russia influence scandal
bylinetimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 1:10 PM
In refusing to take Reform UK to task, Britain’s own political-media class may be ushering us down a similar path.
Farage appears to be serving as Trump's proconsul in Britain.
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/15/n...
Farage appears to be serving as Trump's proconsul in Britain.
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/15/n...
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My TV newsletter Substack is out with some thoughts on Heated Rivalry open.substack.com/pub/worthwat...
January 12, 2026 at 3:58 PM
My TV newsletter Substack is out with some thoughts on Heated Rivalry open.substack.com/pub/worthwat...
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The number of homicides of young people in London continues to fall.
When I set up the Violence Reduction Unit in 2019, the capital’s homicide rate of under-25s was three times higher than it is today.
When I set up the Violence Reduction Unit in 2019, the capital’s homicide rate of under-25s was three times higher than it is today.
January 12, 2026 at 5:01 PM
The number of homicides of young people in London continues to fall.
When I set up the Violence Reduction Unit in 2019, the capital’s homicide rate of under-25s was three times higher than it is today.
When I set up the Violence Reduction Unit in 2019, the capital’s homicide rate of under-25s was three times higher than it is today.
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Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
January 12, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
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The DOJ is more than three weeks late in delivering the Epstein Files. In those three weeks:
- Trump declared himself acting President of Venezuela
- ICE murdered a woman in Minnesota
- Trump is preparing an invasion of a NATO ally
- Trump initiated a criminal investigation of Fed Chair Powell
- Trump declared himself acting President of Venezuela
- ICE murdered a woman in Minnesota
- Trump is preparing an invasion of a NATO ally
- Trump initiated a criminal investigation of Fed Chair Powell
January 12, 2026 at 1:47 AM
The DOJ is more than three weeks late in delivering the Epstein Files. In those three weeks:
- Trump declared himself acting President of Venezuela
- ICE murdered a woman in Minnesota
- Trump is preparing an invasion of a NATO ally
- Trump initiated a criminal investigation of Fed Chair Powell
- Trump declared himself acting President of Venezuela
- ICE murdered a woman in Minnesota
- Trump is preparing an invasion of a NATO ally
- Trump initiated a criminal investigation of Fed Chair Powell
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London’s homicide rate drops to lowest in more than a decade
London’s homicide rate drops to lowest in more than a decade
Sadiq Khan says ‘public health’ approach has made the capital one of the safest cities in the western world
London’s murder rate has dropped to its lowest in more than a decade with police in the capital and the mayor saying it is now one of the safest cities in the western world.
The figures come as those on the radical right criticise the city for having a crime problem, hoping to gain politically from such claims being believed. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:12 AM
London’s homicide rate drops to lowest in more than a decade
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Sorry, Trump and Farage – London is no lawless ‘warzone’. Violent crime is lower than ever | Sadiq Khan
Sorry, Trump and Farage – London is no lawless ‘warzone’. Violent crime is lower than ever | Sadiq Khan
Reform’s new candidate for mayor claims people pity Londoners for living in an unsafe capital. But the evidence is clear: we’re making our streets safer, says mayor of London Sadiq Khan
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:21 AM
Sorry, Trump and Farage – London is no lawless ‘warzone’. Violent crime is lower than ever | Sadiq Khan
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Important and scary read by @carolecadwalla.bsky.social about ineptitude of UK leadership and incestuous relationships w evil people broligarchy.substack.com/p/peter-thie...
Peter Thiel's New Model Army
The Palantirisation of the UK military is a national security disaster
broligarchy.substack.com
January 12, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Important and scary read by @carolecadwalla.bsky.social about ineptitude of UK leadership and incestuous relationships w evil people broligarchy.substack.com/p/peter-thie...
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"Palantir...is just one of a whole raft of compromising, self-sabotaging deals that the UK government has entered into.
We're now a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Trump fascist project. We’ve sold out everyone in America who’s trying to fight back against it. Worst of all, we can’t even see it yet"
We're now a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Trump fascist project. We’ve sold out everyone in America who’s trying to fight back against it. Worst of all, we can’t even see it yet"
Please read this. The UK political & media establishment is asleep at the wheel.
We have made ourselves wholly dependent on a Trump ally for our national security at the exact moment Trump is threatening to invade a NATO ally
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
We have made ourselves wholly dependent on a Trump ally for our national security at the exact moment Trump is threatening to invade a NATO ally
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
January 12, 2026 at 12:07 AM
"Palantir...is just one of a whole raft of compromising, self-sabotaging deals that the UK government has entered into.
We're now a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Trump fascist project. We’ve sold out everyone in America who’s trying to fight back against it. Worst of all, we can’t even see it yet"
We're now a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Trump fascist project. We’ve sold out everyone in America who’s trying to fight back against it. Worst of all, we can’t even see it yet"
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Right-wing news in America discussed how the Minnesota ICE shooting victim had "pronouns in her bio", in a "grotesque" report.
"This is how radicalised American media and politics is becoming," says Lewis Goodall
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/minn...
"This is how radicalised American media and politics is becoming," says Lewis Goodall
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/minn...
Minnesota ICE killing: ‘This is how radicalised America has become’ | The News Agents
MAGA claims 37-year-old mum Renee Nicole Good was shot dead by ICE agents after attempting to commit an act of domestic terror, but footage contradicts official accounts. Why would it serve Trump to…
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Right-wing news in America discussed how the Minnesota ICE shooting victim had "pronouns in her bio", in a "grotesque" report.
"This is how radicalised American media and politics is becoming," says Lewis Goodall
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/minn...
"This is how radicalised American media and politics is becoming," says Lewis Goodall
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/minn...
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It's three weeks after the deadline to release the Epstein files.
January 10, 2026 at 10:00 AM
It's three weeks after the deadline to release the Epstein files.
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Badenoch is fascinating. So busy fighting culture wars online that she considers the very real potential for the break-up of the military alliance on which the UK relies for security to be a fringe issue.
Kemi Badenoch describes Greenland as a “second-order issue” in BBC interview.
The US threatening to annex a Nato territory is anything but that.
The US threatening to annex a Nato territory is anything but that.
January 11, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Badenoch is fascinating. So busy fighting culture wars online that she considers the very real potential for the break-up of the military alliance on which the UK relies for security to be a fringe issue.
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It isn’t difficult to hold 2 thoughts, side by side, at the same time:
The people of Iran deserve freedom, dignity, & protection from state violence.
The US & Israeli governments have caused great harm to Iranians and don’t have the best interests of the Iranian people in mind.
The people of Iran deserve freedom, dignity, & protection from state violence.
The US & Israeli governments have caused great harm to Iranians and don’t have the best interests of the Iranian people in mind.
January 10, 2026 at 2:48 PM
It isn’t difficult to hold 2 thoughts, side by side, at the same time:
The people of Iran deserve freedom, dignity, & protection from state violence.
The US & Israeli governments have caused great harm to Iranians and don’t have the best interests of the Iranian people in mind.
The people of Iran deserve freedom, dignity, & protection from state violence.
The US & Israeli governments have caused great harm to Iranians and don’t have the best interests of the Iranian people in mind.
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The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
January 10, 2026 at 9:15 AM
The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
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Two-thirds of UK voters wrongly think immigration is rising, poll finds
Two-thirds of UK voters wrongly think immigration is rising, poll finds
Exclusive: Voters say they have little confidence that government can control borders despite sharp falls in net migration
A large majority of UK voters believe immigration is increasing despite sharp falls in the number of people entering the UK, according to exclusive polling shared with the Guardian.
Voters also say they have no confidence in the government’s ability to control the UK’s borders, according to the poll by More in Common. The results will come as a blow to Keir Starmer’s administration, which has taken an increasingly hardline stance on immigration in recent months. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Two-thirds of UK voters wrongly think immigration is rising, poll finds