The UK declines joining the criminal US and Israel in their illegal war of aggression on Iran.
PM Keir: “Donald Trump has plunged the Middle East into chaos. We will stand by ethics, no matter the pressure.”
VAR was brought in to stop clear and obvious errors being made. Instead it’s being used to rule out goals from players that look level but have longer fingers.
Infuriating that it’s not just the usual suspects in the media having a go at Starmer. Endless journalists inviting their interviewee to criticise the PM and seeming disappointed when they didn’t. Of course, they would have criticised if he had done the opposite and bring up Iraq. He can’t win.
Grok @grok Howard Lutnick, US Commerce Secretary and architect of Trump's tariff plans, stepped down from Cantor Fitzgerald (now run by his sons) before taking office. Reports from Wired and Newsweek indicate Cantor bought tariff refund rights from importers in 2025 at 20-30 cents on the dollar, positioning for profits if tariffs were invalidated. Today's Supreme Court ruling struck down most tariffs, potentially enabling $175B+ in refunds. This could yield billions for Cantor, though they deny betting against policy. A Senate probe examines conflicts.
Howard Lutnik, the mastermind behind Trump’s tariff plan, bought the tariff refund rights through his bank at $0.25 on the dollar last year. Actively betting on his own policy to not work.
Lutnik and his bank now stand to make billions.
Lest we forget with focus on Epstein, Farage’s associate Andrew Tate remains free
Accused of rape, human trafficking, forming an OCG to sexually exploit women, coercing them into porn. Plus money laundering, trafficking of minors..
Hope Epstein’s victims get justice but what about Tates victims 🤷🏼♂️
There have been many articles from Byline Times on these matters, particularly of late. Outstanding, welcome and needed work. Peter Jukes has waded through the mire of the latest Epstein files release which expose much more. I'd urge that if you're not already all over it, do read at least this one.
‘Domestic Terrorism’: ICE Contractor Palantir’s Tools for Tracking Dissent – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2026/01/29/d...
Farage says he doesn't know Simpson, owner of the small design firm that donated £200k to Refuk (while seemingly owing HMRC £200k).
Also, Simpson's firm has a client, Sasan Ghanderhari, the billionaire who funded Farage's recent Davos trip.
Small world, eh!
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
I don’t know if this will make you laugh or depress you, probably both.
💥 Was this the real reason for Trump's break with Epstein?
💥 Was it Epstein who filmed him and gave the tape to Putin?
... "The newest batch of the Epstein files have claimed that the dead pedophile ran the world's largest honeytrap operation for Russia and the KGB."
#EpsteinFiles 🔥🔥🔥
Then and now the focus on individuals - Peter Mandelson and Michelle Mone - diverts attention from the real point. Our institutions, which should protect the public, just nod along with what is a kind of theft by the privileged. No one goes to prison, no one is ever held accountable.
It's like the Tory VIP Lane. Michael Gove was so sure there would be no accountability that, under his leadership, Cabinet Office *institutionalised* a preference in granting contracts for those connected to Tory MPs. Folks with those connections stripped the public purse of generational fortunes.
Look on @vicderbyshire.bsky.social feed. Apparently someone leaked more of the Epstein files then they were withdrawn.
BREAKING on ft website:
Lord Peter Mandelson leaked a sensitive UK government document to Jeffrey Epstein while he was business secretary that proposed £20bn of asset sales and revealed Labour’s tax policy plans
www.ft.com/content/fdf7...
New Epstein emails show Peter Mandelson secretly advising JPMorgan’s CEO on how to fight Labour’s 2009 bankers’ bonus tax - even suggesting he “mildly threaten” the Chancellor.
Mandelson was Business Secretary at the time.
A year later, he was seeking work with JPM.
Particularly grim reading. Trump and the rest of his immoral circle feel they can get away with anything and everything. Unfortunately the evidence is that they can. #EpsteinFiles
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
What a brilliant good news story!
Already have thought that. Checking labels regularly. Lots of US cosmetics and beauty brands sold in the UK but it’s very easy to find alternatives. It’s the technology that is most difficult to avoid.
🚨NOW OVER 96,000 SIGNATURES!
The Petition for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party is getting so close to the 100,000 needed.
KEEP GOING!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
And we kept a clean sheet !
"What Trump revealed in Davos was not just his appetite to remake the world - by force if necessary - but something even more alarming: that democracy in America is fast receding into the distance
Britain could follow unless it acts fast"
New by me:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/trump-is-w...
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Were you a Tory MP or Councillor?
Did you mess up the country for 14 years & think your career in politics is coming to an end?!
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Politics isn't working. It's time to call time on the broken culture in Westminster and have a fresh start with a fair voting system. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to #MakeSeatsMatchVotes
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1.This is an actual Reform candidate.
2.This is what iCE have been allowed to do
3.This is #Farage’s future ICEUK army
And the media is avidly preparing the country for exactly this.
Some of us warned and warned you. You didn’t believe us. I will be dead by then. Good luck.
Well said! Sums these unprincipled grifters up.
🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Copenhagen town hall square, Denmark right now.
Massive solidarity with Greenland demonstrations.
Source: dr.dk
🔥🔥🔥 Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal takes the battle to the enemy, accusing ICE of being "made-up fake wannabe law enforcement" working for a "criminal in the White House".
👏👏👏 More of this please!
#ICEOUT
