No principles, no morality, no information, no expertise, just endlessly appeasing Trump, Putin, Netanyahu and assorted billionaires and foreign oligarchs or chasing the next headline, until suddenly colliding with reality. Bang, oof.
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On the missing Epstein files: It's not JUST that DOJ is still withholding a bunch of pages re allegation he raped a teenager. It's that they only released duplicates (those sent to Ghislaine in discovery), raising questions if the originals still exist.
emptywheel.net/the-alleged-...
Important to seek clarity today on whether Home Office and No 10 will try to defend - or will now withdraw - a false+misleading claim applying settlement reforms to 2022-24 cohort saves £10bn
Not just overspinning lifetime saving in 30 years time
Gvt policy doesn't save maybe £8-10 billion of it!
I had no idea until this all started that the UAE licences and pays many influencers to live there and write positively about the regime.
That puts a whole new spin on things.
Propagandists in pocket of regime.
It's why all the messaging is the same.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/duba...
The American Taliban have arrived.
Three weeks of mass exposure to Matthew Goodwin’s worldview have not done the Reform brand much good
"Politicians must stop prioritising 'socially and ecologically destructive growth' that only increases the profits – and serves the consumption demands – of the world’s richest individuals and corporations."
I expect Starmer would call him an extremist.
If this thread on North Sea oil was good enough to upset Aaron Banks it's good enough for you. Read it whilst you still can.
Rachel Reeves needs to be careful who she is seen with. She ought to take a leaf out of my book and hang around with someone charged with rape, human trafficking, controlling prostitution and actual bodily harm then describe him as "an important voice for young men".
A consistent majority of UK public opinion in the 20 year aftermath of the illegal war in Iraq have opposed the idea of the US & UK militarily intervening in Iran. The UK public have learnt the lessons of the West's neverending Middle East wars; the politicians tragically have not.
The leader of Plaid Cymru has suggested the fragmentation of the UK is now inevitable 👇
Green MPs Hannah Spencer, Ellie Chowns, and Carla Denyer standing in the House of Commons chamber
Hannah Spencer being sworn in as an MP
Earlier today, the new Member of Parliament for Gorton and Denton, Hannah Spencer was sworn in.
Every time Nigel Farage's parties have lost an election he has blamed it on "cheating" by ethnic minorities and every time he receives huge amounts of media attention for doing so.
The only problem? No evidence of cheating is ever found
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Just last week the German government gutted the heating law which was supposed to drive a transition away from gas.
The timing could not have been worse: Gas prices are up 50% today and this crisis could worsen significantly. This will happen again and again and the consumer pays the price.
Gas prices up by around 50% today.
A painful reminder that relying on imported fossil fuels is a risky strategy.
Thankyou for this useful warning ☺️
Susan Sarandon joins UNRWA to remind the world that, amid devastation in #Gaza, UNRWA continues its work: keeping clinics open, sustaining shelters, and delivering emergency aid and education to thousands.
Together, we are UNRWA.
Donate now at: donate.unrwa.org/help
Again: you can walk over four thousand miles from Tripoli in Libya to Kabul in Afghanistan - without setting foot in a country that isn’t either ruled by American-backed tyrants and criminals, or barely has laws because it’s been bombed into a failed state, or soon will be.
NEW: Pakistan is now in an “open war” with neighbouring Afghanistan, according to the country's defence minister
What will happen. Mahmood will continue to try and ban legitimate protest against the Israeli genocide; Streeting will continue to play to the fascist gallery by denying trans existence; and Labour will continue to haemorrhage voters. Starmer is too weak to change either.
You know who really are the biggest losers after the Greens win in Manchester? Not just Labour, Reform and the Tories, but the London media which has platformed and cosseted and cheerled for Reform. The Greens whipped two sets of extremists: billionaire-backed Reform and billionaire newspaper barons
Labour MP Andy McDonald: "The party has to come to terms with the reality that factionalism fails the party and more importantly fails the country...
"It is the political approach of the Prime Minister, his former chief of staff, and of Labour Together, which has cost Labour this safe seat".
Mick Lynch: Farage didn't build a political career, he built a bonfire out of migrant families and called it leadership. #UKPolitics
And the SNP have been mitigating it for years, but Labour, to borrow from one of their then Ministers, hates the SNP…
Labour must search its conscience if Reform wins Gorton and Denton says green leader
This was a Guardian headline and then it came down for some reason?
Anyway - Vote Green 💚
www.thenational.scot/news/2588934... accused of 'misleading' Scots and 'misreporting' Holyrood news
The result of the Stage 3 vote on the Budget (Scotland) (No. 5) Bill is:
✅Yes - 66
❌No - 29
🟣Abstain - 24
The bill is therefore passed.
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