Nigel Farage accused of U-turn after he said Britain should not get involved in Donald Trump’s war with Iran.
He previously said the “gloves need to come off” when dealing with Iran and “we should do all we can to support the operation.” @benquinn75.bsky.social
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Meanwhile, our decision to put a 19 year old in charge of a council is working out very well.
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This very straight news piece buried deep within the FT never uses words like corruption or insider dealing but every detail is quietly devastating. Why is the FT virtually alone in the UK media in covering this important story?
Please just believe us when we promise to save you loads of money in government. Whatever you do, don’t look at what we have actually done in practice with the local authorities we run, which is increase taxes, cut services and lose 1 in every 10 councillors.
“Farage accused of U-turn as he says UK should keep out of Iran war…latest comment contrasts with earlier statement that ‘gloves need to come off’”
“Reform wanted the UK to go to war in Iran & are now trying to cover up the consequences inc higher fuel prices.”
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EXC: Nigel Farage defends Reform-run Kent County Council increasing council tax by 3.99% despite election leaflets last year pledging to “reduce waste and cut your taxes”.
Mr Farage told ITV News Meridian: “Cutting taxes can be not putting them up as much, I suppose.”
Westminster is dangerously underprepared for a multi-party future.
Responsible and farsighted leadership would mean recognising the Gorton and Denton by-election as a warning.
Read our full comment here:
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This sums up the new ‘imposed’ GP contract
@drkatie.bsky.social clearly tells @gponline.bsky.social
what the problems are
I will add it’s less than £1.50 per patient per year extra funding
GP practice need £40-£50 to return to 2016 funding
GPs in England!
Listen to @drkatie.bsky.social on why the new GP contract proposals are unacceptable. Then have your say in the contract referendum.
Anyone who wants Britain to join the war in Iran needs their head examined open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...
This is an excellent, brief video compilation highlighting the fact that a COVID pandemic was not inevitable.
It was preventable, allowed only by the arrogant incompetence of medical infection control leaders who saw outsiders as rivals for *their* turf.
Watch Martin's video below, then...
Martha’s rule may have saved 400 lives so far in England, figures show
They'll cheer on the war then complain about the refugees it'll create.
Telegraph: Blair rebukes Starmer of failure to back Trump's war
Mail: Blair delivers a stinging blow to PM over war
Man who dragged Britain into an illegal war in the Middle East scolds other man for not dragging Britain into an illegal war in the Middle East.
It really is something to see politicians, commentators and media outlets whose whole identity is based on being so-called ‘patriots’ frothing with excitement as they line up to back a deranged megalomaniac who consistently attempts to belittle and bully the country they claim to love
This is one result of the 7-year-long, £10 million Chilcot Inquiry: a comprehensive, detailed & crucial guide to avoiding another disastrous war like Iraq. You can understand why Tony Blair ignores its lessons, but every other warmonger in the UK?
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Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage want Britain to blindly follow Trump into this illegal war, even though the President has no plan for what comes next.
There is nothing patriotic about outsourcing Britain’s foreign policy to Donald Trump.
The Amos interim report tells us nothing new sadly. Families have been put through a process that so far seems pointless. And again NHS England and DHSC past policies and leadership is not being examined nearly enough.
Iran’s people were facing a horrible shortage of water before the war began. If we are destroying desalination plants and setting fire to Teheran we are committing unfathomable crimes.
Lucifer has a point
Living standards growth is set to be weak by historical standards for the rest of the Parliament, at just 0.6% a year on average.
This would make it the 2nd worst parliament for living standards growth, better only than the last one
Full analysis here
www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
Trump's recklessness creates yet more global economic instability, layered on top of his moveable feast on tariffs. What governing by mere whim looks like. How populists behave given public office; unleashing chaos. Deriding diplomacy, evidence and science, too, for good measure.
A lone battle: Why is Pedro Sánchez the only European leader to take on Trump?
Can someone remind me again how many pay rises MPs have had in the past 15 years? 12? 13? Meanwhile, look at this (from the Nuffield Trust: www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/news-item/ho...)
Today we launch our plan for Wales, putting behind us the dark days when Nathan Gill, the Leader of Reform in Wales, took bribes to do the bidding of foreigners.
In other news, we have just had another £3million donation from a crypto investor who lives in Thailand...
Regulator investigates £8.4bn private dentistry UK market.
Private equity dominates the market - rip-off charges, profiteering, local monopolies.
No body voted for private equity takeover, loss of NHS dentistry.
It happens because Govts favour corporations.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Labour's immigration reforms have no substance, just a vibes-based approach to defeating Reform by becoming them.
One Labour MP says "No one can explain why any of [Shabana’s] changes are a good idea – they just say they need to do this because of the Reform vote.”
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
More than half of Reform UK members believe non-white British citizens born abroad should be deported or encouraged to leave.
No different to the old BNP or National Front voters.
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Sure.
Maybe just give councils enough funding first.
