Greens win Gorton & Denton. It’s now OK to vote Green – and win * Tories slump to 1.9%. Once titans, now irrelevant * Reform officers allegedly replaced by ex-Tories. Restore delighted.
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Jon Sopel to Robert Jenrick ⬇️
"You were a Remainer when David Cameron was PM. You were a Brexiteer when Boris was."
"When the Tories are languishing in the polls, you’ve gone to the party that is leading in the polls."
If our media wasn’t populated with indolent wankers, we’d never have voted for Brexit in the first place.The public ignorance and political dishonesty that discredit that ‘decision’ have media failure stamped all over them.
And now they all dodge accountability while we deal with the dismal fallout.
“Farage…decided the complaint was not serious enough to warrant a rethink about Goodwin’s selection…
[He]characterised the complaint as “just Matt being Matt”
Hmm. Not sure a pair of misogynists are the best people to judge what’s “serious enough”.
Let’s ask her.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
"We're not like other parties, and I won't tolerate disloyalty," says Farage, as he introduces a cabinet that is 50% disloyal people from another party.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The New York Times reports that the Department of Homeland Security has sent Google, Meta, and other media corporations subpoenas for the names on accounts that criticize ICE enforcement. The department wants to identify Americans who oppose what it’s doing. I’ll save them time.
The UK was declared measles free in 2017.
Vaccine programs completely eliminated it.
Since then, pro sickness conspiracy theorists and anti science idiots have enabled its return.
Enough with the outrage theatre.
If Reform stands for ordinary working people, why did all their MPs vote against the Workers’ Rights Bill?
You can’t wedge immigration into that one. It’s just the record.
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One of the maddest elements of Brexit - and there are *many* - is the rewards that continue to be lavished on the blithering idiots who sold it & continue to be proved wrong about everything every day…
If you want to know what Reform will be like in government, look at the councils we control. At Worcestershire County Council, for example, we want to increase council tax by 10% and are begging the government for a £71m bail out, otherwise we face effective bankruptcy.
the perils of being a commentator
No fireworks. No parties. No flags. No celebrations.
No comments from the Brexit leaders. No "wasn't that a great idea."
Six years after we left the EU - everyone knows it was a disaster.
But....
This is what’s known as dodgy as fuck…
Farage is in hock to murky foreign billionaires, taking their money to prioritise their interests if they buy him power. He’s exploiting people’s racism and anger to pretend he’s on their side. But he’s already sold them out.
www.thetimes.com/article/660a...
Reform UK will scrap high-speed rail for the North
Does Reform UK want a "second-class railway" for northern England
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/transpo...
This is very good on just how trapped we are by the geopolitical weakness, anti-immigrant rhetoric and trade dysfunction of Brexit.
By not changing the Tory record, for fear of alienating Reform voters, Labour - and so the country - is hamstrung by strategic idiocy and populist cruelty.
Why TF would you ‘give Reform a go’?
Yes. They represent change. But not good change. Not the change people want.
This lot would torch everything we value and rely upon (NHS, public services, our rights, protections…)
in an absolute frenzy of corruption, prejudice and uselessness.
FFS. Please don’t.
The BBC coverage is absolutely terrible.
It leads on "sharply contested narratives"
It has a dramatic skew to the US government
It has posted the video but has failed to report on what it shows: it shows the US govt account is untrue
“Get it all on record now — get the films — get the witnesses — because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower, after visiting liberated concentration camps in April 1945
This is apparently real. People who voted for him must've wanted someone stupider than they are. I'm sorry, but he's a " low-IQ individual," to quote the Low-IQ Individual in Chief.
I feel like America plotting to annex Greenland while masked state goons terrorise their own communities at will should encourage British press and politicians to reflect on what happens when you act like "far right" is an unfair slur rather than a necessary descriptor of a real political position.
If this greedy and ridiculous man were to become Prime Minister, he'd be responsible for our security, safety, our NHS, our economy, and the welfare of our children.
Meanwhile he can't be bothered to do even basic checks on the Cameos that rake in £141,000 for him
metro.co.uk/2026/01/15/i...
In this 2025 retrospective long-form piece, The Bear examines how cruelty, farce and institutional collapse became normalised.
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BREAKING NEWS: Actual facts appear for the first time on "Truth" Social.
As we bid goodbye to 2025 — and all the thuggery, corruption, squalor, and cruelty it spewed — I want to thank you for standing up to it. Some thoughts on the year that was...
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Picture of a Farage Football shirt with the dodgy ‘made in Britain’ logo Headline: Reform UK merchandise does not have permission for its 'Made in Britain' logo Extracts; Reform UK has been using a "Made in Britain" logo on a range of promotional football shirts without permission from either ofthe two UK "Made in Britain" trademark schemes, Thei Paper has found. The shirts sold by Nigel Farage's party range in price from £39 to £359, with funds going to Reform UK. Three styles have been released as merchandise, including a recently launched black and gold shirt signed by Farage himself. They are prominently stamped with the official-looking logo… It is strikingly similar to the logos connected to MadeinBritain.co and the registered trademark that belongs to MadeinBrtain.org, which were both set up with the aim of protecting British manufacturing. Both organisations require companies to pass an audit in order to be accredited and gain permission to use their logo. Use of the trademark from MadeinBritain.org, a not-for-profit organisation, is stricter and a licence fee of at least S195 must be paid annually. Misleading a customer to believe an item has a level of accreditation is potentially a criminal offence. A spokesperson for Reform UK said: "The logo displayed was materially different and simply denotes that this product is made in the UK” The main supplier for Reform's shirts does manufacture them in the UK, The i Paper understands. One of Reform's "Original Edi- tion" tops purchased by The i Paper featured an address for a Leicester-based manufacturer. Upon visiting the site, the address was not a factory but a small office where one person works. A spokesperson for Reform said: "Each and every Reform FC shirt is made in the UK.”
God honestly. Doesn’t this just sum up Reform. And their plastic patriotism.
Can’t even give a straight answer or follow the rules on their unbelievably naff merch.
So on brand.
Oh well. You sell or wear one of these, you’ve told us all we need to know about you.
(iPaper)
Farmers' anger grows as Australian beeffloods into Britain Meat imports surge 80pc as free- trade deal sparks criticism over impact on local producers
This is literally what the Telegraph campaigned for.
Just want to point out that this man was leading the whole Turning Point USA crowd in prayer last week.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
This could wind up being the most-watched newsmagazine segment in television history!!
Congratulations to the Ellisons and Bari Weiss!!!
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
