Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum

Since this is apparently a resigning matter, I’ll just leave this here…

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Nigel Farage, whose party recently put a teenager with zero work experience of any kind in charge of an entire English county, accuses the government of appointing people "with no knowledge" or experience in charge of Government departments

Conference season is here. Run. Save yourself.

iandunt.substack.com/p/god-save-u...

Oh.

I say lucrative second jobs for MPs must be banned and counted as the criminal procurement of political influence. Would Farage still be willing to work as an MP? I doubt it.

Let's clean up our politics and squeeze venal, grifting, treasonous scumbags like Farage out of Parliament.

Dear @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social (there is no hashtag for bbc news)

@news.sky.com
Get this crap Reform crap off my screen, its not news its far right propaganda.

This is not the 1930's 🤬

Nigel Farage and the political power of English grievance The Conservatives and Labour have allowed resentment to fester in the biggest part of the UK – and the only region not to have its own parliament

England remains invisible in the UK’s devolved constitutional set-up. Could this be the real root of English grievance that Farage so successfully taps into – not Brussels, not migrants, but Westminster itself?

@eastangliabylines.co.uk

'I am very sad that your time as deputy prime minister, secretary of state and deputy leader of the Labour party has ended this way'

Skys Beth Rigby reads out Keir Starmer's letter to Angela Rayner

Nadhim Zahawi admits he paid nearly £5m to HMRC after ‘careless mistake’ Tory former minister says he made error over tax paid on sales of YouGov shares after previously saying he was being ‘smeared’

A little bit of perspective on Angela Rayner: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/arti...

Zack talking to a man at the seaside.

Chatting by the sea

Zack interviews a man in a cap

Emily Maitlass interviewing Zack

What do Nigel Farage's constituents really think is wrong with the country?

I've been in Clacton today to find out.

Video coming soon!

Trevor Philips, "What is the difference between Keir Starmer and Nigel Farage's policies?"

Bridget Phillipson, "Reform UK and Nigel Farage want to promote anger but they don't actually want to solve the problems we face in front of us"

Events 2025 - Bremain in Spain Bremain in Spain is campaigning for a strong & close relationship with the EU and to protect the rights of British migrants living in Spain.

Events updated including 18 October – National Rejoin March IV @marchforrejoin.co.uk
In person event – London – 12.00 – 16.00
New route, new rally, new energy.

Plus 30 September – Led by Donkeys event
In person (London)/online

Putin has not changed.

In the last 25 years he started four wars.

He can only be kept in check through strong deterrence.

We must be precise and fast with the surge in our defence posture ↓

europa.eu/!wgH6QK

Tories pledge to get 'all our oil and gas out of the North Sea' The government warns Kemi Badenoch's plans would "only accelerate the worsening climate crisis".

Why on earth do the Tories want to keep people locked into high energy bills? And, come to that, why is the BBC citing Reform but saying nothing about climate science or renewable alternatives?
Complete madness - except for the fossil fuel industry of course

Interesting that it's always the political equivalent of a snake oil salesman who want to withdraw from the ECHR. And they say that they will introduce legislation to protect the appropriate rights. If you believe that, then I have a bridge to sell you.

Historians See Autocratic Playbook in Trump’s Attacks on Science

“Trump once said he wanted the generals that Hitler had,” Dr. Paul Josephson wrote. “He’s certainly working on getting the science that Hitler and Stalin had.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/s...

My visit to the Poland-Belarus border was a demonstration of European solidarity.

A strong Poland and a strong Europe, safeguarding our borders and protecting all Europeans.

Our message is clear. And it is one that Belarus, and other actors in the region, are paying heed to.

Patrick Stewart sketch: what has the ECHR ever done for us? YouTube video by The Guardian

What has the ECHR ever done for us. Patrick Stewart explains. It was the British gov under Churchill that was mostly responsible for the ECHR. They wanted to ensure ppl had rights enshrined in law so the Nazis wouldn't be able to rise again.
youtu.be/ptfmAY6M6aA?...

Leaving the ECHR won’t “Take Back Control” – it will hand your rights to politicians The myths are seductive, the reality is very different – without the ECHR your freedoms rest on whichever Home Secretary wakes up grumpy

Leaving the ECHR won’t “Take Back Control” – it will hand your rights to politicians

“The myths are seductive, the reality is very different – without the ECHR your freedoms rest on whichever Home Secretary wakes up grumpy”

eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/jus...

As noted elsewhere in this thread, Isaac from Crystal Clean Windows York Limited came over and cleaned the restaurants windows for free and helped remove the graffiti.

That's patriotism! Trying to make your community better. Reaching out and helping others.

The dead candidate had "love Farage, Tommy and DJT" [Trump] on her profile. RIP.

Reform said it was "mortified" and apologised profusely in April 2024 after announcing the sacking of a parliamentary candidate in York for "complete inactivity" without realising he was dead.

Selecting a long dead candidate seems weirder still

www.google.com/amp/s/www.bb...

Farage party picked a dead woman to run for Croydon Mayor EXCLUSIVE: Sharon Carby, aged 70, from Bradford, sadly died in July 2024. But that didn’t stop Reform UK six months later picking her as their Croydon mayoral candidate. By our Political Edit…

Reform will have to reselect in Croydon, as their initial candidate for Mayor had been dead for 6 months when they selected her, Inside Croydon report

Being dead is one way to pass the social media vetting but was likely to get noticed eventually

insidecroydon.com/2025/08/27/f...

No, with respect, the buck stops with him. He's the leader. Not McSweeney, not the comms guy. He sets the strategy, tone and values. He is responsible. Either Starmer and his whole crew are ousted and are replaced by something very different or its Vichy Labour from here until doomsday.

This. Is. So. Incredible.
Everyone should know this. Including the utterly stupid person I spoke to the other day that was ambivalent about Reform.
Unfortunately he’s vanished into the ether

What the hell?

He also said, “I can do anything I want, I’m the president of the United States.” The man wants to be king, but we became our own country to never again be ruled by one.

Something we need to grasp is that Establishment power meant imperialism. Imperialism is a system of thought that sees upper class white men as the pinnacle of humanity, with a sacred duty to control the lives of others. What we now call the far right is an extension and revival of imperialism.

Isn't it remarkable just how much more of a clear-eyed perspective a little distance, in this case from the Wall Street Journal in the US, can provide?