Wonko the Sane

Finally, America playing catch-up with the UK for a change, we've been jailing peaceful protesters under terrorism laws for ages.

Maybe if he got involved in fascist politics and did a couple of Nazi salutes the government would stop using his platforms? ...... Oh, wait.

“But, as you see, it's a beautiful day, the Strait of Hormuz is open and people are having a wonderful time.”

BREAKING: The Green Party has reported Labour to the police over alleged electoral law breaches after a van allegedly near a polling station claimed the Greens want ‘our daughters used for legal prostitution

How fucking low are they going to go they are already in the gutter.

So long, hereditary peers – but the Lords is still full of absurd anachronisms | Polly Toynbee Two-thirds of voters want an elected second chamber. The government needs a radical legacy: it should use its rare majority for this, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

You couldn’t make this up - one peer claimed his crusader ancestry would be helpful in Israel/Gaza context!! 🤦‍♀️ I say begone to all the hereditaries - and now, on to the Bishops, political chancers and corrupt donors in there. More reforms necessary . www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Nigel Farage regrets running 'bankrupt' Worcestershire Council The Reform UK leader says he wishes the party

“Farage has said he wishes the party "hadn't bothered" to take minority control of Worcestershire County Council, because of its financial problems”

V much summing up his approach to power.
Grifting and gobshiting - yes please.
Hard work and responsibility - god no.

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Royal Cornwall Hospitals Paid £10.5m in Misdiagnosis Claims Since 2019 - CornishStuff Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust has paid out more than £10 million in damages linked to misdiagnosis-related medical negligence claims over the past six years, according to new data obtained throug...

Wow. I hope that £1.2bn is covered by insurance and not coming out of the taxpayers pocket.

That's 90% of the UK eligible then.

UK Cops PEPPER SPRAY British Actor in Wrongful Arrest! (Watch What Happens) YouTube video by UK State Watch

They're not racist they're just moronic, uneducated fascist thugs. They would have done this to any bystander of any colour skin.

#ACAB

Oil price profiteering will not be tolerated, says minister Ed Miliband says the competition watchdog is primed to intervene if firms use the oil price shock to

UK govt "will not tolerate" energy firms profiteering from Iran war.

It will do what?

Ofgem allows profiteering: electricity pricing formula is based on price of gas, renewables are the cheapest. Profiteering is built in.

Change the formula, levy windfall tax, prosecute profiteering execs.

Dementia is a helluva thing.

🇺🇸🇬🇧 Three more U.S. strategic bombers of the B-1B Lancer type have arrived at the RAF Fairford airbase in the United Kingdom.

Currently stationed at the base: 6 B-52 Stratofortress bombers and 12 B-1B Lancer aircraft.

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To be honest I'd welcome most of the people and companies I'm forced to interact with on a daily basis to be able to buy some fucking intelligence.

#AI

Freedom is alive and well and living in Dubai.

Two completely mud-covered dogs rest in front of a pair of doors.

“Ma’am, my partner and I have done a thorough inspection of your property, and I’m afraid you’re going to need a new flowerbed, several bushes, and you will most likely need to reseed the lawn. If you want, we can work up an estimate and get back to you.”

The Road Rage Cop the System Tried to Protect YouTube video by Crimebodge

#ACAB

The Iranian Embassy in The Hague posted this video

Credit: Rachel Hurley

#fdjt #warpiggy #dictatordon #warmonger #fu47 #Iran #maga #republicanparty #trumpwar

#ACAB

This might be the greatest split-screen ever broadcast.

They’ll play this in museums in future.

(🎥 LCI 🇫🇷)

Palantir’s NHS England contract ‘opens door to government abuse of power’, health bosses told Health justice charity Medact says data-sharing potential could be used for UK version of US immigration raids

No to Palantir.

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BREAKING Explosions heard in downtown Dubai, one very loud, an AFP correspondent reports, as Iran continues its campaign against the Gulf in response to US-Israeli attacks.

The correspondent saw small clouds of smoke rise above a residential neighbourhood

Why I quit being a migrant farm worker in the UK www.opendemocracy.net/en/beyond-tr...

Pretty crazy how important the blockade of a trade route is right now

Crazy video of 20 Tomahawks flying through the Iraqi Kurdish mountains near Sulaymaniyah (filmed by someone standing *above* them), seemingly fired from Navy vessels in the Mediterranean

Guy who got famous for carrying his corgi in a dog backpack is now helping rescue dogs get adopted by carrying them in a dog backpack.

This is Walter.

It's no longer OK for you to sit in the house of Lords because your dad did.
But if your mate put you there?
That's fine.
Neither of these really feel like democracy to me.

Jury restriction plan clears first hurdle despite Labour dissent The justice secretary says the limits are required to stem a growing backlog of cases in crown courts.

David Lammy will go down in British history as the man who destroyed faith in the justice system.

Labour MP's who abstained rather than voting against this are pathetic cowards who deserve to lose their seats tonight yet alone at the next election.