And certainly not Laurence....
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And certainly not Laurence....
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.
I remember when ‘Brexit Means Brexit’ became a way for silly people to insist that they supported something they could neither justify nor explain. Obviously the context is very different, but something similar is already happening with the ‘war’ in Iran. And it’s mostly the same people doing it.
Tax exiles stuck in London desperately trying to get *back* to Dubai to avoid becoming tax resident in the UK? Just great stuff. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
Private Eye very good this week on Fleet St hindsight
I have never seen Sam Coates or any Sky News presenter grill ANY politician with such obvious contempt and bias as they did the recent Green representative. I was open mouthed.
It was truly galling to witness. It was NOT journalism conducted without fear or favour.
At all.
Alcoholic crybaby is mad at Kaja Kallas again 😏
“Reform’s candidate, an oddball far-right former academic turned GB News presenter, is facing allegations of sexual harassment, while their “interim” campaign manager.. has been exposed as a holocaust-denying anti-semite”
Please god, G&D, don’t inflict this on us.
open.substack.com/pub/adambien...
And alongside that, the media. Lies on the front page of the paper? An offence. Allowing a politician to lie on TV and not correct them? An offence for not just the lying politician, but also the TV bosses for abetting them
Good start but why stop there? Should include anyone who knowingly lies while campaigning for any political movement or change. £350m on the side of a bus?
Oh wow our @38degrees.bsky.social petition to cap political donations in the UK has over 94k signatures!! 💥
There's still lots of time for amendments to Elections Bill. Would be so powerful to get it over 100k
Can you help? Please sign and share! Thanks! 😀 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
Jim Ratcliffe, a tax resident of Monaco who has legally avoided an estimated £4 billion in UK taxes, says,
"The UK is being colonised by immigrants, isn't it?"
Ed Conway, "You met recently with Nigel Farage, didn't you?"
Jim Ratcliffe, "I did"
It is so embarrassing that it has taken nearly a decade for a British minister to say this, a statement of the absolute bloody obvious
Great video. The homes are thoughtful, attractive and well designed. Khan is eloquent and considerate. Much more like this please.
I deleted my post from before…
I thought it was fake
So I went to WH Smith and here it is
An unbelievable attempt to sanitise this man and normalise what’s he’s done.
As always it directly reflects how much media attention each item gets, and how it's slanted - which in turn usually reflects the political stance of those who control what gets out and what is suppressed. The government that manages to sort that out will really leave a lasting legacy.
Carole Cadwalladr, "It goes back to this black hole of Brexit and nobody wants to talk about Russian interference in this country in relation to politics and the effect it has had"
"There's a refusal to have an inquiry which parliament called for and Boris Johnson refused to have"
We already have @JenniferNadel, Luke Myer MP & @marcusjball pushing for this
Plus 30 cross‑party MPs already back it
If we want truth in politics, this is the moment to act
So please - click below to email your MP & urge them to support this bill
www.compassioninpolitics.com/write_mp_acc...
This makes no sense…
An MP can wake up one morning, ditch the party you elected them for, & sign up to a completely different manifesto…
No thanks
If they defect to a different party, we should get a vote
Sign the petition & help make that law.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
This is not exercising freedom of speech. This is misogynistic intimidation.
…but it won’t pass unless we push it
📣 Email your MP before Wed. Please.
It takes seconds to email them and could make the world of difference…
Just hit the link below:
www.compassioninpolitics.com/write_mp_acc...
Absolutely. It's an easy way to make people safer. And no arguments about privacy etc... if someone's on that list, they've been found guilty of something and it'll be in the public record somewhere.
This Christmas Eve, let us remember that it wasn’t the CEOs and billionaires who saved us during COVID-19. It was the janitors, nurses, cleaning crews, grocery and food workers with their hard, often invisible labor.
The post by Brian Krassenstein is mocking what Trump said about Stephen Colbert. Now that the shoe is on the other foot, it doesn't look too good, does it?
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U.S intelligence report.
So correct, so obvious, and still beyond the comprehension of the U.S. own government.
And then there's this today. I wonder if anyone of note has been uncovered now.... 😕
Where are all the famous defenders of freedom of speech now?
The Home Office also recognise that this may have an impact on user of care services who are likely to be older people and those with disabilities. The Home Office believes that despite these points the changes are justified for a number of policy reasons including reducing net migration and ending reliance on overseas recruitment.
Home Office Ministers state publicly, on the record, that they are deliberately making life worse for older people and people with disabilities who depend on care services, but it's worth it because it reduces net migration.
Gully Bull would have been more appropriate...
