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Major opinion poll shows that every constituency in the UK except four would vote to reverse Brexit and rejoin the EU
September 20, 2026 at 7:46 AM
Major opinion poll shows that every constituency in the UK except four would vote to reverse Brexit and rejoin the EU
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Very nice to hear a sane voice from Piddington. Serious respect to this woman, who is apparently already being othered by more bigoted villagers.
September 16, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Very nice to hear a sane voice from Piddington. Serious respect to this woman, who is apparently already being othered by more bigoted villagers.
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While Piddington dominates the news, at Leicester Crown Court this man was sentenced today
Ivan Jennings, a former Conservative councillor, called for terror attacks on small boat migrants and Muslims and shared target ideas, telling fellow white supremacists to kill as many “subhumans” as possible
Ivan Jennings, a former Conservative councillor, called for terror attacks on small boat migrants and Muslims and shared target ideas, telling fellow white supremacists to kill as many “subhumans” as possible
September 16, 2026 at 3:59 PM
While Piddington dominates the news, at Leicester Crown Court this man was sentenced today
Ivan Jennings, a former Conservative councillor, called for terror attacks on small boat migrants and Muslims and shared target ideas, telling fellow white supremacists to kill as many “subhumans” as possible
Ivan Jennings, a former Conservative councillor, called for terror attacks on small boat migrants and Muslims and shared target ideas, telling fellow white supremacists to kill as many “subhumans” as possible
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Steve Reed on 25 March explaining that the £100k cap on donations "will therefore apply retrospectively, so it includes all donations from overseas electors received from today".
Yes, but how are people who never bother going to Parliament supposed to know that?
Yes, but how are people who never bother going to Parliament supposed to know that?
September 17, 2026 at 7:05 AM
Steve Reed on 25 March explaining that the £100k cap on donations "will therefore apply retrospectively, so it includes all donations from overseas electors received from today".
Yes, but how are people who never bother going to Parliament supposed to know that?
Yes, but how are people who never bother going to Parliament supposed to know that?
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Reform is attempting to rabble rouse to avoid scrutiny of their actions and the campaign for caps on all political donations - share this to stand up for this debate and protecting our democracy from the crypto billionaires.
September 17, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Reform is attempting to rabble rouse to avoid scrutiny of their actions and the campaign for caps on all political donations - share this to stand up for this debate and protecting our democracy from the crypto billionaires.
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Sen. Blumenthal: "A Russian oligarch bankrolled the wedding of the president's son…Have you begun an investigation?"
Patel: "I'm not sure what public reporting you're referring to."
Patel: "I'm not sure what public reporting you're referring to."
September 15, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Sen. Blumenthal: "A Russian oligarch bankrolled the wedding of the president's son…Have you begun an investigation?"
Patel: "I'm not sure what public reporting you're referring to."
Patel: "I'm not sure what public reporting you're referring to."
June 11, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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Reform don’t do the job.
Rob Kenyon, #Makerfield Reform UK candidate was elected a Wigan councillor a month ago. He’s not attended a single meeting or done a single piece of work on it.
Nigel Farage was elected MP for Clacton. He’s spent 2 years anywhere but Clacton.
Rob Kenyon, #Makerfield Reform UK candidate was elected a Wigan councillor a month ago. He’s not attended a single meeting or done a single piece of work on it.
Nigel Farage was elected MP for Clacton. He’s spent 2 years anywhere but Clacton.
June 11, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Reform don’t do the job.
Rob Kenyon, #Makerfield Reform UK candidate was elected a Wigan councillor a month ago. He’s not attended a single meeting or done a single piece of work on it.
Nigel Farage was elected MP for Clacton. He’s spent 2 years anywhere but Clacton.
Rob Kenyon, #Makerfield Reform UK candidate was elected a Wigan councillor a month ago. He’s not attended a single meeting or done a single piece of work on it.
Nigel Farage was elected MP for Clacton. He’s spent 2 years anywhere but Clacton.
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NEW: A Reform UK activist who campaigns with top party figures joined the racist rioters in Glasgow on Tuesday and has claimed that “Jews" are trying "to dilute our Protestant stock and shatter the Union”, The National can reveal.
June 11, 2026 at 4:39 PM
NEW: A Reform UK activist who campaigns with top party figures joined the racist rioters in Glasgow on Tuesday and has claimed that “Jews" are trying "to dilute our Protestant stock and shatter the Union”, The National can reveal.
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A Green councillor called Hamas founders "martyrs".
The Lib Dems made him cabinet member for children and families.
Birmingham deserves answers.
The Lib Dems made him cabinet member for children and families.
Birmingham deserves answers.
June 11, 2026 at 4:27 PM
A Green councillor called Hamas founders "martyrs".
The Lib Dems made him cabinet member for children and families.
Birmingham deserves answers.
The Lib Dems made him cabinet member for children and families.
Birmingham deserves answers.
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Nigel Farage has just re-instated this man into Reform UK.
Let that sink in.
Britain is better than this.
Let that sink in.
Britain is better than this.
June 11, 2026 at 4:26 PM
Nigel Farage has just re-instated this man into Reform UK.
Let that sink in.
Britain is better than this.
Let that sink in.
Britain is better than this.
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If Muslims or members of the Asian and Black community had set fire to white people’s homes with children running for their lives, do you think we would be discussing legitimate concerns or focussing on who radicalised them and ideological and contributing cultural factors?
June 11, 2026 at 7:54 AM
If Muslims or members of the Asian and Black community had set fire to white people’s homes with children running for their lives, do you think we would be discussing legitimate concerns or focussing on who radicalised them and ideological and contributing cultural factors?
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Policy changes create winners and losers
It’s a truism that losers complain more than winners are grateful
But we’re on a ludicrous path if those who lose out from policy decisions demand and then get compensation
That’s a recipe for nothing being decided ever
It’s a truism that losers complain more than winners are grateful
But we’re on a ludicrous path if those who lose out from policy decisions demand and then get compensation
That’s a recipe for nothing being decided ever
NEW: Andy Burnham has hinted at a new multibillion-pound spending commitment if he becomes PM, saying that more than 3.5mn women “deserve” compensation over what he regards as a pension scandal
June 10, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Policy changes create winners and losers
It’s a truism that losers complain more than winners are grateful
But we’re on a ludicrous path if those who lose out from policy decisions demand and then get compensation
That’s a recipe for nothing being decided ever
It’s a truism that losers complain more than winners are grateful
But we’re on a ludicrous path if those who lose out from policy decisions demand and then get compensation
That’s a recipe for nothing being decided ever
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This has nothing to do with stopping crime. It is to do with a global far-right movement, coordinated on X, organised by some of the most powerful men in the world from Silicon Valley to the White House inews.co.uk/opinion/fara...
June 10, 2026 at 2:46 PM
This has nothing to do with stopping crime. It is to do with a global far-right movement, coordinated on X, organised by some of the most powerful men in the world from Silicon Valley to the White House inews.co.uk/opinion/fara...
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You get compensation for not paying attention in the 1990s when the pension equality scheme was announced?
Money for old rope there...
Money for old rope there...
June 10, 2026 at 8:58 PM
You get compensation for not paying attention in the 1990s when the pension equality scheme was announced?
Money for old rope there...
Money for old rope there...
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I see that the Southampton rioters are once again proving to be the kind of decent, law-abiding, women-defending, pleasant stout yeomen of the shire we should be paying attention to.
June 10, 2026 at 3:05 PM
I see that the Southampton rioters are once again proving to be the kind of decent, law-abiding, women-defending, pleasant stout yeomen of the shire we should be paying attention to.
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Hey Vance & Hegseth
Read this and weep, then keep your noses out of our affairs.
Read this and weep, then keep your noses out of our affairs.
June 10, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Hey Vance & Hegseth
Read this and weep, then keep your noses out of our affairs.
Read this and weep, then keep your noses out of our affairs.
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A lot of news right now but Democracy for Sale's latest scoop deserves attention
Josh Simons is being tipped as Burnham's chief of staff
But even PR firm he hired to discredit journalists says he's not telling the truth about Labour Together scandal
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/wrong-in-n...
Josh Simons is being tipped as Burnham's chief of staff
But even PR firm he hired to discredit journalists says he's not telling the truth about Labour Together scandal
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/wrong-in-n...
"Wrong in numerous important respects": What PR firm privately told Josh Simons
Revealed: APCO legal letter warned Simons to cease making “misleading statements” about PR firm’s “incredibly useful” dossier on journalists investigating Labour Together.
democracyforsale.substack.com
June 10, 2026 at 2:23 PM
A lot of news right now but Democracy for Sale's latest scoop deserves attention
Josh Simons is being tipped as Burnham's chief of staff
But even PR firm he hired to discredit journalists says he's not telling the truth about Labour Together scandal
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/wrong-in-n...
Josh Simons is being tipped as Burnham's chief of staff
But even PR firm he hired to discredit journalists says he's not telling the truth about Labour Together scandal
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/wrong-in-n...
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What are the Government, police and security services doing about the people who are quite clearly in the pay of a hostile foreign state, and using their platforms to whip up actual pogroms on our streets? This is a major national security issue and absolutely nothing seems to be happening about it
June 10, 2026 at 7:25 AM
What are the Government, police and security services doing about the people who are quite clearly in the pay of a hostile foreign state, and using their platforms to whip up actual pogroms on our streets? This is a major national security issue and absolutely nothing seems to be happening about it
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Lucy Powell is right, Nigel Farage and Reform are a threat to our democracy - misinformation is their key weapon, while bots and algorithms do the muck spreading.
June 10, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Lucy Powell is right, Nigel Farage and Reform are a threat to our democracy - misinformation is their key weapon, while bots and algorithms do the muck spreading.
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Kemi: "Where's the defence plan?"
Same Kemi: Skipped urgent security briefings. Said nothing on the Afghan data cover-up.
She's not asking for answers. She's asking for attention. 💀 #PMQs
Same Kemi: Skipped urgent security briefings. Said nothing on the Afghan data cover-up.
She's not asking for answers. She's asking for attention. 💀 #PMQs
June 10, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Kemi: "Where's the defence plan?"
Same Kemi: Skipped urgent security briefings. Said nothing on the Afghan data cover-up.
She's not asking for answers. She's asking for attention. 💀 #PMQs
Same Kemi: Skipped urgent security briefings. Said nothing on the Afghan data cover-up.
She's not asking for answers. She's asking for attention. 💀 #PMQs
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Oh but Keir Starmer.....
One way of measuring UK productivity shows a remarkable upturn since Labour came to office....
... so is the UK witnessing a productivity revival?
www.ft.com/content/161a...
... so is the UK witnessing a productivity revival?
www.ft.com/content/161a...
June 10, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Oh but Keir Starmer.....
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Do not use our tragedy to fuel violence, family of Belfast attack victim say
Do not use our tragedy to fuel violence, family of Belfast attack victim say
Relatives of Stephen Ogilvie say unrest is unwelcome and that many migrants make valuable contribution to UK
The family of the victim of the Belfast knife attack have called for calm after riots erupted across the city.
Stephen Ogilvie is in hospital having lost his left eye in the attack, footage of which was shared widely on social media late on Monday evening and through the day on Tuesday. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 10, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Do not use our tragedy to fuel violence, family of Belfast attack victim say
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The family of the Belfast stabbing victim have released a statement saying - like the family of Henry Nowak last week - that the attack should not be used to "divide people or fuel hostility"
They condemned disorder and praised the "valuable contribution" by migrants
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
They condemned disorder and praised the "valuable contribution" by migrants
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
June 10, 2026 at 12:42 PM
The family of the Belfast stabbing victim have released a statement saying - like the family of Henry Nowak last week - that the attack should not be used to "divide people or fuel hostility"
They condemned disorder and praised the "valuable contribution" by migrants
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
They condemned disorder and praised the "valuable contribution" by migrants
inews.co.uk/news/politic...