Zelenskyy says Ukraine won’t cede territory to Russia

I'm really pleased that the accusations against Farage are quite rightly not going away. He appears very, very rattled and deservedly so. This is very long overdue.

Because, you see, buying influence is only a worry if a Labour peer donates a couple of "freebie" outfits to close friends. When a man, whose business is literally DARK MONEY, single-handedly rescues a near-bankrupt far-right party, leading in the polls, he's doing it because he believes in Nige.

Finally someone says it.

Reform is reporting £331 million in savings across the councils it runs, but Private Eye’s Rotten Boroughs writer Saba Salman says the claims are complete guff. Watch the full episode of Page 94, the Private Eye podcast, on YouTube.

I often boast about being the national schoolboy public speaking champion in my youth. Just in case anyone at the Times, Telegraph, Mail, Spectator etc is preparing a humiliating exposé, I would like to clarify that it was the 1988 English Speaking Union National Schools Public Speaking competition.

This is how Chris Mason, like a child filled with wonder, described "the choreography and theatre that surrounds a Budget" in Feb 2024, when a male Tory Chancellor was in post. "Plans, or even just options, can be floated... Reaction to them can be tested. Opponents can be teased or wrongfooted." 👀

This is a borderline psychotic thing to put in a newspaper.

For context the 'Middle England' referred to here is the 0.5% of households living in homes worth more than £2 million

Pope Leo XIV told reporters on Sunday that a two-state resolution is the ‘only solution’ for Israel-Palestine, reiterating the Vatican’s position. The Pope made the comments on a flight to Lebanon for the last leg of his first overseas trip as Catholic leader.

This sounds great. But, unfortunately, it’s nonsense. We borrow from the bond markets. There is no alternative. I wish it were otherwise, but it’s not. The real world cannot be wished away.

“Over 150,000 Twitter accounts based in Russia tweeted about Brexit during the referendum, an investigation found..Britain "knows" what Russia is doing” but Tories were bankrolled by Russian money & compromised. www.businessinsider.com/russia-used-...

Russia’s Central Bank found a 10 trillion ruble black hole in unpaid loans. That’s 24% of the entire Russian budget gone. Another reason why the #Kremlin is desperately pushing for a “peace” deal to save itself. We didn’t surrender in 2022, we won’t in 2025 — Russia is weaker and poorer than ever.

The callous disregard of a disabled youth/minor being held for 50 days in ICE detention facility is unacceptable, inexcusable, morally reprehensible and repugnant.

5-7 million killed by deliberate starvation and Ukrainians were particularly targeted by Stalin. It is estimated that nearly 4 mill Ukrainians were deliberately starved to death by Stalin. It’s important to understand the history to understand the present

Some of the Senate GOP’s top Russia hawks are up in arms over a peace plan Trump hopes will end Putin’s war in Ukraine. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

Can you imagine Keir Starmer taking 10 days off to ride a motor bike & walk a dog at the beginning of a Pandemic doing no work. Because I bloody can’t. Not for one second. Boris Johnson is a disgrace. And Putin loving Farage would be worse. Much worse. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford

I'm not sharing it because I'm too disgusted to do even that. The systematic murder of millions of people by a fascist regime is not up for debate. It happened. And if we allow the world's biggest social media company to deny it we are all utterly fucked.

Jeremy Clarkson has suddenly discovered the inherent issues in capitalism...

The Renter's Right Act 2025 A date of 1st of May 2026 (less than 6 months away) has been set for many of the key measures in the act to come into force, including: + The ban on on-fault evictions + Ending in year price increases + Ending bidding wars + No more than a month's rent upfront 1/2

After years of Tory failure to sort out our prisons Labour are fixing them. They have taken urgent action to sort out the prison places crisis and are investing in 14k additional places to ensure we don't face it again. And here we see work has started on a 1,700 capacity prison in Leicestershire!

I'm getting reports that a firm is cold calling people "offering grants for renewables and quoting that MARTIN LEWIS had encouraged people to engage with the company." The call is UTTER BOLLOCKS! This is not true. Don't trust them. Politely disengage and don't speak to them.

Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms. He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.

Should Gibb be sacked? yes, obviously. He's an abomination of basic journalistic standards. His GB News channel spreads conspiracy theory & disinformation. His Jewish Chronicle newspaper spreads invented stories. He is plainly trying to undermine the BBC so it's as bad as everything else he touches.

Good on Ed Davey – speaking up for and defending Britain’s institutions in the face of nefarious actors. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Just absolutely classic BBC. You've just broadcast the most successful programme of the year, uniting Gen Z kids online and Boomers on broadcast in a return to appointment television. And instead of celebrating, your DG reigns due to a made-up right-wing scandal.

First Past The Post has served Labour very well. 65% of the seats on 35% of the vote? Amazing! But it looks like Farage and Reform could be about to pull off the same trick. Time to wake up & put the nation before the party. If Reform win, it’ll be Labour’s fault. actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...

There were 115 prisoners mistakenly released in the final year of the last Conservative Government alone. Interesting that it only becomes a major national scandal the second these releases can be blamed on a Labour government

If there is a supreme being I hope they look after this fella. I saw comments from listeners on Sunday demanding to know where LNER staff were during attack: they were in the front line fighting to save passengers it transpires. My thoughts with Samir and all his family and friends x

People don’t suffer from Taxes People suffer because the UK doesn’t Tax & invest in the nation Worse healthcare, roads, schools, pensions and decades of the rich getting richer The UK is a low tax economy with low public investment

Victoria Derbyshire wasn't letting him off the hook 👏

* Corruption Pecksniff can’t publish: Tory donor gets rich off asylum contract * Polls show fears over immigration are media-driven, not real-life * Tory HQ loses contact with 1 in 5 local parties Read this and more in the latest diary ⤵️ @eastangliabylines.co.uk @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social

Just for context and Elon Musk’s claim of “widespread slaughter” in Europe. The per capita murder rate is EIGHT TIMES HIGHER in the US

A reminder. Only 6.9% of people in Wales were born overseas. Just 2.9% of people in Caerphilly were born overseas. Whereas 38% of medical consultants in Wales were born overseas. Immigrants are not holding our NHS back, they are propping it up.

🇺🇸🇪🇺 Breaking Point of Patience: New Sanctions Against Russia ❗️For the last moths, Russia has been challenging the tested the limits of patience by intensifying terror and rejecting all peace proposals. Read more 👀⬇️ theukrainianreview.info/breaking-poi...

"You left Europe because you wanted less boats, and you have more boats. You left Europe because you wanted more happiness. Now you are depressed."

⚡️Trump's decision on energy and sanctions is exactly what we were waiting for, — Zelensky ❗️Ceasefire is possible, but more pressure is needed on Russia, - Zelensky

Outside of the women’s sector I haven’t seen much coverage of Labour’s momentous decision to end presumption of parental contact- a huge step forward for child protection and victims’ rights/

Excellent speech by Lammy, definitely what most of us wanted to hear "we did not stop being European because of Brexit".

We’ve spotted several videos on social media claiming that the government is introducing a £10 charge for NHS GP appointments from next month. This is false.

You’ll get what you vote for with reform!!!!

Ooh look, an actual mainstream politician taking the fight to Farage. Who knew it was possible?

Well done Spain 'Spain’s Ministry of Health has announced sweeping review of the prices of more than 17,000 medicines currently available on the national pharmaceutical market, aimed at ensuring fair pricing and reducing public spending, is expected to generate savings exceeding €287M year

As so often, @laylamoran.bsky.social finds gracious, unifying words. "I choose to believe that peace is possible. Everyone who went on a protest, wrote to their MP, cares about it, shouted at their TV - from whatever point of view - what were those deaths for, if not for a sustainable peace?" ~AA

Nobel Peace Prize awarded to democracy activist María Corina Machado of Venezuela – in unrelated news, US announces 10,000% trade tariff on Venezuela

Think an underpriced 2029 scenario is "ungovernable mess".