www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli... Wake up Starmer. There is no such thing as a ‘good’ Brexit, ‘botched’ or otherwise.

New Epstein emails show Peter Mandelson secretly advising JPMorgan’s CEO on how to fight Labour’s 2009 bankers’ bonus tax - even suggesting he “mildly threaten” the Chancellor. Mandelson was Business Secretary at the time. A year later, he was seeking work with JPM.

Democrat Taylor Rehmet won a Texas State Senate special election with 57.2 percent of the vote, defeating Republican Lee Wambsganss. The district was traditionally Republican, and the GOP candidate was publicly backed by Donald Trump. #Texas

Impose sanctions on refineries that buy Russian crude oil to end war, says Bill Browder

Do you get it now?

UK and EU to explore renewed talks on defence cooperation Welcome to the ‘House of Uk’. A small, friendless country off the border of Europe 🇪🇺

Spoke to Shleagh Fogarty yesterday sbout why the Chancellor is wrong: our “student loan” system is not remotely fair. It’s regressive and embedding inter and intra generational wealth inequality. It’s not a loan system, it’s a bad grad tax in all but name. youtu.be/uOC6Arrf2us?...

Please spread this far and wide, as stories don't get much bigger than this. When the government blocks even the intelligence services from telling us we're heading for environmental catastrophe, you know we have a problem. A very big problem. Thank you. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Decent homes standard for UK private renters delayed by government until 2035 Another disappointment from your no.1 disappointing government

Swift bricks to be installed on all new buildings in Scotland as MSPs back law Good on Scotland. Hang your heads Labour.

Centrist ideas no longer wanted in Conservative party, says Kemi Badenoch Badenoch to Reform any day now. Watch the Transfer News on SkySport.

No response yet from Reform pundit and activist Tim Montgomerie about his party's selection in Gorton and Denton

Farage's Reform can't even find Gorton and Denton on a map. Some useful links here for you Lee Anderson 📳 google.com/maps 🧭 www.halfords.com/technology/s... 🗺️ theaa.com t.co/gzDg37djEQ

Breaking news: Composer Philip Glass withdrew his highly anticipated Symphony No. 15 from its scheduled Kennedy Center performance, saying “the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct conflict with the message of the Symphony.”

Lovely hatchet job on the monstrosity that is Suella Braverman. Crace covers it all; her dishonesty, disloyalty, nastiness, incompetence, her wild vanity… and her deep stupidity. How dare these utter arses think we’d be persuaded by their swaggering nonsense. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Ground rent cap is good news (though peppercorn would be better straight away). Also welcome is promised abolition of new leasehold properties. Better still would be the outright abolition of leasehold altogether, a feudal anachronism virtually unique to England and Wales.

Labour says Farage ‘stuffing his party full of failed Tories’ after Suella Braverman joins Reform – UK politics live What a lovely couple! 🤢

Normal for Nigel and Reform UK. Say one thing, do another. Deny. All very Trumpian. ToxicToryReformMashup

Former Tory home secretary Suella Braverman defects to Reform UK – UK politics live Another desperate Tory joins Tories 2.0

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

Noem: "An individual approached US border patrol officers... The officers attempted to disarm this individual, but the armed suspect reacted violently." Video footage from multiple angles proves that this is outright bullshit. Alex Pretti did not approach ICE officers nor did he react violently.

City minister accused of ignoring £2bn car finance tax loophole Labour supporting big banks. What is the point of this government? Labour: no guts; no vision; no hope

Andy Burnham blocked from byelection race by Labour ruling committee Labour is finished.

“Heartbroken but also very angry… sickening lies by the administration… reprehensible and disgusting… Alex is clearly not holding a gun… please get the truth out about our son, he was a good man…”

'The Minnesota man who was killed by federal agents on Saturday has been identified as Alex Pretti, 37, a registered nurse working in the intensive care unit at the Minneapolis VA Health Care System, which serves veterans.'

Board of Peace - Season 1

If the assisted dying bill is killed off by the Lords, let that be the end for this unelected chamber | Polly Toynbee

Trump says he’s expanding defamation suit against the New York Times after unfavorable poll Only one person has Trump Derangement Syndrome.

The post of an absolute madman.

457 UK armed forces personnel died in Afghanistan during the 20-year deployment. This is a fucking hideous thing to say. Even by his non-existent standards.

Wind and solar overtook fossil fuels for EU power generation in 2025, report finds

Another proud day for America.

The choice is impeachment and removal or calamity for the United States. I don't see how anybody watching Trump's speech in Davos can draw any other conclusion. He's a senile madman.

No one can be watching this Davos speech and reach any conclusion but that the President of the United States is mentally disturbed and that something is deeply wrong with him. This is both embarrassing and extremely dangerous.

Trump just repeated again that China just builds wind turbines but did not use them themselves. Truth is :they actually do. China has more wind power than any other country.

‘The powerful have their power. We have the capacity to stop pretending’: the Canadian PM’s call to action at Davos | Mark Carney

Davos live: Trump gives speech to world leaders amid growing row over Greenland and tariffs Where lies and reality collide

The Telegraph suddenly waking and sitting bolt upright

So aside from tipping tens of millions of people into misery and penury, they also encouraged people to rise up against their horrible government then cheered them on while they got mowed down. And are bragging about this openly, on camera.

How big is Greenland? Its so big it covers up 99% of the Epstein files.

Macron warns against ‘new colonial approach’ after Trump says ‘no going back’ on Greenland – Europe live Time for 🇫🇷 to find that ‘buy back for $1’ clause in the 1803 sale of Louisiana.

Trump says UK’s Chagos deal is an ‘act of great stupidity’ and another reason to take over Greenland – live I guess King 👑 Trump just forget that he signed it off a few months ago. Wake up America 🇺🇸!

Europe may begin selling U.S. assets in response to a new conflict with the US—a move that could trigger a dollar collapse, Bloomberg reports. Deutsche Bank analysts warn Washington’s key vulnerability is living off global financing—and Europe may decide it no longer wants to bankroll the U.S.

As Europe considers how best to respond to US President Donald Trump’s latest threats over Greenland’s sovereignty, there’s one extreme potential counter measure that’s fueling debate among investors.

🇪🇺🇺🇸 Europe may begin selling US assets in response to a new conflict with US, and this will collapse the dollar,- Bloomberg. "Deutsche Bank analysts note that the US currently has vulnerability: living at the expense of the rest of the world. Europe may decide it no longer wants to finance the US."