Have they all forgotten that they need us more than we need them?

It might sound silly, but I mean it: The easiest and most potent way for Europe to hurt Trump this year is to once again use its cultural soft power and to threaten a boycott of the World Cup. It would become a completely meaningless event and would hurt him where he is most vulnerable - his vanity.

Nothing to see here folks, just a sitting president investing in two companies whose merger he claims sole authority to approve or reject. Totally normal! 🙃

Breaking: Scotland has been gifted the World Cup from the previous winners, Argentina. Back to you in the studio…

Flying to Minneapolis tomorrow to cover the ICE raids for News Agents, what is unfolding and the politics which flows from it. If you’re there or know the city and know people/organisations we should be speaking to, please get in touch. DMs open.

I can’t get over that split second when those shots were fired , all that rage , all that hate , and then men like him go onto X to undress Renee Good - and a convicted sexual abuser in the White House and powerful men who raped children still secure behind their money

This is also a fun 'take'.

BREAKING: JD Vance has confirmed that Renee Good was a "domestic terrorist" after investigators found a deadly assortment of children's toys in her glove compartment 😲

BREAKING: Outrage after Venezuelan law enforcers shoot innocent woman in face and celebrate on camera. This proves the Maduro regime is... hang on, I'm hearing this was actually in the US and it was just an ICE agent doing their job, it's fine x

People fatally shot by UK police in 2024/25: 2 People fatally shot by US law enforcement in 2025: 1280

Opinion | 'There is no strategy here, no doctrine, no foreign policy theory. There is just the superficial whim of a self-absorbed thug' 🖋 @iandunt.bsky.social ➡️ Read more: trib.al/KK1YuCh

Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

They'll blame you for them coming and blame you again for them leaving. Why politicians trying to appease the anti-immigrant press is a complete hiding for nothing

Has he thought this one through?

Should Boris Johnson "go home" to the United States, where he was born and a citizen, or does Reform's rule only apply to people of colour? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

If handing someone their arse, was a video clip

Trump has never really achieved much. He's only rich because he inherited a fortune. His Art of the Deal brilliance is a myth, and all the things he's famous for, including that book and The Apprentice were made by other people. His craving for prizes represents a desperate need for validation.

🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history 75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men Is this what democracy looks like? New on Democracy for Sale democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...

Nigel Farage used an LBC appearance in September to accuse the Bank of England of being “dinosaurs” for seeking to place restrictions on the use of Stablecoins by crypto firms like Tether. He did not declare that Reform had just received a £9 million donation from one of its biggest investors

So tell me again how Nigel Farage, who just took the largest ever political donation, from a Tory mega-donor, and another donation from the Viscountess wife of the non-dom owner of the Daily Mail, is planning to "take on the establishment"

Buckle up - because this now amounts to a direct and deliberate attack on our country and its cultural sovereignty. Which side our politicians take - Trump's or the BBC's - over the coming days and weeks will speak volumes about their patriotism.

spot on

The Telegraph sides with Trump against the BBC and, so, the country. Private Eye sums up its feeble-minded, fawning betrayal beautifully.

NEW The letter the BBC could send back to Trump A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim By me. Enjoy. emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...

Nigel Farage said their flagship council in Kent would be a "shop window" for how they would run the country. Just months after taking over they're now set to slash multiple council committees as they struggle to fill posts after sacking nine of their own councillors bylinetimes.com/2025/11/12/r...

Nigel Farage will probably use his 39th appearance on Question Time to complain about the BBC's leftwing bias

Mamdani: "My message to ICE agents & to everyone across this city is that everyone will be held to the same standard of the law. If you violate it, you must be held accountable. There is sadly a sense growing that certain people are allowed to violate that law, whether they be POTUS or ICE agents."

Why is the BBC reporting that “Algerian man” had been mistakenly released from prison? What was his crime or his sentence? There have been 260 other cases erroneous prisoner releases this year. Did the BBC report them as “white British man mistakenly released”? Thought not.

Dominic Grieve’s response to Nigel Farage’s ‘let’s leave the ECHR’ stunt in parliament is spot on.

Opinion | This is an industry of grievance and division, a machine designed to spread hate, which now operates across the British right – from respectable print outlets to wild-eyed online fascists. Don’t let them fool you 🖋# @iandunt.bsky.social Read more: trib.al/4B3mnUk

That scene of the Welsh BBC correspondent being the only person interviewing Caerphilly's new Plaid AM while the rest of the media interviewed Reform's loser in the background was far too on the nose.

Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…

A story in three parts

In case you missed it: Jenrick supported the appeal of an asylum seeker (to him: 'illegal migrant') who had run into trouble with a law first introduced by Thatcher, and was now drawing on the ECHR to overturn his conviction. His free speech rights under the ECHR helped his appeal succeed. #Irony

Nigel Farage accuses teachers of "poisoning our kids" on race issues. Here's a reminder of what teachers and fellow pupils at Farage's own school remember of his own views on that subject. www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...

The UAE is an authoritarian autocracy, a petro-state with no income tax for citizens, to bribe them for the lack of democratic voice or free speech It is 85% migrant, a segregated society with a ban on integration in principle and practice, few rights, equal opportunities, nor voice for incomers

If you don’t like being called a racist, maybe don’t make a career of saying things that appeal to racists, don’t create a political party that keeps attracting racist candidates, don’t fawn over racist world leaders, and don’t make a convicted racist the guest of honour at your party conference.

'Mr Gill told a Cardiff tribunal he had always done what Mr Farage "asked me to do".' www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wale...

Nigel Farage & Alex Phillips have been awfully quiet about Nathan Gill pleading guilty to eight counts of bribery relating to pro-Russia statements made in European parliament and articles. Just wanted to refresh their memories about how they were all a team through that period.

If Trump accepts that some US cities are unsafe and wants to justify changing venues for some Wold Cup matches next year, surely FIFA should simply remove the USA’s ability to host any of these games?

This is what unity looks like.

Trump is absolutely cratering in new Quinnipiac poll: Overall approval: 38-54 Approval on economy: 39-56 Approval on trade: 39-54 On National Guard into cities: 42-55 On immigration, his "best" issue: 41-55 Trump is weak, unpopular, and failing. Treat him that way:

With former French President Sarkozy now sentenced to prison, let’s hope it’s the start of a trend and that Johnson, Sunak & Trump will follow.

Absolutely ga ga. He has no idea what's going on in London. He just knows the mayor here is Muslim and it clearly terrifies his racist propaganda-riddled mind.

Why are the American president's claims about autism the first item on British news bulletins? He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions. So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?

To ‘ultra-crepidate’ (19th century) is to lecture others on subjects you know very little about.

Useful reminder from Peter Kellner on the problems we refuse to acknowledge are getting better, and the politics of hopelessness that this breeds open.substack.com/pub/kellnerp...