What first attracted a cryptocurrency investor to donate £9,000,000 to a party calling for cryptocurrency deregulation? https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/nigel-farages-reform-uk-handed-36351307

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.

Last year Sky News was rending its garments over Starmer's free eyeglasses: WHAT INFLUENCE DID LORD ALLI BUY? Now, RefUK get £9m from a crypto bro, they have not one word about the donor's interests; just BRAVO NIGEL, barely concealed glee, and "what a huge boost... money goes where momentum is". 🤡

This record-breaking donation shows how dependent our parties have become on a super-rich few. It reinforces the belief that money talks loudest in the corridors of power. The Government promised to protect democracy. It's time to introduce a cap on political donations. www.ft.com/content/db73...

I vaguely recall a time when an elderly president being in cognitive decline was a big deal. Oh well.

The MSM ought to be asking themselves just how far things would have to go before they would admit what is increasingly obvious to everyone, that the POTUS is in the midst of a steep cognitive decline? (My guess is very very far indeed).

The threat for Britain, the prime minister says in an interview, is not the Conservative Party. It is a potential Reform UK government that would “do huge damage to our country, to our society, to our global standing, and destroy much of our country” econ.st/4ry6iYR Photo: Tom Jamieson

The super-rich rightwing are pouring money into Reform. Do ordinary voters really think their aim is to even out social inequality and make their lives better? Do they think they’re doing it so Farage invests in infrastructure and public services? Ffs. Democracy being beaten to death in plain sight.

This is vile and so so wrong. GB News is the TV version of X. Extreme racism like this should not be platformed as ‘news.’ It is absolutely disgusting and another attempt to drag ‘debate’ to the right and destabilise our democracy.

December 6th.. bsky.app/profile/glea...

GB News’ recent Trump interview was outrageous - completely biased and full of lies. And GB News didn't challenge him ONCE. Ofcom MUST investigate them for breaching its rules. Sign now if you agree.

Kemi Badenoch [on Rachel Reeves]: If she were a CEO she would have been fired and possibly prosecuted for fraud. Okay Kemi, since we are talking about hypotheticals: If Harriet Harman had decided to press charges you'd have been prosecuted under the Computer Misuse Act 1990.

There have been zero small boats crossings for days. The fact that the media have shut up about it, and have instead resorted to demonising benefits claimants, proves it was never about helping "our own", and always a cover for racism. The bigoted, racist, misogynistic media needs dealing with.

GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament

When people feel they must apologise for simply telling the truth, we are in deep, deep shit.

The lecture on Resistance in Europe 1939-45 was excellent, given by Halik Kochanski, one of Brian's former doctoral students (we overlapped as his PhD students) @dsdkings.bsky.social @warstudieskcl.bsky.social

Very pleased to see tribute paid to the late Brian Bond at today's KCL Sir Michael Howard Centre annual lecture. @dsdkings.bsky.social @warstudieskcl.bsky.social

Homes England has awarded a £23m infrastructure grant in latest step towards unlocking wide-scale regeneration in Thamesmead. Funding a new bus link, it is part of wider plans for up to 30k new homes & 2 new communities at Thamesmead Waterfront & Beckton Riverside, which includes the DLR extension.

The Labour government have granted permission for the creation of another off-shore windfarm. This one is the Morecambe Offshore Windfarm in the Irish Sea. It is expected to have a capacity of 480MW - equivalent of over half a million homes. 1/2 www.gov.uk/government/n...

Who benefits from changes made in this budget? Low-income families with children, particularly with three or more children, are clear winners. In 2028-29, a low-wage single parent with 3 children who receives UC will be £4,960 per year better off, thanks to the removal of the two-child limit.

Labour have had to make some tough decisions in the first 12 months or so, but now we are starting to see why those decisions had to be made. Starmer,as always,is playing the long game and has a vision of where he wants the UK to be in 3 YEARS time not 3 WEEKS, which is what many think is possible.

Apparently not widely reported 🤔

Just watched Fiona Bruce on BBC News list what the Home Secretary announced in her speech. What was missing was the Home Secretary’s announcement on free and legal routes. Why is that?

Here’s what you won’t hear from some commentators on social media: in the year to October, London recorded 10,000 fewer violent crimes leading to injury than it did in the twelve months before I was elected. More on the progress we’re making ⬇️ www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

London Mayor Sadiq Khan on why the Far Right lie about London crime: “They don’t want our modern, multicultural, progressive metropolis to succeed because they can’t stomach the truth. London is a place where people of every creed, colour and culture live together in peace and mutual respect.”

This week Nathan Gill, Reform UK’s Leader in Wales will be sentenced for 8 charges of Russian bribes. Here’s Farage calling him an “honest, decent and honourable man”. Let’s not forget that whilst he was taking the bribes, Farage was making similar pro-Russian speeches in the European Parliament.

But it used to be so much better

THEN YOU PURCHASE THEM AND DO NOT USE THE PROPERTY OF OTHERS

Some nice double-think on here today... 'It's BECAUSE I'm so worried about Reform that I am so hard on Starmer...' Yeah, right. Candidates for the 'the Nazis were totally the fault of the Weimar Republic' award

So seems Labour’s budget plans have changed because the OBR forecasts have improved e.g. the U.K. economy has improved. This is positive news. Too many rushed out negative hot takes this morning.

Seems set on ****ing off its core readership

How about 'improving the lives of people'? Not doing at all badly on that score, tho' could & should do more.

I stopped contributing financially to the Grauniad when its hyper-critical attitude to the Labour government stance became clear. With friends like that...

New today: Labour have cut waiting lists by 16,000 this month – meaning faster care and less worry for patients. The past year is the first time in 15 years that waiting lists have fallen. There's a way to go, but Labour are getting our NHS on the road to recovery.

I agree

What other positives would you add to this list of Labour achievements?

The good thing about u-turning on tax rises before you ever do them is you get most of the popularity for considering the hike, some bonus popularity for looking incompetent and indecisive, AND none of the revenue

Rachel Reeves said Brexit is hurting our economy She also says we need economic growth and more tax revenue to fund public services. Anyone else able to join the dots and find a solution? 🤔 At least let’s join the CU and SM! It won’t be easy but they’re already pissing everyone off so - go for it!

The government must remove Robbie Gibb from the BBC board immediately – and end the practice of political appointments, which so badly undermines the BBC, altogether.

I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time a major industrialized country decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world? Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)

There has now been 9 episodes of #BBCQT since it returned from its summer break A Reform representative/mouthpiece has appeared on 5 of them: Kruger - Nov 13 Goodwin - Oct 30 Dorries - Oct 23 Yusuf - Oct 9 Tice - Sept 25 But please tell me more about the BBC’s left wing bias

Arsenal 2 Serbia 0

I can remember when it was a scandal if the 18 weeks wait figure dropped below 95%. It was only about 10-12 years ago. The collapse in NHS performance under the last government was truly staggering, and went well beyond the pandemic.

This is excellent news. You cannot have democratic accountability when nobody knows who the candidates are, what they stand for, what the job involves or how to measure their success.

Good. The only time I have spoiled my ballot was for an election for one of these oxygen thieves

UK GDP grew by 0.1% in the July to September 2025 quarter. This is the 5th consecutive quarter of growth under the Labour government. In comparison the last 5 Q's under the Tories saw 3 in growth and 2 in decline. 1/2

My livery company! Please do apply

Yep. And you cannot respond to every racist comment immediately (as some seem to want the PM to do). Occasionally it may be appropriate to comment right away. But if you always do it, you are letting the racists set the agenda and basically control what you say and do.

I think this is a much better approach than responding to every racist comment made by racists politicians and commentators as soon as they say it.

A welcome intervention by the PM, calling out the "toxic division of Reform & others." He says: "Some of the racist & divisive rhetoric we're hearing, I thought we had dealt with decades ago is returning to politics. It makes people feel very scared. We have to stand up to that racism."