Spite, worthy of a 12 year old.

The polio immunisation program started in the USA in 1955. Look what happened next.

NB: "Your Party" does not yet actually exist. If you want to see the NHS and public utilities in public hands rather than exploited for private profit, the party you need is the @greenparty.org.uk. And thousands are joining it every day, here: join.greenparty.org.uk

Once again, British TV is giving massive coverage to Farage. Based on polling numbers, they should give equal coverage to the combined LibDems and Greens. Are they doing that? Of course not. British TV news is a gateway drug to fascism.

Full story online and in the latest issue: www.private-eye.co.uk/in-the-back For the rest, including cartoons, Pseuds, Dumb Britain and all the other regulars, you’ll have to buy the magazine. 🧵3/3

Later, they sought his help to stop a similar Chinese import scheme. Instead of rewarding him, HMRC nearly bankrupted him by pursuing £125,000 in legal costs from his campaign, including fees for barristers employed to block his freedom of information requests. 🧵2/3

Businessman Richard Allen exposed a Channel Islands export-import VAT scam used by major retailers, saving taxpayers billions. Despite his detailed evidence, HMRC suppressed it, letting the illegal tax evasion continue for six more years. 🧵1/3

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In the late 19th century, millions of migrants left Germany as a result of religious persecution, economic hardship, and political uncertainty. Among them was Nikolaus Schrod, a cabinet maker from Frankfurt who - along with his wife Bina - moved to London to start a new life in the 1850s. 1/3

For 56 minutes Sky News and BBC News interrupted everything else and carried a Reform UK feed live, uninterrupted, unchallenged. The stream spluttered, froze, pixelated - dozens of times - still they stuck with it. FOR ONE HOUR. This is an editorial choice. No other party gets this coverage. ~AA

We’re getting close to 2,000 signatures! Please sign and share Wales for Europe’s petition to get Wales back into the Erasmus scheme👇🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺 www.walesforeurope.org/this_is_eras...

Green Party - Nationalise the water companies, tax the super rich, invest in our public services, stop the genocide, lower bills. The Telegraph - Greens are "hard left."

Sigh

"A well-rounded journalistic overview of Trump-Epstein made by Led By Donkeys saw four of their members arrested over ‘malicious communications’ for projecting images and discourse about Trump and Epstein onto Windsor Castle."

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I’m only surprised this headline didn’t finish with ‘and why this is all good for Nigel Farage’

Reform UK receives £100,000 donation from firm that faced winding-up petition; cost borne by workers/creditors. Party funded by the super rich, tax exiles, offshore entities, hedge funds, foxhunting enthusiasts. Reward: policies that will enrich a few

* Reform thrives on voter apathy, gifted the stage by cowardly parties * Musk sneers at Britain’s democracy, urges mob rule * Rumblings of Andy Burnham stepping in as Labour’s challenger More in Pecksniff's political diary ⤵️ eastangliabylines.co.uk/pecksniff/pe...

Then and now.

In case you missed it ... Both "Tommy Robinson" and Charlie Kirk were funded by the same US tech billionaire fascist Robert Shillman. #FightFascism

Watch the Dutch kick Disney in their tiny mouse gonads…

‘The stupidity of the crowds’

Pretty clear illustration of "you may as well stand up for what you believe in, they're coming for you anyway."

Reform suspends councillor who allegedly posted comments about killing the prime minister www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

French olive oil, Greek Figs, Italian Cheese and Spanish ham. All made in the EU with zero bullshit documents of doom to put it all together. Why the UK fucked up on one plate! Cheers from southern France on this warm summer evening…

My "American Week" for @tomswarbrick.bsky.social's drivetime programme on @lbcwatchuk.bsky.social. Listen live every Friday at 5:50pm UK-time, or find hit here on demand afterwards. 🎧: audioboom.com/posts/877945...

Dutch late night TV has its take

‘They are making it increasingly obvious they want to criminalise criticism.’ James O’Brien says nobody in Donald Trump’s world ‘truly believes’ in free speech.

More than two million households plan to avoid using central heating this winter www.itv.com/news/2025-09...

Look who came with

Excellent broadcast of the BBC's media show with @rosatkins.bsky.social Guto Harri Isabel Oakshott and a strong @mrjamesob.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

It is exactly 50 years since I went up to university to read history. Almost everything I was taught has turned out to be wrong.

Q: Do you think it would've been fitting to lower the flags to half staff when Melissa Hortman, the Minnesota House Speaker, was gunned down by an assassin? TRUMP: I'm not familiar. The who?

Google’s huge new Essex datacentre to emit 570,000 tonnes of CO2 a year Exclusive: Planning documents show impact of Thurrock ‘hyperscale’ unit as UK attempts to ramp up AI capacity Campaigners say a wave of massive new computer warehouses will put pressure on finite power and water resources

Nigel Farage on the Clacton house, "As for the sources of the money, I've said previously what I've said and I'm not going to say any more"

Trump's policies are hurting everyone except for the richest 1%. "New Golden Age" for whom?

Welcome to Weimar Britain. @mrjamesob.bsky.social

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion, after getting $1.2 trillion richer over the past year alone. Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care. The system is broken.

Revolving doors. Thames Water paid £1m+ to corporate lobbyists part-owned by Starmer adviser. The aim is to reach policymakers, keep TW private. TW pays £200m a year to various advisers, cost borne by customers. Public ownership would end this chicanery. No need to pay dividends, lobbyists.

In 2024-25 HMRC wrote-off £7.2bn of tax. Main reason is UK insolvency law. Since 2003, HMRC has been an unsecured creditor for taxes owed by companies such as corporation and capital gains tax. Billions lost. Public purse pays subsidies, employment & other benefits. Reinstate Crown preference.

Free speech news 🎵

Imagine being the kind of person with the chutzpah to "explain" to Margaret Atwood what Margaret Atwood meant in The Handmaid's Tale

Gordon Brown was one of the architects of SureStart which played a key role in reducing child poverty under the Blair government. It took the Tories less than a year to take it back to 1998 levels. Childcare offer from @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social is a pale shadow www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Now Gibraltar has won its way back into Schengen and a customs deal with more access than before Brexit, while the rest of us are stuck with queues, red tape and decline. And where’s the UK press? Silent. Once again it’s Washington Post exposing Brexit. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Welcome to Weimar Britain. @mrjamesob.bsky.social

To mark 70 years of ITV, we’re launching a brand new 3-part podcast series! Episode 1, Independent Minds, dives into the story of ITN - how it redefined TV news and shaped a nation. Coming soon to your favourite podcast platform.

What Boris did next: files reveal troubling secrets of the ex-PM’s pursuit of profit www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Great show of EU flags at the Albert Hall tonight