Jeremy Bowen really is an outstanding broadcaster. He's a reminder that public service broadcasting can be objective and impartial without needing to be balanced - indeed that balance makes objectivity impossible. I imagine they'll get rid of him soon.

In 2024, at least 1,365 people were killed by police in fatal shootings in the USA. In the England and Wales in the same period that figure... was 2.

"The reason why people on the continent don’t understand Brexit is that it is entirely irrational. It makes no sense to cut yourself off when you end up with much higher costs and inflation, loss of rights and a much weaker geopolitical position as well." https://bit.ly/4bof3ij

apple.news/AH0kOpx-lTG6... Really comprehensive report here. The US is going to descend into chaos and Trump is going to use this as a reason not to hold elections. Remember Nigel Farage and his party want to copy this.

Donald Trump hopes to get Venezuela's oil flowing again, but this will not come cheap. Tripling production, from 1 million to 3 million barrels of oil a day, would cost an estimated $183 billion.

Farage: "I believe in vaccinations when they're vaccinations. I don't think what happened with Covid were vaccinations. You have to keep having them every 6 months." Conspiratorial nonsense. Some vaccinations like Covid shots require multiple/seasonal doses because immunity fades & viruses change.

Today's GB News TV advertisers include *CelebrationOfLifeCremations *Lebara *LeathersofaCompany *WeFixLondon *RangefordLiving *FischerWarmHome *Dormeo *AllClearTravel *TonicSurgery *SimplyFactoring *Tufferman *MetallicElephhant *WeAreBoxt *AliveCor *Freshpet *DroylsdenGlass *HaltonLifts

Venezuela. Greenland. Canada. Iran. It’s all a massive distraction from the domestic chaos in Trump’s US As @kimlanelaw.bsky.social points out the Epstein congressional deadline was just hours before the Maduro raid… democracyforsale.substack.com/p/from-epste...

This is interesting because when I went for my first Covid vaccination, Farage arrived and pushed straight to the front of the queue.

every Lab MP should be saying this

Novgorod Nigel doing what he does best: shilling for the Kremlin. #Farage #Putin #Hawhaw

Bravo FT!

This:

Farage tells @hugorifkind.bsky.social that accusations that he hissed gas sounds at Jewish students at school are a concern of "those that live in London and the upper middle classes".

let's do my usual 'reply to objections' thread: yes, i wrote 7k words entirely about the benefits of immigration to global north countries because *that is how i think the argument will have to be made* if it is to land

Russia’s shadow fleet keeps Putin’s war machine funded. Stopping that matters. Today the MoD has assured me this operation is taking place in line with international law – unlike US actions in Venezuela. The rules exist for a reason, and the UK must not be complicit in breaking them.

People who consider themselves decent, progressive, or left leaning should not only be embarrassed to remain on X in any active capacity - they should be deeply ashamed. The line was crossed long ago.

Is anyone surprised? Once a Putinista, always a Putinista. Yes, Comrade Nige knows what side of this bread is buttered.

Today's reminder: Nigel Farage is a traitor to our nation. He has accepted money from foreign governments and organisations that are enemies of our government and must face justice. #FarageOut

Quite obviously Jared would be a top informal advisor role in the second Trump administration... even if he wasn't the president's son in law based on his impressive work at his dad's real estate firm which he absolutely would have done even if he hadn't been his dad's son

This is SO unfair. Just because Jared Kushner earned a living as a real-estate investor working at his father's Kushner Companies... and then took over the firm when his dad was jailed.. and then landed a load of profitable gigs after his father in law became president it does not make him a nepo

Telling isn't it that all the "protect our girls" people are still on X despite what Grok is doing.

Just read on Twitter that the latest pollster recording high polling votes for Reform was registered at exactly the same address as Reform. They quickly tried to change their address….. caught. This is why I don’t believe the Polls. They’re rigged to make you believe Reform are popular. They’re not

Germany's Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul reminds the United States if they attack Greenland it'll be war with Europe: “Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. And since Denmark is a member of NATO, Greenland will, in principle, also be subject to NATO defence”.

I'm afraid there *is* an obvious answer: it can't.

Yup - we have a massive issue incoming, and this year’s tipping point will be decisive.

Exc - Keir Starmer is preparing an EU reset bill with sweeping powers to align the UK with EU regulation which could go beyond what was agreed in May. Details of the deal are not finished but the bill will go through parliament in parallel with EU negotiations www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Without a hint of irony, Kemi Badenoch - after doing the full ‘Trump was right’ on Venezuela for best part of 10 minutes - when asked about Brexit on Radio 4 Today says ‘sovereignty matters’ Then asked for one big policy, says cutting net zero Fundamentally unserious

🔴 Farage is a foot soldier in Trump’s oil war Reform is being advised by the architects of Trump’s oil agenda 👇🏻

"It was vital all parties sustained the momentum towards a just and lasting peace, the leaders agreed." "The leaders also discussed maritime security in the High North, building on the UK and Norway’s already close cooperation." "They looked forward to speaking again in Paris." 3/3

To quote, the message says: "Tomorrow’s meeting would offer further opportunity to integrate US and Coalition of the Willing planning for the cessation of hostilities, the Prime Minister said." 2/3

The UK PM has had a call with the PM of Norway today, ahead of the Coalition of the Willing meeting in Paris tomorrow. The statement is a timely reminder of the importance of staying focused on protecting Ukraine - and, as much as we might not like it, the major contribution the US must make. 1/3

The idea that the West "dissolved its empires and colonies" would be news the thousands who died fighting to preserve imperial rule. Besides that fact - British GDP grew only 54% from 1870 to 1913 (the apex of colonialism). But from 1970-2013 (the neoliberal era) it grew more than twice that: 123%

An interesting read.

Just weeks after the 80th anniversary of the Nuremberg trials, where Nazi leaders were prosecuted for the gravest of international crimes, GB News tells viewers that international law is "a nonsense" & "generally speaking the United States doesn't really acknowledge... any kind of international law"

The UK government welcomed the opening of the embassy as part of a wide-ranging statement on the Middle East in the Commons this evening 2/2

The Palestinian Embassy in London has been officially opened today. The inauguration ceremony at the embassy in Hammersmith ocurred earlier today and is a major step following the UK's recongition of the state of Palestine last year. 1/2

Reconnecting with Europe is essential if we want to repair the economic and social damage left by Brexit. Help us bring 1,000 new members into the movement this January, and sign up to help secure a stronger, closer relationship with Europe.

The weekend daytime audience is CONSIDERABLY more batshit than that weekday audience and they love these stories. Miraj is definitely looking to get a Reform seat at the next election, so he's more than happy to play his part.

Funny how the entire British media keeps saying the Venezuela government was 'illegitimate' but regards the Brexit vote a campaign of lies & disinformation aided & abetted by foreign billionaires, Russian bots and the entire British media as entirely fair and never to be mentioned again

"Europe is crying out for closer relations with Britain". Nope. Wouldn't mind, isn't desperate. www.ft.com/content/b234...

Farage ‘fake news machine’ capitalises on terminally ill child www.thecanary.co/trending/202...

30p Lee accepts hundreds of pounds worth of freebie football tickets www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/30p...

I think what China understood and the rest of the world has been slow to do is that Trump is running a protection racket more than a trade or foreign policy. He wants the payoffs more than the invasion or regime change.

Scrapping the OBR could be Nigel Farage’s Liz Truss moment. Me for @the-independent.com www.independent.co.uk/voices/nigel...

Russia is using an army of bots to inflate support for Nigel Farage and Reform. Farage and Reform are traitors to everything English and British. Traitors.

Nigel Farage expresses support for Trump's "unorthodox" breach of international law - on grounds that they may "make China and Russia think twice" But the main impact on Russia and China will be to help them to legitimise aggression in cases like Ukraine and Taiwan, citing Trump/US as analogous.