You just cannot take the iPaper seriously when it wheels out Kwasi ‘mini budget’ Kwarteng to comment on the budget. We don’t *ever* want to hear from this arrogant clown again. “No prudence” FML.

‼️‼️ Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."

If #Trump really wanted to stop #Ukraine war on day one, he should've just told #Putin to remove #Russian military from Ukraine and stop attacking. He had the might of US military and NATO, and didn't even rattle a sword. Instead he chose to be Putin's puppet from "Day One." Wonder why?

The founder of an investment company who bought an £8.5 million London flat after supplying 50 million faulty PPE masks during the pandemic has had a criminal restraint order imposed on the property. www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...

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Whatever else this government do (and there's plenty of issues with this budget) ministers will always be able to point to this as an incredible important contribution to the country's future. Almost half a million kids taken out of poverty.

Yes. That’s why I posted they be investigated and tried for treason. This whole administration really. 🤬

Putin aide Yuri Ushakov called the leaked chat with U.S. envoy Witkoff “very unusual,” blaming WhatsApp and hinting someone wanted it exposed. He claimed neither side wanted the leak, but compared it to the Flynn case, suggesting Witkoff might have enemies in D.C. Yeah right.

OBR says lower net migration will hurt overall productivity

"Fury as illegal protest stops people getting to work and urgent hospital appointments!" screams the right wing extremist media. Oh wait, sorry, it's a protest about multi-millionaire farmers paying IHT... No surprise to see Farage on the side of the lawbreakers.

🤬 Bloomberg reports that Witkoff coached Putin’s aide on how to talk to Trump about a “peace deal.” According to Bloomberg, this became known from a leaked recording of a phone call between Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and Putin’s foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov.

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A MAN WITH 411 SEATS IS FIXATED BY A MAN WITH 5. IT DOESN’T GET MUCH DAFTER THAN THAT! Farage’s Achilles heel is Brexit. Starmer could be wiping the floor with Farage, but he’s not because he decided to back Johnson’s hard Brexit.

Indeed. What he and his ilk “want” is to hoodwink the disenfranchised segments of society and gain control/ Power. All in cahoots with nefarious forces that seek to trod upon the very people that “support” them 🤷‍♀️ Cue MAGA / Pootin / Oligarchs …

You have to ask, why was Witkoff chosen for this critically important role of special envoy to Putin? He had no diplomatic or foreign policy experience. No education on those subjects. So of all people, why him? I think what we all surmised is clear - Putin wanted Witkoff.

It's Christmas next month!

BBC removes description of Donald Trump as "the most openly corrupt president in American history" from the broadcast today of Rutger Bregman's Reith Lecture. I was among the several hundred people to hear the original at the lecture theatre

Ah, yes, targeting military aircraft infrastructure in Rostov is the same as the daily random murder of Kyiv civilians in their apartments. I hate you people so much.

Given that the BBC endlessly gives platforms to lobbyists from the dark money junktanks without revealing their interests, shouldn't we be seeing such apologies every day? Better still, how about not doing it? If they want to appear, we should know on whose behalf they are speaking.

@rupahuq.bsky.social now holding the BBC Chair to account for the frequency of the appearances of Nigel Farage & other #ReformUK figures on BBC shows (eg #bbclaurak #bbcqt) despite having only 5 MPs 👏👏 Good - so many people want that question asked! #dcmscommittee #NigelFarage

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

And note this about the Reith Lectures - it is not about news reporting

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Sen. Mark Kelly on MS NOW: "I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane. I've been nearly shot down multiple times … My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head, six people killed around her … We know what political violence is.  And we know what causes it, too."

To all UK media - I am not and have not been listening to talk of Thursday's budget until the budget is delivered on Thursday. Thank you for your attention in this matter.

Needless to say, this story is nowhere near the front page of the BBC website despite only being posted 4 hrs ago. So where have the BBC put a story about Farage, an MP who leads a Westminster party and whose seat is in Essex? In the "Wales" news section, obviously

“.. This is X in 2025: Potentially fake accounts crying at other potentially fake accounts that they aren’t real, all while refusing to acknowledge that they themselves aren’t who they say they are — a Russian nesting doll of bullshit.” @cwarzel.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

Thinking about doing a big post with all the first-gen migrants in British palaeontology and palaeoart. Not many of us, but we vibing with crippling stress of being deported from or discriminated in, what has became, our only home.

A round of applause for the French is in order! 👏👏👏

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#Conwy Quay #photography #shootGR #GRist #GRsnaps #cymru #wales

Farage Mocked After Giving Bizarre Reason For Not Investigating Reform Russia Claims www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/amp/entry/fa...

"Please stop creating wealth in our country. If the point is to take care of your family, it's unacceptable. Go create wealth elsewhere" (Quick note: If said migrants have money to send away, it means they are working. Ergo providing services. Ergo creating wealth.)

Out on the town having the time of my life doing some non-hurtful antisemitic banter with a bunch of Jewish friends. They're all just out of frame, laughing too

I ate him, that’s true, but not in a hurtful or insulting way. #farageracist

Ah yes, the British edition of MAGA — one of Farage’s loyal disciples who never asks questions. Criticise their leader? Suddenly it’s special treatment only, please. And if you dare mention the glaringly obvious racism? Congratulations, you’re now a ‘lefty looney.’ How original.

Winter Morning, acrylic on canvas, 48x24in.

If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch. We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

🔴Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny Critics say “Orwell would have enjoyed the irony” of the former Conservative minister’s appointment bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...

Y’know, believing there’s a kind of racism that isn’t hurtful or insulting is itself quite revealing.

Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea

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Reform Party threatened legal action for critical news stories www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

An irritated Nigel Farage said he would never racially abuse someone ‘in a hurtful or insulting way’, which raised more questions than it answered – 23 top responses. www.thepoke.com/2025/11/25/f...

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Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils? It was years ago. Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils? Not in a hurtful way. Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils? Not with intent. Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils? Not genuine abuse. 😮🫣😬😱 ~AA

Now on board this small train from Ceske Budejovice to Cesky Krumlov. OneTicket fare for 65+ is 39Kč (c. £1.45)