Yet again, the Telegraph ran a spoiler of this public interest story - based entirely on a briefing from Reform. The same as they did when Anna Isaac broke the original story. We all know whose scoop this was @annaisaac.bsky.social

Clacton by election cancelled after FIFA clears Farage of all allegations of wrongdoing /s

OH LOOKIE HERE ANOTHER STORY ABOUT FARAGE!

Reform UK politicians argue that Turkish barbers launder money for drugs gangs. But they shouldn't get people who cut hair for a living confused with Posh George.

The “clean” fully clothed version.

Lennox Grey and The Crowd - She Satisfies Me [Barbados, Islands Soul Funk] (197x) https://redd.it/6ou90q https://youtu.be/VatXzUymxG8

One of my cartoons for Tuesday's Metro

Zilla Mayes- All I Want Is You [US, New Orleans Soul/Funk] (1968) https://redd.it/eabdh2 https://youtu.be/u_wk-Y66Qn0

Sepp Blatter has accused FIFA of corruption. No, this isn't April Fool's Day.

Palantir has been awarded public contracts worth £900m but paid just £823,000 in tax last year. Is this a company that should get its hands on the NHS database?

Yet another egregious & shocking Private Eye story p42 latest edition. The most vulnerable are dying neglected as Pentagon linked Palantir, Wes Streeting & Blairites force into our NHS data, spends more on advertising & selling than the quality of its crap system. GPs/NHS medics say its unusable

Burnham’s Political Economy www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4... see current Private Eye p40 re "Divine Angels Care Ltd" for the current total & criminally brutal neglect current in privatised regulated Children's Homes. We can only imagine what occurs in the increasingly profitable unregulated sector.

Intrigued to hear Danny Kruger, of Reform UK, tell Any Questions that universities need to "change their business model". What would he suggest? Selling crypto? Acting as "brand ambassadors" for Direct Bullion? Recording videos saying "Up the Ra"? Or getting a billionaire to chuck us £5 million?

"Could a Reform government really force ‘foreign nationals’ from their social homes?" www.housingtoday.co.uk/in-focus/cou... @shacaction.bsky.social

"a big Q is how to cut the welfare bill, I think theres an agreement it has to be cut" Yes theres an effort by politicians/media to convince us it has to be cut, when the reality is welfare spend is c.10.6% of GDP & as a proportion thats lower than most other European countries.

Two billionaires who live abroad are planning to sidestep the Government's £100,000 cap on overseas donations. It's clear we need to kick big money out of our politics entirely with a donations cap. Please sign the petition. secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/194728/...

BUT Obama's tan suit 🙄🙄🙄🙄

Excellent from @davidallengreen.bsky.social on how SCOTUS purports to base itself on the common law, but does not - the Slaughter judgment overriding parliamentary supremacy - www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th... I'll add one point about written constitutions here... 1/

Yeah!!

In this dossier, you will find, among 23 articles: - Our portrait of Murray Rothbard, a central intellectual figure in the American libertarian movement, - Critical article about Cryptocurrencies, - A presentation of the think tank The Heritage

[DOSSIER] Every Diagram[me]s interview is accompanied by a documentary dossier. This week, download the PDF dossier accompanying our interview with Quinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com, a professor of history at Boston University @bostonu.bsky.social and a specialist in neoliberal thought.

Cartoon by @jesseduquette.bsky.social

Portes "Theres a lot of nonsense talked, including on Sky, about the spiralling welfare bill.. as a proportion of our national income.. its lower than it was 15yrs ago & its pretty much back to what it was under Thatcher.. this idea its out of control is just wrong" Spot on!

Dzintars - Nenāk Miegs (Can't Sleep) [USA/Latvia, Folk, Funk, Psyche] (1978) : Not sure how to categorize this one...so let's go with psychedelic Latvian folk-funk! A genuine mind-blower : ) https://redd.it/lxxbf9 https://youtu.be/oTE_okJxCEs

Substack write up of the 16-year-old Drivers on benefits Debunk 👇🏼 open.substack.com/pub/monkdebu...

A year 7 pupil told me this morning that her friend filled out a ‘how good a friend are you?’ online quiz but it asked lots of questions about the entire friendship group’s home addresses, date of births etc. There’s a special place in hell for whoever is scamming 11 year olds like this.

US Workfare company claim "role" in flawed DWP "back to work scheme" DWP forget to mention MDRC 'inspiration' Pilot “Hyperlocal” Job Support Scheme in England Shows Promising Signs of Effectiveness | MDRC share.google/zFgK03K48WkT...

Our Blueprint for a national housing union is here. You can leave your feedback on the page too to share your views. The housing emergency and lack of access to justice for tenants and residents are well-documented. We need a mass, national, democratic union. shaction.org/a-national-h...

Last week, most of the major news outlets ran the perennial story about how the Social Security fund is set to run out of money—now by 2032—and that benefits will have to be cut substantially unless Congress acts. Okay, so act.

And Reform UK And Restore Britain And radicalised 50 something male/female journalists

UK libraries have been operating these schemes for years Yet they are still being slashed It's a matter of Treasury philosophy Private 'good'// Public 'a cost' It's minds that need to be changed

SHAC Comment in the Press Pete Apps has been one of the most dedicated reporters on the scandal of the Grenfell fire which could have been prevented if authorities had listened to tenants and residents. peteapps.substack.com/p/has-social...

Vivien Goldman - Same Thing Twice [UK, Post-punk/dub] (1981) https://redd.it/itlqn9 https://youtu.be/79eL00N00Gc

Can we please listen more to voters like this who do joined-up thinking rather than the idiots who just repeat whatever far right bullshit is served before them.

Monochrome - Temptation [Germany, Synthpop, Electronic] (1981) https://redd.it/1tr6fvp https://youtu.be/K0NVUDrPcG4

People still haven't connected the dots.

Glad James has finally got this this page of my posts. Today, he finally realises that Keir Starmer is the victim of a universal propaganda (and physical terrorism) operation. @lbc.co.uk

Meet Michael Winstanley our Conservative Party candidate in the Makerfield by election. He’s very popular and attracting millions of potential votes. People saying his campaign is dead in the water are very much mistaken!

#PalantirOut - if the French can do it surely we can too www.politico.eu/article/fren...

Why don't these Tories, who are so keen on slashing Social Security, just be honest and say that they want to starve the poor and disabled to protect the wealthy tax dodgers? @lbcwatchuk.bsky.social

Mystery solved - it was the @financialtimes.com Inside Politics newsletter👍🏼