We already knew Richard Tice aggressively avoided tax. Now we’re told his company just plain failed to pay tax that was legally due. For someone supposedly in public service he goes to extreme lengths to avoid paying his fair share towards public services www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

The deputy leader of Reform UK, Richard Tice, owns a property company - Quidnet REIT. From 2020 to 2022 it paid Tice and his trust £600k in dividends. Quidnet should have paid £120k of tax on those dividends. It didn't. A 🧵 with evidence from the company's own filings:

Coventry Council says more Palantir please! The council’s children’s services contract with the US surveillance firm caused an outcry. Now the deal has been renewed, with a 50% price rise and a new campaign to "kick Palantir out of Coventry" reports Max Colbert @mc00.bsky.social Link below ⏬

👀👇🏻 Coventry City Council renew Palantir ‘pilot’ with 50% cost increase Typical predatory consultancy: bid low to get a foothold then ramp up charges NOT council’s fault their capacity has been hollowed out If Palantir is the answer we’ve asked the wrong question www.thenerve.news/p/coventry-c...

Not a v Friday activity I realise, but hey. Been looking at the various far-right parties. Restore Britain has 16 councillors. Advance UK has 11. RB raised £600k. AUK has £100k of Habib's cash & supposedly £600k from donors Neither has won a single council election. All cllrs are from defections.

The point here is not the money saved (although that's useful) but the fact that some children preferred taking tablets to liquid formulations. Beware of assumptions about what patients can do or would choose - try asking them.

Bruce the band perform "Purple Rain" in honor of "The Maestro" Prince for the opening night of the Land of Hope and Dreams American Tour in Minneapolis, Minnesota on March 31, 2026. Filmed by Chris Hilson Edited by Thom Zimny & Sam Shapiro Recorded by John Cooper Mixed by Jon Altschiller

Rotherham's invitation for people to come together next Saturday for a celebration of England, in the run up to St George's Day, where everybody is welcome

Why would anyone expect that the party led by a racist public schoolboy who grew up to steal public money by fiddling his MEP expenses would attract candidates who were fit to serve in public office?

This is how Bruce Springsteen opened his concert in Los Angeles last night. 🔥🔥 Footage from @margaret_nagle on Threads.

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🎂 Happy Birthday 🎂 to the Good Friday Agreement signed 10 April 1998 ✊🏻

I have tabled a New Clause amendment to the Courts and Tribunals Bill which would deliver the specialist rape courts we promised in our manifesto, so these cases can be prioritised (and managed properly) without the "need" to remove jury trials for other offences. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

The hunting ban came into force 21 years ago, but foxes are still being chased and killed. Loopholes continue to be exploited, and wildlife is paying the price. Now is the time to speak up. Respond to the public consultation on hunting laws: https://leagueacs.co.uk/W8Bsg

🚨Holiday Planning Those clever people at Muji are the only company whose carry-on luggage is guaranteed to be accepted by both Ryanair and EasyJet …

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You couldn’t make it up corner* Trump literally accusing Starmer of appeasement because by not colluding fully with an illegal war prosecuted by the US & Israel, Keir Starmer is refusing to appease Donald Trump … www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

The two-child limit is scrapped from today! How has the policy affected children? And what will scrapping it mean for their lives? Please listen and share.

The pressure on Palantir’s #NHS contract is building from every direction, and ministers are starting to listen. We need as many people as possible to act right now. Check if your NHS trust is using the software and say NO PALANTIR IN OUR NHS! notopalantir.goodlawproject.org/email-to-tar...

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NHS urges patients not to put off care as doctors in England prepare for strike Meanwhile … Patients urge NHS to pay the doctors what was stolen from them by the Tories and stop fucking about www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Wonderful work! On my way to the Neighbouring Island this morning, so very timely.

Analysis by the House of Commons library estimates that Brexit is costing the Treasury up to £90bn a year!

www.youtube.com/shorts/2xw2d... 🧪 This is a nice demonstration of why (for example) screening all men for prostate cancer (even if we had a good test, which we don't) may not (counter intuitively) be such a great idea.

In a blatant act of provocation yesterday, Sadiq Khan allowed Christians to perform the Passion of Jesus in Trafalgar Square - a disgraceful show of dominance by a religion from the middle east.

“He’s not a war hero. He is a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.” -- President Donald J Trump, July 18, 2015

If we're on the verge of superintelligent AGI, why, when I miss out a space typing "All the best" at the end of a message, does the software decide I meant to write "All Thebes" like I'm Sophocles or something?

Electoral Commission: “If you receive goods or services free of charge … you must ensure these are valued at a comparable market rate … in all cases, you should make an honest and reasonable assessment of the value of the goods or services you are receiving.” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The Satanic Temple Wins Historic Baphomet v 10 Commandments Monument Case in Arkansas open.substack.com/pub/luciengr...

Two lost 1965 Doctor Who episodes released after being found in private collection

This, from the grandson of Oswald Mosely, whose company's founder Peter Theil said: "I no longer believe that freedom and democracy are compatible." Irony is dead.

All but three (!) of the 1,651 refugees admitted into the United States in the three most recent months we have data are white South Africans. For comparison, in 2024, the U.S. admitted 100,060 refugees. It's an explicit white supremacist project. www.rpc.state.gov/documents/Re...

And STILL the world's leaders believe the heinous genocidal maniacs

Inaccurate election bar charts are nothing new. But when we challenged a Reform spokesman on the numbers didn’t apologise or plead mathematical incompetence; he openly admitted that the misleading bar chart was a deliberate tactic. Read about it here:

👀 It’s Official Wes Streeting will sabotage the NHS by refusing to deliver necessary training places for doctors so he can look what? Tough? Decisive? He’s already happy to put our data at risk We need trained doctors Pay negotiations shouldn’t affect this 🤷🏼 www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

It’s a full moon (Easter Sunday is always the Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox). This full moon is known as the Pink Moon, after a flower that blooms at this time. Generally it would symbolise rebirth—this year it certainly seems to be coinciding with buried things emerging

Rallying Cry from Reform’s Housing Spokesperson “Everyone Dies!” So we might as well vote Reform … 🤷🏼

Both of Marco Rubio’s parents were born in Cuba. Marco Rubio was born in Miami in 1971, before they became US citizens. He is a US citizen because he was born in the US under birthright citizenship. #Hypocrites

NOT NOW All Fool’s Day …

When Derek Chisora takes on Deontay Wilder on Saturday it will be the 50th professional bout for each. The fight is being billed as 100. But after the fight they will still only have a total of 99 fights between them. Perhaps 99 doesn’t look as cool on a poster!

The extraordinary documentary evidence at the heart of the UK Afghan war crimes inquiry - a thread. There is currently a public inquiry into alleged war crimes by UK special forces in Afghanistan in 2011-12. The ongoing inquiry has published some interesting and worrying documents. >

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“Palestinians convicted of lethal attacks deemed terrorism face execution – while settlers enjoy impunity despite soaring West Bank violence” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“Palantir’s UK boss criticises ‘ideological’ groups as ministers move to scrap NHS contract” I object to companies with a record of data misuse A. Getting access to NHS data B. Supplanting in-house data management I may be ideological Palantir is a parasite 🦠 www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Now do the same with everyone seconded in / on short-term contracts from McKinsey et al - the enemy within

The handful of American officials seconded to UK government departments are increasingly being asked to leave meetings when sensitive information is discussed, in contrast to a more permissive approach previously www.ft.com/content/7b96...

If Labour were serious about fixing the NHS then instead of manipulating waiting lists by knocking people off before their treatment is complete and rationing who gets referred they would be focused relentlessly on increasing NHS capacity through training staff not using it as a bargaining chip

Welcome the UK's introduction of a Public Interest Test for procurement contracts over £1m and requiring "insourcing" strategies from larger departments.