Rick Johansen
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Fond of sand dunes and salty air. Totally woke. Check my blog at www.eclecticblue.org.uk.
Dont tell me: it was Starmerâs fault? Rugby probably thinks so.
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Epstein scandal: How the paedophile financier made his millions
Sky News takes a look at how Jeffrey Epstein was able to facilitate his crimes and how it was clear, even in his early career, that he could get away with lies to line his pockets.
https://news.sky.com/story/epstein-scandal-how-the-paedophile-financier-made-his-millions-13503187
about 7 hours ago
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After a bruising fight against the media
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Politics latest: Starmer faces PMQs grilling after bruising fight to stay in No 10
Sir Keir Starmer is to face questions from Kemi Badenoch and other MPs at PMQs, after a tricky couple of days. His premiership has been rocked by multiple resignations, calls for him to go, and yet an...
https://news.sky.com/story/politics-latest-mandelson-starmer-mcsweeney-epstein-files-labour-leader-12593360
about 9 hours ago
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More opinion posing as news from the BBC. They've absolutely lost it, haven't they?
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Liverpool Arne Slot: How much pressure is the manager really under?
Liverpool have won just once in the Premier League in 2026 - so will they stick with Arne Slot, who took them to the title last season?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cgl5kd6y8gro
about 10 hours ago
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More opinion dressed up as news from one of Chris Mason's Labour-hating pals. Absolute horse shit.
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Henry Zeffman: Six key questions about Keir Starmer's future
There is no doubting the peril the prime minister was in, but while Labour MPs have decided to stick with him, his future is far from certain.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c80jrg08rk3o
1 day ago
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Public faith in politics is definitely in the gutter and it's at least partly thanks to hacks like Toynbee, who has obviously climbed on the media (especially The Guardian) bandwagon to unseat Starmer.
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Public faith in politics is now in the gutter. Hereâs how Labour should drag it out | Polly Toynbee
With Britain sliding down the index of transparency and voters angry, the looming election bill fails to confront the real issues, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/10/public-faith-politics-labour-britain-transparency-donations
1 day ago
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The worst apology for a political editor, Reform UK Ltd lite, Chris Mason continues his personal mission to unseat the PM. If the govt is in need of reform - with a small r - it's not as much needed as the BBC. Shocking.
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Chris Mason: Labour sticks with Starmer for now but this is not over
The prime minister has come through a political near-death experience, the BBC's political editor writes.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxg9zxy1nko
1 day ago
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Reform slimeball Chris Mason on the news: âStarmer getting plenty of support: but for how long?â He really needs to go. Mason, that is.
2 days ago
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And now we go live to âSirâ Ed Davey who helped prop up Cameronâs vicious austerity heavy govt, took a knighthood for his troubles and has now joined the media in the gutter.
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Keir Starmer, you have two choices now â sort your warring party out or call an election | Ed Davey
The country just canât afford another three and half years of this dysfunctional soap opera, says Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/09/keir-starmer-warring-party-election-ed-davey
2 days ago
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Shame on Sanwar. Doing the Mail and Farageâs jobs for them.
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Politics latest: Scottish Labour leader calls for Keir Starmer to resign
Anas Sarwar has said "leadership in Downing Street has to change". Pressure is building on the prime minister following the departure of his communications director Tim Allan and chief of staff, Morga...
https://news.sky.com/story/politics-latest-mandelson-starmer-mcsweeney-epstein-files-labour-leader-12593360
2 days ago
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As ever, the useless Malik has nothing new or original to say, but she says it anyway. Fuck the
@theguardian.com
. I don't expect she's allowed to say anything about Farage or Reform UK Ltd, or more likely she just doesn't care.
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What links Jeffrey Epstein and Keir Starmerâs government? A thick seam of contempt | Nesrine Malik
Weâre often told the PM is a âdecentâ man. But in appointing Peter Mandelson he chose political convenience over doing right by trafficked women and girls, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/09/jeffrey-epstein-keir-starmer-government-peter-mandelson
3 days ago
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"I have been talking to plenty of Labour folk, from the cabinet down, to get a sense of their mood and, crucially, what might happen next," says Mason. Yeah, right. Why would anyone in Labour talk to that little right wing toad? Made up bollocks as ever.
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Chris Mason: Crunch time for the prime minister
There is universal acceptance in Labour that Sir Keir Starmer's predicament is dire and he confronts immense peril, writes Chris Mason.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce3g8e7n07jo
3 days ago
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Rigby is a disgrace to her profession.
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Morgan McSweeney's exit shows No 10 in full-blown survival mode
This is about a prime minister sacrificing his closest ally in No 10 in the hope that he can remain in post.
https://news.sky.com/story/morgan-mcsweeneys-exit-shows-no-10-in-full-blown-survival-mode-13504982
3 days ago
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It's a smaller bucket of shit that's being tipped over Labour and Starmer by John Harris, a writer I greatly admire, but it's still a bucket of shit, as The Grauniad's relentless campaign goes on and on.
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Politicians âdonât live how we liveâ, voters tell me. The Mandelson scandal wonât change their minds | John Harris
Whoever succeeds Keir Starmer will have an almost impossible task: convincing voters that politicians will serve the people, not themselves, says Guardian columnist John Harris
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/08/politicians-voters-peter-mandelson-scandal-keir-starmer
3 days ago
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@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social
I think you made a smart move leaving ...
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Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/feb/07/revealed-how-substack-makes-money-from-hosting-nazi-newsletters
4 days ago
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Yet more from Tory (or is it Reform UK Ltd?) Laura, tipping another bucket of shit over Labour, full of the usual insiders, unnamed ministers and sundry sources. The BBC is well on its way to hell in a handcart.
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MPs are shocked and angry at Mandelson - and furious with Starmer
Many Labour insiders say Sir Keir may not be the man to take them to the next election, writes Laura Kuenssberg.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czej4ep882ko
4 days ago
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Great to hear Deb Grant smashing it on 6 Music now itâs finally rid of Trump fan boy Huey Morgan, whoâs happy taking the Murdoch shilling.
4 days ago
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It's appalling that in this day and age Sunak has to put up with sick racism. His vicious 'Stop the Boats' rhetoric when he was PM has probably made things even worse. I hope he has learned something because no one deserves to be the victim of racism.
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âIâm British, English and British Asianâ, says Rishi Sunak in riposte to racially charged debate over identity
Podcaster claimed former prime minister not English because he is âbrown-skinned Hinduâ
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/06/british-rishi-sunak-riposte-racially-charged-debate-identity
5 days ago
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This is not journalism: it's yet another opinion piece. Clearly, it's editorial policy to go after Starmer. Shame on the BBC.
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Three things that could bring Starmer down - and what might save him
Sir Keir's survival as Labour leader and prime minister hangs in the balance, writes Nick Eardley.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr7j7n0nxvlo
5 days ago
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5 days ago
Guess who Rigbyâs sipping champagne with, laughing at his fascist jokes. Definitely not Starmer, but c*nt mentioned 42 times in Epstein files.
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Can Farage survive this scandal? I'm sure Chris Mason is on it now.
6 days ago
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The Fagash Fuhrer tells GB News that Keir Starmer's decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as US ambassador shows his judgement is "seriously wrong" and he should stand down as Prime Minister. This cannot be the same nicotine-stained man frog who said this:
6 days ago
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Chris Mason's number two - and I use the words number two advisedly - learning well from his Labour hating boss.
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Henry Zeffman: Could this be the beginning of the end for Keir Starmer?
Few Labour MPs are publicly calling for Sir Keir Starmer to go but this is very serious moment for the PM.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c338g8n334mo
6 days ago
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Chris Mason again attacking Keir Starmer in the BBC 6 Music news, referring to his usual anonymous sources. No journalism, just endless anti-Labour opinion pieces from a bloke who just loves the sound of his own voice.
6 days ago
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The BBC. What is it good for? Absolutely nothing.
6 days ago
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Following this week's pro Green/anti Labour polemic from oliy Owen Jones, here's another party political broadcast in the Grauniad from fellow luvvie and Labour hater Chakrabortty.
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The Green surge shows British politics has reached a turning point - and it has surprisingly little to do with Zack Polanski | Aditya Chakrabortty
At a party event in a school hall in Lewisham, people told me how disillusionment with Labour has led to this moment, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/05/green-party-lewisham-zack-polanski-labour
7 days ago
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What if you are a Labour 'insider' and you pass gossip to a snivelling little toad like Chris Mason? What does that say about you? That you want Labour to fail or that you don't exist other than in Mason's mind?
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Chris Mason: Starmer can ill afford any more days like these
Starmer is furious with Mandelson, and the mood among many Labour MPs is darkening, the BBC's political editor writes.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2pe8m4xk1o
7 days ago
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"Manchester City against Arsenal in the 2026 Carabao Cup final on 22 March," says the BBC Sport website. "Get it in your diary." Why the fuck would I want to do that? Emotion-free robots, playing the most boring football known to man and woman. No ta.
7 days ago
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And more.
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Last chance, Keir? MPs in despair as crisis engulfs Downing Street
No 10âs misjudgment over Mandelson has left Labour MPs increasingly aware of the fallibility of the PM and his team
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/04/last-chance-keir-mps-in-despair-as-crisis-engulfs-downing-street-peter-walker-and-pippa-crerar
7 days ago
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More from The Grauniad.
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Labour MPs say Starmerâs days as PM are numbered amid fury over Mandelson
MPs say release of papers on Mandelsonâs appointment as US ambassador could trigger leadership challenge
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/04/labour-mps-say-starmer-days-as-pm-are-numbered-amid-fury-over-mandelson
7 days ago
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Here goes the fucking Grauniad again.
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If Reform ever wins power in Westminster, it will be because of Labourâs cowardice | George Monbiot
Starmer could improve our unfair electoral system to stop the hard right, but he wonât. All the party has left are threats about âsplitting the voteâ, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/04/labour-reform-greens-splitting-vote-unfair-electoral-system
7 days ago
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What a total shitshow The Guardian has become. Who needs the Mail and Sun hating Labour when the middle class luvvies on the hard left hate it even more?
add a skeleton here at some point
8 days ago
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Owen Jones leaping aboard his latest bandwagon. He must know he's actually helping Reform UK Ltd but he doesn't care. A Farage govt devastate the poor and vulnerable, but it would have no effect on the affluent middle class luvvies at the Grauniad. Like him.
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Starmer has little to offer voters of either right or left in Gorton and Denton. Thatâs why heâs facing a perfect storm | Owen Jones
The Greens are buoyant as Labour struggles. After shredding any semblance of a progressive agenda, fear of Reform is all the PMâs party has left, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/03/keir-starmer-gorton-denton-byelection-greens-labour
9 days ago
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More 'serious' journalism in the failing Grauniad.
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Brand Beckham and the rise of the clapback costume
When words fail, clothes do the talking â from the Beckhams to Dianaâs revenge dress, fashion is the language of image management
https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2026/jan/29/brand-beckham-and-the-rise-of-the-clapback-costume
9 days ago
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Even the usually excellent John Harris follows the Guardian instruction to its hacks to tip a bucket of shit over Labour. Farage must be pissing himself laughing.
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In Gorton and Denton, I found a long-festering sense of fury that Labour has no idea how to tackle | John Harris
The people I met were disconnected and angry at the same time. Even if Labour somehow wins this byelection, how does it arrest the slide into hopelessness, asks Guardian columnist John Harris
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/01/labour-gorton-and-denton-byelection-reform-fury
10 days ago
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Every Grauniad hack is trying to find a new angle to attack Starmer. Now, even Simon Tisdall joins in. Who needs the Mail when you have the Labour hating Grauniad to do Reform's work for them?
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China is leading the charge to nuclear Armageddon â and Starmer barely noticed | Simon Tisdall
The Doomsday Clock is ticking ever more loudly as arms control mechanisms fail and leaders become more reckless. The time to be alarmed is now, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/01/trump-xi-putin-china-nuclear-armageddon
10 days ago
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Absolute fucking dross in The Guardian. Not only does it hate Labour as much as the Mail, it glories in the same trivia.
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âQuietly, subtly, the outsiderâ: Andy Burnhamâs dress sense decoded
Ditching the traditional suit and tie for understated all black âis as calculated as any Westminster suit, just aimed at a different audienceâ
https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2026/jan/31/quietly-subtly-the-outsider-andy-burnhams-dress-sense-decoded
11 days ago
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More bone idle speculation from the utterly useless Beth Rigby. Whatever happened to journalism?
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Any survival hope for PM meant shutting Burnham out - but Starmer and his team can't predict what comes next
Within 40 minutes of the decision being announced, MPs were venting their frustration, giving a sense of the "divisions and anger" in the Labour Party, writes Sky's Beth Rigby.
https://news.sky.com/story/any-survival-hope-for-pm-meant-shutting-burnham-out-but-starmer-and-his-team-cant-predict-what-comes-next-13498804
12 days ago
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Time for a moan about BBC 6 Music. Stop these sodding theme days, like today's 2010s forever. If I want non stop oldies, I have enough commercial slop to listen to already, thank you, BBC.
13 days ago
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Great to see the Saudi sham golf tour collapsing inwards.
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LIV and let die: Reedâs return to PGA fold shows why Saudi golf experiment is doomed | Ewan Murray
Despite an estimated outlay of $6bn since 2022, LIV appears to be far away from establishing itself in the manner of PIF projects in other sports
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/jan/29/reed-return-to-pga-saudi-golf-experiment-doomed
13 days ago
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It takes that absolute weapon Mason until the fifth sentence to inform us that Trump is visiting China in April. Yet look at the headline.
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Donald Trump says 'very dangerous' for UK to do business with China as Starmer lands in Shanghai
Sir Keir says
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0keyyeyr41o
13 days ago
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Great to see LIV falling apart so quickly.
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LIV and let die: Reedâs return to PGA fold shows why Saudi golf experiment is doomed | Ewan Murray
Despite an estimated outlay of $6bn since 2022, LIV appears to be far away from establishing itself in the the manner of PIF projects in other sports
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/jan/29/reed-return-to-pga-saudi-golf-experiment-doomed
13 days ago
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Predictably, even Behr has put the boot into Starmer, He couldn't be the only one not to at The Grauniad, could he? Am guessing these continuous attacks are a diktak from the top.
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From the Burnham row to the China visit, avoiding hard choices is the Starmer doctrine | Rafael Behr
Whether at home or abroad, the pattern of ducking difficult arguments and calling it pragmatism is the same, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/28/andy-burnham-china-visit-keir-starmer
15 days ago
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Big disappointment for Chris Mason not to be selected by Reform UK Ltd for the Gorton by-election?
15 days ago
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And now we go live to the BBC where Chris Mason is approaching orgasm ...
#wanker
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Suella Braverman: Another big beast defection shows momentum is with Reform
Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman is the fourth sitting Tory MP to join the party since the last election.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yv97e7j5lo
16 days ago
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And finally Toynbee makes it a full house of Grauniad hacks against Starmer.
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Hereâs the lesson of the Andy Burnham saga: Labour needs a new leader â fast | Polly Toynbee
Keir Starmerâs dismal decision to block the Greater Manchester mayor has bought him time, but it wonât change his fate, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/26/andy-burnham-labour-new-leader
16 days ago
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Here's the Fagash Fuhrer, standing up to the global elite.
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Nigel Farageâs trip to Davos hosted and paid for by family trust of billionaire
Trust says Reform UK leader was invited to WEF event by London-based venture capitalist as an honorary adviser
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/23/nigel-farages-trip-to-davos-hosted-and-paid-for-by-family-trust-of-billionaire?CMP=share_btn_url&fbclid=IwY2xjawPg2stleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEehHysNjEsKTflbSv_p38ppzwHQaP_DUCHqkOckqzvC760pbAs8m_9dGsAixM_aem_IwI1WZgE2dms_Hsnd9xzBQ
19 days ago
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Farmers protesting against the cheap imports they voted for.
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'Huge protest' causing chaos at docks and M5 as police attend
There are long tailbacks in the area
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/live-huge-portbury-dock-protest-10772379
20 days ago
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Chris Fucking Mason again with yet another opinion piece.
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Andy Burnham faces tricky run to win Labour crown
The Greater Manchester mayor must overcome substantial obstacles in order to challenge Keir Starmer.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg553rk7zvo
20 days ago
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If his wife wasn't editor, would Adrian Chiles have a column in The Guardian? Hard to believe he would. Such drivel.
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I had an eye-opening experience in the queue for a pub toilet | Adrian Chiles
There was the struggle to make chitchat, a whiff of humiliation â and a sobering recognition of what women have to put up with
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/21/i-had-an-eye-opening-experience-in-the-queue-for-a-pub-toilet
20 days ago
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Massive win for Starmer.
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Trump scraps tariffs on Europe and claims âframework of a future dealâ on Greenland after speaking with Nato chief â live
US president touts âvery productive meetingâ with Nato secretary general Mark Rutte and says planned tariffs will not go into effect as a result
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2026/jan/21/us-politics-live-supreme-court-fed-lisa-cook-donald-trump-latest-news-updates
21 days ago
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