R.I.P. It took me a while to realise she was also in Shitt’s Creek

I'm not prone to exaggeration but this is probably the biggest scoop I've ever been involved in Mandelson's partner took £10,000 from Epstein to pay for his osteopath course while Mandelson was de facto UK deputy prime minister, according to new files more to follow www.ft.com/content/c950...

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

Americans are learning that TikTok, is less censored in China, than it is in the US. open.substack.com/pub/thespect...

Reform picks anti-migrant activist Matt Goodwin as its candidate for the Gorton and Denton by-election. A reminder that just a few months ago the BBC invited him onto Question Time as a supposedly independent "author and academic"

Regime lässt auf eigene Bevölkerung schießen: Iran prüft Militärschlag gegen USA www.der-postillon.com/2026/01/iran...

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

America is so strange, especially at present. A person can have a licence to legally carry a gun in public (open or otherwise). But carrying said weapon in a non threatening manner can get you killed by employees of the government that allows you to carry the weapon.

They know what they say is untrue, they do not care it is untrue. The media know that what they repeat is untrue, they do not care it is untrue. Their supporters know what they are told is untrue, they do not care it is untrue. Telling the truth is not enough, unless people care about the truth.

Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power

“Everyone should be allowed to carry a gun for their safety but the government can murder you in the street if you have a gun” is an incredible endpoint for the conservative moment

I hate saying it but if Stephen had left Jade in the game she probably would have stayed with him to the end and the betrayal would have been even bigger. So probably better for both of them

The Producers of #Traitors certainly have struck gold this season on how some of the events turned out. But if Rachel survives this she should be the first to go in the final, unless they all have amnesia again…

Trump lashing out at Macron for being unpopular and having to step down soon is peak delulu.

If a Democratic president had done something like this, Fox and the GOP would have turned Adriana Camberos into a household name à la Willie Horton or, yes, Hunter Biden. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/16/u...

Let’s keep this in mind🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🤓

True. I’m sometimes amazed by my colleagues‘ use of AI - Where a bit of brainpower/discipline could have done the same, if not better, result.

Zahawi 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Reform is really just the bottom of the Barrel. Kwarteng, Braverman next? How many more does orbitals before People realise that they won’t be able to govern?

Caught up on Traitors. Didn’t like some of the characters in the beginning, but episode 5 made up for everything!

Remember: what Trump and his administration are doing is only possible because Congress and the Supreme Court have abdicated their proper constitutional functions of check and balance.

Fact: The people that ran Venezuela last week (minus one) are running it this week.

It's wild that the PM of a NATO member feels compelled to put out a statement like this vis-à-vis the US government.

In case anyone wonders what the optimal number for kidnapping is: it’s 2. “They’re already complaining about this one operation. Imagine the howls we would have from everybody else that we actually had to go and stay there four days to capture four other people,” Rubio said Sunday on CBS

2026 can get fucked already!

Let’s not forget that Aruba, Curacao, Trinidad and Tobago are also close to Venezuela and now under threat. Or that Venezuela and Guyana had a border conflict (about oil), so they are now under threat too.

For reasons: youtu.be/XUSiCEx3e-0?...

DOJ is still in violation of the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

Like so many US presidents before him he will soon find out that the first step is “easy”. It’s the next ones that make or break it…

Does FIFA also have a coupprize?

Spare a thought for all the people frantically posting “anyone here in 2026?” Under every YouTube video right now

Thank goodness David Cameron held that referendum to see off the rise of Farage.

Meetings seem to go better when JD Vance isn’t in the room

Peace in Ukraine has to be followed by free elections! …In the Ukraine, Russia and the US…

Anyone blamed Mamdani for the weather yet?

I think at this point all the satirists have just taken other jobs. You could not make this shit up.

Business Plan: find a farm that is worth £2.4m, broker sales of it from one owner to another for £200k a deal. The plan: only sell to non-farmers that are terminally ill. They get to pass down their inheritance tax free and then sell to the next family “in need”. That’s how this works, right?

Community. Note.

“Weltmeister und Europameister, das haben nicht mal die Amis geschafft!” Auch für solche Bonbons gucke ich #SportlerdesJahres

Aber warum brauchte es jetzt eine Doppelfolge #Tatort? Nach Holland fahr ich jetzt aber erstmal nicht mehr

So Germany allowed Maccabi supporters for their game against Stuttgart. Result: racist chants and a one match ban for all their supporters by UEFA. But let’s keep pretending that these idiots are ‘normal’ fans and are treated unfairly www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

BREAKING: Israel’s Cabinet approves proposal for 19 new settlements in occupied West Bank. This is Israel breaking the ceasefire, violating international law, & forcibly & violently stealing land—all while having killed more than 1000 Palestinian civilians in the West Bank over last 2 years. 1/2

I guess we know one thing with 100% certainty now: Biden isn’t mentioned in the Epstein files. We also have to assume that under every black line there is one name that we all knew was going to be in it

Tommy Robinson gets embarrassed in Dubai. It's so funny, he gets banged to rights.

For a man that regrew his ear it’s strange that his hand is always in recovery mode

Oh @danneidle.bsky.social Germany is about to lower VAT for gastronomy from 20% to 7%, guess what: looks like people are now waking up to the fact that this will neither lower the costs of food nor will it result in higher wages for staff, but just increase profits.