Farage is in Dubai hosting a lunch for Indian billionaire Sunny Varkey, the latest non-UK resident to back Reform.

I’m sure Indian billionaire, Sunny Varkey, wants to give Farage a ton of cash to improve the lives of the people of Clacton. And definitely not to lobby for crypto or fossil fuels or to have first dibs on the firesale of British assets (eg the NHS) that Farage is bartering for power. FFS wake up UK.

Jamie Driscoll set to return to front line politics in his old seat in Newcastle as a Green at May’s local elections. www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

9 deaths. ICE has kileld 9 people. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/...

Proper good news for thousands of people. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🚨🚨Late to this but this seems to be a MAJOR story: Slovakia’s PM #Fico (a Trump alley) told EU leaders at a summit last week that a meeting with #Trump left him shocked by the US president’s state of mind. 🧵https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-florida-robert-fico-eu-summit-nato/

“An administration official gave away the game to Punchbowl News, admitting that these “de-escalatory measures” are about placating Senate Democrats so they don’t seize this moment to demand restrictions on ICE as part of any government funding package.” newrepublic.com/article/2057...

The Defence Committee heard this week that failure to reform defence finance and procurement could drive inflation across major equipment programmes, as MPs pressed the Government on access to private capital and the rising cost of military capability. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/warning-that...

The United Kingdom is at its best when we’re true to our values: tolerance, decency, respect for individual freedom and the rule of law. We can't let Nigel Farage throw that all away by turning Britain into Trump’s America. Choose a brighter future with the Liberal Democrats.

I love our country, but Nigel Farage wants to turn it into Trump’s America. We can’t let him. Choose a brighter future with the Liberal Democrats.

The majority of the public recognise that Brexit was a failure, and want a closer relationship with the EU. It's time for the Government to listen, and act.

As if we needed any more evidence... 😪

UK National Security Assessment is warning of environmental collapse. Government tries to bury it.

Data Protection Day The UK may no longer be part of EU, however it can be illuminating to track their work ...

Happy #DataProtectionDay! In a digitalised and inter-connected world, your data is more valuable than ever. The Council of Europe standards protect your privacy and personal data. Learn about your rights and how to exercise them: www.coe.int/en/web/data-...

Imagine watching the president declare an entire African community unworthy of the American dream, while readily granting asylum to only white South Africans, and still believing this is about solving our immigration issues.

DHS recruitment poster - The slogan “We’ll Have Our Home Again,” is also the title of a song written by white nationalists and embraced by groups like the Proud Boys. Those who lurked in dark corners of the internet are now government employees with guns. ICE must go. The people must demand it.

EU countries are cracking down on Russian shadow fleet ships. 14 countries bordering the Baltic and North Seas warned they will be quicker to identify shadow fleet vessels as stateless, which lets them be boarded under international law. Expect an impact on oil exports, soon.

The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions. It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.

Closer cooperation with Europe is essential if we want to become more resilient and better able to respond to crises. A deeper and more structured UK–EU defence partnership is not simply an advantage, it is vital.

NEW Nerve investigation reveals extent of Palantir's enmeshment in UK state operations Peter Thiel's surveillance company has deals with government bodies amounting to at least £670m – inc. £15m contract with nuclear weapons agency By @carolecadwalla.bsky.social Charlie Young & Max Colbert 🔗⏬

Working with our European neighbours to share clean power acts as a route to energy sovereignty and abundance. Cooperation has allowed us to transform the North Sea into a truly regional clean power hub, and it shouldn't stop here.

Devastating analysis. I had thought that the agent who removed Pretti’s gun negligently discharged it, the shot leading others to start shooting Pretti. Not even: they shot *after* disarming him. No shots were fired from Pretti’s gun. A cold-blooded execution. www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

Reform UK looking more and more like a more extreme, more dysfunctional (if that is even possible) version of Boris Johnson's failed government. Vote for Reform UK and get the very worst of the Tories...

NHS staff, you shouldn’t have to carry this alone. Corridor care is happening every day — politicians need to be confronted with that. We’ve created a secure, anonymous portal for staff to share their experiences safely. 🔒Let's get the truth out there: whistleblowersoftware.com/secure/every...

NATO has begun a large-scale military build-up in Germany as allied forces and equipment arrive for Exercise STEADFAST DART 2026, the biggest exercise of the year and the first full test of its new Allied Reaction Force. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/?p=66151

Increased red tape, paperwork and border delays have significantly reduced trade with Europe, with businesses across the country struggling, and an estimated 4% hit to GDP after Brexit. Aligning with the Single Market isn't enough - we must fully rejoin the Customs Union and Single Market.

In the face of growing global threats, it is now more important than ever to work closely with our European neighbours to strengthen our shared security. Cooperation with Europe is essential to upholding stability in an increasingly uncertain world.

"He is progressive in opinion, happily leading Pride parades and castigating racism." The right-wing attacks on Khan are misled and misguided. https://www.economist.com/britain/2026/01/25/sadiq-khan-is-not-the-mayor-right-wingers-imagine-him-to-be

On Holocaust Memorial Day, we remember the six million Jewish men, women and children murdered in the Holocaust, and the millions of others killed under Nazi persecution. We honour survivors and renew our commitment to a country where all can live and worship safely.

@theguardian.com It would be a good time to shed light on the fact that Reform are planning to create a British version of ICE if they gain power.

Who bought the single ticket? Oh hang on, it was Farage wasn’t it! 😂

The regime continues to tighten its grip

"ICE OUT" on Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis, as seen from my flight leaving MSP airport

Ice luminaries on Lake Nokomis, which is on a flight path from MSP airport. #ICEout

Hey TikTokers! Is this true??

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

Here are my comments on why Trump abandoned his maximalist demands about ownership of Greenland. From a military perspective, it's a fascinating example of how small states can use military force to deter great powers from aggression.

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Prime Minister Frederiksen: We have been able to take a very important decision within the European Union - to phase out fossil fuels from Russia. All Europeans can see now that it was a huge mistake to be dependent on Russian fossil fuels. We should never have done that.

Moscow's propaganda machine has been hard at work depicting Europe as a "digital gulag," hellbent on suppressing free speech online. "Russian propaganda portrays any effort to combat disinformation as a threat to freedom of speech", says Jakub Kalensky, an expert on disinformation.

A genocide against Ukrainians is unfolding right now. It already has a name: "Kholodomor" (exhaustion through cold) This crime is being deliberately committed by Russia. In legal terms, it has a clear definition - genocide

Bovino is just the patsy - a noxious and odious fall guy. Stephen Miller is the architect and prime mover of the whole thing. Everything they do is at his direction - often after his threats. As long as he runs policy in the WH, nothing will change no matter how many Bovinos come and go.

Regular reminder that an anti-immigrant idiot with hateful tendencies towards minorities, is also funded by oligarch immigrants from Iran, Ghandeharis, who are alleged to be behind the purchase of his foreign national girlfriend’s house in Clacton and to have funded his weird trip to Davos.