Farage did have taxpayer-funded security after accepting £5m gift from billionaire The Reform leader had an eight-person protection team and two vehicles inews.co.uk/news/politic... < What new tall tale will Farage think up to justify the 'gift' £5m?

"It was unclear if the plan would affect women." Somebody really hasn't thought this through.

ABC NEWS: ".. Trump's longtime teleprompter operator is believed to have made tens of thousands of dollars by placing bets on that speech and more than a dozen others .." abcnews.com/US/white-hou...

Exclusive: US military hasn’t conducted standard review of intelligence tied to strike on school in Iran, sources say edition.cnn.com/2026/07/16/p...

For the first time in more than a decade, there are no active-duty women on track to make admiral in the U.S. Navy. Women make up 21% of the active-duty Navy and 7% of its admirals. Pete Hegseth's answer to that gap: block seven more officers from promotion...

Not an expert on Scottish criminal/media law but if this a charge under either s.127 Communications Act 2003 or s1 Malicious Communications Act 1988, the point is this. Both allow prosecutions for “grossly offensive” communications

America having a normal one.

Every time the behavior of Pete Hegseth generates a headline, I'm reminded of these lines from Marinetti's Futurist Manifesto, which presaged Marinetti's Fascist Manifesto

The co-founder of an Israeli cyber-intelligence company that developed the powerful Pegasus spyware entered Panama in December 2013 using an Israeli diplomatic passport, migration records obtained by journalists show.

Universities are indeed exporters - huge exporters. Education was a £29 billion credit on the current account balance in 2024, almost all of it universities. That's considerably larger than the insurance industry's contribution, and about the same as the management & consultancy industry.

Can I try to make everyone feel a little better? Only eight teams have won the World Cup, ever, in its nearly century-long history. And England is one of them - and there or thereabouts for some years now. It’ll happen.

Tears in the rain #ENGARG

You cannot score one goal and then never leave your half again — it’s so foolish to hand your opponent unlimited tokens to keep playing the slot machine

I blame Brexit

l - r Lady Victoria Beckham, Sir David Beckham, Ken Paves (hairdresser)

"drink it in boys, this is what you're fighting for" #EngArg

Thursday's @theguardian.com cartoon #NigelFarage #CountBinface #FIFAworldcup #ENGARG

Remember to scream loudly out of the window at random moments to keep your iPlayer-watching neighbours on their toes.

Reform UK's Zia Yusuf is currently delivering a speech accusing his party's critics of using language that will put his colleagues' lives at risk. In other news, here's Zia Yusuf two months ago

Solar power provided a quarter of the European Union’s electricity for the first time in June 2026 Solar generated a record 52TWh of electricity during the month, accounting for 25% of EU power generation. www.energylivenews.com/2026/07/14/s...

@ejeancarroll.bsky.social: "I don't understand how people can be afraid of a fat elderly man who wears apricot makeup, his hair done up like Tippi Hedren in The Birds and sits in a court room and moans and groans and complains”

I remember no end of tankies and right wing weirdo types abusing the hell out of me when I said the SSRC was into chemical weapons research. They flat out denied it. I feel vindicated.

Revealed: Farage’s £5m gift came after saying he needed ‘a million a year’ to stand as MP www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Gender-affirming medication, eh?

Congress needs to step in and squash this right now before these lunatics unleash a roided-up military on American cities.

My brain hurts.

What a complete and utter disgrace Short-sighted, stupid and thoughtless www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Tedious!

"I can't afford security so I was given £5million, which I didn't spend on security, so I need the state to protect me, oh wait they're cops and will rat on me, oh woe is me"

NEW: E. Jean Carroll has collected her $5 million judgment against President Donald Trump, more than three years after a jury found him liable for sexually abusing and defaming her—NBC News

Fascinating to watch how the British Right has now embraced the ideological fanaticism and cantankerous party splits it used to mock the Left over

Revolutionary Conservative Party decides to purge saboteurs and wreckers willing to have a pint with anyone outside the Central Committee

How Putin is inflaming immigration tensions to spark disorder in Britain inews.co.uk/news/putin-i...

Some 300 evacuated after car with military-grade weapon found near Paris synagogue www.jpost.com/diaspora/ant...

New Prime Minister Péter Magyar described Hungary's president Tamás Sulyok as a Viktor Orbán 'puppet' who carried out the illiberal leader's agenda until he was ousted in April. ft.trib.al/f9mYtW9

New: the “Coalition of the Willing” announce military exercises in neighbouring countries to Ukraine to show they’re “credible and ready” to provide security when a ceasefire is reached. They’ll take place during the next month.

‼️Ukraine will receive licenses to produce Aster-30 anti-aircraft missiles for the SAMP/T air defense system,AASM Hammer aerial bombs &SCALP cruise missiles President Macron: Ukraine will get the first batch of SAMP/T missiles&16 Rafale aircraft&the accompanying weapon systems

Declined official UK security? Fishy Farage seems desperate to avoid any chance of scrutiny.

"Shipping industry ⁠officials expressed concern at the latest development, adding that such a move in their assessment would violate international ⁠law." @reuters.com www.reuters.com/world/middle...

Putin's war is still raging. Ukrainians are still being killed. Russia should be nowhere near the Olympics. The IOC must reverse this shameful decision. @tomgordonld.bsky.social

Nutcase

Twelve arrested over threat to an Islamic event in Suffolk

David Potter, co-founder of The Bureau of Investigative Journalism, has died aged 82. www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...

12 people have been arrested as part of an investigation into a suspected extreme right-wing terror plot against an Islamic gathering in Suffolk The UK Ijtima, which hosted 15,000 Muslims for a programme of talks and discussions, was closed and evacuated by police on Sunday

Ann Widdecombe death: counter-terrorism police take over investigation

Ouch...

It's interesting that nobody's running McConnell's comms now he's supposedly conscious. Why *isn't* there a statement? Why claim he's awake if you won't follow through and put out press releases?

The Defense Dept. has a rule: Only U.S. citizens or permanent residents can handle sensitive data. Then Microsoft created a workaround that seemed to violate the spirit of this rule, leaving computer systems vulnerable to Chinese government sabotage:

BREAKING EXCLUSIVE: In a stunning admission, the FBI just confirmed to me the existence of training videos instructing FBI analysts on what to redact in the Epstein Files. I’ll show you the letter and discuss the massive implications in one hour. Link below: www.muellershewrote.com/p/breaking-e...

The staggering difference between what Ukraine has managed for its economy during this war and what Russia has come to is quite possibly historically unprecedented.