I’m quite sad that this will be the third World Cup in a row that FIFA have robbed any possibility of enjoyment from. I love football, but there’s just no way I can watch knowing that it’s for sale to any tyrant who wants to sports-wash their regime. FIFA’s corruption is matched only by the hosts.

The truth … not enough hospital beds is the cause of A&E delays … political failure & NHS leaders complicit with them Jan 23 Rishi Sunak promised 5000 more PERMANENT hospital beds. NHSE leaders in Dec 23 said that there were added. There are 400 fewer beds now than when he made that announcement!

And this, from Boris Johnson in 2004 (Spectator).

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

The point about Nathan Gill and Russian bribery is most importantly that he got caught.

Says the dude swimming in donations - or are they investments - from private healthcare interests. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Despite claims of being humane and painless, the use of nitrogen gas for executions and assisted suicide causes air hunger, panic and violent physiological distress.

##downwiththecrown ##NotMyKing ##charlesthelast

Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...

The UAE where hugging in public can get you arrested, where human rights barely exist, where foreign workers are routinely abused, where critics of the regime routinely disappear, where an Indian nanny was shot by firing squad in March & where marital rape is not a criminal offence but being gay is.

Premature ejaculation

Wes Streeting & Labour are planning the demise of the Family Doctor this was clear 2yrs ago GPs have been fighting to provide the best care possible for patients yet have been faced with 20% cuts in funding Replacing the Family Dr eases the path to the Tesco/Boots/Corporate GP

“The disposition to admire, and almost to worship, the rich and the powerful, and to despise, or, at least, to neglect persons of poor and mean condition is the great and most universal cause of the corruption of our moral sentiments.” —Adam Smith

Good thread on Elon Musk, a fellow of the @royalsociety.org and therefore an exemplar of their values.

Trump has indicated that he will not seek a formal declaration of war from Congress for military actions targeting drug traffickers. “We’re just gonna kill people that are bringing drugs into our country." A shift towards unilateral military action WITHOUT TRADITIONAL LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL.

Thinking about Führage followers. How do they reconcile their anti immigration stance with the immigrants in their football team? Or reconcile their anti immigrant stance with their visit to A and E at their local hospital?

As I said in yesterday's post there's a scenario where first past the post turns very bad for Labour and PR is very much in their interest. samf.substack.com/p/is-pr-comi...

Over 500,000 views before the Community Note fact check.

Eurovision: suspend Israel action.eko.org/a/eurovision...

Wow..Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. Dutch intelligence is smart

See the difference? 👀 #NoKings

For those who are not inclined to use FB. Any problems take it up with Radio Svoboda

Migratory birds face a tricky trade-off. Overwintering avoids the perils of a 6,000-mile journey, but risks sudden cold snaps and food shortages. Which species are taking the risk? asks Jenny Rhodes ⤵️

I fear he’s correct.

I hope Trump isn't planning a coronation...

The Daily Excess are just as bad as the Daily Heil.

"In discussion with the King, and my immediate and wider family, we have concluded the continued accusations about me distract from the *work* of His Majesty and the Royal Family," said a statement from Prince Andrew….6am/2pm, 2pm/10pm, 10pm/6am.

We’re used to navigating challenging waters and our latest PFI debt report was no exception.🔍 Getting this information wasn’t easy, at every step we faced resistance. 🚫 Establishing the facts shouldn’t be this hard - but it won’t stop us. Read about it: everydoctor.org.uk/talking-poin...

Again this is labelled ‘antisemitic’ rather than anti-Israeli.

Labour is telling you VERY LOUDLY who to vote for if you value human rights. And it's definitely NOT LABOUR.

Mark Thatcher is a convicted criminal who took huge bungs from the Saudis to grease the wheels of arms deals & tried to arrange a mercenary coup in Equatorial Guinea aimed at seizing control of its oil resources. So yes, of course he likes Farage & Reform.

So you've got a Canadian "journalist" covering the trial of an Irish citizen, who lives in Spain and whose costs are being covered by a South African born migrant living in the United States. Break out the flags lads....

“When menstrual products are taxed as luxuries, it shows what a society values & what it doesn’t. The unpaid care work women do is a hidden tax that covers the failures of the state.” Miriam Nobre, Sempreviva Organização Feminista (SOF) #ClimateForChange2025 #FeministEconomics

Former Labour MP Ruth Kelly appointed as Chair of Thames Freeport. Blackrock 80% stakes in 3🇬🇧freeports, inc Thames Freeport Kelly’s post-MP career blur the line between public service & private gain, potentially aligning Thames Freeport’s with BlackRock's interests open.substack.com/pub/european...

We go live now to Donald Trump in the Oval Office to give a statement on the Nobel Peace Prize being given to a Venezuelan woman

A reminder that 75% of people support a wealth tax. To the ‘patriots’ saying they’ll leave the country in a strop: Paying a wealth tax on assets above £10m is not a hardship. You'll still have a fancy house, fancy car and a fancy life. Patriotic Millionaires know. @patmillsuk.bsky.social

New YouGov polling shows 75% are in favour of a 2% tax on wealth above £10 million.

Guardian, Friday, 10/10/2025 Every day British school children come home pestering their parents for the common ownership of the means of production.

Astonishing advance by the Greens, astonishing implosion of Labour. When will Starmer's government get the message that it is destroying its base with deeply unpopular, rightwing policies? By chasing Reform, it legitimises the far right while delegitimising itself.

A reminder: Asylum seekers are in hotels because of a huge application backlog that the gov't must work through. Robert Jenrick - now, bursting with creative solutions - processed applications slowly ***on purpose*** as a deterrent. Here he is, as Immigration Minister two years ago, saying so. ~AA

Twelve Jobs Nigel has earned over £1 million in additional income since the general election. To understand the scale of it, since the July 2024 election he's earned roughly £100k more as a brand ambassador for Direct Bullion than Starmer gets as PM. www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

*We have steered this country into its darkest days* —Conservative Conference

The UAE is an authoritarian autocracy, a petro-state with no income tax for citizens, to bribe them for the lack of democratic voice or free speech It is 85% migrant, a segregated society with a ban on integration in principle and practice, few rights, equal opportunities, nor voice for incomers

Right-wing politicians are claiming that inequality is falling in the UK based on a tiny change in one national statistic. This is not the case in reality. Inequality is rising. In this post, I explain why and what we can and should do about it. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...