Farage “sought to smear Ms Richards on the basis that she is a former CEO of Plaid Cymru. This is unacceptable behaviour, additionally so from someone paid handsomely to present his own show on another broadcaster, and has a vested interest in undermining the BBC. www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...

Hmmm but who is setting China’s GDP growth target and other unrealistic goals? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

About time that #Evri, the worst courier ever, is exposed. Its delivery drivers are treated appallingly. Why do retailers keep using #Evri? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, you have heard from the 28 people my client definitely burgled, but in mitigation I have a letter from one person my client DIDN'T burgle. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Hmm no mention of Covid? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

For the last decade, the pervasive spread of bullshit & manipulation of online platforms have been widely recognized societal concerns. Now non US citizens studying those subjects can be labeled “censors” & denied visas or deported from the US. Censorship, indeed. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Farage to botcott the BBC? Again? Bring it on! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Under Mahmood's current proposals, presumably would have been deported to Czechoslovakia in 1945, when it was "safe" again.

Together with other members of the BRICS group of countries, China’s central bank is building a digital payment system with the goal of recruiting enough countries to chip away at the dollar’s dominance. Officials promise progress in 2026

As I have long said, David Sacks is the biggest and most conflicted piggy at the trough: Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...

Meanwhile, Ukrainian sea drones disabled two of the "shadow fleet" tankers carrying Russian oil. No doubt the start of a campaign kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-na...

You know who contributes billions to the economy? Immigrants. You know who doesn’t? Immigrants too scared to leave their homes (via Bloomberg Opinion)

Dear Bluesky, www.thenerve.news is still tiny. We launched it with no dirty money (no money at all, lol!). But we're proving what's possible with a small expert team & no billionaire owners. We knew the UK press wouldn't understand or properly cover this story, so we did. Thank you for the support!

X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand. The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.

So there’s one aspect of the BBC story that has received zero attention: Robbie Gibb’s potential financial conflict of interests. According to @arusbridger.bsky.social, he was just the bagman for the purchase of the Jewish Chronicle. 1/ www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...

What we really need is a review into the relationship between #Reform and the #BBC specifically #LauraKuenssberg and #QuestionTime Reform calls for review into BBC and Plaid relationship www.bbc.com/news/article...

Michael Prescott and Sir Robbie Gibb both bailed out of journalism years ago, and enjoy lucrative careers in corporate PR. And now they are the arbiters of BBC editorial standards. Go figure www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...

The North-South divide is as wide as ever Ninety years after Orwell exposed northern hardship, new data shows deprivation remains stark across England’s North

Ending higher rate tax relief on pension contributions would raise over £14bn a year. Why isn’t this talked about more as something the CX should do? What am I missing?

Homelessness and #longCovid are two huge problems holding back the economy. The homeless issue has been building for years and is now beyond crisis point www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

i mean, gilt yields are pretty well behaved for a situation where apparently everyone in the City thinks we're gonna default on.ft.com/43eNFhX

The situation has given rise to more criticism of China policy than has been seen in Europe for several years. “The EU’s China diplomacy is an utter shambles,” said Wolfgang Munchau, director at the Euro Intelligence political risk consultancy.

"Far from draining our welfare system, migrants are supporting the British state’s solvency." New analysis by @lgilbert.co ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...

China has the world by the balls and it’s only going to squeeze tighter unless the world bends to its will. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

BREAKING: RFK Jr. flees the scene after Novo Nordisk Executive Gordon Findlay collapsed in the Oval Office. Findlay is reportedly ok.

URGENT: 6 WEEKS LEFT - We're 743 signatures away from forcing a Government response The UK Government is rolling out freeports and free zones nationwide with billions in taxpayer money, yet operates with an alarming lack of transparency. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

This picture is worth 1,000 words.

Purified terephthalic acid, used for making polyester, is one example, but China’s dominance spreads across many more chemicals. And it is increasing. As Western officials focus on rare earths, they overlook chemicals at their peril

A truly evil company. Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show - www.reuters.com/investigatio...

So if Brexit was ill conceived, let’s reverse it

Starmer was briefed on Mandelson’s Epstein links before appointing him US ambassador. Andrew Mountbatten Windsor stripped of privileges, but Mandelson's Labour whip not withdrawn. Starmer withdrew whip from 7 MPs for opposing two-child benefit cap. What is Mandelson's hold over Starmer?

Osborne deserves a lot more condemnation, for not just doing austerity but doing it so cackhandedly: 1. Not borrowing to invest when borrowing costs were at essentially zero 2. Cutting spending by salami slicing every part of the public sector with no real analysis of where could take it

Why are private groups having to do the work the regulator failed to do? Although thank goodness they are because @UKLabour are doing nada despite election promises. We need to hold #Ofwat officials to account - who was in charge and where are they now … www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Richards says almost one in five women in the UK are unknowingly living with iron deficiency, and diagnosis and treatment take on average eight years. Why are women expected to tolerate these symptoms? “Medical misogyny,” he says. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Better late than never, eh? 🇪🇺 on.ft.com/47zcI0t EU pressed to back critical minerals projects as China tightens grip

This 👇!! Read the whole thing

This £197m loan is peanuts compared with the amount of money wasted elsewhere inc on dodgy PPE contracts. At a time when soft power is so vital how can Labour not sort this. British Council ‘selling everything it can’ to survive on.ft.com/3Lb000u

Farage: epic grifter

Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America

Just fancy that - as soon as the whiff of defeat appeared, Reform leaders were off like a shot. news.sky.com/story/caerph...

🤦‍♀️🤣 only 2 months ago… Tory leader Kemi Badenoch says she is Britain’s Javier Milei on.ft.com/4pUdKMQ

And sadly, Rachel Reeves, that person is not you: In those tough times, it’s even more important that we have somebody who’s got a grip, has a plan, knows what they’re doing, and is not willing to be dragged off course by every siren call.” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

It will be interesting to see how far Labour MPs can prevent student voters from switching to the Greens, Plaid or LibDems if Peter Kyle continues to deliver this kind of analysis

Trump is desteoying America. Thisbis extraordinarybself harm. Great but worrying read www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

I’m not defending Angela Rayner. But…

Top Chinese state banks’ interest margins hit new lows – Nikkei Asia

Farage should never be interviewed without being forced to answer for failures of Brexit. That the man whose lies fuelled Brexit vote which has cost UK Billions & who said Liz Truss budget was “best Tory budget since 1986” could be trusted on *anything* is mind-boggling #bbclaura

@phelimkine.bsky.social so sorry to see China Watcher disappear. It’s been an indispensable source of China news and will be sorely missed. Thank you for all your hard work!

Ridiculous take on todays announcements which were really quite marginal in their impact. Saying they strengthen China’s hand in talks with US is really pushing it www.bloomberg.com/news/article...