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Reform UK are nothing without Farage, and now he’s a liability Nigel Farage urged to take ‘break’ from politics by former Reform UK chair

He just makes everything so joyful. Joy is a seriously under-rated thing.

Few people know Russian spies better than Sean Wiswesser, a former CIA station chief who spent much of his career working in the ex-Soviet Union. But he says we are ‘wilfully unprepared’ for Moscow’s hybrid war of sabotage and assassinations

The FAA is investigating after a United Airlines flight encountered a drone during its descent into Newark Liberty International Airport on Friday evening, according to agency officials.

This is the new talking point from Reform supporters over on X. In other news, Nigel Farage has yet to hold a single in-person MP surgery in his constituency in the almost two years since he was elected

@nialloconghaile.bsky.social David here distils Brexit exceptionalism in a paragraph: "I don't want to be a Spanish tax resident." "I don't want to pay for a visa." "But I should still be able to live there whenever I please." The sense of entitlement is almost anthropologically fascinating.

Beyond the movement of lines on maps... its hard to comprehend the human cost of what Putin has done. This will have created generations of hatred towards #russia.... probably centuries. #Ukraine

“the plotters had far-right views, but hoped to kill Republican officials”

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Aussie here… our aircon is 100% run by our solar panels. Thanks for your attention to this matter!

This is what imperialists always do. They claim to love their country. They feed its people into the machine.

"The average life expectancy of a new recruit—from arrival at a training ground to death in a combat zone—lies somewhere between 10 days and three weeks. Once they are sent onto the battlefield, Russian fighters survive an average of 20 to 35 minutes." foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/25/r...

Very clear view of why Americans are rightfully pissed off. Meanwhile Trump is spending our tax dollars like a drunken sailor. Sorry to all drunk sailors.

“Our societies are not built to withstand what’s coming, and by any rational thinking, all countries should be uniting in a last ditch battle to save the world.”

Wolff to Sky Sports: "It's a 100m lift, a single yellow for George, loses a tenth and a half. It's completely on." #F1 #AustrianGP

How about trying to be good yourself Donny? But I assume Donny has a different definition of "good".

So, maybe rather than packing the Supreme Court, it gets abolished instead? It seems to me (from the UK) that it is no longer fit for purpose. Decisions are made for wholly partisan (political) reasons, rather than what the law says. Just an idea.

Jonathan Lemire and Russell Berman: “Trump wanted to fix up the Reflecting Pool. What he got instead was an on-the-nose metaphor for the state of his presidency: a no-bid contract to a crony that went over budget, ended in failure, and resulted in the pool being policed by federal troops”

Question: Are Ukraine's strikes on Russian oil infrastructure having a real impact, not only undermining Russia's war machine but also making regular Russians feel costs of war in unignorable ways? Answer: Picture of car line waiting to get fuel, so long that there are port-a-potties along the way.

The recent developments regarding Belarus are noteworthy. First, Lukashenko publicly apologized to Ukraine and President Zelenskyy for Belarus‘ role in Russia’s war of aggression. Then he turns off the repeaters which Russia has been using for drone attacks in Ukraine‘s north.

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Disclosure: I'm an EU immigrant, so have skin in the game 🙂 Honestly, and I'm not saying this for you specifically, it would be about time that someone, a politician, any politician, makes a positive case for immigration, which 🇬🇧 needs and will increasingly need, given demographics. 1/n

Burnham is very wary of his Northern UK voters as of many other voters who still haven’t realised the worth of the EU and have the narrow minded attitude that their salaries will be in competition with cheaper European labour. Burnham may not be courageous enough to talk about CU or single market.

I disagree, John. The EU was not particularly looking forward to this summit with Starmer in any case, and it would be absurd to carry it on with Burnham, an unknown quantity in Brussels. Timing matters very much in these things.

Absolutely right. It would be far better for Starmer to make the necessary concessions than Burnham. Now Burnham risks getting a pile of negative headlines and a weakness narrative thrown at him. If anything, the EU has actually made meaningful progress less likely.

Postponing makes sense for (almost) everyone — apart from anything else AB’s probably going to be a bit busy forming a new government. I’m sure Team Starmer is p*ssed off because this would have been one of his very few achievements which will now go to Burnham.

Maybe, but the UK has hardly filled a reservoir of trust on this

I think this is unnecessary by the EU. Burnham is extremely unlikely to unpick anything that's agreed at the summit.

Farage was never into democracy. The only reason he was in UKip was because he was leader, ditto with Reform. There's no way Farage will lower himself to serve under anyone else. It's the reason why Reform is still a provate company, simply because Farage doesn't want any democratic accountability

The sums involved in the MPs expenses scandal were chicken feed compared to the Farage £5m. HIs reaction - mind your own business - suggests he may not be cut out for this democracy thing app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/73952/...

Not sure we fully appreciate that about Iran. One of the two earliest World Cup qualifiers, advanced from AFC qualifying as efficiently as Japan. Best chance yet to reach the knockouts for the first time in history. Forced to play an entirely different tournament, logistically. Such a shame.

It's long overdue .. (cartoon David Horsey) #politics

Brexiteers: "Brexit has been a success". Us: "Show us the bloody evidence, then. Like numbers and stuff.

BBC radio four this AM are still discussing the stupidity of Brexit as if it has some validity and needs "balance". How many days did they spend looking for a pro Brexit expert ? The spherical earth needs balance by flat earthers ?

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The combination of falling oil prices and the ongoing fuel crisis is likely leading to increased economic strain on Russia. This could destabilize its economy further, as it struggles with budget deficits. 5/5

As Russia continues to face financial losses from oil exports that it can't process domestically due to refinery damage, experts believe increased sanctions enforcement from Ukraine's allies could put further pressure on Moscow. 4/5

No that's true, civilian deaths were enormous weren't they? This feels different to me in that these are casualties on the front line.

1.400.000! tomorrow 🥳🥳🥳

Most worrying: A coup d’état is in the making and a dictator will be appointed.

I never complain in these situations, but I have to hold my hands up and accept that strategy really isn't paying off

Went out for dinner on Thursday evening. We've been on a horrendous run of laughably bad service the odd time we do go out for dinner, so was hoping for a change this time round. Anyway we were very grateful when they offered us a full refund on the main courses

I’m tempted to enjoy the Trump humiliations. But I think it also important to note that as they mount, Trump is becoming even more erratic and dangerous. Beware. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/the-mounting-humiliations-of-dj-trump

This is an old post but it shows how corrupt he is.

I am profoundly ashamed of how our government treated the Iranian soccer team. They were classy the whole time. But FIFA cheated to get them out. And we treated them like shit. Not the fans. The fans were great. But the officials and organizers were ghastly. We started the war with Iran.

Ukraine's cruise missiles struck the Titan-Barikady arms plant in Volgograd on 27 June, starting a fire The plant makes launch systems for Russia's Iskander-M, Yars, and Topol-M missiles and has been under US and EU sanctions since 2022. euromaidanpress.com/2026/06/27/u...

Over the past three-odd years, Netanyahu and the assorted gang of Israel’s right-wing majority (Ben Gvir et al) may well have ended the long-term viability of Zionism. And they didn’t have to. A frenzy of chauvinist bloodlust that made Israel an almost universal pariah.