They are all at it - the relentless search for wealth and power www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

From the other place.

30p Lee accepts hundreds of pounds worth of freebie football tickets www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/30p...

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What’s a little insider trading when you’ve got a bonkers pirate in the White House…waging war with Venezuela on a bet?

Come on Steer Karma - it isn’t difficult - the criminal POTUS invaded a sovereign country and kidnapped its president and his wife Starmer never fails to disappoint www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

After a very long drive I am in one of my favourite places in the universe #Sandsend

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It’s 2026, and already any remote, distant thoughts for hope for a better USA and the world has been blown to smithereens in just a few days. 😢

This is the model of healcare that Reform favour and would like to place the NHS with. Tice likes to call it "independent" healthcare but it amounts to one thing. If you've got no money, you don't get treated.

Charlatan

Farage’s party lame ducks

Just close Grok down. Simple as that. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

St Albans Abbey / Cathedral

The author of this BBC News article implies that the comparative scarcity of a product means that it is OK to increase the price by 500% Q: Does it cost more to produce? A: No, so why does it cost more? Why do we accept this leave of greed? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'Nigel Farage’s New Year message paints Britain as collapsing — poorer, unsafe, censored, and “last chance” territory. In this video, I run his claims against the stats and the receipts: inflation and jobs, street crime, policing of online speech, what schools actually .. ' youtu.be/Q506w3SekTk?...

Farage confirms he’s glad his (schoolboy) racism has been exposed, that he’s enjoying the electoral kickback it’s given him amongst his racist supporters and expresses absolutely no shame or guilt about it at all. Racist man. Racist party. Racist voters. (iPaper)

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. Juliette Bryant didn’t whisper this, she tweeted it daring Michael Bay to come after her. Whether he was there or not, survivors are done waiting for the gov to release the real Epstein files. #EpsteinFiles #TrumpFiles #Epstein #MichaelBay .

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Here’s to 2026 It’s time to get rid of the Emperor King Trump and all his sycophants - it is all I can wish for, for the sake of the USA and the world.

“The idea that squeezing a tiny elite of billionaires will pay for everything is fantasy and we do need to expose that.” Good job no one’s ever actually said that - including me. So why is Labour again repeatedly lying to avoid taxing the super-rich? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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😮 What a winner it would be for a candidate to run for the French presidency on the basis of justice and holding Musk to account! www.joe.co.uk/politics/fra...

Worthy of a read…

Imagine having this level of self awareness. 8 charges of accepting Russian Bribes. Welsh Leader of Reform UK. Nathan Gill. Ring a bell?

This is disgraceful! Which idiot encouraged people to vote for the Brexit that made this inevitable?

God honestly. Doesn’t this just sum up Reform. And their plastic patriotism. Can’t even give a straight answer or follow the rules on their unbelievably naff merch. So on brand. Oh well. You sell or wear one of these, you’ve told us all we need to know about you. (iPaper)

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One violent act by one perpetrator. Then suddenly an entire group is declared the enemy. If it feels like MAGA treats every tragedy as proof that “the left” or any out-group is inherently dangerous, you’re not imagining it. thinkbigpicture.substack.com/p/trump-maga...

This was posted on Facebook and appeared in my feed - I kid you not.

Jeff Simpson died from cancer in 2018 and became the first UK firefighter to have his death officially recorded as caused by the job. Jeff never smoked, but after decades of exposure to toxic smoke and contaminants, he developed a rare cancer. Now his wife Anne is fighting for a legal precedent.

What happened to the execs who ruined lives during the Post Office scandal? Fujitsu execs, accountants, lawyers also made millions from the scandal. All living in comfort. None fined, prosecuted. Even when that happens, litigation will last for years. The UK legal system doesn't deliver justice.

Spotted this Little Egret on the walk yesterday.

I'll strip civil servants of their pensions, but I'm keeping my £73,000 EU pension, despite my attendance record being the 4th worst out of 751 MEPs.

“God the almighty has made our nation. We are defending His work by defending its very existence” Adolf Hitler, January 1945. Seems apt to reflect on this statement in the current political climate.

This is deeply concerning and very sad to read. Corridor located ‘end-of-life care’ should never be an option😥 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Citizenship stripping has become a political tool for authoritarians to signal their credentials. No matter how abhorrent someone’s tweets, or views, the idea REMOVING THEIR CITIZENSHIP should be the response is deranged. Philp & the right in general have lost the plot. #r4today

Christmas Sunday walk

Wrapped in the Union Jack, Thatcher and the Tories sold off your water like junkies selling the TV. Now it’s owned abroad by Malaysians who don’t know Wessex exists. Absolute con.

I read 13 books in 2021 I Read 16 books in 2022 I read 22 books in 2023 I read 22 books in 2024 I read 22 books in 2025 At least I am consistent Will I get to 23 in 2026?

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What happened starting in 1980? Mass Privatisation. So instead of your wages being decided by what your Government could afford and what you earned, you are paid as little as possible to maximise profit.

America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth. The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%. Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.

New study suggests a way to rejuvenate the immune system news.mit.edu/2025/new-stu... Stimulating the liver to produce some of the signals of the thymus can reverse age-related declines in T-cell populations and enhance response to vaccination

If the average person could earn £400,000 for four hours work a month, they wouldn't need pension advice. It can't be said enough. This man is a spiv, a fraud, and a Russian asset. What he is NOT is any sort of friend to working people. He is the enemy! 🤮 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

It’s hard to believe that one man can cause so much stress, so much fear, so much pain and suffering…a man who took an oath to preserve and protect our Constitution. This man, who is inciting terror across our land, must be removed from office. In a sane world, it would happen immediately.

This festive season spare a thought for those who are locked up for taking bribes from the world leader I admire most.