One of the biggest mistakes by the government was to tolerate and pander to this group. Far right extremist thugs posing as patriots, who should have been clamped down on from day one www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Despite claiming to give his paymasters “nothing in return” for their money, the truth is that Farage has been assiduous in serving their interests. Last year, as Christopher Harborne was handing millions of pounds to Reform UK, Farage was taking to the airwaves to openly promote his company

And yet it is being reported as a modest successful event. It was a strategic failure by the US and marks a notable moment in US decline.

It is amazing how little the press is willing to dissect US decline under Trump. The US got no help with Iran, was scolded on Taiwan, says it got a small Boeing deal (China has not confirmed) and Trump appeased on Chinese students, microchips, etc. Xi even insulted US power.

All victims of US strikes in eastern Pacific and the Caribbean identified so far came from extremely poor communities

Also worth considering that it was an investment more than a purchase. He will get new and looser crypto regulations in return, as well as a host of other benefits. £5m will pay for itself easily.

First he abandoned Ukraine and now he is abandoning Taiwan. Sucks to be a democratic friend of the USA these days.

Christopher Harborne is a new entry on the Sunday Times rich list top ten - worth £18 billion. He bought Reform for 0.1% of his fortune...

NEW Fears over the spread of Palantir’s influence after ‘Big Brother’ Met police project extended The staff surveillance pilot was due to expire in April, but the Nerve has established that it was in fact extended to today, May 15. There is no indication what happens next… Link ⤵️

Does he think cisgender is “six genders”?

Trump: "President Xi said America is a nation in decline. And I said, 'You're right.'"

Friedrich Merz in Würzburg: "I would not recommend that my children go to the USA today, be educated there and work there, simply because a certain social climate has suddenly developed there." "I am a great admirer of America. My admiration is not increasing at the moment."

I’ve decided that I’ll only feature videos of Farage in my content with voice modification, like the BBC did with Sinn Fein in the 90s, to avoid giving them the oxygen of publicity or any illusion of credibility.

Breaking: The Texas Supreme Court has refused to declare that Democratic lawmakers who briefly fled the state in 2025 to block a vote on the congressional map demanded by Trump had vacated their office. It deals a blow to Greg Abbott's efforts to severely punish the Democrats.

NEW: ArXiv, the open-access repository of preprint academic research, will ban authors of papers for a year if they submit obviously AI-generated work. www.404media.co/new-arxiv-ru...

Day 6 of Elon losing it about a Black person being cast in a movie

Trump is expected to end his suit against the IRS in exchange for the creation of a $1.7 billion slush fund to "compensate allies" who he claims without evidence were wrongfully targeted by the Biden admin — many being Jan. 6 insurrectionists. It would be an unprecedented use of taxpayer dollars.

naturally

For years, the biggest criticism of renewables was simple: “What happens when the sun isn’t shining?” The answer is increasingly: battery storage. 24/7 solar power is no longer theoretical. In some places, it is becoming economic reality.

I hope this isn’t true. There are times when it’s more important to put country before party. This is one of them. Burnham’s longstanding commitment to a fairer voting system could transform our democracy & counter the dire threat of a Reform UK government elected on a minority of the vote

This is a disgrace. Profoundly reckless.

A company called Liberty Rock claims you can pay your tax with a magic cheque. They'll make all your tax go away, for the small, small fee of 30% of the amount. The only problem: it's a fraud. We’ve obtained the documents and are naming the names. Thread:

JUST IN New decision from Swedish authorities: Shadow Fleet sanctioned tanker Jin Hui can not leave Trelleborg. The vessel is formally detained. Confirmed this morning by Transport Styrelsen. Breaking in TV4. @pa.nton.cx @vesselspotter.bsky.social @maikmarahrens.bsky.social @auonsson.bsky.social

Nigel Farage insisting "I cannot be bought," after being exposed for secretly trousering £5 million from a crypto billionaire, buying a house with the money, and then immediately launching a lobbying campaign for the crypto industry, is quite something

On the office of Prime Minister from a constitutionalist perspective "The prime minister-shaped hole in our constitutional arrangements" By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

Half-expect to be told next the £5m was for a secure ballroom in Clacton.

An FBI agent visited the home of Milwaukee County's elections director earlier this week in an attempt to question her, the county clerk has said. It's the latest sign that the Trump admin is probing the results of the 2020 presidential race in Wisconsin.

In the USA today corruption is not just a widely accepted part of the system, it is the point of the system. Go ahead Americans, shrug your shoulders as the President turns the office into a vehicle for illegal enrichment. www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...

Why exactly would a Thailand-based economic migrant secretly give Nigel Farage £5 million as a 'reward' for delivering Brexit? I won't get to ask either of them this question but every single journalist & broadcaster granted access could...

Detained SEA OWL 1 tried switching from one false flag - to another false flag. Remains in detention.

The fact that Keir Starmer has drafted Morgan McSweeney back in to save him has to be funniest part of all of this. Truly committed to never learning a single lesson you have to give it to him

Easily the best way to get screwed by Donald Trump's America is to be a democratic and free state which just wants to live peacefully within its own borders.

Is he going to talk about Trump pardoning 70+ convicted fraudsters, or Trump being convicted of felony fraud himself, or Trump settling with Trump’s own justice department to transfer $10B in taxpayer dollars to Trump for no reason, or

The White House has deleted a TikTok after misspelling Xi Jinping’s name at a high-stakes China visit.

Let him who hasn't been given £5 million to buy himself a house and lots of other nice stuff throw the first stone.

Jenrick listed the money as coming from 'Spott Fitness' - a company which had no employees, had never made a profit and carried debts of over £300,000. In reality it came from Gary Klopfenstein, a Chicago-based investor who pled guilty to wire fraud and misappropriating funds

New research shows that more people abandoned Labour because they were too tough on immigration - and because of their support for Israel - than because they were too soft on immigration.

A Politically Exposed Person buying a £1.4m house with cash that they got from crypto seems like the sort of thing that would set off *all* the money-laundering checks?

Labour is challenging its leader over whether he’s delivering change fast enough for the public. Reform UK’s leader is engulfed in scandal encompassing potential corruption and financial deceit, and its members don’t care. The difference between a democratic political party and a leadership cult.

This chart is excellent. It’s really clear how Labour didn’t just lose votes on the margins, its coalition fully fractured into several pieces. Betraying your party’s core values to try to win over voters who loathe you is bad politics in a majoritarian system with several parties

Just a couple days ago this money was supposed to be for his security.

He’s dropped the ‘security’ claim already. Tricky to sustain when you’ve been buying houses for cash…

Good time to remind everyone of @zackpolanski.bsky.social's wise words, based on his knowledge of acts that constitute it... "Putin has never threatened genocide" kyivindependent.com/explosions-r...

Russians targeted UN humanitarian mission vehicles with FPV drones in Kherson.

All of this. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

BREAKING: Reform UK leader Nigel Farage bought a £1.4 million property in cash shortly after receiving a £5m personal gift from billionaire donor Christopher Harborne, according to property records seen by Sky News.

German journalism is not all right: The Maduro dictatorship is responsible for totalitarian barbarism, such as thousands of extrajudicial killings. Yet the German media is wondering whether the imprisoned dictator is eating too many carbohydrates in his New York prison. (Der Spiegel)

Angela Rayner was dragged through every front page for weeks... HMRC's verdict: NOT deliberate. NOT even careless. Farage pockets £5 million and chooses not to declare it So where's the wall-to-wall coverage? Tell me this isn't a rigged game.

1/ The Russian government's claims that it isn't blocking GitHub are widely disbelieved by Russian commentators, who continue to protest about the severe impact that the apparent restrictions on accessing it will have on military-industrial software development. ⬇️

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