I’ve written this lengthy FT analysis overnight about the multiple multi-thousand pound Epstein payments to Mandelson’s husband these particular paragraphs are worth reading slowly www.ft.com/content/608a...

Corridor care isn't normal. It is undignified, unsafe, and the result of political choices. Dr Julia explains why we’re pressuring Wes Streeting for a plan to end this crisis. Over 10k people have already sent our letter, will you join them? Take action ➡️ everydoctor.eaction.org.uk/end-corridor...

The UK and EU should swiftly conclude talks on UK membership of SAFE. It’s in both sides’ clear interest, all the more given recent choices in the US administration and ongoing conflict in Ukraine. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Labour MPs are admitting they don’t want to go and campaign in the Gorton & Denton by-election because they know they are going to lose.

Times of Israel: Iran has rejected Trump’s ultimatum to quit producing enriched uranium, give up its ballistic missile program, give Trump all of Iran’s stockpiles of enriched uranium, and quit supporting regional proxies. Or else. Trump is about to start another war.

"People sense something fraudulent in the mismatch between his sense of authority – and the complete absence in reality," author David Runciman tells Lewis Goodall. From historic win to record low polling, how has it gone so wrong, so fast, for Starmer? www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/how-...

The ENTITLEMENT MENTALITY of Labour MPs is off the SCALE After telling BLACK and BROWN people like me "STRANGER" in my OWN COUNTRY, having 1000s of us ARRESTED, after taking BLOOD-SOAKED BRIBES, after ENGAGING in GENOCIDE, after telling us to LEAVE, now they BLACKMAIL us for our votes PRICKS!

“They’re both the straight man. They’re both the stooge – the thing that would give the other one life is missing”. Is the double act of Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves dragging down Labour's time in power? @ppfideas.bsky.social

The guy on the left was one of the Jan 6 rioters who broke into the Congress building in Washington and threatened people, who was later pardoned by Trump.

Total nightmare for Nigel Farage. He's spent years desperately trying to distance himself and his various parties from this far-right crim - and now look what's happened.

I'm not prone to exaggeration but this is probably the biggest scoop I've ever been involved in Mandelson's partner took £10,000 from Epstein to pay for his osteopath course while Mandelson was de facto UK deputy prime minister, according to new files more to follow www.ft.com/content/c950...

The Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and a group of opposition politicians are trying to turn the U.S. Trump administration against London's plan to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius — and the U.K. government is furious.

The 5-week wait remains a design flaw in UC. For claimants on weekly pay, or who delayed claiming hoping something might turn up– it can mean 4+ weeks with NO income. 56% take advances (which need to be repaid) but many are wary of starting their claim "in debt" to government ⤵️ buff.ly/TjrE4OW

“I look forward to working together in the coming months and years to build our respective parties’ representation in local government, the Senedd and the Scottish Parliament.” Zack Polanski bylines.scot/opinion/scot...

The renowned economist explained how "the world is moving toward divorce" from the United States.

“It is now becoming the accepted view of most Labour MPs and most commentators that Starmer’s days are numbered, because the public and Labour voters have lost faith in him,” writes Toby Helm, former Editor of The Observer. https://bestforbritain.substack.com/p/could-starmer-choose-to-step-away

What the US TikTok takeover is already revealing about new forms of censorship | Paolo Gerbaudo

Council of Europe votes to pass trans-inclusive ban on conversion therapy https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/01/30/conversion-therapy-council-of-europe/?utm_content=1769769600&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

“The first hint that something untoward was going on surfaced on July 24,1987, just after Trump returned from the Soviet Union, when an article appeared in a highly unlikely venue, the Executive Intelligence Review, strongly suggested something mysterious was going on between the Kremlin and Trump”

Labour are extending the Warm Home Discount for several more years, up to 2030/31. It will guarantee millions of eligible households £150 of their energy bills every winter. This winter, Labour expanded the scheme, adding 2.7m more households, meaning over 6m are now eligible. Thank you Labour!

2 things jump out of this new analysis: i) Just how big a deal Universal Credit is (affecting MOST children in the UK) ii) just how small the price tag is on solutions for many of its problems

Genes play a big part in driving lifespan, scientists find

Misleading claims of a religious revival distort public debate – on faith schools, assisted dying, humanist marriage, justifications for rising Christian Nationalism, and much else – and create a false picture of what Britain is like and who public institutions should serve.

The bookies don't lie. The Greens are the best shot to beat Reform in Gorton and Denton.

This is one of the hardest strands of our work - and also amongst those I am most proud of. This morning we named Bent Flyvbjerg - and we are about to name someone else.

NGL, I'm extremely happy to see a @feministgreens.bsky.social and greyhound lover announced as the @greenparty.org.uk candidate for Gorton and Denton Game on 💚

5/ 📜 Read our report on how tackling economic crime could boost growth at a time when it's most needed - freeing up vital funds to be spent on causes that benefit society: anticorruption-responsibletax.org/cleanfoundat... And as ever, follow us 👆 for more updates.

The Polanski bounce STILL shows no sign of letting up!

I know that @greenpartyhan.bsky.social will make a spectacular MP, but for that to happen, we need your help, your time or pitching in a few pounds to help the campaign. donatetothe.greenparty.org.uk/parliamentar...

This is a welcoming account. 🏳️‍🌈

Zack Polanski, "Labour are being completely subservient to Trump" "Nigel Farage and the far right are making us isolated, by removing us from our European neighbours and making us reliant on Donald Trump" "That also serves the interests of Putin" "This is a battle for the soul of our country"

This is straight out of the same playbook Imperial Japan used to justify invasion of China and Imperial Russia used to justify the invasion of Ukraine. Trump will be claiming Albertans are ‘persecuted’ and require U.S military protection next. Canada, take note - unity is strength.

Keir Starmer will not overhaul welfare system for at least a year The postponement makes it less likely that any controversial policies would be implemented before the next general election www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

NEW | Israel has razed land in southern Gaza to to concentrate hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in a small area in Rafah — equipped w/ ID checks, surveillance, and facial recognition, according to a retired Israeli general speaking to Reuters. The camp is planned for Rafah, now under full...

Jamie Driscoll set to return to front line politics in his old seat in Newcastle as a Green at May’s local elections. www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...