Busy day signing up new parliamentary candidates for Reform UK.

Why isn't this a major news story?

The defection of Suella Braverman, who was sacked twice from Government in disgrace, spent £700m of taxpayers' money to send four volunteers to Rwanda on a deportation scheme that was then scrapped and has a public approval rating of minus 32 is currently being described as a "major coup" for Reform

Student loans - THE next mis-selling scandal - in FT this weekend. While you might not think it is an issue, and you may disagree with so many doing degrees, it is saddling our younger generations (from low & middle income families) with years of impossible payments. www.ft.com/content/277a...

As tuition fees are set to rise to over £10k pa in 2027, and maintenance loans haven’t kept up with inflation for many years, it’s time something is done about unfair student loans. No other loans work in the same way. Interest accrues from day 1 & rockets, as most don’t start repayments for 3 yrs+

‘A tax on ambition’ - very well said Claer. It’s great to see the problems caused by the current student loan system covered in the FT (particularly since we’ve been reading it since we were teenagers!). We are arguing for a fairer system that works better for young people and the UK economy.

Absolutely👇🏻. Farage is so busy grifting in his extra jobs, earning or enjoying almost £400k in just a few months, that he has no time nor care for his constituents. Which ironically should be his main focus. He was the same as an MEP. He thinks these roles are to serve HIM, not the other way round!

Yeah it’s 50k now. Have you signed yet? Even Nigel Farage agrees. Petition: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party t.co/GhzzDCOB3T

Robert Jenrick helpfully lists all the things he didn't do during his 10 years in government.

NEW: NEW: Standards commissioner finds Nigel Farage committed seventeen breaches of MPs code of conduct. He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…

They will be the official opposition before we know it. Vote for the alternative to the status quo, get the Tories. ReformUK are not your friends.

🚨BREAKING: Parliament will debate the petition Calling for a FULL public inquiry into a Russian influence. 🇬🇧 Unlike other parties who were infiltrated or hid. We campaigned for 5 years on this and it’s clear to us Russia interfered in the Brexit campaign. Do you agree? Time to Exit Brexit.

Sad fact: The Saturday after Jo Cox was murdered, Tory defector to Refuk, Rosindell, was in Romford campaigning, despite all political parties agreeing not to campaign that weekend. #ukpolitics

The fact Reform either hasn’t realised this, or simply doesn’t care, says it all. Let’s hope their ‘fans’ are paying attention. Same old Tory sh*t wrapped up in different paper!

The Government have been absolutely right to take action against the disgusting and illegal images generated by Grok on twitter. But Elon Musk is ideologically opposed to the safeguards the public expect online and Grok has been generating these images as far back as August.

A timely post from Dan Neidle… #TaxNeedNotBeTaxing #WarmHorses

Tax dodger extraordinaire, Zahawi joins Reform. Perhaps he forgot about the tweet below ⬇️. Or perhaps he’s just worried about his horses getting cold. Birds of a feather & all that! Reform is going to have more Tory reprobates & misfits than the actual Tories, soon 🤣 Thank you for sharing Alan M.

Yesterday I posted my last ever Tweet and called on the Government to do the same. Read more below on why I think it’s time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter. www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...

I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.

This needs to be stopped… violent se*ual images including minors. Vile, just like the man behind it all. www.wired.com/story/grok-i...

Dreadful stereotyping from Trinity Hall! My state-ed child was in a Cambridge outreach programme 22/23. Had a 2-day visit & were put off applying as felt they wouldn’t be comfortable there. The views perpetuated in this article show they were probably right! www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Nigel Farage confirms that Reform UK will vote *against* the bill to lift the two child cap, keeping hundreds of thousands of children in poverty.

It is disgraceful that he is retaining the role of shadow AG. While representing Russian oligarch, Abramovich, so effectively working against our Govt & Ukraine. These people have no shame - but then we know that! I guess the fee must have been an offer he couldn’t refuse 🤬

Good to see the @Telegraph look into the clear conflict of interest in the current Tory Shadow Attorney General also working for Roman Abramovich. www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

Completely unacceptable that Shadow AG represents Roman Abramovich in his legal case delaying Govt enforced sanctions against him. It is a complete conflict of interest. If Wolfson wants to support a Russian oligarch go ahead, but not while holding a Lord & Shadow AG! Note, v little press coverage 😏

Crap photo shot quickly on my phone. Now seeing a lot of ring-necked (rose-ringed) parakeets in our area (the North East), however a first for our garden. A bumper crop of apples this year, thanks to the weather; we made the conscious decision to leave some on the tree. Visiting birds are thankful 💚

Govt finally released their overdue strategy to halve VAWG today. One alleged plan is to tackle misogyny in schools at earlier age. If comments in The Times are anything to go by you’d think we’d be brainwashing 11 year old boys and making them all into incels. Isn’t the plan the exact opposite?

Beautiful and for sale tonight… Link to Emma’s Etsy shop below ⬇️. It’s nice to share such gorgeous treasures…

An interesting salary comparison for resident doctors. Of course factors like overtime, paid holiday, pension all need consideration too. France pay a bit more, however, their doctors are self-employed so the package doesn’t include the generous benefits package as above. apple.news/AtGcLOgG7SFS...

I do hope they prosecute more! #CovidFraud

The grift is strong in this one ⬇️. Meanwhile, can someone send him a map of Clacton - as he’s still ignoring his office and constituents - aka his full-time day job! How his ‘fans’ can’t see through him is beyond belief. The red flags are huge. Literally, ignorance is bliss.

ADHD: “The question we should be asking is not whether we are “over-diagnosing”, but why so many people are finding life so difficult that they need a medical label to access help. apple.news/Az2oYIMOtSBq...

Reform UK councillor slapped with a £40,000 fine for hiring an illegal worker. 🤔 So much for "taking back control", apparently the rule is: deport them… but only after we’ve squeezed some cheap labour out of them. A masterclass in hypocrisy!

So, Farage who’d previously failed 7 times to be an MP, decided that in Clacton he’d rely on his old Brexit friends - cheating (and racism) - to get him his win. With millions now pouring into Reform, it’s beyond time to properly investigate this grubby little man www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Am I the only one who never believed, nor thought, that the Royals paid market rent for Crown Estate properties? Grifters will grift. Reminder, any profit SHOULD go back into the Estate. It’s about time this came home to roost & the property portfolio reduced. apple.news/A3TfANTGPTEW...

Apparently the Govt is now using other forms of social media to reach a wider audience. No 10 source said: "We're finding new ways to share our vision of national renewal wherever people are - from TikTok and Substack to traditional media." I wonder what happened to Blue Sky?

Don’t like to promote The Fail, but given they are finally reporting against Fagash, I’ll let it ride… Looks like the walls are closing in. Question is, what did he do to make the media elite turn on him? Even The Torygraph is less supportive. Maybe the stench is finally too strong - let’s hope!

The owner of Reform UK ltd - Farage, has accepted £9m from Thailand resident Harborne. Dubai Dick Tice in 2018 on George Soros donating to UK organisations: "He doesn't live here. He doesn't pay taxes here. What right has he got to interfere with our democracy?" Vote Refuk - get crypto mafia

45k+ signatures to date. If you support this petition please sign & share on your social media platforms. www.change.org/p/stop-the-g...

Fair enough from the Law Society (and similar from the Bar Council too). #JuryTrialReform

As set out in this thread, the causes of the court backlog are chronic lack of funding and absurd inefficiency. The government has made no proposals to address either. Their answer is to remove juries. Rather than fix the leaking roof, their solution is to burn the house down.

This from a criminal barrister shows why the court system is in crisis👇🏻. Nothing to do with juries causing it. Move the furniture round while the house is burning, you only end up with ashes. The system needs funding & fixing, juries are just one cog in a large machine. @barristersecret.bsky.social

Tonight, The Standard reports on OBR Chair’s resignation, but it’s this snippet that caught my eye. Is it really that they think it has happened before OR imo, is it more likely said person KNEW the OBR was going to drop it early. A tip off? 👀 This seems v suspect. OBR is independent, obviously 😏.

Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with

“No one was more irritated by the timing of this leak than I was,” the courts minister told MPs. Sarah Sackman has been carefully preparing the ground for an announcement on juries. The Telegraph is reporting that this will come in a Commons statement tomorrow rozenberg.substack.com/p/is-the-jur...

Allegedly Govt has brought forward an announcement on the possible reduction in jury trials due to the media leak last week involving Sarah Sackman. Meant to be sometime this week, watch this space. news.sky.com/story/lammy-...

If ReformUK get into government next time then we can kiss goodbye to: Paid holidays Sick pay Safer working conditions Human Rights Workers Rights Unions NHS & healthcare Social care Minimum wage Among many other things. Every person who knows a Reformer should have the conversation!.