Tell me the USA is not now a fascist state? (And will that comment get me banned) www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

The far right accusations seem to have followed him after Dulwich college

The USA very clearly no longer views Europe and the UK as an ally, maybe even an enemy in Trumps warped mind. Only solution is a stronger Europe, probably one EU army and certainly with the UK as central to it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It’s sad but the usa’s new far right doctrine means there is now an ever widening gulf between Europe and the USA. The UK needs to pick a side and it needs to go with democracy. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

Musk at it again. The abolition of Tesla and X would make Europeans happy. www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/12/...

The press needs to start referring to “uk ex-pats” as “uk economic migrants”

Not wealth creators, wealth hoarders www.easterneye.biz/billionaires...

Surely only a matter of time before even Labour conclude we need to rejoin www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

It’s hardly a full bloodied retreat, but when the telegraph allows its columnists to start saying that Brexit has been a disaster you know that the damn walls must be about to break www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/the...

I like Zac Polanski. (only party advocating rejoining the EU) I also agree with his thesis on inequality, but I did wince at as his economic illiteracy when questioned on the rest is politics. He needs some help and clarity there to nail down the vote. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...

A good bbc doc on the royal family at last. Hoping episode 2 begins to shed the light on just how ludicrous their wealth accumulation and failure to pay taxes is It’s all beginning to unravel www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

I’m all for lower taxes when we can afford them, but right now it’s not all that fair is it?

Might get some scrutiny on their finances but in my view best just to scrap the whole sordid institution www.radiotimes.com/tv/documenta...

We need to REJOIN the EU Some good things in the budget but if Labour needs growth to stop yearly tax rises, then they to start costing and outlining entry back into the EU. It’s inevitable and essential so start now

All those worried about immigration should read this unruly-capital.ghost.io/the-depopula...

As the Daily Mail looks to buy The Telegraph, it’s worth recalling how little their columnists language has changed. This from 1938 /2023.

“The US is so busy eviscerating its own democracy that within a year, it will more closely resemble the Russia of Vladimir Putin than anything that would be recognised as a Western democracy” www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...

The world Musk imagines is one where his Ai companies • own the labour force (Ai) • own the production • own the distribution • and “give” money to the populace That is indentured slavery, where compliance is compulsory, the masses are dependent on the few, and there is no exit

Duke of Westminster inherited £9B in 2016, Should have been a £4B boost to the treasury? But no inheritance tax is not for them, the uber wealthy hide it in trust funds. It’s this “landed” few that the gov should look at with a wealth tax & use that to fund entrepreneurs and wealth creators.

I think that’s the end of Labour. The one thing Farage might have right is an early election. Sad. They had no vision, strategy or plan, just pandering to polls and populism www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Interesting to see so many great British patriots right now begging an American president to bankrupt one of Britain’s last remaining truly national institutions.

Vance is keeping quiet! 🤫

Epstein / Bannon / Farage ? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I think the sycophantic behaviour of Farage and the right wing towards Trump over the BBC issue, is a massive miscalculation. Good or bad people have an affinity for it. Hopefully the BBC will stand strong and Farage will suffer badly

We talk about patriotism but she’s a former PM.

Ireland flourishes while the UK slowly sinks beneath our sovereign waves. www.irishtimes.com/business/202...

Hate what trumps doing to the BBC but this sums up my issue with it. They get lost between right and wrong , good and bad, in the search for impartiality

Have written for the New Statesman about why, if he will not accept an apology, the BBC should welcome a Trump lawsuit. They should show guts and fight it because impartially matters and if they don't, they will have tacitly accepted a rewritten history. www.newstatesman.com/politics/med...

The budget will be all short term fixes that damage long term growth Zero plan when they entered gov, and zero plan when they leave. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Reform and the far right wing trying to bring down independent media, talk about patriotism a lot. They are not patriots. They are traitors

This

Excellent overview of the right wing influence at the BBC Doesn’t make me alter my opinion that the bbc needs to go commercial and merge with itv (before Comcast gets it), channel 4&5, with guardrails. It’s the only way to compete and ensure the UK has a global voice.

The BBC isn't perfect, but it belongs to Britain not Trump. Political leaders across the UK must unite in defending its independence from the White House.

It seems Trump now controls the UK media. Haven’t seen many resignations over the years from Fox, or in the UK, GB news www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

The BBC resignations just plays into the hands of the right wing nutters There will be increased pressure to give equal validity to lies over truth under the pretext of impartiality Utter nonsense, and that’s the real crime the BBC have committed here - giving the extremists a voice

A lot of noise about the upcoming budget, and meaningless waffle from the chancellor, but rather than criticise I thought I'd stick my neck out and give my 10 top level ideas for getting things moving. She can thank me later. 1. Set out a clear financial plan and pathway for rejoining the EU

Uk gov is confused On EV’s they want us to switch from petrol but float tax per mile for EV drivers On pensions, they want us to save but float the idea of increasing pension saving tax It’s desperate stuff. www.independent.co.uk/cars/electri...

We can’t have ITV taken over by another USA company. We really are becoming just another USA state The BBC should become commercial, merge with ITV and channel 4 to create a UK media company that can compete globally against Comcast, YouTube etc www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Meanwhile, while Musk basks in his $T deal (yes, trillion), layoffs in the states hit their highest for 20years All fuelled by the very tech that Musk and the tech bros are releasing on the world Not against the tech, but def against the inequality. eu.usatoday.com/story/money/...

Ludicrous, and actually straight out evil. And as for those robots….. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Musk - trying to groom a country

One more stupid idea leaked by the chancellor. I fully accept that eventually there will need to be a new road tax to compensate for lower tax revenues from petrol cars, but not when ev’s are 20% more expensive and the transition has barely started Idiocy www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It’s not just Musk, it’s all USA tech The UK is now totally reliant on the USA This increasingly will be a threat to our economy, politics and way of life The only defence is to rejoin the EU, and Possibly 1 stock market, 1 defence force, 1 currency bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/t...

Exactly

I note that many of the most vocal who had much to say within minutes of Saturday’s appalling events are rather quieter today. But they’ll be back. I wrote about the radical right misinformation machine centred on X in @theipaper.com inews.co.uk/opinion/a-su...

7 USA companies now generate revenues equal to 2/3rds of the uk’s entire economic output Their market value at $18t is 5x the size of the UK economy They are run by oligarchs, their tech used by all of us, and yet they pay pitiful amounts of tax in the UK and kill competition. Tax them not us.

Good watch for those in the UK. Doesn’t quite nail the oligarchs plans for Vance but pretty close www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/n...

It’s dangerous because some extremists on X believe him, not seeing he’s trying to incite racial violence….. but at the same time it’s laughable. How can the richest man in the world be so utterly moronic. Ketamine could be to blame?

“Admin fee?” To circumnavigate legally paying a “service fee” or a tip to staff, restaurants are calling it “admin” or “brand “ fee. I know times are tough in hospitality but really? www.londoncentric.media/p/admin-char...

London and Europe crime. By nearly every statistic has never been lower. Fact. So why do the far right in the UK and USA lie and try to tell a different story? www.london.gov.uk/london-recor...