UK inflation jumps to 3.4 per cent — and politicians are to blame. Tobacco duties and policy-driven costs push prices higher. #UKInflation #TobaccoTax #CostOfLiving #MMT #PoliticsLive #PMQs thewhipline.substack.com/p/inflation-...

Labour’s Warm Homes Plan is full of holes. Homeowners get grants; renters get promises. This won’t end fuel poverty. #WarmHomesPlan #FuelPoverty #RentersRights #UKHousing #PoliticsLive #PMQs thewhipline.substack.com/p/failings-o...

Trump’s Greenland tariff threats do make sense — once you stop pretending this is about defence. It’s coercion, not security. #Greenland #Trump #NATO #Geopolitics #TheWhipLine thewhipline.substack.com/p/trumps-tar...

Labour calls it a water industry “overhaul”. But surprise inspections and a new regulator will not fix a system built on pollution for profit. #WaterCrisis #Privatisation #Pollution #UKPolitics thewhipline.substack.com/p/water-indu...

The government has abandoned its Hillsborough Law after campaigners exposed a ‘duty of candour’ that let the security services decide what truth was safe. That isn’t accountability — it’s control. #HillsboroughLaw #DutyOfCandour #StateSecrecy #TheWhipLine thewhipline.substack.com/p/government...

Another Tory MP defects to Reform UK – and the “Tory 2.0” label is getting harder to deny. How long will Reform’s original members tolerate the steady influx? #ReformUK #ToryDefections #UKPolitics #Farage thewhipline.substack.com/p/another-de...

HMRC is delaying tax rebates for up to a year – while fining taxpayers who pay late. This is not inefficiency, it’s systemic injustice. #HMRC #TaxRefunds #UKPolitics #CostOfLiving thewhipline.substack.com/p/why-is-hm-...

Big tech firms meet UK ministers almost daily — while child safety groups and independent publishers are shut out. No wonder Vox Political was abandoned when algorithms destroyed its reach. #BigTech #MediaBias #UKPolitics #FreeSpeech thewhipline.substack.com/p/tech-compa...

A police chief has resigned over an AI error – but evidence of football hooliganism was quietly sidelined amid political pressure. This is about power, not public order. #UKPolitics #Policing #FootballHooliganism #AI #Accountability thewhipline.substack.com/p/west-midla...

full of the very people from countries complicit in the genocide & destruction of Gaza, how sick is that

Israel and apparently this administration will never allow Palestinians to have their own state. That is a disgrace. Even what Palestinians have is either being taken by Jewish settlers or destroyed with Israeli bombs.

Trump’s new “Board of Peace” for Gaza has no Gazan representatives at all. Power rests with foreign politicians and financiers. That is rule without consent. #Gaza #Palestine #MiddleEast #Politics thewhipline.substack.com/p/new-board-...

Reform UK thought Robert Jenrick was an asset. His record shows he’s an albatross that will drag the party down. Here’s the evidence. #ReformUK #RobertJenrick #UKPolitics #Farage thewhipline.substack.com/p/reform-uk-...

Trump says the US needs Greenland for defence. The treaties say otherwise. Watch the breakdown here. #Greenland #Trump #NATO #InternationalLaw #VoxPolitical thewhipline.substack.com/p/the-facts-...

Wales is set to criminalise lying in politics. Critics warn of free speech risks, but legal experts say fears may be overblown. #WelshPolitics #Senedd #PoliticalAccountability thewhipline.substack.com/p/senedd-pla...

Tens of thousands without water. Schools closed. Bottled water handouts. South East Water’s crisis shows exactly how water privatisation is failing the UK. #SouthEastWater #WaterPrivatisation #Ofwat #PublicServices #UKWaterCrisis thewhipline.substack.com/p/south-east...

The Hillsborough Law is being gutted to protect the security services. Families are right to reject a ‘duty of candour’ riddled with loopholes. This is state self-preservation, not justice. #HillsboroughLaw #DutyOfCandour #StateCoverUp #TheWhipLine thewhipline.substack.com/p/hillsborou...

UK secures record 8.4 GW offshore wind – enough for 12 million homes. But will bills fall, or is relief still years away? #OffshoreWind #CleanEnergy #EnergyBills thewhipline.substack.com/p/new-green-...

Labour has ditched mandatory digital ID for work — but BritCard is still coming, reshaped to be unavoidable. This Whip Line exclusive explains how compulsion became convenience #BritCard #DigitalID #Surveillance #UKPolitics #CivilLiberties #PoliticsLive #PMQs thewhipline.substack.com/p/starmer-ge...

A police AI mistake is being used to whitewash documented Maccabi Tel Aviv fan violence and attack policing instead of hooliganism. The facts haven’t changed. #UKPolitics #FootballHooliganism #Policing #AI #Israel thewhipline.substack.com/p/police-ai-...

I asked a mother what she really thinks about banning smartphones and social media for under-16s — and her answer complicates the Tory narrative. #SmartphoneBan #SocialMedia #Parenting #YouthVote #UKPolitics #VoxPolitical thewhipline.substack.com/p/will-a-sma...

Iran’s unrest isn’t “over there”. From Trump’s tariffs to energy prices and threats facing Iranian communities here, the UK is already feeling the impact. #Iran #UKPolitics #CostOfLiving #ForeignPolicy #HumanRights thewhipline.substack.com/p/irans-turm...

UK law will soon criminalise creating AI deepfake nude images — but Grok may already be breaking the law by publishing them on X. Ofcom is investigating, and the case raises serious questions. #Grok #AI #Deepfakes #UKLaw #OnlineSafetyAct thewhipline.substack.com/p/uk-law-cha...

Zahawi defects to Reform UK — and this is supposed to be good news? His record of lies, tax scandal and cover-ups shows why this is a liability, not a boost. #Zahawi #ReformUK #TorySleaze #UKPolitics thewhipline.substack.com/p/zahawi-def...

A new potholes monitoring plan confirms exactly what The Whip Line warned: patch repairs are a false economy, drivers pay the price, and councils are trapped by funding choices. #Potholes #RoadRepairs #UKPolitics #InfrastructureCrisis thewhipline.substack.com/p/potholes-m...

UK ministers say they can legally detain “shadow fleet” ships — but only started doing so after the US invaded Venezuela. This isn’t law enforcement. It’s cover. #Venezuela #ShadowFleet #UKPolitics #Trump thewhipline.substack.com/p/dont-belie...

Pubs aren’t failing because people don’t care — they’re failing because Britain’s low-pay economic model drains spending power from communities. Watch the clip in this article to understand. #BusinessRates #HighStreet #Hospitality #LowPayEconomy #UKPolitics thewhipline.substack.com/p/how-low-pa...

Banning under-16s from social media won’t “protect” kids – it will alienate the very voters who now decide elections. Another Tory culture-war misfire. #YouthVote #UKPolitics #Tories #SocialMediaBan #DigitalRights thewhipline.substack.com/p/social-med...

Why were MPs linked to Friends of Israel allowed to attack police over Israeli football hooligans? A Home Affairs Committee riddled with conflicts of interest undermines trust in Parliament. #UKPolitics #Lobbying #Israel #Policing #Democracy thewhipline.substack.com/p/why-were-p...

A £28bn “defence gap” isn’t an accident — it’s a political choice. While ministers talk war readiness, public services crumble. Who is this spending really for? #UKPolitics #DefenceSpending #Starmer #Austerity thewhipline.substack.com/p/28bn-defen...

Peers back extra time for the Assisted Dying Bill, but over 1,000 amendments show deep safety and ethical flaws. More days won’t guarantee it passes. #AssistedDyingBill #HouseOfLords #UKPolitics thewhipline.substack.com/p/extra-deba...

Disabled people are waiting up to a year for PIP – and even then the DWP often gets it wrong. These delays and errors aren’t accidental. They’re built in. #DWP #DisabilityBenefits #PIP #DisabledPeople #UKPolitics thewhipline.substack.com/p/dont-be-fo...

Pubs forced a government climbdown on business rates — and now other businesses want the same deal. That’s because the whole policy is broken. You can’t save the High Street by picking winners. #BusinessRates #Pubs #HighStreet #Labour #UKPolitics thewhipline.substack.com/p/backlash-o...

The UK helped the US seize Venezuelan oil from the tanker Marinera. Legal excuses are flimsy — this is a blatant #OilGrab. #Venezuela #Trump #UK #Marinera #ShadowFleet thewhipline.substack.com/p/dont-belie...

Trump is pulling the US out of international institutions and treaties – suggesting the rules no longer apply to it. That’s not leadership. It’s gangsterism. #Trump #USForeignPolicy #UnitedNations #ClimateCrisis #InternationalLaw thewhipline.substack.com/p/the-worlds...

Starmer said the UK played “no part” in the attack on Venezuela — but the BBC now confirms UK forces helped the US seize Venezuelan-linked oil. So much for international law. #Venezuela #Starmer #InternationalLaw #UKPolitics #USForeignPolicy thewhipline.substack.com/p/so-much-fo...

The Whip Line Audio Archive is here! Paid subscribers can now listen to spoken versions of past articles and new commentary. Episode 1 revisits research on job satisfaction. #Podcast #UKPolitics #Economics #Workplace #AudioArchive 🔒 Listen: thewhipline.substack.com/p/the-whip-l...

New UK drink-drive rules aim to save lives, but pubs won’t suffer if they adapt. Scotland’s example shows the change is manageable. #RoadSafety #DrinkDrive #UKPubs thewhipline.substack.com/p/tougher-mo...

UK and France plan troops in Ukraine if a peace deal is reached, stepping in where the UN cannot due to Russia’s Security Council veto. #Ukraine #Peacekeeping #UK #France #Russia thewhipline.substack.com/p/uk-to-help...

Donald Trump says the US should take Greenland – even by force. The UK must stand firm with Denmark and defend international law, not imperial bullying. #Greenland #Denmark #Trump #InternationalLaw #NATO thewhipline.substack.com/p/the-uk-mus...

A £100m Dartmoor prison lease was signed under the Tories despite known radon risks. Now civil servants take the blame while ministers stay silent. Dominic Raab was Justice Secretary at the time. #Dartmoor #ToryWaste #UKPolitics #PrisonCrisis #Accountability thewhipline.substack.com/p/why-are-ci...

Starmer promised to defend international law — but stayed silent after the US seized Venezuela’s president. Tactical caution, or moral collapse? #KeirStarmer #Venezuela #InternationalLaw #Trump #UKPolitics thewhipline.substack.com/p/is-keir-st...

Face recognition AI is being used in UK shops to accuse innocent people of shoplifting — with no real regulation or accountability. If it can’t be trusted, why use it? #FaceRecognition #Surveillance #PrivacyRights #UKPolitics thewhipline.substack.com/p/face-recog...

The UK runs parallel regimes of degradation: asylum-seekers face it openly; disabled people live it daily through the DWP. This is government policy. #HumanRights #Asylum #Disability #DWP #UKPolitics thewhipline.substack.com/p/never-mind...

Why do roadworks take so long in the UK? The answer is about underfunding – and a vicious cycle Terry Pratchett explained decades ago. #Roadworks #Potholes #UKPolitics #Infrastructure thewhipline.substack.com/p/why-do-roa...

Labour claims recruiting volunteer magistrates will tackle the Crown Court backlog — but magistrates do not sit in Crown Courts. #JusticeSystem #CrownCourt #Magistrates #LabourUK #CourtBacklog thewhipline.substack.com/p/is-this-ca...

Zombie firms aren’t being cleared away — they’re being sorted. Big employers get state wage support via Universal Credit, while others are left to fail. #UKPolitics #Economy #Labour #LowPay thewhipline.substack.com/p/dont-belie...

Did the US just smash international law in Venezuela — and what should the UK do now? Here’s what citizens should demand from Starmer. #Venezuela #InternationalLaw #Trump #Starmer #UKPolitics #ForeignPolicy thewhipline.substack.com/p/how-should...

Uber has rewritten its contracts to dodge Labour’s taxi tax everywhere except London. Drivers, passengers and public services lose out while Uber manages who pays the price. #Uber #TaxAvoidance #GigEconomy #VAT #UKPolitics thewhipline.substack.com/p/ubers-tax-...

Ed Miliband’s “zero-bill homes” plan sounds bold — but without firm targeting it risks helping comfortable homeowners while the poorest are left out once again. #ZeroBillHomes #FuelPoverty #Labour #EnergyBills #Housing thewhipline.substack.com/p/ed-miliban...