The Metropolitan Police have launched a criminal investigation into a £500,000 donation to Reform from the mother of the convicted fraudster and Farage donor, George Cottrell www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Nigel Farage’s secret donor George Cottrell met Tommy Robinson at a private event after a far-right protest in London. He later attended a large demonstration in support of Robinson, previously unpublished photos show. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/... Latest from Insight and me.

Breaking: The Metropolitan Police has launched a criminal investigation into at least £500,000 of donations made to Reform UK by the mother of the convicted fraudster who secretly bankrolled Nigel Farage. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Prof James Orr seems to be constructing some alarming kind of madrassa down in Cambridge roddreher.substack.com/p/the-moorin...

I have checked what the Japanese media are saying and there seem to be competing names for the man. Some are going with ゴミ箱伯爵 (Gomibako Hakushaku - Count Trashcan) whilst others are using the katakana that you have for foreign loan-words and opting for ビンフェイス伯爵 (Binfeisu Hakushaku).

Read every word of the latest from the great @annaisaac.bsky.social carefully and closely. Journalism at the highest level. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Very striking investigation (if a bit shrill)

gets much worse www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

getting worse www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Glad the Mail has got its world priorities right

£1300 placed on Count Binface to beat Farage on Betfair in the last hour. Could be sign of real momentum. But remember… it also could be deep-pocketed ideologically-motivated dodgy offshore gamblers trying to intervene in British politics by boosting Binface’s national standing.

"Farage was given a deadline of 1pm on Tuesday to respond to the Guardian about this article. He gave a video address at 2pm announcing he would force a byelection in his seat of Clacton-on-Sea."

Farage announced the by-election within an hour of the deadline he was given by the Guardian for responding to the story

So after spending years posing as a political martyr for being "debanked", we now find out Nigel Farage was also reported by bankers to the National Crime Agency over money laundering concerns, after secretly taking millions of pounds from a crypto billionaire

Yet again, the Telegraph ran a spoiler of this public interest story - based entirely on a briefing from Reform. The same as they did when Anna Isaac broke the original story. We all know whose scoop this was @annaisaac.bsky.social

So that's why Farage pulled today's stunt! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Me, a rough tough fat little middle aged woman: Regularly walking through London with a laptop, phone, bank cards etc etc just for work like a normal adult Big strapping alpha blokes in Nige's imagination: hewp, is too skewwy to wear watch, pwease tell me how many bongs der time is mister big bens

The immorality of world leaders is contagious. Thank heavens for the pope | Simon Tisdall

Burnham is proposing Downing Street North. But don’t stop there. Create House of Lords North. Send them to deliberate in Rochdale or Oldham. Many will retire or resign. Sad, but I think Britain can take it. app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/74018/...

Bewildering

Strongly support this move from my excellent colleague. The reality is that Twitter / X does push misinformation, abuse and racism, and we all know it. While we both support colleagues to make their own choices, Twitter / X is not the country, and there are lots of ways to engage with voters.

McSweeney doesn't spill that much tbf

Morgan McSweeney spills all over Lunch with the FT in the form of @georgewparker.bsky.social as.ft.com/r/37fb90aa-7...

Lammy, who is also the justice secretary, told parliament that he wanted the US government to give a full account of the case of Sarah Steele, an academic who was assaulted by the pilot. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

France’s National Assembly has passed an assisted dying bill for the 2nd time, after it was rejected by the Senate (parallels with the House of Lords - tho the French bill has differences). France looks set to join a flurry of European nations in legalising AD. www.euronews.com/health/2026/...

So it turns out the massive scandal here is that Bridget Phillipson's mum bought a council house for £9k in 1990 and then sold it *33 years* later for £99k. That's the entire story

TV historian Laurence Westgaph sued us to expose our sources and posted sinister threats about me and the 'cutthroats and sell outs'. We spent £75,000 fighting him in court - a crucial first test of the 'journalism exemption' in GDPR. And we won!! ✌️ www.livpost.co.uk/a-dish-best-...

Trump sued the BBC for $10B over Jan 6 coverage. BBC’s response? “Great…hand over your phone logs, calendars & diaries from Nov 2020 to Jan 20, 2021.” A trial date is set for February 2027! Be careful what you sue for…discovery works both ways. 🍿 #USDemocracy #Pinks apple.news/AP5PuAvk7TmW...

The BBC has requested that Donald Trump hand over his phone records from Jan. 6 as part of his defamation lawsuit against the broadcaster.

Very sad news - our great reporter David Hencke passed away peacefully yesterday evening at home with his family at his side. Will have more to say about this legend later but meanwhile - rest in peace, David