JD Vance urging the Ukrainians to be defensive is peak pro-Putin lobbying by the Trump administration. Now that Ukraine is doing better than they ever imagined, they want Ukraine to back off and take a deal Putin would go for. Nothing has changed. The US is with Russia.

3/ I mean, what interest could Russia possibly have had in the arrest of Nigel Farage"s close aide, who was also UKIP's head of fundraising, on money-laundering charges? It would surely be stretching credulity to think that Putin's mafia state was already connected with "Posh George", wouldn't it?

Men of the people update - 'Cottrell's mother, the Honourable Fiona Cottrell, is an aristocrat whose father, the third Baron Manton, inherited a family soap empire' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

4. After the Sunday Times’ reporting, today another referral has been made to the Standards Commissioner for Farage’s failure to disclose financial support and benefits in kind provided by convicted fraudster ‘posh’ George Cottrell. Cottrell has assiduously sought to avoid the scrutiny he deserves.

'Tivat serves as a primary hub for Russian tourism, investment, and expatriates. Russian speakers make up the largest demographic of international visitors, and a notable population of Russian citizens—ranging from wealthy yacht owners to exiled cultural figures—reside in the area' ..& Posh George.

“Despite its name, CPAC has nothing to do with conservatism. Anyone can now pay to bring this traveling circus to their country, to promote the local branch of far-right revolutionary international, with its pro-Russian, pro-MAGA, anti-European and anti-NATO links.” says @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu

Liz Truss set up CPAC Great Britain with a lawyer who used to work with sanctioned pro-Russian oligarch Firtash Many of guests at Truss’s gathering have also parroted Kremlin talking points New by me on Democracy for Sale open.substack.com/pub/democrac...

Just to remind ourselves, here are our initial @bylinetimes.bsky.social's investigations into Cottrell's role in helping Farage become a true 'Man of the Paypal' er.... checks notes... 7 years ago

“Where are Farage and Yaxley-Lennon now?” Mohsin Qayyum and Muhammed Yusuf Iqbal were hailed as heroes after running towards the flames to rescue Sheila Robinson and her family. The pair said they only did “the human thing”, but their bravery has struck a chord far beyond Leeds.

In this remarkable image of white supremicists on a subway train in Washington I see cowards afraid to show their faces and a strong woman who shouldn't have to put up with this shit. (Photo: Cheney Orr - Reuters)

Farage was always master of the grift. Remember ten years ago when @carolecadwalla.bsky.social and I revealed his Leave EU team were in and out of the Russian Embassy in the run up to Brexit, looking for gold and diamond deals with the Kremlin? Farage must have known, and approved. Ten years ago

Hmm. There seems to a theme here… Close Farage aide George Cottrell arrested for crypto and wire fraud in 2016, close Farage aide Nathan Gill arrested en route to a Moscow crypto and politics conference five years later…. It’s not that cryptic in the end

“How small they are. How weak. How unoriginal… division is the oldest trick in politics.” Zohran rings in America’s birthday by reminding us our story is one of welcoming immigrants, not excluding everyone who doesn’t look like us. 🇺🇸 Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DaVzyL0...

Peak Russian military logistics: an entire fleet of stranded tanker trucks that somehow managed to run out of diesel. Congrats on the empire-building, comrades. Maybe next time don’t invade your neighbor while your trucks are cosplaying Mad Max.😂🇷🇺💀

🔴 NEW: ‘Why Andy Burnham Must Break With Israel’ The likely incoming Prime Minister must break with Keir Starmer's "morally bankrupt" legacy on Gaza in order to restore his party's reputation with the public, argues genocide scholar Martin Shaw Read the full story below.

🔴 NEW: Edinburgh Attacks Expose ‘Two-Tier’ Coverage of Racism in UK, New Data Shows The Edinburgh attacks on five Muslim men received seven times less coverage than a comparable antisemitic attack in London two months earlier, reports Hugh Wilkinson Read the full story below.

Andy Burnham is set to ban Palantir from the NHS if he becomes Prime Minister 👏 www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

6/ Afterwards, Farage openly boasted about lobbying the Governor (at about 22:47). He suggested that he helped persuade the Bank of England to change course.

7/ The MPs’ Code of Conduct (section 3 pg34) states that MPs must not lobby public officials in return for payment, and must not seek to secure a financial benefit for someone from whom they have received money. publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5803/cm...

🔴 Russian state TV and Kremlin officials are escalating threats against Northern Europe.

Someone has to say it. The amount of racism directed at World Cup players - including in the England squad - online is out of control.

You aren’t in traffic you are traffic!!!!!

Having a 'debate' with some Polanski followers. Pro-Russian. Zero empathy. On a par with Restore voters for bile. Feel sorry for Caroline Lucas & all the decent greens that Zack has opened the door.

'The United Kingdom, merely described as an "extraterritorial floating base of the U.S.", should be cut off from the European Union.[9]' 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚. Aleksandr Dugin. 1997.

UK Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy quits TwitterX. This should be the first of many.

Quick reminder on why the UK is so fucked -

‘Well it’s hard times for some For others it’s sweet Someone makes money when there’s blood in the street.’ Tom Waits 🙌 More true today than it’s ever been.

And there’s more… More lies, more dodgy deals and denials.. Farage has bought 4 houses for cash since 2020 - the year we left the EU. And declared only 2 of them. Come on people. The man’s a hot mess of corruption, racism, national security threat and greed. Let’s bin him off.

👋 UK media...

“large sums flooding in from gold cement the impression of a man…far more obsessed with financial gain than he is with political change. But he just can’t stop himself. Farage’s greed has trumped his political ambition” His own greed doing for him would be just👌🏼 liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/461...

Matt Godwin is a failure who needs to leave my city the fuck alone. Failed candidate. Failed academic. Failed commentator. Failed intellectual. A massive ego wrapped around a shrivelled and scared intellect, poisoned by bile and subconcious awareness of his own inadequacy.

There's no attempt to try and cloak the racism now. (Also Lord Mayors don't run cities and he knows that.)

All roads...

£22,500 an HOUR?! Farage has approached his entire political career as a golden ticket to Shillville. He's taking the piss and doesn't even attempt to hide it.

Do all the Russian loving Ukraine hating 'stop the boats' frothers on X know about this?.. & the fact that it was Putin carpet bombing Syria & displacing 14 million people on the European border that started it? There's a reason Farage loves him. www.lbc.co.uk/article/puti...

lol this must be so confusing for Jenrick and Reform voters everywhere pollingreport.uk/seats/E14001...

Remember the injunction that Oxfordshire County Council got against the flag-raisers? Well, there's a part 2...

A long-awaited day for Hungarian democracy: parliament has dissolved Orbán’s Russia-style Sovereignty Protection Office, which branded civil society and journalists — including me — as Western foreign agents. It even employed a former senior Communist state security officer who spied on dissidents.

Man of the people update - www.ft.com/content/9ae3...

Not sure it’s the best idea to have Putin’s best mates store their nukes all over our country… www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Of course, Farage wants the UK to quit the ECHR. It would be a huge victory for Putin in his war against human rights and international law.

Putin's Brexit costs the Treasury upwards of £65bn a year in lost taxes Today's announcement of an extra £15bn for defence is £13bn less than military chiefs say is needed - with Putin being a key threat Without the Brexit disaster, they could have that £13bn and there'd still be £52bn+ left over.

In today’s Vatnik Soup and our “Degenerate Russia” series, we’ll discuss what kind of lowlifes sink low enough to support Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, lie on Russia’s behalf, promote Russian BS, and even gather in Moscow or St. Petersburg to help the Kremlin wage its war. 1/21

Ritter sought sexual interactions with 14, 15, 16 years old that turned out to be undercover cops, was arrested and did jail time for it. At that time, by the way, Ritter was married to his 2nd wife — a 19 year old assigned to him by Russia, whom he left his first wife for. Family values! 14/21

“Farage…began drafting policies favouring digital currencies 2 months after…£5m personal donation from crypto billionaire Harborne…a succession of pro-crypto announcements by Farage & Johnson within weeks of substantial donations to themselves or their parties.” www.thenerve.news/p/investigat...

10 years since the Brexit vote 10 years of political chaos, economic decline, and weakness on the world stage This wasn't an accident Brexit was part of a global movement against democracy Together we can resist fascism, rebuild society, reinvigorate democracy, and rejoin the EU