Sunday Times splashing today with story about Labour Together paying for a smear campaign against journalists investigating its undeclared funding Democracy for Sale broke story 10 days ago and we’ve been reporting on it ever since😊 Now we need proper accountability! democracyforsale.substack.com

If the Brexit years really were behind us, Reform would no longer be a threat, there’d be no talk of leaving the ECHR, no Brexit peerages or whining about ‘Brexit betrayal’. Instead, there’d be accountability and an electoral price to pay for the damage done. A ruthless reality check. No prisoners.

Yes, and we need to keep repeating that renouncing the European Convention on Human Rights would endanger the Good Friday Agreement and every international treaty we have signed lately, including the European Withdrawal Agreement.. Such an act would be sheer stupidity.

Watergate pales before this.

I always like to tell this story but during WWII, a 23 year old PHD mathematician from Harvard was able to solve the 8th Air Force’s gunnery problem in like 2 months without spending a day in the military (turns out you have to lead your target)

Exclusive: Labour politicians raised concerns about Keir Starmer’s plans to give Matthew Doyle a peerage in the weeks before it was confirmed, citing intimidating behaviour, particularly towards women. observer.co.uk/news/politic...

A new ruling from the Trump administration says that when the sun disappears at night, we don’t know where it goes. All remaining top scientists have been taken from their positions and tasked with getting to the bottom of this.”

“The most extraordinary and worrying thing of what is going on in the United States is the scale of normalization that is happening."

The FBI posted about being careful about online scams and being catfished for Valentine’s Day and the replies with photos of Kash Patel with his country singer girlfriend were getting so much traction the FBI deleted the tweet.

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NEW: French prosecutors have formed a special magistrate team to review the Epstein files for crimes involving French nationals. Authorities say new investigations could follow if evidence emerges.

🇱🇧🇮🇱 Dozens of Israeli settlers crossed into southern Lebanon, calling for settlements and planting trees. They claimed the land as their ancestors’ and carried signs reading “Planting Roots – Sowing Security,” demanding the land.

A murder of crows. A parliament of owls. A cabinet of pedophiles.

Just checking, it's now ok to flee your homeland, because you're afraid for your safety, and seek refuge in another Country? Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.

This is what a rigged economy looks like.

Watch the full interview: youtu.be/uI-hgSE5QIw

Took him long enough.

Everyone in the world comes to get married at the NYC Marriage Bureau. Last week, the Mayor stopped by to officiate a few of those ceremonies.    Thank you to all the couples who shared their joy with us. Happy Valentine's Day, New York.     Watch the full video at Youtube.com/nycmayorsoffice

The Women’s Institute was pressured to exclude trans women by the threat of litigation brought and paid for by JKR’s legal fund. So now the newly trans-hostile WI groups are haemorrhaging members and many groups are folding, closing opportunities for all women. Well done JK and the GCs, eh?

That’s kinda ominous.

Return to normal relationship after abnormal Trumpism may be wishful thinking. But signing up for the Trump project is an unpopular idea that his populist authoritarian allies will try to sell at home, with help in $$$ and pressure and online amplification from the US yougov.co.uk/internationa...

Rubio is offering Europe a junior partnership: embrace Trumpism, ditch climate action, endorse nativism. A Trump adjacent ally will put this on the ballot paper in most national elections, though most people in most European democracies are sceptical/opposed www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Left: Keir Starmer, "We are not the Britain of the Brexit years any more" Right: Ursula von der Leyen, "Europe, in particular the UK, should come closer" Anyone else fancy rejoining the EU?

Nigel Farage has been making the incorrect claim that "one million people living in this country don't speak any English at all" Facts here 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...

“All providers go through a rigorous, competitive procurement process in line with Government legislation” Except when it is the MOD and they don’t go to competition and Palantir secured a £240m tender. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

"Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will." -- Frederick Douglass, born #OTD 1818 After deaths, protests and political backlash, ICE surge set to end in Minnesota | PBS News share.google/q33KdgY6o1Ft...

Keir Starmer says “we are not the Britain of the Brexit years any more” calling for closer UK-EU relations on defence and trade

BREAKING: Tommy Robinson is now a refugee 👀

It doesn’t really matter *why* Trump’s desire to destabilise & divide Europe precisely mirrors Vladimir Putin’s - whether kompromat, self-interest, naked bigotry or something else l. What matters is that Europe treats both regimes like the enemies of progress & democracy they so clearly are.

"Matt Goodwin lives in Hitchin, Hertfordshire. He married Fiona McAdoo in 2016. Their daughter, Grace, was born on 20 October 2021. Goodwin and McAdoo are no longer married as of 2026." Matt, I'm just wondering whether you have access to your daughter?

He says he can’t be bought. £13.2 million says otherwise.

Yes, #VoteGreenParty 💚💚💚

"I have now left the country, I need time to work things out for my safety and the safety of my family. I will probably have to relocate them. I will update you when I can." Young man of fighting age flees country. Leaves family behind. Where have I heard something like that before? 🤔

Turns out piss beer from an irredeemable arsehole isn't a sustainable business model. Oh well.

Ursula von der Leyen President of the European Commission 👏

We’ve seen a *massive* swing away from homeownership into expensive private renting. Mortgaged families dropped from 30% to 17% of Unsung Britain, while private renters nearly doubled. Almost as many people live with parents (15%) as own with a mortgage (17%).

Fighting age man flees his homeland to seek asylum on overcrowded island.

Danish state could face legal action over deal that gives US powers on its soil

All Londoners should be able to swim safely in the capital’s waterways. A proposed bathing water site on the Thames is a big step forward and could help make that possible if approved. My upcoming Clean and Healthy Waterways Plan will take this further.

Drop the charges. 🇵🇸

Unsurprisingly, Anne Applebaum put it better than I did: bsky.app/profile/anne...

And here’s a cartoon which takes us full circle

Everyone around the world knows that Trump and his admin is full of shit on the “ending 8 wars” claims, but all they can do is roll their eyes and laugh amongst themselves because the petulant child and his cultists like Waltz will get mad if they call it out publicly.

Ban on Palestine Action ‘massively backfired’, says group’s co-founder

He clumsily read his speech from the page without hardly looking up and told everyone in the room to follow the US's lead or suck it. He accused Europe of managed decline by not being racist enough, and if it doesn't fall in line then America won't be there for it. Not sure how reassuring that is.

Huh..... the math ain't mathing.

"The life of a nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous." -- Frederick Douglass, born #OTD 1818

Blue Labour founder, McSweeney confidante and Farage pal Maurice Glasman was proud of his connections with Steve Bannon and Peter Thiel when we interviewed him last autumn. Wonder if he’s having second thoughts after the Epstein files subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/79/b...

Wes Streeting released his WhatsApp messages with Palantir lobbyist Peter Mandelson. 🔥8 NHS campaign organisations have come together to demand that Wes Streeting release his messages with his private healthcare donors. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/stre... #morningstaronline

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