Wow. Keir Starmer has become the first UK PM to be presented with Légion d’honneur by a French president, in recognition of his work on security of Europe www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Then continued to lie about it all, deleted Whatsapp messages that would have been damaging towards the tories, insisted they got all the big decisions right & generally didn't give a shit about the thousands of people that died.

A reminder

Starmer really was brilliant on Ukraine. Holding the line and providing solidarity and practical solutions when America fell away.

"Sources told Democracy for Sale that the company paid Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm, Global Counsel more than £30,000 a month to put executives in front of British politicians. The scheme was kept under wraps at Global Counsel but Mandelson took a personal interest in one of his biggest clients."

Stamp duty and council tax are terrible taxes. Land value tax could replace both - and Andy Burnham has backed it for 16 years. Who wins? Who loses? What happens to house prices? LVT could drive growth. But it isn’t easy. Our model shows its promise - and its problems.

Incredible: Nigel Farage declined offer of taxpayer-funded security inews.co.uk/news/politic...

Secretive $500bn El Salvador based crypto firm backed by Farage's biggest donor. Its biggest Thailand based shareholder gave £9m in cash to Farage's Reform party. Farage lobbied Bank of England over crypto regulation. Foreign money shaping UK politics.

Farage rejected offer of tax-payer security because he “wanted security at the same level as the Home Secretary who has the highest level of protection among govt ministers” Yet, on and on he whines. Demanding the highest public office with none of the scrutiny. liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/464...

Ofwat confirms £30.5m redress package for South East Water after repeated failures 'Redress' isn't penalty on company, execs. It is mainly investment, remedial action that the company should have taken. The forced spend will boost shareholder value. Without penalties, why would companies behave?

Must be galling for independent journalists, like @bylinetimes.bsky.social & @writesbright.bsky.social who have meticulously revealed Farage's shady dealings, that mainstream press have finally caught on. They're not acknowledged, despite being proved right. open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...

Convicted fraudster George Cottrell had access to Farage’s emails and covered party costs without the Electoral Commission knowing.

Nothing says “Make America Great Again” like bleeding out in a Walmart parking lot because the county hospital shut down.

So, there is a precedent for vetoing an MP's resignation Viscount Chelsea (Henry Cadogan) applied for the Chiltern Hundreds in 1842 The Chancellor (Goulburn) refused because, get this, Cadogan wanted to resign to obstruct an investigation for bribery h/t @fascinatorfun.bsky.social and @gazhay.com

There has been a 'ceasefire' in Gaza for 274 days. In that time 1,098 Palestinians have been murdered and 3,500 injured. While 0 Israelis have been killed. There is no ceasefire, just a Genocide.

Politicians whining about cutting the welfare budget (to fund military spending) might like to consider forcing these companies to pay a decent living wage to employees, thereby getting them off the Benefits system.

Ohh dear MSM really are sniffing blood and turning on Farage.. The Times discovered multi millionaire Farage rents a studio at 1 of 5 homes for £50,000 a year.. That’d be like me renting my garden shed to my biz for £10,000 to lower my tax bill But then I’m not a complete and utter Farage❗️

The face of a man trying to defend the idea that The Establishment somehow doesn’t include a privately educated multi-millionaire who was handed the family property business or the aristocratic family who gave him even more money.

On the Joe Rogan's show in the USA Rupert Lowe dismissed Dumblane as a single murder. Then complain people can't own pistols for target shooting. The man is a dangerous moron.

You will hear much about the UK's benefits cost. What you won't hear is that it is largely pensions and that it is only going up at the rate of inflation.

Farage's Millions — £5 million. Five houses. And that's just the beginning faragesmillions.com

South Hetton sunset just now. A good day. Planning for 98 BESS units &substation metres from housing in our village refused. Planning rules seriously outdated. Public Safety not criteria for refusal so we had to rely on visual and ecological impacts. People at risk of fire/poisoning not grounds.

Only someone with a heart of stone wouldn't laugh at the demise of Jenrick's political gambit... playing out here in real time

Watchdog warns of risks to patients as private equity stake in US healthcare grows. Profits extracted, staff/wage cuts, low investment, asset-stripping, poor patient care Yet UK handing NHS services to private equity, which is draining public purse. Why are govts intoxicated with private equity?

If only there had been some clues

UK has a high rate of infant mortality compared with peer countries. 5-year-olds 7cm shorter than children of the same age in Europe. 1m children in England referred to mental health services. Child poverty results in economic loss of £40bn a year. Yet no govt plan to eradicate poverty.

When I came to the UK as an adult UK citizen, I had to wait 5 (FIVE) years before I could vote, stand for election, or be on a jury. Why do the ultra wealthy get extra privileges like only a one year cap on vote buying donations? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Switzerland bolted 5,000 solar panels onto a dam wall 8,000 feet up in the freezing Alps where everyone said solar made no sense, and the plant now makes three times more winter power than any farm down in the valleys share.google/nw0ojKKXnID1...

Belgium understandably pissed off.

President Senile Pedophile just personally intervened to help a birthright citizen play soccer for the USA while also trying to end birthright citizenship in the USA.

Earlier this week Reform’s Danny Kruger said Farage was being hounded by the nasty mean press, and Richard Tice said he was being smeared by them.. So let’s all spare a thought for the grifting, greedy, self serving POS suffering so very terribly just for being bent AF.. boohoo boohooo 😂🤣😂🤣😂😂😂🤣🥳🍾

Poverty can't deliver sustained economic growth Worker share of gross value added down from 71.9% in 1975 to 59% Average real wage unchanged since 2008. 4.4m jobs don’t pay the real living wage. Millions rely on charity. No political party wants to tackle systemic causes of poverty.

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

When I said the £5 million was for security, I meant it would have been if my security wasn't already being paid for by convicted fraudster George Cottrell. And anyway it's a reward for Brexit and also totally unconditional.

Severn Trent Water company doubles CEO reward plan to £3.1m despite anger over water pay. Reward for what? 400m litres of water a day lost to leaks. Sewage dumped into rivers for 200,000 hours Customers fleeced No reservoir built since 1989 £12bn paid in dividends Must nationalise water.

Here I am last night, serving the people of Clacton and earning my £98k salary by making my 14th trip to the US since becoming an MP, speaking to MAGA morons in Washington DC.

Yup. Not a drag Queen or trans-person in sight. As usual, it's exactly the rich, white, powerful, old man.

💧Water is a basic service, not a cash machine 🤑 While bills rise and sewage pours into our rivers and seas, water companies keep rewarding shareholders. Enough is enough. It's time to bring water back into public ownership. Add your name: act.38degrees.org.uk/act/big-publ...

Iran, during its strikes, did not hit a single hospital or school, not even accidentally, while Israel and the United States, both claiming to possess some of the most advanced and precise military technology in the world, have repeatedly been linked to attacks on civilian infrastructure.

America once bestowed the light of democracy to the world by defeating the tyrannical King George. 250 years later, millions of Americans are okay with a tyrant in makeup and a wig crapping out hate tweets at 3AM from his golden throne.

Brave brave brave Brave sir Ryan

THIS YEAR ALONE: 98 dead in boat strikes. 3,636 dead in the Iran war. 123 children killed in one U.S. school strike. 1,045 killed in Gaza since the “ceasefire.” 52 dead in ICE custody. 750,000 already dead from USAID cuts. A murderous pedophile clown tyrant in power. WTF is the USA celebrating?

Enjoy the sunshine my friends. If wild swimming, check water and air temperature & dress accordingly. Skins for a quick dip, wetsuit for long swims. Take an inflatable dry bag for visibility and safety. Don’t swim with alcohol on board. Stay near the shore/bank. Tell someone you’re going. Have fun!

Six in 10 Russian Billionaires Are Still Not Being Sanctioned by the UK Government – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2026/07/02/s...

Ukraine bombs infrastructure. Russia murders Ukrainians. #SlavaUkraïni 🇺🇦

Good morning Wülferhampton have a terrific Thursday you talented tambourine twatters

Steven Miller, Pete Hegseth, Karoline Leavitt, Erica Kirk, Nick Fuentes, Kyle Rittenhouse, Riley Gaines, Trumps, Crypto Bros, Manosphere, no-bid contract recipients, Evangelical Youth Camps & many other right wing youth movement groups do not appreciate you leaving them out of this conversation.

Does anyone know where I got rained on for 2 hours before the game was called off? Upside is I had nice food and a few drinks with my besties. We shouted for good shots and wickets taken while India batted but England didn’t get to face a ball.