“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.” - 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas. Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children. www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

Welcome to Reform’s front bench Yusuf, Hampton School, £29,916 per year Jenrick, Wolverhampton Grammar, £17,835 per year Farage, Dulwich College, £30,618 per year Tice, Uppingham School, £58,176 per year Braverman, Heathfield School, defunct private school The authentic voice of the working class

Wow, Farage *really* doesn't like it when people ask questions about the expensive private education of every single one of his top team, does he... it would be *such a shame* if people were to share this widely... bsky.app/profile/did:...

Nigel Farage lashes out at a FT journalist and refuses to answer the question. Is this how Reform UK would ignore media questions if they got into government?

Note that unemployment is increasing as net migration is plummeting. Especially young people who are meant to be most at risk from migrant labour. I'm not saying they are connected. In fact, that's the point. The nativist argument always was that migration meant unemployment. Well, maybe not...

Putin’s little helpers all so keen to see Ukraine surrender

🇪🇺🇺🇦 The number of Ukrainians with temporary protection has increased in EU countries As of December 31, 2025, 4.35 million Ukrainian refugees had temporary protection status in the EU countries. Compared to the end of November 2025, their number increased by 24,675 people, or 0.6%

The greatest threat Russia presents right now is that it gains more at the negotiation table than it has achieved on the battlefield. Russia’s maximalist demands cannot be met with a minimalist response. Extract of my speech at Munich Security Conference ↓

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?

I prefer to think of Bank Run Ridley here less as a dangerous lunatic than as a one man argument you should let go of your imposter syndrome.

The US DOD has just blacklisted military personnel from taking courses at most of America's top universities and specialist tech and medicine schools, including Harvard, Yale, MIT and Johns Hopkins. Somehow I don't see the PLA making this kind of unforced error.

I never really sign stuff. But this was different. It's not about trying to facilitate or block a particular party's route to power. It's about an electoral system that's unsuited to the political realities we face today and risks giving us government after government with no convincing mandate.

Rubio’s speech at Munich was a massive free dose of fentanyl to an addict desperate not to get clean. And it worked. Europe is full of suckers.

Who would have imagined I still think that the government's decision to put everything on LNG might be a tad silly🤦🏻‍♂️ #kikorangi

Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."

France and Germany are part of a shared civilisation but it didn't stop them from going to war with each other four times between 1800 and 1950

I prefer it when ‘Traitors’ describes the TV program, not the people potentially electing the next government.

“Maybe a better way to look at this is ‘people preparedness’. One way for people to be prepared (for the next pandemic) is to be healthier, eat better and exercise, so you’re less likely to get sick or have a poor outcome,” Powers added. Right. This will protect you from a novel pathogen.🤦‍♂️

Keir Starmer has branded Reform UK as 'pro-Putin' at the Munich Security Conference 28% of Britons see Reform UK as pro-Russia, making them the only party the public see as more pro-Russia than anti-Russia yougov.co.uk/politics/art...

Yet the unwillingness of the British political and defence establishment to publicly even just imagine an American withdrawal from Europe is a pathway towards strategic fiasco

Europe and the UK should come closer together – on security, on economy or on defending our democracies. Ten years on from Brexit, our futures are as bound as ever. So, it is in our common interest to be ambitious about our partnership.

"Reducing reliance on fossil fuels looks like Europe’s best shot at saving its domestic manufacturing and stopping other governments from pushing it around." Outstanding article in The Wall Street Journal. www.wsj.com/business/ene...

Coal mine owner says what? Matt should have retired from public life after Northern Rock kicked off the destruction of the UK economy, but now he wants to take aim at the whole human race.

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

Yet another way in which the young are being asked to subsidise the old- this is utterly iniquitous but sadly part of a recurring pattern in this country

Centre-left candidate poised to comfortably win Portuguese presidency

Rate bit of good news here for Labour.

Badenoch accuses Starmer of making his problems 'somebody else's fault'. From a party that has turned the 'someone else's fault' doctrine into an art form. bsky.app/profile/rola...

BASH: Is this measles outbreak a consequence of the administration undermining support for vaccines? DR OZ: I don't believe so. Secretary Kennedy has been advocating for measles vaccines BASH: Oh, come on

Peter Mandelson – the great genius at the heart of New Labour. Dominic Cummings – the great genius at the heart of 'Leave'. Nick Timothy – the great genius at.... Morgan McSweeney – the great.... Steve Hilton... Can we ban all alleged great geniuses and cast them into outer darkness forever?

"Which theatre of war were you deployed to, grandpa?" "The movie theatre. It was hell."

Industrial heat is one of the hardest parts of the energy transition. This sand battery is now delivering fossil-free heat for industry, storing renewable electricity as high-temperature heat and releasing it when needed. Simple idea, big impact.

The Daily Telegraph currently owned by a private equity vehicle RedBird IMI - based in the UAE and led by Italian American Gerry Cardinale and Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Patriotic news. For patriotic people. Who don't want to pay taxes.

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“It could take years to restore Brexit losses” Especially if Farage comes along and tears up the ‘reset’ as he threatens. Honest to god.. it’s such a tedious, idiotic, resource-sapping mess. There’s really nothing patriotic about it. Prejudice costs such a lot. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

British values

This story should be retitled. The US is actually funding pro-Putin think tanks, ones that want to end European democracy. Lets be honest about this.

From the start, the focus of the Trump administration's approach to Ukraine has been on US enrichment, friendly relations with Russia, and getting everyone else to treat Russia like a great power. The survival of Ukraine and European security are entirely irrelevant.

Still Life with Bananas, Pomegranate and Brown Jug

Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY. There was also a 71% drop in air pollution. Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople

Concentration camps: “For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."

Global Britain latest

WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED. Thank you, @donlemonofficial.bsky.social, for your courage in the face of censorship, and for joining us in NYC as our special opening guest. HRC is proud to stand with you, and will always defend a free press.

Farage doesn’t live in Clacton, I guess this is just standard for RefUK.

Have a read of this. Great scoop, obviously, but it’s also an absolute masterclass in how to report on these jokers. Plenty of London-based hacks could learn a lot from Martin Shipton here. If they actually wanted to… nation.cymru/news/the-new...

Not Surprised At all

It’s almost like Putin is running our foreign policy.

the perils of being a commentator

Concentration camps: stories of as many as 50 people to a cell — men and women in some cases — with no windows and limited airflow, a single camera-monitored toilet, aluminum blankets, no showers and poor quality food.