Farage seems to have a long list of people to blame, but no solutions.

Clinton balanced the federal budget Obama a Nobel Peace Prize Biden passed the largest long-term investment in US infrastructure since World War 2 Trump told us dumb has a B in it…

When Zia Yusuf joined Reform, the commentary was that he was going to make them a professional party, who would be ready for government if voted in Makerfield suggests that nothing could be further from the truth. They are making the Monster Raving Loonies look like Real Madrid

So the latest Trump masterplan may be to go to war with Cuba, to distract from his disastrous war on Iran, which was done to distract attention from his war on Venezuela, which was done to distract attention from the Epstein files. Keeping up?

What the media aren’t covering… Net migration down 48% Immigration down 20% Emigration down 6% Asylum applications down 12% Returns and deportations up 7% Arrivals by small boat down 41% - 1st Jan - 20th May

This is one of Starmer's best performances. Clear answers, across the brief and relaxed. #PMQs

Burnham has donated 15% of his salary every year since becoming Greater Manchester Mayor. Farage took a £5 million gift and regularly talks the UK down when he goes to the US to suck up to Trump. Who do you think would serve the country better?

Assume the media will be blasting this out today? Q1 2026 G7 estimates: UK - 0.6% US - 0.5% Canada - 0.4% Germany - 0.3% Italy - 0.2% France - 0%

Why are the media so uninterested in Ben Habib allegation that Farage and Johnson were each handed £1m by Christopher Harborne to fix an election. It at least merits further investigation and scrutiny Imagine the resources they'd invest if it was a pair of glasses for Starmer

May = 3 years Johnson = 3 years and 2 months Truss = 7 weeks Sunak = 1 year and 9 months If Starmer goes = 1 year and 10 months That's a PM every two years. It's not sustainable and it makes progress less likely, not more.

If Labour think changing PM will help, it won’t. The media will hound and hate whoever takes Starmer’s place just as much. For some reason, they have a desperate desire to see Farage become PM. They are not acting in the national interest.

The Oakeshott's and Mail's of the world will hate it, but Starmer pledging stronger ties with the EU was the best part of his speech. Brexit has done irreparable economic damage. Why are so many commentators desperate to champion something that reduced our economic standing?

What do you think the media would do if a Labour MP took an undeclared £5 million gift?

Still no mainstream media coverage of Farage’s £5 million ‘gift’. Why would that be? Do Reform get a pass on potential corruption?

Assuming by tomorrow they’ll be a Chris Mason deep-dive on Farage’s £5 million ‘gift’

Wouldn't it make more sense to call for tighter gun control than new ballrooms?

Robin Williams famously said politicians should wear NASCAR outfits so we could see what sponsors own them. Farage’s outfit would be looking very interesting this morning. Great work by @theguardian.com

Anyone seen a Chris Mason BBC deep-dive on Richard Tice’s tax affairs yet?

The Angela Rayner scandal ran on repeat for days on end by The Mail and GB News. Richard Tice - no mentions at all. Why would that be?

If Nigel Farage does ever become Prime Minister, do you think the media will apply the same level of constant scrutiny and hatred to him as some parts do to Keir Starmer?

Trump’s biggest political weakness is that everything is binary. It’s win or lose That’s ok when you’re fighting an election, but the art of government requires much more nuance, intelligence and compromise Trump lacks all of these which is why the world is in its current state

The JD effect. A new poll in Hungary has found that JD Vance's visit to Budapest to cheerlead for Viktor Orbán has seen his party lose 3% of its support.

Remember whenever Farage, Badenoch or Jenrick talk about rising petrol prices, it is a direct result of a war they supported and their desperation to see who could cheerlead for Trump the loudest.

Strange performance from Badenoch. Demanding an energy solution that isn’t possible caused by a war of choice she was an initial cheerleader behind Trump for. #bbclaurak

Who uses crypto to donate to political parties? Russia as it’s anonymous. Who opposes legislation to ban crypto donations? Reform.

Today will show if Trump always TACO’s The world should hope he does. If he does blow up Iran’s power stations, Iran will attempt to take out the energy infratstructure of their Gulf neighbours Result - global economy collapses and likelihood of a nuclear strike increases

Monday - time to wind the war down Tuesday - Iran must surrender Wednesday - the war will end soon Thursday - I’m going to send in troops Friday - the war is almost over Saturday - I’m going to obliterate golf Sunday - I’m playing golf Does that sound like a man with a plan?

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You know the war isn’t going well when the World Health Organisation says they’re preparing for a potential nuclear incident…

Hegseth “The war in Iran is protected by God” Pope Leo XIV “Do not involve the name of God in choices of death. God cannot be enlisted in darkness.” 1-0 to Leo.

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Labour delivering. Where’s the media coverage of? - NHS waiting lists falling by 43,000 in January (down 374,000 in 18 months) - Fastest ambulance response in 5 years - A&E waits the shortest for four years

Starmer doing a good job of pointing out Conservative and Reform hypocrisy on their positions on Iran. Very weird they’d go with Trumps view over that of the British public. #PMQs

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So Trump is saying the war’s gonna be over soon whilst the Department of War’s Twitter account says they’ve only just begun to fight. Which one is it?

Trumps actions since winning the FIFA peace prize. War with Iran Raided Venezuela Threatened to invade Greenland Fatal ICE operations Threatened Cuba and Colombia Can’t wait to see who Infantino thinks is worthy of winning next year’s prize.

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Many of the British media siding with Trump on Iran after he said UK troops hung back in Afghanistan is pretty astounding and very odd.

No more forever wars? Trump has authorized more individual air strikes in 2025 than Biden did in four years.

Hmmmm…

Did I miss the part of the #bbclaurak interview yesterday where Johnson was interrogated about his potential role in Bannon’s plot to overthrow Theresa May. Potentially plotting with foreign actors to overthrow the prime minister of your own country is a very serious matter.

How is Yaxley Lennon allowed into the US immediately with all his criminal convictions whilst other people get their social media searched?

Reform MPs make up 1.8% of parliament. Do you think media coverage fairly reflects this?

Interesting that Reform talk about the government betraying the UK when… - Nathan Gill took bribes from the Kremlin - Farage mentioned multiple times in the Epstein files as plotting with Bannon - Tice’s family based in the UAE Any of those three patriotic?

There appears to be evidence in the Epstein files that that Farage, Johnson and Rees-Mogg discussed with a foreign national Steve Bannon the possibility of bringing down a British PM. Why is the media not investigating this?

Manchester United. 21 man squad, 13 of which are immigrants. All paying taxes.

Tax paid by Ratcliffe - £0 Tax paid by immigrants - £15-25 billion estimated

So when are the media also going to scrutinise Farage’s Clacton house, Davos trip funding, Epstein file mentions and Bannon / Russia links? Just asking.