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Stephen Fry: “I’m deeply worried by the darkening shadow that’s going over the world, a shadow that we have to call fascism”
Laura Kuenssberg: “You would use that word?”
Stephen Fry: “Oh absolutely. It’s a cult of power; and power only speaks to power”
#bbclaurak
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Reform UK's Suella Braverman claims massive taxpayer-funded water bill at home equal to 18 baths a day
Claims to have used 1,504 litres of water daily at £1.2m four-bedroom pad.
Reform have promised benefit cuts for the disabled, old, sick, poor.
mirror.co.uk/news/politics/s…
“We are broke as a country” says Reform’s Robert Jenrick who played a leading role in breaking the country via 14 years of Tory mismanagement
#bbclaurak
Yeah, let’s resist rejoining the largest trading bloc on the fucking planet because a few dozen people are kicking off on a street somewhere in northern Italy
‘Very wealthy man abandons country that gave him opportunity to make millions for fear of being asked to pay fractionally more tax to improve things for everyone’
Former Goldman Sachs boss flees Britain over rising tax burden just days before the Budget
lbc.co.uk/article/goldman-sa…
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“You’re a horrible little reporter, aren’t you?”
If any previous president had said that to a reporter at the White House, a female reporter in particular, it would have been a multi-day scandal.
But we as a country and media have normalized this boorish, abusive misogynist.
YIKES 😳 Trump snaps at a reporter asking him about why he's dismissing sexual abuse allegations 👇
WOMAN REPORTER: Do the sexual abuse allegations mean nothing to you, sir?
TRUMP: Wait. Wait! Wait wait wait. Slow down. Who are you with?
REPORTER: NBC, sir. But they are very serious sexual abuse allegations
TRUMP: Quiet! Isn't she a fresh person? You're a horrible little reporter, aren't you?
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World-leading cardiac surgeon Asif Hasan was surrounded by the children who received the gift of life thanks to his unerring skills at the emotional climax of another memorable Pride of Britain ceremony. 🥹
Now 70 years old, Mr Hasan has just retired after 35 years of service at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle upon Tyne, but just after receiving his Lifetime Achievement Award, he had an extra special surprise: a cast of patients who would not be alive without him. ❤️
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The "five Israelis" were on-duty IDF soldiers, by the way. Seems like an important detail to include.
Five Israelis wounded and two suspected Palestinian attackers killed in West Bank shooting bbc.in/3Ud0szZ
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We need a fucking revolution..
Finishing touches ahead of this evening’s State Banquet… ✨
Tonight, The King and Queen will host a State Banquet for the Sultan of Oman at Windsor Castle.
☕️ Inspired by the Omani ritual of Kahwa, a collection of special teas will be served.
While Kahwa is traditionally a spiced coffee, the concept has been adapted to draw on the long-standing British love of tea while preserving the aromatic spices and flavours that make Kahwa so distinctive: fragrant cardamom, delicate rose, sweet dates, and gentle warming spices.
Guests will be invited to choose from an Iced Earl Grey & Date, an Iced Mint & Rose, or a Warm Cardamom-Spiced Blend sweetened with Windsor Honey.
Together, they reflect the warmth and hospitality shared by both Omani and British traditions. 🇬🇧🇴🇲
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Reform UK's private police in Colchester have been given an official reprimand after they illegally handcuffed two teenage girls.
Operation Vanguard is a private security patrol employed at the cost of £150,000 to the taxpayer, to wander the streets of Braintree, Chelmsford and Colchester.
If we look a little further though, unsurprisingly, Reform UK have some serious questions to answer.
The BBC reported yesterday that two of the private police patrol, run by a firm called My Local Bobby, were officially rebuked by the police for illegally detaining these girls.
Essex Police said two offences of assault without injury were recorded and “learning requirements” had been “passed to the security staff employers”.
The £150,000 contract for Operation Vanguard was awarded without tender to My Local Bobby by Peter Harris, Reform leader of the council.
The goons handcuffed two teenagers they believed to be shoplifting, but these security staff have zero powers of detention under the law.
As you can see from Essex County Council's own website FAQs below, they have no powers at all.
It feels to me that the citizens of Essex should be aware of this fact and be prepared to stand up to these glorified store detectives.
FAQs state that they cannot arrest people, they have no powers of stop and search, no power to ask questions and absolutely zero enforcement powers.
They are literally performing 'citizens arrests' and being paid £150,000 by the council for it.
If those in Essex know this then it could easily open the council up to substantial lawsuits if their vigilantes carry on 'arresting' people illegally.
Reform UK are wasting public money again and setting themselves up to be sued. Again.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crly…
The man who missed 77 consecutive votes in Parliament over the course of almost three months is now complaining about teachers potentially working four day weeks (with kids still receiving five days of schooling)
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“What is it mein Fuhrer?”
“It’s from Steve Witkoff. He’s nominated me for the Nobel Peace Prize.”
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Calling the cops because your own vetting process was so shit that you let journalists in who exposed you as racist, sexist, homophobic pieces of shit is genuinely one of the funniest own goals imaginable.
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Hi @IsabelOakeshott the @PrivateEyeNews revealed today you head a UAE company conducting unregistered lobbying activities in UK on behalf of African countries and that it involved British politicians (your husband included). Home Office unaware. Care to comment?
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So it's Ai stealing jobs?
Thought it was immigrants....
BREAKING: Barclays cutting 5,000 jobs in AI-led efficiency drive
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I’m going to go out on a limb and say they haven’t got a shred of evidence to prove ITV reporters have ‘interfered’ with letters/leaflets - it’s undiluted speculation/deflection/time wasting
If they did have evidence they’d be screaming that they had
When Reform's letters to postal voters in Portsmouth were ready to go out, two undercover ITV reporters were personally responsible for almost two hundred of them in the ward of Drayton and Farlington.
Reform lost Drayton and Farlington by 24 votes.
The same two men were responsible for delivering leaflets to half the ward of Baffins.
Reform lost Baffins by 85 votes.
These were men whose purpose was to infiltrate Reform UK and damage it.
In two wards decided by a few dozen votes, we believe there are reasonable grounds to conclude that ITV altered the result of British elections.
There is no precedent for this.
It is certainly not journalism.
We believe it to be criminal.
We will hold ITV and its activists to account.