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Reform's Swindon candidate Martin Costello sounds simply awful. (This is an extract from the 'i' paper's newsletter.)

Iran says it has seized two cargo ships in Strait of Hormuz after three vessels attacked The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says it is escorting the seized ships to the Iranian coast. Earlier, Donald Trump said he was extending the US-Iran ceasefire.

'Iran says it has seized two cargo ships in Strait of Hormuz, after three vessels were attacked since Donald Trump said he was extending the US-Iran ceasefire.'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx...

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Given the lack of BBC coverage of all the really dire Refuk candidates that actually passed their vetting, I'm surprised Farage hasn't tweeted a 'thank you for your inattention to this matter' message.

I'm just relieved nobody is talking about how I said I bought a house in Clacton, then admitted it was in the name of my girlfriend, Laure Ferrari, even though she couldn't afford £885,000, which conveniently meant I avoided £44,000 in tax.
Please don't share.

This claim seems unsupported by evidence - what is it?

Now "Remoaners" have jumped on the Lego bandwagon.

Good!

Fleischer is an ardent Republican and Fox News contributor - and he's not a happy bunny.

It’s official - VICTORY in Virginia as voters approve new redistricting plan with a 10-1 Democratic advantage

This could mean up to FOUR more seats for Dems in House this November

Mike Johnson, consider yourself on notice - the American people are about to FIRE you

Ukraine war live: Zelensky asks for Putin summit as EU approves €90b loan The US mediated direct talks between Ukraine and Russia earlier this year without a breakthrough

'EU finally approves major €90b loan for Ukraine war effort as Hungary's block on the aid package and fresh sanctions on Russia has ended.'
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...

Ein Deutscher in London 🇩🇪

Who said the Germans have no sense of humour?

Third ship attacked in Strait of Hormuz after Trump extends Iran ceasefire The first vessel was fired at by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the UKMTO says. A report in Iran says the IRGC also hit the other two ships.

Trump's extension of the ceasefire was his seventh 'Taco'.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx...

Electricity bills targeted in planned shakeup to energy pricing The war in the Middle East has brought renewed attention to Britain's vulnerability to energy price shocks.

Hopefully good news.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Kevin Warsh just lost me. He argues he's going to be an independent Fed Chair, but refuses to acknowledge that Trump lost the 2020 election. If you can't state simple facts when you're in the political spotlight, you aren't independent. You're a coward.

Challenge over Met Police's use of live facial recognition lost The claim was brought over concerns the technology can be used in an arbitrary or discriminatory way.

'Privacy campaigners Big Brother Watch have lost a High Court challenge aimed at limiting the Met Police's use of live facial recognition technology over concerns that facial recognition could be used arbitrarily or in a discriminatory way.'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Well done - this was a pesky one!

Yes, it was one of those annoying ones!

Sky News is now pronouncing Starmer's political death sentence. Meanwhile:

Not to be seen on the BBC TV News, doesn’t suit their agenda .

Also not to be seen in the Telegraph, Express, Mail, Sun, etc.

And nowadays not in the Guardian either.

I wish.😢

In February 1777, General George Washington ordered the first mass immunization campaign in American history by mandating that his troops be inoculated against smallpox. He protected the Continental Army from an epidemic that was deadlier than British forces.

249 years later, we have this idiot.

Trump says he will extend Iran ceasefire until negotiations conclude The move has come at the request of Pakistan, the US president says, adding that Washington will continue its blockade of Iranian ports.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx...

Thanks - yes on the first two points. But the vetting is not a pass/fail process, they just tick 'concerns' box - and Robbins said that in Mandelson's case they were not linked to Epstein! And CS are *not allowed* to tell politicians of vetting concerns. The system itself seems flawed.

Genuine question. I'm confused!

"Quietly" because the UK media are too busy obsessing about trying to get Starmer booted out over Mandelson to even notice this. And they prefer to ignore good news right now, anyway.🙄

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Trump says he 'expects to be bombing' if no progress made in Iran talks It comes as Iran's parliamentary speaker says Tehran is preparing

He's already bombing - in the polls.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx...

"This is an important thing to think about."

Virginia Woolf, more than a hundred years ago: