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#UKSR latest.

Captured media ☑️
Captured state❔️

Countless examples of this during Trump's 2nd term.

Countless layers of evidence linking Trump to transnational organised crime and Russia over 50 years.

Yet 99% of pundits continue to report Trump statements seriously, and actions via a conventional political lens. #WTFU

Kleptocracy Now

I love the smell of blatant corruption in the morning.

#corruption #markets #insidertrading

Next Labour Leader Betting: Starmer Survival Will Boost Andy Burnham Prospects The May elections are expected to be catastrophic for the Labour Party....

My latest on the #Labour leadership for @gamblingcom.bsky.social

How Keir Starmer's short-term survival will boost Andy Burnham's prospects.

www.gambling.com/uk/news/next...

In the 1930s, Oswald Mosley claimed to be a patriot, while his British Union of Fascists was secretly funded by the Italian government. We are just beginning to grasp how much of the far right in the UK today has been funded by Viktor Orbán and Russian oil money.
Their "patriotism" is always a con.

Some people are saying, many people, that Kemi Badenoch is a really bad person. Awful. The worst. A total disaster! A total looser! Sad!

Look who was in Moscow attending the Russian Orthodox Easter service.

Not just Putin ( apparently heavily made up) but Elon Musk’s father (looking decidedly raddled).

Putin's Puppet Project in Peril - emptywheel JD Vance took time out of Trump's Crusades against Iran to tamper in Hungary's election not just because Viktor Orbán is the ideological figurehead of the far right, but because Hungary serves as a ke...

“This is a trans-national effort, funded by Russian oil, to replace Western liberalism with a pro-Russian ideology... Orbán is not just the puppet that gives this packaged ideology a European face... he oversees the money laundering vehicles to fund the larger network”
emptywheel.net/2026/04/07/p...

‼️ Sex trafficking, kidnapping, domestic violence hand signal ::

Get involved. 🙌🏼

How Obama's tan suit demeaned the office of the presidency and paved the way for Donald Trump.

By the editorial board.

Isn't the reality that, when fascism or similar tyranny emerges, only a small, dedicated hardcore actually do anything (however small) to challenge it? Unless, perhaps, guided by an organised mass movement, eg unions/churches.

The vast majority will go along with it until it comes to their door.

“Casualty Cover-Up”: The Pentagon Is Hiding U.S. Losses Under Trump in the Middle East The Pentagon has sent outdated statements on the number of U.S. troops killed or wounded during the Iran War, resulting in undercounts.

@nickturse.bsky.social on how DOD is covering up casualties.

theintercept.com/2026/04/01/i...

So Kemi would have stood shoulder to shoulder with Trump on Day One but a month later - having committed British service personnel and weapons to attack Iran - she would have realised she'd made a mistake. Well, that really does inspire immense confidence.

Every single friend or ally of Trump ends up betrayed, denied, under the bus.

Except Putin.

US Senate Election Betting: Expect Odds To Shift Towards Democrats Gambling.com looks at who will control the US Senate when the election is held in November....

With Trump's administration mired in crises and his approvals at an all-time low, expect the betting on who controls the Senate to shift in the Democrats favour.

My latest for @gamblingcom.bsky.social

www.gambling.com/uk/news/us-s...

You were! Yes and 6 years on, BBC coverage remains awful. The two worst chief political correspondents in their history, or at any of their international peers.

Putin has eight shadow tankers in the English Channel. But the UK isn't seizing them Naval units and special forces teams are on standby with the capability to rapidly intercept and secure vessels

Eight sanctioned Russian tankers are currently in the English Channel but the Royal Navy is not seizing them, despite new powers to do so.

inews.co.uk/news/putin-e...

Russia took satellite images of U.S. air base in days before Iranian attack, Ukraine's Zelenskyy says Volodymyr Zelenskyy told NBC News it would be a "mistake" if American-made missile interceptors bound for Ukraine were diverted to Gulf countries being attacked by Iran.

“Russia took satellite images of a U.S. air base in Saudi Arabia three times in the days before Iran attacked the site and wounded American troops.”

www.nbcnews.com/world/ukrain...

This analysis draws heavily on polling by @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social for @news.sky.com - there is a clear difference between the 2024 Reform vote and those who have defected from the Conservatives since (not to mention with the Tory loyalists who are still sticking with the party).

Countries banning all teenagers from social media because "their brains aren't developed enough to handle it", meanwhile nobody's talking about the percentage of retirement-aged adults who have irreversibly cooked their fucking brains on Facebook since 2020.

Yeah but were Kula Shaker fascists?

Big shout out to all the idiots among the commentariat who have frequently described Trump's actions in Venezuela as 'successful'.

More accurately, Putin spread it to USA via proxies such as Trump and Tucker Carlson, and now it has swamped the internet.

It was a tradition. Donate millions via opaque measures to the government party. Get 40 times that in government contracts. Now the Woke Mob want to take all that away.

H/T @nytpitchbot.bsky.social

Hungarian Election Betting Odds: Drama Awaits As Orban Faces Toughest Race Yet Viktor Orban has been prime minister for 20 of the last 28 years, but is odds-on to lose....

My thoughts on the forthcoming Hungarian election. Orban faces his toughest challenge yet and is odds-on to lose, but can we trust the polls or process.

Via @gamblingcom.bsky.social

www.gambling.com/uk/news/hung...

Children as young as 12 are getting radicalised in Europe, Wegter says European teens are in danger of radicalisation and recruitment online, the EU counter-terrorism coordinator warns, saying children as young as 12 are being targeted. #12MinutesWith

Not even 🇪🇺 children have escaped the disaster of disinformation and radicalization. The EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator warns that children as young as 12 are being radicalized online within weeks. Beyond jihadist threats, violent right- and left-wing ideologies are targeting young people online.

I would like to remind everyone about what children’s lives were like before people literally died fighting for workers rights and child labor laws. The elite pedophile class absolutely has NO qualms about sending your children to work from the moment they can walk. History tells us as much.

Trump lying? Surely not?

That politicians, media, markets hang on his words is probably the stupidest thing that has ever happened.

Another bumper pay out for Trump and his cronies #oilprices #iranwar