Of course they are concentration camps. And @anatosaurus.bsky.social is right that once you accept the euphemism you are halfway to normalizing the thing.

Are there, perhaps, any recent examples of dubious characters with obvious security risks being appointed to the House of Lords?

Telegraph newspaper editorial on Mandelson's appointment in December 2024 versus editorial today

HOW DID FARAGE'S GIRLFRIEND BUY A 900K HOUSE AND POOL IN FRINTON WITH CASH NO MORTGAGE

Just can't summon any interest in this Starmer story. It's like the media's obsession with Wrexham FC all over again.

Pensioner given criminal conviction over single-letter typo on car insurance form The 86-year-old did not realise that she had written an ‘F’ instead of an ‘S’

Pensioner given criminal conviction over single-letter typo on car insurance form

Was someone on here collecting shady #election leaflets?

It’s quite something to see this happening from across the pond where this scandal wouldn’t even be noticed or commented on at all.

Much more an indictment of the state of US politics but this really feels pretty small with the context of warmongering fascists marauding around the planet.

Starmer is a threat to the far right and the rich

They can see it
Especially as uk might now rejoin the eu

If Uk does then all money due to be sent to tax havens will be threatened !!

Which is what Brexit was all about!

Articles about Jared Kushner's diplomatic role with Iran that mention Kushner has received billions from the Saudi government (2/28-4/19):

NYT: 5 of 58
WashPost: 1 of 43
WSJ: 0 of 40
AP: 0 of 26
CNN Wire: 0 of 18
NY Post: 0 of 17
Chicago Tribune: 0 of 4
LA Times: 0 of 4
Boston Globe: 0 of 2

Nigel Farage Has Personally Accepted £675,000 from Foreign Sources Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has accepted more than half a million pounds from foreign companies, governments, and donors while serving as an MP, DeSmog can reveal. Since July 2024, when he was elect...

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Farage has accepted £675,000 – a third of his income – from foreign sources since becoming an MP.

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BREAKING: We're taking the government to court over Palantir Peter Thiel's surveillance firm is embedded in the NHS. Wes Streeting won't show us the briefings - so we have launched a legal challenge.

Investigative journalism outlet Democracy for Sale is fighting FOI 'secrecy' around ministerial briefings about Palantir's £330m NHS contract with an appeal at the Information Tribunal democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-w...

Ed Miliband to double down on net zero with measures to combat Iran energy shock As fossil fuel prices soar ‘the era of clean energy security must come of age’, energy secretary will say

There is no politician - and I mean none - who is better-placed than Ed Miliband to get us through this fossil fuel-driven energy crisis.

No-one in politics understands the energy system better. That’s why the billionaire fossil press hate him

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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UK: Urban Swear Map Update!
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#language #research #swearing #edchat #English #linguistics

Get a grip on ‘scandal’ of illegal child social care in England, ministers are told Vulnerable children placed in caravans, Airbnbs and holiday camps, with children’s commissioner saying practice must stop

“National scandal” of England’s shadow child social care as shocking new report reveals number of children in unregulated settings has increased by more than 370% in five years

www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

You need a magnifying glass to see in tiny type that this note on blue paper is from the LibDems - and why did it come in a plain blue envelope? #shifty 🧐

EU: The European Union will require sale of mobile phones with “user-replaceable and longer-lasting batteries” starting in 2027.

The regulation demands “availability of spare parts and manuals for 10 years to curb planned obsolescence”.

Not so much pride, more delusions of adequacy

Pope Leo for potus 🫶🤝🙌

So pleased Laura Kuenssberg is back this week. That means there is no chance Robert Jenrick will be asked about his promise to cut flight tax after a £40k donation from an airline owner.

Brits hate a bully.

Thats why Farage has dropped in the polls. It’s why Brits loathe Trump.

The media have miscalculated on their bullying of Starmer. It simply makes most of us want to defend him. Brits always favour the underdogs.

Starmer is going nowhere.

Trevor Phillips said on Sky News this morning that "everybody in the country who could read a newspaper" knew in advance of the Mandelson appointment that he was problematic

is this the same Phillips who interviewed Mandelson on October 08 2023 and didn't ask any questions about Epstein friendship?

Trump, IRS In Talks To Settle U.S. President's $10 Billion Lawsuit Trump's adult sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, and the Trump Organization are also plaintiffs.

Trump is reported close to a "deal" with himself under which US taxpayers would pay him $10 billion.

I served in multiple communist and authoritarian dictatorships, but I never witnessed corruption on this scale or this blatant.

🔥SEN. @ossoff.senate.gov : “Ivanka’s husband Jared Kushner’s on the Saudi payroll for $2 BILLION— as he leads 🇺🇸 diplomacy + asks sheikhs for billions more… Never have we seen so little effort to hide so much corruption. The Mar-a-Lago mafia taking corruption to spectacular new heights.”

📢 We've reached *3000* documented authoritarian-like actions of Trump's second term since Jan 2025...

the two most recent are classic suppression of the press & using the justice system to attack political enemies

www.trumpactiontracker.info

Reform UK’s Richard Tice allegedly failed to pay £100,000 in corporation tax Deputy leader ran shell companies that reportedly did not pay tax on profits from 2020 to 2022, during which time his firm donated £1.1m to party Richard Tice allegedly failed to pay almost £100,000 in corporation tax to the benefit of his investment company, which in turn made donations to Reform UK, it has been reported. In response to the report in the Sunday Times, the deputy leader of Reform UK posted a lengthy statement on X, in which he said: “A long career with multiple businesses is bound to feature some errors. Naturally I am always happy to put things right and if numbers need rechecking, of course I will pay what is owed – be that more or less.” Continue reading...

Reform UK’s Richard Tice allegedly failed to pay £100,000 in corporation tax

No Conservative should be allowed to speak on this matter without being reminded that Boris Johnson failed his security vetting, yet the Tories appointed him to be Foreign Minister and then Prime Minister.

The @theguardian.com needs to think carefully about how it reports these things. The tone of debate can be raised, or at least not lowered, if reporters check the truth instead of reporting any old random, uninformed slagging off

Tice ‘happy to put things right’ after ‘he failed to pay £100k in corporation tax’ Mr Tice said last year Angela Rayner would resign if she had “any moral decency” after admitting to underpaying stamp duty

Richard Tice deputy leader of Reform ran four shell companies which did not pay any tax on profits between 2020 and 2022.

He's now offering to "put things right".

Go on then Richard - resign.

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