I think you all underestimated him. He wasn’t just going to give in until he was sure that he could get something in return

Didn’t watch and don’t care about your attempts at sane washing the felon

Trump and Musk have launched a new class war. In the UK, we must prepare to defend ourselves | George Monbiot Across the world, societies are reverting to oligarchies. How to resist? Fight for democracy with all we’ve got, writes Guardian columnist George Monbiot

“Trump and Musk have launched a new class war. In the UK, we must prepare to defend ourselves”
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social

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Oligarchs made their billions because they worked really hard for it. You just need to work harder.

Children's homes run by private equity rake in millions The companies include outfits controlled by private equity firms, as well as the daughter of a former City stockbroker linked to fraud.

England's children's homes run by private equity rake in millions.

Private firms own 83% of homes.

Average charge for a child in care is £281,000 a year. Some charge £63,000 a week per child.

For-profit homes provide the worse care.

End privatisation scam.
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it might be shorter to make the list of *non* grim politics around the world... Poland and Brazil doing sterling work coming back after kicking out the authoritarians but otherwise...

Man sentenced as GMP secures biggest penalty in Bury domestic violence pilot scheme Greater Manchester Police (GMP) has secured the biggest penalty so far for the breach of a domestic abuse protection order (DAPO) as part of a pilot…

Just like much of the furore this week, here is an example of a law passed 4 years ago and the Tories did nothing with it. Within months of us being in power we delivered the scheme because we are about actual actions and real outcomes. They talked we walked. www.burytimes.co.uk/news/2484314...

Trump crypto venture partners with platform linked to Middle East militants A crypto venture recently unveiled by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and his new Middle East envoy, billionaire Steve Witkoff, has partnered with a crypto platform that authorities and financial experts say has been used by criminals and Iran-backed militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah.

“A crypto venture recently unveiled by Donald Trump and his new Middle East envoy, billionaire Steve Witkoff, has partnered w/a crypto platform that authorities and financial experts say has been used by criminals and Iran-backed militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah”

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@octopus.energy I have a problem with my smart meter and have no gas coming into my home. National grid say the meter is faulty and I need to contact you to sort it. Can you get back to me urgently please

Israel Fired on Journalists in Lebanon Just Hours After Ceasefire Began Israel’s attack on the journalists marks the first violation of the ceasefire, a press group said.

Israeli forces opened fire on two journalists in the southern town of Khiam, violating the ceasefire agreement that had just begun. Both journalists, one working for The Associated Press and the other for Sputnik, were wounded and have been hospitalized for their injuries.

Yes whatever! The Tories are vile and she is so out of her depth

Once again Ian Hislop explains things expertly as always - love that man.

‘Catastrophic’ marine heatwaves are killing sealife and causing mass disruption to UK fisheries Targeted research must be launched urgently to save sea creatures and plant life, oceanography centre warns

Meanwhile… finally starting to notice what’s happening??

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The Appeasers Mar-a-Lago, where integrity goes to die

In the weeks since the election, we’ve begun to see just how far corporate media will go to appease the man who, for nine years on an almost daily basis, has maligned the profession of journalism and put individual journalists in danger. (Sorry about the picture):

www.marytrump.org/p/the-appeas...

Times article says: “Reform MP James McMurdock was jailed for repeatedly kicking girlfriend The MP had told the media he had been jailed for 'pushing' former partner in 2006, when the court records suggest a more violent assault”

excellent reporting by George Greenwood at the Times

www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

I never know how helpful 'Imagine ifs' are - although I am partial to reminding people of the media meltdowns when Diane Abbott had a mojito on a train - but seriously, imagine a major Labour politician publicly advertising this level of pant-wetting ignorance. He is shadow *Justice Secretary* ffs.

As an addendum to this, it took four months to get this information, which would have been publicly available at the time of conviction.

The Times had to appoint counsel and attend a hearing at Westminster Magistrates Court to secure its release. That is not an expense all publishers can afford.

Reform MP James McMurdock was jailed for repeatedly kicking girlfriend The MP had told the media he had been jailed for ‘pushing’ former partner in 2006, when the court records say he repeatedly kicked her on a night out

Reform MP James McMurdock was jailed for repeatedly kicking his girlfriend.

He had told the media he was jailed for "pushing" his former partner in 2006.

Court records obtained by The Times say the sentence was given because of "the serious nature of the offence”.

www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Starmer has confirmed as that the UK would comply stop being disingenuous

The Times journalist who fought to get the story about the Reform MP who kicked his girlfriend multiple times @georgegreenwood.bsky.social tells how hard the newspaper had to right to get the information released.

So who has been protecting the Reform MP?

Russell Jones's Week Moment: All Aboard With Jeremy and Nigel on the Inheritance Tax-Avoiding Tractor Wagon! The bestselling author of 'The Decade in Tory' on the festival of hypocrisy and self interest that is the debate about tax and farmers

Another searing @russincheshire.bsky.social piece on Clarkson, Farage and the be-wellied obsessions of the privately educated large landowner elite, so dear to most the media.

All Aboard With Jeremy and Nigel on the Inheritance Tax-Avoiding Tractor Wagon!
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Lobbyist had access to parliament for 18 months due to "administrative error" - Tortoise A parliamentary pass should have been deactivated, but wasn’t

A corporate lobbyist and former Truss aide who recently worked for two sanctioned oligarchs, was allowed to keep a Parliamentary pass for 18 months after it should've been deactivated

Fullbrook got the pass from his wife who was ennobled by Boris Johnson before going on an extended leave of absence

With new figures showing that more than one in three children in the UK are now living in poverty, with deprivation hitting a record high, it's good to see the Times focusing on the people who are really struggling

What kind of tan is that on Kennedy? I've eaten Medjool dates paler than that.

You are such a nasty piece of work blocking you as don’t want to hear your vile comments

Is this Poulami Desai’s mother?

musk has lost the clifton suspension bridge

Family Lawyer here

@mrjamesob.bsky.social welcome James I left the hellhole a few months ago back. I am happy to see you here 😀