one immediate dramatic consequence of the Hungarian result:

Magyar has promised to repair relations with the EU and unblock a €90bn EU loan for Ukraine

Interest in EVs surges in Europe as fuel prices jump after Iran war Demand at online marketplaces could settle at a new, higher normal, with the crisis leaving consumers ‘scarred’

The Strait of Hormuz crisis is doing something a decade of subsidies and mandates struggled to achieve:

making millions of people want an EV who previously discounted them.

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When Angela Rayner underpaid £40,000 stamp duty on her flat, Richard Tice said it was "morally completely indefensible” and she should immediately resign if she had “any moral decency”.

Now we learn he personally made £91,000 in excess payments by failing to pay the tax his company legally owed

Absolutely remarkable statement from Pope Leo today.
One for the history books
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Melania has ended her ceasefire with Trump.

This is a far simpler answer than people would like to believe.

Trump issues the order via the National Military Command Center to the commander of Strategic Command, and then STRATCOM carries it out directly. There is no second vote, no veto, no check-and-balance.

But yeah let's drill for more oil....

Why assassination is often doomed to fail Israel is culling Iran’s leaders but sometimes removing the big fish merely creates room for more dangerous sharks

www.thetimes.com/article/bfd9...

Ireland issues stark warning to Britain...

Ed Miliband, famously closing coal mines as a 14-year-old minister in Thatcher's government during the miners' strike

Take a bow, @privateeyenews.bsky.social.

Are you filled with righteous anger about Donald Trump's fascism in the States? Good, but not enough. Now, make it your personal responsibility to ensure Nigel Farage never gets to introduce it here.

No Kings is projected on to a mountainside above the town’s lights

Davos, Switzerland, the World Economic Forum.

This is a truly horrifying account of increasingly likely collapse of essential natural systems which would bring mass food shortages, price rises & global disorder. Commissioned from UK intelligence chiefs but scandalously suppressed by Govt, & sneaked out now while attention is elsewhere 👇

Read the full transcript of Carney’s speech to World Economic Forum - National | Globalnews.ca Prime Minister Mark Carney gave a forceful speech in Davos, Switzerland, on the 'new world order' and how middle powers like Canada can benefit by working together.

Canadian PM Carney’s speech at Davos is a must-read. Nice illustration of Balance of Threat theory—he’s saying medium powers must band together to deal with the threat of a rogue US. He’s right: it’s just more evidence of #Trump’s grand-strategic incompetence. globalnews.ca/news/1162087....

Standing under a shower is the best thing about losing your hair!! Great feeling. I would just moisturise with your normal body lotion. And when it grows back it's usually lovely, healthy new hair. Good luck

Opinion | The New Food Pyramid, Brought to You by Big Meat

"Eating less meat remains one of the fastest, easiest and cheapest ways to cut emissions. It requires no new technology, no congressional approval, no subsidies or tax credits."

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/o...

Fleet of heavily armed US military planes land in England At least 11 Globemasters and two Ghostriders have landed at RAF bases since Saturday as the US builds its military might in Britain after Maduro’s capture

www.thetimes.com/article/36c7...

🚨 Let's get momentum behind having a broadcast national emergency briefing

🎤 Watch Olivia Blake read the letter to #Starmer and broadcasters youtu.be/c0NLZPUTH3g?...

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Unless the money is transferred to the Warm Homes Local Grant and delivered by Local Authorities instead of some fairly dubious companies?

If you don’t want to be called a ‘piggy’, quietly listen to my advice

If you don’t want to be called a ‘piggy’, quietly listen to my advice | ✍️ Deborah Ross

The radio service that controls RTS meters will be fully switched off soon. To avoid risking losing access to heat or hot water, please contact your energy supplier to arrange a free meter replacement: www.nea.org.uk/radio-telesw...

Beth Rigby: "Keir Starmer has changed his top team more than I've had hot dinners."

In two years before Starmer we had 3 PMs, 4 Chancellors, 3 Foreign Secretaries, 5 Home Secretaries, 5 Education Secretaries, 5 Cabinet Secretaries, etc. - total 221 ministerial departures.

Maybe Beth is on a diet.

Wood burners linked to 2,500 deaths a year in the UK, analysis finds Use of wood-burning stoves and fires in homes is mostly unnecessary and their toxic pollution costs the NHS millions

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Running out of time to save democracy, America

Hurty Words

pca.st/episode/b982.... This episode with Stewart Lee had me howling with laughter. Geniuses at work (Geniuii?). #StrongMessageHere

Now the UN says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, too. How can western governments still refuse to act? | Steve Crawshaw The UN commission of inquiry’s report makes it almost impossible for Israel – and its allies – to maintain the narrative that criticism of it is part of an antisemitic plot, says author Steve Crawshaw

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Can we convince you to continue your campaign against those who seek to get out of paying stamp duty, @thesun.co.uk? How about you, @telegraphnews.bsky.social? Surely, you're outraged about this, @dailymail.co.uk? Anyone?

The Telegraph Rayner tax scandal - £40k tax dodge - Statement Angela Rayner dodges £40,000 stamp duty Deputy Prime Minister reduces tax bill for Hove flat by declaring it as her main residence [Photo: Angela Rayner pictured at the weekend in Hove, where she has just bought a flat Credit: Dan Charity/The Sun on Sunday] Robert Mendick Chief Reporter. Amy Gibbons Political Correspondent 29 August 2025 8:57am BST

The Telegraph Money > Property > Second homes How to avoid tax on your second home From stamp duty to council tax, shield your wealth from Labour's tightening net [Photo of houses around a bay - Areas such as Cornwall have added a premium to council tax bills for second homes Credit: iStockphoto] Fran Ivens Senior Money Writer 29 August 2025 1:21pm BST

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