Jon Ossoff really tells it like it is. Love this! 💙

Labours increased privatisation (on top of the Tories-Lib-Reform) does not benefit any of the consumers ie us! I know this is in England but it serves as a warning of why in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 we should not let Reform-Labour form any government in our country.

UK seeks EU deals on steel and EVs in push for closer economic ties Agreements would aim to shield British industry from new steel tariffs and stricter rules on electric vehicles due in 2027

Just align with the EU rather than try to negotiate a multitude of small deals! You can’t make Brexit work…
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The EU now requires all Mobile Phones to be sold with easily replaceable and standardised batteries, as they used to be.

From 2027 they all will be again, in Europe.

It’s a mark of how completely normalised the corruption & depravity have become that we barely bat an eyelid at the thought of two *property developers*, one Trump’s nepo baby son-in-law, being sent to represent the USA in peace negotiations with Iran. Sometimes it all hits you afresh.

The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency The BBC has found a pattern of spikes in trades ahead of public announcements by the US president.

Insider trading by Trump friends and family has been obvious for a while

Bigger question is whether Trump is deliberately causing volatility to enable this grift

All this gambling should be made illegal

No way you can argue it's efficient allocation of capital

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Traders placed over $1bn in perfectly timed bets on the Iran war. What is going on? Suspicious wagers on the US-Israel war in Iran are creating huge windfalls and raising concerns among lawmakers

Traders placed over $1 billion in perfectly timed bets on the Iran war. What is going on?

Suspicious wagers on the US-Israel war in Iran are creating huge windfalls and raising concerns among lawmakers.

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Brexit didn't stop immigration or fix the economy.

Farage told his supporters to back Boris Johnson in the 2019 General Election, and he fully supported Liz Truss's budget himself.

So why are Reform MPs telling us that the wrong Brexit was delivered and complaining about Britain being broken?...

Zelenskyy makes a big announcement: “We have already reached 10-year agreements with three key countries: Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar. We already have requests from 11 countries – the Middle East and the Gulf, plus we’re also gradually turning our attention to the Caucasus.

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🇹🇷 Russia is now begging #Turkey to protect the oil-and-gas lifeline it survives on — the same lifeline funding terrorism and genocide.

Year five of the war. Still a totally planned special military operation.

China eyes near-total electrification of freight trucks to cut emissions China’s push to electrify heavy trucks could slash road oil demand by half, driven by cost, scale, and energy security.

I keep getting told goods move by diesel truck

Not China which is shifting to 100% electric trucking

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Never forget ....release all the Epstein Files!

Pancreatic cancer mRNA vaccine shows lasting results in an early trial Scientists caution that more research is needed, but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalized vaccine are still alive six years later.

More research is necessary but nearly all of the patients who responded to the personalised vaccine are still alive six years later.

It’s not that these people still exist. That’s just biology. It’s that they are still being paid to shit in their own hands & start clapping.

Alt text: Screenshot of a post on X (formerly Twitter) by Abdulkhaleq Abdulla (@Abdulkhaleq_UAE), with a verified badge. The post reads: “This is what I told Reuters today: The UAE no longer needs America to defend it, as it has proven during the Iranian aggression that it is capable of defending itself with distinction. What the UAE needs is to acquire only the best and latest weapons that America has. Therefore, it is time to think about closing the American bases, as they are a burden and not a strategic asset.” The post is labeled “Translated from Arabic by Grok” and shows a timestamp of 10:21 AM · 4/19/26 with 139K views.

NEW: UAE scholar Abdulkhaleq Abdulla says the UAE no longer needs U.S. protection, calling American bases a “burden, not a strategic asset” and suggesting they should be closed. The United States’ standing in the region has been obliterated.

ZOHRAN MAMDANI: "It is sad that for too many Americans when they want to look for ambition in the Democratic Party, they have to turn to a history book."

In the same manifesto, Palantir's owners argued that we need a national military draft, that soft power is over, and that we were too hard on Germany and Japan after World War II. I don't think that company should be allowed to exist anymore.

Tice failed to pay £100,000 tax on profits of firms linked to Reform — story via The Sunday Times

Richard tax-cheat Tice.
And remember when Farage’s partner bought his Clacton house somehow, so he could avoid paying taxes on it?

That is all Reform UK Party Ltd exists for: money.

Russian social media influencers are speaking out against what Putin has done to Russia. They fear this is their last chance before they lose all internet freedom in Russia.

Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations:

Alphabet: 8.01%
AT&T: 4.6%
Meta: 3.57%
General Motors: 3.09%
Amazon: 1.37%
Exxon Mobil: 1.31%
Disney: -1.57%
CVS Health: -3.88%

Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5%

This is what a rigged system looks like.

‘It’s soul-destroying’: struggle to house vulnerable children can leave breaking law as only option Social workers in England say they often have no choice but to place children in unregistered settings because no one else will take them

‘It’s soul-destroying’: struggle to house vulnerable children can leave breaking law as only option

Meet James Bembridge, the Reform candidate for Westminster in next month’s local elections.

As well as this tweet, Temu Lex Luthor here, has also been quoted as saying "Most NHS nurses look like they're eating food banks out of business."

Don’t let him get his deposit back.

❗️Dozens of Ukrainian drones are attacking the occupied port of Feodosia, Crimea.

Surely, of all the newspaper audiences in the country, #Mail readers would be the most likely to stubbornly insist the fateful decision taken in June ten years ago was the right one?

Well, no. Very much no.
Hilarious

the entire world hates him...protest in Tokyo

@gabrielpogrund.bsky.social "It’s the tax Tice failed to pay on profits from his property firm deposited in 4 shell entities: Tisun 1, 2, 3, 4.Their parent then donated to Reform."Just checked #BBCNews #website no sign UK, Home, Politics. Why? #BBCiplayer Laura Kuenssberg asked about it on her show. Please excuse me for not being able to reproduce all of a very long piece. I posted important clips yesterday on Bluesky.

@gabrielpogrund.bsky.social "It’s the tax Tice failed to pay on profits from his property firm deposited in 4 shell entities: Tisun 1, 2, 3, 4.Their parent then donated to Reform."Just checked #BBCNews #website no sign UK, Home, Politics. Why?
#BBCiplayer Laura Kuenssberg asked about it on her show.

The Press knew. They laughed.

The Tories knew. They didn’t care.

All I see now is hypocrisy.

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

Now we learn he set up four shell companies that let him avoid paying £100,000 he owed in tax and to then transfer the cash to Reform

After the latest Mandelson revelations, Starmer needs to get a good lawyer. Wasn’t he supposed to be one? | Jonathan Freedland If only the PM had been the process-obsessed technocrat he was once painted as, this disaster wouldn’t have happened – and he wouldn’t be on the brink, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

After the latest Mandelson revelations, Starmer needs to get a good lawyer. Wasn’t he supposed to be one? - ‘At an absolute minimum, he would have insisted on being informed of the vetting’s outcome’ Absolutely @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social
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NEW: Richard Tice failed to pay almost £100,000 in corporation tax, benefiting his investment company which made large donations to Reform UK.

First time Reform's deputy leader's tax affairs can be directly linked to finances of Nigel Farage's party.