UK unemployment rate sees surprise fall to 4.9% Most analysts had predicted the rate would remain unchanged at 5.2%.

Further confirmation that gloom over the labour market was considerably overdone.

Employment numbers also look broadly stable, and real wages still rising (slowly).

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Deputy group leader for Reform UK at Cornwall Council steps down He has become disillusioned with the political party

Deputy group leader for Reform UK at Cornwall Council steps down and defects to Restore Britain

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Reform to tell Welsh museums how to present history, manifesto says Election pledges say Reform would ask museums to present history chronologically.

Reform UK will tell Welsh museums how to present history, manifesto says

My daughter caught a coach to school. She left for school after we went to work, & arrived home before us. Without a phone, if anything had happened to her, it could have been hours before we knew there was a problem.
I understand brick phones will be allowed, which would be fine. Smartphones, no.

Tedious, isn't it?

Is Richard Tice’s picture AI-manipulated? Here are five giveaways Experts and social media detectives take a closer look at Reform deputy leader’s image of an apparent campaign event

"The photographer is real," say scrupulously honest Reform.

In which case, their supporters have 6 fingers, can perform levitation, and are campaigning to "Get Stuppence Out."

Stick to tax evasion, Tice. You're absolutely nailing that.

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This morning I’ve seen Olly Robbins’s appearance before the select committee described as ‘box office’, while a commentator flagged up another key political moment with the words ‘bring the popcorn’.

That’s one of our main problems right there.

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.

Former Tory leader leaves party to stand for Reform He resigned from Plymouth after 110 trees were cut down

The Conservative councillor who ordered the chopping down of the trees in the middle of the night on Armada Way in Plymouth is now standing for Reform UK.

Not surprising considering they're a retirement home for failed Tories.

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Reform’s Richard Tice posts picture with telltale signs of AI manipulation, say experts Deputy leader’s image on X was almost certainly generated or altered using AI, according to Peryton Intelligence

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UK has quietly regained its position as the world’s 5th largest economy The United Kingdom has regained its position as the fifth largest economy in the world, according to the latest figures.

In other news today the United Kingdom has regained its position as the fifth largest economy in the world, according to the latest figures
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That's hilarious 😂

Vance supported Orban & at a rally, called Trump on speakerphone & got his answering service

“..got his answering service “ 🤣🤣🤣

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More than 600 migrants cross English Channel in single day On Saturday, 602 people arrived on nine boats, marking the second busiest day so far this year.

Yesterday, the BBC covered 600 people crossing the channel in small boats on Saturday, noting it was the 2nd highest in a day so far this year. What they'd didn't add was that even including the 600 people, crossings are down 35% compared with the same time last year.

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SEND reforms 'risk overlooking developmental language disorder' Charity calls on government to improve training and support plans for pupils with DLD

There is a ‘major blind spot at the heart’ of the government’s SEND reforms, says @speechandlanguk.bsky.social report that highlights the need to improve support plans for pupils with DLD

‘Exam-obsessed’ schools leave pupils unready for work, Alan Milburn says Former minister leading review into young people and work cites survey showing most teachers decry lack of ‘soft skills’ An “exam-obsessed” school system is leaving young people unprepared for work, Alan Milburn has said, as new polling suggests teachers believe pupils are leaving education without the skills they need for adult life. Milburn, a former cabinet minister under Tony Blair and now leading a government-commissioned review into young people and work, said the system had become overly focused on academic sorting rather than real-world readiness. Continue reading...

‘Exam-obsessed’ schools leave pupils unready for work, Alan Milburn says

"He's Very Unwell" - Marsh Family parody of Chuck Berry's "Never Can Tell" from Pulp Fiction YouTube video by Marsh Family

Here's a throwback to an iconic #PulpFiction track by #ChuckBerry with some half-arsed Sunday night twisting, 7 some parody reflections (to the tune of "You Never Can Tell") on the Christian White House stories last week - #Hegseth as #SamuelLJackson and the #TrumpChrist image:
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Trump accuses Iran of violating ceasefire, announces Monday talks in Islamabad President Trump on Sunday accused Iran of violating the two-week ceasefire by firing at ships in the Strait of Hormuz.  “Iran decided to fire bullets yesterday in the Strait of Hormuz — A Tota…

Donald Trump again threatens to "knock out every single Power Plant, and every single Bridge, in Iran" if no deal is reached. Targeting civilian infrastructure is a violation of international law.

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A sexual abuse survivor speaks out today as foul Right Wing racists try to scream over her.

"I stand in solidarity with survivors of sexual assault and I stand in solidarity with Refugees."

So right.

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Video of Muslim women calling for Brighton beach to be dog-free is AI – Full Fact A fake video that appears to show two women wearing niqabs saying “the UK has too many dogs” has been viewed over 1.7 million times, with many people seemingly thinking it is genuine.

A video viewed over 1.7 million times appears to show an interview with two Muslim women saying people shouldn’t bring dogs to the beach.

It’s generated a huge amount of negative engagement and comments, but it’s fake. It’s been created with AI.

Confirmation by Lewis Goodall the media is and always has been biased against Labour

Others have posted this but it needs to be shared far and wide. Goodall's response is telling, it's victim blaming, it's akin to women being told not to wear short skirts and if they do they're asking for it. Absolutely appalling but not really news to many of us who are sick of the media.

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.

Boris Johnson didn't pass vetting when Theresa May appointed him Foreign Secretary.

The media must have missed that one.

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