Hey look the UK is doing that thing that NZ was doing but then the Minister responsible led the repeal of the legislation and enacted several pro tobacco policies based on a document that appeared on her desk
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
I wonder what proportion of potential voters think that if they elect National he will still be in charge by the end of the next parliament, and what effect that is having
Are there, perhaps, any recent examples of dubious characters with obvious security risks being appointed to the House of Lords?
Cars and vans bobbing in flood water in an Edwardian suburban street.
"Climate change will manifest as a series of disasters viewed through phones with footage that gets closer and closer to where you live until you're the one filming it"
Or till the background is the street you grew up in. Hits home.
Thats great but he really should've known how to do these things before becoming Prime Minister.
Almost everything we argue about is a substitute for the thing we should be arguing about: the immense wealth & power of an oligarchic class, which captures governments, ruins lives and wrecks the living planet.
This class redirects our rage at scapegoats. To resist its lies is to resist its power.
Unimprovable headline
From the latest Private Eye, out now.
Boris Johnson didn't pass vetting when Theresa May appointed him Foreign Secretary.
The media must have missed that one.
For those keeping track at home. The Iranians have now blockaded the Strait of Hormuz in response to the US blockading it because the Iranians had blockaded it, in response to the US attacking Iran to ensure that the Strait which was fully open at the time wasn't blockaded.
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
I can't quite believe it now but my son and I booked a non-refundable trip to Istanbul (Him from London me from New Zealand) in mid December.
We figured we're either going to soak up an amazing generational European football moment - or have a city break 🤷🏻♂️.
#nffc #OptimismOlympics
Concern grows for Suella Braverman as she completely forgets she spent nine years as part of the Conservative government, including two periods as Home Secretary, responsible for immigration.
This is great analysis. I always think when I see country comparisons they should compare the lower quintiles rather than the means to see how Incomes and wealth per capita compare for the majority of ordinary people unskewed by the uber rich
What should have happened: the REIT paid no tax but the Tice companies holding shares in the REIT paid £98k tax on the dividends they received. What actually happened: none of the companies paid any tax.
Our new report: Richard Tice signed accounts wrongly claiming £98,000 of tax exemptions
A 🧵 with the evidence:
Some good news.
“A vaccine during pregnancy which protects newborns against nasty chest infections (RSV) is cutting hospital admissions of babies by more than 80%, UK health officials say.”
The UK is giving up on America. Now talk of a Brexit U-turn is growing louder
Closter ties with Europe are the 'patriotic choice' Britain's Brexit chief said
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Mamdani: When I ran for mayor, I said I was going to tax the rich
Well, today we're taxing the rich...
Whenever Luxon talks about "not repeating the mistakes of covid", I want to scream.
Saving 20,000 lives was not a "mistake". And a regime which thinks it was are simply murderous monsters.
Fraser Nelson (Times) rips apart Farage over his crypto investment:
"It's a scandal hiding in plain sight. Everyone can see Nigel Farage spending a quarter of a million quid in a bitcoin company, which he then hypes up... it's the Trumpification of British politics.." #UKPolitics
IT CON H. RES. 2D SESSION Impeaching Peter B. Hegseth, Secretary of Defense of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Ms. ANSARI submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on RESOLUTION Impeaching Peter B. Hegseth, Secretary of Defense of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors. Resolved, That Peter B. Hegseth, Secretary of De- 2 fense of the United States, is impeached for high crimes 3 and misdemeanors, and that the following articles of im-4 peachment be exhibited to the Senate: Articles of Impeachment Exhibited by the House of 6 Representatives of the United States of America in the 7 Name of Itself and of the People of the United States of 8 America, against Peter. B Hegseth, Secretary of Defense 9 of the United States, in maintenance and support of its
Yassamin Ansari: “I’ve introduced Articles of Impeachment against Pete Hegseth for violating his oath, endangering US service members and committing war crimes, including attacks on civilians and a girls’ school in Minab, Iran. Only Congress can declare war; his actions demand immediate removal.”
Can confirm
War makes some people VERY rich, meanwhile the whole world suffers
It was never about freeing the people from the regime or stopping nuclear weapons
WAKE THE FUCK UP
Addressing the radical negligence of spiralling inequality 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
As wealth concentrates, so does power — the power to influence elections, shape policy, tilt markets and define the terms of public debate.
Taxing billionaires is not radical.
What is radical is allowing a system where extreme wealth exists alongside widespread hardship.
Trying to explain St Augustine to the pope, the former head of the Augustinian order, who wrote his doctoral thesis on Augustine, on his way back from celebrating mass at the Basilica of St Augustine in Annaba, Algeria, overlooking the site where Augustine lived is peak Adult Catholic Convert.
“… they will purge the agencies that enforce accountability, they will rewrite the law so that they are no longer breaking it… and if they are clever, they will eliminate any structural protections you had before the majority realizes the extent of the damage.”
- Sarah Kendzior
Donald Trump is acting like a Mafia boss running a protection racket. "Nice trade deal you got there. Shame if something happened to it."
This must be the final straw. We can't reward Trump with a state visit from our King.
THIS IS SO IMPORTANT.
Farage says a woman who has been here for years, is married to a British person and has indefinite leave to remain, will need to apply for a work visa after they abolish indefinite leave to remain.
@chadbourn.bsky.social @sturdyalex.bsky.social @bestforbritain.org
The scene at any event mere seconds after someone says:
"Richard would like to say a few words."
