How Britain is wasting its defence budget While soldiers shiver in crumbling barracks, the top brass have squandered huge sums of public money buying equipment we don't need or that doesn't work.

Mod is grossly inefficient and corrupt

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The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, ev...

ProPublica obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing.

(Published 2021)

Surely the question to ask is: why was Karen Pierce, a competent, experienced, well respected diplomat who had the ear of Trump administration, replaced?

I don't think that's ever been proven. But there were multiple reports that May (not Truss) denied him access to some intelligence material - though whether because of concerns about his discretion or May's reluctance to share information is unclear.
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The UK’s radical ‘Preston model’ faces an uncertain future with local elections looming | Andy Beckett A Lancashire council has pushed on with plans to keep wealth and power in the area, despite such ideas being out of fashion in Westminster. But Reform could unravel it all, says Guardian columnist And...

Very important article

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Conservatives Stand Tommy Robinson-Supporting Candidate Who Called Boris Johnson a ‘Traitorous Scumbag’ Nathan Smith said the former Conservative leader would be "jailed the second we take power" as he backed far-right Restore Britain leader Rupert Lowe as "the only MP fighting for us"

🔴EXCLUSIVE: The Conservatives are standing a candidate who:

- Praised Tommy Robinson
- Said man who Robinson allegedly assaulted “deserved it”
- Said far-right MP Rupert Lowe is “the only MP fighting for us”
- Called Boris Johnson a “traitorous scumbag” who “will be jailed the second we take power”

Is it true that Boris Johnson was denied security clearance as he was considered a risk but that Liz Truss appointed him foreign secretary anyway?

It would be a disgrace if the National Gallery got a prize. It fails to cater for a significant proportion of the population - children

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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

Nigel Farage's half a million pounds from foreign sources since becoming MP Since July 2024 when he finally became the MP after seven unsuccessful bids, the ex-Ukip leader has recieved almost £2million in income and gifts - with a third from foreign sources

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“Israel’s use of assassination as a preferred policy”. Terrifying article in @lrb.co.uk by Andrew Cockburn

Reform candidate who met King exposed over vile anti-Muslim rants Daniel Devaney, standing in the local elections for Nigel Farage’s party in Bradford, posted on Facebook about ‘blasting’ followers of Islam off the face of the Earth

Reform UK candidate Daniel Devaney called for Muslims to be ”blasted off the face of the earth,” branded Muslims “scum,” and shared footage of Enoch Powell saying: “In this country in 15 or 20 years' time the black man will have the whip hand over the white man.”

No it’s a clunky 4g!

I moved house and BT/EE promised to set up my broadband on 5th April, then 20th and now 5 May. Being without broadband is life-hobbling. I spent over seven hours on the phone to multiple people. Quite a shambles

Reform Senedd candidate shared Covid conspiracies and called late Queen ‘fraud’ During the pandemic Emma Clatworthy shared a conspiracy by claiming people were rushing to get a vaccine that 'can kill them'

Wales Online: Reform Senedd candidate shared Covid conspiracies and called late Queen a ‘fraud’
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I care about green energy, improving transport, feeding school kids, child poverty, securing peace, clean water. Not Westminster gossip

Nobody cares about who knew what about the appointment of a US ambassador, only Westminster apparatchiks and journalists.

UK and EU finalise agreement to bring UK into Erasmus+ in 2027 Thousands across the UK set to benefit from re-opening of the historic Erasmus+ programme

Uk and EU finalise UK return to Erasmus
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James Bembridge on X: Hate is too weak a word for what I feel towards the NHS. I'd tear it down and salt the earth upon which it stood.

Lovely people, these Reform UK candidates for the upcoming election, and great to know they're on our side.

BBC News leading all its bulletins on demands by former Government advisor Lord Robertson for more defence spending, without at any point mentioning his current paid senior role for US defence lobbyists

Hungary's new PM urges Starmer to rejoin EU amid push to unwind Brexit Péter Magyar, who defeated Viktor Orbán in a stunning result overnight, said he 'hoped' the UK would become a member state again.

Help needed with this poll folks.
Let's send the Mail and its readers a message.

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Aurin Makepeace, the latest man to be sent to a women's prison, was previously serving an Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) Aurin Makepeace, sent to HMP Styal, was previously considered to be so dangerous, he was on an IPP. How come, then, now he is convicted of murder, he is deemed suitable to be sent to a women's prison?

Male murderer with history of extreme violence is now housed with women in prison

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Alf Dubs: Labour Is Weakening Refugee Rights – I Had More Success Under The Tories As Lord Dubs leads the charge against the government’s immigration changes, he talks to Sienna Rodgers about his disappointment in Labour, his hope...

Alf still one of Britain’s most inspiring humanists!

“Populism can be a very tough business to fight against. But in the end, we have to approach human rights issues with certain principles. We have to say something is right, and we stick by what is right.”

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HMP Manchester inspection
Despite the efforts of the governor & his team, Manchester remains a prison in a precarious state, continuing to perform at unacceptably low levels.
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Conservative Candidate Tells British MPs to 'Go Back to Pakistan' EXCLUSIVE: Kemi Badenoch suspends the Conservative party's candidate for North Harrow, after a Byline Times investigation uncovered a series of vile messages he posted over recent months

🔴EXCLUSIVE: Kemi Badenoch forced to suspend the Conservative party’s candidate for North Harrow, after I uncovered vile messages he posted telling British MPs to "go back to Pakistan".

William Jackson repeatedly targeted British MPs of Asian origin demanding their deportation

I took my grandchildren to an event by car because the bus was not operating on Easter Monday. I got a ticket. The ticket says I parked during ‘prescribed’ hours which surely means it is legal?

Richard Tice’s property company failed to pay £120,000 of tax Richard Tice’s property company paid large dividends to him and his trust - but appears not to have paid £120,000 in tax due to HMRC. Our analysis.

Richard Tice’s property company Quidnet REIT Ltd failed to pay £120,000 of tax.

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