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Keir Starmer actually put this in a briefing to Labour MPs of 'useful questions to ask' today. The PM knew of Mandelson's relationship Epstein when he appointed him.

And yet thinks he can still exploit the grief of the victims. This is why he is not fit to be Prime Minister.

In just purely objective terms there’s only one country in the Middle East that currently occupies the territory of three different countries and bombs another three

I remember it being reported in the press in February, so how can Starmer claim he didn’t know? He just sounds like Johnson claiming he didn’t know about the parties he was attending.

Donald Trump is losing his mind Trump’s superpower is to make the people around him debase themselves while offering them no loyalty in return.

Arch-Brexiteer Daniel Hannan might be on to something for the first time in his life.

That was in 2022. It went around the moon, but it was unmanned.

Is this from the NASA online store? I managed to grab a couple of pins and a T-shirt, the patches are already sold out unfortunately.

For context this is an article from 12 September 2025

“Concerns Mandelson did not pass MI6 vetting for US ambassador role – but Starmer appointed him anyway”

“Sources have told The Independent that MI6 failed to clear the Labour peer largely because of concerns over his business links to China”

Donald J. Trump @reaDonald Trump + Now that the Hormuz Strait situation is over, I received a call from NATO asking if we would need some help. I TOLD THEM TO STAY AWAY, UNLESS THEY JUST WANT TO LOAD UP THEIR SHIPS WITH OIL. They were useless when needed, a Paper Tiger! President DJT

He’s having a manic episode. The posts are coming every few minutes.

Sign the Petition Release Yousof Azizi from ICE detention

Yousof Azizi, Iranian researcher, journalist, commentator and PhD candidate at @virginiatech.bsky.social with valid legal status, has been illegally detained by ICE. He was taken from in front of his home, has been denied access to a lawyer, and may be transferred to a detention center in Louisiana:

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

When you aggregate the comments of various Reform UK candidates, you find they:
Hate the NHS
Hate immigrants
Hate Black people
Hate Brown people
Hate Muslims
Hate Jews
Hate women
Hate students
Hate LGTBQ people
Hate the unemployed
Hate disabled people
Hate everyone ...
But claim to love the country.

Trump’s Latest Meltdown Attacking the pope was only part of the president’s disturbing night on Truth Social.

One night that revealed Trump’s collapsing mental state.

He’s getting worse.

BP hails exceptional trading as oil prices soar in Iran war.

While people at home are dreading the next energy bill landing in their inbox, fossil fuel bosses are filling their coffers

We need a permanent, tightened windfall tax to claw back every penny of excess profit being made on this crisis and put it towards supporting households

Disappointed, though not surprised, I began to describe various life- saving components of USAID’s global health portfolio, highlighting how we prepare for and respond to emerging pandemic threats; support the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis, malaria, and HIV; and immunize millions of children from the deadliest childhood diseases. I spoke for about five minutes, focusing primarily on our infectious diseases work and hoping to keep the attention of people who seemed to have no experience—or interest—in global health. When I finished, the room was silent, the political appointees looking at one another in what appeared to be disbelief. The silence was broken by Ken Jackson, who chuckled softly and shook his head. “Wow, there really is so much that USAID does that we never knew,” he said. “This is the story that needs to get out there.” Joel, also smiling, chimed in next, echoing Jackson’s amazement. “I had no idea you did all this,” he said. “As a Republican, when I think of what USAID does in global health, I assumed it was just, you know, abortions.”

This is NUTS

www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-usai...

everyone involved in the dismantling of USAID should be forced to spend their lives watching graphic videos of what they have subjected people to in their callousness, clockwork orange style

Orbán Out —Trump and Putin Hurt The first Far Right domino falls

Fear in MAGAWorld, anger in the Kremlin, joy in Europe.

Trump is considering a possible second in-person meeting with Iranian officials before the ceasefire expires, CNN reports.

He’s panicking.

BREAKING: Ed Davey asks Prime Minister Keir Starmer “will he advise the King to call off his state visit to Washington before it’s too late?”

Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey says the King's state visit to the US must be cancelled. “(Trump) is a dangerous and corrupt gangster and that is how we must treat him.”

INBOX: first flagged by @ms_frazzled on the other site, worth taking a look again at this 2017 CNN feature on sexual harassment in Congress, in light of recent allegations of sexual assault against Rep. Eric Swalwell:

www.cnn.com/2017/11/14/p...

🚨THIS WEEK MP’S WILL VOTE ON A BILL TO GIVE POLICE UNPRECEDENTED POWERS TO BAN RECURRING PROTESTS YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic

🚨THIS WEEK MP’S WILL VOTE ON A BILL TO GIVE POLICE UNPRECEDENTED POWERS TO BAN RECURRING PROTESTS TURNING A FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOM INTO A PRIVILEGE GRANTED BY THE STATE
youtu.be/Q-2wXA7hWNs?...

Remember back when Melon insisted, "It's a Roman salute, not a Nazi salute!"

Sure sure.

Those US-Iran negotiations in a nutshell:

Iran sent 4 PhDs to Islamabad.

The US sent a real estate developer, a son-in-law, a lawyer and a general.

"SLS/Orion sucks, we should use Starship!" One is exploding *and* imploding on terra firma while the other just successfully sent humanity back to the Moon

Orion has splashed down in the Pacific Ocean. 694,481 miles to the Moon and back.

Yaaaaaay chutes
SPLASHDOWN CONFIRMED

Integrity splashdown!

1) Since Starmer became leader, Labour Party membership has dropped by over 50%. And falling.

2) since Zack Polanski became leader, GPEW membership has risen by over 200%. And climbing.

3) Now only 25,000 difference in membership numbers between them.

#GreenMenace
#HopeIsGreen
#GreensAreGrowing!

Psst, hey kid, wanna see some good news?