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
EXCL: Pride’s ousted boss, Christopher Joell-Deshields, is linked to a bizarre AI-generated Pride event accused of “scamming” people into making donations.
He has denied being behind Capital Pride London. But we've proved it’s being run from his address. Link below.
The boss of #Waitrose, Jason Tarry, was paid £1.3m last year. Meanwhile, min wage shop workers like this poor bloke are sacked for tackling a shoplifter and now he faces losing his first home. And the response from #JohnLewisPartnership is a ridiculously anodyne press statement 😡
Dubai’s top British influencers have been fulsome in their praise for the UAE Government as the Iran war continues.
Speaking from jail, one said, “They quite rightly locked me up for tweeting a video of a drone blowing up my apartment.”
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
Little update on this: Merton council, who have the power to issue fines for fake paperwork, say they have used their legal right to check landlord safety paperwork and are reviewing what Criterion sent over "as a matter of urgency".
Really shocking. It's hard to understand how this could have happened. You'd think the natural response from the accommodation manager would be to safeguard all the items.
The BBC have the Scott Mills story top of the website: “God, isn’t there more IMPORTANT news in the world?”
The BBC have the Scott Mills story further down on the website: “Typical BBC, what are they trying to HIDE from us?”.
Since Ofcom seems to have given up, we asked 20 experienced journalists from a range of backgrounds to watch multiple hours of @gbnewsonline.bsky.social . Their conclusion: the channel has, in effect, become Reform TV. How did it happen? www.thenewworld.co.uk/alan-rusbrid...
Good weather in the UK has a remarkable effect on #electricity generation. #Solar and wind is providing three-quarters of the power at the moment. 75+% green!
I have never seen such low use of #gas
#renewable #energy #wind #fossil #weather #green
grid.iamkate.com
I spoke to the @financialtimes.com about press freedom under Trump.
(TL;DR: Bleak)
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
🔴Paul Conroy: ‘The Funniest, Most Beautiful Man To Be In Hell With’
John Sweeney @johnsweeneyroar.bsky.social remembers his friend and colleague, the celebrated war photographer, Paul Conroy
bylinetimes.com/2026/03/02/p...
Really saddened to hear of the death of the legendary Paul Conroy at just 61 - one of the bravest, best and kindest of people and an astonishingly good photographer to boot.
Here is his last work for Byline Times.
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/paul-conro...
Trump Wins $60 On Kalshi Betting He’ll Bomb Iran
Trump Wins $60 On Kalshi Betting He’ll Bomb Iran theonion.com/trump-wins-60-on-kalshi-...
Great to see politicians active in newer social networks and microblogging platforms.
For a moment I thought I was reading a tabloid.
#headline #journalism #fbroadsheet #financialtimes
The Radio Times is never wrong.
I am always interviewing people, even when not working. So today I found out from the helpful men at the tip that someone accidentally throws their keys into a skip *at least* once a week
Threads post from Channel 4: @channel4 Because we did not win the BAFTA for best TV channel ever we have decided to try and claim ITV as ours.
Not for the first time, it looks like Channel 4 just handed the keys to their socials to an evil genius:
![DECLARATION
In proceeding this day to the signature of the Convention respecting the cession of the Danish West-Indian Islands to the United States of America, the undersigned Secretary of State of the United States of America, duly authorized by his Government, has the honor to declare that the Government of the United States of America will not object to the Danish Government extending their political and economic interests to the whole of Greenland.
ROBERT LANSING
New YorK, August 4, 1916.
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DECLARATION In proceeding this day to the signature of the Convention respecting the cession of the Danish West-Indian Islands to the United States of America, the undersigned Secretary of State of the United States of America, duly authorized by his Government, has the honor to declare that the Government of the United States of America will not object to the Danish Government extending their political and economic interests to the whole of Greenland. ROBERT LANSING New YorK, August 4, 1916. [Page 701]
Just for the record, and it’s insane that the mad king made me look this up, there is documentation of the US giving up all claim to Greenland to Denmark when we bought the Virgin Islands from them in 1916.
history.state.gov/historicaldo...
For all those who want to point out that it’s just a parody account…
The folks on X aren’t taking it as parody. They’re taking it as authentic.
And that’s exactly what the Crewkerne account wants. It isn’t going to be prosecuted for inciting CW.
Prosecutions will be for those who cite them.
It's worth noting that multiple opinion polls and surveys over the past 5 years show that there is a very strong majority in the UK in support of mutual Freedom of Movement with the EU.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
www.politico.eu/article/poll...
I love the idea that governments have to stay on Twitter because that's where "their audience" is.
Like if you only announced your cabinet reshuffles on Bluesky Harry bloody Cole wouldn't make an account to read about it.
Well done to the US for heroically deterring Russia and China from considering regime change abroad by doing it themselves and suffering absolutely no consequences whatsoever up to and including having their allies fall short of actually criticizing them for it.
In 1887, British forces kidnapped & exiled the King of Opobo in today’s Nigeria. British Palm oil traders had persuaded the government that the tariffs he imposed restricted their profits. It was a milestone in the Scramble for Africa and indirect rule by Britain.
alanlester.co.uk/blog/antisla...
Marvellous column by @edwardluce.bsky.social on Trump’s new world order: “no obvious rules, does not respect allies, celebrates the jungle and is almost always about money”:
A few weeks ago, Russian propagandists bragged how Venezuela is protected by Russia and the United States cannot do anything.
Now, all Russia does is express concerns and condemnations.
Let me remind you that in October 2025, the Russian State Duma ratified a strategic partnership agreement with #Venezuela.
The document was signed on May 7, 2025, following negotiations between the presidents of Russia and Venezuela, Vladimir Putin and Nicolás Maduro, in Moscow.
Lol. Bondi deleted that post crediting the Trump admin for ending overdose deaths after @tedlieu.bsky.social pointed out that the chart's data ended during the Biden admin, showing the decrease was under Biden.
