Let's see how happy he really is to be proved wrong. From 6m and 10s into the programme.

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

I checked this too.

*20 seconds* of Reform logo display.

*No other* party logo displayed.

In local election purdah.

This is not normal. At all.

BREAKING: New data shows ZERO oil tankers passed through the Strait of Hormuz today, signaling what appears to be a complete shutdown of the Strait for the first time in history.

The Strait normally carries about 20% of the world’s oil supply.

In case you’re confused - the £100k of tax Richard Tice failed to pay here is totally different to the
- £92k of tax not properly withheld on dividends
- the £600k side-stepped via highly aggressive tax avoidance
Industrial scale grifting revealed by @danneidle.bsky.social and Gabriel Pogrund

U.S. Installs a Trump Loyalist to Lead ‘Grand Conspiracy’ Case Into Trump Foes

Worth adding that Russia did as a matter of fact intervene for Trump in 2016 and that the evidence is widely known, abundant, and collected in various forms (🧵 1/3)
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

It’s not just the remarkable 63% who say they’d vote to rejoin the EU. It’s also the fact that this figure continues to rise slowly but steadily.
Brexit has failed and is seen to have failed. And geopolitics brings Britain and its neighbours, with whom it shares interests & values, closer together.

A government spokesman told The Telegraph that no reports of UK vessels being attacked had been received, adding plainly: "We don't recognise this claim."

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:

If I were a government minister and I had a magic wand, I think 'make people more aware of pensions and how they work' is the thing that solves so many political problems.

A HUGE, narrative-breaking moment for the UK car market

New EVs are now cheaper than petrol cars on average, says Autotrader

Last yr CCC said price parity was due by 2028 – and it's already here

And EVs are already MUCH cheaper to run than petrol

The pied-à-terre tax will ruin New York's economy by (checks notes) encouraging superrich visitors to stay in hotels instead. I think these scare stories need a little more workshopping. www.ft.com/content/02ac...

ICE Arrests 85-Year-Old French Widow Who Married Her G.I. Sweetheart

Not only did the sons probably call ICE on her, the day after her husband died they took their dad's cars, leaving her housebound. Then they rerouted mail, causing her to miss a visa appointment & the utilities to be turned off. Tony and Gary Ross are going to hell.
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/u...

You don't get coverage like this on Russian TV without Kremlin approval. The Kremlin knew Farage would be a useful tool, and such he has been and continues to be.

Here's the article which includes the actual interview in question. Yes, he absolutely said this and yes, it's in context.

wordinblack.com/2025/02/rfk-...

Pope Leo XIV in Cameroon: “The world is being ravaged by a handful of tyrants.”

Alastair Campbell’s diary: Here's what Zelensky really thinks of JD Vance After the madness of MAGA in Iran, meeting Ukraine’s president is a lesson in empathy and emotion

After the madness of MAGA in Iran, meeting Ukraine’s president is a lesson in empathy and emotion

✏️ @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social

I don't want to be an activist But then my synagogue was attacked

I don't want to be an activist.

But then my synagogue — the place where I have personally thrown teenage temper tantrums, where my mom volunteers and my dad was chairman (the man can’t read Hebrew but likes to be involved) — was attacked.

The BBC undercover investigation into false immigration claims is deeply irresponsible journalism. It does not highlight that exploitation by unregulated advisors occurs because legal aid was cut and the system is insane to navigate.

I would go further and suggest the Conservatives trying to suggest there is impropriety in anything Labour does is the blackest ever pot trying to call a new kettle black.

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If one of my party's recent prime ministers had redecorated the Number 10 flat in a way that ended up involving TWO separate inquiries and a Wikipedia page, I would simply not have put out a press release confirming that the current prime minister had spent less than the allowance he was given.

it gets lost in the shuffle of constant corruption and bloodshed but even with the memecoin ALONE, that would make him very clearly the most corrupt U.S. president in history, you could easily argue

If Trump intends to attempt a coup, here are five ways he could do it Despite the debacle in Iran, a president at war has several pressure points at his disposal to postpone, restrict and ultimately cancel democracy, writes the historian

You need to read this.

@timothysnyder.bsky.social has been warning us since 2016 about Trump. He knows: he’s one of world’s leading experts on authoritarianism & always ahead of the game.

V proud to publish him in @thenerve.news. He’s an essential voice.

www.thenerve.news/p/donald-tru...

"The independent media really did spring up though in Hungary, and like it should be mentioned, and those folks should be acknowledged."

@timmiller.bsky.social and @michaeldweiss.bsky.social discuss how independent Hungarian media played a role in the defeat of Orbán.

Russian Oil Revenues Nearly Doubled in March

Trump's war on Iran enriches Moscow: Revenues from Russian exports of crude and refined products rose to $19 billion in March from $9.7 billion in February, the IEA said in a report.

Analysts predict the state is likely to collect more than $6.6 billion in additional tax revenue.

Far more sensible for governments of every stripe to distance themselves from toxic Trump than to cosy up to him

Good explanation from @stellacreasy.bsky.social of my analysis of the government/MAC's own data on the fiscal impacts of recent immigration, as featured in today's Guardian.

Reform-Run Kent Council Sells Off Antony Gormley Sculpture After Raising Taxes Nigel Farage's flagship council quietly sold Two Stones, one of the sculptor's earliest commissions, as part of a wave of publicly owned art disposals that critics call "shameful"

🔴Reform-Run Kent Council Sells Off Antony Gormley Sculpture After Raising Taxes

Nigel Farage’s flagship council quietly sold Two Stones, one of the sculptor’s earliest commissions, as part of a wave of publicly owned art disposals that critics call “shameful”

bylinetimes.com/2026/04/14/r...

The fall of Orbán What it means for the global battle against the radical right

New post out:

"The fall of Orbán"

Péter Magyar’s victory in Hungary is a key moment in the global battle against the radical right.

I look at the three big lessons we can take about how they can be defeated.

(£/free trial)

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Every reference to 'welfare' ever should have 'including pensions' or 'excluding pensions' in parentheses next to the word.

All interviewers/articles should clarify at first use whether the word includes or excludes. Interviews should be stopped if unclear.

Because frankly it's getting tedious.