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It really is beyond disgusting that Infantino tried to sell International Football to Donald Trump and his mates, so he could cash in for millions for himself. And FIFA are just continuing on like nothing happened. Disgraceful, boycott FIFA.

A windfall tax on the big banks. Support our small businesses.

“Look Peter! I can see Julia Fartly Brewer, Sarah Whine, Isabel Cokeshot & all the right wing press doing a collective knife sharpening in preparation for Meghan’s return.”

The large banks are cashing in on the backs of the small businesses who are the real innovators and creators. They're profiteering from chaos and misery while ordinary people struggle. Its time to end Rip Off Britain. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Fed up with people shirking responsibility by arguing that the UK causes just 1% of emissions? Here are two fantastic analogies from a primary school teacher, Mark in Coventry, who called Sheila Fogerty on @lbc.co.uk - one involving dog poo 😆 Other arguments here: www.nebriefing.org/mp-dialogue

You seen them on Twitter, the bots desperately sent out to promote AI, the wheels are coming off, bankruptcy is coming. Can't wait.

The Telegraph has deleted, without fanfare, the word ‘living’ from the headline of Stephen Daisley's article on Professor Arday. Today, it just reads “Jason Arday is proof that you reap what you sow.”

Problem solved. Except OFWAT estimates for just the next 5 years are: Reservoirs: £104 billion Fixing leaks: £50 billion Flood / drought resilience: £13 billion Restore's deportation plan: £132 billion That's £300 billion extra. And Restore say they'll massively cut tax. Problem not solved.

Tessa Dunlop on #C4News "In the last month the British press has profoundly let itself down with the hounding of Jason Arday" "And I very much hope that for this initial part of their - Harry and Megan's - new start in Britain, the right wing press particularly, behave themselves"

Piers Morgan “Mohammed, do you condemn the Hamas attacks on October the 7th?” Mohammed Hijab “Yes, I do. Do you condemn Israel killing over 1000 kids?” Piers Morgan “I believe Israel has a right to defend themselves” That answer should be on the tombstone of his career.

The average MP is claiming more than £40,000 a year in personal benefits, including for ridiculous things like new phones, electricity, heating and food. Which everyone has to purchase. Why don't we talk about this benefit fraud?

China tax crackdown forces wealthy investors to assess their offshore trusts. $1.2 trillion wealth held in tax havens. When will UK act? HMRC failed to collect £500bn since 2010. No report on losses from profit shifting, offshore excursions. Capital gains, dividends taxed at lower rates than wages.

Bridget Phillipson, "Climate change is beyond doubt real and happening, contrary to what the likes of Reform UK would say" "Richard Tice owes an apology to firefighters who were putting their lives at risk, in order to protect people's homes and deal with the fires that we see"

Reform’s economic adviser called for end of pensioners’ triple lock. Highest state pension is less than 50% of minimum wage. He wants to privatise the NHS, sees migration as a poverty alleviation tool. Reform wants to repeal equality and human rights laws, remove workers' rights.

“Dicky is ubiquitous these days…Perhaps he can’t resist the feeling of freedom he gets when not umbilically attached to Nige. It lets him believe he is a fully sentient independent being. Rather than one of the last clowns standing in the circus” Beautiful scorn. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Prince Harry nails Rupert Murdoch.

Greetings, you fine folk! Hope your week is going well.🤞 Nelly says hi, too. 🙌

“Yusuf, Jenrick and deputy leader Richard Tice are all said to be interested in succeeding Farage as Reform leader.” Yusuf. As if! Jenrick. Please get over yourself. Tice. Hahahahaha. The ugly clowns are all fighting to be lead clown. What a shitshow. liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/471...

I know what they’re like. I grew up with them. This is about poverty, class, boredom, radicalisation and the boys I used to know. I didn’t want to paywall an article about poverty, so this is free. If you can afford to subscribe, I’d appreciate it! supertanskiii.substack.com/p/the-men-wh...

Google CEO tries to tell University students to love AI. They tell him to BOO off. This is what most people think of the hated AI, we don't want it.

Richard Sambrook, ex BBC News Editor said “the BBC’s (Reform) coverage was “frankly bizarre” “Will BBC News do the same for Lib Dem and Greens policy two years out from an election,” Sambrook asked. Will it heck

Lund, who sobbed when he was sentenced, “was found to have attacked nine police vehicles, punching windows, kicking off wing mirrors & letting air out of their tyres. During the trial, footage showed Land - wearing a face covering - climbing on top of one of the vehicles and kicking the windscreen”

What is happening in Gaza summed up perfectly in 2 minutes while a stunned Piers Morgan sits in silence.

We don't talk about immigrants enough. We don't talk about how they pay more taxes. How they claim less benefits. How they do the jobs that many 'natives' won't. Yeah, we need more talk like this.

How do we stop media behaviour that is legal, profitable, but undeniably evil and ruinously socially destructive — without handing politicians the power to censor? I have an idea. It may be rubbish. But hear me out. russincheshire.substack.com/p/the-hiss-o...

Brilliant from @anthonybarnett.bsky.social as ever on the overwhelming case for a new citizen-based written constitution sourced via citizens’ assemblies - as he says, “it’s now the turn of our governing elites to trust the public”👇

So many Americans hear the ugly truth about America, and instead of hating the harm done and ensuring change, they get mad at anyone bringing America’s shame up and can’t wait to make excuses for it all…

Financiers playing Masters of the Universe and losing billions on speculation. People fooled by newsletters, prepared by experts. The biggest losers are gamblers on the AI mania. Situational Awareness leads the field. Bank balance sheets must be rubbish. www.ft.com/content/340b...

Ciaran Jenkins, "Do you think racism played a role in the intense scrutiny Jason Arday was subject to?" #C4News Lucy Powell, "That is clear for all to see"

Lies and more lies. Reforms Zia Yusuf, who is not an MP, claimed that the restaurant had received 42 skilled worker visas in 2023 and 2024. It was 4! “I don’t know what in the hell he’s talking about. “We are trying to seek advice from our lawyers to see what we can do,” owner said.

Waseem: Stop for one minute. 🙏 My children are suffering in the unbearable heat inside our tent. Their fragile bodies are weakened by hunger and exhaustion. They desperately need food and clean water. Please help us. Even $5 can make a difference. Please stand beside my children. gofund.me/35fdca7d

NEW: We analysed more than 300,000 posts on X during the 2026 World Cup. What we found was shocking. More than 5,500 explicitly racist posts, targeting black England players. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Just walked passed the happy couple posing for shots in front of Big Ben, when this side of the road is car and bus free 😁 Congratulations to the happy couple 🥳

Bankers' trade association, backed by UK's biggest banks, warns govt against higher tax on the industry. Shows how banks cooperate to advance common interests Silence on profiteering, branch closures, not investigating frauds, bailouts, subsidies, mega bonuses, dividends. Must tax obscene profits

You get 28 days off a year. Parliament have 7 weeks for Summer and when they come back they will work for 2 weeks, then have ANOTHER 4 weeks off for Party Conferences, then it is 2 months until they get another 2 weeks off for Christmas. And so on.

A goat has escaped, and Baxter thinks it's his new best friend. The goat disagrees.

The people we elect to tell the media "enough" are too vulnerable. The media can destroy them, and often does. And that's a problem. So here's an idea of how to change that. No paywall. russincheshire.substack.com/p/the-hiss-o...

Why didn't you stop this happening? says person who voted for it to happen to person who voted for it not to happen.

Community Note: Israel does this by calling all civilians terrorists and designating all places, especially Hospitals and Ambulances as legitimate military targets.

My highly-trained hunting beast walked straight past the goat without noticing. I had to alert him to its presence.

Could this be the beginning of the end for the billionaire-owned media propaganda blitz? A campaign to free our national press from foreign billionaires like Rupert Murdoch is gaining momentum and attracting big-name support westenglandbylines.co.uk/news/media/c...

Reform want to stop giving money & weapons to Ukraine, they also want remove sanctions on Russia. Russia invaded Ukraine but this doesn’t matter to Reform. Reform is cleary in Vladimir Putin’s pocket. Stand with Ukraine 🇺🇦

Yep. Big Tech players talk a lot about existential risk. These statements fill media about possible end of humanity, diverting from thinking present-day governance, including facial recognition, targeted advertising & copyright abuses" www.arguably.uk/p/the-ai-dis...

Everything they accuse Communism of is what Capitalism is. A system where you have no choice but to do whatever they say and get paid whatever they feel like. Or you can starve to death on the streets. And if you protest they will ignore you, and if you actually resist they will kill you.

UK online fashion seller Boohoo fined €2.3m (£2m) in France for offering fake discounts. Also used terms such as “leather” or “suede” to sell synthetic products. Previously paid $100m to settle US allegations of using fake promotions. Is any corporation pristine?

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Something something chase the something out of ireland

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Tonight's sky 😍🌈

Just dusted off my typewriter (not literally) in recent days… and I’m absolutely loving it. Forgotten what a joy writing can be. The creative juices are flowing. Endless possibilities.

Made by the bloke that now asserts he got £5 million for nothing…with which to do whatever he likes like buy Ferraris.

The money raised from the levy would be used to help support small and medium-sized businesses.

Inflation is rising. Will the Bank of England raise interest rates? youtu.be/ruhW_MAGPy8?... If they did, they'd be punishing the people of the UK for a problem they could not create and a problem the Bank cannot solve. Neither makes any sense at all.

Harry & Megan could use a welcome boost in this Mirror poll. Only on at c 20% at present. But then the rags have been gunning for them from the get go & even more so since Harry took their gutter tactics on. www.mirror.co.uk/news/royals/...

The EXPRESSION! @disxt.bsky.social

I will just tell people one thing. You don't have to paid the debt, none of it. It is to rich people who loaned the Government the money they dodged in tax. Cancel it all, consider it an unavoidable tax for all the tax they never paid.

The former archbishop said he also had some “awkward questions” for Tommy Robinson about his alleged new found faith.

More than 20 hours. The number of hours should be proportionate to their benefit. Which is relatively massive.

As the climate emergency rages & our extinction grows ever more certain by the hour... Every single UK newspaper splashes with the story that a man and a woman are moving back to England.

“We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.” Ernest Hemingway Maybe we’re not meant to have it all figured out, maybe we’re simply meant to keep learning as we go. 🧡 #learning #SelfCompassion Picture by Positively Present

The flames have gone. So have the headlines. But at Dunwich Heath, the devastation remains – scorched habitat, lost wildlife and a landscape transformed. Leslie Cater returned to a place he has photographed for years. What he found is a warning for us all. #Birds @eastangliabylines.co.uk

We need a mute keywords for TV and newspapers #royals

#Leveson2

After weeks of just blue, looks like the police have sent a boat to investigate what all the white stuff is in the sky 🤪

The sky has been blue for weeks, anyone know what this white stuff is?😁

Good, he’s a white suprematist! Nathan Cofnas, a self-defined "race realist" was among those to question Arday's work & achievements - prompting a weeks-long plagiarism row prior to his death on 14 August. Cofnas said he was under investigation by Ghent University "for discriminating against Arday"

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Goodnight, good people. And remember… if you can’t fight, wear a big hat! 😉 x

Government review says PIP is “no longer fit for purpose” Disabled people can help shape the future of PIP, but with workshops closing soon and payments potentially affecting benefits, there’s a catch @willyandbill.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk

What a set of AI related headlines from @wired.com Flock surveillance cameras and drones creating data that are being handed to law enforcement agencies (including ICE) that are using it abusively. See examples from CNET here) Now @wired.com say it has got Flock’s code!

Our Vice Chair @lisaburton.bsky.social quoted "Talk of retaliation by the EU toward British migrants living here is one that is likely not justified" "The EU would follow due process & a far more likely response would be legal action against the UK, potential fines or other proportionate measures

Julia Fartly Brewer, Sarah Whine & Isabel Cokeshot awaiting the return of Harry & Meghan. The witch hunt continues.

Remember?

The PM has said he wants to 'lead from the front' in tackling homelessness 👏

I can reluctantly understand it (a little) if the cost of energy itself rises, but what I can't understand or forgive is how they're constantly putting up the monthy service charges. That's pure profiteering!

Just walked past Piers Morgan’s house. Froth oozing from every door and window. 👀

“This (Just 20 of 6,600 Defra staff working on climate adaptation amid drought and wildfires, 12 August) is a shocking revelation from a government that has repeatedly assured us it understands the risk of the breakdown of nature and climate. Clearly not.

🔴 NEW - Nigel Farage Has Spoken at 15 Trump-Linked Events Since 2024 Election The Clacton MP has received a platform from a network of MAGA groups that have pushed the president’s agenda in the UK and beyond. 📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social

A pleasure and joy to appear on Pod Save the UK to talk about my new book The Nuance Drought - listen here - open.spotify.com/episode/3KMo...

What a tragedy. The journalists who obsessed over Jason Arday were not interested in the facts and background of the allegations that started the online witch hunt. They only wanted his blood.

The E1 project is the latest attempt by Israel to end any chance of a Palestinian state. In a statement on Monday, Miliband said Britain "will not stand back and accept the destruction of the two-state solution.”

Remembering Michael Jamieson Mike was well-known in the North East in the late 1980s and 1990s for his groundbreaking Greenwatch environmental column and his weekly jazz-blue-roots music column, both published in the Chronicle northeastbylines.co.uk/culture/reme...

Ooops….”I just meant to leave my car for a few minutes” “The Metropolitan Police carried out a controlled explosion on the vehicle, which was subsequently examined and declared non-suspicious”

EU citizens in UK & UK citizens living in the EU were promised our rights would be protected, only to have those rights repeatedly dragged into the political debate Reform's announcement to remove benefits from EU migrants in the UK with settled status & possible EU retaliation is causing concern

Open Reach came out this afternoon. The telephone wire on the main road has been taken out by agricultural machinery, so I'm offline for days until it's fixed.

My chart in this week's Economist on the Jason Arday scandal and the pipeline from blog to broadsheet to Beeb (anatomy of a shitstorm). In @georgiabanjo.bsky.social's excellent piece: www.economist.com/britain/2026...

Ahh you guys! There are now almost 35,000 brilliant people signed up to my Substack newsletter 😮. I started it because the media is really bad at explaining what politicians are doing to the NHS. Sign up here- I wonder if the community can hit the…

Requesting a council service in Newcastle – with the help of Jeff Bezos The city council is using AWS Contact Centre Services (Amazon Q and Contact Lens), part of the same business empire as Amazon retail headed by Jeff Bezos, one of the world’s richest men northeastbylines.co.uk/business/tec...

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Beyond the school gates: What’s behind the rise in home education? One family’s experience of home education and the wider questions it raises | Ginny Smith @tarringnev.bsky.social @sussexbylines.co.uk