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Andy Burnham's first policy is already "falling apart" over funding questions, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch tells Cathy Newman. It's after top Starmer ally Darren Jones - who only left government yesterday - said Burnham's plan to scrap VAT on electricity bills was "unfunded".

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'I find myself asking: Is that it?! The problems go way beyond bus fares and VAT on bills.' Conservative Party Leader Kemi Badenoch says 'Andy Burnham's ambitions for Britain are too small', after new measures to tackle the cost of living are announced.

'I find myself asking: Is that it?! The problems go way beyond bus fares and VAT on bills.' Conservative Party Leader Kemi Badenoch says 'Andy Burnham's ambitions for Britain are too small', after new measures to tackle the cost of living are announced.

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Andy Burnham has announced an £850 million tax cut on energy bills to help ease the cost-of-living crisis, sparking an argument with an outgoing Labour minister. The new government said that from October 1st, electricity bills will be VAT free, saving households around £45-a-year. It said it will be funded by scrapping Sir Keir Starmer’s digital ID project but departed minister Darren Jones said that scheme was actually 'unfunded', casting doubt on how the energy cut will be paid for.

Andy Burnham has announced an £850 million tax cut on energy bills to help ease the cost-of-living crisis, sparking an argument with an outgoing Labour minister. The new government said that from October 1st, electricity bills will be VAT free, saving households around £45-a-year. It said it will be funded by scrapping Sir Keir Starmer’s digital ID project but departed minister Darren Jones said that scheme was actually 'unfunded', casting doubt on how the energy cut will be paid for.

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Andy Burnham's path to becoming the next Prime Minister has been made clearer, after Starmer's chief secretary Darren Jones MP ruled out a challenge for the Labour leadership. He said he's had a "reassuring" conversation with the former Manchester mayor about his economic policy, and urged him to set out his economic policies. But Al Carns MP, who resigned as defence minister this month in a row over defence spending, says he is still considering running.

Andy Burnham's path to becoming the next Prime Minister has been made clearer, after Starmer's chief secretary Darren Jones MP ruled out a challenge for the Labour leadership. He said he's had a "reassuring" conversation with the former Manchester mayor about his economic policy, and urged him to set out his economic policies. But Al Carns MP, who resigned as defence minister this month in a row over defence spending, says he is still considering running.

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Cathy Newman’s First, and Last, Show Sky News has finally given Cathy Newman her own programme. In the opening episode she did something truly revolting. She sat opposite Keir Starmer and fed him his lines. While Britain burns, highest taxes in 70 years, energy prices through the roof, pensioners freezing, small boats still arriving in record numbers, Cathy Newman chose to blame Donald Trump. The wars. The tariffs. The chaos. All Trump’s fault, apparently. Starmer didn’t even have to think. He was answering questions before she had finished asking them. It was so rehearsed it was painful to watch. Every time she tossed him a gentle lob, he was already swinging at it. This wasn’t journalism. This was state-sponsored damage control with a friendly face and a microphone. Cathy Newman, the woman who was publicly dismantled by Jordan Peterson in 2018 and has spent the last eight years trying to scrub that humiliation from the public memory, has now fully revealed herself. She is no longer a journalist. She is a willing instrument of power. She gave Starmer the softest landing imaginable. She let him hide behind his wife. She let him blame the world. She never once pressed him on the real questions that matter. The British people saw it for what it was. A performance. A script. A lie. Cathy Newman’s first show was also her last. Because after last night, the mask is gone and so is whatever credibility she had left. Britain First. No Surrender.🦁🇬🇧

Cathy Newman’s First, and Last, Show Sky News has finally given Cathy Newman her own programme. In the opening episode she did something truly revolting. She sat opposite Keir Starmer and fed him his lines. While Britain burns, highest taxes in 70 years, energy prices through the roof, pensioners freezing, small boats still arriving in record numbers, Cathy Newman chose to blame Donald Trump. The wars. The tariffs. The chaos. All Trump’s fault, apparently. Starmer didn’t even have to think. He was answering questions before she had finished asking them. It was so rehearsed it was painful to watch. Every time she tossed him a gentle lob, he was already swinging at it. This wasn’t journalism. This was state-sponsored damage control with a friendly face and a microphone. Cathy Newman, the woman who was publicly dismantled by Jordan Peterson in 2018 and has spent the last eight years trying to scrub that humiliation from the public memory, has now fully revealed herself. She is no longer a journalist. She is a willing instrument of power. She gave Starmer the softest landing imaginable. She let him hide behind his wife. She let him blame the world. She never once pressed him on the real questions that matter. The British people saw it for what it was. A performance. A script. A lie. Cathy Newman’s first show was also her last. Because after last night, the mask is gone and so is whatever credibility she had left. Britain First. No Surrender.🦁🇬🇧

Christian

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Kemi Badenoch humiliates herself over the Chagos islands at PMQs She started by criticising Labour's action on the Chagos islands Keir Starmer explains it's a military base vital our national security, explaining that is why the Conservatives opened negotiations about sovereignty and securing the long term usage of the base Starmer adds that it was the Conservatives who conducted 11 of the 13 rounds of the negotiations Starmer adds that if Badenoch has been briefed on Chagos she understands the situation, and if she isn't officially briefed, "she's not doing her job, she's not concerned about national security" Badenoch then waffles a bit and insults Starmer Starmer observes she didn't say she was briefed about the Chagos islands saying "When she became leader of the opposition I said to her I would give her a briefing on any national security issue if she asked for it" "She has not asked for a briefing on the CHagos islands" "That's because she's more interested in chasing Reform, than in national security" Badenoch agains deflects saying, "He doesn't know what's going on" Starmer, "She doesn't even want to know what's going on otherwise she would have asked for the relevant briefing" Badenoch then claims she's speaking on behalf of the country and that "when Labour negotiates our country loses" Starmer, "All she does is come here every week carping from the sidelines talking our country down"

Kemi Badenoch humiliates herself over the Chagos islands at PMQs She started by criticising Labour's action on the Chagos islands Keir Starmer explains it's a military base vital our national security, explaining that is why the Conservatives opened negotiations about sovereignty and securing the long term usage of the base Starmer adds that it was the Conservatives who conducted 11 of the 13 rounds of the negotiations Starmer adds that if Badenoch has been briefed on Chagos she understands the situation, and if she isn't officially briefed, "she's not doing her job, she's not concerned about national security" Badenoch then waffles a bit and insults Starmer Starmer observes she didn't say she was briefed about the Chagos islands saying "When she became leader of the opposition I said to her I would give her a briefing on any national security issue if she asked for it" "She has not asked for a briefing on the CHagos islands" "That's because she's more interested in chasing Reform, than in national security" Badenoch agains deflects saying, "He doesn't know what's going on" Starmer, "She doesn't even want to know what's going on otherwise she would have asked for the relevant briefing" Badenoch then claims she's speaking on behalf of the country and that "when Labour negotiates our country loses" Starmer, "All she does is come here every week carping from the sidelines talking our country down"

Farrukh

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🚨 Kemi Badenoch is rapidly becoming the only adult left in British politics — and the contrast with Keir Starmer’s collapsing Labour circus couldn’t be more brutal. Even though she’s not the leader of my party, the woman is rising fast in confidence, polls and sheer parliamentary firepower. Erudite, razor-sharp, critically analytical — she dismantles Starmer and his entire front bench week after week with facts, logic and zero tolerance for their two-tier nonsense. While Labour hides behind spin, smears and surveillance, Kemi stands up and actually fights for Britain. This is what real opposition looks like. This is what leadership sounds like. This is the kind of no-nonsense, truth-telling politician the silent majority has been craving while Starmer’s regime tears the country apart with open borders, grooming-gang cover-ups, Islamist mobs screaming at the King, and armoured vehicles rolled out against peaceful patriots at tomorrow’s Unite the Kingdom rally. Labour has no answer to her. Starmer looks weak, evasive and increasingly desperate every time she rises. The rest of the shadow cabinet can only watch as Kemi does the job they’re all too scared to do. Yes, the Tories have baggage — 14 years of failure on migration, welfare and two-tier policing that helped create this mess. But under Kemi the party is finally showing signs of life, and the British people are noticing. She’s the antidote to Starmer’s authoritarian drift, the Henry VIII power grabs, the facial recognition intimidation and the deliberate cultural replacement that has left entire towns unrecognisable. The silent majority has had enough of weak, virtue-signalling Labour ideologues who put everyone else first. Kemi Badenoch is proving that strong, unapologetic opposition is still possible — and it’s electrifying. We demand: ✅ Kemi keeps going — clean house in the Tory party and give the country the real fight it deserves. ✅ Full respect for her as the only serious parliamentary voice holding Starmer to account. ✅ An end to the two-tier farce that protects Labour’s failures while demonising anyone who dares speak the truth. Tomorrow at Unite the Kingdom the British people will show their strength — peaceful, proud and unbreakable — because real leadership like Kemi’s reminds us what’s possible when politicians actually fight for Britain instead of surrendering it. Kemi is rising. Starmer is sinking. And the momentum is shifting. Restore Britain. Britain first — always.

🚨 Kemi Badenoch is rapidly becoming the only adult left in British politics — and the contrast with Keir Starmer’s collapsing Labour circus couldn’t be more brutal. Even though she’s not the leader of my party, the woman is rising fast in confidence, polls and sheer parliamentary firepower. Erudite, razor-sharp, critically analytical — she dismantles Starmer and his entire front bench week after week with facts, logic and zero tolerance for their two-tier nonsense. While Labour hides behind spin, smears and surveillance, Kemi stands up and actually fights for Britain. This is what real opposition looks like. This is what leadership sounds like. This is the kind of no-nonsense, truth-telling politician the silent majority has been craving while Starmer’s regime tears the country apart with open borders, grooming-gang cover-ups, Islamist mobs screaming at the King, and armoured vehicles rolled out against peaceful patriots at tomorrow’s Unite the Kingdom rally. Labour has no answer to her. Starmer looks weak, evasive and increasingly desperate every time she rises. The rest of the shadow cabinet can only watch as Kemi does the job they’re all too scared to do. Yes, the Tories have baggage — 14 years of failure on migration, welfare and two-tier policing that helped create this mess. But under Kemi the party is finally showing signs of life, and the British people are noticing. She’s the antidote to Starmer’s authoritarian drift, the Henry VIII power grabs, the facial recognition intimidation and the deliberate cultural replacement that has left entire towns unrecognisable. The silent majority has had enough of weak, virtue-signalling Labour ideologues who put everyone else first. Kemi Badenoch is proving that strong, unapologetic opposition is still possible — and it’s electrifying. We demand: ✅ Kemi keeps going — clean house in the Tory party and give the country the real fight it deserves. ✅ Full respect for her as the only serious parliamentary voice holding Starmer to account. ✅ An end to the two-tier farce that protects Labour’s failures while demonising anyone who dares speak the truth. Tomorrow at Unite the Kingdom the British people will show their strength — peaceful, proud and unbreakable — because real leadership like Kemi’s reminds us what’s possible when politicians actually fight for Britain instead of surrendering it. Kemi is rising. Starmer is sinking. And the momentum is shifting. Restore Britain. Britain first — always.

Right over Left Everytime

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A domestic abuse survivor has said she has no faith she'll be adequately protected if her ex-partner is released from jail, as pressure is growing on the new government over plans to release offenders early from prison. Mollie Cousins has waived her right to anonymity in the hope that she can prevent her attacker from possibly serving only 15 months of a five-year sentence. Andy Burnham's government is facing calls to block sex offenders and other violent prisoners from being let out of jail early under the flagship Sentencing Act. The new legislation, passed this year, was supposed to tackle the prison overcrowding crisis in England and Wales. But abuse survivors of have responded with horror and panic, after being told that their perpetrators may be eligible for release earlier than expected, in some cases after only a third of their sentence. A warning: this report contains references to themes that some viewers may find distressing #UK #Prison #Survivor #Channel4News #C4News

A domestic abuse survivor has said she has no faith she'll be adequately protected if her ex-partner is released from jail, as pressure is growing on the new government over plans to release offenders early from prison. Mollie Cousins has waived her right to anonymity in the hope that she can prevent her attacker from possibly serving only 15 months of a five-year sentence. Andy Burnham's government is facing calls to block sex offenders and other violent prisoners from being let out of jail early under the flagship Sentencing Act. The new legislation, passed this year, was supposed to tackle the prison overcrowding crisis in England and Wales. But abuse survivors of have responded with horror and panic, after being told that their perpetrators may be eligible for release earlier than expected, in some cases after only a third of their sentence. A warning: this report contains references to themes that some viewers may find distressing #UK #Prison #Survivor #Channel4News #C4News

Channel 4 News

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“Far from shrinking under Andy Burnham, the hardcore Zionist influence at the very top of the British government has actually grown... From day one, Downing Street is broadcasting total alignment with Washington, Tel Aviv, and the transatlantic security establishment.” A close examination of team Burnham's first appointments and diplomatic silence reveals a sharp continuation of establishment foreign policy: Ian Austin appointed as Trade Envoy to Israel—a figure who previously urged Labour supporters to vote Conservative in 2019 to defeat Jeremy Corbyn. Ruth Anderson (Smeeth) handed a junior ministerial role in the Northern Ireland Office after her elevation to the Lords. Shabana Mahmood retained at the Home Office, maintaining state crackdowns on anti-war activists and Palestine Action. Ed Miliband’s Foreign Office remaining silent as ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan was ousted, refusing to assign state culpability to Israel. Airbase Approvals & Defense Trade: Granting Donald Trump permission to use British bases against Iran while addressing the Farnborough Airshow on day one, where Israeli arms giants exhibited. While Burnham secured power relying on nominations from the Labour left, not a single left-wing MP was granted a seat in his cabinet—leaving the left frozen out while corporate and military priorities take precedence. 📍 London 📅 28 July 2026 #AndyBurnham #UKForeignPolicy #Westminster Ranjan Balakumaran

“Far from shrinking under Andy Burnham, the hardcore Zionist influence at the very top of the British government has actually grown... From day one, Downing Street is broadcasting total alignment with Washington, Tel Aviv, and the transatlantic security establishment.” A close examination of team Burnham's first appointments and diplomatic silence reveals a sharp continuation of establishment foreign policy: Ian Austin appointed as Trade Envoy to Israel—a figure who previously urged Labour supporters to vote Conservative in 2019 to defeat Jeremy Corbyn. Ruth Anderson (Smeeth) handed a junior ministerial role in the Northern Ireland Office after her elevation to the Lords. Shabana Mahmood retained at the Home Office, maintaining state crackdowns on anti-war activists and Palestine Action. Ed Miliband’s Foreign Office remaining silent as ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan was ousted, refusing to assign state culpability to Israel. Airbase Approvals & Defense Trade: Granting Donald Trump permission to use British bases against Iran while addressing the Farnborough Airshow on day one, where Israeli arms giants exhibited. While Burnham secured power relying on nominations from the Labour left, not a single left-wing MP was granted a seat in his cabinet—leaving the left frozen out while corporate and military priorities take precedence. 📍 London 📅 28 July 2026 #AndyBurnham #UKForeignPolicy #Westminster Ranjan Balakumaran

Canary

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Brandon Gille says that Islam is a threat to America and it’s going to destroy the United States “Islam certainly didn't come into the United States on the Mayflower. Why are we seeing terrorist attacks from radical Islam within our own borders? Where did this come from? Islam is largely alien to American history. It's something that we deliberately imported as a matter of immigration policy into our country, and it's going to destroy us just like it's destroying Europe right now” I’d like to remind everyone there are several documented prices of evidence showing Barack Obama is directly linked to the Muslim plan to take over America Even Senator Tommy Tuberville said it was Barack Obama who was importing Muslims to take over local governments, and eventually the Federal Government (video included) The only answer is mass deportations while we still can

Brandon Gille says that Islam is a threat to America and it’s going to destroy the United States “Islam certainly didn't come into the United States on the Mayflower. Why are we seeing terrorist attacks from radical Islam within our own borders? Where did this come from? Islam is largely alien to American history. It's something that we deliberately imported as a matter of immigration policy into our country, and it's going to destroy us just like it's destroying Europe right now” I’d like to remind everyone there are several documented prices of evidence showing Barack Obama is directly linked to the Muslim plan to take over America Even Senator Tommy Tuberville said it was Barack Obama who was importing Muslims to take over local governments, and eventually the Federal Government (video included) The only answer is mass deportations while we still can

Wall Street Apes

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Something genuinely different happened in British politics today. Zack Polanski gave his first major economic speech as Green Party leader and it wasn't the usual vague gestures you get from other party leaders. It was a diagnosis and a plan. The diagnosis: privatisation, austerity and Brexit haven't just been bad policy choices, they've locked Britain into a structural trap. A "bond market doom loop" where financial markets constrain every government before it's even started. The plan ("Zackonomics") is built around ending rip-off Britain for the people who actually keep this country running: → Freeze energy bills now (£8.4bn, funded by the windfall tax) → Cap rents → Nationalise water → Scrap Right to Buy → Forgive student debt → Rejoin the Customs Union and eventually the EU Funded by making wealth pay its share: a wealth tax, equalising capital gains with income tax, and closing the loopholes that let the richest opt out. Is every detail nailed down? No. But this is what it looks like when a party leader actually tries to match the scale of the problem. Britain's economic settlement is broken. Someone finally said it. #Zackonomics

Something genuinely different happened in British politics today. Zack Polanski gave his first major economic speech as Green Party leader and it wasn't the usual vague gestures you get from other party leaders. It was a diagnosis and a plan. The diagnosis: privatisation, austerity and Brexit haven't just been bad policy choices, they've locked Britain into a structural trap. A "bond market doom loop" where financial markets constrain every government before it's even started. The plan ("Zackonomics") is built around ending rip-off Britain for the people who actually keep this country running: → Freeze energy bills now (£8.4bn, funded by the windfall tax) → Cap rents → Nationalise water → Scrap Right to Buy → Forgive student debt → Rejoin the Customs Union and eventually the EU Funded by making wealth pay its share: a wealth tax, equalising capital gains with income tax, and closing the loopholes that let the richest opt out. Is every detail nailed down? No. But this is what it looks like when a party leader actually tries to match the scale of the problem. Britain's economic settlement is broken. Someone finally said it. #Zackonomics

Devutopia

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This week's scoop-packed episode of our podcast The State of It: IRAN * Britain is unlikely to deploy the navy to escort commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz for two reasons - lack of naval assets and risk to servicemen and women. Support focused on mine-clearance and logistics instead * Cost of living support on energy bills likely to be modelled on warm homes discount, focused on those on benefits and pensions credit LEADERSHIP * Some Angela Rayner allies suggest she is willing to go over the top and mount a direct challenge to Starmer if results are as bad as expected in May * Other Cabinet ministers also said to fancy their chances. Patrick Maguire: 'There are lots of people in the Cabinet who fancy this themselves who say 'Jesus, what, you really, you are going to be the next PM?' MCSWEENEY'S STOLEN PHONE * What happened when Morgan McSweeney's phone was stolen? It was reported to police but they didn't investigate because they were too busy * The phone was stolen just over a month after Mandelson was sacked over his links to Epstein * The next tranche of Mandelson files is now with the Intelligence and Security Committee. They want to release as much as possible and will not withhold material just because it is 'embarrassing to the government' With Patrick Maguire and Gabriel Pogrund

This week's scoop-packed episode of our podcast The State of It: IRAN * Britain is unlikely to deploy the navy to escort commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz for two reasons - lack of naval assets and risk to servicemen and women. Support focused on mine-clearance and logistics instead * Cost of living support on energy bills likely to be modelled on warm homes discount, focused on those on benefits and pensions credit LEADERSHIP * Some Angela Rayner allies suggest she is willing to go over the top and mount a direct challenge to Starmer if results are as bad as expected in May * Other Cabinet ministers also said to fancy their chances. Patrick Maguire: 'There are lots of people in the Cabinet who fancy this themselves who say 'Jesus, what, you really, you are going to be the next PM?' MCSWEENEY'S STOLEN PHONE * What happened when Morgan McSweeney's phone was stolen? It was reported to police but they didn't investigate because they were too busy * The phone was stolen just over a month after Mandelson was sacked over his links to Epstein * The next tranche of Mandelson files is now with the Intelligence and Security Committee. They want to release as much as possible and will not withhold material just because it is 'embarrassing to the government' With Patrick Maguire and Gabriel Pogrund

Steven Swinford

20,111 views • 5 months ago

Left: Yvette Cooper being interviewed by her husband's podcast partner, "I don't think we've done government very well" then criticises Keir Starmer for failing Labour Right: Your reminder that Yvette Cooper as Home Secretary changed our terrorism legislation which has resulted in thousands being arrested for holding up signs, including a retired priest, and here, the Jewish daughter of a Holocaust survivor Cooper would not have blamed Starmer in this way without Burnham's sign off, so, so much for Conservative chaos and in-fighting, Labour are now doing the same. Yvette Cooper joins Priti Patel and Suella Braverman in a special club where they have all rolled out policies which the UK's High Court has said is unlawful. It's so bad that Cooper's policy was criticised by Baron Hain in the House of Lords, as being shameful. And what's more shameful is that Yvette Cooper who is now Health Secretary, has taken over £400k in donations from private healthcare over the past ten years, that's more money per year than the average UK income, in addition to her MP and now ministerial salaries. Yvette Cooper is the perfect example of everything that is wrong with the British political establishment, taking hundreds of thousands in donations, creating policies the High Court says are unlawful, then blaming her previous boss for the failings of her party, when a little more self reflection would show that she's just as guilty for damaging confidence and trust in our political system.

Left: Yvette Cooper being interviewed by her husband's podcast partner, "I don't think we've done government very well" then criticises Keir Starmer for failing Labour Right: Your reminder that Yvette Cooper as Home Secretary changed our terrorism legislation which has resulted in thousands being arrested for holding up signs, including a retired priest, and here, the Jewish daughter of a Holocaust survivor Cooper would not have blamed Starmer in this way without Burnham's sign off, so, so much for Conservative chaos and in-fighting, Labour are now doing the same. Yvette Cooper joins Priti Patel and Suella Braverman in a special club where they have all rolled out policies which the UK's High Court has said is unlawful. It's so bad that Cooper's policy was criticised by Baron Hain in the House of Lords, as being shameful. And what's more shameful is that Yvette Cooper who is now Health Secretary, has taken over £400k in donations from private healthcare over the past ten years, that's more money per year than the average UK income, in addition to her MP and now ministerial salaries. Yvette Cooper is the perfect example of everything that is wrong with the British political establishment, taking hundreds of thousands in donations, creating policies the High Court says are unlawful, then blaming her previous boss for the failings of her party, when a little more self reflection would show that she's just as guilty for damaging confidence and trust in our political system.

Farrukh

99,681 views • 10 days ago

This week's episode of The State of It on a tectonic week in British politics as Thursday's elections approach With the brilliant Lara Spirit • Keir Starmer is up for the fight. One ally says he will need to be dragged out of No 10. Another talked about how it would look to launch a putsch when we're on the cusp of rationing jet fuel • Starmer lining up speech. There's talk of a 'big offer' but what does it look like? Genuine discussion around moving on manifesto red lines - ie manifesto outdated for times we are now in - but Starmer thought to be v wary. It carries huge risks in and of itself. • Strong pushback on claims that the NEC will now side with Andy Burnham and allow him to make a comeback to Westminster as an MP. Starmer believes it is still on his side, and he is ready to block Burnham's comeback once again. • Most of the action in the wake of the local elections will be on Friday afternoon/ evening, when there is a wave of key results. It means that if anyone is to move - and that is a big if - it's likely to be over the weekend. • All eyes on Angela Rayner - will she go to it? Her people are divided between those who think she should seize the moment, and those who think she is better off waiting * The Labour left is divided. Some believe that Burnham should be their candidate and is worth waiting for. She may be liked by party members but is unpopular with the public * Wes Streeting said to have the numbers but he has said publicly and privately that he doesn't think now is the time for a contest. That's not to say that he isn't ready to go, that he doesn't have a team in place, that he doesn't have a policy platform ready. He just doesn't think that now is the time * Nigel Farage £5million 'gift' from Christopher Harborne, a British crypto billionaire based in Thailand, remains an issue. Farage insists it is his money and he can spend it as he wishes. But the Tories have referred it to the standards commissioner and the electoral commission. *This could have a long tail, particularly over claims it is a conflict of interest given Farage's promotion of cryptocurrency. This is categorically denied by Reform UK * Is some of the sheen coming off Zack Polanski? Thursday will be a breakthrough night for them, but polling suggests that he has dropped 14 points in favourability in the space of a week since row over Golders Green suspect. He's still far more popular than the PM, but it is a significant move

This week's episode of The State of It on a tectonic week in British politics as Thursday's elections approach With the brilliant Lara Spirit • Keir Starmer is up for the fight. One ally says he will need to be dragged out of No 10. Another talked about how it would look to launch a putsch when we're on the cusp of rationing jet fuel • Starmer lining up speech. There's talk of a 'big offer' but what does it look like? Genuine discussion around moving on manifesto red lines - ie manifesto outdated for times we are now in - but Starmer thought to be v wary. It carries huge risks in and of itself. • Strong pushback on claims that the NEC will now side with Andy Burnham and allow him to make a comeback to Westminster as an MP. Starmer believes it is still on his side, and he is ready to block Burnham's comeback once again. • Most of the action in the wake of the local elections will be on Friday afternoon/ evening, when there is a wave of key results. It means that if anyone is to move - and that is a big if - it's likely to be over the weekend. • All eyes on Angela Rayner - will she go to it? Her people are divided between those who think she should seize the moment, and those who think she is better off waiting * The Labour left is divided. Some believe that Burnham should be their candidate and is worth waiting for. She may be liked by party members but is unpopular with the public * Wes Streeting said to have the numbers but he has said publicly and privately that he doesn't think now is the time for a contest. That's not to say that he isn't ready to go, that he doesn't have a team in place, that he doesn't have a policy platform ready. He just doesn't think that now is the time * Nigel Farage £5million 'gift' from Christopher Harborne, a British crypto billionaire based in Thailand, remains an issue. Farage insists it is his money and he can spend it as he wishes. But the Tories have referred it to the standards commissioner and the electoral commission. This could have a long tail, particularly over claims it is a conflict of interest given Farage's promotion of cryptocurrency. This is categorically denied by Reform UK Is some of the sheen coming off Zack Polanski? Thursday will be a breakthrough night for them, but polling suggests that he has dropped 14 points in favourability in the space of a week since row over Golders Green suspect. He's still far more popular than the PM, but it is a significant move

Steven Swinford

23,462 views • 3 months ago

BREAKING: Karo-Lying Leavitt was left squirming after the media held her feet to the fire, demanding she explain why Trump would appoint a top official who he then trashed as “weak” after he resigned in protest! Yesterday, the Trump administration was rocked by the abrupt departure of counterterror chief Joe Kent, who resigned in protest of Trump’s illegal Iran War because he believed it was being waged on behalf of Israel. Kent is no hero; he is a white supremacist and far-right extremist, which is why he got the job in the first place. But that didn’t stop Trump from trashing him as being “weak on security” in response to his resignation, which of course brings up new questions we need to have answered. Reporters asked Leavitt to explain the president’s decisions, and she was left scrambling. “The White House was warned last year when the president nominated Joe Kent that he had a history of conspiracy theories and ties to white nationalists. So why did the president nominate him?” asked a reporter. Good question! “The president spoke on this a little bit yesterday in the Oval Office. He said he always thought Joe Kent was a good guy, uh obviously has a commendable military record and experience. However, uh he was not someone who was involved in the presidential daily brief, part of the president's intelligence briefings over the last several months,” stuttered Leavitt. “We have not seen him here at the White House for quite some time and the president feels it's deeply disappointing that after the president gave him an opportunity in this administration to serve the American people that he would resign with a letter filled with falsehoods accusing the president of the United States by being controlled by a foreign country. That's both insulting and laughable all at the same time. The president is the leader of the most powerful country and military in the world. Nobody tells him what to do.” It couldn’t be more telling that when told this man had ties to white nationalists, Leavitt replies that Trump thought he was a “good guy,” and then immediately brings up that he doesn’t show up for work. But the media wouldn’t let this go. “Yesterday, the president posted that he always thought Kent was weak on security. Why would he appoint a counterterrorism center who he thought was weak on security?” asked the media in a follow-up. Another good question! “Again, I just told you the president gave Joe Kent a chance. He thought he was a good guy with good military experience and unfortunately he proved he was not up for the job and we don't want somebody leading the counterterrorism task force who cannot agree that the number one state sponsor of terror in this world uh did not pose a threat to the United States.” Karoline Leavitt herself said just two weeks ago that Iran did not pose a threat to the United States, but hey, who’s counting? Good to know we’re appointing top counterterrorism officials based on the fact that Trump thinks they’re a “good guy,” who is now a weak liar after disagreeing with the President on something. The ease with which this woman lies would astound the most devoted of Hitler’s propagandists. But there is something perversely amusing about watching her be left holding the bag for all of Trump’s terrible decisions. What a bunch of assh*les, the whole lot of them.

BREAKING: Karo-Lying Leavitt was left squirming after the media held her feet to the fire, demanding she explain why Trump would appoint a top official who he then trashed as “weak” after he resigned in protest! Yesterday, the Trump administration was rocked by the abrupt departure of counterterror chief Joe Kent, who resigned in protest of Trump’s illegal Iran War because he believed it was being waged on behalf of Israel. Kent is no hero; he is a white supremacist and far-right extremist, which is why he got the job in the first place. But that didn’t stop Trump from trashing him as being “weak on security” in response to his resignation, which of course brings up new questions we need to have answered. Reporters asked Leavitt to explain the president’s decisions, and she was left scrambling. “The White House was warned last year when the president nominated Joe Kent that he had a history of conspiracy theories and ties to white nationalists. So why did the president nominate him?” asked a reporter. Good question! “The president spoke on this a little bit yesterday in the Oval Office. He said he always thought Joe Kent was a good guy, uh obviously has a commendable military record and experience. However, uh he was not someone who was involved in the presidential daily brief, part of the president's intelligence briefings over the last several months,” stuttered Leavitt. “We have not seen him here at the White House for quite some time and the president feels it's deeply disappointing that after the president gave him an opportunity in this administration to serve the American people that he would resign with a letter filled with falsehoods accusing the president of the United States by being controlled by a foreign country. That's both insulting and laughable all at the same time. The president is the leader of the most powerful country and military in the world. Nobody tells him what to do.” It couldn’t be more telling that when told this man had ties to white nationalists, Leavitt replies that Trump thought he was a “good guy,” and then immediately brings up that he doesn’t show up for work. But the media wouldn’t let this go. “Yesterday, the president posted that he always thought Kent was weak on security. Why would he appoint a counterterrorism center who he thought was weak on security?” asked the media in a follow-up. Another good question! “Again, I just told you the president gave Joe Kent a chance. He thought he was a good guy with good military experience and unfortunately he proved he was not up for the job and we don't want somebody leading the counterterrorism task force who cannot agree that the number one state sponsor of terror in this world uh did not pose a threat to the United States.” Karoline Leavitt herself said just two weeks ago that Iran did not pose a threat to the United States, but hey, who’s counting? Good to know we’re appointing top counterterrorism officials based on the fact that Trump thinks they’re a “good guy,” who is now a weak liar after disagreeing with the President on something. The ease with which this woman lies would astound the most devoted of Hitler’s propagandists. But there is something perversely amusing about watching her be left holding the bag for all of Trump’s terrible decisions. What a bunch of assh*les, the whole lot of them.

Occupy Democrats

268,043 views • 5 months ago

Hillary Clinton/Podesta emails expose George Soros having private meetings to strategize, and distribute funds to Democrat far-left groups and causes with U.S. elections and narrative control at the top of the list. Soros Fund Management Strategic Goals: - Voter Registration - Voter Contact and Mobilization - Controlling the Dialogue Amy Dacey, who at the time was an Executive director of the Fund for America, a Democrat-aligned 527 political organization focused on funding progressive groups and causes, and then joined the SEIU (Service Employees International Union, and then became CEO of the Democratic National Committee from 2014 to 2016, with even more far-left-leaning progressive associations after, was emailing Podesta and making arrangements with elites and NGOs at Soros' house in NY to strategize and come up with an agenda to dump millions into these far-left groups, and media to control the narrative, focusing on U.S. elections all the way back in 2007. This is still going on today, watching these well funded and orchestrated protests, riots, funded DAs, and massive election fraud happening all over the country, which is all apart of the massive color revolution happening right here on U.S. soil. Nothing has changed, they just got exposed. It's time for RICO charges.

Hillary Clinton/Podesta emails expose George Soros having private meetings to strategize, and distribute funds to Democrat far-left groups and causes with U.S. elections and narrative control at the top of the list. Soros Fund Management Strategic Goals: - Voter Registration - Voter Contact and Mobilization - Controlling the Dialogue Amy Dacey, who at the time was an Executive director of the Fund for America, a Democrat-aligned 527 political organization focused on funding progressive groups and causes, and then joined the SEIU (Service Employees International Union, and then became CEO of the Democratic National Committee from 2014 to 2016, with even more far-left-leaning progressive associations after, was emailing Podesta and making arrangements with elites and NGOs at Soros' house in NY to strategize and come up with an agenda to dump millions into these far-left groups, and media to control the narrative, focusing on U.S. elections all the way back in 2007. This is still going on today, watching these well funded and orchestrated protests, riots, funded DAs, and massive election fraud happening all over the country, which is all apart of the massive color revolution happening right here on U.S. soil. Nothing has changed, they just got exposed. It's time for RICO charges.

The SCIF

43,845 views • 3 months ago

A pure gaslighter. A leech on this country. Sitting in Downing Street calling it duty. And today he went on the BBC and proved it. NARCISSIST. DELUSIONAL. CLINGING. DICTATOR IN DENIAL. Pick your word because he gave us all of them today. Duty THREE TIMES. Not vanity TWICE. Definitely not vanity. He said it TWICE. Two defence ministers resigned. Belfast is burning. Britain borrows more than Greece. The man who says it is not about him cannot stop talking about himself. He has confused himself with the country. One in five eligible British voters chose him. The smallest vote share of any majority government since 1830. The Tories disintegrated and he filled the space. He has been governing on a vacuum ever since and calling it a mandate. 95 MPs want him gone. Health Secretary out. Four junior ministers. Four aides. Minus 46% approval. And when Andy Burnham emerged as the most popular challenger Starmer blocked him. Then rewrote the entire party rulebook to make sure it could never happen again. That is not a man afraid of chaos. That is a man who manufactures it to protect himself. He promised to smash the gangs. Crossings 48% higher than 2024. 75% higher than 2023. He didn't smash the gangs. He gave them a bigger runway. The highest tax burden since the Second World War. £333 billion on benefits. £63 billion on net zero. Britain borrowing more than Greece. £13 billion short on defending this country. That is not a government managing an economy. That is a government that has decided what matters. And the military is not on the list. The most dangerous leader is not the one who admits he wants power. It is the one who has convinced himself that clinging to it is noble. He knows exactly what this is. That is what makes it so much worse. The country doesn't need a man who won't walk away. It needs a man who never should have stayed. History will not remember him as dutiful. It will remember him as the man who stayed when leaving was the only honourable thing left to do. A great leader knows when to fight. A greater leader knows when to go. Keir Starmer has confused one for the other. And the country is paying the price.

A pure gaslighter. A leech on this country. Sitting in Downing Street calling it duty. And today he went on the BBC and proved it. NARCISSIST. DELUSIONAL. CLINGING. DICTATOR IN DENIAL. Pick your word because he gave us all of them today. Duty THREE TIMES. Not vanity TWICE. Definitely not vanity. He said it TWICE. Two defence ministers resigned. Belfast is burning. Britain borrows more than Greece. The man who says it is not about him cannot stop talking about himself. He has confused himself with the country. One in five eligible British voters chose him. The smallest vote share of any majority government since 1830. The Tories disintegrated and he filled the space. He has been governing on a vacuum ever since and calling it a mandate. 95 MPs want him gone. Health Secretary out. Four junior ministers. Four aides. Minus 46% approval. And when Andy Burnham emerged as the most popular challenger Starmer blocked him. Then rewrote the entire party rulebook to make sure it could never happen again. That is not a man afraid of chaos. That is a man who manufactures it to protect himself. He promised to smash the gangs. Crossings 48% higher than 2024. 75% higher than 2023. He didn't smash the gangs. He gave them a bigger runway. The highest tax burden since the Second World War. £333 billion on benefits. £63 billion on net zero. Britain borrowing more than Greece. £13 billion short on defending this country. That is not a government managing an economy. That is a government that has decided what matters. And the military is not on the list. The most dangerous leader is not the one who admits he wants power. It is the one who has convinced himself that clinging to it is noble. He knows exactly what this is. That is what makes it so much worse. The country doesn't need a man who won't walk away. It needs a man who never should have stayed. History will not remember him as dutiful. It will remember him as the man who stayed when leaving was the only honourable thing left to do. A great leader knows when to fight. A greater leader knows when to go. Keir Starmer has confused one for the other. And the country is paying the price.

BanksyCat

104,702 views • 2 months ago

While Australians are being hit with soaring power bills and rising taxes, Anthony Albanese spent six days in China talking about “green steel.” Not Taiwan. Not Chinese spy ships. Not the Port of Darwin, leased to a billionaire with ties to the Communist Party. Just vague platitudes and champagne toasts. He skipped meeting a key AUKUS ally in the US, but found time to wine and dine in Beijing. That’s not leadership, it’s dangerous neglect. Now we learn Treasury was already preparing for tax hikes after the next election. Jim Chalmers says he’s “relaxed” about it. But hardworking Australians won’t be relaxed when Labor digs even deeper into their pockets. And Labor’s housing plan? A political con. Builders have said it’s impossible. There’s no workforce, no materials, no plan, just empty promises they knew couldn’t be delivered. One Nation has been clear from the start, scrap net zero, bring down power prices, and put Australians first. We’ve also pushed to end mass migration, stop tax hikes, and expose the housing con for what it is. Labor's too busy managing appearances. One Nation’s focused on protecting Australians. Watch the full interview here.

While Australians are being hit with soaring power bills and rising taxes, Anthony Albanese spent six days in China talking about “green steel.” Not Taiwan. Not Chinese spy ships. Not the Port of Darwin, leased to a billionaire with ties to the Communist Party. Just vague platitudes and champagne toasts. He skipped meeting a key AUKUS ally in the US, but found time to wine and dine in Beijing. That’s not leadership, it’s dangerous neglect. Now we learn Treasury was already preparing for tax hikes after the next election. Jim Chalmers says he’s “relaxed” about it. But hardworking Australians won’t be relaxed when Labor digs even deeper into their pockets. And Labor’s housing plan? A political con. Builders have said it’s impossible. There’s no workforce, no materials, no plan, just empty promises they knew couldn’t be delivered. One Nation has been clear from the start, scrap net zero, bring down power prices, and put Australians first. We’ve also pushed to end mass migration, stop tax hikes, and expose the housing con for what it is. Labor's too busy managing appearances. One Nation’s focused on protecting Australians. Watch the full interview here.

Pauline Hanson 🇦🇺

79,271 views • 1 year ago

Robert Peston, "You've described what Elon Musk has been alleging as lies against Jess Philips" "This morning, he said you should be in prison" "You're a lawyer, that sounds libellous, will you take legal action against him?" Keir Starmer, "My record is open.. Every single case I prosecuted went to court, was looked at by a judge.. I was overseen by the Attorney General, which for three of the five years was a Tory Attorney General.. You can access this material, you know where it is, you know what the facts are" "It is something about the nature of our politics" "Once we lose the anchor that truth matters in the robust debate we must have, we're on a very slippery slope" "And when politicians who sat in government for many years are casual about honesty decency truth and the rule of law" "Calling for inquiries because they want to jump on a bandwagon of the far right" "That affects politics. Because a robust debate can only be based on the true facts" "This is an important point about our politics. It's not about what anyone may or may not say on Twitter" "What are politicians over here doing to stand up for the things that matter for our democracy and the way we have robust debate" "It matters not just to me, to the Labour party. It ought to matter, it used to matter, to all political parties. And it's a sign of where the Tory party have got to that we're even having this debate"

Robert Peston, "You've described what Elon Musk has been alleging as lies against Jess Philips" "This morning, he said you should be in prison" "You're a lawyer, that sounds libellous, will you take legal action against him?" Keir Starmer, "My record is open.. Every single case I prosecuted went to court, was looked at by a judge.. I was overseen by the Attorney General, which for three of the five years was a Tory Attorney General.. You can access this material, you know where it is, you know what the facts are" "It is something about the nature of our politics" "Once we lose the anchor that truth matters in the robust debate we must have, we're on a very slippery slope" "And when politicians who sat in government for many years are casual about honesty decency truth and the rule of law" "Calling for inquiries because they want to jump on a bandwagon of the far right" "That affects politics. Because a robust debate can only be based on the true facts" "This is an important point about our politics. It's not about what anyone may or may not say on Twitter" "What are politicians over here doing to stand up for the things that matter for our democracy and the way we have robust debate" "It matters not just to me, to the Labour party. It ought to matter, it used to matter, to all political parties. And it's a sign of where the Tory party have got to that we're even having this debate"

Farrukh

353,028 views • 1 year ago

🌏🛬🇨🇦🏥 : Canadian healthcare is so bad that our Immigration minister just announced stunning new measures to rush doctors into Canada. This includes a rapid process of only 14 days for a foreign doctor to get a work permit, inside Canada. The Federal government is also creating a new 5,000 person immigration pool for international doctors to come to Canada. This is on top of a newly announced express entry for foreign doctors who have already worked at least one year inside Canada. Over the last 10 years the Liberal government packed in millions of immigrants, temporary foreign workers, refugees, asylum seekers & international students. This unsustainable migration policy was done in a bid to create new Liberal voters, as the Liberal brand plummeted in domestic support since 2019. You will note the Liberals have not announced any plan to halt immigration to Canada, until our healthcare system can stabilize. I fear Canadians will be in for a very rude awakening as foreign doctors, who may have some very unethical motives, take over many healthcare departments. This is more proof that the Liberal party cared more about holding onto power, at any cost, than the lives of Canadians that would be lost, as our healthcare system collapsed.

Bruce McGonigal

376,483 views • 8 months ago