Another good day for green loons – the cost of energy goes up on the 1st …
Even more people wondering whether they can afford to cook or heat their homes in coming months ….
Hot dog prices put a leash on American celebrations – they don’t tend to carry a lot of local British news, or indeed such granular consumer orientated economic reporting, it’s usually all a bit more macro, however, that’s our left-liberal corporate globalist FT, cheerfully punning about the inflationary cost of snacks in the US.
Visitors to the famous Coney Island resort in New York are forking out nearly $5 for the sausage treats… thanks to President Donald Trump’s tariff wars and the attack on Iran. The political price for the president is rising too. – scoffs the FT editorial. I’ve a vision of FT journos gobbling this news with such relish they’re spilling mustard down their shirts with glee.
Ain’t gonna study war no more..? – as that old negro spiritual Down by the Riverside promised, echoing Isaiah (Chapter 2, Verse 4): “Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.”
The Guardian top headline today likewise professes a peacenik stance, regretting how Britain is now planning to beat its ploughshares into swords: Spending cuts to fund defence plans ‘will cost 10,000 UK jobs’
This is quite a turnaround for our formerly gung-ho liberal press – which was on another day, on another front, insisting we should: “Cry ‘Havoc!’, and let slip the dogs of war” (Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar (Act 3, Scene 1) and: “Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more, or close the wall up with our English dead!” (Shakespeare’s Henry V (Act 3, Scene 1)
Coalition of the willing must be ‘robust’ to deal with Russia, warns ex-US general… says multinational force to aid Ukraine would need thousands of troops to stop Russia breaking ceasefire (Guardian, This article is more than 5 months old)
Starmer lauds £78bn EU loan for Ukraine amid increased Trump tensions… Prime minister uses European Political Community summit to begin negotiations for UK participation in scheme… Keir Starmer has said the benefit of joining the European Union’s £78bn loan scheme for Ukraine “outweighs the cost”… the UK’s involvement in the recovery loan plan would also help create jobs at home (Guardian, This article is more than 1 month old)
Keir Starmer’s diplomacy on Ukraine wins him plaudits at home… Prime minister draws praise from Conservatives… Kemi Badenoch told the Commons that she had been “glad” to witness Starmer embracing Zelenskyy in London, just days after Trump gave the Ukrainian leader a dressing down in the Oval Office… The Reform leader [Nigel Farage], who is a friend of Trump, has elicited criticism for previously suggesting that the west “provoked” Russia to invade Ukraine with the eastward expansion of Nato. (FT, March 2025)
Riffing on George Orwell’s propaganda slogan from his 1945 novella, Animal Farm: “Four legs good, two legs bad”
One senses, Zelensky Russia War good, Trump Iran War bad.
The Guardian front page this morning, as is their habit, meanwhile does a commendable impression of the Harlem Voice: Data shows racial divide in pain relief during birth
This is news promoted on the basis of the ‘research shows’ genre of agitprop reporting – one suspects it may all be a case of so much gas and air: women from black and Asian backgrounds are less likely than their white counterparts to receive an epidural while giving birth, research has revealed (Guardian)
Your Mr AsI senses he’s not doing enough fan service for minorities – such as those dedicated EU Remainers hereabouts…
Let me introduce a little featurette I’d like to call “Euronews”
So, whereas: Burnham: Manifesto allows some taxes to rise (Times) and in devolution news; Councils face £7bn funding black hole… raising the prospect that councils will fill the hole by levying higher taxes (Telegraph)
There’s good news from the heart of Euroland: Germany’s €10bn tax cut… for the middle classes to lift the German economy (FT)
High trust European societies?
Sadly it’s the French who are letting the side down: Pétanque bowled over by match-fixing drama… France’s top pétanque players… accused of deliberately losing a match… organised fraud… to alter betting outcomes (Telegraph)
Sometimes these segueways will tend to write themselves – Double bubble?
Greece among EU’s worst performers in judicial efficiency… continuing to record one of the worst performances in the European Union regarding the speed of its judicial system. (Kathimerini ‘founded in 1919, the publication is widely regarded as a credible and authoritative source of record for Greek affairs’)
Asiseeit – I’m looking forward to a weekend of contrived hysteria over the coming exit of ‘our 🏴heroes ‘ from the World Cup along with those ❤️break headlines followed by a demand that everyone gets a knighthood for doing their job – particularly sir harry of Walthamstow…
Also – ‘how are you going to watch the 🏴match ?” Ten tips on staying up after 1am ? Our doctor on the health effects of late night footy … you know the tune ….
“While standard MP salaries are taxed through PAYE just like any other employment, some politicians have been found to use legal loopholes to minimize their tax bills” Google Gemini
Second Jobs and Corporate Vehicles: Some MPs route earnings from second jobs or external work through private companies, often owned with spouses, which can significantly reduce the tax paid
Pension Contributions: MPs benefit from generous defined-benefit pension schemes. By making substantial contributions, MPs on higher salaries can reduce their taxable income, helping them avoid the 60% marginal tax trap that affects high earners
Offshore Investments: Certain high-profile MPs have faced scrutiny and investigations by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) over their use of offshore trusts or foreign domiciliary status to hold assets
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“Tory Party Chairman Nadhim Zahawi says an error in his tax affairs was accepted by HMRC as having been “careless and not deliberate”.
In a statement, he said he wanted to address “confusion about my finances” after claims he tried to avoid tax and had to pay it back.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is satisfied with Mr Zahawi’s account, the BBC has been told.
Labour said there was a whole list of questions that still needed answering.
The party has called on Mr Zahawi to publish all correspondence with HMRC “so we can get the full picture”.
According to the Guardian, external, Mr Zahawi had to pay back tax he owed with a 30% penalty and the total amounts to £4.8m.” https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-64360260
This is in addition to the £2 million of initial humanitarian funding support from the UK Government to help Venezuela in the aftermath of two earthquakes last week.
They want to examine all of Farage’s money deals and income.
They should also look at the current lot.
The cabinet seems to have a fair few new multi millionaires and they seem to have multiple houses.
When they start off most have ‘only’ their mp pay yet somehow seem to end up with huge amounts of money. Even if they saved every penny and spent nothing they couldn’t have ended up with such large sums.
Rupert Lowe excepted.
If they go after Farage they could end up opening a big can of worms if their own finances start to get examined.
They should be very careful, so many pots calling a kettle black.
“Dale Vince has primarily donated to the Labour Party, but has also funded individual politicians and other political groups.Labour Party PoliticiansSir Keir Starmer: Received over \(\pounds20,000\) to back his 2020 leadership campaign and subsequent donations for the general election.Angela Rayner: Received \(\pounds10,000\) and other funds through his company.Andy Burnham and Lucy Powell: Both received thousands in political funding through his company Ecotricity.Green Party & Liberal DemocratsCaroline Lucas: Supported with \(\pounds20,000\) in personal funds during the 2015 UK general election.Green Party / Liberal Democrats: Has donated to local Green Party branches, national Green Party campaigns, and provided \(\pounds70,000\) to the Liberal Democrats in 2015/2016”
Someone who used to pop up on this site ( thoughtful ?) used to call for politicians to be paid more to get ‘better quality MPs’ –
This used to put my blood pressure through the roof . First we need less politicians – no House of Lords – a crap revision function which is just used to bung friends of the PM with jobs –
No second jobs – requirement to live in the constituency – not just a ‘drop in ‘ – and if they don’t like it go find a real job .
The argument put by Singapore to pay politicians a lot to stop them being corrupt is just naive in UK terms as once the snout goes in the trough it never comes out – and that’s almost all politicians of all brands – including farage ….
Wigan lottery winner, 80, helped build counterfeit drugs empire, court told
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John Eric Spiby is one of four jailed for being part of gang running operation worth up to £288m
“Lisa Nandy Quits X and Takes DCMS With Her
Lisa Nandy has just posted on X:
“I’ve decided to leave this platform and my Department will too. A platform originally designed for free speech and expression now favours abuse and misinformation over meaningful debate. It isn’t healthy for our democracy or our communities and I don’t want to support it.”
King releases his tax bill and no longer can live in Buckingham Palace … maybe all England players should releases their bills … HA AH AHHA HAH A
“Tax Policy Associates today reveals that Premier League football clubs are avoiding tax on an industrial scale, by artificially structuring their payments to football agents. We estimate it cost £250m in lost tax from 2019-2021, and £470m since 2015.
In our view this is failed tax avoidance – it was never compliant with the law, and HMRC can and should require all the lost tax to be repaid.”
https://taxpolicy.org.uk/2023/03/30/football/
But the scheme works by constructing artificial contracts where the agent acts for the club as well as the player – so-called “dual representation contracts”. Half the fees are then paid by the club – even though it is the player who is really benefiting from all (or almost all) of the agent’s work – and these fees escape income tax, national insurance and VAT.
I am having a drink this evening with a friend in a Chiswick pub. Two policemen have just come into the pub and asked me to step outside. I have stepped outside and they have threatened me because I tweeted about a councillor banning seating outside pubs in Chiswick. They admit… pic.twitter.com/r7MDIIdgvc
I am having a drink this evening with a friend in a Chiswick pub. Two policemen have just come into the pub and asked me to step outside. I have stepped outside and they have threatened me because I tweeted about a councillor banning seating outside pubs in Chiswick. They admit on video (watch it!) that I did not break the law at all. They came to threaten me. To warn me off tweeting about councillors and the council. This is modern Britain. This is the police state. Please, please, please watch this video. It does involve me using very bad language, but this has got to be seen. Police coming out to threaten someone who hasn’t committed a crime. I’m fuming.”
They admit on video (watch it!) that I did not break the law at all.
They admit on video (watch it!) that I did not break the law at all.
Tomo – thank you for putting that up …. It’s sad … but the saddest thing is that the plod have no clue about the implications of what they are doing .
Anyone who supports them now – in their current political form – should see that video –
I think if the victim didn’t have ‘recording ‘ he’d find himself fitted up with a drunk and disorderly / public order ‘ crime ‘…
Maybe the best bet would have been not to engage with plod At . All … they are not public servants or ‘friends ‘ anymore – except to approved groups of course …
Slip on a hijab, flash your ceremonial sword and ask them to kneel in front of you to respect your colour – then ask them to guess your pronouns, and if they get them wrong to ask for forgiveness.
‘Police state’ row as officers track down and threaten to arrest man who criticised his local Green councillor over outdoor drinking ban
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This is the extraordinary moment two Met police officers tracked down a photographer to a pub and threatened him with arrest over critical tweets about a local Green councillor – despite admitting he had committed no crime.
Alastair Hilton was having a drink with a friend in Chiswick, west London, on Thursday night when uniformed officers grilled him about his social media posts.
Mr Hilton was asked to step outside by two policemen as he celebrated a victory for his community over the Labour-run council after locals successfully campaigned to save outdoor seating outside three much-loved pubs on the Thames.
As the debate over ‘two-tier policing’ in the UK continues to rage, an irate Mr Hilton told the officers that his terrified daughter had suffered an attempted burglary while she slept just weeks earlier – and claimed that police had refused to attend.
Yet last night the Met had dispatched officers to a pub to track him down and question him about some of his tweets, despite acknowledging that there had been no crime.
At one point an officer even read out the legislation Scotland Yard would arrest him with if he crossed the line.
Mr Hilton has said: ‘They admit on video that I did not break the law at all. They came to threaten me. To warn me off tweeting about councillors and the council. This is modern Britain. This is the police state. Police coming out to threaten someone who hasn’t committed a crime. I’m fuming.’
The incident is yet another case where police have appeared to meddle in free speech.
James May, the Top Gear and The Grand Tour star who lives in west London, tweeted Mr Hilton last night: ‘I’m genuinely interested to know if you’ve woken up in the gulag. Bang on the pipes if you need us to batter the door down with a pub bench.’
The row began after a council threatened three pubs with a ban on eating and drinking outside.
The Bull’s Head, The City Barge and The Bell & Crown in Strand-on-the-Green in Chiswick had been told to remove tables, chairs and sun loungers from the riverside path by Monday.
But Hounslow Council has backed down following a campaign by local residents.
Mr Hilton had claimed on social media that the original complaint about the outdoor seating had been made by Green Party councillor Rick Rowe, something he has denied.
And on Thursday night, police tracked him down to The Bell & Crown, where two officers took him outside and warned him he was ‘close’ to committing a crime.
Mr Hilton filmed the 12-minute exchange, accusing the officers of threatening him and alleging they had been sent at the behest of Mr Rowe.
The footage has since gone viral.
The Daily Mail has contacted the Metropolitan Police and Mr Rowe for comment.
Police approached Mr Hilton over an allegation that he was planning a protest outside the home of Mr Rowe.
In his footage, Mr Hilton was flabbergasted and vehemently denied the claim, telling officers: ‘I haven’t scheduled any protest.’
One officer nonetheless proceeded to read out legislation under which he could be arrested if such a protest took place.
The officer then warned Mr Hilton about tweets in which he referred to the councillor’s home being near the pubs.
Repeatedly telling him he was close to committing a criminal offence, the officer said: ‘We have been made aware of posts on X where you have spoken about someone’s house and given descriptions of that address’.
The officer hastily admitted that Mr Hilton had not given ‘the actual address’ – but warned him: ‘It is on the line where it could be harassment.’
The officer repeatedly acknowledged that no offence had been committed, telling the photographer: ‘This is why it’s a conversation. I’m simply here saying, simply, be mindful.’
Initially shocked, Mr Hilton became increasingly angry during the exchange.
He told the officers that his daughter’s houseboat had been broken into while she slept just a few weeks earlier.
A window near her head was smashed and, after she called 999, she was allegedly told: ‘There’s nothing we can do,’ he claimed.
Expressing his frustration, he said: ‘So you’ve turned up for something that isn’t a crime. But when there is a crime, when my daughter has her window smashed in next to her in the middle of the night, nothing.
‘When there is a thing you have looked at online and you have said it’s not a crime… a copper has turned up.’
He added: ‘You’ve come to threaten me.’
The officer denied threatening him, replying: ‘We’re going around in circles. I was hoping for a handshake and a walk-off.’
Mr Hilton replied about the offer of shaking hands: ‘That is not going to happen. No chance,’ before the officers walked off.
Commenting on the video afterwards, he said: ‘It is incredible that these police were there to bully me, to threaten me, to intimidate me. Watching it back and there is no other conclusion.’
“Rick Rowe just came to the pub I was in with his boyfriend, knowing I was there, because he’d sent the police to intimidate me earlier. His boyfriend filmed me half the evening. Rick tried to grab my phone twice. It’s on film. He also said confidential information about me that the police had told him. I’m very happy to prosecute him and the police.
Jul 2, 2026 · 9:20 PM UTC”
Seems setting your phone to video record is the only way to protect yourself these days ? We’re maybe going to have to adopt the US model where proven illegal, bullying antics from OTT law enforcement can land a 6 digit payout ? – don’t hold your breath or plan on how to spend it here…
The police are now firmly in the category of self serving public sector bureaucrats who feel immune to any accountability – the car theft thing is simply bonkers – “look officer, there it is on GPS – can we go and get it?” – >> “GDPR rules don’t allow me to take any action as the man in the stolen car has a right to privacy” – or a flat refusal.
1765 …. In a republic worthy of name, freedom to publish one’s thoughts is a citizen’s natural right.They may use a pen or their voice, and should not be prevented from writing any more than speaking …That is the law in England, a monarchical country, where people are freer than elsewhere because they are more enlightened. – Voltaire, Republican Ideas, 1765
2018 … In addition to reporting hate crime, please report non-crime hate incidents, which can include things like offensive or insulting comments, online, in person or in writing. Hate will not be tolerated in South Yorkshire. Report it and put a stop to it #HateHurtsSY – UK South Yorkshire Police, 2018
The fact that the police knew where to find someone who hadn’t committed an offence is scary. It the police can do this for a non criminal, then surely they must know where people have entered the UK illegally (I am assuming if people have entered the United Kingdom illegally they have committed an offence), and arrest said people.
“Labour MP: Bond markets ‘will have to fall into line’ with Burnham agenda
Bond markets will have to fall in line with Andy Burnham even if he pursues a left-leaning economic platform, Labour MP Paula Barker said
City AM”
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I (Labour MP Paula Barker) attended F1 qualifying at Silverstone on Friday 4 July 2025 with my son. We were in the Directors Box and received hospitality tickets, food & drink.
Silverstone Circuit – £1,400.00
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Had the World’s greatest Navy, now has HMS DRAGon and a border so thin ….
Better Borders with Brexit – Boris Johnson – fly the Afghans in during the night.
Stop the Boats – Rishi Sunak – Net Zero Boats stopped
Smash the Gangs – Keir Starmer – Net Zero stopped and smugglers claiming asylum in UK
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Small boats data
This page shows figures for the last 7 days for migrants attempting to cross the English Channel in small boats without permission to enter the UK.
The US is putting out that Russia is going to invade Poland ( old habits) . ….
Highly unlikely in the view of this armchair general – putin has his hands full with Ukraine – so won’t be testing article 5 as predicted . Why put that out?
I read that “the Poles” are in fact ejecting rather a lot of their “Ukrainian guests” – not that any mainstream western English language media is giving that any coverage…
“Ukrainian refugees face eviction amid Poland and Kyiv spat.
Vulnerable migrants are being put at risk of homelessness as historical tensions mount and Polish generosity reaches its limits”
James Rothwell | Berlin Correspondent.
Agnieszka Suszko in Warsaw
Published 02 July 2026 10:35pm BST
“But as Poland tries to ease the financial burden of taking in a million Ukrainian refugees, the Kosteckis are now facing eviction and potential homelessness under strict new housing rules.”
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Comment “Good, after a certain amount of time they shouldnt be getting free accommodation and start paying for it themselves by working. Unlike the UK were migrants get free £250,000 newly built houses.
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If I’m not mistaken, the MP for Bicester is Calum Miller, a Liberal Democrat (PPE at Oxford, naturally). So the ‘tolerant’ people of the area who voted for a party that supports demographic replacement migration don’t like it when it happens near their own leafy suburbs…
But perhaps the Stand Up for Racism people have a point about the location. Maybe somewhere like Ascension Island would be a better choice. Or perhaps the Falklands – the Argies would soon lose interest in trying to recover it (sic) if it housed tens of thousands of aspiring doctors, engineers and school playground inspectors.
Tomo, As a general rule I’d view this as a bad idea because it is so arbitrary that it could be used by plod to punish people no matter their action but as they already seem to beat the crap out of people and arrest them for nothing, this might be a good alternative.
If someone looks sideways at them or even worse makes a comment about them the miscreant might just avoid a fierce beating. I know which one I’d choose.
In any case this new rule will justifiably make people fear any contact with police that could be misconstrued. It would appear that in the unlikely event that you see police on patrol, it might be a good idea to get as far away from them as you can. Add that to the increasing possibility of being a crime victim and it might be best to just stay at home and definitely don’t put your thoughts on social media.
Now that I think about it, this post might be a bad idea.
I have a friend, who is a dual national, British, USA (Southern) who is, quite honestly, pretty racist, says the British team isn’t performing well because there are too many blacks in it. He is an experienced footballer and trainer so knows what he’s talking about.
Nawal Al-Maghafi is reporting from Tehran on condition that none of her material is used on the BBC’s Persian Service. These restrictions apply to all international media organisations operating in Iran.
“The German city of Bonn has installed a meter to tax prostitutes for soliciting on its streets at a rate of six euros (£5.30; $8.70) per night. Those who fail to pay face fines or even a ban, and 264 euros were found in the meter when it was first emptied, according to AFP news agency.31 Aug 2011 BBC”
Has anyone seen any news on TV about the white lad in Birmingham who was attacked by 3 black lads.
The police arrested him.
The police bad mouthed him and shoved him, handcuffed, into the police car, backwards.
They let the 3. attackers go away.
It’s all over X yet I’ve not seen anything on GB News.
I don’t watch the other news channels but as they are all woke and far left they will ignore this.
Now the toxic dale vince is saying mad ed has made the green crap toxic and shouldn’t be made chancellor because he is toxic .
Where’s the green crap unity ? How can Britain be destroyed if we are not all overcharged for power ..
“BBC News has been told the kebabs from Kismet Kebabs, which describes itself as one of the UK’s largest doner kebab makers, were sold to fast food outlets across the UK for years.
DNA testing revealed the kebabs were meant to be “70% lamb” – but were actually showing “less than 10% sheep”.
The firm was fined £500,000 after admitting to a fraud that dates back to 2021.
Kismet Kebabs, which is estimated to have made £6m from the fraud, said it related to “historical events” over five years ago when they “operated under a different leadership structure”.”
“I think some customers won’t be surprised there’s a lot of skin and fat in these products – but I don’t think many people will be expecting goat,” said Swansea trading standards officer Rhys Harries.
“More than 300 arrests in organised immigration crime crackdown” https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgev8ey9wrwo
More than 300 people have been arrested across the UK, including 57 migrants who had crossed the Channel by boat, as part of a police crackdown on illegal trade and organised immigration crime.
The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) said more than £1m cash was seized during the five-day operation between June 15 and June 20.
Illegal tobacco, vapes and cigarettes with a street value of more than £700,000 were also seized as well as cars, drugs and e-bikes.
The British version should be called National Immigration & Customs Enforcement, or NICE. Who could possibly objective to a Nice crackdown on illegal migrants?
“Machine guns to machetes: Weapons that massacred thousands in Iran” https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0mgndkklvmo
A BBC News Persian analysis of hundreds of videos and photographs taken during recent protests in Iran confirms the security forces’ use of a wide range of weaponry, including machine guns, sniper rifles and shotguns.
Grooming gangs.
Rapists from Africa, Middle East and the Indian sub-continent.
Phone thieves on mopeds.
Feral youths blitzing shopping centres.
Drug wars.
People smugglers.
Money laundering operations in barbers shops.
Vote rigging.
Man jailed for shooting dead boy in park play area
His phone was found to contain a video of him appearing to rap about the firearm jamming, saying: “Don’t you hate it when your ting jams? I was prepared to take soul, but Allah had a different plan.”
“UK in talks with Pakistan about deporting grooming gang leader” https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8e2j0z7xgxo
UK government officials are in talks with Pakistan about the possibility of deporting a Rochdale grooming gang ringleader to the country.
Shabir Ahmed was released from jail this week, after being convicted in 2012 for multiple counts of rape and sexual offences against girls.
Ahmed had dual British-Pakistani citizenship but was stripped of his UK passport following his conviction.
A report later found that police had not acted despite multiple concerns being raised. It said there had been “serious multiple failures” by police and local authorities.
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The UK government directs Official Development Assistance (ODA) to Pakistan, focusing on economic governance, education, and humanitarian response. Bilateral aid allocations to the country are just under £200 million annually, primarily managed by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).
Talks? Put the bastard on a plane. Land at Islamabad or any other airport in Pakistan. Throw said bastard off the plane. Take off again. Bastard successfully repatriated. Any complaints, cut off their aid.
Burnham wants to levy extra taxes on large warehouses, I guess what they really mean is extra taxes on Companies that use large warehouses. Those Companies already pay large amounts of business rates, employer taxes and VAT. I agree profits are smuggled out to other tax jurisdictions but overall we possibly benefit from their presence in employment and cheap goods plus whatever taxes they already pay.
What the Lefties forget is that if you look at the British economy as a whole, more taxes will take money out of the economy and goods will cost more.
Business rates are a disaster for small businesses I will concede but I fail to see any advantages in raising other taxes.
McConnell Receives COVID Booster Shot: ‘I Followed the Advice of Experts and My Doctors’
‘Mountains of evidence tell us these shots are safe, effective, and dramatically shrink the odds of severe disease or death from COVID.’
Of course he has. he desperately wants the power. Even more than Two Tier does.
But look how the BBC are wording their articles to favour him in just the same way as Kuenessberg does during her interviews. It’s ‘soft’ support hidden in the style.
They think this is the defining quote:
“You’re going to be prime minister soon so it’s time to start acting like one. Come out from hiding, face a proper press conference and submit yourself to scrutiny and some tough questions.
“Are you up for it?”
Burnham replied: “Fair challenge Kemi – but don’t forget it’s only two weeks since I faced questions from 74,000 members of the public of Makerfield.”
They present it as if he put her in his place with fairness and politeness.
But’s an absolute nonsense thing for him to say. He didn’t face any questions at all. And it totally avoids answering what she said.
This seems to sum up Burnham. He twists everything back at the accuser in a way which appeals to the uncritical reader but is in fact utterly disingenuous.
There is ZERO chance he will stick to the manisfesto. But he will use similar weasel words to imply he has and it will not be seriously challenged by the BBC. They will hint that maybe he has gone against the manifesto but you can be sure ‘BBC verify’ will steer well clear of it.
BBC still not interested in this despite fairly extensive media coverage and Reform making noise about it…
‘Two-tier justice row as police arrest white man ‘assaulted by black men’’
Originally the police said ‘nothing to see here….the officer did nothing wrong’ and yet now once we get public eyes on it they retract that and admit that it looks like the white man was assaulted…
‘WMP initially said it had reviewed the incident after the footage went viral and stated: “We have no concerns over the officer’s actions and we are satisfied that they were reasonable and proportionate in the circumstances.”
However, on Friday they admitted an assault had taken place and that an investigation was under way.
A spokesman said: “We are carrying out an investigation to identify people involved in an assault in Birmingham city centre.’
The police woman slammed into him for no reason at all, completely unexpected to him…he instantly swung an arm at his new assailant….and gets charged with assaulting a police officer…..might suggest it is the police officer who did the assault….think perhaps she has daddy issues and takes it out on this fellow….naturally with her 5 colleagues behind her to back her up.
No-one is ever going to trust the police if this goes on much longer.
Given the Henry Nowak case and the similarity to this case with police allowing the black attackers to get away and instead arresting the victim, you might think it would be of interest to the BBC given that the police seemed to have learned nothing.
The killer of Henry nowak is appealing against conviction . Who can blame him . He played the race card fully at the time and I bet he and his family did during the trial .
So if his appeal is upheld – perhaps because of directions by the judge or other rulings he goes free …
Let’s hope the court of appeal doesn’t hang about and get on with hearing the appeal – if only to stop more stress on the Nowak family . ..
And if the appeal fails – can his sentence be increased to full life – and sent to HMP Wakefield – which apparently has a very efficient sanitation department …
Like the welch choirboy – if the state is too weak to end these characters – maybe public spirited guests of the king would be good enough to do so ….
I may have misread the story or they e changed it – but it seems to be an appeal against sentence – I think there was a prosecution appeal too – to get the 21 years increased .
I bet the judge breached the sentencing guidelines which allow ethnics to lie and carry blades to kill non ethnics – a Hermer invention …
21 years was unduly lenient in my opinion. Stabbing Nowak was obviously a serious act but Nowak might not have died if he’d been honest about what had happened to the Police. The first action might have been a rush of blood or anger but the second showed him to be a deliberate and brutal psychopath.
Flotsam
I recall that the starting point should have been 25years – with a couple of years deducted for something or other – maybe ethnics – but then added aggravating factors – lack of remorse – taking the sentence up to around 28 years – all academic really as he will be out in less than 10 years ….
The old are ignored/left behind – by the future old people?! Madness.
““I work the front desk at a small doctor’s office, and I wish people could see what happens on the other side of the phone.
Every day, older patients call us confused.
They are told to use the patient portal, upload documents, check lab results online, fill out forms before the visit, and confirm everything through a link.
Some of them do not know what a portal is.
Some do not have a smartphone.
Some have one, but they are afraid to click the wrong thing.
Last week, a man in his late 80s called about his test results.
He said, “Ma’am, I don’t mean to bother you, but the computer says I have a message and I don’t know how to open it.”
He sounded ashamed.
That broke my heart.
He should not have to feel ashamed for needing a human being.
Technology can be helpful. I understand that.
But when people who built this country are made to feel helpless because everything became a login and a password, we have gone too far.
Not everything needs to be an app.
Not every answer should be hidden behind a screen.
Sometimes people need a voice.
A patient person.
A real human who says, “Don’t worry, I can help you.”
Progress should not leave seniors behind.
Because one day, the world will move faster than us too.
And I hope someone is kind enough to slow down.
MarkyMarkJul 26, 14:54 Weekend 25th July 2026 BBC NEWS “Meghan calls Harry ‘a charmer’ during MasterChef Australia appearance” https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg41vn8x7ko [img]https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSvMjVhRVdnXSL_vE4BoCTmqy84W6PYLWSel1-j0yD8Sw&s=10[/img] The heartwarming tale behind Meghan Markle’s ‘bananas…
MarkyMarkJul 26, 14:52 Weekend 25th July 2026 “… and mould the whole of Europe into a copy of Germany …. a good place to start is to…
pugnaziousJul 26, 14:49 Weekend 25th July 2026 The BBC just can’t help themselves. They finally have to admit it was an Islamist attack but…. Berlin Pride van…
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Release the sausages..?
Hot dog prices put a leash on American celebrations – they don’t tend to carry a lot of local British news, or indeed such granular consumer orientated economic reporting, it’s usually all a bit more macro, however, that’s our left-liberal corporate globalist FT, cheerfully punning about the inflationary cost of snacks in the US.
Visitors to the famous Coney Island resort in New York are forking out nearly $5 for the sausage treats… thanks to President Donald Trump’s tariff wars and the attack on Iran. The political price for the president is rising too. – scoffs the FT editorial. I’ve a vision of FT journos gobbling this news with such relish they’re spilling mustard down their shirts with glee.
Ain’t gonna study war no more..? – as that old negro spiritual Down by the Riverside promised, echoing Isaiah (Chapter 2, Verse 4): “Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.”
The Guardian top headline today likewise professes a peacenik stance, regretting how Britain is now planning to beat its ploughshares into swords: Spending cuts to fund defence plans ‘will cost 10,000 UK jobs’
This is quite a turnaround for our formerly gung-ho liberal press – which was on another day, on another front, insisting we should: “Cry ‘Havoc!’, and let slip the dogs of war” (Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar (Act 3, Scene 1) and: “Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more, or close the wall up with our English dead!” (Shakespeare’s Henry V (Act 3, Scene 1)
Coalition of the willing must be ‘robust’ to deal with Russia, warns ex-US general… says multinational force to aid Ukraine would need thousands of troops to stop Russia breaking ceasefire (Guardian, This article is more than 5 months old)
Starmer lauds £78bn EU loan for Ukraine amid increased Trump tensions… Prime minister uses European Political Community summit to begin negotiations for UK participation in scheme… Keir Starmer has said the benefit of joining the European Union’s £78bn loan scheme for Ukraine “outweighs the cost”… the UK’s involvement in the recovery loan plan would also help create jobs at home (Guardian, This article is more than 1 month old)
Keir Starmer’s diplomacy on Ukraine wins him plaudits at home… Prime minister draws praise from Conservatives… Kemi Badenoch told the Commons that she had been “glad” to witness Starmer embracing Zelenskyy in London, just days after Trump gave the Ukrainian leader a dressing down in the Oval Office… The Reform leader [Nigel Farage], who is a friend of Trump, has elicited criticism for previously suggesting that the west “provoked” Russia to invade Ukraine with the eastward expansion of Nato. (FT, March 2025)
Riffing on George Orwell’s propaganda slogan from his 1945 novella, Animal Farm: “Four legs good, two legs bad”
One senses, Zelensky Russia War good, Trump Iran War bad.
The Guardian front page this morning, as is their habit, meanwhile does a commendable impression of the Harlem Voice: Data shows racial divide in pain relief during birth
This is news promoted on the basis of the ‘research shows’ genre of agitprop reporting – one suspects it may all be a case of so much gas and air: women from black and Asian backgrounds are less likely than their white counterparts to receive an epidural while giving birth, research has revealed (Guardian)
Your Mr AsI senses he’s not doing enough fan service for minorities – such as those dedicated EU Remainers hereabouts…
Let me introduce a little featurette I’d like to call “Euronews”
So, whereas: Burnham: Manifesto allows some taxes to rise (Times) and in devolution news; Councils face £7bn funding black hole… raising the prospect that councils will fill the hole by levying higher taxes (Telegraph)
There’s good news from the heart of Euroland: Germany’s €10bn tax cut… for the middle classes to lift the German economy (FT)
High trust European societies?
Sadly it’s the French who are letting the side down: Pétanque bowled over by match-fixing drama… France’s top pétanque players… accused of deliberately losing a match… organised fraud… to alter betting outcomes (Telegraph)
Spanish practices
Spain’s migrant amnesty attracts 1.2mn applicants, double Madrid’s forecasts (FT)
Sometimes these segueways will tend to write themselves – Double bubble?
Greece among EU’s worst performers in judicial efficiency… continuing to record one of the worst performances in the European Union regarding the speed of its judicial system. (Kathimerini ‘founded in 1919, the publication is widely regarded as a credible and authoritative source of record for Greek affairs’)
Asiseeit – I’m looking forward to a weekend of contrived hysteria over the coming exit of ‘our 🏴heroes ‘ from the World Cup along with those ❤️break headlines followed by a demand that everyone gets a knighthood for doing their job – particularly sir harry of Walthamstow…
Also – ‘how are you going to watch the 🏴match ?” Ten tips on staying up after 1am ? Our doctor on the health effects of late night footy … you know the tune ….
And the NHS goes from murdering babies and letting people die in corridors to ….”NHS to reward people who walk 30 minutes a day”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj6g0rdy40jo
Probably trying to train them to walk to A&E if critical, saves sending an ambulance crew out!
The Guardian gets the prize for the most childish Trump bile headline this year…
“Trump is avoiding the World Cup because it’s packed with things he doesn’t like…”
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jul/02/donald-trump-world-cup-fifa
How much more childish can these people get?
“Starmer is avoiding the 1400 Raped Children because it’s packed with things he doesn’t like…”
‘Barney Ronay’ is a prick.
So Labour’s first Woman Prime minister is going to put up Taxes.
No surprises there.
“While standard MP salaries are taxed through PAYE just like any other employment, some politicians have been found to use legal loopholes to minimize their tax bills” Google Gemini
Second Jobs and Corporate Vehicles: Some MPs route earnings from second jobs or external work through private companies, often owned with spouses, which can significantly reduce the tax paid
Pension Contributions: MPs benefit from generous defined-benefit pension schemes. By making substantial contributions, MPs on higher salaries can reduce their taxable income, helping them avoid the 60% marginal tax trap that affects high earners
Offshore Investments: Certain high-profile MPs have faced scrutiny and investigations by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) over their use of offshore trusts or foreign domiciliary status to hold assets
………..
“Tory Party Chairman Nadhim Zahawi says an error in his tax affairs was accepted by HMRC as having been “careless and not deliberate”.
In a statement, he said he wanted to address “confusion about my finances” after claims he tried to avoid tax and had to pay it back.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is satisfied with Mr Zahawi’s account, the BBC has been told.
Labour said there was a whole list of questions that still needed answering.
The party has called on Mr Zahawi to publish all correspondence with HMRC “so we can get the full picture”.
According to the Guardian, external, Mr Zahawi had to pay back tax he owed with a 30% penalty and the total amounts to £4.8m.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-64360260
Keir Starmer is willing to help, just not with his money….
“UK Government to match public donations for aid to Venezuela up to £2m as number killed rises to 2,000”
https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/uk-government-match-public-donations-venezuela-5HjdcNb_2/
This is in addition to the £2 million of initial humanitarian funding support from the UK Government to help Venezuela in the aftermath of two earthquakes last week.
They want to examine all of Farage’s money deals and income.
They should also look at the current lot.
The cabinet seems to have a fair few new multi millionaires and they seem to have multiple houses.
When they start off most have ‘only’ their mp pay yet somehow seem to end up with huge amounts of money. Even if they saved every penny and spent nothing they couldn’t have ended up with such large sums.
Rupert Lowe excepted.
If they go after Farage they could end up opening a big can of worms if their own finances start to get examined.
They should be very careful, so many pots calling a kettle black.
£5m ‘gift’ to Farage.
£5m ‘donation’ to Labour by Dale Vince and 2 of this mates = £15m.
£500K from a Chinese Spy – a mistake!
Google AI
“Dale Vince has primarily donated to the Labour Party, but has also funded individual politicians and other political groups.Labour Party PoliticiansSir Keir Starmer: Received over \(\pounds20,000\) to back his 2020 leadership campaign and subsequent donations for the general election.Angela Rayner: Received \(\pounds10,000\) and other funds through his company.Andy Burnham and Lucy Powell: Both received thousands in political funding through his company Ecotricity.Green Party & Liberal DemocratsCaroline Lucas: Supported with \(\pounds20,000\) in personal funds during the 2015 UK general election.Green Party / Liberal Democrats: Has donated to local Green Party branches, national Green Party campaigns, and provided \(\pounds70,000\) to the Liberal Democrats in 2015/2016”
Someone who used to pop up on this site ( thoughtful ?) used to call for politicians to be paid more to get ‘better quality MPs’ –
This used to put my blood pressure through the roof . First we need less politicians – no House of Lords – a crap revision function which is just used to bung friends of the PM with jobs –
No second jobs – requirement to live in the constituency – not just a ‘drop in ‘ – and if they don’t like it go find a real job .
The argument put by Singapore to pay politicians a lot to stop them being corrupt is just naive in UK terms as once the snout goes in the trough it never comes out – and that’s almost all politicians of all brands – including farage ….
650 MPs and 800 Lords to go on minimum wages?
They don’t do enough to deserve it.
So who is running Manchester now then?
Wigan lottery winner, 80, helped build counterfeit drugs empire, court told
This article is more than 5 months old
John Eric Spiby is one of four jailed for being part of gang running operation worth up to £288m
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jan/29/wigan-lottery-winner-counterfeit-drugs-empire-court
John Eric Spiby, who was a £2.4m national lottery winner in 2010, the court was told. Photograph: Greater Manchester police
“Lisa Nandy Quits X and Takes DCMS With Her
Lisa Nandy has just posted on X:
“I’ve decided to leave this platform and my Department will too. A platform originally designed for free speech and expression now favours abuse and misinformation over meaningful debate. It isn’t healthy for our democracy or our communities and I don’t want to support it.”
Blue sky thinking…”
https://order-order.com/2026/07/02/lisa-nandy-quits-x-and-takes-dcms-with-her/
…
“UK PM Keir Starmer:
I’m really proud that we got the gayest Parliament.
I don’t think there’s any Parliament that is gayer than this parliament.
”
https://x.com/Osint613/status/2072315997667692570
King releases his tax bill and no longer can live in Buckingham Palace … maybe all England players should releases their bills … HA AH AHHA HAH A
“Tax Policy Associates today reveals that Premier League football clubs are avoiding tax on an industrial scale, by artificially structuring their payments to football agents. We estimate it cost £250m in lost tax from 2019-2021, and £470m since 2015.
In our view this is failed tax avoidance – it was never compliant with the law, and HMRC can and should require all the lost tax to be repaid.”
https://taxpolicy.org.uk/2023/03/30/football/
But the scheme works by constructing artificial contracts where the agent acts for the club as well as the player – so-called “dual representation contracts”. Half the fees are then paid by the club – even though it is the player who is really benefiting from all (or almost all) of the agent’s work – and these fees escape income tax, national insurance and VAT.
Bodybag new tax wheeze – extra tax on warehouses to “protect the High Street” – grasping twats abusing language again.
“protect the Migration fund raising Vape Shops/Turkish Barber Shops on the High Street full of drug users”
“High” Street eh?
How did they know Alistair was in the pub?
This simply has to stop
“Alastair Hilton
@London_W4
I am having a drink this evening with a friend in a Chiswick pub. Two policemen have just come into the pub and asked me to step outside. I have stepped outside and they have threatened me because I tweeted about a councillor banning seating outside pubs in Chiswick. They admit on video (watch it!) that I did not break the law at all. They came to threaten me. To warn me off tweeting about councillors and the council. This is modern Britain. This is the police state. Please, please, please watch this video. It does involve me using very bad language, but this has got to be seen. Police coming out to threaten someone who hasn’t committed a crime. I’m fuming.”
They admit on video (watch it!) that I did not break the law at all.
They admit on video (watch it!) that I did not break the law at all.
Tomo – thank you for putting that up …. It’s sad … but the saddest thing is that the plod have no clue about the implications of what they are doing .
Anyone who supports them now – in their current political form – should see that video –
I think if the victim didn’t have ‘recording ‘ he’d find himself fitted up with a drunk and disorderly / public order ‘ crime ‘…
Maybe the best bet would have been not to engage with plod At . All … they are not public servants or ‘friends ‘ anymore – except to approved groups of course …
Slip on a hijab, flash your ceremonial sword and ask them to kneel in front of you to respect your colour – then ask them to guess your pronouns, and if they get them wrong to ask for forgiveness.
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15950435/Police-state-row-officers-track-threaten-arrest-man-criticised-local-Green-councillor-outdoor-drinking-ban.html
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‘Police state’ row as officers track down and threaten to arrest man who criticised his local Green councillor over outdoor drinking ban
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This is the extraordinary moment two Met police officers tracked down a photographer to a pub and threatened him with arrest over critical tweets about a local Green councillor – despite admitting he had committed no crime.
Alastair Hilton was having a drink with a friend in Chiswick, west London, on Thursday night when uniformed officers grilled him about his social media posts.
Mr Hilton was asked to step outside by two policemen as he celebrated a victory for his community over the Labour-run council after locals successfully campaigned to save outdoor seating outside three much-loved pubs on the Thames.
As the debate over ‘two-tier policing’ in the UK continues to rage, an irate Mr Hilton told the officers that his terrified daughter had suffered an attempted burglary while she slept just weeks earlier – and claimed that police had refused to attend.
Yet last night the Met had dispatched officers to a pub to track him down and question him about some of his tweets, despite acknowledging that there had been no crime.
At one point an officer even read out the legislation Scotland Yard would arrest him with if he crossed the line.
Mr Hilton has said: ‘They admit on video that I did not break the law at all. They came to threaten me. To warn me off tweeting about councillors and the council. This is modern Britain. This is the police state. Police coming out to threaten someone who hasn’t committed a crime. I’m fuming.’
The incident is yet another case where police have appeared to meddle in free speech.
James May, the Top Gear and The Grand Tour star who lives in west London, tweeted Mr Hilton last night: ‘I’m genuinely interested to know if you’ve woken up in the gulag. Bang on the pipes if you need us to batter the door down with a pub bench.’
The row began after a council threatened three pubs with a ban on eating and drinking outside.
The Bull’s Head, The City Barge and The Bell & Crown in Strand-on-the-Green in Chiswick had been told to remove tables, chairs and sun loungers from the riverside path by Monday.
But Hounslow Council has backed down following a campaign by local residents.
Mr Hilton had claimed on social media that the original complaint about the outdoor seating had been made by Green Party councillor Rick Rowe, something he has denied.
And on Thursday night, police tracked him down to The Bell & Crown, where two officers took him outside and warned him he was ‘close’ to committing a crime.
Mr Hilton filmed the 12-minute exchange, accusing the officers of threatening him and alleging they had been sent at the behest of Mr Rowe.
The footage has since gone viral.
The Daily Mail has contacted the Metropolitan Police and Mr Rowe for comment.
Police approached Mr Hilton over an allegation that he was planning a protest outside the home of Mr Rowe.
In his footage, Mr Hilton was flabbergasted and vehemently denied the claim, telling officers: ‘I haven’t scheduled any protest.’
One officer nonetheless proceeded to read out legislation under which he could be arrested if such a protest took place.
The officer then warned Mr Hilton about tweets in which he referred to the councillor’s home being near the pubs.
Repeatedly telling him he was close to committing a criminal offence, the officer said: ‘We have been made aware of posts on X where you have spoken about someone’s house and given descriptions of that address’.
The officer hastily admitted that Mr Hilton had not given ‘the actual address’ – but warned him: ‘It is on the line where it could be harassment.’
The officer repeatedly acknowledged that no offence had been committed, telling the photographer: ‘This is why it’s a conversation. I’m simply here saying, simply, be mindful.’
Initially shocked, Mr Hilton became increasingly angry during the exchange.
He told the officers that his daughter’s houseboat had been broken into while she slept just a few weeks earlier.
A window near her head was smashed and, after she called 999, she was allegedly told: ‘There’s nothing we can do,’ he claimed.
Expressing his frustration, he said: ‘So you’ve turned up for something that isn’t a crime. But when there is a crime, when my daughter has her window smashed in next to her in the middle of the night, nothing.
‘When there is a thing you have looked at online and you have said it’s not a crime… a copper has turned up.’
He added: ‘You’ve come to threaten me.’
The officer denied threatening him, replying: ‘We’re going around in circles. I was hoping for a handshake and a walk-off.’
Mr Hilton replied about the offer of shaking hands: ‘That is not going to happen. No chance,’ before the officers walked off.
Commenting on the video afterwards, he said: ‘It is incredible that these police were there to bully me, to threaten me, to intimidate me. Watching it back and there is no other conclusion.’
He added: ‘It is harassment.’
https://xcancel.com/London_W4/status/2072792591179911574#m
“Rick Rowe just came to the pub I was in with his boyfriend, knowing I was there, because he’d sent the police to intimidate me earlier. His boyfriend filmed me half the evening. Rick tried to grab my phone twice. It’s on film. He also said confidential information about me that the police had told him. I’m very happy to prosecute him and the police.
Jul 2, 2026 · 9:20 PM UTC”
gawd… a mee-mee gay Green councillor ruthlessly+obsessively working the victim card with assistance of woke plod.
I mean… what could possibly go wrong ?
– quite a lot, I hope
Fedup2
pretty grim stuff really
Seems setting your phone to video record is the only way to protect yourself these days ? We’re maybe going to have to adopt the US model where proven illegal, bullying antics from OTT law enforcement can land a 6 digit payout ? – don’t hold your breath or plan on how to spend it here…
The police are now firmly in the category of self serving public sector bureaucrats who feel immune to any accountability – the car theft thing is simply bonkers – “look officer, there it is on GPS – can we go and get it?” – >> “GDPR rules don’t allow me to take any action as the man in the stolen car has a right to privacy” – or a flat refusal.
If you go to get it yourself they’ll arrest you for stealing your own property back.
1765 …. In a republic worthy of name, freedom to publish one’s thoughts is a citizen’s natural right.They may use a pen or their voice, and should not be prevented from writing any more than speaking …That is the law in England, a monarchical country, where people are freer than elsewhere because they are more enlightened. – Voltaire, Republican Ideas, 1765
2018 … In addition to reporting hate crime, please report non-crime hate incidents, which can include things like offensive or insulting comments, online, in person or in writing. Hate will not be tolerated in South Yorkshire. Report it and put a stop to it #HateHurtsSY – UK South Yorkshire Police, 2018
1400 … raped kids, shut up and ignore it!
The fact that the police knew where to find someone who hadn’t committed an offence is scary. It the police can do this for a non criminal, then surely they must know where people have entered the UK illegally (I am assuming if people have entered the United Kingdom illegally they have committed an offence), and arrest said people.
mee-mee gay Green councillor I feel says it all – I’d wager he has a FaceBerk group dedicated to chatting with his MetPlod mates
Entering this country illegally is no longer illegal. Complaining about it, or even noticing it, is.
Who draws the line?
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Might be worth leaving the UK for a few years ….
“Labour MP: Bond markets ‘will have to fall into line’ with Burnham agenda
Bond markets will have to fall in line with Andy Burnham even if he pursues a left-leaning economic platform, Labour MP Paula Barker said
City AM”
…..
Avanti West Coast – £2,864.00
Donation Source: (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
Payment Type: In kind
Payment Description: Train tickets provided for eight people from Transforming Choice, a rehabilitation facility in my constituency, to come to London on 18 March 2026 to see democracy up close.
https://www.theyworkforyou.com/regmem/?p=25819&chamber=house-of-commons
I (Labour MP Paula Barker) attended F1 qualifying at Silverstone on Friday 4 July 2025 with my son. We were in the Directors Box and received hospitality tickets, food & drink.
Silverstone Circuit – £1,400.00
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MP Paula Barker
– is FikAnge adjacent
Bond markets ‘will have to fall into line’ with Burnham agenda
is self evidently simple PR parrot stuff
Had the World’s greatest Navy, now has HMS DRAGon and a border so thin ….
Better Borders with Brexit – Boris Johnson – fly the Afghans in during the night.
Stop the Boats – Rishi Sunak – Net Zero Boats stopped
Smash the Gangs – Keir Starmer – Net Zero stopped and smugglers claiming asylum in UK
…
Small boats data
This page shows figures for the last 7 days for migrants attempting to cross the English Channel in small boats without permission to enter the UK.
Date Migrants arrived Boats arrived Boats involved in uncontrolled landings Notes
25 June 2026 150 2 0
26 June 2026 0 0 0
27 June 2026 105 1 0
28 June 2026 78 1 0
29 June 2026 0 0 0
30 June 2026 63 1 0
1 July 2026 0 0 0
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/migrants-detected-crossing-the-english-channel-in-small-boats/migrants-detected-crossing-the-english-channel-in-small-boats-last-7-days
“Hundreds besiege French supermarkets in scramble to find air conditioners before next heatwave”
FRANCE 24 English | 3.64m subscribers
When the French are not being globally boiled they are being stabbed in Toulouse.
With the 250th anniversary of 🇺🇸Saturday – I wonder what the Marxist 🇬🇧state will do to commemorate / celebrate it ?
I’m guessing – with the ‘special relationship ‘ there’s no need …in the minds of the deluded TTK regime …
The US is putting out that Russia is going to invade Poland ( old habits) . ….
Highly unlikely in the view of this armchair general – putin has his hands full with Ukraine – so won’t be testing article 5 as predicted . Why put that out?
I read that “the Poles” are in fact ejecting rather a lot of their “Ukrainian guests” – not that any mainstream western English language media is giving that any coverage…
“Ukrainian refugees face eviction amid Poland and Kyiv spat.
Vulnerable migrants are being put at risk of homelessness as historical tensions mount and Polish generosity reaches its limits”
James Rothwell | Berlin Correspondent.
Agnieszka Suszko in Warsaw
Published 02 July 2026 10:35pm BST
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/07/02/ukrainian-refugees-face-eviction-amid-poland-kyiv-spat/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_fb_photo_eviction-amid-poland-kyiv-spat%2F
“But as Poland tries to ease the financial burden of taking in a million Ukrainian refugees, the Kosteckis are now facing eviction and potential homelessness under strict new housing rules.”
…
Comment “Good, after a certain amount of time they shouldnt be getting free accommodation and start paying for it themselves by working. Unlike the UK were migrants get free £250,000 newly built houses.
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“🚨 Oxford Stand Up To Racism has launched a petition against housing 1,250 asylum seekers near Bicester.
Their official reason?
“It’ll turn the area into a target for far-right protests.”
So let me get this straight…
They’re standing up to racism by making sure the racists protest somewhere else?
Peak activism. 10/10.
“Refugees welcome!” (terms and conditions apply, postcode restrictions may vary) 😂🏠🚫”
If I’m not mistaken, the MP for Bicester is Calum Miller, a Liberal Democrat (PPE at Oxford, naturally). So the ‘tolerant’ people of the area who voted for a party that supports demographic replacement migration don’t like it when it happens near their own leafy suburbs…
But perhaps the Stand Up for Racism people have a point about the location. Maybe somewhere like Ascension Island would be a better choice. Or perhaps the Falklands – the Argies would soon lose interest in trying to recover it (sic) if it housed tens of thousands of aspiring doctors, engineers and school playground inspectors.
I know some people who think wearing white socks with sandals should attract capital punishment
Londonistan is falling down
falling down
falling down
Tomo, As a general rule I’d view this as a bad idea because it is so arbitrary that it could be used by plod to punish people no matter their action but as they already seem to beat the crap out of people and arrest them for nothing, this might be a good alternative.
If someone looks sideways at them or even worse makes a comment about them the miscreant might just avoid a fierce beating. I know which one I’d choose.
In any case this new rule will justifiably make people fear any contact with police that could be misconstrued. It would appear that in the unlikely event that you see police on patrol, it might be a good idea to get as far away from them as you can. Add that to the increasing possibility of being a crime victim and it might be best to just stay at home and definitely don’t put your thoughts on social media.
Now that I think about it, this post might be a bad idea.
Will, I refer you to Constable Savage as portrayed on ye-olde Not The Nine O’clock News back in the day.
and for having racist thoughts
Regrettably, the fact that England can’t put forward a decent team is being used as an argument for more immigration.
Am I the only person who thinks that illustration appears to be a bit rascist?
I have a friend, who is a dual national, British, USA (Southern) who is, quite honestly, pretty racist, says the British team isn’t performing well because there are too many blacks in it. He is an experienced footballer and trainer so knows what he’s talking about.
Why? The missing players are, indeed, black.
Here’s another England team without immigrants:
https://thehexblog.com/2021/11/17/the-class-of-66/
Pfffff… she’s reporting from Bandar Abbas
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvg53ngvvpxo
I have to re-post this as I find it so crazy that it beggars belief that Bodybags is pushing it.
Whorehouse tax?
“The German city of Bonn has installed a meter to tax prostitutes for soliciting on its streets at a rate of six euros (£5.30; $8.70) per night. Those who fail to pay face fines or even a ban, and 264 euros were found in the meter when it was first emptied, according to AFP news agency.31 Aug 2011 BBC”
Has anyone seen any news on TV about the white lad in Birmingham who was attacked by 3 black lads.
The police arrested him.
The police bad mouthed him and shoved him, handcuffed, into the police car, backwards.
They let the 3. attackers go away.
It’s all over X yet I’ve not seen anything on GB News.
I don’t watch the other news channels but as they are all woke and far left they will ignore this.
“Hey, we nearly got away with this sort of behaviour in Southampton, let’s see if we can do it elsewhere”
(page 45, ‘Practical Guide to Two Tier Policing’)
Am I missing something?
Now the toxic dale vince is saying mad ed has made the green crap toxic and shouldn’t be made chancellor because he is toxic .
Where’s the green crap unity ? How can Britain be destroyed if we are not all overcharged for power ..
Pre Brexit … 12 March 2015
“Dale Vince divorce ruling ‘like cashing in old lottery ticket'”

A woman seeking £1.9m more than 20 years after a divorce is being allowed to “cash in a very old lottery ticket”, her millionaire ex-husband has said.
Dale Vince, from Gloucestershire, said fighting the decades-old divorce battle had already cost him over £500,000.
He set up his company in 1995 after the pair had split. He is now worth an estimated £107m and has been made an OBE.
Guess they did not test for Human DNA?
“BBC News has been told the kebabs from Kismet Kebabs, which describes itself as one of the UK’s largest doner kebab makers, were sold to fast food outlets across the UK for years.
DNA testing revealed the kebabs were meant to be “70% lamb” – but were actually showing “less than 10% sheep”.
The firm was fined £500,000 after admitting to a fraud that dates back to 2021.
Kismet Kebabs, which is estimated to have made £6m from the fraud, said it related to “historical events” over five years ago when they “operated under a different leadership structure”.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce95y1zlzyxo
“I think some customers won’t be surprised there’s a lot of skin and fat in these products – but I don’t think many people will be expecting goat,” said Swansea trading standards officer Rhys Harries.
Is that a warning or a promise?
And could they deport the odious Khunt while they’re at it?
“More than 300 arrests in organised immigration crime crackdown”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgev8ey9wrwo
More than 300 people have been arrested across the UK, including 57 migrants who had crossed the Channel by boat, as part of a police crackdown on illegal trade and organised immigration crime.
The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) said more than £1m cash was seized during the five-day operation between June 15 and June 20.
Illegal tobacco, vapes and cigarettes with a street value of more than £700,000 were also seized as well as cars, drugs and e-bikes.
The British version should be called National Immigration & Customs Enforcement, or NICE. Who could possibly objective to a Nice crackdown on illegal migrants?
#MillionsMustGo
“Bushra Shaikh
@Bushra1Shaikh
Take away the curries and kebabs.
Take away the Tea. The coffee.
Take away the doctors and nurses.
The Ubers and buses.
Take away the night workers.
Take away the clothes.
Take away the cleaners.
Take it all away.
It’s all foreign.
These racists don’t understand.
They will be left with very little.”
https://x.com/Bushra1Shaikh/status/1820091502883729749
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“Machine guns to machetes: Weapons that massacred thousands in Iran”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0mgndkklvmo
A BBC News Persian analysis of hundreds of videos and photographs taken during recent protests in Iran confirms the security forces’ use of a wide range of weaponry, including machine guns, sniper rifles and shotguns.
Here’s some other things that can be taken away:
Grooming gangs.
Rapists from Africa, Middle East and the Indian sub-continent.
Phone thieves on mopeds.
Feral youths blitzing shopping centres.
Drug wars.
People smugglers.
Money laundering operations in barbers shops.
Vote rigging.
Yes, take it away. It’s all foreign.
Man jailed for shooting dead boy in park play area
His phone was found to contain a video of him appearing to rap about the firearm jamming, saying: “Don’t you hate it when your ting jams? I was prepared to take soul, but Allah had a different plan.”
“UK in talks with Pakistan about deporting grooming gang leader”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8e2j0z7xgxo
UK government officials are in talks with Pakistan about the possibility of deporting a Rochdale grooming gang ringleader to the country.
Shabir Ahmed was released from jail this week, after being convicted in 2012 for multiple counts of rape and sexual offences against girls.
Ahmed had dual British-Pakistani citizenship but was stripped of his UK passport following his conviction.
A report later found that police had not acted despite multiple concerns being raised. It said there had been “serious multiple failures” by police and local authorities.
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The UK government directs Official Development Assistance (ODA) to Pakistan, focusing on economic governance, education, and humanitarian response. Bilateral aid allocations to the country are just under £200 million annually, primarily managed by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).
Talks? Put the bastard on a plane. Land at Islamabad or any other airport in Pakistan. Throw said bastard off the plane. Take off again. Bastard successfully repatriated. Any complaints, cut off their aid.
Why not send him to France – 1 rapist in, 1 rapist out.
Burnham wants to levy extra taxes on large warehouses, I guess what they really mean is extra taxes on Companies that use large warehouses. Those Companies already pay large amounts of business rates, employer taxes and VAT. I agree profits are smuggled out to other tax jurisdictions but overall we possibly benefit from their presence in employment and cheap goods plus whatever taxes they already pay.
What the Lefties forget is that if you look at the British economy as a whole, more taxes will take money out of the economy and goods will cost more.
Business rates are a disaster for small businesses I will concede but I fail to see any advantages in raising other taxes.
This is what they think, but usually they keep it quiet.
Then:
McConnell Receives COVID Booster Shot: ‘I Followed the Advice of Experts and My Doctors’
‘Mountains of evidence tell us these shots are safe, effective, and dramatically shrink the odds of severe disease or death from COVID.’
https://www.republicanleader.senate.gov/newsroom/remarks/mcconnell-receives-covid-booster-shot-i-followed-the-advice-of-experts-and-my-doctors
and now:
A Coincidence
Burnham rules out calling early election as PM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c982r5z7v0no
Of course he has. he desperately wants the power. Even more than Two Tier does.
But look how the BBC are wording their articles to favour him in just the same way as Kuenessberg does during her interviews. It’s ‘soft’ support hidden in the style.
They think this is the defining quote:
“You’re going to be prime minister soon so it’s time to start acting like one. Come out from hiding, face a proper press conference and submit yourself to scrutiny and some tough questions.
“Are you up for it?”
Burnham replied: “Fair challenge Kemi – but don’t forget it’s only two weeks since I faced questions from 74,000 members of the public of Makerfield.”
They present it as if he put her in his place with fairness and politeness.
But’s an absolute nonsense thing for him to say. He didn’t face any questions at all. And it totally avoids answering what she said.
This seems to sum up Burnham. He twists everything back at the accuser in a way which appeals to the uncritical reader but is in fact utterly disingenuous.
There is ZERO chance he will stick to the manisfesto. But he will use similar weasel words to imply he has and it will not be seriously challenged by the BBC. They will hint that maybe he has gone against the manifesto but you can be sure ‘BBC verify’ will steer well clear of it.
BBC still not interested in this despite fairly extensive media coverage and Reform making noise about it…
‘Two-tier justice row as police arrest white man ‘assaulted by black men’’
Originally the police said ‘nothing to see here….the officer did nothing wrong’ and yet now once we get public eyes on it they retract that and admit that it looks like the white man was assaulted…
‘WMP initially said it had reviewed the incident after the footage went viral and stated: “We have no concerns over the officer’s actions and we are satisfied that they were reasonable and proportionate in the circumstances.”
However, on Friday they admitted an assault had taken place and that an investigation was under way.
A spokesman said: “We are carrying out an investigation to identify people involved in an assault in Birmingham city centre.’
The police woman slammed into him for no reason at all, completely unexpected to him…he instantly swung an arm at his new assailant….and gets charged with assaulting a police officer…..might suggest it is the police officer who did the assault….think perhaps she has daddy issues and takes it out on this fellow….naturally with her 5 colleagues behind her to back her up.
No-one is ever going to trust the police if this goes on much longer.
Given the Henry Nowak case and the similarity to this case with police allowing the black attackers to get away and instead arresting the victim, you might think it would be of interest to the BBC given that the police seemed to have learned nothing.
The killer of Henry nowak is appealing against conviction . Who can blame him . He played the race card fully at the time and I bet he and his family did during the trial .
So if his appeal is upheld – perhaps because of directions by the judge or other rulings he goes free …
Let’s hope the court of appeal doesn’t hang about and get on with hearing the appeal – if only to stop more stress on the Nowak family . ..
And if the appeal fails – can his sentence be increased to full life – and sent to HMP Wakefield – which apparently has a very efficient sanitation department …
Like the welch choirboy – if the state is too weak to end these characters – maybe public spirited guests of the king would be good enough to do so ….
Kneel for Floyd.
Swipe Sword for Digwa .
His mother Kiran Kaur, 53 is getting sentenced on 17 July for hiding the knife .
I may have misread the story or they e changed it – but it seems to be an appeal against sentence – I think there was a prosecution appeal too – to get the 21 years increased .
I bet the judge breached the sentencing guidelines which allow ethnics to lie and carry blades to kill non ethnics – a Hermer invention …
Out in 10 years and run off to India?
21 years was unduly lenient in my opinion. Stabbing Nowak was obviously a serious act but Nowak might not have died if he’d been honest about what had happened to the Police. The first action might have been a rush of blood or anger but the second showed him to be a deliberate and brutal psychopath.
Flotsam
I recall that the starting point should have been 25years – with a couple of years deducted for something or other – maybe ethnics – but then added aggravating factors – lack of remorse – taking the sentence up to around 28 years – all academic really as he will be out in less than 10 years ….
The old are ignored/left behind – by the future old people?! Madness.
““I work the front desk at a small doctor’s office, and I wish people could see what happens on the other side of the phone.
Every day, older patients call us confused.
They are told to use the patient portal, upload documents, check lab results online, fill out forms before the visit, and confirm everything through a link.
Some of them do not know what a portal is.
Some do not have a smartphone.
Some have one, but they are afraid to click the wrong thing.
Last week, a man in his late 80s called about his test results.
He said, “Ma’am, I don’t mean to bother you, but the computer says I have a message and I don’t know how to open it.”
He sounded ashamed.
That broke my heart.
He should not have to feel ashamed for needing a human being.
Technology can be helpful. I understand that.
But when people who built this country are made to feel helpless because everything became a login and a password, we have gone too far.
Not everything needs to be an app.
Not every answer should be hidden behind a screen.
Sometimes people need a voice.
A patient person.
A real human who says, “Don’t worry, I can help you.”
Progress should not leave seniors behind.
Because one day, the world will move faster than us too.
And I hope someone is kind enough to slow down.
~Unknown”
“Two Romanian nationals have been jailed for stabbing a journalist in Wimbledon on behalf of the Iranian regime in an attempt to “silence” him.
Their target, Pouria Zeraati, works for the Persian language channel Iran International, that is critical of the Iranian government.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c24y2pr3dvyo
UK HS2 finishes in a field.
USA Starship – rolling into production ….
BBC WEB-SITE Watch #1 – The BBC are still obsessed with wimmin
I cite as evdience: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/clyxedeykzro