“One day, he’ll be the head of the Royal Family & Church of England. There’ll be a lot of things that he stands for, or will seemingly stand for. And if he’s unable to mend a fracture with his brother, I think that also says something about him as a future monarch that may not work in his favour.”
The shine comes off Dubai as a low-tax playground for the rich - MoneyWeek
Royal former protection officer ‘silenced’ over Andrew by police - The Times and The Sunday Times
Farage aide loses $550,000 betting on Iran war - The Telegraph buff.ly/veVDqHA
Lebanon has accused Israeli aircraft of spraying an agricultural herbicide over southern villages at concentrations authorities described as dangerously high, raising concerns for food and environmental security.
Relentless sun and ruthless populists: how the climate crisis will change the next 20 years
“The politics here is that it certainly works out well for a handful of people who kissed Trump’s ring at Mar-a-Lago,” said Lukas Shankar-Ross, deputy director at the environmental nonprofit Friends of the Earth. buff.ly/RafESps
Most Reform members believe non-white UK citizens born abroad should be forced or encouraged to leave, poll finds
A busy cycle superhighway
Melania Trump is chairing a UN Security Council meeting.
I'm not joking.
The US currently holds the presidency of the council and that's who Trump chose as chair.
Can a London black cab drop off in a cycle lane? (Doors opening into path of cyclists in said cycle lane)
Rare occasion I agree with Ed Davey.
Urg kemi badenoch is just awful.
What Reform does: point at a real problem (food bank queues), blame migrants, then propose policies (scrapping employment rights) that would make it worse.
It's a con. They're exploiting workers' struggles to push deregulation that benefits employers.
Don't fall for it.
(h/t Populist Decoder)
Restore Britain will, without apology or fear, deport the third world orcs who break into our country, rape young women and then expect the British to tolerate their presence. There is finally a political party that will defend our home, our people, our shires. Restore Britain.
The UK parliament now has an MP who is openly racist and far right. This is, for the current era, new ground, and it will be interesting to see how - if at all – other MPs respond.
Immigration falls 68%, Reform declares emergency.
Why? Because their business model requires crisis.
When net migration drops from 944,000 to 204,000, they don't acknowledge progress - they escalate language.
This isn't analysis. It's panic maintenance.
buff.ly/61kjD2m (h/t Populist Decoder)
In the same week, Reform promised to scrap the Equality Act on day one and Farage demonstrated exactly why it exists. The Act gives women extra protections in the workplace. Farage can't even extend basic professional courtesy to a woman asking him a policy question. (Populist Decoder - Rootcause)
Reform says Farage treats all journalists equally. In Oct he called Mishal Husain 'love.' In Novhe told Camilla Tominey she was playing a 'silly little game.' This month he told Anna Gross to 'write some silly story.' Three women, three put-downs, zero answers (h/t Populist Decoder - Rootcause).
The Football Association has "issued him with a reminder" of his responsibilities as a participant in English football.
The FA will not be taking any further action.
It had been examining whether the comments had brought the game into disrepute.
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Musk is very unpopular in Britain.
Approve: 13% (very favourable 3%)
Disapprove: 73% (very unfavourable 49%)
Reform voters evenly split, though became less favourable when he first attacked Farage to promote Tommy Robinson
By party:
Green 3-95
Labour 6-88
LibDem 4-87
Cons 17-65
Reform 40-44
"So will it be the same act but with a different label?"
Victoria Derbyshire humiliates Zia Yusuf on Reform UK's plan to scrap the Equalities Act, because, as she reads each of the things from the Equalities act he confirms they'll still be protected 🤷♂️
Farage insults female reporter as Braverman says Reform UK wants to scrap Equality Act – UK politics live
aren't they all to be fair
The same man migrated his head office from Britain to Switzerland, supported Brexit and then migrated himself to Monaco avoiding £4 billion in tax.
A nasty piece of work
Farage got an elite education and a £73k EU pension.
Tice is a property multi-millionaire.
Anderson earns £91k.
Yet they attack 'graduate elites' earning £30k with £50k debt and 41% tax rates.
Where's their actual policy? Spoiler: they don't have one.
(via The Populist Decoder / Rootcause)
Reform promised Kent residents fiscal competence but delivered fabricated savings and months of transparency resistance. That's a betrayal of their own voters who trusted those numbers
Melania director Brett Ratner pictured cuddling woman in Epstein files
"Sarah Ferguson told Epstein 'just marry me' six months after paedophile was released from jail and offered him VIP tours of Buckingham Palace, new emails show"
Second Epstein victim claims she was sent to UK for sex with Andrew, lawyer says
Andrew pictured in Epstein files ‘crouched over woman’ - The Times and The Sunday Times
