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Public assets belong to all New Zealanders built over decades with public money Privatisation is politicians stealing because they can, treating these assets as if they are their own water, power, hospitals & schools must be in public hands #OursNotTheirs #FlickThePricks

Why has Laura Kuenssberg repeatedly invited Palantir’s UK CEO, Louis Mosley, onto her programme? Not to ask him hard qs but as a political pundit? Well here’s a clue. Palantir UK’s head of comms was previously Theresa May’s chief spin doctor & then Sunak’s. 2/

Reminder that during Boris Johnson's time in Westminster 11 of the 12 bathrooms were found to have traces of cocaine in them. Since then the Police have been banned from Westminster.

This is what you call coordinated messaging. MAGA influencers pushing for the White House “BALLROOM” following the WHCD shooting. Tells you everything you need to know about the “incident”. Image: @MeidasTouch

Wes Streeting has decided to award himself power to dictate what the NHS pays for drugs, overriding NICE guidelines. The man is on a power grab.

"Tackling the cost of living crisis, freezing rents, bringing in rent controls, replacing council tax with land value tax, free bus travel for young people" Anthony Slaughter, the leader of the Greens in Wales, on what their priorities are.

I am at a loss to understand why the government has done nothing to reform @ofcom which is not fit for purpose and has allowed Farage UK to have its own TV news channel; nothing to push back on the relentless bias and untruthfulness of most of our press; and nothing to respond to the capture of the BBC political coverage by the Gibb brigade.

“You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” ― Ray Bradbury

Can anyone explain why the only profession in the world where professional education, training, and qualifications do not matter is the medical profession? Why can any other profession do our job without doing the hard work we had to do?

🚩Note: Critical international response to the White House Correspondents Dinner (#WHCD) incident and post-facto “ #ReichstagFire” political implications: 🔥🔥🆘The international 🌏press has been quick to frame the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting as a potential "Reichstag moment," with several non-American outlets expressing skepticism about how the incident will be leveraged for political gain by Trump, his party and core supporters. Foreign Media Skepticism (Last 4 Hours) • 🇫🇷Le Monde (France): A lead editorial suggests the incident is being "meticulously staged" to justify a broader crackdown on domestic political opposition. The analysis notes that while the trauma is real, the speed with which the administration pivoted to "enemies within" rhetoric suggests a prepared response. • 🇩🇪Der Spiegel (Germany): Using the most direct historical parallels, commentators have questioned whether this represents a "Washingtoner Reichstagsbrand" (Washington Reichstag Fire). The skepticism centers on the immediate call for emergency decrees and the suspension of standard legal oversight following the shooting. • 🇪🇸El País (Spain): Reports focus on the "transactional use of tragedy," noting that the incident provides a convenient distraction from recent setbacks in the Middle East and domestic economic pressures. • 🇬🇧The Guardian (UK): Coverage emphasizes the "security-industrial complex" of the administration, suggesting the shooting will be used to permanently "fortify" the executive branch against judicial and legislative scrutiny. The prevailing sentiment in these original-language reports follows three distinct lines of skepticism: The "Pre-Written" Script: Observation that the political messaging—targeting specific "radical" groups—emerged before the shooter was even fully identified. The "Bargaining Chip" Theory: In Asia, particularly in 🇹🇼Taiwan (United Daily News), there is concern that a "shaken" administration might use the domestic crisis as an excuse to pull back from international commitments, focusing instead on internal "purification." The "Basket Case" Narrative: Across European outlets, the shooting is cited as final proof that the U.S. has devolved into a "failed state" where even the most secure elite gatherings are subject to the same chaos as rural schools.

One of the strangest episodes of Reform/Farage entourage must be when Arron Banks invited a guy literally married to a Russian princess to join the "select committee" on Russian interference....

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Criminalisation of climate protesters in UK is counterproductive, research finds Study of 1,300 campaigners finds arrests, fines and jail terms increase determination of activists to take direct action (People of conscience won’t be intimidated) theguardian.com/environment/20…

Closed "because of cuts?" They expect us to believe that? So sinister. "The Foreign Office unit tracking potential breaches of international law by Israel in Gaza and more recently Lebanon has been closed because of cuts" theguardian.com/politics/2026/…

Please note @wesstreeting and his cross party buddies NEVER say 'public provision' because they have turned NHS budgets over to corporate raiders to suck out profits.

Even investors call for Thames Water to be nationalised. Vultures devouring it - high interest, fees. One-third of customer bills cover interest, dividends payments l. Govt must enforce the law, not waive/defer fines, make TW bankrupt, buy it cheaply. archive.ph/6kuRq

Palantir has just been handed a three-month trial contract with the Financial Conduct Authority. The FCA's data lake contains fraud investigations, money laundering cases, insider trading files, emails, phone records and social media material tied to live investigations into 42,000 regulated businesses. Palantir will now analyse all of it. This is the same company that: — Met the Prime Minister informally, without minutes, in Washington — Holds a £240m MoD contract awarded without competitive tender — Has a £330m NHS data contract — Now has £500m+ in UK public sector contracts Critics call it "land and expand" — start small, become impossible to remove. The government said last week it wants to reduce dependency on US tech vendors. And now it hands Palantir the keys to Britain's financial crime intelligence. Full investigation: theverifiedreceipts.substack.com/p/how-palantir…

KAROLINE LEAVITT SAID THERE WOULD BE SHOTS FIRED BEFORE THE CORRESPONDENTS' DINNER YOU ARE WATCHING A WWE SCRIPT

Fynn Jackson is an origami artist known for creating incredibly detailed paper sculptures, often folding expressive faces and complex forms from a single sheet of paper.

Are we supposed to believe this? Trump bottled the Iran negotiations. Has failed in his war. Tried to restart the Falklands War to annoy Keir Starmer. Threatened to remove Spain from NATO [lol]. Has a drunk in charge of the FBI. Sacked most of his top team. Oh, and … the Epstein Files. He's all over them. Now he's 'survived' another shooting attempt and is using it to sell his White House Ballroom project because the Supreme Court shut it down as illegal. I ask again … are we supposed to believe this? PS. They removed JD Vance from the stage FIRST. Make of that what you will.