Jim Riven
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While Farage pockets millions as a "reward" for Brexit, the rest of us are left with soaring energy bills, political chaos and a broken economy. He only cares about himself and his wealthy donors. It is up to all of us to make sure he never becomes prime minister.








Journalist Charlie Simpson is reporting that Reform’s own figures put Restore Britain on 18% in Makerfield, with Reform on 32% and Labour just ahead. From nothing to 18%. We’ve made this progress after one week of campaigning. It will go higher. Restore will make history.









My 2023 blog on why I tried so hard to cancel HS2 in Jan 2020. It was a clear disaster and the 'evidence' presented by Cabinet Office/DfT was clearly fraudulent. If you tried to do this in business you'd be jailed. You can see the original chart below with Ben Warner's 'this is bullshit' scribbled on it in the Cabinet room when they presented. You can see the smooth exponential which predicts the need for HS3 then HS4 - everyone in yookay either riding on them or building them! This is how CON-LAB burn your money - and when the Trolley went ahead with it, Labour and Whitehall and FT etc all cheered. Trebles all round for 'the serious grownups'




The BBC reviews the new Scary Movie film: Mark Kermode says he doesn't like it as the franchise once mocked a 'trans woman'. Ellen Jones disagrees, saying that's in the past, it couldn't predict that 'trans people would not be free to live without persecution' in 2026.









