Colin Bingham

Lots of weird takes on the Hungarian election result from both left and right here. Peter Magyar is a socially conservative immigration restrictionist who wants to cut taxes and double the defence budget. He criticized Orban for admitting too many guest workers, and wants to increase Hungary's already generous pro-natal incentives. On virtually every issue, his platform is well to the right of centre, by European standards. His foreign policy is to end Orban's alliance with Putin, remove the Hungarian veto on EU loans to Ukraine, normalize relations with the European Union while opposing more Euro integration, and strengthen relations with Eastern Europe's anti-Russian governments, e.g. Poland. His election was not a sudden shift to the left, but a rejection of Orban's corruption, the failure of his interventionist / statist economic policies, and the humiliation of his relationship with Putin.

The Labour Government has fundamentally changed the way patients access a specialist. It mandates that GP referrals HAVE to go through a filtering process with an explicit aim to divert many of them. This isn’t NHS reform. It’s rationing by another name. An explainer🧵 1/16

@MrMatthewTodd @JeremyClarkson It's not climate, it's lack of maintenance and letting small defects become big ones. In central France we go from -8C in winter to 40C in summer with long wet and dry seasons. Potholes? No. Regular road and drainage maintenance? Yes. Neither is there a specific road tax.

@JeremyClarkson Shush, don't ask sensible questions.

I wonder perhaps if maybe they could also look into the enormous weight of electric cars.

This is what I hate about the “Free Palestine” movements. They don’t ever share videos of the real oppression that’s happening of Gazans by Hamas. They obviously do not want to “Free Palestine” from these barbaric Radical Extremists.

No, this isn't Israeli soldiers. The video shows masked Hamas gunmen in Gaza publicly beating and executing unarmed Palestinian civilians (likely accused collaborators), using sticks and guns in a camp-like setting. Arabic overlays say things like "catch the agent." It's real oppression by Hamas on Gazans—the kind the original post highlights as ignored by "Free Palestine" activists. Modern AI videos can look identical to real ones, but this matches documented Hamas executions from Gaza.

@ImtiazMadmood If true, this could be a game-changer in the Middle East with implications worldwide.

An urgent phone call from Saudi Crown Prince MBS changed Trump’s decision at the last minute: President Trump had intended to declare a complete ceasefire and end the fighting against Iran in exchange for the immediate opening of the Strait of Hormuz. However, a tense phone call with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman dramatically changed the plan. According to White House sources, bin Salman begged Trump not to stop the war: “This is a historic opportunity – we must finish the job and weaken the Iranian regime once and for all.” In exchange for continuing the fighting, Saudi Arabia offered an unprecedented package of economic and strategic incentives. Key points in the offer: • $100 billion transferred directly to finance American war costs • Full and immediate normalization with Israel after the fall of the regime • Direct oil pipeline from Saudi Arabia to the port of Ashdod, turning Israel into a major energy hub • Investment of approximately $1 trillion in the U.S. economy + purchase of $500 billion in American weapons • Establishment of a new regional defense alliance, including Israel, Saudi Arabia, and other moderate countries under an American umbrella • Joint naval force to control the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb • Funding of strategic U.S. bases in Israel • Joint reconstruction fund for a post-regime “secular and moderate” Iran In the end, Trump announced a temporary ceasefire, not an end to the war as was expected. Senior diplomatic sources describe the move as “a historic turning point” marking the beginning of a new regional order. - @jess_ih_ka

Orban concedes defeat. The support of Trump, Vance, Putin, Lavrov, Weidel, Milei, Le Pen, Fico, Babis and many others could not overcome Hungarian anger at a stagnant, corrupt regime #block-69dbf1ff8f08ff62487f805e" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">theguardian.com/world/live/202…

In less than 150 seconds, this video completely exposes the entire "Free Palestine" Nazi movement. This must go viral.

HODGES: Ukraine’s future security guarantee is becoming like Israel — massive defense industry, rapid mobilization, all of society bought into defense. I think GUR is going to be like Mossad, 'going out and getting 🔫 ' all Russians responsible for war crimes against Ukraine.

A Poundland worker wrestled with shoplifter who was trying to walk out. This is how it should be done. Thieves wouldn’t be so brazen if they knew that they would be challenged. Well done that man! 👏🏽

@McFaul Hopefully...👇

@McFaul Trump?

Putin keeps losing his allies around world— Assad in Syria, Maduro in Venezuela, Khamenei in Iran, and now Orban in Hungary. What Putin friend is next to fall?

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'Would you like to apologise for the part you've played in the energy crisis?' @Lewis_Goodall probes @EdwardJDavey on the impact he had in the Cameron-Clegg coalition government.

@tedkel Also, surely Mauritius has no valid legal claim on the Chagos Archipelago? I understand the British Empire associated the Chagos Archipelago with Mauritius in Victorian times, for proximate reasons. And then Mauritius renounced all their rights to the Chagos Archipelago in 1965 for £3 million. This is not often reported or noted.

As Wes Streeting is claiming the Chagos deal is not dead, and the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office is continuing to implement the treaty as if it has been ratified, it's time to repost the following. 1982,🏝️Project Chagos begins when Mauritius sets up a select committee to look into the potential vast mineral wealth in the Chagos Archipelago's seabed. 2003, leading international lawyer Sir Ian Brownlie is officially appointed advisor by Mauritius for Chagos. 2009, Brownlie leads a Mauritius delegation in bilateral talks at the Foreign Office in London. 2010, Philippe Sands QC becomes counsel to Mauritius for Chagos after Brownlie dies in a motor accident in Egypt. 2O13, Sands' good friend, Keir Starmer QC, visits Mauritius and discusses the future of the Chagos islands with prime minister Navin Ramgoolam. The meeting ends with the men in agreement. 2015, Ramgoolam is arrested on money-laundering charges. The same year, Starmer is elected to Parliament for first time. 2019, Sands obtains an International Court of Justice ruling (advisory opinion only, and non-binding) that the Chagos islands should be given to Mauritius. Sands uses the ICJ ruling as leverage in the following years in his efforts to persuade the Conservative government to give Chagos to Mauritius. 2020, Starmer becomes Labour Party leader. 2021, Sands receives Mauritius' top honour, The Most Distinguished Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean. 2022, Sands makes an unauthorized entry into the Chagos Archipelago for a flag-raising ceremony. Sands tweets at the time, “It’s morning on Chagos, where the flag of Mauritius flies." 2023, Sands becomes Mauritius citizen, but retains his British and French citizenships. 🟥In November 2023 David Cameron takes over as Foreign Secretary from James Cleverly, and bins a deal saying, it's not in the national interest, as reported in Hansard. 2024, Starmer becomes UK Prime Minister in July, and overlooks his shadow Attorney General, Emily Thornberry, to appoint his old friend and fellow human-rights lawyer Richard Hermer. But he has to break with tradition by giving Hermer a peerage, so he can sit in the House Of Lords, and be part of the government. In the early months of his premiership, Starmer makes the controversial former Downing Street Chief Of Staff for Tony Blair, Jonathan Powel, his special envoy for Chagos. In early October 2024, just ten weeks after becoming PM, Keir Starmer agrees a deal with Mauritius, despite there having been no mention of Chagos during the election campaign, and the pledge in Labour's manifesto to protect the BOT. Also in October 2024, Powell tells Times Radio in an interview, “These are very tiny islands in the middle of the Indian Ocean where no one actually goes. So I don’t think we should be too worried about losing that bit of territory. We’re probably losing more to tidal erosion in the East Coast than that.” Powell fails to mention the territorial waters and marine protection zone of 64,000 square miles, and Mauritius getting full ownership of all the mineral rights for an area about the size of France In November 2024, Starmer appoints Powell as his National Security Advisor. In December 2024, Starmer makes yet another extremely controversial appointment in Peter "friend of Epstein" Mandelson as his US Ambassador. Powell and Mandelson brief the White House over Chagos, and claim the UK has to give the archipelago to Mauritius because of international law. However, they assure the Americans that their military base on Diego Garcia is unaffected, as the UK has arranged a 99-year lease on the island. Those assurances have now been proven to be worthless. 2025, In January Lord Hermer recuses himself from signing off on the Chagos deal. The AG's office refuse to give details of why. In late February 2025, Mauritius’ former Prime Minister, Pravind Jugnauth, who was in office when Starmer became PM, and was heavily involved in discussions about the Chagos deal before being replaced by Navin Ramgoolam in November, was arrested on money laundering charges after Mauritius' anti-corruption agency said it had seized suitcases of cash and luxury watches in raids on 10 locations, including Jugnauth’s home. In August 2025, Starmer is referred to the statistics' watchdog for misleading claims over the cost of the Chagos deal. Many other claims are made during the year that Starmer had repeatedly "lied" about the true costs of the deal. There are even accusations that Starmer ordered his officials to announce misleadingly low figures.

@HeidiBachram Where the hell were the Security Guards? Asleep on the job? They need the book thrown at them, as this is economic sabotage, aka terrorism.

💥 Three Palestine Action wannabes have just smashed up another defence firm called Keysight in Hampshire but got arrested very quickly. Good to see them caught. Watch them moan and complain like the cry-bullies they are.