David Pegg

He bought a house in Clacton. No, actually, his girlfriend bought it. I barely even knew him. No, actually, I knew him very well. The money was for my security. No, actually it was a gift for Brexit. Literally nothing Farage says is true.

Angela Rayner was dragged through every front page for weeks... HMRC's verdict: NOT deliberate. NOT even careless. Farage pockets £5 million and chooses not to declare it So where's the wall-to-wall coverage? Tell me this isn't a rigged game.

#TheMediaShow British news media has become embarrassing. I was genuinely shocked by their behaviour, yesterday, as were many other observers.

Like Fucking hungry Hyenas

"I once received £5m, a further £1m, an £800k house, helicopter trips and a trip to the Maldives, and wasn't expected to do anything in return for it."

I keep reading about the ‘heavy hearts’ of Labour MPs calling for the overthrowing of the elected PM. Guess what: I don’t give a shiny shit if your heart is heavy. I’m disgusted with each one of you. 14yrs we waited for a Labour govt and you lot have chosen to fuck it up 2yrs in

The fact that there’s more noise about Zack Polanski not paying some council tax on a narrow boat, than there is about Nigel Farage taking a £5m bribe to run as an MP….confirms that it’s pretty fucking impossible to have functioning democracy AND a billionaire owned ‘free’ press

Not one of these fuckers have held Farage to account

“People outside 10 Downing Street shouting like bellends, sir. Thousands of them.”

These photos are genuine and from Associated Press. Oh @SamCoatesSky talk about exposing yourself - you're proper fucked mate. Credibility has officially left @SkyNews

The Times want you to think your enemy lives on a narrow boat, not a mega yacht… … we’re not buying it.

The British media is doing everything it can to make this mendacious, corrupt, incompetent, lazy, security risk the PM. Ask yourselves why? Why do they want that so badly, who benefits? It's not going to be the British people. Follow the money, always follow the money.

There is scarcely a political journalist, editor or Westminster correspondent remaining who is not presently engaged in advancing a narrative intended to undermine Sir Keir Starmer and force him from office as Prime Minister. Alongside this spectacle sits a coordinated cluster of Labour Members of Parliament, many of whom are still little more than apprentices within parliamentary life, parading letters and carefully choreographed photographs declaring their lack of confidence in the leadership. The public reaction has, however, been far more revealing than many within Westminster appear willing to acknowledge. Ordinary Labour supporters and constituents alike have responded with anger towards what they regard as naked disloyalty, vanity and remarkably poor judgement. At a moment demanding discipline, steadiness and seriousness from a governing party, certain individuals instead appear determined to indulge in theatrical displays of self importance. There also appears to exist a profound failure amongst sections of both the parliamentary party and the political media to comprehend the true nature of local elections. Local elections are precisely that, local elections. They are frequently fragmented, regionalised and driven by temporary frustrations, local grievances and protest voting. They have never served as an infallible measure of a government’s long term national standing. To elevate such results into declarations of impending political collapse is not sober analysis. It is the deliberate construction of a narrative. The Conservative Party spent years destroying itself through factional warfare, personal ambition and the extraordinary belief amongst individual Members of Parliament that their own agendas outweighed the collective stability of both party and country. Britain witnessed a governing party descend into paralysis because too many individuals convinced themselves that they stood above the institution they were elected to serve. Labour now risks wandering towards precisely the same abyss should discipline and perspective continue to erode. What is required now is political maturity, political understanding and a fundamental re evaluation of how democratic parties respond to temporary electoral reversals. Endless leadership speculation, media briefings and coordinated acts of internal destabilisation do not strengthen democracy. They corrode public confidence in politics itself. The electorate has grown weary of parties that appear permanently consumed by internal warfare and personal manoeuvring. Many of those now presenting themselves as ideological standard bearers have scarcely entered Parliament before presuming to lecture an entire movement upon its direction and purpose. Some would do well to remember that loyalty, patience, humility and collective responsibility were once regarded as virtues in public life. Before issuing grave declarations to the nation, perhaps they ought first to consult the very constituents who entrusted them with office, rather than assuming they possess some elevated moral authority of their own. More concerning still is the apparent inability of some within Westminster to recognise the broader geopolitical reality unfolding across the democratic world. Liberal democracies are increasingly confronted by the influence of immensely wealthy individuals, corporate power structures and ideological movements seeking to drag nations towards authoritarian and fascist forms of politics. Institutions that have defended democracy for generations now find themselves subjected to relentless campaigns of disinformation, division, manufactured outrage and the systematic erosion of public trust. It is precisely for this reason that acts of internal sabotage within democratic governing parties are so profoundly dangerous. Such behaviour demonstrates a failure to grasp the scale of the geopolitical contest now unfolding across Europe, North America and beyond. Those forces which seek to weaken democratic institutions flourish whenever political parties descend into instability, infighting and public disunity. Labour remains the elected government of the United Kingdom with a commanding parliamentary majority and an immense responsibility at a time of profound international uncertainty. Within days the attention of the world will once again turn towards the G8 discussions and the wider tensions shaping global affairs. This is hardly the hour for self indulgent theatrics driven by Westminster gossip, factional grievance and leadership manoeuvring. Ultimately, the electorate will not forgive a governing party that destroys itself from within. Should Labour lose the confidence of the country, it will not be because of temporary local election results or excitable political commentary. It will be because too many individuals placed personal ambition, ideological vanity and leadership aspirations above their collective duty to the movement and the nation they were elected to serve. Britain does not require another governing party consumed by sabotage, factionalism and perpetual grievance. It requires steadiness, competence, discipline and long term vision. Those incapable of recognising the damage inflicted by internal destabilisation may yet discover, far too late, that history is seldom kind to those who allow ego and ambition to eclipse responsibility and duty.

According the Telegraph, Starmer wants to 'take Britain back to the 1970s'. So that will mean secure well-paid jobs, ample housing, properly-funded NHS and social care, free tuition, student grants, final salary pensions, affordable rail fares and tap water that was safe to drink, then.

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@StephenFlynnSNP @Cedar50 So you’ve resigned as an MP at HoC then?

Congratulated Scotland’s First Minister on his landslide victory in yesterday’s election. John has delivered for the SNP, and will continue to deliver for Scotland too. I can’t wait to get to work as the new MSP for Aberdeen Deeside and North Kincardine. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿💙

The size of the pockets on these tables. They look like buckets on the tv! #snooker #seniors #worldseniorssnooker

We can’t let Iran have nukes because they’re run by maniacs who might use them. Meanwhile, in the US:

So, the big election theme: Polanski - self-evidently a decent, well-intentioned guy opposed to billionaire control, war, genocide and climate collapse - is really, really controversial. Farage? Nothing. Our corporate media really is that sick. Quite amazing. And they know perfectly well that their criticism of Polanski helps Farage.