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Our green and pleasant land is precious, we can't, we mustn't, let our traitorous politicians give it away.

@LoveOverGold22 @Rebartic @LordBriRobert1 @cue_bono @BritisherPaz49 @EternallyJustMe @JQPubicPTIII @LeopardmanPn What the heck is that thing?!?!

@BasuAshis @Annaisaac @fionaharvey Did you say the same re Vince and his donations to Labour? You can't scrutinise the one without scrutinising the other.

@Annaisaac @fionaharvey This is not just deeply disturbing but poses the question to what extent is the money being laundered?

Millions of pounds and many, many questions here’s the untold story of why Reform figures face NCA scrutiny… A detailed read that goes behind the financial transactions that bankers have flagged up to the National Crime Agency & party funding: theguardian.com/politics/2026/…

Earlier today a @Guardian journalist sent me this query: Dear Toby Young, I'm Aisha Down, a journalist at the Guardian. I'm getting in touch because we're planning to report that the US state department is considering a grant of $5m to Free Speech Union, your organisation, as part of a new grant-making scheme, and wanted to give you the chance to comment. We would appreciate receiving your comment by 14:30. We are considering reporting the following: - The grant to the FSU is part of a package to Maga aligned groups that former US officials have condemned as a misuse of public money to seek influence over foreign politics and interfere with democracy. - It is rare for the US government to fund partisan political organisations in western countries. - These grants are likely to pose a challenge to Andy Burnham, who has said he will be "very upfront" with Trump about any disagreements. - These grants - including to your organisation - are "sole source" grants, meaning they are to be awarded without any competitive process. This is unusual for a highly regulated process which usually requires grantees to show they have a track record for handling funds and clear plans for the money. - This lack of process has been criticised as "outrageous and absurd" by former US officials, and as "gross incompetence" and "horrible stewardship" of US taxpayer money. - Your organisation does not appear to have a track record of handling grants of this amount. - We describe your organisation as "a rallying point for “anti-woke” grievance" which "frequently allies itself with rightwing causes" and say that you, Toby Young, appeared on Rees-Mogg's GB news show earlier this month to warn about 'Soviet-style' censorship in the UK. - The state department says that its grant to FSU will “support campaigns promoting free speech and countering digital overregulation across the UK, Europe and Australia”. The sole-source award is justified “due to FSU’s global network of free speech activists”. We would like to fully and fairly reflect your point of view and look forward to your statement. Thank you, -- Aisha Kehoe Down Senior Tarbell Fellow, Guardian News and Media I replied as follows: It sounds like a pretty garbled story. Free Speech Union International, which is the umbrella group that FSU UK, FSU Australia, FSU New Zealand, FSU Canada, FSU South Africa and FSU Brazil sit within, has expressed interest in applying for grant funding from the US State Department. This would be to promote the right to freedom of expression in those countries, which, far from being a partisan cause, is a universal human right. But it hasn't submitted a formal application and, consequently, has been awarded no grant from the State Department or any other branch of the US Government. You've mischaracterised the FSUs, all of which are non-partisan organisations that defend people who get into trouble for exercising their right to feee speech regardless of their political views. The FSU UK, for instance, is currently paying for the legal defence of a protestor who's being prosecuted for holding up a sign saying "I support Palestine Action", as well as a protestor for wearing a t-shirt at a Unite the Kingdom rally for saying "Fuck Islam Christ is King". Yes, we helped Lucy Connolly appeal her sentence -- we thought a prison sentence of over two-and-a-half years for a single tweet was excessive -- but we also tweeted yesterday, condemning the arrest of Heather Herbert and offering our support. Yes, we came to the defence of Nigel Farage when he was debanked, but we've also offered to help the Canary in its recent debanking case. So to describe the FSU UK as a "rallying point for anti-woke grievance" is misleading. We are a rallying point for those who want to defend the right to freedom of expression. Best, Toby The @Guardian then ran this story: theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j… You be the judge of whether you think this is good journalism.

@toadmeister @MalHay @guardian Don’t worry @AishaKDown, I’m sure someone will soon start a union for humiliated campaigning leftwing media clowns.

@toadmeister @mikegardner_wb @guardian The Left has a global network of NGOs, state supported charities, all of academia and the MSM. But they’re outraged by the possibility of a small change grant to help to protect free speech

@LiterateCynic 👏👏👏True.

Things you'll never hear a 'refugees welcome' doddypoll chant: Tell your sister! Tell your spouse! Dinghy men! Live in my house! Wave your banners! Nod your head! Dinghy men! Live in my shed! Say it loud! Stamp your feet! Dinghy men Live on my street!

@A_Fine_Rosey 🙏😘 Thanks, Matt.

@mitsyarty Ha, very good! Long time since I've seen your Limericks.....

There has never been a bigger shit stirrer in Scottish politics than the man you see before you. He has a very clear agenda.

@joshxhowie 💪💕xx

British. Jewish. Proud.

A very enjoyable post from the brilliant Mia. It really brings it home that, instead of getting angry with the pro-Pal Nazis marching in London, I should really learn to just laugh at them. I think @joshxhowie would see that sometimes ridicule of the enemy is a powerful weapon.

@DeBarsham 😆😘

@mitsyarty ❤️xx

@SydneyJones_ @AyAudits_c4n These Suicidal Empathy women are insane.

@SydneyJones_ @AyAudits_c4n Silly me! I thought she was shaking her daft head at the child trafficking and rape! I wonder how many dinghy fellas she has living in her home?

This is so sad. During our protest today, this woman said she was embarrassed to be white.. because we were marching against eight afghans who have been charged with trafficking and child rape. This is what leftist ideology has come to. Credit to @AyAudits_c4n for the footage.

@DeBarsham 🤣x Wave your arms give an inch dinghy boys Must bring a winch!

@mitsyarty Oh Mitsy. There are exceptions to your generalisation. Shocked I am! x.com/i/grok/share/c…

Burnham didn't fight a general election. He didn't fight a leadership election in Labour. He will lead a govt elected on a manifesto on which he didn't stand as an MP. He will not face parliament all summer. This is not the same as other mid-term PMs. Labour is eroding democracy

Watch this unhinged pro-Pal get aggressive in London today. Maybe he hasn’t sold as much merch as he’d like. 🎥 @UKSploosh

Remarkable to see that Burnham has hired two people from the vile, divisive Hate not Hope group Britain is already broken They will smash it to bits

@shaynewiskin @Freedomsouva @ShabanaMahmood @Keir_Starmer @andyburnham @SkyNews @Daily_Express They MUST apologise and explain publicly