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Wrt politicians on sponsorship, I thought the US was near the extreme, but … theguardian.com/politics/2023/…

Between the UK’s general trustworthiness and their using overflowing excel spreadsheets to keep important information, I’d hope the EU has a way to validate the data they receive. inews.co.uk/news/politics/…

Wait, has the government stopped protecting thugs? That used to be the one thing they were actually doing … theguardian.com/politics/2022/…

Maybe Kwarteng will make Soros rich again. The irony (in a Morissettian kind of way) is delightful. theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/s…

Leveling up democracy. theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/s…. #BrexitDividents

Wait, so the guy has 7m in political contributions that he’ll write off as defaulted debt? theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/s… #LevellingUp

When government officials get away with concealing public-money research to not expose their own incompetence to the electorate, a country's democratic system has gone down the drain. See also Boris Johnson. theguardian.com/society/2022/a…

The response to the the response to the Everard case was always about a tax sponsored, organised, violent gang protecting their expected rights to rape and murder indiscriminately. World-beating, alright.

Wait, so english police really doesn’t understand english law? Well, WCPGW. theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/a…

Given the UK's bizarre need to out-US in anything stupid the US does, this could get ugly: theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/a…

There's no Labour party, just a Tory Light. Labour don't want to run faster than the bear, just faster than the guy next to them. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Wait, so drunkenly grope two men (presumably against their will) disqualifies you as an (unelected political) whip, but not as a (democratically elected) MP? I never imagined whips having higher moral standards than public representatives. theguardian.com/politics/2022/…. #GovGoneWild

Is there absolutely *nothing* this government doesn't think it's worthwhile lying about? theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/j…

Same old squealing: “The NI Protocol was fine as long as EU hadn’t insisted we’d implement it! Pragmatism! (to accommodate UK preferences) Compromise! (of EUs inner market).” Nothing new here. theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/j…

So, if you work for The3Million, Home Office will slap you with a higher Warning Index? That’s very mature. independent.co.uk/travel/news-an…

British "standing up to bullies" in this context must mean "selling luxury flats in the capital, knighting, and taking political donations from." theguardian.com/politics/2022/…

Sorry, but this is not the authority you want any government to have, especially not one like the british: “seize criminal assets without the need to prove criminal activity” theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Hasn’t the Met stepped in it enough lately? Do they really *need* people to doubt their competence any further? theguardian.com/politics/2022/…

No joke, we are at the point where merely posting a vague picture referencing solidarity with Palestinians on Instagram gets you labeled as an antisemite. It’s only Jan 3. May God give me patience for the this year.

So, she’ll zoom in for a few hours between the Maryland cocktail parties, but what if an english court found her guilty of anything? Nah, didn’t think so either. theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/d…