Tim Martin ridiculed for urging pubs to back Reform UK
“Brexiter Tim Spoons wants to cut child benefits so someone can save £1 if they drink 20 pints in one of his pubs…”
Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
Portugal defies Europe’s rightward drift as socialist António José Seguro wins presidency
Seguro’s victory was widely interpreted as a rebuke to the far right and a reaffirmation of Portugal’s democratic and constitutional traditions.
Is Farage’s ‘teenage crush’ on Putin, Starmer’s trump electoral card?
For a Union Jack-wrapping politician, who casts himself as the embodiment of national pride, being accused of admiring a tyrant who threatens European democracy, strikes at the heart of Farage’s brand.
‘Brussels’ Brexit revenge’? No, this is just what Brexit looks like
The EU is not punishing the UK, it’s treating the UK as what it chose to become, a third country.
Right-Wing Media Watch: Freedom to what, exactly? The Daily Express and the Brexit fantasy
“WHAT FREEDOM? IT GAVE US NOTHING GAHHHHHHHH.”
Woke-bashing of the week – The FT, woke? Surely not!
The author argues the FT has shifted from a “candid elite forum” and the “best of the British free-thinking tradition,” to a “timid, risk-averse rag.”
What is UpScrolled and why are progressives flocking to it?
“I watched first-hand as meaningful stories disappeared from feeds, while harmful disinformation thrived.”
From ‘deeply uncomfortable’ to Dubai darling: Farage flip-flops on UAE Telegraph bid
His change of tone comes as Reform seeks to raise funds and boost its political profile among wealthy British expatriates in the Gulf.
The Epstein files and the right’s ‘selective transparency’
Even the young women and children who suffered because of the egos and sexual appetites of these powerful men are increasingly marginalised, and certainly the obscure source of Epstein’s wealth becomes lost in the psycho drama of media coverage.
Lee Anderson reminded of his own political defections, after post asking if Oswald Mosley was a Labour MP
“As I understand it Mosley dumped his Labour tendencies when the world of fascism beckoned – remind you of anyone 30p…?”