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[Angela Epstein @adepstein1]

My piece in @spectator about Israel’s stunning 2nd place success at @Eurovision last night.
Proof ordinary decent people aren’t buying the prejudice and the boycotts.
Plus it was a bloody good song and stunning performance by #NoamBettan
#Eurovisión #Eurovisión2026

[Rob @RobHostad]

Went and voted earlier and, for the first time ever, I had to wait in a proper queue! Of course, I voted @Conservatives #voteconservative

[Rob @RobHostad]

I’m at the point in dating where I’m starting to wonder if I’m the problem 🙃

[Rob @RobHostad]

For sure! Let’s see Jo be elevated to a friend of level, and then have Jeana come in as a guest every now and then

[The Real Housewives Polls @TheRHPolls]

Should all former #RHOC OG’s have some sort of involvement in Season 20? 🍊

[Rob @RobHostad]

Happy balloon day to me!

[Rob @RobHostad]

He truly was ahead of his time ;)

[Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer]

Incompetence has become this Government’s watchword.

[Rob @RobHostad]

Pray for Charlie Kirk and his family tonight

[Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins]

A suspect is in custody after Charlie Kirk was shot at an event at Utah Valley University, the university said in a statement. https://t.co/YrNLqwBq2H

[Rob @RobHostad]

A disappointing result from Norway tonight
It’s a shame to see @Hoyre perform badly, but it provides a lesson for us Conservatives here in the UK - when you take a back seat, when you are seen to be absent in the key debates facing the nation you lose your voters to other parties

[Europe Elects @EuropeElects]

Norway, 70% of the votes counted:

National parliament election

Ap-S&D: 28% (+1.7)
FrP~ECR: 24.7% (+13.1)
H-EPP: 14.4% (-6.0)
Sp~RE: 5.7% (-7.8)
SV~LEFT: 5.5% (-2.1)
R~LEFT: 5.4% (+0.7)
MDG-G/EFA: 4.6% (+0.7)
KrF-EPP: 4.1% (+0.3)
V-RE: 3.4% (-1.2)

+/- vs. Last election result

➤ https://t.co/mZ1NZLeYjm

[Rob @RobHostad]

Wow. This is huge.

[NEXTA @nexta_tv]

⚡️⚡️⚡️ Trump announced a peace deal between Azerbaijan and Armenia.

📌 The section of the Zangezur Corridor that runs through Armenian territory will be handed over to an American company for 99 years.

📌 The Zangezur Corridor will be renamed the Trump Route.

📌 The White House will lift restrictions on defense cooperation between Azerbaijan and the US.

📌 Armenia and Azerbaijan pledge to permanently cease all hostilities, open trade, and respect each other’s territorial integrity.

[Israel Foreign Ministry @IsraelMFA]

This is what a modern blood libel looks like:

A sick child. A hijacked photo. A lie that spreads faster than truth.

His name is Osama al-Raqab. He has cystic fibrosis, a serious genetic illness.

He’s been in Italy receiving treatment since June 12. Israel enabled his medical transfer from Gaza.

But that didn’t stop media outlets from weaponizing his image NOT to tell his story, but in order to smear Israel.

Because when it comes to Israel, facts are optional.

Hate always finds a headline.

[Rob @RobHostad]

With all due respect, Vicki Gunvalson is the OG of housewives - whoever rates her as their ‘least fave’ should be taken out back and shot

[Christian Snow @cgraysnow]

blocked 🩷

[Rob @RobHostad]

This is quite something if true

[Emily Schrader - אמילי שריידר امیلی شریدر @emilykschrader]

Initial: Netanyahu agreed to end Gaza war within two weeks after US strike on Iran. Trump and Netanyahu allegedly agreed in a phone call that the war in Gaza would end within two weeks. Four Arab states, including the UAE and Egypt, would jointly govern the Gaza Strip in place of Hamas. The terror group’s leadership would be exiled, and all hostages would be released.

However, Arab allies have repeatedly asserted that they will not take part in the postwar rehabilitation of Gaza absent Israeli acquiescence to the Palestinian Authority gaining a foothold in Gaza as part of a pathway to a future two-state solution, but Netanyahu has flatly rejected any PA role in the Strip. Gazans who wish to emigrate would be absorbed by several unnamed countries, says the report.

Saudi Arabia and Syria are reported to establish diplomatic ties with Israel, and other Arab and Muslim countries would follow suit.

Israel, for its part, would express its support for a future two-state solution, conditioned on reforms made by the Palestinian Authority.

Meanwhile, the leaders agreed that Washington will recognize Israeli sovereignty in some parts of the West Bank.

[Rob @RobHostad]

Wow. It’s not even been a year. What a pathetic mess of a government.

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 NEW: Labour MPs are being warned that a major rebellion on the welfare reform Bill next week could trigger a General Election or a leadership contest, marking the "start of the end" for Keir Starmer

[@FT]

[Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch]

Too many politicians treat the world like a student union. Abstract, simplistic and completely disconnected from reality. The world is not a debating club. It is a dangerous place where power matters, where democracy is fragile and where enemies don’t play by the rules.

That’s why we need to be clear: supporting Israel is not just right — it is necessary for our own national security. Israelis are at the front line in the fight for the West and for our shared values.

First, Iran is a direct threat to the UK and has been for years. Our security services have stopped multiple Iranian terrorist plots and assassination attempts on UK soil. Its ballistic missiles can reach Europe. We should support any ally that seeks to damage Iran’s nuclear programme and eliminate the threat posed by the terror-exporting Revolutionary Guards.

Anti-British sentiment is almost as central to the ayatollahs’ deranged ideology as their obsessive hatred of Israel and the United States. They use the term “Little Satan” interchangeably to refer to both the UK and Israel.
Iran uses influence through mosques, schools and fake charities to radicalise and corrupt our own population: taking advantage of our democracy to advance its theocracy.

Second, Iran and Israel are not moral equivalents. Israel is a vibrant democracy that protects women and minorities and encourages them to vote, speak and dissent. In Iran women are brutalised by a theocratic dictatorship. Their ability to travel and work is restricted. They are beaten for showing their hair. Tortured for asking questions. Executed for demanding freedom.

Anyone who can’t see the difference between a liberal democracy and a terrorist regime needs to spend less time on social media and more time understanding reality.

When Iran launched its latest barrage of missiles, it didn’t target military installations. It targeted city centres. High rise housing. Hospitals. Civilians. This is a war crime, plain and simple. No excuses. No spin. And still, we have western politicians giving copy-and-paste statements as if this were a playground spat between equal players in a “cycle of violence”.

Israel’s response, in contrast, is surgical. It decapitated Iran’s offensive capabilities with extraordinary precision and minimal civilian casualties. Images of holes made by guided bombs in the sides of flats occupied by specific regime operatives are testament to Israel’s values. When Iran attacks, millions of Israelis hide in bomb shelters. When Israel attacks, Iranian dissidents record the impact against regime targets and cheer.

Military strategists will be studying this campaign for decades as a model for how to defend your people without losing your moral compass and in compliance with international law.

Israel has a right to defend itself. Iran has been openly committed to the destruction of Israel for decades. Through its proxy, Hamas, the regime orchestrated the murder of 1,200 people on October 7 and has said it would do it again. Any democracy facing such an existential threat from a genocidal regime would and must act to defend itself.

Most Arab nations understand this; some say it openly. Many ordinary Iranians bitterly oppose their regime which for 46 years has been robbing them of their future. They know that Israel is not the problem. They condemn violence, yes, but they have no time for the delusions of the western left. They’ve had enough of people in Islington pretending to speak for Gaza while doing nothing for peace.

But of course, the usual crowd in Britain and beyond rushed to condemn Israel. They ignore the facts. Because it’s not really about Israel — it’s about their own moral posturing.

While Israel takes on the arrayed enemies of the West, fighting terrorism on multiple fronts, and facing Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis and Iran at once, their so-called allies condemn them.

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[Rob @RobHostad]

Pray for Israel 🇮🇱

[Aviva Klompas @AvivaKlompas]

More than 90 minutes ago, the Gaza Humanitarian Fund announced that its staff had been murdered—and possibly kidnapped—by Hamas in Gaza.

Major media outlets have not put the story on their homepages. And yet, when Hamas accuses Israel of killing aid workers, the headlines are immediate and deafening.

[Rob @RobHostad]

Bra 👍🏼

[Expressen @Expressen]

JUST NU: Johan Pehrson avgår som L-ledare https://t.co/00eQqSBGMi

[Rob @RobHostad]

@bravooomg Don’t forget Lydia McLaughlin ;)

[Rob @RobHostad]

I literally took a shower, wtf happened whilst I was gone???

[Guido Fawkes @GuidoFawkes]

Reform has removed the whip from Rupert Lowe.

[Tom Harwood @tomhfh]

This is undoubtedly the strongest video I've seen from Kemi and the Tories since she took the reigns.

Clear, concise, and to the damning point.