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[JBL @johninsouthfla]

The BBC may have forgotten Farage's £5m grift, but if you remember it, please repost! Thanks.

[Adrian Gosling @digitalsunshine]

"How on earth have have we ended up in this position?" asks Laura Kuenssberg, who along with Chris Mason, Henry Zeffman and co, have pushed long and hard for us to wind up in exactly this position

#bbclaurak
#BBCBreakfast

[Sam @SamCKx]

A democratically elected British Prime Minister has been driven from office by a relentless campaign of propaganda and misinformation; funded, amplified and perpetuated by foreign billionaires and elites whose interests bear zero resemblance to those of ordinary working people.

A noble gesture from an emotional Keir Starmer, entirely consistent with his conduct in office.

A truly sad day for British democracy.

His full resignation speech:

[Jack Dart @JackWDart]

If people genuinely believe Burnham won’t receive the exact same media onslaught, they’ve not been paying attention.

Starmer is not, objectively, bad. This idea that he is somehow the worst PM in British history is frankly laughable.

Liz truss lasted 49 days, crashed the pound and was laughed out of Downing Street.

Since Labour took office, Keir Starmer’s government has:

• Scrapped the two-child benefit limit, lifting hundreds of thousands of children out of poverty and putting money back into some of the hardest-pressed households in the country.

• Expanded free school meals, cutting costs for families and making sure more children get a proper meal during the school day.

• Expanded funded childcare, reducing one of the biggest monthly costs facing working parents and making it easier for people to stay in work.

• Raised the National Living Wage, increasing pay for millions of low-paid workers.

• Strengthened workers’ rights, giving people greater protection against insecure work and bad employers.

• Introduced statutory sick pay from the first day of illness, so workers are less likely to choose between their health and their wages.

• Ended no-fault evictions, giving renters more security in their homes.

• Brought rail operators back into public ownership, taking key services out of failed private hands and giving the public a stronger stake in how they are run.

• Cut NHS waiting lists from their post-pandemic peak, meaning more patients are being seen sooner.

• Raised the state pension through the triple lock, protecting pensioners’ incomes against rising costs.

• Scrapped the old non-dom tax regime, making some of the wealthiest people in the country pay more fairly.

• Added VAT to private school fees, raising money from those most able to contribute.

• Removed business rates relief from private schools, ending an unjustified tax break.

• Increased neighbourhood policing, putting more officers and PCSOs back into communities.

��� Helped bring knife crime down, meaning fewer families face the devastation of serious violence.

• Recorded the lowest homicide rate since the 1970s, a material improvement in public safety.

• Created Great British Energy, giving Britain a publicly owned clean energy company.

• Created the National Wealth Fund, backing investment in industry, infrastructure and clean energy.

• Passed planning reforms aimed at getting homes and major projects built faster.

• Improved relations with the EU, reducing diplomatic hostility and rebuilding practical cooperation.

• Agreed a UK-EU security partnership, strengthening cooperation on defence and European security.

• Signed a long-term partnership with Ukraine, reinforcing Britain’s support against Putin’s invasion.

• Secured new trade agreements, opening up markets for British businesses.

• Helped restore seriousness to government after years of scandal, chaos and decline.

People do not have to like Starmer. They do not have to vote Labour. But pretending this is the record of the worst Prime Minister in British history is absurd.

[Sam @SamCKx]

If Keir Starmer does resign, history will look back on his reign and scratch its head as to why the hell he was so hated.

On paper, he's probably delivered more to working British people in such a short time than any PM for decades.

After inheriting an absolute mess: NHS waiting lists fallen. Worker's rights improved. Rail operators nationalised. Improved relations with EU and improved UK's global reputation. Removed non-dom tax status. Halved childcare costs. Boosted state pensions. Lowest homicide rate in 50 years. Lifted 550k children out of poverty. Immigration vastly reduced.

We are in the age of billionaire funded misinformation, whose sole purpose is to topple democratically elected leaders, and insert leadership that favours the wealthy elites over the working people. Looks like the game plan is working...

[Canada Hates Trump @AntiTrumpCanada]

“So let me get this straight: You started a war, got people killed, torched billions of dollars, threatened global oil supplies & ended up with basically the same deal I had - except Iran gets way more money. And I’m the one you call weak?? 😂😂😂”

[Acyn @Acyn]

Trump: We had two big moments—when I terminated the JCPOA, the Obama deal. It was a horrible deal for the United States. It was a deal where billions of dollars was given to Iran. They tried to bribe them to make a deal. That never works.

[Laurent Dogrel @laurentdogrel]

🚩 UFC : LE SCANDALE TRUMP‼️

Les États-Unis ont été humiliés.

Ce soir, l’Amérique a touché le fond du grotesque et du dégoûtant. Sur la pelouse sud de la Maison Blanche, lors de l’UFC Freedom 250, un spectacle de cirque organisé pour l’anniversaire de Trump, un combattant nommé Josh Hokit, après sa victoire, a hurlé face caméra et devant le Président des États-Unis : « Michelle Obama est un homme » (Michelle Obama is a man, am I right America). Les rires et les acclamations de la foule, des invités de Trump ont résonné comme un aveu de déchéance totale de l’Amérique.

Ce qui s’est passé ce soir n’est pas du sport, c’est une humiliation nationale.

Un événement censé célébrer la « liberté » et les 250 ans des États-Unis transformé en foire aux combats, avec des places à prix d’or, des paris qui sentent le truqué à plein nez et une mise en sc��ne digne d’un reality-show de bas étage. La Maison Blanche, symbole de la République et de la dignité présidentielle, réduite à un octogone de foire où l’on crie des insanités transphobes et racistes à peine voilées sous couvert de « liberté d’expression ».

Dégoûtant. Vulgaire. Indigne.

Les États-Unis, nation qui a envoyé des hommes sur la Lune et défendu la démocratie dans le monde, s’affichent désormais comme une parodie de puissance : combats sponsorisés, insultes gratuites à une ancienne Première Dame et une présidence qui transforme la résidence historique du peuple en arène de catch politique.

Donald Trump avait promis de rendre sa grandeur à l’Amérique. Au lieu de cela, il lui inflige une humiliation quotidienne par le spectacle, la provocation permanente.

Cette soirée résume tout son second mandat : priorité au buzz, à l’argent facile (tickets à des millions), aux bases les plus brutes, plutôt qu’à la solennité, à l’unité ou à la décence.

Une présidence qui confond force et vulgarité, leadership et showbiz de bas étage. L’Histoire jugera sévèrement ce moment où la Maison Blanche est devenue le ring des pires instincts.

L’Amérique mérite mieux que ce cirque. Beaucoup mieux. Réveillez-vous. 🇺🇸

#Trump #Politics
#UFCFreedom250 #JoshHokit
#TrumpUFC #MaisonBlancheRing
#AmericaHumiliated #MAGA #WTFUFC
#TrumpCircus #250YearsOfFreedom

[B i L A L 🇹🇷 @TlFnCu1907]

🇺🇸 Trump : " İran'lı Kadınların haklarının da savunucusuyum, Onlar beni seviyor "

🇮🇷 İran: " O bir pedofili, kadınlara ve küçük kızlara nasıl baktığını herkes biliyor,yapmaya çalıştığı kendi pisliğini kapatmak için bize saldırmak "

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

The real two-tier scandal in the UK is the relentless double standard approach of a media which lets one party leader get away with financial dodgery that would drive them into a frenzy if it involved someone their billionaire owners didn’t want in power because they believed in things like fairness and equality

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Ofcom claims there is no consensus to ban Nigel Farage from Presenting on GB News.

Lets show them one.

[Prof Colin Talbot @colinrtalbot]

Angela Rayner - £40k underpaid stamp duty - repaid. Lost jobs in Cabinet and Dep. PM.

Peter Murrell - £400k theft from SNP - going to prison

Huge coverage of both

Nigel Farage - £5m undeclared bung (possibly more) - goes to ground for a month.

Media coverage? You judge.

[Alethea Bernard @Tush27J]

Robert Jenrick under investigation.

Nigel Farage under investigation.

Richard Tice dodging taxes.

Where are the so-called media? @BethRigby @Peston
@bbclaurak @ChrisMasonBBC

There would be breaking news reports every 15 mins had it been Zack Polanski or Keir Starmer.

[Nula Suchet @nulasuchet]

Rees- Mogg ! Tax avoider ???

[BladeoftheSun @BladeoftheS]

Royal Mail - Czech
National Grid - Australian
Thames Water - Canadian/Qatar
British Petroleum - American
British Gas - American
British Telecom - Indian
Rolls Royce - German

[Parody Nigel Farage @Parody_PM]

Some notes on my work ethic:

-I last voted in Parliament on 18 March, so I haven’t done my job for ten weeks.
-I’ve never held any face-to-face constituency surgeries, despite apparently having £5 million to spend on security.
-I refuse to do interviews or face press scrutiny of any sort.
-when I was in the European Parliament I had the 4th worst attendance record out of 748 MEPs.
-although I did manage to turn up to vote AGAINST plans to tackle Russian misinformation.
-I was on the Fisheries Committee but I only turned up to ONE out of 42 meetings.
-but I will of course be taking my £73,000 EU pension.

Vote Reform, get lazy, grifting, self-serving sacks of shit.

[RobertFella 🇺🇸 🇺🇦 @Bonkavision5]

Too on point not to share. This is great, but too bad the Orange Felon’s enablers won’t let him see it.
This Australian's reply to #Trump's rant about “NATO not being there for America” is perfect.
"Mate. You run a country with 600,000 homeless people sleeping on the street tonight. A country where 40% of adults can't cover a $400 emergency without borrowing money. A country where insulin costs more than a car payment and people are rationing it to survive. A country where medical debt is the number 1 cause of bankruptcy. A country where women are dying in hospital car parks because doctors are too scared of abortion laws to treat a miscarriage.
You lock up more of your own citizens than any nation on earth. More than China. More than Russia. More than North Korea. The land of the free has 2 million people in cages, and a quarter of them haven't even been convicted of anything. They're just too poor to make bail.
Your life expectancy is going backwards. You're the only developed nation where that's happening. Your infant mortality rate is worse than Cuba's. Your kids do active shooter drills between maths and English while you sell the gunmaker's stock to your mates.
Your minimum wage hasn't moved in 15 years. You've got teachers working 2 jobs and veterans sleeping under bridges and you just spent a trillion dollars flattening a country that didn't attack you.
And you’ve got a convicted felon, adjudicating raping, paedophile protecting, porn star shagging insurrectionist running the biggest dumpster fire war campaign since the Taliban thanked you very much for losing again.
And you're calling Greenland poorly run?
Greenland has universal healthcare. Free education. One of the lowest incarceration rates in the world. Nobody goes bankrupt there because they got sick. Nobody dies in a waiting room because their insurance said no.
'NATO wasn't there when we needed them." When exactly was that, champ? September 11? Because NATO invoked Article 5 for the first and only time in history FOR YOU. Soldiers from dozens of countries deployed, fought, bled, and died in Afghanistan FOR YOU. Australia wasn't even in NATO and we still showed up. For 20 years.
And you pulled out at 2am without telling anyone and left them to deal with the mess.
So maybe before you start calling other countries poorly run, have a look at your own backyard, you spray-tanned aluminium siding salesman. The only thing poorly run in this picture is your f----- mouth."
- Tony Locke