Carole

Devoted to my family,
Retired Science teacher and Education Consultant
Remaining positive in a world gone mad 🙃

[Don McGowan @donmcgowan]

Today I broke a story [with help from @linfitlass] about Reform UK potentially fixing their competition to provide energy bills to a whole street.

It's a big deal and should, by rights, be picked up by mainstream media.

Luckily, there's one proper, reliable news outlet that have and are publishing my full article on Monday. Obvs its Byline Times.

But … why have the BBC, Sky News etc. missed this?

I'm not blowing my own trumpet at all, but so far, the story has had over 1.5 million views on my 𝕏 feed today.

A genuine public interest story about a potential fraudulent attempt by a political party, but it's being ignored, as always ... because it's Farage.

This is serious. Aside from Byline Times, The Nerve and the New World, the rest have capitulated to the far-right and Bannon's play.

If any outlets want to discuss this story, you know where I am.

https://t.co/Kdx1svF3h1

[Matthew Stadlen @MatthewStadlen]

Wherever you might come from politically, it would be difficult to deny that @wesstreeting is a superb communicator. He answers questions, faces the heat head on, and opens himself up to the scrutiny that is crucial in a democracy.

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

BBC Newsnight's Victoria Derbyshire meets 5 Epstein survivors

Each holds up a photo of themselves at the age they were abused by Epstein

Don't let Trump's attack on Iran distract from the injustice of Epstein's abuse

[Mr Ethical 🚩 @nw_nicholas]

Oh dear, the sham company that laundered £200k of Iranian billionaire money to Reform is being struck off. @Gabriel_Pogrund @rowenamason @OneFinanceGuy

[Viviane: 🌹Labour led by Keir for me @LaindonFEMINIST]

Calling all and any Journalists.

If we have any. Do your damn job and check this out please.

[Marina Purkiss @MarinaPurkiss]

The BBC and usual rags are really telling on themselves with the lack of Richard Tice tax scandal coverage…

Where is it?!

[Brendan May @bmay]

I think there is something wrong with my connection as for some reason despite weeks of coverage on the BBC of Angela Rayner’s tax affairs I don’t seem to be able to find a big @BBCNews story on Richard Tice’s tax affairs.

Does anyone have any IT advice so I can read it?

[Gabriel Pogrund @Gabriel_Pogrund]

Richard Tice is correct: he paid tax as required.

It’s just that his complex, unusual and part offshore structure reduced his bill.

Not only did his firm avoid hundreds of thousands in corporation tax.

He then channelled millions to entities which largely also didn’t pay tax.

[Florence Lox 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @floboflo]

I’m very confident that @ChrisMasonBBC will be all over this for the next few weeks.
He hates this kind of behaviour

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

Reform is treated by much of the broadcast media as though it is the official Opposition and next government. Could @ChrisMasonBBC @BethRigby @itvpeston etc therefore please apply to this scam the same levels of scrutiny and news value as the lesser sums involved in the tax affairs of @AngelaRayner …. Thank you for your attention to this matter and well done @Gabriel_Pogrund

[Gavin Barwell @GavinBarwell]

We shouldn't allow politicians who cheerled for this war to cry crocodile tears about the economic consequences for working people. If you backed Trump, you own the consequences

[Luke Akehurst @lukeakehurst]

Labour gain from Reform tonight in byelection for Murton Ward, Durham County Council. This ward is in Easington constituency.

[Peter Jukes @peterjukes]

Reminder on Tim Shipman’s accuracy. He was one of the first to dismiss @carolecadwalla’s landmark Cambridge Analytica revelations. Leaked messages now show Arron Banks boast about the millions they spent on CA and social media.

[Chris Bryant @RhonddaBryant]

👏👏👏👏👏

[Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla]

It’s genuinely weird that an ex-cabinet minister can be bothered to troll me. I investigated you & found you oversaw the biggest electoral fraud in modern UK history & got away with it. You won. Move on. Get a hobby or something.

[Election Maps UK @ElectionMapsUK]

Murton (Durham) Council By-Election Result:

🌹 LAB: 50.6% (+17.6)
➡️ RFM: 39.6% (-4.5)
🌍 GRN: 4.8% (New)
🌳 CON: 3.1% (-2.0)
🔶 LDM: 1.9% (-2.3)

No Ind (-13.6) as previous.

Labour GAIN from Reform.
Changes w/ 2025.

[Lewis Goodall @lewis_goodall]

The number of commentators/journalists salivating at blaming Starmer for ruining the “special relationship” is genuinely pathetic

If anyone ruined it- if it even really exists- here’s a reminder of who did it.

[Mikey Smith @mikeysmith]

To the casual observer, it might appear that there is evidence of poll fraud in Gorton, which there isn’t. Or indeed evidence that postal vote fraud happens in the UK, which, again, there is not.

Why is he being held to a different standard to any other random conspiracy crank?

[Reform Party UK Exposed 🇬🇧 @reformexposed]

Hi @Nigel_Farage, are you elderly or infirm?

Because in 2024, when you stood for election you voted by post (in Kent because you didn’t, and still don’t live in Clacton).

Please don’t tell us all you don’t practice what you preach.

#PostalVoting

[Deborah Meaden 🇺🇦 @DeborahMeaden]

I am deeply relieved we have a cautious, pragmatic PM in office in these tumultuous times and I think it dangerous and ridiculous to expect him to do anything other than monitor an evolving situation before making a move that could , indeed would put British lives in the line of fire. Can we just let him do his job please…