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UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Trump's Kennedy Center obsession has a problem courts are powerless to stop www.alternet.org/trump-kenned...

Trump's Kennedy Center obsession has a problem courts are powerless to stop

President Donald Trump's obsession with adding his name to the Kennedy Center, and according to a new piece from The Atlantic, his crusade is being driven by something that courts are powerless to sto...

UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Trump pounds his biggest 'yes-man' to the curb as Iran triumphs: sources www.alternet.org/trump-iran-w...

Trump pounds his biggest 'yes-man' to the curb as Iran triumphs: sources

Sources inside the White House say President Donald Trump is suffering the consequences of surrounding himself with yes-men and good news as Iran continues to beat him to pieces, according to Daily Ma...

UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Why impeachment will help remove Trump's worst officials: NYT columnist www.alternet.org/trump-impeac...

Why impeachment will help remove Trump's worst officials: NYT columnist

It is imperative that Democrats launch a third impeachment of President Donald Trump after the midterms, according to one prominent New York Times columnist, and while it might not actually be enough ...

UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Trump reducing US to 'the fall of Rome' at alarming pace: opinion www.alternet.org/trump-declin...

Trump reducing US to 'the fall of Rome' at alarming pace: opinion

President Donald Trump is making the U.S. resemble the "fall of Rome" at an alarming rate, according to a new piece from The i Paper, as his aggressive policies increasingly turn the nation into a "fr...

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UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Haberman hits back after Trump's 'horrible attack': 'It wasn't going to stay secret' www.rawstory.com/trump-911-26...

Haberman hits back after Trump's 'horrible attack': 'It wasn't going to stay secret'

New York Times journalist Maggie Haberman refused to apologize Saturday after her reporting spurred President Donald Trump to make what one MS NOW anchor dubbed as "horrible attacks." Haberman appeare...

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UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Trump hurls 'DEATH SPIRAL' insults as he praises CNN and contradicts himself www.rawstory.com/cnn-trump-26...

Trump hurls 'DEATH SPIRAL' insults as he praises CNN and contradicts himself

President Donald Trump stumbled over his words Saturday morning as he heaped insults on CNN and MS NOW — and contradicted himself in the process. Trump's random and rambling Truth Social post targeted...

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UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

'Can you imagine?' Trump hurls tantrum as Dem dubs 'Lake America' rename a 'SHAME' www.rawstory.com/trump-lake-o...

'Can you imagine?' Trump hurls tantrum as Dem dubs 'Lake America' rename a 'SHAME'

President Donald Trump admitted to befuddlement late Friday night when he took to Truth Social to rage at a political foe. Trump lashed out at New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) after she refused to start...

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UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Cursing Conway quotes Janis Joplin as he explains 'sociopath' Trump's 'strange' choice www.rawstory.com/george-conwa...

Cursing Conway quotes Janis Joplin as he explains 'sociopath' Trump's 'strange' choice

George Conway hurled expletives and quoted Janis Joplin Saturday as he tried to explain why President Donald Trump won't spend money on his fellow Republicans ahead of the midterms — a decision host E...

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UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Outrage as Trump ambassador ignores brutal attack on American news crew www.rawstory.com/mike-huckabe...

Outrage as Trump ambassador ignores brutal attack on American news crew

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee was condemned Saturday for ignoring a brutal attack on an American news crew that occurred earlier that same day.A crew of three NBC News correspondents was rep...

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UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

CIA chief’s secret Moscow trip exposed as insiders leak details: report www.rawstory.com/john-ratclif...

CIA chief’s secret Moscow trip exposed as insiders leak details: report

CIA Director John Ratcliffe raised eyebrows this week after secretly jetting off to Moscow, Russia, and while the Kremlin denied that any meetings between Russian officials and Ratcliffe took place, t...

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UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

‘It’s no surprise’: the manosphere mogul convicted of attacking pregnant girlfriend www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...

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James English: one of many men with far-right ties accused of domestic violence

Podcaster James English is one of many men with far-right ties to have been found guilty or accused of domestic violence

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UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

James Cleverly resigns from shadow cabinet to run for mayor of London www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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James Cleverly resigns from shadow cabinet to run for mayor of London

Shadow minister for housing, communities and local government to resign with immediate effect

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UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Royal Navy spent three days tracking Russian vessels in UK waters www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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Royal Navy spent three days tracking Russian vessels in UK waters

Three vessels and a helicopter deployed to monitor four ships travelling through the North Sea to the Channel

UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Far-right media provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos deported by ICE from US to UK www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

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Far-right media provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos deported by ICE from US to UK

Ex-Breitbart editor has vocally supported immediate deportations for anyone who can’t prove US residency

UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

UK Sent Top Security Chief to Trump’s Left-Wing Crackdown Summit – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2026/08/28/u...

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UK Sent Top Security Chief to Trump’s Left-Wing Crackdown Summit

The US is turning domestic and global counter-terror systems against political opponents – how is Britain responding?

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UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Reform's £645,000 'Ghost' Pollster – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2026/08/28/r...

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Reform's £645,000 'Ghost' Pollster

Exclusive: Payments to a business with no public footprint, no VAT number and a string of missing invoices are raising fresh questions about Reform UK's campaign spending

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UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

“Normal” people, abnormal power: How Farage and Musk are normalising an overreaching state www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

"Normal" people, abnormal power: How Farage and Musk are normalising an overreaching state

The likes of Farage and Musk are well practised in disinformation. Most recently, they've started claiming to be "normal people."

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UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Protesters who spray painted Trump’s golf course in Scotland to face ‘terror’ sentencing www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026...

Protesters who spray painted Trump's golf course in Scotland to face 'terror' sentencing

Palestine Action-co-founder Huda Ammori said: 'By daring to spray paint on the golf course... we made powerful enemies'.

UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

UK urged to stand against US threat to restart nuclear weapons testing www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

UK urged to stand against US threat to restart nuclear weapons testing

President Trump's threatened restart of explosive nuclear weapons testing would be "absolutely catastrophic", campaigners have said

UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Refuge responds to latest Home Office VAWG measures www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026...

Refuge responds to latest Home Office VAWG measures

Refuge said: 'Andy Burnham has inherited an ambitious Labour target to halve VAWG by 2034, a goal which we cannot afford to lose sight of'.

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UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Leading academics slam absurd claims of PIP freeloading in north of Ireland www.thecanary.co/global/world...

Leading academics slam absurd claims of PIP freeloading in north of Ireland

Two experts take apart Newton Emerson's evidence-free claim that PIP claims in Northern Ireland are a "bloated" fraud

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UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Racist hate-monger Rupert Lowe will make more on Twitter/X than he does as an MP www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

Racist hate-monger Rupert Lowe will make more on Twitter/X than he does as an MP

Rupert Lowe's Twitter earnings have topped £100,000 since 2024 — now he's on track to make more from posting hate than from being an MP

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UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The Small Print Ministers Left Out of the Plug-In Solar Announcement – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2026/08/27/t...

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The Small Print Ministers Left Out of the Plug-In Solar Announcement

A single company currently holds a monopoly on compliant devices, and planning restrictions, renter protections and grid registration rules have barely been mentioned

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UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Raft of Senior Reform Councillors Fail to Declare Interests – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2026/08/27/r...

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Raft of Senior Reform Councillors Fail to Declare Interests

Four Reform councillors – including the council's deputy leader and two serving cabinet members – amended their registers of interests within days of Byline Times querying undeclared firms and shareho...

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UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Nightmare for Reform as latest migration figures show progress Labour is making www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/latest-...

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Nightmare for Reform as latest migration figures show progress Labour is making

The latest migration figures from the Home Office have shown Labour are continuing to make progress in a number of areas.

UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Number of asylum seekers housed in hotels drops by 50% in a year www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/number-...

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Number of asylum seekers housed in hotels drops by 50% in a year

The number of asylum seekers housed in hotel accommodation has fallen again, according to the latest migration figures from the Home Office.

UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Financial advice from AI and social media may have cost Brits £750m+ www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026...

Financial advice from AI and social media may have cost Brits £750m+

83% of Brits have sought financial advice from unregulated sources like AI tools and social media platforms, as well as family and friends.

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UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Foreign Office analysis of anti-nuclear conference ‘all but ignored disarmament obligations’ www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

Foreign Office analysis of anti-nuclear conference 'all but ignored disarmament obligations'

UK government analysis of the 2026 nuclear non-proliferation conference 'all but ignored' disarmament obligations, campaigners have said

UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

US government sanctions Palestine Action, branding it a ‘terror’ group www.thecanary.co/global/world...

US government sanctions Palestine Action, branding it a 'terror' group

Trump is taking a leaf from Starmer’s book by designating Palestine Action a terrorist group — an odd priority with the Middle East ablaze

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UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Milburn review must not repeat past NEETs mistakes, says Joseph Rowntree Foundation www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026...

Milburn review must not repeat past NEETs mistakes, says Joseph Rowntree Foundation

This government should reject cuts to benefits and focus on the support that will help NEETs sustainably move into work and/or learning.

UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Can local communities turn the tide on AI data centres? www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

Can local communities turn the tide on AI data centers?

The AI boom has caused a surge in tech companies proposing to build massive data centres across the UK. Local communities are pushing back.

UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Burnham returns from Kyiv with war AI to ‘protect’ UK bases www.thecanary.co/global/world...

Burnham returns from Kyiv with war AI to 'protect' UK bases

Burnham's commitment to the war machine is clear, with Ukraine's missile needs apparently outranking home front matters

UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Pentagon's 'egregious' excuse to punish sailor who jumped off ship floors Jen Psaki www.rawstory.com/jen-psaki-26...

Pentagon's 'egregious' excuse to punish sailor who jumped off ship floors Jen Psaki

MS NOW's Jen Psaki was horrified on Wednesday, following reports that the 19-year-old Navy sailor driven to jump from the U.S.S. Lincoln after months of squalid conditions and a lack of mental health ...

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UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Reform's First 100 Days in Norfolk: 'Flag Fights, Resignations, Broken Promises' – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2026/08/26/r...

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Reform's First 100 Days in Norfolk: 'Flag Fights, Resignations, Broken Promises'

A newly-elected Labour councillor charts 100 days of a Reform-run county council – scrapped funds, a resigned chief executive, a lost by-election, and not much sign of the 'laser focus on value for mo...

UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Reform's First 100 Days in Norfolk: 'Flag Fights, Resignations, Broken Promises' – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2026/08/26/r...

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Reform's First 100 Days in Norfolk: 'Flag Fights, Resignations, Broken Promises'

A newly-elected Labour councillor charts 100 days of a Reform-run county council – scrapped funds, a resigned chief executive, a lost by-election, and not much sign of the 'laser focus on value for mo...

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UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Upper Tribunal says secrecy around animal experiments is unlawful www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026...

Upper Tribunal says secrecy around animal experiments is unlawful

This is a really important ruling because the public has a right to know the basis for granting licences for animal experiments.

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UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

RSPCA says slower growing chickens could be ‘secret weapon’ to tackling food poisoning crisis www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026...

RSPCA says slower growing chickens could be ‘secret weapon’ to tackling food poisoning crisis

The RSPCA is calling on retailers, food businesses and government to move urgently towards prioritising slower-growing breeds.

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UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The Cycle of Retaliation: Israeli Doctrine, Border Fences, and the Path to Civil War (1970–1975) www.thecanary.co/global/world...

The Cycle of Retaliation: Israeli Doctrine, Border Fences, and the Path to Civil War (1970–1975)

Following the 1968 Cairo Agreement and the expulsion of Palestinian resistance from Jordan, Lebanon was thrust into the direct line of fire.

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UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Meta to pay up to $18bn in settlement against claims Facebook and Instagram harm children www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/meta-to...

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Meta to pay up to $18bn in settlement against claims Facebook and Instagram harm children

Facebook and Instagram owner Meta has agreed to pay up to $18bn to settle claims brought by US states that its platforms harmed children.

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UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Energy price cap rises 4% from October: what it means for your bills www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/energy-...

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Energy price cap rises 4% from October: what it means for your bills

Things are set to get even tighter for millions of households heading into winter, as the energy price cap hits a three year high.

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UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Cost of the asylum system plummets by nearly £1bn under Labour www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/cost-of...

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Cost of the asylum system plummets by nearly £1bn under Labour

The overall cost of the asylum system in the UK has dropped by nearly £1 billion since Labour came into power.

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UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Dolly Parton, country star, actor and philanthropist, dies aged 80 after fighting cancer www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...

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Dolly Parton, country star, actor and philanthropist, dies aged 80 after fighting cancer

Songwriter of I Will Always Love You, Jolene and 9 to 5 also invested millions in child literacy, Covid-19 vaccine development and other causes

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UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

UN nations fail to name UAE as main force behind Sudan war www.thecanary.co/global/2026/...

UN nations fail to name UAE as main force behind Sudan war

Sudan's genocide is being fuelled by a UAE-backed militia... So why won't the UN call out the Gulf state's role?

UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Fourth Black person found hanging within a year in North Carolina www.thecanary.co/trending/202...

Fourth Black person found hanging within a year in North Carolina

Four Black people found hanging within a year show that America's racism still seethes beneath the surface

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UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Labour announces £10bn for affordable housing — but there’s some confusion… www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

Labour announces £10bn for affordable housing — but there's some confusion...

Labour's £10bn housing programme will see just 60% of the funding go towards social renting, where properties are managed by social landlords

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UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Reform’s Tice gives car-crash interview on housing for married under-35s www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

Reform’s Tice gives car-crash interview on housing for married under-35s

Even Times Radio’s softball interviewer picked Tice up on Reform giving married British couples priority over unmarried British couples

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UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Reform councillor arrested over Bradford pub brawl www.thecanary.co/uk/news/2026...

Reform councillor arrested over Bradford pub brawl

Reform councillor Jason Mark Townend was one of two arrested following a pub brawl which resulted in a woman sustaining facial injuries

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UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Gold Firm That Employs Nigel Farage Predicts Unrest and Violence Under a Reform Government – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2026/08/25/g...

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Gold Firm That Employs Nigel Farage Predicts Unrest and Violence Under a Reform Government

Exclusive: Promo material for Direct Bullion tells savers a Farage-led government could spark riots not seen since the poll tax – while paying the Reform leader hundreds of thousands of pounds

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UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Andrew Tate was only renting the cars he bragged about in infamous Thunberg post www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/andrew-...

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Andrew Tate was only renting the cars he bragged about in infamous Thunberg post

Andrew Tate's image of wealth is being exposed for the sham that it is after court documents revealed his luxury cars are rented.

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UKCG News @ukcgnews.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Graduate jobs drop ‘by almost 50%’ in a year as employers replace entry-level roles with AI www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/graduat...

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Graduate jobs drop 'by almost 50%' in a year as employers replace entry-level roles with AI

Figures from job website Adzuna show that there were just 8,383 graduate job vacancies listed in July this year.

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