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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 18h
Suella Braverman selling 106 copies of her book after all that publicity is so delicious.
Crack 'em while you can, though, because Suella's star might just be on the skids. Despite plugging her book on Question Time, on Tim Shipman's Spectator podcast, in serialised excerpts in the Daily Mail, and in a fawning interview with Allison Pearson in the Telegraph, in its opening weekend, Patriot sold precisely 106 copies.

— from Ian Winwood’s New World piece.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/10/2026
Ossoff says that Mike Collins has "hired half the Third Reich to staff your congressional office"
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 09/10/2026
Kemi Badenoch’s flagship party conference policy document overestimated the cost of net zero by nearly £500bn… …seemingly after someone accidentally double-counted figures on a spreadsheet. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Tories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error
Exclusive: Badenoch’s flagship conference policy document cites £957bn estimate, twice the total in climate advisers’ data
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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 07/10/2026
If you think of GB News as the media wing of Nigel Farage’s political project, the total subsidy funnelled his way by its owners and his crypto donors (just four men) tops £200m, writes Alan Rusbridger
prospectmagazine.co.uk
Farage and the £130m even his detractors have missed
GB news has provided relentless positive PR for Nigel Farage while racking up tens of millions in financial losses. And now there is a new channel in ...
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Andrew Sparrow @andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Badenoch says Tories have changed, because she's now captain, coach and owner of team - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Call me old-fashioned, but I just think that if you are announcing £10bn of spending, then if the Shadow Treasury team and the leader's office are doing their jobs properly, the leader should have clearer answers to these questions:
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Caroline Dodds Pennock @carolinepennock.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I’m just going to keep calling her Kemi ‘Didn’t Do The Reading’ Badenoch, because it couldn’t be more appropriate.
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paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"I'm not a defence expert." Even by Kemi Badenoch's lamentable standards, this is agonising. Just give thanks she will never, ever be Prime Minister. 🙏 #politicslive
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zopster.bsky.social @zopster.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I never understood why anyone thought Zack Polanski was the guy to make the Greens a proper force. Where are his strengths?
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zopster.bsky.social @zopster.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Where does Labour find these eejits?
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Lucy Fisher @lucyfisher.ft.com · 01/10/2026
EXC: British govt is searching for a UK alternative to Palantir, as the PM’s “buy British” push triggers hunt for homegrown replacement for the controversial US software group in NHS and MoD w/ @chris-smyth.bsky.social & @laurahughesft.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/9a6e...
ft.com
Andy Burnham searches for UK alternative to Palantir
Prime minister’s ‘buy British’ push triggers hunt to find replacement for controversial US tech group awarded health service and defence contracts
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Tarik Abou-Chadi @tabouchadi.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
He is not burning cash. He is investing money to shape political discourse and public opinion in line with his ideology and interests. And it's a successful strategy. Also, for a billionaire losing 10 million is like losing 1000 pounds for a middle class person.
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Librarian Capital @librariancapital.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
2021: 2 years before Nick Blair was appointed chair of Improbable Defense on its spin-out, Daily Mail described him as "a football agent specialising in the South American market - but working out of his mother's offices in Central London" www.dailymail.com/news/article...
dailymail.com
Blair rich project: The millions made by Tony Blair and wife and kdis
Euan Blair's stake in his firm was last week valued at almost £70million. But this triumph is just the latest example of how, since his father left office in 2007, the Blairs have been raking it in.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Mind-blowing story in Private Eye about how the Telegraph's chief reporter reached out to James Orr (or meant to) after the Channel 4 donation revelations


...within hours of journalists on either the *Guardian* or *Sunday Times* contacting Reform for comment on the same stories ahead of them publishing their own investigations. Reform deputy leader Richard Tice and his fiancée, supposed journalist Isabel Oakeshott, even crowed online about their spoiler tactics.

Not that the *Telegraph* doesn't do its own leg work when reporting on Reform. After James Orr, the party's head of policy, had to resign after a sting by *Channel 4 News* (see "*Right Orr Wrong*, p14"), *Telegraph* chief reporter Rob Mendick texted Orr: "I was hoping to talk to you entirely on background," he schmoozed. "You must be feeling very bruised and I totally Appreciate [sic] the sensitivities. I suspect you deserve better and I wanted to see how I can put the record straight in some way." Alas, instead of the Reformer and Cambridge theologian, Mendick messaged someone else, who shared it with the *Eye*!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 24/09/2026
So this story is WAY wilder than I thought The Trump post I flagged this morning because it includes Natalie Harp is actually based on the Getty photo you can see below. But there is one key difference -- MONICA CROWLEY'S FACE HAS BEEN EDITED TO LOOK LIKE NATALIE HARP'S WTF is going on here?
Getty pic of Xi and TrumpTrump TS post featuring the mentioned edit of Monica Crowley's faceoriginal pic image of MonicaTrump TS post which shows Natalie's face where Monica's is on the original. very weird
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zopster.bsky.social @zopster.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Terrible idea.
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
There's much that can be criticised about Suella's mad position, but nobody who thinks this actually 'supports the England football team'.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Jacob Rees-Mogg, the most stereotypically Tory conservative man of the 21st Century, responded to Suella Braverman with a long-form video criticizing her position and rejecting a race-based theory of Englishness, and in response has been ratioed by the increasingly feral British online far-right.
Jacob Rees-Mogg
@Jacob_R...•22h
The English are a mongrel people, not an Aryan master race.

Underneath is an extremely English-looking man in a suit sitting in front of a large bookshelf.

There are 6.2 thousand comments compared to 6 thousand likes.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/09/2026
"The FBI in 2025 under President Trump shut down an inquiry into allegations that a political adviser to Senator Susan Collins had participated in a scheme to funnel illegal campaign contributions from a defense contractor seeking lucrative federal contracts"
nytimes.com
F.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan Collins (Gift Article)
The inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 22/09/2026
NEW: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes.
propublica.org
The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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Troy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is corruption of the highest order. Susan Collins delivered millions in taxpayer dollars for a corrupt donor bankrolling her campaign, and then Donald Trump helped her cover it up. No wonder she voted with him 96% of the time and has rubberstamped his agenda to hurt Maine.
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Alan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If you add in £130m losses on “Reform TV” (aka GB News) the effective subsidy of Farage’s party from just four men tops £200m. You just have to join the dots app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/75017/...
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Farage and the £130m even his detractors have missed
GB news has provided relentless positive PR for Nigel Farage while racking up tens of millions in financial losses. And now there is a new channel in the offing
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/09/2026
Trump says he's "banning the free press"
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zopster.bsky.social @zopster.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Charlatan
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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
-What did you do after you quit the party of the centre left? - I worked for a company run by fascists and helped them gain leverage over the state's vital functions.
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zopster.bsky.social @zopster.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Strong response. Not quite brave enough to allow comments on your idiotic post, but there you go.
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zopster.bsky.social @zopster.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Dear God
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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Bari Weiss has plunged CBS News into ratings calamity. —"Evening News" has posted worst ratings of 21st century —"CBS Mornings" has posted worst ratings of 21st century —And now "60 Minutes" has posted worst ratings of 21st century More in @status.news: www.status.news/p/60-minutes...
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Bari’s ‘60’ Bust
Bari Weiss blew up “60 Minutes," ostensibly to create a better show. Instead, her revamped premiere just suffered its worst debut ratings of the 21st century—what one longtime TV executive told Status...
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zopster.bsky.social @zopster.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
A Dem isn’t winning Texas for a while yet.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Some details: Kremlev, the Russian who sponsored Don Jr's wedding, is a former member of the Night Wolves biker gang, went to China with Putin and is personally sanctioned by Ukraine for his role in abducting children www.propublica.org/article/dona...
propublica.org
Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Must just be a coincidence that two of Reform's main donors have been convicted of money laundering related offences (Delo and George Cottrell).
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 11/09/2026
I'm sure glad the government sees no need to introduce a cap on donations to political parties! What a great decision!
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/09/2026
Trump's face droops while he attends the 9/11 ceremony this morning at the Pentagon (Finn Gomez/Getty)
picture of Trump sitting, with his lips contorted and his eyes barely open
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
‘Can I just shock you? I’m actually very right-wing.’
Now I’ve left Today, I can finally say what I really think…
AMOL RAJAN
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zopster.bsky.social @zopster.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Genuinely shocking.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
“The trouble with you, Spode, is that just because you have succeeded in inducing a handful of half-wits to disfigure the London scene by going about in black shorts, you think you’re someone. You hear them shouting “Heil, Spode!” and you imagine it is the Voice of the People.” Bertie Wooster
Daniel Thomas and his Black Shorts in London today.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 09/09/2026
Exclusive: President Trump gave $45,000 cash gifts to his executive assistant Natalie Harp and two of his other young, loyal White House employees, according to financial disclosures. wapo.st/4xGl9mr
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Patrick Andelic @pkandelic.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Not that long ago “the US president lies about being rescued from the rubble by firefighters on 9/11” would have been a big scandal.
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zopster.bsky.social @zopster.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
And of course the left are giving Miliband/Labour not credit whatsoever.
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 07/09/2026
If every statement about Extinction Rebellion had opened with "Climate change is the single biggest issue facing humanity, and we understand why people have legitimate concerns the world isn't doing enough to tackle it…" this approach might be *faintly* defensible. But they didn't, and it isn't.
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George Peretz KC @georgeperetzkc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Here are the (differing) texts. “France will ordinarily accept those persons” is strangely absent from la version française.
Kingdom.
5. The United Kingdom will intercept boats which have launched from French shores and entered British territorial waters and will return the persons on board to France. France will ordinarily accept these persons, who will be repatriated to their home country in accordance with the law in force in France concerning expulsion.
Done in Birmingham this 4th of September 2026.
Nigel Farage, Leader of Reform UK
5. LeRoyaume-Uni interceptera les embarcations parties des côtes françaises et pénétrant dans les eaux territoriales britanniques et ramènera en France les personnes se trouvant à bord.
La France reconduira ces personnes vers leur pays d'origine conformément au droit en vigueur en France en matière d'expulsion.
Fait à Birmingham, le 4 septembre 2026.
Jordan Bardella, président du Rassemblement
National
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zopster.bsky.social @zopster.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Not content with being a crap columnist, Hadley Freeman has got a new gig for which she has no credentials or knowledge.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/09/2026
what is the world is going on with Trump's hair? (Jim Watson/AFP via Getty)
pic of Trump waving at an airport yesterdayzoom in on his hair, which is suddenly black
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Norway's Prime Minister ripped apart trumps stupid letter. Love this! Every leader receiving a letter like this from TACO, should do the same. Thanks for your attention to this matter! ============================
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I don’t have the headlines handy at the moment, but this is absolutely not the language used to describe 162K job prints when Joe Biden was president:
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zopster.bsky.social @zopster.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Whether he’s right or wrong, at least he’s making an argument.
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Rachel Rees @rachel-rees.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
As honoured as I am to see that The Times has picked up my Chagos article practically *word for word*, including my hard-gotten quotes, I’d prefer some credit — or for everyone to read my original FT piece! free link to read the evidently enviable article below (cheaper than a Times sub!) 🌴
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zopster.bsky.social @zopster.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
😮
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zopster.bsky.social @zopster.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I hate Brexit.
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zopster.bsky.social @zopster.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Wirtz was a complete waste of money.
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