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Robert Jenrick says the Tories "broke Britain," so he's joined a party that includes:
Nadhim Zahawi,
Nadine Dorries,
Jonathan Gullis,
Ben Bradley,
Danny Kruger,
Jake Berry,
Marco Longhi,
Aiden Burley,
Anne Marie Morris,
Lee Anderson
and Andrea Jenkyns.
Nadhim Zahawi,
Nadine Dorries,
Jonathan Gullis,
Ben Bradley,
Danny Kruger,
Jake Berry,
Marco Longhi,
Aiden Burley,
Anne Marie Morris,
Lee Anderson
and Andrea Jenkyns.
January 15, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Robert Jenrick says the Tories "broke Britain," so he's joined a party that includes:
Nadhim Zahawi,
Nadine Dorries,
Jonathan Gullis,
Ben Bradley,
Danny Kruger,
Jake Berry,
Marco Longhi,
Aiden Burley,
Anne Marie Morris,
Lee Anderson
and Andrea Jenkyns.
Nadhim Zahawi,
Nadine Dorries,
Jonathan Gullis,
Ben Bradley,
Danny Kruger,
Jake Berry,
Marco Longhi,
Aiden Burley,
Anne Marie Morris,
Lee Anderson
and Andrea Jenkyns.
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interesting to see if Jenrick still believes this
January 15, 2026 at 4:55 PM
interesting to see if Jenrick still believes this
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The Reform pitch is increasingly “the last government was terrible, so we’ve hired everyone who was in it”.
January 15, 2026 at 4:50 PM
The Reform pitch is increasingly “the last government was terrible, so we’ve hired everyone who was in it”.
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there’s always a tweet
January 15, 2026 at 4:50 PM
there’s always a tweet
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Ted Cruz in 2016, "We're liable to wake up one morning and Donald Trump if he was President would have nuked Denmark"
"That's not the temperament of a leader to keep this country safe"
"That's not the temperament of a leader to keep this country safe"
January 14, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Ted Cruz in 2016, "We're liable to wake up one morning and Donald Trump if he was President would have nuked Denmark"
"That's not the temperament of a leader to keep this country safe"
"That's not the temperament of a leader to keep this country safe"
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ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooof
DOKOUPIL: When I travel the country, they tell me they don't feel it because grocery prices are up--
TRUMP: They're going to now. I've only been here for 11 months. I inherited a mess. If she got in, you wouldn't have this job right now.
TRUMP: They're going to now. I've only been here for 11 months. I inherited a mess. If she got in, you wouldn't have this job right now.
January 13, 2026 at 11:45 PM
ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooof
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ICE shut down the oldest Mexican restaurant in my hometown of Forest Lake, Minnesota -- a city that voted overwhelmingly for Trump (and Pete Hegseth's hometown too)
Feel safer yet?
Feel safer yet?
January 13, 2026 at 3:46 AM
ICE shut down the oldest Mexican restaurant in my hometown of Forest Lake, Minnesota -- a city that voted overwhelmingly for Trump (and Pete Hegseth's hometown too)
Feel safer yet?
Feel safer yet?
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X Users Ask Grok To Put More Clothes On Elon Musk Pictures https://theonion.com/x-users-ask-grok-to-put-more-clothes-on-elon-musk-pictures/
January 12, 2026 at 8:15 PM
X Users Ask Grok To Put More Clothes On Elon Musk Pictures https://theonion.com/x-users-ask-grok-to-put-more-clothes-on-elon-musk-pictures/
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This is a wild hill to die on for someone who creates environments for kids.
Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games (Fortnite/Battle Royale) argues against CP protections on social media/AI platforms, claiming legislators are ‘just censoring political opponents’.
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games (Fortnite/Battle Royale) argues against CP protections on social media/AI platforms, claiming legislators are ‘just censoring political opponents’.
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney argues banning Twitter over its ability to AI-generate pornographic images of minors is just 'gatekeepers' attempting to 'censor all of their political opponents'
Not the hill I'd die on, but I'm not a billionaire.
www.pcgamer.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:53 PM
This is a wild hill to die on for someone who creates environments for kids.
Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games (Fortnite/Battle Royale) argues against CP protections on social media/AI platforms, claiming legislators are ‘just censoring political opponents’.
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games (Fortnite/Battle Royale) argues against CP protections on social media/AI platforms, claiming legislators are ‘just censoring political opponents’.
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
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❤️🔥Tory sources confirm that Nadhim Zahawi made approaches to senior members of Kemi Badenoch's team about getting a peerage just weeks before defecting to Reform UK - but was turned down.
January 12, 2026 at 2:35 PM
❤️🔥Tory sources confirm that Nadhim Zahawi made approaches to senior members of Kemi Badenoch's team about getting a peerage just weeks before defecting to Reform UK - but was turned down.
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The number of Britons backing Kemi Badenoch against other leaders over who would make the better PM has increased significantly since last August
Badenoch 31% (+10 from 3-4 Aug 2025)
Farage 21% (-2)
Badenoch 28% (+8)
Starmer 28% (-2)
Badenoch 28% (+9)
Davey 25% (-1)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Badenoch 31% (+10 from 3-4 Aug 2025)
Farage 21% (-2)
Badenoch 28% (+8)
Starmer 28% (-2)
Badenoch 28% (+9)
Davey 25% (-1)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
January 12, 2026 at 11:10 AM
The number of Britons backing Kemi Badenoch against other leaders over who would make the better PM has increased significantly since last August
Badenoch 31% (+10 from 3-4 Aug 2025)
Farage 21% (-2)
Badenoch 28% (+8)
Starmer 28% (-2)
Badenoch 28% (+9)
Davey 25% (-1)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Badenoch 31% (+10 from 3-4 Aug 2025)
Farage 21% (-2)
Badenoch 28% (+8)
Starmer 28% (-2)
Badenoch 28% (+9)
Davey 25% (-1)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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The guy in charge of producing endless AI CSAM cheerleading Rowling while she pretends to care about kids.
January 11, 2026 at 8:09 PM
The guy in charge of producing endless AI CSAM cheerleading Rowling while she pretends to care about kids.
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also, I know for a fact that Taxpayers Alliance spokespeople have had cabs to and from the BBC, as I used to do the paper reviews with one of them.
January 11, 2026 at 10:28 PM
also, I know for a fact that Taxpayers Alliance spokespeople have had cabs to and from the BBC, as I used to do the paper reviews with one of them.
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This sounds fairly emotionally connected, in fact — good to make room for people to turn against an unkind worldview
Losing my shit at Ashley St Clair doing a reverse Naomi Wolf.
January 11, 2026 at 9:12 PM
This sounds fairly emotionally connected, in fact — good to make room for people to turn against an unkind worldview
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I see the fearsome no-bullshit no-snowflake chads running America are frightened about marauding "gangs of wine mums".
Don't tell them about the book club triads or the knitting circle mafia, they'll wet themselves.
Don't tell them about the book club triads or the knitting circle mafia, they'll wet themselves.
January 11, 2026 at 9:28 PM
I see the fearsome no-bullshit no-snowflake chads running America are frightened about marauding "gangs of wine mums".
Don't tell them about the book club triads or the knitting circle mafia, they'll wet themselves.
Don't tell them about the book club triads or the knitting circle mafia, they'll wet themselves.
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"With friends like you, who needs enemies?"
Trump's spiritual advisor Mark Burns dismisses fears of a Greenland invasion as 'laughable'.
Trump's spiritual advisor Mark Burns dismisses fears of a Greenland invasion as 'laughable'.
January 11, 2026 at 11:55 AM
"With friends like you, who needs enemies?"
Trump's spiritual advisor Mark Burns dismisses fears of a Greenland invasion as 'laughable'.
Trump's spiritual advisor Mark Burns dismisses fears of a Greenland invasion as 'laughable'.
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EXCLUSIVE: Leaked WhatsApp messages show Labour MPs urging govt to leave X, arguing that it should "show direction to others in the UK"
The MPs said X owner Elon Musk is "fascist" and that the platform's AI tool, Grok, had put "children in harm's way"
The MPs said X owner Elon Musk is "fascist" and that the platform's AI tool, Grok, had put "children in harm's way"
January 9, 2026 at 2:20 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Leaked WhatsApp messages show Labour MPs urging govt to leave X, arguing that it should "show direction to others in the UK"
The MPs said X owner Elon Musk is "fascist" and that the platform's AI tool, Grok, had put "children in harm's way"
The MPs said X owner Elon Musk is "fascist" and that the platform's AI tool, Grok, had put "children in harm's way"
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There are no rules, they don’t actually care about respect, decorum, bipartisanship or debate, and only pretend to do so to browbeat you into submission. Nothing is going to change until more people realise that and respond accordingly; including to the media and politicians who have failed them.
January 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
There are no rules, they don’t actually care about respect, decorum, bipartisanship or debate, and only pretend to do so to browbeat you into submission. Nothing is going to change until more people realise that and respond accordingly; including to the media and politicians who have failed them.
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A headline to sum up our times:
January 9, 2026 at 11:09 AM
A headline to sum up our times:
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They got this wrong. The smart "play" would be to offer up that ICE agent as a "bad apple". The more they insult Good, next to a photo of America's sweetheart holding her little boy, the more they try to murder her character, while that video of her murder plays, the angrier people will get. 2/2
January 8, 2026 at 8:36 PM
They got this wrong. The smart "play" would be to offer up that ICE agent as a "bad apple". The more they insult Good, next to a photo of America's sweetheart holding her little boy, the more they try to murder her character, while that video of her murder plays, the angrier people will get. 2/2
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JD Vance on the killing of Renee Good: "The reporting over this has been one of the biggest scandals I've ever seen in media. I've never seen a case so misrepresented and misreported."
January 8, 2026 at 6:53 PM
JD Vance on the killing of Renee Good: "The reporting over this has been one of the biggest scandals I've ever seen in media. I've never seen a case so misrepresented and misreported."
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I hadn't noticed this but the victim is clearly trying to wave ICE through, and then they jumped her.
January 8, 2026 at 3:22 PM
I hadn't noticed this but the victim is clearly trying to wave ICE through, and then they jumped her.
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Trump's secret police in action in Minneapolis today.
ICE++ the CBP, and judging from the patches — BORTAC.
BORTAC is a counterterrorism tactical unit of CBP.
Just shooting people
BORTAC is a counterterrorism tactical unit of CBP.
Just shooting people
January 8, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Trump's secret police in action in Minneapolis today.