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"Starmer didn't pick Mandelson in spite of his Epstein connections… He picked him because of them."

Would he have made the same choice if Kamala Harris had won?

"Absolutely not", says @lewisgoodall.com.
February 5, 2026 at 4:22 PM
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🤢 FIVE WINNERS. MILLIONS LOSERS.

🚨Brexit beneficiaries:
Johnson - PM
Farage - fame
Putin - a weaker UK
Epstein - ???
Steve Bannon - Far right Growth

Everyone else got higher prices, fewer rights, and a divided country.
February 4, 2026 at 7:53 AM
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"This might vindicate the very worst fears that people have about global elites," says Lewis Goodall

"It feels like massive cover-up, and you can understand how people get to a conspiratorial mindset.

"It doesn't feel conspiratorial at that point"

www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/plea...
‘Please tell us authorities will go after the people named in the Epstein Files’ | The News Agents
A new release of the Epstein Files confirms rumours and conspiracy theories about a global cabal of billionaires and people in power exploiting women and girls for personal pleasure. But will…
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
February 3, 2026 at 12:52 PM
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Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?

Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Google to pay $68 million over allegations its voice assistant eavesdropped on users
Class-action lawsuit alleged that Google's voice assistant illegally recorded and shared private conversations with advertisers.
www.cbsnews.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:44 PM
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Watford Football Club: where manager of the month has a different meaning.
February 1, 2026 at 5:59 PM
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Dear voter, sick of the other parties and tempted by Reform UK? Don’t be daft. Don’t do it. They’re not your friends. Unless you are already rich, this report proves that they will only make your life and your family’s lives worse talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/01/28/d...
Dear voter, sick of the other parties and tempted by Reform UK? Don’t be daft. Don’t do it. They’re not your friends. Unless you are already rich, this report proves that they will only make your life...
From the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) yesterday: Reform UK have announced plans for cuts to income tax in Scotland if they were to win the Scottish Parliament elections in May. They say they …
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:54 PM
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Farage welcomed Suella ‘Cruella’ Braverman into Reform UK Party Ltd today.
January 26, 2026 at 12:55 PM
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“Yesterday, when people thought Andy Burnham would be the candidate it was more than 50% Labour would win. The betting markets now say Labour will lose that by-election. Is it really worth Labour losing the parliamentary by-election”
Ed Balls Good Morning Britain
January 26, 2026 at 9:05 AM
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A waste site filled with 25,000 tonnes of illegally dumped rubbish is causing a living hell for those who live in a village near Wigan. Channel 4 News’ Alex Thomson explores why.

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How a rotting illegal waste site belongs to the King’s royal estate
A waste site filled with 25,000 tonnes of illegally dumped rubbish is causing a living hell for those who live in a village near Wigan. Channel 4 News’ Alex Thomson explores why.
channel4news.substack.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:58 PM
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The Times normalising the annexation of an independent nation by a rogue state

#greenland
January 7, 2026 at 12:03 PM
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Disability charity chief condemns UK government as she rejects MBE

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Disability charity chief condemns UK government as she rejects MBE
Tressa Burke, chief executive officer of the Glasgow Disability Alliance, says the situation facing disabled people in the UK is "simply intolerable".
www.bbc.com
December 31, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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You would think they’d be better at this with the consequences being so high.
December 20, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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🎅🏻 🏴‍☠️ 🎤
December 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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December 11, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.

Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph

Because this does NOT add up!

No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…

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November 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Copying Denmark’s hardline asylum policy a ‘terrible idea’, Danes say

Helene Brydensholt of the The Alternative party has urged the UK Government to think again, explaining it’s been a disaster for integration and led to more racism

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Copying Denmark’s hardline asylum policy a ‘terrible idea’, Danes say
Helene Brydensholt of the The Alternative party has urged the UK Government to think again, explaining it’s been a disaster for integration and led to more racism
www.mirror.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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"Labour has managed to squander its capital with immense speed, it's more than a little shocking."

Salman Rushdie says a reluctance to acknowledge the damage Brexit has done and is harming people's faith in politics.

@jonsopel1.bsky.social | @lewisgoodall.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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"We are getting to the point where we have way too much tax on labour, on work, on income, and so we should increase taxes on unearned income such as wealth and inheritance, which you've done nothing – in my view – to deserve"

www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/why-...
Why the right-wing are so furious at the idea of raising inheritance tax | The News Agents
Lewis Goodall caused a social media storm this week when he suggested raising the rate of UK inheritance tax. Why did this make so many people angry?
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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„Quiet, Piggy!“ Just think about that for a minute, and what it means to live in a time when a President can assault a woman in public like that without any consequences.
It‘s quite a testimony to the age of regression we live in.
November 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Nothing to see here. Just the White House needing to reassure the public that Piggy doesn't want to murder members of Congress. 😩
November 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Gosh. Story has gone from 0 to 60 in the UK. Is leading BBC News this morning.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 18, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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"I know there are a lot of MPs who are deeply uncomfortable at the idea of frisking people at the border to see if we can remove their jewellery," says Stella Creasy.

"That's not the way we want to manage somebody who is a victim of torture"

www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/labo...
Labour’s new immigration plan 'not progressive, or practical', says Stella Creasy | The News Agents
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced tough new measures to deter asylum seekers from attempting to enter the UK. Will her methods be enough, or is this simply an attempt to win back support…
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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🗣️ “So many women have lost their lives. Some of these perpetrators are still hiding behind the guise of suicide. It isn’t suicide.”

📩Read our latest newsletter from Jackie Long:
channel4news.substack.com/p/the-fight-...
The fight to recognise domestic abuse-related suicide
With suicides after domestic abuse outstripping the number of people killed by a partner, a former head of the CPS says government must now make it a priority.
channel4news.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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“Is it possible that you could have a life here, a job here, maybe kids going to school, a family here, then after 19 years if your country is then considered safe you get booted out and sent home?”
November 16, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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This is the best takedown of Musk I’ve ever read. From a beloved author around my age no less, Joyce Carol Oates.
November 12, 2025 at 6:35 PM