Tom Perry
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Trump determindly undermining confidence in the electoral system before the mid-term elections. Now, why might that be? /1
February 6, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Trump determindly undermining confidence in the electoral system before the mid-term elections. Now, why might that be? /1
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This seems to be leaving an open goal for Nigel Farage to announce at 2pm today that Reform is going to introduce such a bill, whether he’s actually got the parliamentary time to do so or not.
He might not if feels nervous about other people associated in the Epstein Files, of course…
He might not if feels nervous about other people associated in the Epstein Files, of course…
Understand Tories won't create or back a bill to remove Mandelson's peerage. There is unease among politicians in Westminster about the precedent of a government using its large majority to go after individuals, no matter how egregious. But mechanisms should still be there to expel him.
February 3, 2026 at 12:15 PM
This seems to be leaving an open goal for Nigel Farage to announce at 2pm today that Reform is going to introduce such a bill, whether he’s actually got the parliamentary time to do so or not.
He might not if feels nervous about other people associated in the Epstein Files, of course…
He might not if feels nervous about other people associated in the Epstein Files, of course…
"Cinderella points at gold baubles and designer dresses, cunningly distracting us while her husband and his cronies prepare to dismantle the Constitution and asset-strip the federal government."
I sense Xan Brooks is unlikely to visit the US any time soon.
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
I sense Xan Brooks is unlikely to visit the US any time soon.
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
Melania review – Trump film is a gilded trash remake of The Zone of Interest
Dispiriting, deadly and unrevealing – there is a decent documentary to be made about the former model from Slovenia, but this one is unredeemable
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 9:25 AM
"Cinderella points at gold baubles and designer dresses, cunningly distracting us while her husband and his cronies prepare to dismantle the Constitution and asset-strip the federal government."
I sense Xan Brooks is unlikely to visit the US any time soon.
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
I sense Xan Brooks is unlikely to visit the US any time soon.
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...
BBC News - Don Lemon: Ex-CNN host arrested after anti-ICE protests at Minnesota church - BBC News
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Don Lemon: Ex-CNN host arrested after anti-ICE protests at Minnesota church
Lemon says he was just doing his job as a journalist reporting on the protests at the church.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 30, 2026 at 5:47 PM
BBC News - Don Lemon: Ex-CNN host arrested after anti-ICE protests at Minnesota church - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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On cusp of widespread layoffs, 'Washington Post' staffers to Bezos: don't gut our newsroom
My story for NPR
www.npr.org/2026/01/30/n...
My story for NPR
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'Washington Post' journalists plea to Bezos: Don't gut our newsroom
Members of the newspaper's union say they have been warned the company could cut as many as 300 jobs, although no announcement has been made.
www.npr.org
January 30, 2026 at 5:17 PM
On cusp of widespread layoffs, 'Washington Post' staffers to Bezos: don't gut our newsroom
My story for NPR
www.npr.org/2026/01/30/n...
My story for NPR
www.npr.org/2026/01/30/n...
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Latinas for Trump cofounder "worried for the first time that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents might stop her son, a young adult, because he looks Hispanic"
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
‘Latinas for Trump’ Co-Founder Warns Immigration Will Cost G.O.P. the Midterms
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Latinas for Trump cofounder "worried for the first time that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents might stop her son, a young adult, because he looks Hispanic"
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/u...
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C4News tonight. Charles the environmentalist. Will Alastair Martin CVO, the Chief Executive Officer and Clerk of the Council for the Duchy of Lancaster be interviewed? substack.com/@channel4new...
Channel 4 News (@channel4news)
The landowner of most of this site is none other than King Charles via his Duchy of Lancaster private estate, writes Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson.
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January 26, 2026 at 6:20 PM
C4News tonight. Charles the environmentalist. Will Alastair Martin CVO, the Chief Executive Officer and Clerk of the Council for the Duchy of Lancaster be interviewed? substack.com/@channel4new...
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Johnson culled the Tory Party of all but its grimmest dregs & now the grimmest of the grimmest dregs are defecting to Reform. It would be funny if it didn't alllow them, along with Farage, to pretend that they're not responsible for the state of the nation.
January 26, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Johnson culled the Tory Party of all but its grimmest dregs & now the grimmest of the grimmest dregs are defecting to Reform. It would be funny if it didn't alllow them, along with Farage, to pretend that they're not responsible for the state of the nation.
It's tedious telly. Like Toksvig, she'll be as bored as a cactus in a rainstorm by the end of the first series, if not before. But it'll pay the leccy www.theguardian.com/food/2026/ja...
Nigella Lawson confirmed as new Great British Bake Off judge
The TV cook and food writer replaces Prue Leith, who has stepped down after nine seasons on the show
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:08 PM
It's tedious telly. Like Toksvig, she'll be as bored as a cactus in a rainstorm by the end of the first series, if not before. But it'll pay the leccy www.theguardian.com/food/2026/ja...
"Last week Jamie Dimon, the boss of the US bank JP Morgan, told the World Economic Forum in Davos that governments and businesses would have to step in to help workers whose roles were displaced by the technology, or risk civil unrest".
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
AI is hitting UK harder than other big economies, study finds
Britain is losing more jobs than it creates owing to artificial intelligence, Morgan Stanley research suggests
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January 26, 2026 at 1:46 PM
"Last week Jamie Dimon, the boss of the US bank JP Morgan, told the World Economic Forum in Davos that governments and businesses would have to step in to help workers whose roles were displaced by the technology, or risk civil unrest".
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Brilliant, and his insulting remarks about NATO troops receive a verse.
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"Donald's Sewage Stream" - Marsh Family adapt "Islands in the Stream" by Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers
YouTube video by Marsh Family
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January 26, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Brilliant, and his insulting remarks about NATO troops receive a verse.
youtube.com/watch?v=F4ne...
youtube.com/watch?v=F4ne...
Looking forward to the day when the news begins with something other than 'President Trump......' @omrgriffiths.bsky.social #r4today
January 26, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Looking forward to the day when the news begins with something other than 'President Trump......' @omrgriffiths.bsky.social #r4today
Trump's approval rating 📉. What odds are being given against him completing the term? Anyone!
January 23, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Trump's approval rating 📉. What odds are being given against him completing the term? Anyone!
From 6th Nov 2013: Former Director public prosecutions supports the introduction of *suspected* child sexual abuse. 13 years later, that's not what his Govt has tabled. Its proposal is the status quo in new clothes which is designed to mislead. See substack photos.app.goo.gl/FaFZPcWLcyfJ... /1
January 21, 2026 at 1:33 PM
From 6th Nov 2013: Former Director public prosecutions supports the introduction of *suspected* child sexual abuse. 13 years later, that's not what his Govt has tabled. Its proposal is the status quo in new clothes which is designed to mislead. See substack photos.app.goo.gl/FaFZPcWLcyfJ... /1
USA: MN. MR of child sexual abuse isn't working because the sanction for failing to report is too weak. In the UK, the Labour Government's proposal for alleged MR is a hologram that will contribute nothing to improving child safeguarding @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/minn...
Lawmaker Calls for Stronger Mandatory Reporting Rules Following Our Investigation Into Church Abuse Case
Mandatory reporters in Minnesota can be charged with a misdemeanor if they do not report child abuse to authorities. But violators of the statute are rarely convicted, and fines are often similar to t...
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January 19, 2026 at 11:05 AM
USA: MN. MR of child sexual abuse isn't working because the sanction for failing to report is too weak. In the UK, the Labour Government's proposal for alleged MR is a hologram that will contribute nothing to improving child safeguarding @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/minn...
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NEW: Another Conservative MP defects to Reform, just days after Robert Jenrick.
Andrew Rosindell becomes Reform’s seventh MP.
Put another way 43% of Reform’s serving MPs were Conservative MPs and were not elected as Reform.
Andrew Rosindell becomes Reform’s seventh MP.
Put another way 43% of Reform’s serving MPs were Conservative MPs and were not elected as Reform.
January 18, 2026 at 8:37 PM
NEW: Another Conservative MP defects to Reform, just days after Robert Jenrick.
Andrew Rosindell becomes Reform’s seventh MP.
Put another way 43% of Reform’s serving MPs were Conservative MPs and were not elected as Reform.
Andrew Rosindell becomes Reform’s seventh MP.
Put another way 43% of Reform’s serving MPs were Conservative MPs and were not elected as Reform.
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Tim Stanley is like a screaming, fainting fan, lost within a crowd of thousands at the back of some hellish teeny bop concert - desperate to be noticed by the very worst act in history.
January 18, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Tim Stanley is like a screaming, fainting fan, lost within a crowd of thousands at the back of some hellish teeny bop concert - desperate to be noticed by the very worst act in history.
The Govt's Mandatory Reporting chapter in the Crime and Policing Bill won't contribute to halving violence against girls (children) @chumleyprelude.bsky.social @politicsintheuk.bsky.social @iaindale.bsky.social @imincorrigible.bsky.social @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/tomperry...
'Duty to Report child sexual abuse'- a legislative hologram
The Government’s proposed model for mandatory reporting is without international precedent; it bears no resemblance to the frameworks used in the 82% of countries that have enacted such legislation. M...
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January 16, 2026 at 5:04 PM
The Govt's Mandatory Reporting chapter in the Crime and Policing Bill won't contribute to halving violence against girls (children) @chumleyprelude.bsky.social @politicsintheuk.bsky.social @iaindale.bsky.social @imincorrigible.bsky.social @ayeshahazarika.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/tomperry...
Ignore the rhetoric from @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social, the Government's proposal 'ain't going to make no never mind', and the Government's impact assessment for the Bill confirms it. substack.com/@tomperry940...
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The Government’s proposed model for mandatory reporting is without international precedent; it bears no resemblance to the frameworks used in the 82% of countries that have enacted such legislation.
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January 16, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Ignore the rhetoric from @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social, the Government's proposal 'ain't going to make no never mind', and the Government's impact assessment for the Bill confirms it. substack.com/@tomperry940...
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Even by Badenoch’s standards, responding to the opportunity offered by Jenricks’s departure by promoting the ‘mastermind’ behind Theresa May’s myriad disasters is an act of extraordinary idiocy.
January 16, 2026 at 8:42 AM
Even by Badenoch’s standards, responding to the opportunity offered by Jenricks’s departure by promoting the ‘mastermind’ behind Theresa May’s myriad disasters is an act of extraordinary idiocy.
Control of the media is crucial to controlling the narrative, mobilizing public support and in this case *discouraging resistance.*
Will the National Guard and ICE be on the streets in Minneapolis for the mid-terms? The Democratic vote would be suppressed. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
Will the National Guard and ICE be on the streets in Minneapolis for the mid-terms? The Democratic vote would be suppressed. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
CBS News report on ICE officer’s injuries drew ‘huge internal concern’
Anonymously sourced report that Jonathan Ross ‘suffered internal bleeding’ after killing Renee Good faced skepticism inside CBS newsroom
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Control of the media is crucial to controlling the narrative, mobilizing public support and in this case *discouraging resistance.*
Will the National Guard and ICE be on the streets in Minneapolis for the mid-terms? The Democratic vote would be suppressed. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
Will the National Guard and ICE be on the streets in Minneapolis for the mid-terms? The Democratic vote would be suppressed. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
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Sky's Rob Powell asks Nigel Farage that, given Robert Jenrick is the 7th person to have served in Boris Johnson's government to defect to Reform, how can his party be "a new, reforming force" when it is "bringing in so many people who caused the mess that you're trying to clean up"
January 15, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Sky's Rob Powell asks Nigel Farage that, given Robert Jenrick is the 7th person to have served in Boris Johnson's government to defect to Reform, how can his party be "a new, reforming force" when it is "bringing in so many people who caused the mess that you're trying to clean up"