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Today's GB News radio advertisers include *Marks & Spencer *Ideal Home Show *Cheers Britannia *Boxt *All Clear Travel Insurance *Kelly Tonight *Cashmere Circle *Agincare Take action: actionstorm.org/petitions/ma...

The speed of destroying people’s lives in USA is remarkable

I think people are missing the reality of the growing US-Russian alliance under Putin and Trump. Its not going to force a ceasefire on Ukraine, it will be to help Russia try to win the war. The US is now an active enemy of freedom.

Blimey. That actually got me.

Listening to James O’Brien talk to Laurence Rees (writer of The Nazi Mind: 12 Warnings From History) is terrifying. The parallels between now and then are stark. Dehumanisation of targeted groups, using conspiracy theories to propel propaganda. Playing on innate fears. It’s happening again.

“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

King Charles took one of his two helicopter's on his visit to one of the two food banks that he opened. These two helicopters cost 20x as much as the Food Banks. And you pay for it all. #NotMyKing

Donald Tusk: "I am aware this is a dream: that instead of a #Brexit, we will have a #Breturn. Perhaps I am labouring under an illusion. But I'd rather be an optimist and harbour these dreams in my heart. Sometimes they come true in politics." ~AA

Can teachers start teaching drug sentencing in school, please. I’ve been on my feet in the crown court for 10 years now and I am still meeting a tidal wave of young people caught selling coke not realising the starting point is *four and a half years* for a first timer, not a community bloody order.

Ed Davey, Liberal Democrat leader: “People have had enough of Elon Musk interfering with our country’s democracy when he clearly knows nothing about Britain. It’s time to summon the US ambassador to ask why an incoming US official is suggesting the UK government should be overthrown....."

Latest from me: Happy New Year, sigh www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

👇 Agree with Dylan (follow him for great polling analysis). Labour need a new approach to their media management of the BBC. In all the time I’ve covered politics, the only language that has caused BBC to change the tenor of its politics coverage has been aggressive “your bias is showing” stuff.

🚨 SCOOP: Last government spent almost £1m on lawyers to fight transparency Tories accused of "great waste of public money" - including £50k fighting release of a report into a vulnerable man who starved to death New by @lucasamin.bsky.social and me: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-t...