
2025-07-09 12:53:13
#UkPol
"Starmer says UK ‘can’t just tax our way to growth’ as he brushes off call for wealth tax – UK politics live"
https://www.theguard…
#UkPol
"Starmer says UK ‘can’t just tax our way to growth’ as he brushes off call for wealth tax – UK politics live"
https://www.theguard…
🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#TheEarlyMusicShow
- English Satire and Opera in the 18th Century
Hannah French is joined by conductor and musicologist John Andrews to explore English opera from Purcell to the arrival of Handel. Politics and music go very much hand in hand.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001w8tp
Shot in the neck.
Charlie Kirk shot at Utah Valley University event: Live updates | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/uvu-shooting-charlie-kirk-utah-shot-updates-b2824172.html
Bannon: Trump must appoint special prosecutor to investigate Epstein files (Rob Crilly/Telegraph)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2025/07/09/bannon-trump-appoint-special-epstein-prosecutor/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250710/p165#a250710p165
It strikes me that a podcast about #Labour politics should be renamed "Politics Weakly".
Politics Weekly UK: One year of Labour - Politics Weekly live at Crossed Wires festival
Episode webpage: https://www.
If only people could have realized the truth of this before catapulting us all into the morass...
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-popular-gallup-poll-b2802463.html
Corrected headline.
"The xenophobe Nigel Garage realises his Trumpian promise is empty but then promises concentration camps."
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/
Trump praises Noem’s disaster response – because he saw her on TV | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-kristi-noem-fema-texas-flooding-b2787376.html
Congratulations, UK, you’ve won the Orwell award.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jul/02/uk-mps-vote-to-proscribe-palestine-action-as-terrorist-group
UK Gov to review taxes on gambling.
I know what to do - charge a completely random amount between 0 and 100% on winnings. Ask yourself, are you feeling lucky??
#ukpolitics #gambling
FBI sending 120 agents into DC streets as Trump targets carjacking and crime in capital | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/fbi-agents-washington-dc-trump-b2805197.html
📰 Newspaper boycott made people in UK city more left wing, study shows
#politics
"Nigel Farage’s pitch for Welsh elections: bring back coalmining"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Wales #FossilFuels
Jeff Bezos’ Amazon is purging workers who had status revoked under Trump: report | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/jeff-bezos-amazon-migrant-workers-b2787608.html
Trump got into a shouting match with Netanyahu after Israeli PM denied pictures of starving Gazans were real: report | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-netanyahu-shouting-match-gaza-starvation-b2805154.html
Sources: in a meeting with UK Technology Secretary Peter Kyle, Sam Altman proposed giving ChatGPT Plus to everyone in the UK, a deal that would have cost £2B (The Guardian)
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/aug/23/uk-minister-pet…
Sitting in the shade enjoying the first day of my holiday and I'm already half way through Rory Stewart's "Politics on the Edge". It's a beautifully written if slightly concerning run through his political career and how the system fails us. #ukpolitics #books
MTG enjoyed 142% windfall on company’s ICE contract but Trump goes after ‘disgusting degenerate’ Nancy Pelosi over stocks | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-marjorie-taylor-greene-pelosi-stocks-b2805073.html
Nearly half of British voters want another EU referendum in the next five years,
And less than a third would back Brexit in a new vote.
Research by More in Common for the Sunday Times reveals public attitudes towards Europe have shifted over the past decade.
The poll of more than 2,000 people found 29% would vote to leave the EU if the Brexit vote was repeated, compared to 52% in the referendum in June 2016.
He can’t even organise a party of two people 🤣🤣🤣
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/
"‘We’re here to replace you,’ new Green leader Polanski tells Labour as he terms Starmer’s politics ‘despicable’ – UK politics live"
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2025/sep/02/cooper-reeves-starmer-gree…
Dan Bongino wants to move FBI training program from iconic Quantico HQ to Alabama: report | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/fbi-quantico-huntsville-alabama-training-b2768335.html
Would you buy a used car from this man?
George Osborne says UK has been left behind in cryptocurrency boom | Cryptocurrencies | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/aug/04/george-osborne-uk-cryptocurrency-boom-left-beh…
Politics Joe puts its video podcasts behind a Patreon paywall, citing YouTube's revenue model limitations, and has 400 subscribers five days after launch (Matt Smith/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/paywalls/politics-joe-puts-video-…
Alan Dershowitz once again denied pierogi as Martha's Vineyard residents chant 'time to go' (Justin Baragona/The Independent)
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/alan-dershowitz-marthas-vineyard-pierogi-b2803763.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250808/p1#a250808p1
Pope Leo plans to give a virtual address in his hometown of Chicago – at the same time as Trump’s military parade | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/pope-leo-address-chicago-trump-parade-b2768103.html
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/jun/15/uk-woefully-ill-protected-against-chinese-and-russian-undersea-cable-sabotage
UK ‘woefully’ ill-protected against Chinese and Russian undersea cable sabo…
Jesse Watters, who said Comey’s ‘86’ post was a ‘hit’ on Trump, celebrates that ABC ‘86’d Terry Moran’ | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/jesse-watters-terry-moran-comey-86-b2768369.html
Trump is a racist through and through. All about #race
Trump’s Peace Prize envy is just the latest round in his obsession with one-upping Obama | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-obama-nobel-peace-prize-b2805158.html
Just caught up with Zack Polanski's "landslide" win. That's the most hopeful I've felt about UK politics in a while!
A while back, I watched a video of him being interviewed, and he seems like a no-nonsense kind of person.
"Zack Polanski has been elected leader of the Green Party of England and Wales by a landslide, signalling a clear shift to the left for the party.
"The London Assembly member beat Green MPs Adrian Ramsay and Ellie Chowns, who were standing on a joint ticket, by 20,411 votes to 3,705."
#GreenParty #ZackPolanski
Individual sailors and soldiers who destroyed boat Tuesday may have committed war crimes.
"'…zero evidence of self-defense…Looks like a massacre of civilians at sea,' according to Adam Isacson, director for defense oversight at…Washington Office on Latin America. 'Even if…drugs aboard…not a capital offense.'"
Lethal force against civilians in international waters 'is a war crime if not in self-defense,” according to Isacson."
Book review: Everything To Play For
#Gaming
Steve Bannon confronted over Jeffrey #Epstein at #MAGA event: **‘Trump has become the deep state!’** | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/steven-bannon-epstein-trump-deep-state-b2787623.html
> "At one point during the press conference, Mr Finch acknowledged the risks attached to talking about a live legal case, saying: “I was told if I released this, I’d be in contempt of court.”
Contempt of court is being cynically used for self-promotion by right-wing activists.
Take action against them, and they become martyrs against "cover-ups". If a case collapses as a result of their actions, it's just proof of a corrupt system protecting criminals.
Report Says UK is Lagging Behind in the Transition to Sustainable Diets, Outlines Four Solutions https://vegconomist.com/politics-law/report-uk-lagging-behind-sustainable-diets-solutions/
Reform UK councillor in Burnley accused of ‘whipping up misinformation’
https://northwestbylines.co.uk/politic
"Starmer says UK will recognise Palestinian statehood in September unless Israel agrees ceasefire and two-state solution”
Erm, surely, if a two state solution was implemented, then we would recognise the state of Palestine so none of this makes any sense??
#ukpolitics
Zuckerberg’s political shift didn’t shock Meta staff*: ‘The whole time this was all one inch underneath’
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/mark-zuckerberg-meta-nickname-trump-b2774168.html
Some journalists detail how they are covering the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, including using trusted contacts, OSINT, and filming from airdrop flights (Marina Adami/Reuters Institute)
https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.a
🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#SundayFeature
- Nu Yorica
Exploring the history art and politics of the Latin music scene of New York's Spanish Harlem, and the era that created salsa.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001n267
The new Online Safety Act – safety or authoritarianism?
https://northwestbylines.co.uk/politics/opinion/the-new-online-safety-act-safet…
In Donald Trump’s White House, the easiest way to avoid being surprised is to remember that anything can happen.
Air Force leaders learned that lesson earlier this year when they arrived for a 💥top-secret briefing 💥with Trump in the Oval Office,
which according to NBC News was scheduled for them to discuss plans for America’s sixth-generation fighter aircraft, dubbed the F-47 in a nod to Trump’s status as the 47th President of the United States.
As the generals were going o…
Donald Trump's bruised hands mocked by California governor in Instagram video bringing together some of the president's most embarrassing moments (Joe Sommerlad/The Independent)
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/gavin-newsom-trump-health-trolling-b2817861.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250901/p49#a250901p49
Angela Rayner's real offence was being a working class woman in power - Manchester Evening News
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/angela-rayners-real-offence-being-32422596
Trump rages: Iran and Israel
‘don’t know what the f**k they’re doing’
after ceasefire halting 12-day war appears to immediately break down, with each side accusing the other of violating its terms
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/worl…
Trump is kicking some of his fundraising money to Vance — has he picked a successor? | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-vance-2028-fundraising-pac-b2822651.html
Tulsi Gabbard demanding access to intel agency emails to find spies working to undermine the Trump agenda: report | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/tulsi-gabbard-dni-emails-trump-b2785051.html
This is welcome from #Burnham.
(Warning 15 cookies)
'Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham hit out, saying the decision would help “overheat” the economy. He warned: “It’s a model for an ever-overheating UK economy rather than a more balanced, levelled-up economy, which is what we would argue for. Manchester Airport has two runways and it doesn’t operate at full capacity.”'
For fucks sake - there are actual, important, and urgent things that need money spending on them. Today. 🤦♀️
#ukpolitics
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025…
Ghislaine Maxwell quietly moved from Florida to Texas prison as lawyers seek Trump pardon: reports (Katie Hawkinson/The Independent)
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ghislaine-maxwell-prison-trump-pardon-epstein-b2800443.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250801/p65#a250801p65
A detainee at the Florida immigration detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz
has been on hunger strike for at least nine days,
the latest in a string of detainees to allege being mistreated at the prison in the Everglades.
“Since my life no longer belongs to me, it’s up to them to decide whether I live or die,”
detainee Pedro Lorenzo Concepción, 44, told El País from inside the facility.
On July 22, he went on hunger strike and has collapsed multiple times …
Trump says US will resume weapon shipments to Ukraine days after pause | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-ukraine-weapons-russia-war-b2784407.html
Democrats push bill that would ban face masks for ICE agents and force them to ID themselves | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/democrats-immigration-law-enforcement-identification-b2784771.html
Sen. Josh Hawley wants to exclude 'Biden voters' from $600 Trump tariff rebate checks (Oliver O'Connell/The Independent)
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-tariff-rebate-checks-hawley-b2798922.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250730/p147#a250730p147
Trump tariffs: American shoppers hit with 60% of costs as import taxes reach highest level since Great Depression | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-tariffs-news-russia-china-india-trade-live-updates-b2803712.html
No bloody thank you, Peter Kyle. Strangely enough I can think for myself. Silly little boy
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/aug/23/uk-minister-peter-kyle-chatgpt-plus-openai-sam-altman
Trump orders federal law enforcement to patrol DC after Stephen Miller claims crime in capital ‘more violent than Baghdad’ | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-federal-law-enforcement-dc-crime-b2804113.html
Trump’s border czar defends the increasing number of arrests of non-violent migrants: ‘We’re gonna enforce law’ | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/tom-homan-arrests-non-violent-migrants-b2784314.html
Vance goes after NYC mayoral hopeful Mamdani: 'He should show more gratitude to the United States' (Madeline Sherratt/The Independent)
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/jd-vance-new-york-zohran-mamdani-b2816370.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250830/p24#a250830p24
Trump says Epstein 'stole' underage victim Virginia Giuffre from his Mar-a-Lago spa leading to feud (Andrew Feinberg/The Independent)
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-epstein-virginia-giuffre-mar-a-lago-b2798336.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250729/p86#a250729p86
ICE launches Trump’s latest immigration crackdown in Boston, says report | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ice-trump-immigration-boston-b2821607.html
Trump threatens Chicago with ‘Department of War’ and suggests ICE raids imminent | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/chicago-ice-raids-mexican-independence-day-b2821485.html
👍 Gavin Newsom’s online trolling targets Stephen Miller with a photo of Lord Voldemort | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/gavin-newsom-stephen-miller-trolling-voldemort-b2821586.html
Nigel Farage: This is a massive crisis. We need mass deportations (Steven Swinford/The Times)
https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/nigel-farage-interview-reform-uk-v3lcnkbm9
http://www.memeorandum.com/250823/p23#a250823p23
Alan Dershowitz once again denied pierogi as Martha’s Vineyard residents chant ‘time to go’ | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/alan-dershowitz-marthas-vineyard-pierogi-b2803763.html
Vice President JD Vance doesn’t ‘give a s***’ if you think Venezuela boat strike was a war crime, he writes on X | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/jd-vance-war-criminal-venezuela-boat-strike-b2821599.html
EXCLUSIVE: Trump and 'Special Attorney for Mortgage Fraud' Ed Martin are speaking as often as four times per week as the GOP activist prepares to seek indictments against prominent Democrats (Andrew Feinberg/The Independent)
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-doj-mortgage-fraud-martin-b2816228.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/250829/p38#a250829p38
Greg Abbott just gave Democrats eyeing 2028 the ‘knife fight’ they needed | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/abbott-texas-redistricting-newsom-pritzker-b2802534.html
Texas families offered just $3,000 by the government in exchange for building Trump’s wall on their land | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-border-wall-texas-b2802411.html
Food truck companies face backlash for catering ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/food-trucks-alligator-alcatraz-b2782975.html
Gamblers will have to pay taxes on their losses thanks to provision in Trump spending bill | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-bill-tax-gambling-losses-b2783057.html
Washington Post veteran says he left after 18 years over Bezos ‘unapologetically patriotic’ content mandate | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/washington-post-bezos-jonathan-capehart-b2801843.html
DOGE embarrasses Trump again with accidental bird flu expert firings | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/doge-trump-bird-flu-firings-b2701127.html
Epstein victim who voted for Trump blasts president for calling survivors liars: ‘I put my hope in him’ | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/epstein-victim-jena-lisa-jones-trump-b2820077.html
Blow for Trump’s ICE raids as court upholds ban on snatching people based on appearance or job | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-ice-raids-appeals-court-b2800881.html
Trump confessed ear injury was ‘not too bad’ at RNC despite wearing oversized bandage, Congressman says | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-gunshot-wound-ear-bandage-b2801239.html
Of course not!
White House denies Stephen Miller’s alleged ‘arrest targets’ for ICE agents exist | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/stephen-miller-immigration-arrest-target-b2801288.html
The numbers are in: National Guard deployed to DC to fight crime has picked up 500 bags of trash along 3.2 miles | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/national-guard-dc-trash-pick-up-trump-b2818830.html
Leaked memo from Hegseth’s brother calls for US army to help with deportations nationwide ‘for years to come’: report | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/memo-leak-pete-hegseth-military-deportations-b2800978.html
Military leaders aghast as Meta founder Zuckerberg crashes classified Oval Office meeting on fighter jets: report | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-oval-office-mark-zuckerberg-security-b2781215.html
"The Department of Justice has released more than 30,000 files relating to the Epstein investigation but Democrats say most of the information is already public."
Tens of thousands of Epstein files released by the House Oversight Committee | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/epstein-documents-files-trump-b2818881.html
“One of the biggest points that was being made to her aggressively by officers was, 'Did you think that you were going to get away with recording our activities and there wouldn't be a consequence?'”
**TikTok influencer who livestreamed her own arrest to thousands was targeted for documenting ICE agents, lawyer says**| The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/tatiana-martinez-tiktok-ice-arrest-b2818756.html
Rudy Giuliani seriously injured in car accident after stopping to help domestic violence victim, his spokesperson says | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/rudy-giuliani-car-wreck-injuries-b2817430.html
Ex-Biden official yanked from West Point blames ‘casually manufactured outrage’ after Laura Loomer targeted her | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/west-point-jen-easterly-laura-loomer-b2799800.html
Trump’s deal that got migrants shipped to notorious El Salvador prison is only making MS-13 gang stronger: report | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-el-salvador-cecot-ms13-b2779881.html
So far only one company has been charged for using migrant workers despite Trump’s pledges for tough punishments | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-worksite-raids-ice-charges-b2779885.html
Trump bill live updates: Musk warns ‘Porky Pig Party’ of debt slavery as Senate ‘vote-a-rama’ heads to late night | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-big-beautiful-bill-latest-news-b2779367.html
‘If it’s the last thing I do’: Elon Musk vows to fund campaigns against every Republican who votes for Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful’ bill | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/elon-musk-trump-bill-senate-vote-b2779905.html
Bernie Sanders breaks with Democrats and endorses popular oyster farmer running against Susan Collins | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/bernie-sanders-graham-platner-oysters-senate-b2817190.html
Trump administration cut funding to shooting prevention programs in Minnesota weeks before school shooting | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-administration-cut-shooting-prevention-minnesota-b2817112.html
At least 11 people have died in ICE detention under Trump, as administration on pace for deadliest year in decades | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-administration-ice-detention-death-b2779192.html
Iowa Republican Joni Ernst won’t seek re-election and gives Democrats a 2026 Senate boost | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/joni-ernst-iowa-senate-reelection-b2816710.html
Marco Rubio hands control of USAID to Project 2025 co-author Russell Vought over ‘pocket recessions’ battle | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/rubio-usaid-end-pocket-recissions-project-2025-author-b2816791.html
Trump says Epstein ‘stole’ underage victim Virginia Giuffre from his Mar-a-Lago spa leading to feud | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-epstein-virginia-giuffre-mar-a-lago-b2798336.html
Some, like my senator, just don't care.
Senate Democrats brawl over Trump: ‘A lot of us...want to f***ing fight’ | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/booker-cortez-masto-senate-democrats-trump-b2798479.html
DOGE loses access to $500b government grants website, in latest blow to cost-cutting effort after Elon Musk exit | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/doge-elon-musk-grant-website-b2778877.html
Veteran LA political adviser detained at US airport – and thinks having Obama-Biden T-shirt in his luggage may have been why | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/rick-taylor-detained-miami-airport-b2778843.html
Troops will get stuck with more litter patrol. What a way to demean the troops by sticking them with garbage detail...
Chicago appears resigned to fate and is prepping for federal troop arrival - and it could happen next week | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/chicago-federal-troops-immigration-raid-trump-b2816535.html