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The toxic and extreme right-wing Restore Britain led by Rupert Lowe win 9% of the vote in Greater Manchester & see it as validation of his stand to "deport millions, without apology." A far-right in Britain more electorally challenging than the 1930s or 1970s.

The media attempt to reflate the political fortunes of Kemi Badenoch's leadership of the Conservatives continues to pay dividends. A FIFTH place for the Tories in Greater Manchester behind Rupert Lowe's extreme right-wing Restore Britain.

Labour win the Greater Manchester Mayor on second preferences. Labour 309,525 (66.3%) Reform 157,178 (33.7%) Labour vote above expectations; Reform again polling below hopes & unable to build on their May local election peak. Have we passed peak Farage for now?

Dundee United 1 Rangers 1 as the Scottish Premiership & senior league football begins. An exciting, fast-flowing match with an impressive United who really competed, created chances & could have won it late. Thought Rangers under Derek McInnes were disjointed from back to front.

This is a fascinating political question. Asking voters to assess which political party is making the political weather and agenda. Showing the big swing away from Reform to Andy Burnham's Labour.

Scottish Labour has had to have the nous to have a leadership election, debate & contest to elect its eleventh leader. None of the current candidates; Michael Marra, Monica Lennon & Joe Fagan are well known to the public. And they need the fullest debate. Not another coronation.

According to the British hard right everything that is wrong in present-day Britain is either the fault of: Clement Attlee, the 1970s or Tony Blair. Ignoring the 50 years of post-war Tory Govts including on housing Thatcher selling off 2 million council homes.

Labour 5% ahead of Reform in latest poll: largest Labour lead with any pollster since Jan 2025; Lab 18 seats short of an overall majority; Reform reduced to third place in seats; SNP win majority of Scottish seats. LAB 28% (+5) REF 23% (-4) CON 20% (=) LD 10% (-1) GR 10% (-3) SNP 3% (=)

Seulla Braverman reminded by Community Notes of the disastrous record in office of one Suella Braverman.

The Daily Telegraph's Allister Heath: "We've lost the war against global warming" so we should all in the UK just get real and "embrace a Mediterranean lifestyle." Note: Allister Heath is a real figure and not a spoof invention to show the ludicrous nature of the UK right.

How can #BBC #Newsnight have a discussion about Diane Abbott having the Labour whip restored without once mentioning that she has been for years the most abused politician in the UK? Not as he often states Nigel Farage - which is rarely challenged.

As the UK faces fiscal challenges there are still so many sacred cows the political class consider beyond question. One is the UK so-called nuclear deterrent which is totally dependent on the USA. Why to take one idea could the UK not consider joint nuclear weapons with the French?

At last a pan-European cause everyone can get behind. Standing up to Infantino's grotesque idea of selling off the World Cup aided by the Trumpian mobsters. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

UEFA Considering Boycott of FIFA Tournaments in Brewing FeudUEFA is considering a boycott of FIFA events, according to a person familiar with the matter, in a seismic rift between the most powerful governing bodies of football.www.bloomberg.com

Douglas Murray failing at the first hurdle on "imposter syndrome" in public life proudly showing ZERO empathy. DIsmisses it as centred on "the medicalisation and pathologising of what we used to call 'life'." spectator.com/article/i-wi...

I wish more people had imposter syndromeI have spent part of the past week thinking about imposter syndrome, and how we might be able to give it to more people. In an interview this week, Andy Burnham’s best friend Steve Rotheram, who happe...spectator.com

Count Binface has been captured by the failed British political establishment.

According to the Daily Telegraph and David Goodhart it is all when it comes down to it about ethno-nationalism and race. A far cry from Britishness is all about values.

The Washington Post shows its sure-footedness in reporting Scotland, public finances & taxation. Claims that Scotland has lost up to £30 billion due to tax changes. The entire Scottish devolved budget is £68 billion. They are only 93% OUT on the amount potentially lost.

Pre-Burnham winning Makerfield the political consensus was Reform were a shoe-in to win the Manchester mayoral race. Now Reform are certain to finish a distant second. Looking like another by-election where the 'Reform bandwagon' stalls after Makerfield, Gorton & Denton and Caerphilly.

The world the Daily Telegraph inhabits has little relationship to reality & the present-day UK. Today's Daily Telegraph: "Britain's most persecuted minority? Millionaires" by Luke Johnson.

The argument for compulsory voting is threadbare. Why should people be compelled to vote if they don't want? This demeans the value of voting and democracy itself. And is totally impractical as it would need an administrative system fining folk who did not obey compulsory voting.