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The Trump administration is exploring a new concession to Russia: lifting sanctions on the Russian Direct Investment Fund, which is controlled by Kirill Dmitriev and is involved in implementing the diesel deal.

Did you know? Rishi Sunak is earning £𝟔,𝟐𝟔𝟓 𝐚𝐧 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒓 advising 𝐺𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑆𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑠 and £7,729 𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒓 consulting to 𝑀𝑖𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑜𝑓𝑡... while sitting as a backbench MP! The median UK salary is £41k/year. Sunak earns that in just over five hours consulting for 𝑀𝑖𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑜𝑓𝑡! What service is he providing, exactly?

The US State Department has confirmed it will issue visas to Flávio Bolsonaro and his family and allow them entry into the country.

Giving sanctuary to fugitives is what pariah nations do. www.kob.com/ap-top-news/...

OUR 44th president. Let's finish what he started and guarantee healthcare for every American. 🇺🇸

Might start a petition to get him a full refund from Yale.

But of course…..Trump is pulling out the stops to help Putin. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/27/u...

A reminder that the United States is entirely closed to asylum seekers. Unless they are Afrikaner farmers. Or wanted fugitives from Brazil named Bolsonaro.

Note to my colleagues in the media: Please ignore the quotidian horror of those who are struck by, maimed and killed by car drivers, but instead please bang on about cyclists on Oxford Street. That seems a way better story. Oh, and look what happens to children in America on Halloween.

Breaking news: The US and Russia are discussing a potential return by American companies to the Russian oil market as part of wider talks to end Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine ft.trib.al/SjApBew

All aboard! On Friday 6 November, I'll be taking one of my regular advice surgeries on the road - visiting five communities across Swansea in one day. 📍 Sketty 📍 Townhill 📍 Penderry 📍 Mynyddbach 📍 Morriston 📩 To book an appointment, email: torsten.bell.mp@parliament.uk.

⚽🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Fe wnaeth Cymru ennill pedair o’u pum gêm, gan gynnwys buddugoliaeth yn erbyn Portiwgal Bydd y crysau cochion yn wynebu Sbaen yn y rownd nesaf fore Mercher

Rob's story doesn't add up, what's he spending that money on... 750 quid a month on his car for a 16 mile journey to work? Fuck off! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It’s a crazy that so many people who don’t really have the money to spend will have a car on finance where they pay over £500 a month before getting to fuel, service, tax & insurance. It’s a lifestyle choice and you really shouldn’t have a car you can’t afford

Of all the bbc presenters, Webb’s politics are the easiest to read - because he puts them in newspapers and doesn’t even try to hide them in broadcasts His politics are also mind numbingly predictable

Another story impossible to imagine in any other administration: the president's son goes hunting with a Russian criminal who is part of Putin's security entourage

This is just the maddest argument. These people would trap us in poverty to keep a decade old commitment, which no one ever actually made, to an electorate which no longer exists.

Oh boy, are the Right excited by this graph recently published by The Economist! And of course none of them has bothered to read the article itself (TBF, it is behind a paywall!). So as always, let's add a little context and explain why these kinds of comparisons are so problematic 🧵1/25

Since his ennoblement in Boris Johnson’s 2023 resignation list, Tees Valley regional mayor Lord (Ben) Houchen has claimed more than £25,000 in tax-free daily “attendance” allowances from the House of Lords for 73 days when he hasn’t voted, spoken or performed any recorded parliamentary activity.

This is utterly damning, and yet still about as generous as possible

johndpoconnell covid At this point I remain baffled why the Tories that were in charge of the UK's Covid Response are not in jail for fraud, corruption, misconduct in a public office, and excess deaths due to their incompetence.

This is the biggest corruption scandal in American history. The Trump crime family is trying to sell the future natural gas rights of Alaska to the Russians in exchange for $25 billion in cash for themselves today.

This went on for the rest of the full hour, at which point the BBC apologised for having to go to the weather and urged viewers to follow continuing live coverage on iPlayer. Forty-one minutes of unfiltered, unchallenged propaganda by a far right party with 8 MPs, now third in the polls. Discuss.

Wrote yesterday about the weirdo suing me in Wyoming for $795m. Lots of you offered to help crowdfund my defence. That's very kind, but the lawsuit isn't very serious, it won't cost very much, and I can afford it. Not everyone is in that position...

The allegations against Donald Trump for sexual assault seem to have a common denominator: He is physically violent and intentionally inflicts pain on his victims. He likes to slam women and girls up against doors and walls as he roughly manhandles them. Donald Trump is a sick and twisted person.

One reason. Sadly, there are others... Four years ago - Ex-GB News editorial director John McAndrew joins BBC share.google/CN7eiz9W5m1k...

Though the Trump administration is full of bombast, the US has lost this war with Iran. You want to see why? The region is moving on without the USA. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/w...

Catholic bishops apologise for 'exploited' Trump meeting

The photo manages to capture about 75% of Sunak's back garden.

Trump says if Republicans lose the election it is voters’ fault

Another top de-bunking from the wonderful Emma . She does all the hard work for us. The least we can do is bookmark the thread & return to it time & again as a case study.

🧵 Wow - this article is bordering on unhinged! Apparently the BBC is akin to a “North Korean re-education camp” for teaching children about net-zero and covering both the pros AND cons of immigration Join me for a masterclass in cherry-picking and context stripping to brainwash your own readers👍🏻

Brilliant win for progressive politics in Brazil. Anyone who says the slide to the right, in world affairs is inevitable - check this..:) www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...

Now this is interesting from the excellent @danneidle.bsky.social :

This is such a brutal review: "Of all the books I have ever reviewed that purported to offer a serious thesis, this is without question the most deranged. If you are seeking a Christmas present for someone you really don’t like, give them a copy." www.telegraph.co.uk/books/non-fi...

Here’s some numbers - we have 10% spare capacity on the grid right this winter, by 2030 data centres are estimated to be taking 10% of Britain’s power. That’s our margin - gone, unless we build more, or they do. We’re busy enough getting to 100% green on the grid I reckon.

The headline is misleading, I never even mentioned Andy Burnham… What I did say is repeated faithfully in the article, for those that get that far. Past the Ad wall. I said ignore the hype about blackouts this winter, we have more than enough spare capacity.

The presenter of #r4today opines.

He destroyed his country, maybe they want him to destroy the UN as well?

OBAMA: "Trump is focused on enriching himself & his family/friends. A Venezuelan billionaire wanted a pardon, so he paid a Trump lawyers $50 million — and lo & behold! The pardon falls out of the sky... We’ve never seen a president straight-up grifting on your dime like this."

The long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, has conceded defeat in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting his government.

In his acceptance speech, Lula says he will work to regulate digital platforms in Brazil. “Digital crimes must be dealt with like real-life crimes.” This comes after Meta directly interfered with the Brazilian elections, favouring Flávio Bolsonaro.

In one day, two politicians - Bolsonaro in Brazil and Vucic in Serbia - with ties to Trump have lost surprise elections thanks to high turnout. The rise of the international far-right is not inevitable.