We can all pretend Trump and Vance are some sort of inspired geniuses. Or we can see two soft bullies haranguing a man who has been fighting a war to save his country for three years.
Elon Musk has had a lot to say about the grooming gangs scandal. We looked at 24 hours on Musk's X timeline and found a range of false and misleading information being amplified. Produced by Catherine Karelli, Shayan Sardarizadeh and Jake Horton. Graphics by Jacqueline Galvin.
14yrs of decreasing living standards
NHS - on its knees
Water - sewage
Trains - Unreliable
Energy - unaffordable
Defence - indefensible
Education - not fit for purpose
International reputation - Pariahs
Economy - tanked
Pensions - wothless
Michael Heseltine speaking at the Hay Festival:
“Racism is basically what underpins UKIP and Reform. I’m just over 90, I have lived through some of the most tumultuous events of our time, and anyone who is looking for the common theme: it’s racism.”
Clarification from Home Office that the £38,000 income threshold for UK citizens wishing to bring a spouse applies to "the income from the UK-based partner" NOT joint income. Concern this effectively means only those among the top 25% of earners can afford to marry a foreigner
UK government ministers keep using the term “illegal” or “illegally” when talking about asylum seekers/refugees crossing the English Channel. It’s *not* illegal to seek asylum and crossing the Channel is the only way they are able to apply for asylum in UK
Probably the same % of western waitresses who think the same when they serve a deep fried fish stuffed with grass , twigs and hedge trimmings in a Thai restaurant overseas.
A student in Nakhon Sawan got hair cut in public by a teacher. The school tells students to delete social media posts about the incident and threatens them with arrest and lawsuit. (Hello?)
//Teacher should quit and get a new job as a hairdresser. Leave the kids’ hair alone!