'Hey, Donald Trump! I wanna know why you're such a cunt!'

Fucking hell Tom you’ve got a short memory. You lot cut £12 billion during your first five years in office. Then a 25% reduction in the number of Royal Navy warships, a 50% cut to mine-hunting ships, and delays in upgrading the UK's nuclear deterrent. Sit down!

Full article with sources, data, and the peer-reviewed evidence: open.substack.com/pub/thanos…

Advice needed ! I’ve been informed that the bund behind my home where the nesting Skylarks are is to be demolished on the 18th May!! I’ve emailed my local RSPB group. I’ve informed @SEGROplc they are there. This is illegal.

I wasn’t able to take part in #BBCQT from Clacton tonight, as we were told MPs are not allowed to appear on the show in their own constituencies. I’m sure I’ll be back on before too long!

On the panel this week, businessman and television personality Tom Skinner #bbcqt

Something new and uncomfortable is happening on parts of the British right. Religion is being rediscovered. Not as faith. As a political weapon. 1. Figures like Nigel Farage, Robert Jenrick and Tommy Robinson are increasingly framing politics in civilisational terms. Christianity vs. something else, Britain as a religious identity under threat. 2. But this isn’t a revival of faith. It’s a repurposing of it. Christianity is being used less as a belief system and more as a cultural marker. A way of drawing lines around identity. 3. That matters because it is, at its core, selective. The language of “Christian values” appears most often in opposition to immigration, to Islam, to social change. It is rarely accompanied by any serious engagement with the actual religion itself. 4. Genuine faith is inconvenient. It asks for consistency, humility, moral discipline. Political rhetoric is not. It is flexible, opportunistic and used when useful. 5. Which is why the current trend feels less like Reform have found God and more like hypocrisy. Religion is being used as shorthand for belonging, not as a guide to conduct. 6. There is also a clear political incentive. Framing issues in civilisational or religious terms raises the stakes instantly. It turns policy debates into existential struggles, where compromise looks like surrender. The irony is obvious. Many of the loudest voices invoking Christianity are not known for deep religious observance. The appeal isn’t theological. It’s tribal. 7. And that has consequences. Once politics is framed in these terms, it becomes harder to have serious discussions about policy such as migration, integration and housing because everything is recast as identity conflict. It also risks degrading religion itself. When faith becomes a political prop, it loses credibility as a moral force. Religion has always had a place in British public life. But there is a difference between faith shaping politics and politics exploiting faith. What we are seeing now looks much more like the latter.

Palantir has secured 24 distinct contracts with UK public institutions. However, when including contract extensions, amendments, and follow-on agreements, the total rises to over 34 across sectors like defense, healthcare, and local government. The overall value of these deals is estimated at £910 million (and full £1.5B partnership potential). Palantir’s 24th contract with UK public institutions was procured with Kier Starmer’s backing, this is the most recent contract, and it is with Coventry City Council. Palantir are embedding its spytech from the top down to local governance levels. This is how you build a panopticon of constant 24/7 surveillance as per Shabana Mahmood’s plans.