Author: Miles Donavan

‘No wonder you were so unpopular back at school. You sound really annoying.’ The Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch bragged about how she stood up in class during an exam and told on a student who she said was cheating. The incident led to her classmate getting expelled from school.  In an interview with the BBC’s Amol Rajan, Badenoch said that at age 14 or 15, she told on a boy who she says she saw cheating in an exam due to her hatred of rule breakers. Badenoch described herself as the “tattle-tale” in the class, and said she wasn’t…

The Reform councillor has been charged with assault and criminal damage and will appear in court tomorrow Reform councillor Mandy Clare, who was accused of assault and criminal damage following her arrest at a Pride event, has launched an online crowdfunder for her legal defence. Councillor Clare, who represents Winsford Dene for Reform UK on Cheshire West and Chester Council, was arrested at the town’s Pride event on 28 June and subsequently charged with common assault and criminal damage. Clare worked for the Reform MP for Runcorn and Helsby, Sarah Pochin, but was suspended from her role after she was…

Tech needn’t be a gift to demagogues or an enabler of chaos. In fact, it could be the key to raising living standards and improving public services. Sasjkia Otto is a Senior Researcher for the Fabian Society. The recent implementation of elements of the pioneering Online Safety Act should have been a moment for celebration. Under duties that came into force at the end of July, tech companies must protect children from “toxic algorithms” and have to explain how they will do so. These new rules build on earlier provisions introduced in March, which require companies to remove illegal content.…

‘I can tell you one that does Lee Anderson MP – it’s your mate Richard Tice’ Lee Anderson MP has hit out against MPs who invest in solar farms, even though his own party’s deputy leader, Richard Tice, has done exactly that.  In a post on X, Anderson said: “Makes you wonder which MPs have a financial interest in these solar farms. Putting profit before their own country.” The Reform MP for Ashfield wrote this in response to a Telegraph article in which Reform UK accused solar farm developers of “desecrating” the British countryside and pledged to cut their subsidies…

The likes of Farage and Reform criticising the work of the RNLI has backfired, leading to a surge in donations for the charity. A fundraiser to buy a new Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeboat named after Nigel Farage has nearly hit its £300,000 target, much to the annoyance of the right! The RNLI’s mission is to save lives at sea, and they respond to distress calls from anyone in need, including migrants crossing the Channel in small boats. That has led to criticism from the likes of Farage who have previously clashed with the charity, calling it a ‘taxi…

‘Unfortunately, there are people in power, like Mr Matthews, who use their position to undermine progress’ Reform’s new police commissioner, Rupert Matthews, has come under fire for criticising a police plan to tackle racism. Matthews, who defected from the Tories to Reform this week, called the plan an “abomination” at a Reform press conference. The Leicestershire police and crime commissioner said on Monday that the police race action plan was “a disgrace” and an “abomination”. He also claimed it meant “people should be treated differently depending on which ethnic group they came from”. “That is a disgrace and the very…

‘What a difference it could make to know that they can add their voice to the calls for change on election day’ This summer, the government set out concrete plans to lower the voting age for Westminster elections to 16. This was a manifesto commitment, and will bring Westminster elections in line with elections to the Scottish and Welsh parliaments. Supporters of votes for 16-year-olds claim that the move will engage young people with the democratic process, and give voice to a generation with worryingly low trust in politics. Opponents counter that 16 year old voters lack the maturity to…

Tough times ahead for Musk… It’s not going well for tech billionaire and Trump supporter Elon Musk who is facing tough times ahead after it was revealed that sales of Teslas in the UK have more than halved, year-on-year. According to latest industry data, just 987 new Teslas were registered in the UK in July, almost 60% less than the 2,462 registered in July 2024. This means Tesla’s UK market share shrank to 0.7% in July, from 1.67% a year ago. For 2025 to date, Tesla sales in the UK are 7% lower, with Musk’s support for Trump proving to…

‘X acted like petrol on the fire of racist violence in the aftermath of the Southport tragedy’ Elon Musk’s X played a key role in spreading harmful content that fuelled last summer’s far-right riots, a new report has found. The riots started in Southport, after three young girls were tragically killed at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class, and misinformation spread on social media. Riots subsequently took place in other cities across the UK including London, Manchester, Liverpool and Blackpool.  A damning analysis by Amnesty International found that X’s algorithm boosts hateful and harmful content, allowing it to spread at speed. …

‘We are a gaslit nation.’ Around half of the British public are getting an essential fact about UK immigration wrong, amid attempts by the right-wing press to whip up a moral panic over the issue. A poll carried out by YouGov has found that almost half of Brits believe that most immigration to the UK is illegal rather than legal. The poll found that 47% said they believe there’s more illegal immigration rather than legal. However, the perception of almost half of Brits who believe that there is more illegal than legal migration is totally at odds with reality. According…