Last year, the 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 said "it is standard practice for spare capacity at RAF airfields in the UK to be used for private or commercial aircraft, subject to fees which cover all costs"!?

The former #PrimeMinister wrote letters to six police forces suggesting that civil servants be questioned about Andrew's time as UK trade envoy, between 2001 to 2011, including almost three years when Brown was in No 10.

RE: #AndrewMountbattenWindsor - Ex-Labour PM, #GordonBrown has demanded a police investigation into whether "Andy" used taxpayer-funded jets and RAF bases to meet the PDF file #JeffreyEpstein!

#GreenParty Leader #ZackPolanski said, "𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘗𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘺-𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯."

Labour pointed to an unearthed 2019 Green Party policy which said recreational drugs can "enhance human relationships & human creativity" - #SarahJonesMP said "Polanski would unleash a drugs epidemic across Britain that would see our parks & playgrounds turned into crack dens."

RE: #GortonAndDentonByElection
T'other day, 𝘓𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘳 launched an extraordinary attack on the #GreenParty - claiming their plans would turn playgrounds into 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘀!?

A misconduct panel concluded that 𝗠𝗿 𝗟𝘂𝗸𝗲𝗿 probably knew that the language was "𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦" to a minority community ..... and ruled it 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁.

𝗟𝘂𝗸𝗲𝗿 reportedly used the word "𝘱𝘪𝘬𝘦𝘺" in 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘀𝗔𝗽𝗽 messages about Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller people. And in one message, he used the term "𝘥𝘢𝘨𝘴" - a reference to the film 𝗦𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵!

𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 Constable #MarkLuker of the 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲, who was among the first on the scene of the 2017 London Bridge terror attack has been fired for gross misconduct!

Last year councils transported an estimated 206,000 children and young people with Send to school – a record high. That will rise to 311,000 by 2030-31 should current trends continue.

The 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗹𝘀 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 (CCN) said its analysis showed that without significant system reform local authorities would be transporting 𝟭𝟬𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 additional pupils – “a city’s worth of young people” – to school by the end of the decade!

The demand for Home-to-school transport is rising "𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦" and families who have children with 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱𝘀 and disabilities (Send) should be means tested for school transport, so say councils in England!

The 𝗙𝗧𝗦𝗘 𝟮𝟱𝟬 owner of the Drax power plant gets about £𝟮𝗺 𝗮 𝗱𝗮𝘆 in renewable energy 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴, paid by consumers, on the condition it generates electricity from biomass pellets made from waste or low-value wood from sustainable forests.

A cross-party group of MPs and peers say subsidies for Britain’s biggest power plant should be halted, while the financial watchdog investigates the company’s claims about how it sources the 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝘀 of wood pellets burned to generate electricity!

𝘓𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘳'𝘴 Energy tsar #EdMilibandMP is under pressure from 𝗠𝗣𝘀 to suspend subsidies worth £𝟮𝗺 𝗮 𝗱𝗮𝘆 paid to the owner of the Drax power plant in 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗲, after court documents cast doubt on the company’s sustainability claims!

Lancashire County Council, which has been led by #ReformUK since May 2025, said the region’s 𝟲𝟯 𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 would no longer be part of the UK-wide 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 programme because it was not "an appropriate use of taxpayers’ money".

#ReformUK has been criticised for withdrawing all Lancashire libraries from a scheme supporting #Refugees because it was not value for money – despite being free!?

𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱: Aug 2025 (via treaty with France).
As of 4 Feb 2026: 𝟯𝟬𝟱 returned (to France); 𝟯𝟲𝟳 approved (arrived in UK under scheme).
Since it started circa 15,000–16,000 peeps have arrived by small boats!

#MigrationCrisis #Immigration #KeirStarmer

The policy also says the qualifying period could be reduced by factors like; English competency, taxable income, working in public service, volunteering or being the parent of a UK citizen! The changes could be in force by April and it is expected they will apply retroactively!

Over 𝟮𝟬𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 immigrants living legally in the UK are presently on a 10-year route to indefinite leave to remain (ILR). But, under proposals by Labour's #HomeSecretary, #ShabanaMahmood, if they've received benefits, the wait would double to 20 years!