Weekly Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 12/01/25

International Politics / USA Election Discussion Thread - WE'RE FAWKESED EITHER WAY

Cooper threatened with legal action JUST HOURS before announcing grooming gangs inquiry

BBC 'not approached' on proposed British media AI dataset

Anger over Labour's shameless bid to 'rig' election by easing ID law and allowing millions of foreign nationals to vote

Yvette Cooper announces urgent national review on grooming gangs

New UK pensions minister previously called for ‘triple lock’ to be replaced

YouGov Voting intention among… 18-24 year olds Labour: 36% Green: 22% Reform UK: 19% Lib Dem: 12% Conservative: 5%

The 'cult'-like church taking over London — and its links to Labour politicians

Tulip Siddiq resigns as Treasury minister over alleged Bangladeshi financial links

Kemi Badenoch blames people from ‘peasant backgrounds’ for grooming gangs abuse - Politics.co.uk

Matt Goodwin: Rachel from Accounts is killing the UK economy [Image]

Tony Blair tells Brits to stop self-diagnosing with depression as 'UK can't afford spiralling mental health benefits bill'

‘Mainlined into UK’s veins’: Labour announces huge public rollout of AI

Weekly Rumours, Speculation, Questions, and Reaction Megathread - 05/01/25

Putting some perspective on Britain’s bad markets week

GBNEWS:The leader of Oldham Council has today said that the town has become a "target for the far-right" amid coverage of the abuse gangs scandal.Arooj Shah (LAB) said "unwanted and unwarranted involvement of online commentators and political opportunists" meant that the issue has been "hijacked by…

Harwood: The 2018 definition of Islamophobia co-chaired by Anna Soubry and Wes Streeting (and adopted by the Labour Party), places the words grooming gangs in inverted commas, and suggests these gangs are far right conspiracies. It suggests highlighting these gangs is anti-Muslim racism.

Reform candidate ‘sacked’ by housing association for reposting ‘racist’ Matt cartoon Saba Poursaeedi suing for political discrimination after he says he was fired over links to the party and for sharing Telegraph drawing

Ben Habib: If you’re watching closely, it is clear reformparty_uk⁩ is moving left, while ⁦Conservatives are moving right. Even on aspects of immigration, the Tories are to the right of Reform. The next election will NOT be won in the centre!

Elon Musk's online attacks on former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown over grooming gangs draw on a baseless claim about a Home Office memo supposedly issued 17 years ago, research by BBC Verify has established.

British IS members in Syria should be allowed home, says Trump’s counter-terror pick

BBC sacked me over anti-Starmer song Freezing This Christmas, says writer

PMQs Live Chat Megathread - 08 January, 2025

Rupert Lowe MP : It seems that Starmer is ordering his MPs to vote against a full national inquiry into the Pakistani rape gangs today. They should ignore him, and do the right thing.