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jacob Ladder retweeted
UK Counter Terrorism Policing chief Laurence Taylor suggests the RAF Fairford suspects were released on bail as part of a tactical move by investigators to collect more evidence, which he says was successful
“We know that decisions made during our investigations can sometimes appear illogical to those on the outside, but I want to make it very clear, that there will always be good reason, or rationale behind them. We will always ensure that, should we identify any ongoing threat, we will manage that as part of the investigation.
“Like our adversaries, our tactics vary – and may not always be obvious.
“In this case, this decision-making has led to swifter progress, better evidence and ultimately us securing the charges I have announced today.
“In sensitive investigations like this, it can take time to convert intelligence, into evidence and that is what scores of my officers and staff have been doing over the last few weeks.”
jacob Ladder retweeted
Nothing to see here........ Nigel says move on
True scale of Reform UK’s donations from overseas donors revealed
Exclusive: 80 per cent of the money received by Reform UK from donations in the year 2025-26 has come from individuals or companies who have been based abroad in the past two years
independent.co.uk/news/uk/po…
jacob Ladder retweeted
This is pathetic and desperate from Farage
He really does seem to be reaching his end of days
Nigel Farage is asked by @bbcnickrobinson why 80% of Reform UK’s donations are gifts from people who don’t actually live in the UK
jacob Ladder retweeted
This is embarassing. It's quite clear Raheem Kassam has something on Nigel Farage. It's the only explanation for his failure to disavow his comments.
Car crash alert 🚨
Sally Nugent asks Nigel Farage about Raheem Kassam's “Nigerian scammer” comments on Kemi Badenoch and his response is painful to watch.
#bbcbreakfast
jacob Ladder retweeted
Dear @IsabelOakeshott will you please clarify what lobbying and public opinion campaign you/Oakright offered to Lybia (via former MP Daniel Kawczynski who now works with you)? Why was that not registered under FIRS lobbying rules? Was any Reform MP doing anything linked to Lybia?
دانييل كاوتشينسكي، النائب البريطاني السابق عن حزب المحافظين، ما زال يحاول بعد فشله السياسي أن يرجع للساحة من باب الملف الليبي، رغم إنه كان واحد من أشد المحرضين ضد القيادة العامة للجيش الوطني وضد الفريق صدام حفتر شخصيًا. في أكثر من مناسبة داخل البرلمان البريطاني استخدم كاوتشينسكي موقعه للهجوم على الجيش الوطني الليبي، ووجه أسئلة رسمية لوزارة الخارجية طالب فيها بفرض عقوبات على صدام حفتر، مستندًا إلى تقارير من منظمات منحازة. هذا السلوك وقتها كان واضح إنه عداء مباشر لأي مشروع وطني حقيقي في ليبيا.
اليوم بعد خسارته في الانتخابات، رجع كاوتشينسكي يحاول يقدم نفسه كوجه جديد “محايد” من خلال ما يسمى بالجمعية الليبية البريطانية للتنمية LBDA، ويتحرك عبر بوابة “الشراكة والتعاون الاقتصادي” وكأنه لم يكن يومًا من خصوم الجيش. لكن في الكواليس بدأ يظهر كلام كثير، مجرد word whisper، عن تحركات غامضة مرتبطة به وببعض الشخصيات الليبية المقربة من دوائر مالية.
الحديث المتداول يقول إن كاوتشينسكي يعمل مع الصحفية البريطانية إيزابيل أوكشوت من خلال شركة اسمها Oakright Global FZ-LLC، وهي شركة استشارية مسجلة في الإمارات تعمل في مجالات السياسة والإعلام وإدارة الأزمات والتأثير في الرأي العام، وتقدّم نفسها على أنها فريق من مستشارين ذوي خبرة في الحكومات والإعلام والسياسة الدولية. الشركة هذه، حسب موقعها الرسمي، متخصصة في صياغة الرسائل السياسية والتعامل مع الأزمات وتوجيه الصورة العامة لصالح عملائها.
اللي زاد الشكوك إن بعض المصادر غير المؤكدة تحدثت عن وساطة بين كاوتشينسكي وشخصيات ليبية عبر هذه الشركة، لعقود استشارية أو حملات إعلامية، لكن ما فيش أي دليل رسمي لحد الآن على صحة هالكلام. في المقابل، ظهرت مؤخرًا الصحفية أوكشوت نفسها بمقال في The Telegraph تكلمت فيه بإيجابية عن القيادة العامة واعترفت بمجهودات الجيش الوطني في محاربة الإرهاب وتحقيق الأمن، وهو مقال أثار جدل واسع لأن خصوم الرجمة روجوا إنه مدفوع الثمن وإن في أموال وصلت لقرابة 3 ملايين دينار ليبي، وهي إشاعات لم يتم التأكد منها حتى الآن.
كل هذا يبين إن الملف الليبي صار ساحة يتحرك فيها بعض السياسيين البريطانيين السابقين لأهداف شخصية ومصالح مالية، ومنهم كاوتشينسكي اللي يحاول يبدّل جلده بعد ما فقد نفوذه في لندن. ليبيا ما تحتاجش ناس من النوع هذا، اللي اليوم يدّعي الصداقة وبالأمس كان أول من يحرّض ضدها. والقيادة العامة لازم تكون واعية لكل التحركات اللي تستهدف تشويه أو استغلال صورتها إعلاميًا وسياسيًا.
وبإذن الله، الأيام الجاية نطلع في فيديو نوضح فيه أكثر خلفيات هذا الموضوع وشن حقيقة الارتباطات اللي تدور بين كاوتشينسكي، أوكشوت، والجمعية الليبية البريطانية للتنمية، بالأسماء والمصادر، حتى تكون الصورة واضحة لكل الليبيين والمتابعين للشأن الوطني
jacob Ladder retweeted
Best anecdote in Carol Thatcher's book about her father is when Sir Denis boarded a train at Paddington in which the only empty compartment was reserved for Rosewood Psychiatric Hospital.
Denis travelled alone and in comfort as far as Reading when "all these chaps piled in", accompanied by a male nurse, who counted them before the train moved off.
'One, two, three, four ... who are you?"
"I'm the Prime Minister's husband."
"Six, seven, eight, nine..."
jacob Ladder retweeted
Wasting Police time should be the offence considered at the end of this
Two police forces reviewing Reform's claims of 'fraud' and 'election interference' after ITV undercover documentary
lbc.co.uk/article/police-ref…
jacob Ladder retweeted
"Random journalist" who still runs advice to the point of being one the first people to be called upon a by-election loss.
Reform doing the hokey cokey of staffers, they are Reform until questions arise then never heard of them or are "unofficial".
@RaheemKassam @RobertJenrick
jacob Ladder retweeted
NEW headline voting intention from Ipsos
📊Labour on 32% with a lead of +8 – the largest Labour lead Ipsos have recorded this parliament
📊Conservatives take second place the first time since June 2025
📊Reform UK down 3 points and Greens down 5
jacob Ladder retweeted
❗️EXCLUSIVE❗️
Andy Burnham has opened the door to Britain rejoining the EU’s free movement rules, arguing an “honest discussion” about the idea is needed
The PM said the nature of immigration has been “different” since Brexit, with more foreigners moving permanently to the UK rather than returning home
Burnham noted how his father, Roy, an engineer, took advantage of the EU rules in the 1990s to work in Germany
He also said since leaving the bloc Britain has lost access to ‘Eurodac’, an EU database on border crossings
“I think you have to have a very factual, quite evidence-based debate about this,” he said
Burnham made clear staying out of free movement would **not** be a red line for talks (unlike adopting the Euro or rejoining the Schengen Area)
Burnham made the comments to me in one of four interviews conducted during his first 100 days in office. All unpacked in tomorrow’s Sunday Times.
It’s big news. Free movement seen as a key reason why the country voted Brexit in 2016. No PM has made the argument for potentially rejoining since… until now.
(Important to note: Burnham accepts there were ‘very significant challenges’ too with free movement. Hasn’t reached a firm decision yes or no. He continues to mull over ‘options’ for closer EU ties)
KEY BURNHAM QUOTE
“Freedom of movement had very significant challenges associated with it and I spoke about them in my previous time in Parliament. But, at the same time, it was a type of immigration that perhaps wasn’t as difficult (as now).
“Revolving door migration where people would come and then go back is different. The balance of migration has changed, hasn’t it, since then? I think we’ve just got to have an honest discussion about those things.”
Read the full story here:
‘Andy Burnham is open to adopting EU free movement’
thetimes.com/article/491a046…
jacob Ladder retweeted
This is somewhere between deeply irresponsible and a lie.
HMRC will be able to "seize money" from people who owe tax, aren't disputing it, but just fail to pay. That's people who cause the rest of us to pay more tax.
jacob Ladder retweeted
NEW: Rosneft’s Arctic jewel is in trouble
Last month Rosneft cut the ribbon on its next great oil frontier, the $50 billion Vostok Oil project. Putin watched by video link as the site saw its first tanker loaded with crude.
But the milestone obscured a more complicated reality: the Ukraine war means Vostok Oil is years behind schedule and still far from becoming Russia’s new oil province.
The vast majority of crude flowing through the Vostok network has in fact been diverted from mature fields that have been producing for years, Bloomberg can reveal.
Just before the terminal opened in September, new oilfields in the Payakha cluster, expected to become key assets of Vostok Oil, accounted for less than 5% of its flows.
Satellite imagery shows development continuing, but bringing those fields up to scale will require years more work and investment, according to Bloomberg analysis of the imagery and conversations with analysts. That’s proving difficult as the war continues.
And the hugely expensive project will soon be within striking distance of Ukraine. If the range of Ukrainian drone strikes keeps increasing at its recent extraordinary pace, Vostok Oil could come within reach in months.
In Bloomberg News’ Rosneft deep dive, free to read here: bloomberg.com/news/features/…
jacob Ladder retweeted
'A Total Embarrassment': Robert Jenrick Mocked For Criticising Policy He Tried To Bring In
huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/r…
jacob Ladder retweeted
EXCLUSIVE: The UK’s Royal Air Force will fly defensive missions to protect Saudi Arabia from escalating Houthi attacks, according to British officials familiar with the matter
RAF Typhoon fighter jets will help defend Saudi cities and infrastructure against aerial attacks from the Iran-backed militant group, the people said. Andy Burnham has signed off on the decision
Britain will also provide an Atlas A400M transport aircraft with heavy lift capability to move kit around Saudi, as well as military advisers
The decision marks an extension of UK support for Saudi in the wake of Houthi attacks which have killed more than a dozen people in Riyadh. There have been multiple attacks on the kingdom in recent days
jacob Ladder retweeted
Some criticism of this being beneath a PM totally misses the fact that this isn’t just an everyday annoyance, the behaviour of enforcement companies is seen as emblematic of a rigged/exploitative system and is entirely the sort of cause of misery people want a govt to tackle.
🚨 NEW: Andy Burnham has announced changes to car parking fines
- Drivers will have a 5-minute grace period to decide whether to park and 10 minutes to leave after a parking session ends
- A £20 maximum charge on appeal for minor mistakes, such as entering the wrong number plate or not displaying a permit
- Charges will also be cancelled on appeal for breakdowns, medical emergencies or broken ticket machines
- The £100 cap on charges will remain
- The rules will come into force as soon as possible and operators that break them will lose access to DVLA data
jacob Ladder retweeted
Labour Opinion Poll Surge Continues As Reform UK's Slump Goes On
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