Ex-US general David Petraeus is trying to make money out of Israel's genocide. The one-time special forces chief and counter-insurgency 'expert' now works for a private equity firm linked to military and fossil fuel contracts. Wow. What a surprise for us all.

Petraeus is know for many things. Like being a former top US special forces commander. And also head of the CIA. Oh, and leaking state secrets to his biographer. Who he was having an affair with. And getting away with it, barring a fine.

All of this is relentlessly cringe obviously, but somehow the biography in question ultimately ended up being called 'All In: The Education of General David Petraeus'. Which is a bit much for a Monday. Anyway…

David Petraeus and biometric warfare

Drop Site News now reports Petraeus has been out to Israel giving speeches and schmoozing. He

visited the U.S.-military run coordination center established in southern Israel to oversee the so-called ceasefire in Gaza.

Why? Well it is likely connected to his reputation as:

a major proponent of biometric gated communities in counterinsurgency, now works for KKR whose portfolio includes companies that have technology and defense interests in Gaza.

So who are KKR?

Drop Site reported:

Soon after his resignation from the CIA in 2012, Petraeus began work for Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR), a powerful U.S. private-equity and investment company. Petraeus is currently a partner at KKR, chairman of the KKR Global Institute, and chairman of KKR Middle East, which has offices in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.

Sounds like he knows all the worst people…

A dubious track record

The general is seen by some as the pioneer of modern counter-insurgency, despite being forced to resign from the CIA. He escalated the war in Iraq, deploying more troops and arming militias. He also expanded the dirty war of night raids and drone strikes in Afghanistan and Yemen.

Former US president Barack Obama then installed him as head of the CIA - until his mortifying downfall. Petraeus has worked around the private equity sector ever since.

But why is he interested in Gaza? Well one of his hobby horses is the role of gated communities in counter-insurgency. In effect, how to control populations. And the US-led transitional authority, named the Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC), has come up with a deranged plan to keep Gazans in special UAE-funded blocks.

One week prior to Petraeus's visit, the U.S. Army presented the CMCC with plans for a "Gaza First Planned Community" in Rafah, as first reported by Drop Site.

Drop Site said:

The residential compound would house up to 25,000 Palestinians in an area under full Israeli military control and would include biometric entry, identity checks, reeducation programs, and controls over aid and housing.

Sounds deeply fucked up, but understandably appealing to someone like Petraeus.

Wall it off

Petraeus' January 21 speech to the CMCC was reportedly full of praise over the current non-ceasefire in Gaza. But the former general also visited Israel in 2024 for a major military conference. He told the Israeli press then:

The foundational concepts of counterinsurgency are that you clear an area, you hold it, and you hold it in a very significant manner…You wall it off. You create gated communities, as we call it, 12 or 13 of them in Fallujah alone. You use biometric ID cards because you're trying to separate the enemy, the extremists, from the people. That's the fundamental idea.

It's not clear what is in it for Petraeus. But Drop Site said:

The exploration of Gaza's gas would fit into the economic and energy cooperation between Israel and the UAE under the Abraham Accords. In 2025, a formal UAE-Israel energy cooperation memorandum of understanding was signed, outlining gas sector cooperation.

They added:

UAE involvement in Gaza gas would further position it as a regional energy hub linking the Gulf's capital and infrastructure with Eastern Mediterranean resources and European markets.

And here is the thing, UAE's national oil firm has links to KKR:

KKR, together with Blackrock, held a $4 billion investment in the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and has a minority stake in ADNOC Gas Pipeline Assets, which has the technical expertise required for offshore gas exploration and extraction…

Retired military officers often end up making money in lucrative roles in the arms and energy industry. Petraeus is no different. The fact he also gets to riff about population control and counter-insurgency is an added bonus. Like so many of the War on Terror's ghoulish figures, where most of us see genocide, Petraeus sees opportunity.

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By Joe Glenton

The families of residents at William Blake House in Northamptonshire have called for an urgent inquiry into the residential care charity. They've made accusations of mismanagement after it came to light that one of the trustees paid its own company £1m from the charity's funds.

The care facility houses 22 residents with learning disabilities and complex care needs. For this role, William Blake House received £3,464,805 last financial year from 20 government contracts. However, it now faces the threat of closure under a staggering £1.6m debt in unpaid taxes.

Residential care charity told 'trust has been shattered'

A group of 17 residents' families have accused the charity of wasting public funds and putting their relatives' care at risk. In a public statement on the situation, the families explained that:

Our relatives are some of the most vulnerable adults in society and entirely dependent on stable, continuous care. As parents we placed our trust in the charity to protect the welfare of our loved ones.

This trust has been shattered and serious mismanagement and lack of governance revealed. Our children's wellbeing has been placed in jeopardy.

The group also asserted that they weren't made adequately aware of the care facility's mountain of debt.

As such, the Charity Commission confirmed that it has opened an investigation into William Blake House. A spokesperson for the third-sector watchdog said:

We are aware of potential governance concerns at William Blake House Northants and have opened a regulatory compliance case to engage with the charity's trustees about these matters.

Mounting debts

William Blake House failed to pay its 77 staff members' pay-as-you-earn (PAYE) and national insurance to HMRC. Meanwhile, the charity's assets slumped in value between 2022 and 2024, plummeting from £920,000 to just £200,000.

The care facility's own records show that auditors have repeatedly questioned the facility's financial viability. Earlier in January, a judge told trustees that it had until 30 March to square off its taxes with HMRC. Failing this, the charity would be slapped with a winding-up order.

The charity's webpage states that:

We offer accommodation where the residents can live, learn and work with others in healthy social relationships based on mutual care and respect. We are inspired by the ideals of Rudolf Steiner, based on the acceptance of the spiritual uniqueness of each human being, regardless of disability or religious or racial background.

Steiner was a 19th Century Austrian philosopher, scientist and noted occultist. A Guardian article on the unfolding William Blake House scandal noted that:

Over the same period, the charity has paid Van Kruger Consulting, a company solely owned by William Blake House's chair, Bushra Hamid, £800,000 in strategy fees over three years to develop a "Steiner strategy" business selling online Steiner training courses, and a further £240,000 in unspecified consulting fees. It has yet to launch.

The payments were authorised by the William Blake House board. Its current three trustees include a business associate of Hamid, Paula Allen. Hamid is also chair of the Northampton-based arts gallery charity the Shoosmith Centre, where Allen is both a fellow trustee and its £30,000-a-year interim chief executive.

'Tangible progress'

For its part, William Blake House claimed that the need to repay HMRC delayed the launch of the Steiner training courses. It also stated that Steiner Friends - another charity - would repay the £800,000 consultancy fee. Hamid happens to chair Steiner Friends, and it also features Allen as a trustee.

Likewise, William Blake House asserted that it returned to a regular PAYE payment schedule with HMRC in October 2024. In defense of its financial mismanagement, the charity pointed the finger at local authorities failing to raise contract payments in line with inflation, along with the high cost of agency staff.

The trustees stated that they've made "tangible progress" toward selling off the facility's land to a developer in order to pay off the remaining tax debt. The developer, in turn, plans to construct a new residential home and rent it back to William Blake House.

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By Alex/Rose Cocker

Peter Mandelson has just quit the Labour party over his extreme closeness to and admiration for serial child rapist Jeffrey Epstein. He said he wanted to avoid embarrassing Keir Starmer any further. By resigning he embarrassed Starmer even further by exposing Starmer's refusal to kick him out.

This is Mandelson in 2017, telling an interviewer that he worked every day to bring down Jeremy Corbyn, reposted today by writer Saul Staniforth:

https://www.thecanary.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/ETjXZ2KBuhNpf-9e1.mp4

Tax lawyer and investigative journalist Dan Neidle discovered evidence in the latest Epstein file release that he claims is evidence that Mandelson leaked sensitive UK government info to Epstein:

the link: https://t.co/aIfM9QyJBq

— Dan Neidle (@DanNeidle) February 2, 2026

Mandelson machinations

Mandelson failed - or only partially succeeded in his efforts to undermine Corbyn in 2017. Corbyn went on to almost defeat the Tories in that year's general election. But that wasn't the end of the sabotage - and in 2019 Mandelson got his wish, along with catastrophe for our country.

The UK has been massively damaged by a ring of paedophiles and their hangers-on in the Labour right, including the Israel-funded 'Labour Together' faction that finally brought down Corbyn and still runs Starmer's government through Mandelson protégé Morgan McSweeney, Starmer's chief of staff. McSweeney then pushed Starmer to appoint Mandelson as a his senior adviser.

Their success in undermining Corbyn up to the 2019 general election led to another Tory government, led by Boris Johnson. Johnson's mismanagement of the pandemic led to the needless deaths of hundreds of thousands, many of whom would have survived under a Corbyn response that would have mirrored the successful strategy of New Zealand instead of Johnson's 'pile up the bodies' approach.

Their success in installing Starmer in Downing Street in 2024 has led to incalculable continued misery for Britain's poor and vulnerable, especially our kids. It led directly to Starmer's collaboration in Israel's genocide of hundreds of thousands of innocents in Gaza - and Israel's murder of British aid workers.

There is certainly satisfaction in Mandelson's exposure and disgrace now. But there will not be justice until he, Starmer, and all their faction are behind bars for genocide and treason.

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By Skwawkbox

A newly-released report commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has revealed that over half of its health assessors quit the job within their first year.

The health professionals reported feeling 'despised' for their role, which involves evaluating people for both Personal Independence Payments (PIP) and the health-related element of Universal Credit (UC).

DWP health assessors: 'a cog in the machine'

The DWP carried out its research back in 2022, and included findings from 2021. It found that a full 40% of new recruits don't make it through the training period of three months. By the end of a year, 52% of the health professionals quit working for the department.

Both PIP and Universal Credit disability assessments have to be conducted by a qualified health professional. However, the DWP is held in such low regard that most don't even consider working for it until they have "no other option but to leave the NHS". In fact, one assessor stated that:

We all got in healthcare for altruistic reasons and that maybe isn't the case in this job… you're a cog in the machine doing bureaucratic work.

During a work capability assessment for the health-related element of universal credit, the assessor is meant to determine an applicant's level of capability and how that would affect their working life.

Likewise, for a PIP assessment, the health professional scores an applicant according to their level of impairment with daily tasks. This score determines the level of support the claimant receives.

'Punitive, exhausting and inflexible'

However, the disabled people at the receiving end of these assessments have often described them as inconsistent, hostile and degrading. Financial insecurity charity Turn2us' head of policy, Lucy Bannister, explained:

People recovering from illness or navigating the additional cost of disability should rightly expect to be treated with dignity and respect. But this report shows that's not happening.

The staff carrying out assessments for disability benefits describe the system in the same terms as disabled people: punitive, exhausting and inflexible, focused on tick-boxing rather than care. It's not working properly for anyone.

One DWP contract manager commented on newly recruited health professionals for the study:

The idea that they would want to be on a treadmill of collecting details but not intervening is alien to a significant proportion of the health sector.

A lot of people that apply for roles don't understand this point. They arrive. Have rigorous training and [the] penny drops that this is what role is.

'They suck you into it'

A former nurse, who left the DWP after two years, put it more bluntly for the Independent:

They suck you into it, because when you first go they tell you 'give it six months, because it's a totally new way to how you've been working as a nurse'. […]

Most assessors leave at around six months because they realise they've been had.

She also described remaining in the office from 5am to 10pm "working [herself] to death". This was because the DWP's backlog of cases has become completely unmanageable. And, as the Canary's Rachel Charlton-Dailey explained, the situation has only gotten worse in 2026:

the department has diverted staff from dealing with new claims to tackle the backlog of reviews. This meant the DWP got to brag that they processed the highest number of reviews since the benefit began. 96% more reviews were carried out than in Q3 in 2024. But it was only because they had so many left over to clear.

This has, of course, meant that new claimants suffered, as clearance for new claims fell by 25%. This meant that 40,000 new claimants were left waiting. This is despite the fact that the number of new claims is down by 6% from the same period in 2024. This also means the decision time has risen, from 14 weeks in October 2024 to 16 weeks in October 2025.

Reform and rebellion

Given the massive backlog, Labour came up with the bright idea of 'reforming' PIP assessments back in the summer of 2025. That is to say, they attempted to rush through massive cuts that could have ruined PIP claimants' lives.

The proposed changes would have made it far more difficult to qualify for PIP. This would have resulted in thousands of disabled people losing the support they relied on. The cuts were only narrowly averted when a group of Labour MPs rebelled against the plans.

Instead, DWP minister Stephen Timms took PIP off the table during the debate, beginning a review in its place. However, this meant MPs were able to vote through Universal Credit cuts. And, of course, the review itself is already looking like a complete farce:

Timms has spent a good chunk of the last few months umming and awwing over how he can make it look like the review is co-produced with disabled people. It took until 30 October 2025 for them to appoint disabled co-chairs.

At the same time, they quietly released the terms of reference which, while seemingly aimed at placating disabled people, confirmed that all PIP recipients will be at risk by DWP decisions.

'Struggling to do the job'

The DWP conducted their staff-retention study back in 2022, and only chose to publish it now. However, the writing has been on the wall of a long time, as Charlton-Dailey wrote earlier this month:

It's becoming increasingly clear that the main reason the government is pushing ahead with PIP reform is that they don't have the staff to process the claims they already have. As a recent report found, delays to PIP are endangering people's lives. The same report revealed that the DWP planned to make the application process more online-focused and to give every claimant a case worker. But this only works if the DWP can actually find the staff.

With the DWP struggling to do the job it's already supposed to do, it's difficult to see how it could possibly manage reforms. But they'll almost certainly find a way to blame that on disabled people, too.

PIP and UC assessments are designed to minimise a claimants' disability, such that the government has to award as little support as possible. We see this at every level of the DWP machine, from the shocking treatment of disabled people during assessments, to governments desperately trying to move goalposts and slash payouts.

It's unsurprising, really, that healthcare professionals leaving NHS jobs are finding the DWP intolerable. They've left respected roles providing treatment for illness, only to enter a role where they're tasked with removing that self-same support. Any individual with a shred of empathy would feel the same.

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By Alex/Rose Cocker

Police have bailed 74 year-old human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell "under investigation" to attend Charing Cross police station at 1pm on 1 March. His bail condition bans him from attending any Palestine protest. He said:

Met Police seem to be acting under pressure from a foreign regime, the Israeli government, and from Netanyahu supporters in the UK. They want to restrict criticism of Israel's genocide and suppress support for the right of Palestinians to resist occupation.

Tatchell's placard

Police arrested the veteran campaigner in Aldwych, at the national Palestine solidarity march in London on 31 January. The arrest was for carrying a placard that read:

Globalise the intifada: Non-violent resistance. End Israel's occupation of Gaza & West Bank.

On his arrest, police handcuffed him and took him by van out of London, to Sutton police station in Surrey. This was despite cells being available at Brixton. Tatchell commented:

From my arrest at 1.26pm to my release at 1.40am the next day, I was in police custody a total of 12 hours without charge, including ten hours in the cells for what is a minor alleged public order offence. It was an unjustified and excessively prolonged detention.

Police claim the placard was a 'racially aggravated' offence under Section 5 of the Public Order Act which criminalises the display of:

signs that are threatening or abusive, within the hearing or sight of a person likely to be caused harassment, alarm, or distress.

'The word intifada is not a crime'

Tatchell said:

The police allegation is nonsense. My placard was not threatening or abusive and did not mention anyone's race.

The police are fabricating the law. They claim the word intifada is unlawful. The word intifada is not a crime in UK law. The police are suppressing free speech without legal justification.

Even if people disagree with the words on my placard, in a free and democratic society they should not be criminalised.

This is just the latest example of officers restricting and criminalising peaceful protests.

The Arab word intifada means uprising, rebellion or resistance against Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. It does not mean violence and is not antisemitic. It is against the Israeli regime and its war crimes, not against Jewish people.

By 'non-violent resistance' I was advocating boycott, sanction and divestment - the same tactics that helped bring down the apartheid regime in South Africa.

'Globalise the intifada' means create a worldwide campaign like the anti-apartheid movement.

The police are totally wrong to conflate support for Palestinian resistance to oppression with hatred and attacks on Jews.

Palestinians have a right to resist Israeli settlers who are terrorising their villages on the West Bank, beating them and burning their homes, cars, livestock and crops.

Over 400 Gazans have been killed by Israel since the current ceasefire began last October.

At a London rally in December 2025, three people were charged with this new 'crime' of expressing support for an intifada against Israel's war crimes and mass killing of civilians, including 20,000 Palestinian children.

I have a long history of defending Jewish people against the antisemitism of the far right and Islamist extremism. I joined the March Against Antisemitism, with the Chief Rabbi and thousands of Jewish people, on 26 November 2023, just after the 7 October massacre.

This is my 104th arrest or detention by the police in my 59 years of human rights campaigning.

I am currently taking legal action against the Metropolitan Police over my arrest on the Palestine solidarity march on 17 May 2025. I was arrested for a 'racially and religiously aggravated offence' - namely displaying a placard that condemned Israel's 'genocide' and Hamas's execution of Palestinian critics. It read:

'STOP Israel genocide! STOP Hamas executions! Odai Al-Rubai, aged 22, executed by Hamas! RIP!'

This placard did not mention anyone's race or religion. The police have since admitted that I was wrongly arrested and I am awaiting a settlement.

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By The Canary

Pop star Billie Eilish has spoken out at the Grammys against Donald Trump's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) unit. The militia have been running wild across Minnesota. They've been terrorising families, stealing children such as Liam Ramos, and killing Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti in cold blood.

At the Grammys Eilish said:

Billie Eilish says "f*ck ice" during her #Grammys acceptance speech: "Nobody is illegal on stolen land. We need to keep fighting and speaking up. Our voices do matter." pic.twitter.com/Sz1um3afYJ

— Variety (@Variety) February 2, 2026

'No one is illegal on stolen land'

As we've previously reported, the government is rushing through poorly-vetted recruits to get as many ICE agents on the street as possible. Some of these recruits are sexually harassing one another; others are off their heads on drugs. And as one insider said:

This isn't the department of baking cookies. This is the Department of Homeland Security, where you can be deported from the country.

And we're now employing people who are not equipped to tie their own shoelaces.

This whole thing is a complete disaster from beginning to end.

Speaking at the Grammys, Eilish said in the video above:

No one is illegal on stolen land.

And yeah, it's just really hard to know what to say and what to do right now. And I just, I feel really hopeful in this room, and I feel like we just need to keep fighting and speaking up and protesting and our voices really do matter and the people matter.

And fuck ICE.

Eilish isn't the only pop start to have spoken out against ICE and the Trump regime. As we reported, this is what Sabrina Carpenter said in response to ICE using one of her songs in a promotional video:

this video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.

— Sabrina Carpenter (@SabrinaAnnLynn) December 2, 2025

'Fuck ICE'

Elilish and Carpenter join the likes of celebrities such as Kehlani and Bad Bunny who both spoke out against ICE during the Grammys:

Bad Bunny condemns ICE during his #GRAMMYs speech for Best Música Urbana Album:

"Before I say thanks to god, I'm going to say, ICE out. We're not savages, we're not animals, we are humans and we are Americans." pic.twitter.com/lS9cZV5t5x

— Pop Base (@PopBase) February 2, 2026

This high-profile protest has helped to shine a global spotlight on the actions of ICE, but the question remains: will this 'ICE out' movement in the music industry be enough to force change to federal policy?

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By Antifabot

Fascist Steve Bannon appears hundreds of times in the US Justice Department's latest release of Epstein files and thousands overall so far. The exposed conversations show the extent of Bannon's plotting with the serial child-rapist - long after Epstein was convicted - to expand fascism in Europe and other western areas.

They also show Bannon appearing to suggest in 2019 that UK fascist Tommy Robinson is readily available if enough cash is offered. The conversation started with a reference to 'Robinson's conviction on contempt of court charges for harassing defendants in, ironically, a 'grooming gang' case:

Bannon is a long-time supporter of far-right thug 'Robinson', though Epstein seemed less impressed. The Canary's Willem Moore wrote yesterday that Robinson is "weirdly silent" on the latest Epstein child sex scandals, given how he loves to shout about alleged grooming by brown people.

In January 2025, Robinson quickly deleted a post that appeared to show he had been searching for underage gay sex. In his attempt to rubbish his detractors, he then appeared to admit it.

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By Skwawkbox

Channel 4 News have reported on a second woman who has come forward with further allegations against Andrew Windsor, following the latest US release of the Epstein Files.

The disgraced royal has faced pressure from across UK and US society to take accountability for his long-term, close relationship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

Channel 4 News also went on to discuss the incredibly murky ties between political advisor and Labour peer Peter Mandelson, who has since resigned from the Labour Party to save 'embarrassment'. Bit late for that, but all right then.

Epstein: Second woman comes forward with allegations about Andrewhttps://t.co/gZeN5CD9Gm

— Channel 4 News (@Channel4News) February 1, 2026

Andrew caught 'with his trousers off'

The Channel 4 News piece on the murky connections between prominent public figures and Epstein went as follows:

The concerning image of the man formerly known as Prince Andrew has prompted a government response, urging Andrew Mountbatten Windsor to explain himself as a second woman comes forward… A second woman is alleging Epstein sent her to have sex with the then Prince Andrew when in her twenties. Those mentioned in the release may not be found guilty of wrongdoing, but those who condemned Epstein out loud but called him a friend in private are now locked into a waiting game of public shame.

Our own Willem Moore wrote yesterday about the UK PM's reluctance to ask Andrew Windsor to apologise. The weak PM instead appears to suggest the spoilt former prince should lend his wisdom and knowledge to aide US investigations but should stop short of admitting guilt. Entrenched Western power structures continue to protect abusers, showing a deep resistance to accountability for the wealthiest in society. Moore wrote:

It's important to understand that the Epstein Files contain claims which may have no merit when investigated. At the same time, you also need to realise that:

We may never know which claims have merit and which don't, because the authorities have failed to investigate the many crimes linked to Epstein.

There is more than enough known about Windsor's activities to say he's a degenerate and a liar.

Web of abuse among elite and alleged cover-ups

The renewed attention generated by the latest release of the Epstein files has intensified critiques of entrenched power structures. This has also prompted fresh arguments for the dismantling of institutions such as the British monarchy:

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor invited Jeffrey Epstein to Buckingham Palace and promised him a lot of privacy. pic.twitter.com/1xrskvgffA

— Mukhtar (@I_amMukhtar) January 30, 2026

They knew Andrew Windsor was a beast and were fully aware of what was happening on that island.

They closed ranks and provided cover for some of the most depraved child abusers on the planet. #EpsteinFiles #AbolishTheMonarchy pic.twitter.com/wHp1VtSmv1

— Paul (@LeftySeparatist) February 1, 2026

Elite desperately closing ranks

The continued release of documents has heightened public concerns about elite-linked sexual abuse. This has only reinforced the view that the wealthy and powerful face far less scrutiny than their working class 'inferiors'. This blatant and offensive imbalance of accountability and responsibility follows a long line of scandals where those with power are rarely punished, implying that wealth offers protection from punishment.

As the UK's criminal justice system tightens its grip on ordinary people, anger is likely to grow over the preferential treatment of the wealthiest against the interests of everyone else.

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By Maddison Wheeldon

As we reported, Zack Polanski has been trying to get Nigel Farage to debate him for weeks. Now, Farage has responded by…

…quietly sending his lapdog to do it for him:

The Workers Party of Britain have dramatically pulled out of the Gorton and Denton by-election. In a post on social media, they announced:

This decision is taken in the best interests of the working-class. Labour and Reform must lose.

And, this looks like fantastic news for the Greens:

The Greens have now gone odds on to win the upcoming by-election in Gorton & Denton.

Here's how we bet:

Greens - 10/11
Reform UK - 13/8
Labour - 4/1
Lib Dems - 200/1
Conservatives - 200/1https://t.co/nakHgF38Xb https://t.co/TzESpNG9ZR

— Ladbrokes Politics (@LadPolitics) February 1, 2026

Greens given an even bigger chance for change

The Workers Party was first established in December 2019 by George Galloway, and the party is known for having leanings which are both socialist and socially conservative. During the last election, they secured 10% of the vote in Gorton & Denton.

Galloway's party has now stepped down, saying the decision is in the best interests of the working-class, and that both Labour and Reform must lose. The party has claimed Labour are the enemy of the British people, stating people have become poorer whilst they've been in office.

This comes at a vital time for the Greens, whose very public fight with Reform makes this a crucial test for both parties. The Workers Party dropping out of the race means there's potentially 10% of the vote up for grabs. And with Reform projected to get 30% of the vote, this couldn't come at a better time:

This is genuinely massive.

The Workers Party won nearly as many votes as the Greens in Gorton & Denton at the last election.

The Greens still have to fight for those votes, but this greatly increases their odds - and ability to claim they're best placed to stop Reform. https://t.co/TAppKuccIu

— Owen Jones (@owenjonesjourno) February 1, 2026

Many have praised the Workers Party for pulling out:

Well done to the Workers Party for taking this principled decision.

Now is the time to focus on defeating Labour and Reform, and we do that by uniting behind the Greens https://t.co/wxgSlf5CFK

— The Muslim Vote (@themuslimvoteuk) February 1, 2026

No Workers Party candidate will stand in the Gorton and Denton by-election.

A major advantage for the Green Party. Very surprised!

— Aaron Bastani (@AaronBastani) February 1, 2026

Heating up

This must have been a difficult decision for the Workers Party, with the Greens recognising the party stepping down:

Only Greens can beat Reform in this Gorton and Denton by-election. pic.twitter.com/MFYho5vxpw

— The Green Party (@TheGreenParty) February 1, 2026

With the race heating up, this step taken by the Workers Party avoids splitting the left vote and gives the Greens a better chance of getting the votes needed to win. The question is, will that 10% of voters choose to side with the socialist Green party or the socially conservative Reform?

Time will tell.

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By Antifabot

US president Donald Trump is spending incredible sums of taxpayers money deploying the military to US cities. National Guardsmen have been deployed around the US in Trump's first year back in office.

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said the operations:

cost taxpayers approximately $496 million from June through December last year [2025].

The CBO added:

that if last year's deployments were to continue through this year, it could cost taxpayers $93 million per month — which would amount to more than $1.1 billion in 2026.

In essence, US taxpayers are forking out to have their streets turned into militarised zones. The deployments have usually been in support of groups like Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE). ICE are increasingly seen as Trump's poorly-trained, trigger-happy personal fascist militia.

US senator Jeff Merkley told CNN:

The American people deserve to know how many hundreds of millions of their hard-earned dollars have been and are being wasted on Trump's reckless and haphazard deployment of National Guard troops to Portland and cities across the country.

Adding:

Trump is weaponizing taxpayer funds to illegally tighten his authoritarian grip on our communities. It must end.

Trump and outrageous budgets for fascism

ICE, who have murdered at least two people in January in Minneapolis, now has a budget higher than some countries. The paramilitary group's budget for 2026 stands at $22mn dollars. Some estimates put that figure higher than the military budgets for countries like Canada, Australia, and Italy.

Hanna Homestead of the US-based National Priorities Project told the Intercept:

The CBO numbers confirm what invaded and over-policed communities have always known — the U.S. government is invested in control and domination, not caring for people.

Adding:

They are spending billions to militarize our streets while cutting food aid, healthcare, social services, and labor and environmental protections - at a time of unparalleled wealth inequality.

The street execution of nurse Alex Pretti is the most high-profile killing yet. Feds shot Pretti to death on 24 January 2025. The officer had already subdued him.

Two of the officers involved in the killing have now been named. Investigative journalism website ProPublica reported:

The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

The killing animated another round of massive street protests in Minneapolis. The northern US city has become a key battleground between communities and Trump's so-called war on immigration. With an even bigger ICE budget set for next year, it's hard to see how anyone will be able to stop this runaway train any time soon.

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By Joe Glenton

Keir Starmer's pick - after blocking Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham - to contest the Gorton and Denton by-election in Manchester is a corporate lobbyist who supports NHS privatisation.

Angeliki Stogia wants to bring back 'PFI', the so-called 'private finance initiative' used by the Labour right to turn NHS hospitals into cash-cows for private investors. Her record is captured in an excellent and damning Bluesky thread by @labourrightwatch:

Instead of Burnham, Labour have anointed Angeliki Stogia for #GortonAndDenton.Yet again, they try to force a corporate stooge (a lobbyist) into office instead of someone who stands for the rights + wellbeing of citizens.She was IDed as a lobbyist in 2024archive.ph/r1nnA

— Exposing the Labour Right

The two 'immigration' thugs who murdered peaceful protester Alex Pretti in Minneapolis have been named as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa, 43, and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez, 35. Both are said to be from Texas. Investigative journalists at ProPublica wrote:

Pretti's killing, and the subsequent secrecy surrounding the agents involved, comes as the country confronts the consequences of President Donald Trump's aggressive immigration crackdown. The sweeps in cities across the country have been marked by scenes of violence, against immigrants and U.S. citizens, by agents allowed to hide their identities with masks — an almost unheard of practice in law enforcement. As a result, the public has been kept from one of the chief ways it has to hold officers involved in such altercations accountable: their identity.

Alex Pretti killers exposed

Records seen by ProPublica indicate the pair are the two who shot Pretti ten times as he tried to protect a female protester who had been attacked by one of them.

As with the identity of Jonathan Ross, the murderer of Minneapolis woman Renee Good, the identities reportedly leaked because of incompetence by agency head Kristi Noem.

The agency has so far refused to disclose the names officially and refused to comment on the leaked names, instead referring questions to the FBI - which also refused to comment. Spokespeople for city authorities and state governor Tim Walz said they have not been given the identities.

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By Skwawkbox

Irish Minister for Defence, Foreign Affairs, and Trade Helen McEntee has confirmed the government will push ahead with plans to scrap Ireland's long-cherished position of neutrality. The stance has been far from perfectly adhered to, as Ireland has over the years allowed frequent use of its airports for US warplanes, including those assisting so-called 'Israel's' genocide in Palestine.

Nonetheless, the country has avoided involving its troops in any large-scale conflicts for more than a century. It also has unusually low defence spending in comparison to other European nations. McEntee and her government seem determined to change that, however.

On The Anton Savage Show, host Emmet Oliver egged on the push for greater militarisation:

We've had a lot of people have been saying for many years: "Why should we give a veto to China and Russia over any military intervention that we get involved in as a sovereign nation?"

Popular 'Triple Lock' prevents Irish involvement in war

There's nothing like a hard-hitting first question that mirrors the exact opinion of the guest. This is symptomatic of general mainstream media support for a march to increased militarisation in Ireland. The question refers to the fact that Ireland can only deploy troops overseas in a number greater than 12 if all three of the following approve it:

- The Irish government

- The Dáil

- The UN Security Council or the UN General Assembly

This is known as the 'Triple Lock', in reference to the capacity for any of these bodies to veto Irish troop deployment abroad. As every permanent member (China, France, Russia, UK, USA) of the Security Council can veto any significant decision the Council takes, that enables any one of those nations to block use of Irish forces overseas.

Naturally in agreement with the stenographer she was speaking to, McEntee pledged to kick off the march to likely NATO slavery ASAP:

…I want to get this legislation moved as quickly as possible. I'm hoping to have it published by Easter. And I hope to have it enacted throughout this year.

The legislation referred to is the Defence Amendment Bill which the Irish government has again been pushing forward this week. It would remove the requirement for UN approval, and allow deployment of up to 50 soldiers abroad without Dáil consent.

Lebanon has been used as the sympathetic case for a peacekeeping deployment of Irish forces, who have been present in the country since 1978. The government has been desperately trying to find an angle to push the new measures through, given strong public support for continued neutrality. With high Irish pro-Palestine sentiment, the idea of local soldiers being present to help ward off further brutal assault by Israeli Occupation Forces is obviously an appealing cause.

However, it's difficult to see how much difference a small UN force can currently make against a nuclear-armed brute prepared to break all international law.

Neutrality end likely means NATO alignment

The more likely result of changes to the law is closer alignment to the self-destructing NATO, 'led' by an erratic fascist currently killing his own citizens. As Workers' Party representative for Meath East Gerry Rooney outlined:

The removal of the UN element of the Triple Lock is blatantly designed to allow the government to align even more closely with NATO. They have made it clear that, even if outright membership isn't a runner just yet, they will seek to cosy up as close as they can.

Our neutrality is suffering the fate of a frog in warm water being slowly but surely brought to a boil.

He continued:

A government that, for 20 years, has been unwilling to spend €5 million or €10 million a year to pay a living wage to our soldiers, and is unable to put even two of Naval Service's eight ships to sea, now claims to care deeply about defence and security.

What they really appear to care about is pacifying their superiors in Brussels and Washington, and lining the pockets of international arms companies.

As discussed previously in The Canary, there are companies eyeing a potential bonanza from Ireland ramping up its defence spending. There's also a push from other NATO members for this increase, given Ireland hosts a great deal of crucial infrastructure for the digital economy, mainly that of US tech giants. That's money that could otherwise be spent on actually useful stuff, like housing, health care and education.

The spectre of Russia and China controlling Irish armed forces through Security Council veto is the fear typically raised by the media. However, with the Triple Lock scrapped, Ireland is far more likely to be at the beck and call of the US. Control from Washington should be of more concern than from anywhere else, given its genocidal policies and obviously heightened warmongering.

This vassal status was confirmed by McEntee's response to a question about the upcoming visit of the Irish government to the White House in March. There they will once again embarrass themselves prostrating before Emperor Trump. Asked by Oliver if Irish representatives would challenge Trump on recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) violence, McEntee dodged the question:

…I've no doubt [the Taoiseach's agenda] could be set in the coming weeks. And there are opportunities both publicly but also in private for the Taoiseach to have a conversation with the president on many different issues.

As previously respected non-aligned nations like Finland and Sweden abandon that stance to join the NATO war machine, the world is rapidly losing potential peacemakers. Ireland seems keen to accelerate that process, and sidle up to a volatile alliance making the world less safe.

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By Robert Freeman

BBC establishment shill Laura Kuenssberg tried a 'gotcha' with Green Party leader Zack Polanski on Sunday 1 February - and ended up exposing and embarrassing herself. Kuenssberg claimed that the Greens' determination to include the UK government's collaboration in Israel's Gaza genocide is 'divisive', as if genocide and hurt feelings carry equivalent weight. She received a thorough but civil schooling:

https://www.thecanary.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/polanski-kuenssberg.mp4 Kuenssberg: no shame over Gaza

Kuenssberg also got a roasting from social media for her arguably antisemitic apparent suggestion that describing Israel's genocide as a genocide is going to offend 'the Jewish community', (Hint: there is no one 'Jewish community' and Jews from all kinds of Jewish communities also oppose the genocide, except the rabidly pro-Israel 'community, which makes it a political issue, not an ethnic one.

The examples below typify the many responses:

Another strong performance from Polanski. The Greens are now the bookies' 11/10 favourites to win the Gorton and Denton by-election.

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By Skwawkbox

'Lord' Peter Mandelson - a swooning fan of serial child-rapist, paedophile-panderer and Israeli spy Jeffrey Epstein - has resigned from the Labour Party. In a statement, he said he was resigning so he doesn't "cause further embarrassment" to Starmer's party over his massive Epstein links.

In doing so, he has embarrassed Starmer over his massive Epstein links.

Mandelson exposing himself and Starmer

Mandelson's resignation only highlights the Brylcreemed blancmange's utter spinelessness - and Starmer's refusal to expose and inconvenience Israel. Starmer has frequently been challenged over why he would not remove both Mandelson's Labour membership and his peerage. On every occasion, he and his mouthpieces have dodged the question.

Now Mandelson has fallen on his (metaphorical) sword when Starmer should have mounted his (metaphorical) head on a (metaphorical) spike for his, at best, close alignment with a monstrous child rapist. The paedo's fan has acted more decisively than the supposed 'leader'.

Now that's embarrassing - and hugely revealing.

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By Skwawkbox

While Western governments continue to provide political and military cover for Israel, within Western societies themselves, there are growing spaces for challenging the official narrative, led by independent artistic and cultural initiatives that redefine the victim and break down their reduction to numbers. In this context, art is no longer merely a symbolic expression, but a tool for moral questioning, bringing the tragedy of Gaza from the margins of the news to the heart of public consciousness. In New York City, one of the world's most influential cultural capitals, a huge artwork entitled 'Wall of Tears' has emerged, documenting the names of thousands of Palestinian children Israel has killed in the Gaza Strip, transforming them from numbers in military reports into an indelible human memory.

Names instead of numbers from Gaza on the Wall of Tears

On Grattan Street in Brooklyn, the wall was built approximately 15 metres long and three metres high, made of weather-resistant vinyl in a sandy colour that mimics the besieged land of Gaza. On its surface are written the names of 18,457 Palestinian children who were killed between 7 October 2023 and 19 July 2025, according to data from the Ministry of Health in Gaza.

The list begins with the name of 14-year-old Wissam Iyad Mohammed Abu Faisaf and ends with eight-year-old Sabah Omar Saad Al-Masri, arranged chronologically according to the date of their martyrdom, in a visual documentation that restores each child's name and age and refutes the description of 'collateral damage' promoted by the occupation machine.

The work is by American artist Phil Buehler, known for his politically charged art projects. In a statement to the Guardian, he said that from a distance, the wall 'looks like an abstract painting,' but it draws passers-by closer, before they discover that they are looking at the names of children killed in Gaza.

Art as a tool for accountability

The artist points out that reading the names, accompanied by selected photos and stories taken from press reports, forces the viewer to make comparisons and imagine their own children or family members in the same place, creating a human shock that transcends traditional political and media language.

The Wall of Tears is not an isolated initiative, but part of a clear artistic trajectory in Buehler's work, who has previously carried out projects such as The Wall of Lies, documenting false statements by US President Donald Trump, and The Wall of Shame about the 2021 storming of the US Capitol, as well as Empty Beds, which highlighted the abduction of Ukrainian children.

In this context, Buehler treats art as a tool for political and moral accountability, rather than as an aesthetic act detached from reality.

The work was carried out in collaboration with the non-profit organisation Radio Free Brooklyn. Buehler emphasises that the project was 'behind the times' even before its opening, as it documents the names of children only up to July 2025, while Israel continued to kill hundreds of children after that date, including during the period following the ceasefire agreement last October.

Hind Rajab: the memory that opens the wall

The opening of the wall coincided with the second anniversary of the martyrdom of the child Hind Rajab, who was shot dead by occupation soldiers inside a car carrying her and her relatives as they tried to reach a safe place on 29 January 2024. Her final cries for help became documented testimony, forming the basis of the film 'The Voice of Hind Rajab' by Tunisian director Kawthar Ben Hania, which has been nominated for prestigious international awards, including the Oscars and BAFTA.

The work comes amid heated political debate in New York, home to the largest Jewish community outside Israel. In this context, Buehler emphasised his rejection of the deliberate conflation of opposition to genocide in Gaza with anti-Semitism, arguing that this conflation is used to silence moral criticism and shut down any public discussion of the crimes committed.

Testimony on the Wall of Tears

The 'Wall of Tears' was not the only event in Brooklyn. Over the past few months, the city has witnessed other artistic initiatives in support of Gaza, most notably the non-profit exhibition space Recess hosting the American debut of the 'Gaza Biennial' under the title 'From Gaza to the World,' with the participation of 25 Palestinian artists.

The works on display documented life under bombardment, famine and displacement, affirming that Palestinian art continues despite war and siege.

The Gaza Biennial is an international art project that was launched in April 2024 on the initiative of artists from Gaza and the West Bank, with the participation of more than 50 artists, to transform art into an act of survival and resistance, and to redefine the artistic space in a time of extermination.

Thus, dismantling the Israeli narrative is no longer the exclusive domain of human rights reports or political statements. In the streets and on the walls of Western cities, art stands as a moral witness to a crime that the official world is trying to overlook, while the human conscience insists on fixing it in memory… name after name.

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By Alaa Shamali

Green Party leader Zack Polanski has released a half-hour video with The Fraud author Paul Holden doing exactly the right thing.

Polanski on the money - again

Polanski asks "Who bought the Labour Party?" He and Holden then dissect the secrecy, dishonesty and dark-money tactics of Starmer and the faction that conned Labour members into voting for him. By hiding his real agenda, they then conned just enough of the electorate to get him into power. With a big, deep-state leg-up from 'Reform UK', of course.

The title of the show is Bold Politics and it's not mis-sold. This is exactly the kind of head-on, confrontational approach needed from a left leader in the era of fascist fake-news politics. The kind practised by Starmer no less than Reform. It's well worth a half hour to watch it:

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By Skwawkbox

Although Gaza is only a few kilometres away from the rest of the world, its inhabitants live in suffocating isolation, controlled by decisions rather than borders. This isolation is measured by the permits granted or denied and by the gates opened and closed according to the balance of military power. The crossings, which were supposed to be lifelines, have been turned by Israel into tools of subjugation and collective punishment, through which it controls the movement of people and the flow of food, medicine and fuel, imposing a permanent siege on more than two million Palestinians.

Land and sea crossings are the only lifeline for the Gaza Strip, but they are directly or effectively controlled by Israel and used as a political and security bargaining chip, in clear violation of the principles of international humanitarian law. As the war continues, the closure of the crossings has become one of the main causes of the worsening famine, the collapse of the health system, and the disruption of the most basic necessities of daily life.

The Gaza Strip is connected to eight main land and sea crossings. Israel has complete control over seven of them, while the Rafah crossing - the only land crossing with Egypt - was outside Israel's formal control for a limited period before Israel imposed its de facto control and closed it completely in May 2024.

Rafah Crossing: the crossing to Gaza that Israel forcibly closed

The Rafah Crossing was the most important lifeline for the residents of the Strip, both for the passage of patients, students and travellers, and for the entry of humanitarian aid under specific arrangements. However, Israel's military control of it in May 2024 and its complete closure led to an almost total halt in transit, depriving thousands of patients and wounded people of treatment and disrupting the entry of aid, even though the crossing does not legally fall under Israeli sovereignty.

Karam Abu Salem Crossing: food under the knife

The Karam Abu Salem Crossing, southeast of the Strip, is Gaza's most important commercial gateway, through which the vast majority of food, medicine and aid shipments pass. However, Israel has complete control over the number of trucks, the type of goods and the timing of their entry, turning the crossing into a tool for political and humanitarian blackmail that is opened and closed according to Israeli calculations, not the needs of the population.

Al-Muntar Crossing: the disrupted artery of exports

The Al-Muntar Crossing is located east of Gaza City and was previously the main commercial crossing, equipped to accommodate about 220 trucks per day. However, it has been effectively removed from the export system and is now used only for limited imports, which has severely damaged the productive and industrial sectors and deepened the economic dependence of the sector.

Beit Hanoun (Erez) Crossing: the closed gate for the people

In the northernmost part of the Strip is the Beit Hanoun Crossing, which before 2007 was the main crossing point for workers, traders and patients travelling to the West Bank and the occupied interior. Today, the crossing is under complete Israeli control and is almost permanently closed, cutting off geographical and human contact between Gaza and the rest of the Palestinian territories.

Gaza crossings closed or converted for military purposes

East of Rafah is the Al-Awda commercial crossing, which was previously used to bring in construction materials and goods, but has been closed since 2008 and is now abandoned.

The Al-Qarara crossing is located east of Khan Yunis. It is a disused crossing that is only used for Israeli military purposes related to field operations and incursions.

The Shuja'iyya crossing, east of Gaza City, is dedicated to the entry of fuel through special pipes and is used very limitedly. Any interruption in its operation leads to widespread paralysis, including hospitals, power stations and bakeries.

Zikim Crossing: aid under restrictions

Israel opened the Zikim Crossing in the north of the Strip in 2024, ostensibly to allow humanitarian aid to enter, but it is subject to strict controls and is opened irregularly and with limited capacity, making it unable to meet even minimum humanitarian needs.

Huge losses for Gaza

In addition to the land crossings, Israel imposes a suffocating naval blockade that prevents Gaza from exploiting its most important natural outlet. Economic studies indicate that an efficient seaport would reduce trade costs by about 25%, increase exports by more than 27%, and raise the sector's revenues by about $127 million annually. However, the blockade prevents this entirely.

According to United Nations estimates, the closure of the crossings has caused economic losses estimated at $17 billion over ten years, while Israeli control of the crossings has become a tool of comprehensive blockade, through which it controls food, medicine, fuel and freedom of movement.

Despite this, Egypt is often blamed for the closure of Gaza, while the reality is that the flow of aid is essentially halted by Israeli decisions, whether through direct closures or through restrictions on the entry of shipments even through the Kerem Shalom crossing.

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By Alaa Shamali

Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said on Sunday 1 February that any military attack by the United States on his country would lead to a regional war, warning that the repercussions of any confrontation would not be confined within Iran's borders.

Iran: regional war will follow if Trump attacks

Khamenei made the remarks in a speech addressed to the Iranian people from his residence in the capital Tehran, on the occasion of the 47th anniversary of the victory of the Iranian Revolution, stressing that 'the Americans must realise that igniting war this time will lead to a comprehensive regional war.'

The Iranian leader stressed that his country would 'respond forcefully' to any aggression or harm directed against it, while emphasising that Tehran does not seek to start a war and does not intend to attack any country, according to his statement.

These statements come amid escalating regional tensions, with the United States intensifying its military build-up in the Middle East, coinciding with threats by US President Donald Trump to target Iran militarily.

In this context, Tehran believes that Washington is working, through economic sanctions, political pressure and the stirring up of internal unrest, to create justifications for foreign intervention with the aim of changing the regime. The Iranian authorities affirm that they will respond with a 'comprehensive and unprecedented response' to any attack targeting them, even if it is limited.

Nuclear weapons

With regard to the nuclear issue, the United States and Israel accuse Iran of seeking to develop nuclear weapons, accusations that Tehran denies, asserting that its nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes, including the generation of electricity.

Khamenei also addressed the recent wave of protests in the country, describing them as a 'coup attempt' that had been thwarted. He said that these events targeted 'sensitive and influential centres of the country's administration,' noting that the protesters attacked government and security institutions and Revolutionary Guard headquarters, as well as banks and mosques.

Iran witnessed widespread protests in late December 2025, which lasted for nearly two weeks, against the backdrop of a sharp decline in the value of the local currency and the worsening economic crisis. The protests began in the capital, Tehran, before spreading to a number of other cities, at a time when Iranian President Masoud Bazshkian acknowledged the existence of popular discontent and pledged to take steps to address the economic and living conditions.

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By Alaa Shamali

The Israeli authorities have issued a decision to end the activities of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) in the Gaza Strip and to require it to leave the Strip by 28 February. It's a move that has raised widespread concerns among humanitarian and medical circles about the repercussions on civilians' access to life-saving healthcare, given the near-total collapse of the health system.

The Israeli Ministry of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Anti-Semitism justified the decision by citing the organisation's failure to provide lists of its Palestinian employees, an administrative measure that is now being imposed on a growing number of humanitarian organisations operating in the Strip. The ministry said that failure to comply with this requirement would result in the suspension of the humanitarian organisation's operations and force it to leave Gaza within the specified deadline.

MSF out of Gaza - leaving countless Palestinians in dire need

In response, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) denied these allegations and considered that the decision was part of a broader context of increasing pressure and smear campaigns targeting relief organisations operating in Gaza and the West Bank, with the aim of reducing their ability to provide medical services independently and impartially.

The organisation confirmed that its legal registration to work in Gaza and the West Bank expired on 1 January 2026 and that it would be forced to cease all operations by 1 March unless the decision was reconsidered. It warned that this move would deprive hundreds of thousands of civilians of medical care and water, noting that its services in Gaza alone serve about half a million people.

MSF explained that, over the past few months, it had sought to open channels of dialogue with the Israeli authorities to renew its registration and clarify the administrative requirements, confirming its willingness to cooperate to ensure the continuation of medical care, provided that clear guarantees were given to protect its staff and maintain its operational independence.

The organisation stated that on 23 January, it informed the Israeli authorities of its initial willingness to share limited information about its staff as an exceptional measure, on condition that it be used for administrative purposes only and that its employees not be exposed to any security risks. However, it confirmed that it had not received any concrete assurances in this regard, either regarding the safety of its staff or the cessation of smear campaigns targeting it.

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By Alaa Shamali

This week in occupied Jerusalem, more than 1,000 people gathered together, in an attempt to break a new world record - the largest gathering of live kidney donors. The event marked 2,000 kidney donations in Israel, and was organised by the kidney donation charity Matnat Chaim.

Israel kidney donations: a "world record for humanity"?

Israeli occupation president, Isaac Herzog, told the 1000 donors gathered together for the event that the record was "a world record for humanity. A world record for solidarity. And a world record for the deep and full commitment to one another, the selfless, the deep love of life and of people that is so beautifully embodied in our nation."

But while the Israeli occupation brandishes itself as a humanitarian leader in organ donations, questions need to be asked about where this huge number of kidneys came from. Forensic evidence and human rights organisations reveal, beyond doubt, organ theft from Palestinians detained in the Israeli occupation's prisons and torture camps. Many bodies have been returned from 'Israeli' custody with signs of surgical cuts and chemical burns, and missing organs - hearts, corneas, lungs and kidneys.

Calls for an independent international investigation

Dr Munir al-Bursh, general director of Gaza's Health Ministry, says what is needed is not another record, but an independent international investigation to reveal the truth behind the numbers. He took to social media, saying:

The same authority the withholding Palestinian bodies for years, now boasts unprecedented "donation" figures. Did generosity appear overnight? Or are there silent bodies excluded from the celebration? The occupation has stolen organs from the bodies of Palestinian martyrs.

This is not emotion- it is testimony: Doctor's accounts, bodies returned incomplete, organs missing without medical, legal, or ethical explanation….We reject turning humanitarian values into propaganda, and we reject building achievements on Palestinian bodies- dead or alive.

According to Euro-Med Monitor human rights organisations, the Israeli occupation has recently made it lawful to hold dead Palestinian's bodies and steal their organs.

Pressure campaign by Zionist organisations around the world

Guinness World Records (GWR) has not accepted World Record submissions from Israel or the occupied territory since November 2023. Herzog described this decision as "flawed".

GWR rejected the occupation's initial attempt at breaking the world record.

But after a pressure campaign against it from Zionist organisations around the world, GWR has reversed its decision.

These organisations, which weaponise 'antisemitism' to achieve their goals, include UK Lawyers for Israel and a similar US organisation known as the Brandeis Center for Human Rights under the Law.

The previous record for "largest gathering of organ transplant donors" was set in Chicago in 2018, with 410 donors.

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By Charlie Jaay

It's widely accepted that politicians lie.  But if you say they're all the same, you're incentivising a race to the bottom.  I like it when a politician gets caught in a lie.  It's a wakeup call to the others.

Politicians lie and lie and lie

Last week, I was a guest speaker at Paul Holden's The Fraud book tour, along with his colleague Andrew Feinstein.  Paul meticulously documents the undeclared donations, leaks, lies and smears behind the Starmer project.  How they used smears to discredit anyone who challenged them, in cahoots with client journalists.  He demonstrates that Starmer is just a cog in the wheel. There's a whole machine of dark money behind him.

Which led me to think: which do I hate most, the lies or the corruption?  Both, of course.  But if forced to pick, I think lies are more damaging.

Dante condemns the financially corrupt to the fourth circle of Hell.  It sticks in the craw that people like Robert Jenrick, one of the new ConForm party signings, got a £12,000 donation just 14 days after unlawfully letting the donor off a £40 million infrastructure contribution.

Or that Nigel 'Nine Jobs' Farage is making literally millions, including from telling people how to get dual citizenship to avoid paying UK tax.  He's not a patriot or a man of the people.  If you think he's on your side, wake up and smell the coffee.  He's on no one's side but his own.  And maybe Vladimir Putin's.  He knows which side his borscht is buttered.

But I can understand the drive to acquire material comfort.  In a culture where everyone is flipping their second home, it takes people of integrity to say no to making a few quid.  I set myself a rule.  I claimed no expenses in my entire time in office.  If I took someone out for a meal to lobby them on behalf of the North East, I paid for it myself.

DoubleThink

Dante condemns liars and deceivers to the deeper eighth circle of Hell.  Lies destroy communication itself.  The very thing that makes us human is the ability to share knowledge and consider things we have not witnessed.  From there stems empathy and understanding.  I'm human and fallible, but I always try to verify facts and check context.  It's educational, too.  A commitment to truth is a lifelong education.

George Orwell's 1984 is basically about the mutilation of truth.  The Party apparatchiks think in DoubleThink and CrimeStop.  Orwell describes them as protective stupidity.  By justifying their lies for some greater purpose, they are freed from guilt.  Party loyalty - and self-advancement - are more important.

DoubleThink becomes a habit. Once you have divorced yourself from the truth, it is easy to justify anything.  You cut corners.  Tell white lies.  And before you know it you are criminalising non-violent protest and selling arms to war criminals.  Objective reality is coherent, but their world of lies makes no sense, so they end up performing U-turn after U-turn.  Lies don't just make people dishonest.  They make them incompetent.

Imagine if we ran science as we run politics.  Where we did not check evidence and verify data.  Where we decided which inconvenient laws of physics to ignore when building bridges.  Even if we ran supermarkets that way - a store manager claiming there was loads of food on the shelves when plainly there's not.  They'd go bust in days.

Yet the truth will out.

The truth will out

Hillsborough.  Orgreave.  The Iraq dodgy dossier.  A surprising amount does come out.  WhatsApp VIP lanes.  MPs expenses scandals.  Wes Streeting's £372,000 bungs from private US healthcare firms.  Reform's Nathan Gill is in jail for taking Russian bribes.

The strategy of the liars is to delay it as much as possible.  To make sure any investigations occur after they've left office.  But investigative journalists and campaign groups like The Good Law Project are on to them.  So the liars spout distractions and smears like a squid squirting ink.  Paul Holden tells me he's gathering evidence on what laws the Starmer project broke.  The liars are trying to outrun the truth.

I was asked at the book event, "With all the lies, where is the hope?"

I said 82% of Britons think water should be in public ownership.  78% support a wealth tax.  Including 66% of millionaires.  75% of Britons support rent controls.  Including 44% of landlords.

For all the propaganda and dark-money funded think tanks, evidence intrudes on people's everyday lives.  The more we challenge lies, the stronger truth becomes.  Do not throw up your hands and say they're all the same.  We must incentivise truth and disincentivise lies.

A lie is halfway round the world before the truth has its shoes on.  If you want to trip up the liars and let the truth catch up, get yourself out door knocking in the Gorton and Denton by-election.  Or the upcoming council, Senedd and Holyrood elections.  If thousands of us go out just for a few hours each, we'll change the result.

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By Jamie Driscoll

In a grim social media post, Sky News have said the following over the Epstein files:

Being mentioned in the Epstein files is not a sign of wrongdoing

— Sky News (@SkyNews) January 31, 2026

As people pointed out, this was entirely the wrong way of wording this.

And yet the tweet remains up.

What?

Sky News were actually responding to their own tweet:

Being mentioned in the Epstein files is not a sign of wrongdoing

— Sky News (@SkyNews) January 31, 2026

As we reported, the newly released files have just exposed that Peter Mandelson took tens of thousands of pounds from Epstein. They also exposed that Mandelson wanted the cash to be sent in smaller amounts - seemingly so he could avoid paying tax.

This is a sign of wrongdoing.

Richard Branson, meanwhile, was exposed for giving Epstein PR advice on how he could salvage his reputation post-sex crimes.

Morally, if nothing else, this is also a sign of wrongdoing.

Do you know who else was mentioned in the Epstein Files?

Jeffrey fucking Epstein.

Are there signs that he got up to any wrongdoing!?

Wordplay over Epstein

Here's how Sky News could have worded it:

'Being mentioned in the Epstein Files is not confirmation of criminal wrongdoing.'

They could also have just kept quiet.

If Peter Mandelson didn't want to get tarred with the brush of a convicted sex criminal, THEN PETER MANDELSON SHOULD NOT HAVE MAINTAINED A LONG TERM FRIENDSHIP WITH A CONVICTED SEX CRIMINAL.

Here's how other people responded:

https://t.co/uYGsXOxfEa pic.twitter.com/01wiX4P1ky

— The Agitator (@Agitate4Change) February 1, 2026

I've never seen a mainstream news channel tweet something like this. It's not a report or a quote. They're just telling the public how to interpret information. I'm not saying it's malicious or not, just new. Strange. https://t.co/WLUSpiGlso

— Nego (@NegoTrue) February 1, 2026

i don't know i think being named in a document relating to sex trafficking is pretty bad and i think it's also pretty bad that sky fucking news are tweeting this but hey nothing will come from it right https://t.co/XopViZARG0

— bryony (@bryonycdc) February 1, 2026

Why are they like this?

One of the key takeaways from the Epstein Files is that rich and influential people are all colluding in private to do unspeakable things. When Sky News posted the above, people didn't think 'maybe we should give Mandelson the benefit of the doubt'; they thought 'so Sky News are in on it too'.

And make no mistake; this widespread suspicion of institutions could be a positive development.

Because the first step towards throwing out the degenerate elites is acknowledging they exist.

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By Willem Moore

On 30 January, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) released the latest tranche of Epstein Files. As we reported, the release contained allegations that Trump is 'compromised' by Israel, and that he raped and beat a child. And that's just scratching the surface. All in all, then, this latest batch of files has been one of the most scandalous revelations of all time. Or, if you're the New York Times (NYT), it's simply old news:

The New York Times would like you to rest easy and know that the elite world outlined in the Epstein files doesn't really exist anymore! pic.twitter.com/CFcLYx70f0

— Mel (@Villgecrazylady) January 31, 2026

Epstein mates "all but gone", but not forgotten

"All but gone", the NYT says; "all but gone"!

Let's do a 'where are they now?', shall we?

• Donald J. Trump: Currently existing in relative obscurity as the president of the USA.
• Elon Musk: Sure, he's the richest man on this planet, but there are so many other planets out there.
• Israel: The hermit nation has kept itself to itself throughout its recent local wars of aggression.

Jokes aside, Peter Mandelson and Andrew Windsor have been kicked into something like obscurity, but that's because of previous Epstein releases.

People reacted to the NYT piece as follows:

A "bygone elite"? The central characters in this are the president and the world's richest man. pic.twitter.com/HnddGgKRvE

— Alan MacLeod (@AlanRMacLeod) February 1, 2026

And that isn't their only criticism:

The New York Times had a three-hour interview with Trump and didn't ask about Epstein. Today, the bombshell release of new files didn't make the front page.

So who the hell in NYT leadership or ownership was hanging out on the island and wants this to go away?

— Sam Youngman (@samyoungman) January 31, 2026

Problem papers

In October, Middle East Eye reported that 150 NYT contributors had pledged not to write for the outlet until it ends its bias against Palestinians. Their letter stated:

Until The New York Times takes accountability for its biased coverage and commits to truthfully and ethically reporting on the US-Israeli war on Gaza, any putative 'challenge' to the newsroom or the editorial board in the form of a first-person essay is, in effect, permission to continue this malpractice

Only by withholding our labor can we mount an effective challenge to the hegemonic authority that the Times has long used to launder the US and Israel's lies

Outlets like the NYT have the veneer of progressivism, but when it comes down to it, their primary objective is defending the status quo.

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By Willem Moore

On 30 January, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) released the latest tranche of Epstein Files. As we reported, the release contained allegations Trump is 'compromised' by Israel, and that he raped and beat a child. Given that Jeffrey Epstein was running the world's most infamous grooming gang, you'd think Tommy Robinson would be all over this stuff given his track record. Instead, he's ignored pretty much everything besides this:

Jeffrey Epstein sent Peter Mandelson $75,000, Starmer made him US Ambassador, he's still in the House of Lords and still a member of Keir Starmer's Labour Party.

This is Mandelson at Epstein's home in his underpants.

It's a big club.

We must see arrests. pic.twitter.com/rRVgIg9pHr

— Tommy Robinson

The failing Conservatives are trying a new tactic against Reform, and it's to…

*DRUM ROLL*

…suggest that Farage and Co support the most popular policy position in the UK:

'So you're willing to make claims about Reform that you can't substantiate?'
@Lewis_Goodall challenges Tory MP Chris Philp's claim that Reform wants to 'nationalise everything that moves'. pic.twitter.com/KjkWi2AXdJ

— LBC (@LBC) February 1, 2026

If it moves, we can nationalise it (no, Reform did not say that)

In the video above, Toy Chris Philp says:

In their manifesto, the last election, they proposed nationalising everything that moved

A confused Lewis Goodall asked Philp:

apart from steel, what else did they want to nationalise that you disagree with?

Philp struggled to answer this, prompting Goodall to say:

Kemi Badenoch is saying that you're both parties on the right, on the radical right, really. So I'm just trying to understand ideologically… the differences between you

Once again, Philp had no answer when it came to nationalisation.

The yankification of the British right continues. Even copying their parties' tactic of accusing each other of being communists when neither could be more pro-capitalism if they tried. https://t.co/jI2QHqvoP8

— cez (@cezthesocialist) February 1, 2026

Here's the thing, though, the concept of nationalisation is actually incredibly popular in the UK:

Toryism is over

So, why is Philp arguing that Reform are in favour of this popular policy?

It's because these politicians never interact with normal people.

They have no idea what your or I think, and when they're pushed on any point, they immediately crumble.

For years the mainstream media carried them, but now the cracks in their ideology are beginning to tear the Tories apart.

Oh, and on a side note, 'Philp' is an incredibly unsatisfying word to say out loud or even look at. Visually it looks like a misspelling of 'Philip'; audibly it's the sound of dripping paint.

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By Willem Moore

In his interview with Laura Kuenssberg on the BBC, Labour cabinet minister Steve Reed appeared to shift the focus away from accountability, effectively casting doubt on Epstein's victims rather than centring the seriousness of the allegations themselves.

Instead of clearly prioritising the need to protect and believe those reporting harm, Reed's framing leaned toward cautioning against reputational damage and procedural concerns. Reed's desperate avoidance tactics risk reinforcing a familiar and harmful pattern in UK politics: scrutinising victims more closely than the powerful figures actually accused of abuse.

Likely for many, this exchange will have underscored how instinctively the political establishment closes ranks, even when doing so undermines trust and deters victims from speaking out.

Moments after he admits Lord Mandelson kept things from the govt prior to being appointed ambassador the US, Steve Reed is asked if Mandelson should be allowed to keep his peerage.

Reed invokes the victims to dodge answering the question. pic.twitter.com/MfVPaQJMqu

— Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) February 1, 2026

Burden of reasonable doubt misplaced by Steve Reed

Reasonable doubt has long functioned in UK society as a shield for the powerful, and our patriarchal system has inevitably led to a place where 'compassionate' British society would rather blame victims than hold powerful, abusive men to account. Reed's behaviour reaffirms that misplaced priority by placing the burden of suspicion on tangible evidence released in the latest tranche of Epstein files in the US, instead of at the Labour peer.

Credible evidence has surfaced yet again showing very friendly ties between the Labour peer Peter Mandelson and disgraced paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein. Nevertheless, it appears Labour are continuing to be the most amateur and corrupted people in the room as Reed refuses to entertain the possibility that they are protecting a powerful paedophile.

Pressed by Kuenssberg on what was known by Starmer of the long-running ties between 'Petie' and Epstein, Reed appeared desperate to deflect from the substance of the issue, leaning instead on claims of complexity to shut down scrutiny of Mandelson:

Laura Kuenssberg: Did your government have any knowledge of Peter Madison's alleged financial links with Jeffrey Epstein?

Steve Reed: Of course not.

Kuenssberg: Of course not. Absolutely not.

Reed: I mean, you're talking about things that happened 20 years and more than 20 years ago. Of course, there was no knowledge about what's going on. I want to hear what happened just as much as you do, just as much as people watching this show.

Kuenssberg: But Lord Mandelson has said to us on the record a few weeks ago that he told Number 10 everything that there was to know when he was appointed as American ambassador. So is he not telling the truth?

Reed: Well, the reason he was removed as ambassador to the US is because there were things he had not disclosed. Now, I don't know how far that lack of disclosure goes. I think he should answer questions about his own life, not me.

Kuenssberg: Should he be allowed back into the House of Lords?

Reed: Well, again, we need to know exactly what's going on. It would be very easy for me to sit here and speculate. I think we're far better to stick to what happened, find out what happened. I mean, above all else for me comes the interest of the victims. They deserve to have a light shone on what's gone on so they can find closure.

Stop pretending you don't know

Mandelson's established ties should already be inexcusable in the eyes of the UK government. Yet the snail's pace of accountability suggests it would take the most damning and deplorable evidence for those in power to show even minimal discomfort with him. As Skwawkbox wrote in September last year:

Despite Epstein's 2008 conviction for paedophilia and the charges against him when he died in prison - with the US government claiming suicide and doctoring video evidence of the night of his death - Mandelson, who remains on the government payroll but may sue for wrongful dismissal, insists that Epstein was not a paedophile.

Now, an examination of court papers by a UK left-wing activist has confirmed that, according to evidence submitted in a 2023 court case, Mandelson remained close to Epstein three years after Epstein's first paedophilia conviction - close enough that Epstein continued to 'connect' high-powered bankers, including JP Morgan, with Mandelson along with the likes of Prince Andrew, Bill Gates, wanted Israeli war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu and others

Steve Reed struck a similar tone in his interview with Lewis Goodall on LBC.

Pressed by Goodall, he appeared more irritated that Mandelson's name kept resurfacing than genuinely disturbed by the serious possibility of traumatic sexual abuse against young girls. Rather than expressing concern for potential victims or genuinely acknowledging the gravity of the allegations, Reed's retorts inferred frustration with the media scrutiny itself.

Remarkably, Reed even suggested that because Mandelson is on a leave of absence and not doing any actual work in the House of Lords, he effectively does not hold a peerage at all. Goodall quickly challenged the logic, cutting through the semantic dodge:

'I hope he will reflect on what this image may or may not show.'
@Lewis_Goodall grills MP Steve Reed over whether Peter Mandelson should be 'stripped of his peerage' following the latest batch of Epstein files. pic.twitter.com/JaxzBozHpN

— LBC (@LBC) February 1, 2026

Absence isn't sufficient accountability

Steve Reed's lazy responses lay bare an instinct to protect Labour's most powerful figures. His subsequent interviews make it clear meaningful action by Starmer will be painfully slow against those with ties to a known and convicted sexual predator, like Mandelson.

In contrast to Reed's empty protestations and deflections, we at the Canary believe that victims' interests must always take precedence.

Mandelson must be made to forfeit all privileges and titles until formally cleared.

Strip Peter Mandelson of his peerage.

— Canary (@TheCanaryUK) February 1, 2026

Featured image via the Canary

By Maddison Wheeldon

Believe it or not, the laughably deluded Keir Starmer claims Britain is "turning a corner" in 2026.

"Renewal is becoming reality", he chirps in Cabinet meetings and New Year videos, all while desperately clutching at anything that isn't his plummeting approval ratings and a pair of tickets to a Taylor Swift gig.

I can only imagine a cabinet meeting with Starmer is much like reading those 'motivational' posters you might see hanging on the walls of a failing call centre.

Starmer is promising we will feel the difference in our pockets. Bills will drop, wages will soar, and unicorns will deliver free PlayStation consoles to anyone who was born before 1856, including Jacob Rees-Mogg.

Remember him? Reform UK has a raft of policies from the same era. How long will it be before the fascist fucks parachute the Brexit bullshitter into a winnable seat?

Worst. PM. Since. The. Last. One.

Keir Starmer's own personal approval — that makes Liz Truss look like a popularity contest winner — is the worst for any Prime Minister in half a century, and Labour's epically disastrous poll ratings have halved since their 2024 landslide.

Blocking NHS sell-off-merchant Andy Burnham from a by-election because heaven forbid, a more-popular rival gets near Westminster? Starmer's paranoia is showing through control-freakery.

MPs routinely whisper leadership challenges, Blairite Wes Screeching eyes the crown, and the fed up base is deserting in their disgruntled droves.

May's local elections loom like a guillotine. A brutal Scotland wipeout is incoming, again, and councils are in revolt. But sure, this is the year of "national renewal", according to the Labour spinners, if by renewal they mean replacing Starmer before he drags the Labour Party into third or fourth placed oblivion.

NHS waiting lists? Still a nightmare. Violent crime? Not exactly plummeting. Cost of living? The number-one issue, yet people are feeling squeezed harder thanks to Labour's unbelievably poor fiscal choices — and they are choices, not necessity.

Starmer's "turning the corner" spiel is peak political gaslighting.

Slapping around slogans

How many shiny slogans can you slap over a government that's broken down, out of fuel, and blocking the road? The only corner being turned is the one where voters are queuing up to abandon Labour's sinking ship for Reform's racist chaos or the Greens' actual ideas that might just benefit ordinary people like us.

The populists on both wings of the political spectrum are ready to gleefully feast on the rotting carcass that Labour has left behind, and it is time, in my humble opinion, for Labour voters with a conscience (they do exist) to throw their voice and their vote behind Zack Polanski's Green Party at the Gorton and Denton by-election, and extend that support to May's locals.

Why? To stop Reform from winning the former Labour stronghold at the end of February, and to maximise left representation across the country in May. Not exactly controversial stuff for anyone with an iota of common sense and a bit of integrity.

Now, some diehard Labourites will insist that only they, the hugely unpopular Labour Party can defeat Reform in Gorton and Denton, and that is a demonstrable lie which goes back to my last point regarding common sense and integrity.

This isn't just about electoral arithmetic, it's a frontline battle in the class war against Starmer's tepid, hug-a-hedge-fund Labour. The austerity-lite policies, the shameful Gaza complicity, and the failure to deliver on promises like a genuine Green New Deal should leave Gorton and Denton ripe for a Polanski picking.

A victory for Reform UK (they're the people that you booted-out of government in 2024) would undoubtedly put a smile on the faces of the elite, but a win for the Green Party would be a delicious, seismic rebuke to the establishment.

Polanski win = Starmer rebuke

The last time I checked, Green Party membership was approaching 190,000. If utilised correctly, Polanski has one hell of a ground force, many of whom pounded the streets and banged on doors for Jeremy Corbyn.

And if we are going to talk about electoral arithmetic, the numbers scream opportunity for the Greens.

Under charismatic leader Zack Polanski — elected in September 2025 — the Greens have surged nationally by four points to 13.5%, closing in on Labour's dismal 18.6%.

In Gorton and Denton specifically, Britain Predicts/New Statesman polling shows Labour at 29%, Reform at 27%, and Greens at 24% — a razor-thin three-way race where a little bit of tactical voting could swing it.

Furthermore, even the Mail on Sunday's analysis, hardly known for its raging Marxism, predicts a Green upset, citing polling data and Labour's dramatic collapse under the leadership of Keir Starmer.

These are the fruits of Labour's self-sabotage, and I urge Labour supporters to do the right thing and give your vote to Polanski's Greens.

The Greens are rightly framing this as a Greens vs Reform showdown, positioning themselves as the anti-fascist bulwark against far-right demagogue Matt Goodwin (Reform's candidate, a hard-right 'academic').

In a world burning from climate crisis and inequality, Gorton and Denton could spark the modern day revolution we so desperately need.

Victory

A Green victory in Gorton and Denton isn't going to be easy. Labour still has the machine and the money, and Reform still has the anti-immigration rhetoric that tends to strike a chord with a certain type of racist.

While the Greens undoubtedly have the momentum, they haven't ever won a northern by-election. But every single hurdle is surmountable through mobilisation and an historic upset is absolutely achievable.

So here's to turning the corner with Labour, everyone.

May it be sharp, painful, and lead straight to the Greens actually doing something useful.

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By Rachael Swindon

On 30 January, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) released the latest tranche of Epstein Files. As we reported, the release contained allegations Trump is 'compromised' by Israel, and that he raped and beat a child. Now, some of Trump's most diehard MAGA supporters are publicly denouncing him:

MAGA fans are abandoning Trump after the new Epstein files were released. pic.twitter.com/zFu6uHO0Mv

— Harry Sisson (@harryjsisson) January 31, 2026

MAGA Vs Trump

Trisha Hope is a Texas delegate and activist who campaigns for the Jan 6th rioters. She's now saying things like this:

President Trump is compromised by Israel, this certainly explains his behavior. I don't see how he stays in office. pic.twitter.com/4jKvs2cKo0

— Trisha Hope - National Delegate-TX (@JustTheTweets17) January 31, 2026

Ryan Garcia is a professional boxer who supported Trump:

Boxer Ryan Garcia, who endorsed Trump and enthusiastically promoted him, has now rescinded his support after the new Epstein files dropped. pic.twitter.com/q8TZRrMOIK

— Harry Sisson (@harryjsisson) January 31, 2026

This isn't just a Twitter MAGA phenomenon either. Under Trump, the Republicans are now so toxic they're losing IN TEXAS:

Democrats didn't just see a 30-point shift in Texas and flip a State Senate seat red to blue: they did it while being outspent 20-to-1. This will send shockwaves through the Republican Party. pic.twitter.com/2UQI4v8Bls

— Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) February 1, 2026

Lame duck

While Trump's links to Epstein are the most attention-grabbing scandal, it's not the only area where he's failing. The ICE killings in Minnesota are incredibly unpopular; as is Trump's general handling of the economy:

Brutal new NYT/Siena poll for Trump: -16 net approval and only 32% of voters say the country is better off than it was a year ago.

He's underwater on all the issues:
-17 on immigration
-18 on the economy
-19 on foreign relations
-29 on the cost of living
-44 on the Epstein files pic.twitter.com/gqpy4iKYf3

— Sarah Longwell (@SarahLongwell25) January 22, 2026

Clearly, the MAGA people surrounding Trump want him to turn America in the Fourth Reich. They're going to struggle to drum up enough support to make that happen, however, because Americans don't see him as their Fuhrer; they see him as a bumbling paedophile who can't do anything right.

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By Willem Moore

On 30 January, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) released the latest tranche of Epstein Files. As we reported, the release contained allegations Trump is 'compromised' by Israel, and that he raped and beat a child. Additional emails have shown that the paedophile Jeffrey Epstein may have seen Tony Blair as key to his future schemes:

Blair and Epstein

The 'aaramco' mentioned in the above is almost certainly 'Aramco' - the Saudi Arabian Oil Company; the 'jpm' mentioned is almost certainly 'J.P. Morgan', the investment bank. As people have highlighted, we already knew about the links between Blair and JP Morgan, and indeed between JP Morgan and Epstein:

Forget Andy and Mandy. The story should be about Jes Staley, Jamie Dimon, JP Morgan and Tony Blair. JP Morgan was Epstein's banker, the mechanism through which he sheltered the massive amounts of money he moved around the world. BBC will instead show Andy on the floor ad nauseam. https://t.co/YqfLr2Uv4C pic.twitter.com/P5aDydrMg0

— Ben Tomeo (@TomeoBen) January 31, 2026

The above isn't the only mention that Blair received in the latest Epstein Files release:

Jeffrey Epstein's cellmate told the FBI that Epstein was involved in "an orgy with Tony Blair" during his interview with law enforcement. pic.twitter.com/TfM5eudMVP

— Eyup Lovely (@eyuplovely) January 31, 2026

Cover up?

There are also accusations that Blair covered for paedophiles during his time in office in the latest Epstein Files. One email sent to the FBI contained the following quote:

Tony Blair is reported to have blocked the exposure of famous names in Law, business and politics, including some in his own cabinet, during the police investigation into paedophile Internet activity known as Operation Ore, which came out of the FBI investigation in the United States called
Operation Avalanche. Neither convicted any of the big fish - as usual.

The figures in Operation Ore were enormous: 7,250 suspects identified, 4,283 homes searched, 3,744 arrests, 1,848 charged, 1, 451 convictions, 493 cautioned; 1449 children removed from suspected dangerous situations. But still no major names in the paedophile-infested elite levels of society. Operation Avalanche in the US produced 35,0070 Internet records, but only 100 charges.

It's unclear who this quote is from, but Operation Ore was indeed a real investigation.

In 2014, the Mirror reported:

One of Tony Blair's ministers was among a group of men suspected of sexually abusing children at a home run by a convicted paedophile.

But the probe was halted soon after an ex-social services boss told police of his alleged evening visits in the early 1980s.

Official documents seen by the Daily Mirror during a 16-month investigation reveal former residents told detectives that a group of paedophiles attacked children in a private flat in the home.

But two former Lambeth social services employees involved in the case suspect a cover-up because experienced detective Clive Driscoll was removed from the investigation and given other duties.

Dr Nigel Goldie was the local council leader in charge of child protection in 1998. He told the Mirror:

There were some allegations that ­children were being abused by one or two prominent persons.

There were a lot of very senior people trying to put a lid on it. There was ­something very unfortunate about the way the whole thing was dealt with.

A spokesperson from Blair refused to comment on the Mirror article.

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By Willem Moore

It's half midnight on 28 January by the time I open the door to my hostel room. Less than four hours later, I am walking back through it and out onto the Royal Mile for today's adventure - documenting the shutting down of Leonardo Factory in Edinburgh.

There's a wee crowd gathered at the bus stop when I arrive. As she pulls in more appear from the shadows, masked up and at the ready… silent Scottish ninjas out to fuck with the system.

I'm not going to lie, it's kind of hard writing these pieces - it's a similar formula when you've done a few of these actions. Some awesome people do an awesome thing. Invariably, someone comes along to be a bastard. Usually theres a happy ending.

Sometimes you've really got to rely on the police to give you something good to write about. They aren't always helpful.

Edinburgh: hardly the best and brightest

By quarter past five, protestors had successfully created blockades at all four designated entrances to the Edinburgh facility. Two security guards held position in front of the gate, whilst another couple of unidentifiable individuals stalked menacingly. Later on it became clear these must have been private security - one of them overheard boasting of multiple military tours in the middle east;

I went there to help people

Okay buddy…

Police arrived shortly to assess the scene and continued to amass. There were reports of at least 30 officers gathering in a carpark around the corner.

At almost exactly 6.30am the officers not gathered in the carpark, tired and at the end of a long shift decided to move in. These state sanctioned thugs managed to get behind the line, clambering over peaceful activists to do so, eagerly helped by both private security personal. 

One wore a "Leonardo Visitor" lanyard. Both were witnessed assaulting various protestors. Police allowed this with impunity and when a journalist reporting on this tried to bring it to their attention he was directed to attend a police station if he wished to make a complaint about the incident happening within arms reach of the officers. 

https://www.thecanary.co/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/WhatsApp-Video-2026-02-01-at-3.54.29-PM.mp4

Questions must be asked of Police Scotland. Who are these individuals and why were they allowed to assist the police in their duties? On public land? And, with no identification visible to anyone?

Why were officers on the scene not concerned about unidentified private citizens assaulting protestors?

Why was a journalist, a man of colour, told to visit a police station to report a crime happening in full view? The closest station - Drylaw -  is 15 minutes away.

A mile walking on foot for justice?

State sanctioned repression of peaceful dissent in Edinburgh

You could see how futile the effort would always end up being - theres a correlation between the violence and the desperation of an action usually. When they start pushing unarmed women into the road in the way of traffic - beeping as someone is nearly thrown under the wheels -  you know they are really clutching at straws. 

Yes two or three staff at the Edinburgh facility managed to squeeze into the gate, but in doing so the police line was stretched, distorted and finally bowed to the pressure of the crowd, intent on shutting shit down. A hasty retreat was negotiated with the crowd as officers found themselves out of their depth - exhausted and surrounded, and they were permitted to leave the scrum; the entrance once again blockaded.

They left soon after, their shifts over. Tired and beaten; the states resolve broken by a bunch of beatniks. Home, to their own reflection in the mirror.

Hanging around the next few hours things felt quiet, a little too quiet. There was a certain level of anxiety hanging in the air. Were the police regrouping? Its so easy to read into all the movements on the other side of the the road. The security guards aimlessly bumbling around, police coming and going.

It quickly became obvious they didn't have the numbers - inspectors on their phones discussing "resources" - could he loose those two officers? What a shame - theres actual policing to do - not just bullying protesters? Big sad meow for the police. Failure it was.

Lost Property?

And what a failure. Not content with being totally unable to break the Edinburgh blockade, turns out that the first shift had been even more incompetent than anyone realised… To add to the hilarity of their inability to do their jobs properly, the blue bibs were forced to come across and beg for help finding some missing equipment. What equipment did they loose? Turns out in the scuffle they managed to loose three canisters of PAVA and a set of handcuffs. 

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Now this wasn't news to me - I had earlier found a PAVA canister in the middle of the road while live streaming and immediately handed it to an officer.

After all, who the fuck is irresponsible enough to leave a fucking firearm lying in the road…

Neither the remaining canister outstanding or the handcuffs were located. Dunno about you but I wouldn't want to be having that conversation

sorry gaffer I lost a firearm

I'm sure they were feeling pretty shitty about it - and you know what I probably would too. 

But I wouldn't then go and take that out on a journalist doing his job from a public place, legally…

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Fucking unreal.

I wish police realised that the respect they are given is earned. You don't get someone to force someone to look up to you. Just because you dragged your arse out of bed, pulled your lickle bib on and combed your hair, it doesn't make you respectable.

Let's not pretend this is anything other than what it clearly is.

No one chewed me out for disrespecting them - no one demanded my credentials.

No one shouted at and threatened me like what happened to another journalist, just for doing her job.

When two calm, professional, Muslim journalists are targeted by police while the abrasive white guy gets to carry on without even a comment you know that institutional racism is not merely confined to the MET police.

The rest of the action in Edinburgh continued without much fuss. They knew they were beat and they stayed away for the most part - besides a couple of brief journeys across the road to plead for information - when would this be over so they could leave? Activists finally had pity on them and scattered into the beautiful winter sunshine shortly after 1; the morning shift vanquished… The sounds of chanting still ringing in our ears… 

We'll be back…

So will we… 

Thank you for your action guys! See you soon!

Featured image and additional images via the Canary

By Barold

On 30 January, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) released the latest tranche of Epstein Files. As we reported, the release contained allegations Trump is 'compromised' by Israel, and that he raped and beat a child. Additionally, the new documents further exposed Labour's Peter Mandelson.

Despite his supposed respectability (he's a lord, after all), we now know Mandelson accepted thousands of pounds from Epstein, and that he seemingly tried to avoid tax on these payments.

Since yesterday, even more emails have come out. And what we've seen paints Mandelson as a pathetic creature who couldn't stop thinking about the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein:

AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH pic.twitter.com/4PdYu1quTc

— Eyup Lovely (@eyuplovely) January 31, 2026

The end of Mandelson

Twitter's Eyup Lovely has been documenting the pathetic emails Mandelson sent Epstein:

I made it to page 100 of 590 for the search term "Mandelson" on the Epstein files and now I'm going to take enough ketamine to erase all I have seen from my mind and feel like I'm being 3D printed into a new world where none of this is happening

— Eyup Lovely (@eyuplovely) January 31, 2026

Below, Mandelson advises Epstein on how to create some sort of suburban sex dungeon:

https://twitter.com/eyuplovely/status/2017720689604632631

There are also many messages in which Mandelson pines over his relationship with Epstein:

I'M GOING INSANE pic.twitter.com/7lnZGRySgu

— Eyup Lovely (@eyuplovely) January 31, 2026

WHAT
IS
GOING
ON pic.twitter.com/TVmSaZ3lcO

— Eyup Lovely (@eyuplovely) January 31, 2026

In this exchange, Mandelson talks about his husband in the same way that a human being might talk about their pet dog:

Jeffrey Epstein consoled Peter Mandelson after Mandelson's now-husband Reinaldo "got into [his] texts" and had a "v bad" reaction to them, requiring Epstein to personally intervene as Mandelson "cannot talk to him about these things." pic.twitter.com/M7Pbat7oto

— Eyup Lovely (@eyuplovely) January 31, 2026

What was in Mandelson's texts that disgusted his now-husband?

That's a rhetorical question; you're literally reading what those texts must have looked like.

There was also this:

Imagine how evil you have to be for Jeffrey Epstein to say this to you. pic.twitter.com/Y4NQBE4lnx

— Eyup Lovely (@eyuplovely) January 31, 2026

In another email, Epstein suggested to Mandelson that it would be "incest" for him to interfere with prince Beatrice:

Jeffrey Epstein was trying to make Tony Blair the absolute monarch of the Middle East as early as 2009. pic.twitter.com/evh981Ng0N

— Eyup Lovely (@eyuplovely) January 31, 2026

Related to that, the sicko Andrew Windsor sent pictures of his children to the paedophile Epstein:

Andrew sent photos featuring daughters Eugenie and Beatrice to paedophile Epstein: Innocent princesses are dragged into disgraced parents' scandal in latest file dump https://t.co/lKS0eANySz

— Daily Mail (@DailyMail) January 31, 2026

Outside the emails, the latest Epstein Files also contain various allegations:

In the Epstein documents, a victim mentions Peter Mandelson and Google co-founder Sergey Brin being present while they were sexually trafficked. pic.twitter.com/inQ2ZteqYY

— Eyup Lovely (@eyuplovely) January 31, 2026

British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer features extensively in the Epstein documents, with one victim requesting the police investigate a "back door deal" betweeen Peter Mandelson, Rishi Sunak, and Starmer. pic.twitter.com/2WIZLq5zNI

— Eyup Lovely (@eyuplovely) January 31, 2026

 

And still there's more

The above isn't even the end of what's come out since yesterday.

Regarding the mysterious cash Epstein sent, Mandelson is claiming that his memory has failed him:

A spokesman for Lord Mandelson said he had no recollection of receiving $50,000 from Jeffrey Epstein.

MORE: https://t.co/IRsJ8IlwOP pic.twitter.com/eDFODK3dLh

— Mikey Smith (@mikeysmith) January 31, 2026

This may just be us, but we'd probably remember if a notorious international paedophile sent us $50k.

There's also a new image of Mandelson in his underpants with a young woman (the redaction to her face suggests she's a victim). Mandelson previously told the media he never saw any young women around Epstein:

Well, well, well! #PeterMandelson lied to the world on #bbclaurak

"There were no young girls."

Listen to him say it, then look at the photograph released as part of the #EpsteinFiles and #EpsteinTrumpCoverUp.

Why is he still in the House of Lords #Starmer? pic.twitter.com/l6cHbPfE3i

— Sinners of our time (@Daily_Sinner) January 31, 2026

And for now, that's it.

For now.

But like we've said elsewhere, Keir Starmer needs to grow a spine and throw Mandelson out of the House of Lords.

Ideally from a fifth floor window.

Also, he should strip him of his peerage.

Featured image via Epstein Files

By Willem Moore

On Laura Kuenssberg's show, Green Party leader Zack Polanski cut through the tired mainstream media obsession with playing into personality politics. Likely referring to repeated instances of career politicians advancing their own interests at the expense of their constituents, Polanski emphasises the importance of "grown-up politics," where the focus is on the substance of policy as opposed to MP's just trying to be difficult.

Polanski continues to reveal the ineffectiveness and immaturity of UK career politicians, with support from media outlets that are, predictably, in their pocket.

.@ZackPolanski is asked about who he might work with in the future & he explains its not about any individual politician but the policy platform they were offering (he mentions a few demands he'd be making - a wealth tax, action on the climate crisis, & electoral reform) pic.twitter.com/x1LexLSRUJ

— Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) February 1, 2026

Polanski: It's time to be practical and deliver

During the Kuenssberg interview on the BBC, Polanski challenged the presenter's desperate and thinly veiled efforts to depict the Green leader as incompetent simply due to the radical ideas in his policy platform. Polanski, already untroubled by questions about air travel for diplomatic missions, demonstrated once again his ability to out-maneuver the establishments preferred journalist.

Zack stated:

It depends, again, what they're putting forward as a policy platform. I think we need to take the personality politics out of it and actually say, what are the practical steps to get things done?

If I was working with another politician, I'd want some obvious demands, a wealth tax and multimillionaires and billionaires, proper action on the climate crisis and indeed proportional representation so people's votes actually counted.

Here, Polanski underscores a recurring oversight in UK politics. The priority should be the substance of policies and the principles they embody, rather than the individuals pushing them. As opposed to the familiar ego-driven self-interest of politicians promoting or obstructing policies for lucrative backhanders and future job prospects.

Your Party's Emma Jayne Park in Glasgow alongside comrades across the country has also vowed to take on personality politics, calling for its end, as we quoted in November:

I want to see socialist values clearly written into policy, which means ensuring that power is held within our grassroots communities - empowering local members to make decisions that affect their lives, prioritising their needs and voices in the party over top-down leadership models and personality politics.

According to this X account, leading media personalities like Kuenssberg have a vested interest in maintaining the ongoing practice of framing UK politics as a battle between individuals rather than ideas:

An excellent answer and one that evidently frustrated Laura Kuenssberg, for whom politics is all about personalities (preferably "big" personalities with whom she can develop unhealthily cosy relationships - e.g. Boris Johnson).#BBCLauraK https://t.co/tWN61XK0k9

— Tom Scott

CBS News, since its takeover by the Israel-fanatic Ellison family and the installation of equally Zionist Bari Weiss to run it despite her inexperience, has announced a slew of new contributors. These include Israel-supporting hack Tony Dokoupil, who shamelessly regurgitated Israel's 'terrorist' smears against a colleague it had murdered this month. They also include 'wellness bro' Peter Attia. But the CBS contributor's name also appears in this week's new Epstein file releases

CBS contributor appears in the Epstein files

He was joking with serial child-rapist Jeffrey Epstein about his "outrageous" life that Attia couldn't tell anyone about. The email is from 2015, years after Epstein's first conviction for raping a minor:

In 2016, Attia joked with Epstein that:

"pussy is, indeed, low carb. Still awaiting results on gluten content, though.

Attia does not appear to have commented publicly so far. Nor has his new boss Bari Weiss, despite having read messages sent to her about the matter, according to X:

> seen by all pic.twitter.com/x7TCStpc2V

— Chris Brunet (@chrisbrunet) January 31, 2026

Since her installation by the Ellisons, Weiss has spiked stories on CBS inconvenient to the Trump regime, including one on the torture of prisoners it has deported, and has pushed for positive coverage of the regime. She has visited Israel at least fifteen times, including during its genocide in Gaza.

Epstein was, beyond doubt, an Israeli intelligence operative. The newest release of files from investigations into his crimes has revealed witnesses alleging child rape and violence by Trump and that he was "compromised", and therefore presumably controlled, by Israel, likely as a result of his closeness to Epstein.

Featured image via the Canary

By Skwawkbox

LBC have reported that far-right party Reform have spent £600k in Kent on eight parking spaces, reserving six free spaces for elected councillors.

Reform won control of the local authority in May 2025 and has since sparked controversy over its spending decisions and failed savings promises in its election campaign. This latest policy is sure to spark fury among local taxpayers, with council workers now expected to pay for parking at work. According to LBC, the proposed parking charges for junior staff will raise £1m for struggling council budgets.

However, the preferential treatment extended to councillors over hard-working civil servants has further underscored Farage's disregard for the working class.

Reform council spends £600k on eight free parking spaces for senior councillorshttps://t.co/XjNveahPww

— LBC (@LBC) January 31, 2026

Lies: Reform's currency of choice

This shameful incident on Kent Council is highly revealing and indicative of Farage's true ambitions. The results of his actions also blow holes through the nonsense the grifter pushed through the mainstream media to win votes. LBC reported that the Reform-controlled council conducted a cost review report into the proposed charges, finding that they would likely lead to a reduction in office use whilst negatively impacting staff morale and ongoing recruitment.

So much for Farage's claims about the dangers to the UK economy of people working from home, a practice that has given many people a more flexible and affordable work-life balance. The changes imposed by the far-right party will likely drive further remote working, dragging the Reform leader's hypocrisy back into full view.

Our own Ed Sykes reported in October on how the 'posh-boy hatemongers' clearly having little to offer, writing:

Millionaire Nigel Farage and his Reform party don't serve ordinary people. They've attracted millions of pounds from super-rich individuals close to fossil fuels and finance. So it's hardly surprising that they want to force dangerous things like fracking onto the ordinary communities voting for them. Reform's private-school-educated climate-denier-in-chief Richard Tice is positively frothing at the mouth about the prospect. He lies about immigrants to distract people from the fact that he's another posh boy born with a silver spoon in his mouth trying to squeeze money out of ordinary people and put it in the pockets of unscrupulous CEOs.

In a post on X, Reform MP Zia Yusuf criticises the supposed £1m cost implications of civil servants working from home. Yet his party's leadership is now set to increase those very costs for Kent County Council, a risk flagged to Farage and co in the cost review report:

So what?

If they're being as productive why do they need to be in the office?

If you cared about waste then cancel the renting of unnecessary office space from your rich mates.

By the way your boss, Farage was "working" from Ascot yesterday. pic.twitter.com/0il3NY6C6n

— Socialist Opera Singer (@OperaSocialist) June 21, 2025

These X accounts highlight a familiar pattern: when billionaires chase profit, it is ordinary people who are left to bear the cost:

£600k on free parking for Reform councillors.

Staff forced to pay.

£120k on new political advisers.

Reserves raided.
Council Tax up.
Locals forced to pay.

Kent County Council under Reform: look after themselves first, send the bill to everyone else. https://t.co/t3ovDIMlLW pic.twitter.com/MVG4wjkhym

— Mario Creatura (@MarioCreatura) February 1, 2026

Anybody still think Reform UK is the voice for the working class? https://t.co/E5S2aBudky

— Workers Party of Britain (@WorkersPartyGB) February 1, 2026

Farage: The working class's so-called hero

As MAGA voters increasingly abandon Trump over his hollow promises to the working class in the US, Reform is proving just as incapable of delivering on its lofty, Trump-inspired policies. With these failures mounting, questions grow about the far-right, billionaire-backed party's prospects in the May 2026 local elections, as voters begin marking their 'homework' on councils the party already controls.

Anyone vying for office would be wise to confront these failures head-on and acknowledge who actually profits from Reform's grip on power.

The super-rich and powerful.

Featured image via the Canary

By Maddison Wheeldon

On 30 January, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) released the latest tranche of Epstein Files. As we reported, the release contained allegations Trump is 'compromised' by Israel, and that he raped and beat a child. The files also contained new allegations against Andrew Windsor, including a tip off which accused him of being involved in torture and murder. Despite all this - and despite the fact Windsor was running around with a convicted sex offender for years - PM Keir Starmer has now refused to say the former prince should apologise.

Apologies

It's important to understand that the Epstein Files contain claims which may have no merit when investigated. At the same time, you also need to realise that:

1. We may never know which claims have merit and which don't, because the authorities have failed to investigate the many crimes linked to Epstein.
2. There is more than enough known about Windsor's activities to say he's a degenerate and a liar.

As we reported yesterday, Windsor claimed to have never met his accuser, Virginia Giuffre. Pictured below is an image of Windsor with Giuffre standing alongside Epstein's accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell:

Prince Andrew reportedly used the met police to dig up dirt on a sex trafficking victim.

I told @DailyMail that his actions are utterly despicable, using his power and connections to smear Virginia Giuffre. I call for an investigation into his action.https://t.co/vAvb9glGrc

— Dr Charlotte Proudman (@DrProudman) October 19, 2025

The latest Epstein Files contain images of Windsor looming over what appears to be a child. The fact that the US Department of Justice (DoJ) redacted this person's face indicates that they're a victim:

It very clear the Royal Palace were given detailed briefings many months ago which led to the King culling the then Duke of York - now without title Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor . pic.twitter.com/qbMSXQFoCG

— Mark Williams-Thomas (@mwilliamsthomas) January 31, 2026

There's also this:

The media are not covering the allegations that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor tortured a girl before instructing her murder. pic.twitter.com/ZZNIDZebma

— Mukhtar (@I_amMukhtar) January 31, 2026

The above tip could be true; it could be false.

What's certifiably correct is that Windsor could have avoided all this by simply not hanging around with a notorious paedophile.

Starmer

Getting to Starmer, this is what he told the media (emphasis added):

I have always approached this question with the victims of Epstein in mind. Epstein's victims have to be the first priority. As for whether there should be an apology that's a matter for Andrew.

But yes in terms of testifying I have always said anybody who has got information should be prepared to share that information in whatever form they are asked to do that. You can't be victim-centred if you're not prepared to do that

Fuck you, Keir; you're supposed to be the leader of this country - you absolutely cannot bow out from having an opinion.

The Windsors have rinsed the UK for hundreds of millions, and they used that money to defend Andrew Windsor against these vile accusations. We shouldn't just be demanding an apology; we should be demanding these parasites return the wealth we afforded them.

Aren't they supposed to represent us on the world stage?

I don't know about you, but I don't feel represented by this.

They're all in it

Of course, Starmer isn't best placed to tackle this issue, given that he elevated the Epstein's 'best pal' Peter Mandelson, making him our ambassador to the US:

Well, well, well! #PeterMandelson lied to the world on #bbclaurak

"There were no young girls."

Listen to him say it, then look at the photograph released as part of the #EpsteinFiles and #EpsteinTrumpCoverUp.

Why is he still in the House of Lords #Starmer? pic.twitter.com/l6cHbPfE3i

— Sinners of our time (@Daily_Sinner) January 31, 2026

As people are furiously pointing out, Starmer is refusing to kick Mandelson out of the lords. Starmer is so bad on this issue, in fact, that I'm finding myself my agreeing with Simon Danczuk:

Mandelson was so close to Epstein that the paedophile sponsored the Peer's husband through college, after he'd come out of prison for child abuse. And Starmer insists on keeping "Petie" in Labour and the Lords. They are a bunch of very sick people. pic.twitter.com/rAOsEGlB6H

— Simon Danczuk (@SimonDanczuk) January 31, 2026

At the same time, Danczuk is a creep who torched his career as a Labour MP by sexting a teen. I'm drawing attention to him because he's linked to Reform now, and everyone should know Farage's bunch are no better than Starmer's when it comes to tolerating degeneracy.

Featured image via Epstein Files

By Willem Moore

Your Party MP Zarah Sultana has posted on X after speaking at the 34th national demonstration against Israel's genocide in Gaza. Sultana called out the 'so-called' ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, which technically commenced in mid-October.

Despite a supposed ceasefire, Israel has continued to kill Palestinians, with more than 500 people reportedly killed in Gaza since phase one came into force. Addressing protesters, Sultana warned that the existential threat to Palestinians remains and urged people to continue marching, boycotting and mobilising until the occupation is dismantled and Palestine is liberated.

Proud to stand among the 100,000 who marched through London today at the 34th national demonstration for Palestine.

Since the so-called "ceasefire" in October, Israel has killed more than 500 Palestinians in Gaza.

We will keep marching, boycotting and mobilising until the… pic.twitter.com/9aU5mzlbqW

— Zarah Sultana MP (@zarahsultana) January 31, 2026

'Deadliest day in months'

Zarah Sultana attended the rally yesterday in London, where tens of thousands of people were estimated to have attended. This protest marked the 34th demonstration in solidarity with our brothers and sisters in Palestine. Despite police pressure and intimidation tactics, people continue to flock unafraid of the consequences, to demand that our leaders finally do what is in their power to end the injustice in Gaza and the West Bank.

A US-pressured ceasefire came into effect mid-October 2025, yet Israel has continued to kill Palestinians. Albeit at a slightly slower pace than before. Pro-Palestine activists regularly criticise Western media and political institutions for perpetuating a hierarchy to the value of human life. This is especially clear when considering the scale of death, injury, and trauma inflicted on Palestinians whilst the West claim a non-existent ceasefire is in place. Recent reports show that Gaza has just seen its 'deadliest day in months' with 31 killed in just one day, whilst the media continue to parrot Trump's lines. Of those 31, six were children, in yet another reminder that the West are intent to view Palestinian children as 'Hamas' and acceptable 'collateral'.

On X, Al Jazeera broke down the outcomes of phase one of Trump's "peace plan," revealing just how little it offered Palestinians, while Israel and its allies emerged having gained a great deal:

The US has announced the launch of 'phase two' of the Trump plan to end Israel's genocidal war on Gaza, but what did phase one deliver? https://t.co/TBezOvr0FU pic.twitter.com/kwgtEfRlFs

— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) January 16, 2026

All whilst the US thug ushers in phase two of his billionaire mates' real estate plans for Palestine.

This account on X strips away the euphemisms to reveal the underlying reality: a continuation of white, Western aggression dressed up in diplomatic language:

The latest release of the Epstein files has revealed a draft email from the serial child-rapist to software billionaire Bill Gates.

Epstein and Gates: more evidence

In the email, Epstein responds to an alleged attempt by Gates to sever their relationship, which he says will damage his public reputation. Epstein then 'shakes down' Gates for $30m to stay quiet about a sexually transmitted disease Gates had allegedly contracted and passed to his wife:

Dear Bill, ​

I cannot believe that you have chosen to both disregard and discard our friendship developed over the last 6 years. ​ I am aware that accidents happen; it is how each of us has chosen to deal with this unfortunate event that has me dismayed beyond comprehension. ​ You have decided to discharge me from my job, had Larry, your PR person, tell me that I engaged in morally inappropriate behavior, and then asked me to be the major actor in a cover-up so that you can maintain the reputation that you have worked so hard to achieve. ​

Shortly after my critical eye operation, I spent my day having your emails read to me so as not to miss a beat. ​ When I could see out of one eye, my first task was to correct my vision in that one eye so that I could read them myself. ​ I assumed the dedication to our relationship ran both ways. ​ Larry has now asked me to recommit to a confidentiality agreement and has categorically told me that you were of the firm mind that we should no longer have any direct ongoing business relationship. ​ With a total disregard for its impact on the public perception of MY reputation, you have requested that I diligently avoid the truth, tell people that Bill will not invest with me, and craft answers that suit yours and Melinda's needs. ​

In fairness, you did agree to send me a letter of recommendation should a future employer ask for one. ​ You have told me that Melinda insists on me ignoring our friendship, not even communicating with you unless Larry is copied or present. ​ Though you have consistently maintained that I could not have done a better job and that I was underpaid compared to my contribution, you then, beyond all sense of fairness and, frankly, decency, said that as "generous" compensation for keeping the Gates reputation intact, you would let me keep what we agreed I had already owned (the investment participations) and give me a total of 2 years severance, similar to that of Christine Turner, a casualty of a former accident. ​

I can assure you that if the shoe was on the other foot, I would have said, "Boris, this is not your fault. I confessed to Melinda; you didn't. ​ It was in a moment of weakness, and I promise that I will do anything within my power to make it right for you. ​ I have more money than anyone needs, and I do my utmost to structure something so that you will not be penalized for my error. ​ Lucky for me, I have enough money to mediate a horrible situation. ​Though it will not heal the injury, it will make you secure in your future. ​ In addition, I will bend over backwards to make sure your next career is rewarding and on an upswing. ​ I appreciate the fact that this event drastically alters your plans and am very aware of the career path you gave up to join the Foundation. ​ I am very sorry, but as I believe time heals all wounds, the terrible pain felt currently will eventually pass.

In that regard, I suggest I buy you the house that you so had your heart set on, and in addition to five years of severance, will buy you out of the investment contract we had agreed—30-40 percent of a hundred million dollar partnership—for 30 million dollars in today's dollars, terms and conditions to be agreed. ​ That's what I would have done had I been in your shoes.

What I did receive, however, was an unfriendly, strongly worded email telling me how employable I am and that I should not look to you for any significant financial help in the future. ​ To add insult to the injury, you then subsequently, with tears in your eyes, implore me to please delete the emails regarding your STD, your request that I provide you antibiotics that you can surreptitiously give to Melinda, and the description of your penis. ​ You also made it clear to me that I am not to refer to [redacted]. ​ That is another topic that must remain between the two of us. ​ In return for all of these requests, which I would have done without a second thought. ​

In a separate email, Epstein told Peter Mandelson, another close friend, that he had "monstrous fun" with the Microsoft founder in Seattle.

Gates has not yet commented on the allegations.

Blackmail

As one commenter put it:

That's blackmail. He's shaking Gates down for $30 million to stay quiet about an STD Gates presumably had - and passed to his wife. It looks like Epstein was on Gates' payroll. There was a similar email to Prince Andrew about a "salary" that wasn't being paid.

It seems Epstein sold himself as a "fixer" for the rich and powerful, like Roy Cohn without the law degree - but underneath it all, like Cohn, he was actually a blackmailer and extortionist.

These people went to Epstein to "fix" their problems (quiet antibiotics for an STD, no paper trail) or to get what they wanted (young women). Then he turned that info into leverage and used it to squeeze them.

The big question: was Epstein working alone, or was he a foreign state asset? Was he working for Mossad? There's some circumstantial smoke there - family links through his father‑in‑law, fake passports, unexplained wealth and more.

The final question is not really a question. Epstein has long been exposed as an Israeli intelligence asset whose 'kompromat' is said to have compromised US president Donald Trump, Epstein's "closest friend" and no doubt hundreds of others.

Featured image via the Canary

By Skwawkbox

Thirteen people were arrested at today's national Palestine Solidarity March - one of the biggest on record:

Arrests at the Palestine march

The march was overwhelmingly peaceful, despite an attempt by a hardline Zionist group to provoke. Typically of police and state bias, only one was arrested at the pro-Israel counter-demo, despite its very different nature.

Police arrested numerous people, including human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell:

For years, detainees from Lebanon have languished in Israeli prisons, some without charges, others without sentences — all without justice.

Their bodies bore the cost of occupation through torture, isolation, and medical neglect. Their families bore it through silence, waiting, and erasure. Yet the most enduring violence may not have come from prison walls alone, but from the sustained failure of the Lebanese state to act.

Captives from Lebanon

As Israel violated international law with impunity and acts of terror, Lebanon's institutions watched. They issued statements and moved on — leaving detainees suspended between an occupier that abused them and a state that abandoned them.

There is no official number, but recent Lebanese reports (late 2025) indicate that around 23 Lebanese prisoners are being held by the occupational Israeli forces — including 14 captured during the most recent war.

One of them is Imad Amhaz, a Lebanese detainee who was apprehended during the previous war, who the IOF published a video of his testimony, where Imad looked tired, worn out, and raised lots of suspicion about what he was saying, as if he was forced to say it.

Mohamad Shamas — an experienced journalist specialising in war and Hezbollah — has said:

the video is not an intelligence disclosure but a strategically released media tool, intended to justify attacks on Lebanese infrastructure and embarrass Hezbollah. It serves as a manufactured psychological victory and a way to fill a political and security void through a carefully curated narrative.

Israel has always been a sociopathic entity when it comes to dealing with prisoners, regardless of their nationality. For what Israel did to Lebanese prisoners was not a series of isolated abuses; it was a deliberate system of domination built on illegality. Detention during the occupation of the South was designed to break bodies, erase identities, and terrorise entire communities.

Khiam Detention Centre, Lebanon

Facilities like Khiam Detention Centre operated outside any judicial framework — torture replaced due process and silence replaced law. Prisoners were held without charges, without trials, and without timelines; not because evidence was lacking, but because legality was never the point. It is never a point when it comes to Israeli detention centres, in Palestine or formerly in Lebanon. 

Cells were small, dark, and overcrowded, often underground, with minimal ventilation and little exposure to daylight. Prisoners were frequently kept in solitary confinement, sometimes for weeks or months.

The lack of natural light and silence was itself a form of punishment, designed to disorient and break detainees psychologically, as former Lebanese prisoner Nizar Haidar describes to the Canary, where he was imprisoned for fighting alongside the Lebanese Communist Party against the Israeli occupational forces in southeastern Lebanon back in the 80s. 

He also adds:

interrogation was systematic and brutal. I still suffer from the physical torture, the beatings, stress positions, electric shocks, and suspension

This comes alongside psychological abuse such as threats against family members — many prisoners did not know whether their families were alive or not. In addition to that, there was sleep deprivation and mock executions.

He explains that the:

screams from interrogation rooms were often audible throughout the prison, creating a constant atmosphere of fear.

Prisoners of war

As for today, the imprisoned Lebanese in Israeli prisons during the last war have suffered from deliberate violations, as per the "committee of detained and liberated", of the Third Geneva Convention on the treatment of prisoners of war, as well as the Fourth Geneva Convention on the protection of civilians in times of war, such as:

1. Torture and ill-treatment of prisoners, including physical and psychological abuse such as beatings, strip searches, and threats, beginning from the very moment of capture.
2. Deprivation of basic necessities, particularly water and food, in addition to a severe lack of essential living requirements.
3. Deliberate medical neglect, accompanied by the failure to provide adequate healthcare.
4. Collective punishment imposed by the occupying power on prisoners and their families.
5. Arbitrary arrests without distinction between combatants and civilians, carried out under inhumane conditions.
6. Preventing the International Committee of the Red Cross from visiting detainees, and denying prisoners the right to communicate with their families and with lawyers responsible for following up on their legal status.

On the other hand, if Israel's detention of Lebanese captives is a crime of occupation, then the Lebanese state's response has been one of systematic abandonment.

Government! What government?

For decades, successive governments, presidents, and parliaments have failed to treat detainees as a national priority, reducing their fate to an occasional slogan rather than a sustained political and legal battle. Beyond statements of concern, the state has taken no serious action to document abuses, pursue international legal mechanisms, or apply consistent diplomatic pressure for their release.

Families of detainees have been left to navigate uncertainty alone without clear information, legal support, or institutional backing. The Lebanese government has neither established a permanent body to follow detainee cases nor ensured coordination with international organisations.

In practice, prisoners have been treated as expendable files, activated only when negotiations or political interests require them, then discarded once the moment passes.

This failure is not merely bureaucratic; it is political.

By refusing to confront Israel's violations in international forums, and by failing to mobilise legal accountability mechanisms, the Lebanese state has implicitly accepted a reality in which its citizens can be imprisoned indefinitely without consequence.

Silence, in this context, is not neutrality, it is complicity.

A state that cannot fend for its detained citizens cannot claim sovereignty. The continued neglect of Lebanese prisoners is a stark reminder that while individuals endured torture, isolation, and years stolen from their lives, the institutions meant to protect them chose inertia.

This absence of action has become a second punishment on those taken captive — one imposed not by the colonial occupier, but by their country itself.

Featured image via the Canary

By Mohamad Kleit

On 30 January, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) released the latest tranche of Epstein Files. As we reported, the release contained allegations Trump is 'compromised' by Israel, and that he raped and beat a child.

While it's welcome to finally see these files coming out, it's not welcome to see so many redactions; especially as many of these redactions are likely illegal. It's also not welcome that the Department of Justice (DoJ) is still sitting on files.

In response to this, survivors have now spoken out.

Speaking out

The statement from survivors reads:

This latest release of Jeffrey Epstein files is being sold as transparency, but what it actually does is expose survivors. Once again, survivors are having their names and identifying information exposed, while the men who abused us remain hidden and protected. That is outrageous. As survivors, we should never be the ones named, scrutinized, and retraumatized while Epstein's enablers continue to benefit from secrecy. This is a betrayal of the very people this process is supposed to serve.

Virginia Roberts Giuffre alone reported many abusers connected to Epstein's network, yet the public still does not have the full truth about who enabled him, who participated in his exploitation, and who has been shielded for years. Hundreds of women have come forward with additional reports like hers. The scale of this failure is staggering and indefensible.

The Justice Department cannot claim it is finished releasing files until every legally required document is released and every abuser and enabler is fully exposed. We need to hear directly from Attorney General Pam Bondi when she appears before the House Judiciary Committee on February 11. Survivors deserve answers, and the public deserves the truth.

This is not over. We will not stop until the truth is fully revealed and every perpetrator is finally held accountable. As we have always said, this is not about politics. We hope Democrats and Republicans will stand with survivors in continuing to demand the full release of the Epstein files.

We look forward to hearing from Attorney General Pam Bondi on February 11.

Epstein Files redactions

As we previously reported, the US congress passed the Epstein Files Transparency Act in 2025 which required the Justice Department to publish all of the documents relevant to Epstein. While it was permissible to redact information and images relevant to victims, it was not permissible to redact information to protect individuals' reputations and/or feelings.

It certainly wasn't permissible to delete files after the fact when they clearly did not contain redactable material, and yet this is what we've seen:

File "468," which featured a photograph of Trump with young women in swimsuits burried in a drawer, has been pulled from the DOJ's website.

The original URL for the file now brings you to a page that reads "AccessDenied" pic.twitter.com/dWGnzz5jUZ

— Alexander Willis (@ReporterWillis) December 20, 2025

There are certainly fewer redactions in the latest release, because we've seen information like the following:

JUST IN - Trump accused of raping a 13-yo in newly released epstein files pic.twitter.com/zUA8E96mUt

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In the run-up to the Gorton & Denton by-election campaign, Green Party volunteers have taken to the streets. And unlike Reform MP Lee Anderson, they seem to have taken their photo in the correct constituency:

Hundreds of volunteers hitting the streets this morning in Gorton and Denton.

Lower bills, tax the super-rich - hope will win.

Only the Greens can stop Reform in this by-election. pic.twitter.com/1lko5FQyu4

— The Green Party (@TheGreenParty) January 31, 2026

Green Party — 'Hope will win'

The Green Party candidate in Gorton & Denton is Hannah Spencer. Writing in Huffington Post, Spencer gave an idea of who she is and what she's hoping to achieve:

I'm not your average politician. I didn't go to university to study politics. I'm a plumber in Manchester - and through that job I spend my days in kitchens, bathrooms and front rooms. And from what I see, people are struggling.

She added:

Of course not everyone in Britain is struggling. In fact, the 50 richest families hold more wealth than 50% of the population. That kind of wealth is unimaginable to the people of Gorton and Denton, and despite widespread calls for a proper wealth tax, it's a wealth that this government seems happy to watch accumulate.

Earlier in the day, Novara's Aaron Bastani reported on the response to Green activists in the area:

Today is the first day where the Gorton and Denton by-election campaign REALLY gets going.

A Green source says they're surprised at just how good the response is on streets they've not canvassed hard in the past.

Meanwhile Labour don't have a candidate yet.

On 30 January, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) released the latest tranche of Epstein Files. As we reported, the release contained allegations Trump is 'compromised' by Israel, and that he raped and beat a child. Now, investigators have identified an email which suggests Trump may have had contact with Epstein long after the president is supposed to have broken off contact:

Trump says he cut off Epstein in 2003.

But in 2011 Epstein called Trump….

About Virginia Giuffre….

After asking his lawyer PI (who was recommended by Trump) if there "are any other alternatives" pic.twitter.com/lDJYGC2lxX

— Adam Cochran (adamscochran.eth) (@adamscochran) January 30, 2026

Trump's 'vrginnia'

It's important to note that the above doesn't confirm a phone call took place. It's not a good look for Trump, however, considering everything else in the latest release of Epstein Files:

JUST IN - Trump accused of raping a 13-yo in newly released epstein files pic.twitter.com/IbRk7KuSH2

— Ounka (@OunkaOnX) January 30, 2026

MASSIVE BREAKING: A witness swore under penalty of perjury that Donald Trump threatened a young girl, telling her she could "disappear like another 12-year-old female," and then threatened to kill her entire family, according to Epstein-related court records.
This allegation… pic.twitter.com/y22zPWTb10

— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) January 31, 2026

Despite the spelling mistake, journalist Adam Cochran assumed that Epstein was talking about the late Virginia Giuffre. Giuffre accused the disgraced Andrew Windsor (formally prince Andrew) or sexual assault. In 2025, Trump claimed that Giuffre had been an employee at his spa, but Epstein "stole her".

As PBS reported, there have been conflicting statements from Trump and his inner circle as to when the president last had contact with Epstein. The range is between 2003 and 2007 — before Epstein's sex crime conviction in 2008. If Trump and Epstein spoke in 2011, this will show the president has lied about crucial information regarding his relationship with the dead paedophile.

Revelations

The latest release has shone a new light on the relationship between Epstein and the following individuals:

• Andrew Windsor.
• Elon Musk.
• Robin Leach.

And that's really just scratching the surface; there's also this on Trump's secretary of commerce:

Trump's secretary of commerce, Howard Lutnick, said recently in an interview that a 2005 visit to Jeffrey Epstein's home left him so revolted that he cut ties with Epstein.

Emails released today tell a different story, showing Lutnick remained in contact for years afterward,… pic.twitter.com/TryAhDcT1h

— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) January 30, 2026

There are three million pages of documents in this latest release, and we'll continue to update you as people unearth new information.

Featured image via Epstein Files

By Willem Moore

Steve Rotheram, mayor of the Liverpool City Region, has slammed the unnamed Starmer stooges who keep briefing against Andy Burnham. It's yet another sign that the PM is losing control of his party.

Cowards

In full, Rotheram said:

Enough already. I've kept my counsel so far because there were assurances from the Prime Minister that anonymous briefings against Andy Burnham would stop.

These gutless people hide behind the cloak of anonymity - just like the keyboard warriors they rail against.

Well, if they want to know what it took to turn devolution from a nice idea into a living, breathing, delivering reality, I'd happily debate them.

If they want to know about the bravery it took to break ranks in cabinet to get an independent panel to investigate the unlawful killing of 97 British citizens - bring it on.

If they want to know what the use of political power is - then we can compare which campaigns they have assisted with compared to Andy. But of course that would require them to go on the record.

These anonymous attacks help nobody but our opponents.

For the sake of our party, please just stop.

For reference, the following is an example of the continued briefing against Burnham:

Cabinet minister on Andy Burnham in the Times:

"He's been handed everything on a plate for his whole career. He's now angry because people won't make way for his second coming. It's typical Andy."

— James Heale (@JAHeale) January 31, 2026

The decision to not let Burnham stand in Gorton & Denton went down poorly with pretty much everyone besides the handful of weirdos and sycophants who support Starmer. And as things stand, it looks the decision could very well lose Labour a previously safe seat:

In Gorton and Denton, Reform beat Labour on current polling…

Unless Andy Burnham is the candidate pic.twitter.com/W7b52Eoei2

— Oli Dugmore (@OliDugmore) January 23, 2026

Starmer's camp on a downward spiral

While this is bad enough, it's made so much worse by the Starmer camp's inability to stop provoking the situation.

People are furious at them.

But because they have no respect for people's intelligence, they think they're one briefing away from everyone buying the propaganda.

Rotheram's intervention has shown that Starmer and his lackey's have zero political instincts, and it's why the PM is not long for his position.

Featured image via BBC

By Willem Moore

The US has arrested the journalist Don Lemon. As people are highlighting, it's a worrying sign the Trump regime will continue lurching right until something stops it:

Don Lemon speaks outside of the courtroom after release: "I have spent my entire life covering the news. I will not stop now … I will not be silenced." pic.twitter.com/zgXKXlDQwC

— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) January 30, 2026

Trump's crackdown

The former CNN anchor was arrested after covering an anti-ICE protest in Minnesota:

"We're not with the activists we're just reporting on them."

This is from Don Lemon's reporting at the St. Paul church. Arresting journalists for simply highlighting what's happening in this country is a gross violation of our First Amendment rights.

He must be released… pic.twitter.com/4I3sKYtuw4

— Senator Patty Murray (@PattyMurray) January 30, 2026

'ICE' is the acronym of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. While the agency exists to enforce immigration laws, Trump has used ICE to sow terror and division in US cities. As we've extensively covered, this has seen ICE agents publicly murder two individuals this month alone — Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti.

Obviously, the murder of these people is worse than what's happened to Lemon. At the same time, the arrest should be seen as a continuation of the state-sanctioned oppression of the Trump regime.

They want people scared.

They want people silent.

They want people ignorant.

And Lemon is not the only journalist to face arrest:

These are the four journalists arrested by Trump's fascist DOJ….Georgia Fort, Jamael Lydell Lundy, Don Lemon and Trahern Jeen Crews….probably just a coincidence that they're all Black, right? pic.twitter.com/qFHLQRERfV

— Wu Tang is for the Children (@WUTangKids) January 30, 2026

Independent journalist Georgia Fort was, like Don Lemon, arrested for doing her job: documenting a protest of public concern. When members of the press are taken into custody simply for filming and reporting, it sends a chilling message to every journalist in America. The First… pic.twitter.com/nmFF0pp5b2

— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) January 30, 2026

 

Politician Bernie Sanders and actor Jane Fonda have spoken out on Lemon's behalf:

ICE is occupying communities and shooting Americans.

Now, former CNN anchor Don Lemon has been arrested for covering what ICE is doing.

Arresting journalists is what happens in tin-pot dictatorships.

We must fight back against authoritarianism.

— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) January 30, 2026

JANE FONDA: "I know Don Lemon. My husband created CNN. And I will fight for their right to speak… they arrested the wrong Don. This is how autocrats act. We can't fall for it." pic.twitter.com/EWwe3WuVXf

— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) January 31, 2026

A Distraction?

Many, many people have suggested that pretty much everything happening right now is a distraction from the Epstein Files:

Trump arrested Don Lemon today to distract from the Epstein file release

Stay focused everybody pic.twitter.com/J8Jrdl72OS

— WTFGOP (@doggintrump) January 30, 2026

Don Lemon was arrested before any of the Epstein child rapists.

— Secular Talk (KyleKulinskiShow@bsky.social) (@KyleKulinski) January 30, 2026

The problem with the 'distraction' narrative is that it ignores the dedicated zealots surrounding Trump:

If you've never heard a speech by Hitler's Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels, this speech by Stephen Miller was plagiarized from JG's 1932 speech, "The Storm Is Coming." And these fascist freaks wonder why the democratic free world sees them as Nazis. pic.twitter.com/uTQ5OdDzQ0

— Bill Madden (@maddenifico) September 24, 2025

To these people, the distraction is the Epstein Files; the mission is the crackdown on civil liberties.

Featured image via USA Today 

By Willem Moore

On 30 January, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) released the latest tranche of Epstein Files. As we reported, the release contained allegations Trump is 'compromised' by Israel, and that he raped and beat a child. Another person featured in the latest release is Peter Mandelson. And once again, Mandelson's connections to Epstein are shaming the Labour government which made him ambassador to the US:

And Mandelson remains in the Lords…?
FT tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/O0MoXC1hWU

— Tim Walker (@ThatTimWalker) January 30, 2026

Criminal?

The Financial Times (FT) has published a lengthy piece discussing Mandelson's connections to Epstein. They also revealed that they first heard about the payments to his husband in September, but they couldn't confirm them until the latest Epstein Files release:

A trove of emails released on Friday finally confirmed one of the biggest secrets in recent British politics, which the FT was first told about last September but had hitherto been unable to print.

The emails proved that in 2009 and 2010 Reinaldo Avila da Silva, the Brazilian partner of Lord Peter Mandelson, was taking regular undisclosed payments of thousands of pounds from Jeffrey Epstein, even after the disgraced American financier had been jailed for soliciting prostitution from an underage girl in July 2008.

Reportedly, Mandelson asked for the paedo Epstein to make these payments in smaller amounts to avoid tax:

BREAKING: Mandelson asked Epstein to frame lump sums and $2k/month payments as loans to his husband to dodge tax https://t.co/cDy4yP0HeV pic.twitter.com/JeKzUtrBHX

— Joe Rich (@joerichlaw) January 31, 2026

We're sorry, but we find it hard to believe Mandelson was so hard up for cash he had to:

1. Beg for cash from a convicted sex offender.
2. Have the cash parcelled out into smaller payments to avoid paying tax.

And if he was that hard up for cash, fuck him.

Maybe he should have got a proper job like the rest of us?

Mandelson's time to go

The FT piece ends as follows:

Downing Street and the Labour Party both refused to comment. One official said Mandelson had taken a leave of absence from the House of Lords and was therefore not technically a Labour peer at present. "Membership of our whip for someone on leave of absence only becomes an issue when/if they apply to return to the House," they said.

But another MP said: "It's time he was suspended, put on a disciplinary and then expelled."

Many others are calling for Mandelson to get the boot (and also that he should be sacked):

Keir Starmer helped expel Jeremy Corbyn from the Labour Party but he still allows Peter Mandelson to remain a Labour peer in the House of Lords. Mandelson who once said 'We're all Thatcherites now,' and that Labour is perfectly at ease with people who are 'filthy rich.' Mandelson… pic.twitter.com/8vJq0I2TVr

— MikeD (@mjdaly57) January 31, 2026

Corbyn was attacked, smeared and thrown out of the Labour Party. Mandelson is still a Lord. They really are rotten to the core aren't they https://t.co/UedyldTARp pic.twitter.com/HTFe0ngZ3I

— Cantona & Best (@bestcanton7) January 31, 2026

If Mandelson was illegally avoiding tax, he needs to face legal consequences.

Given how corrupt the British state is, however, that of course seems unlikely.

Featured image via PNGTree

By Willem Moore

Advance UK is a British political party which was formed by the ex-Reform politician Ben Habib. Habib did not leave Reform UK on good terms, and neither did Nick Buckley, who is now looking to challenge candidate Matt Goodwin in the Gorton & Denton by-election:

I am delighted @NickBuckleyMBE will be standing for @_AdvanceUK in the Gorton and Denton by election.

Nick is a proud patriot, local to the area where he also based his charity, Mancunian Way. His MBE was for charitable work.

Nick offers real change, not the same old or the…

— Ben Habib (@benhabib6) January 31, 2026

From Reform UK to Advance UK

According to the Guardian, Ben Habib quit Reform after "pushing for members to have more power":

Advance UK is a democratic movement. Members endorse our mission, not the other way around. No censorship. No cronyism. Just serious, open politics. pic.twitter.com/lItBkNsKBz

— Ben Habib (@BackBrexitBen) August 9, 2025

Habib has since attacked Farage:

Ben Habib

Previously Reform's deputy leader, until he was ousted by Farage.

"He's not fit to be prime minister" pic.twitter.com/wpZUqo2kJx

— Sebastian Salek (@sebastiansalek) March 13, 2025

As Rose Cocker reported for the Canary:

Advance UK launched back in September 2025. It was founded by tech billionaire Ben Habib, the former deputy leader of Reform UK. Both Tommy Robinson and Elon Musk have thrown their weight behind the far-right newcomers.

Advance UK will actually drive change.

Farage is weak sauce who will do nothing. https://t.co/Vnw2uTdRRi

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 26, 2025

Nick Buckley, meanwhile, quit Reform in June 2025, stating:

I have just cancelled my membership of Reform UK.

I gave them 6 months and I am non the wiser what they are about or want. Their campaign is still 'We Are Not Tories Or Labour' - even though they will take any defection from any politician.

The best they can be is a stepping stone from today's failings to something better tomorrow.

At the present moment, they are still worth voting for because there is nothing else on offer with a chance of winning seats.

But do not place all your faith in this party to save us for I cannot see how they do it. They are preparing the stage for something better that will come - and hopefully come soon.

Form

As one pollster noted, Buckley has beaten Reform in an election before (although the situation was very different in 2024):

Gorton and Denton just got a lot more interesting.

Nick Buckley (ex-Reform) ran as an independent for Manchester mayor in 2024 and came 3rd, pushing Reform into 4th place.

If Galloway also announces he is running, then the vote will be so split, 25% will be enough to win. https://t.co/YyO7aLDfQN

— Marwan

On 30 January, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) released the latest tranche of Epstein Files. As we reported, the release contained allegations Trump is 'compromised' by Israel, and that he raped and beat a child. Another person named and pictured in the latest release is Richard Branson, with the exposed communication proving particularly damning for the Virgin billionaire:

On Sept. 11, 2013, Richard Branson emailed Jeffrey Epstein saying it was "really nice seeing you" and added that he'd love to meet again — "as long as you bring your harem." pic.twitter.com/MZlV60GW30

— Amber Woods @ Amber Speaks Up (@AmberWoods100) January 31, 2026

Richard Branson's friendly advice

As revealed by the leaked email, Branson gave Epstein "public relations" advice relating to his conviction for sex crimes:

Billionaire Richard Branson to Epstein: 'any time you're in the area would love to see you. As long as you bring your HAREM!'

'As a single man you seem to have a penchant for women. But there's nothing wrong with that'

RT pic.twitter.com/1n7CApwPLE

— Moh Musthafa Hussain (@musthafaaa) January 31, 2026

In the email above, Branson says:

I think if Bill Gates was willing to say that you've been a brilliant advisor to him, that you slipped up many years ago by sleeping with a 17½ year old woman and were punished for it, that you've more than learnt your lesson and have done nothing that's against the law since and, yes, as a single man you seem to have a penchant for women. But there's nothing wrong with that. Anyway something along those lines.

Epstein was convicted in 2008 — five years before this exchange. He was accused of worse than what Branson references, but escaped potential justice as a result of an "unprecedented" sweetheart deal. As PBS reported:

Epstein allegedly abused dozens of minors at his homes in Manhattan and Palm Beach, Florida. He enlisted girls to recruit other minors to his trafficking ring. And prosecutors said they seized scores of photos of fully or partially nude girls.

Epstein, who has been seen in the past as a friend of President Trump and former President Clinton, first faced other sex crime charges back in 2006 and 2007. At the time, he could have faced life in prison for allegations with underage girls. But the prosecutor in the case, Alex Acosta, now President Trump's labor secretary, struck a more lenient deal.

Epstein served just 13 months in a county jail for these charges. A Miami Herald investigation earlier this year raised new questions about this deal and brought forward new victims.

The US Attorney's Office wrote in 2019:

The indictment unsealed today alleges that, between 2002 through 2005, EPSTEIN sexually exploited and abused dozens of underage girls by enticing them to engage in sex acts with him in exchange for money. Epstein allegedly worked with several employees and associates to ensure that he had a steady supply of minor victims to abuse, and paid several of those victims themselves to recruit other underage girls to engage in similar sex acts for money. He committed these offenses in locations including New York, New York, and Palm Beach, Florida. EPSTEIN is expected to be presented in Manhattan federal court this afternoon before U.S. Magistrate Judge Henry B. Pitman. The case is assigned to U.S. District Judge Richard M. Berman.

While Branson may not have been aware of Epstein's broader operation, he knew about the statutory rape of a 17-year-old, and that Epstein maintained what Branson referred to as a "harem".

Recommendation

As noted, Branson suggested that a recommendation from Bill Gates would work in Epstein's favour. Gates also featured in the latest Epstein Files release:

Wow. In the Epstein emails DOJ dropped, Jeffrey sent himself emails memorializing a fight he had with Bill Gates. In it he says that Bill Gates got STD's from Russian hookers, and then asked Jeffrey for antibiotics that Bill could secretly give to Melinda without her noticing.

In another deadly night of Israeli violations, the death toll in the Gaza Strip rose to 32 after a series of air strikes, despite a supposed ceasefire.

West of Gaza City, near the Al-Abbas intersection, Israeli aircraft struck a residential apartment. Four civilians were killed, including two children and a woman. Others were injured. The apartment housed a civilian family and was reduced to rubble within moments. The strike came without any prior warning.

Israeli airstrikes in West, North and South of Gaza

In the central governorate, Israeli aircraft also targeted eastern areas, causing further casualties and injuries as air strikes continued over populated zones. Another raid hit a residential apartment in Gaza City's Al-Daraj neighbourhood, near the Jabalia bus station. Five civilians were injured, and panic spread through nearby homes.

In the south of the Strip, displaced families sheltering in tents were also targeted. In the Asdaa area north of Khan Yunis, an air strike hit a tent housing displaced people. Seven members of the Abu Hadaid family were killed. Other martyrs were reported in neighbouring tents. The toll remains preliminary and is expected to rise.

In a particularly serious escalation, Israeli aircraft bombed the Sheikh Radwan police station north of Gaza City. Thirteen people were killed.

Among the dead were four female officers from the Palestinian Women's Police Force: Najoud al-Madhoun, Nafisa al-Arabeed, Sara al-Khatib, and Sundus al-Qouqa. Other police officers, staff, and civilians were also killed. Reports indicate that several people remain missing under the rubble.

Local sources have described the ceasefire as a "false truce" that has failed to stop the killings. Instead, they say it has provided political cover for continued attacks. Since the ceasefire was declared on 10 October 2025, more than 590 Israeli violations have been documented. These include air strikes, gunfire, and attacks on civilian areas.

At least 400 civilians have been killed, with more than 900 injured during this period.

With every new raid, the credibility of the ceasefire erodes further. Gaza continues to pay the price for a war that, in reality, has never stopped.

Featured image provided via author

By Alaa Shamali