Care workers did not move "their lives here to look after our loved ones” as if it were pure altrusim. They have done so because they want to improve their lives, not ours, Ms Rayner, not a bad ambition of itself, but not one we should subsidise. thetimes.com/uk/politics/art…

Yep, they got thumped by Reform in the local elections.

When you hear about the Imjin River and the Gloucesters' famous last stand, there is a piece almost always left out. On the far side of that river, holding the most dangerous position of all, stood a battalion of Belgian volunteers, and fighting right alongside them, a tiny platoon from Luxembourg, one of the smallest nations to send men to the war. Yes, Belgium and Luxembourg both answered the call. The Belgians raised a volunteer battalion for Korea, and little Luxembourg, a country you could cross in an afternoon, sent a platoon of its own, attaching it to the Belgians. Together they were part of the British 29th Brigade, the same brigade as the Gloucesters, and in April 1951 they found themselves in the path of the massive Chinese Spring Offensive at the Imjin River. The Belgians and Luxembourgers drew the worst spot on the board. They were holding the north bank of the Imjin, the far side of the river, out ahead of everyone, with the water at their backs. When the Chinese offensive crashed down, tens of thousands of them pouring toward the river, the Belgians were in immediate danger of being cut off entirely, trapped on the wrong side with the bridges behind them threatened. They held anyway. Over days of intense, close fighting, the Belgian battalion and its Luxembourg platoon fought off the Chinese assaults on the north bank, and then conducted a hard, disciplined fighting withdrawal back across the river, refusing to break and run even as they were nearly surrounded. Having gotten across, they did not go to the rear to rest. They took up a new position in the center of the brigade line and fought on through the desperate, doomed attempts to relieve the surrounded Gloucesters, until their ammunition, food, and water were nearly gone. Their stand on that exposed flank was a crucial part of the whole brigade's effort at the Imjin, the battle remembered as the one that saved Seoul. For their conduct there, the Belgian battalion was awarded both the United States Distinguished Unit Citation and the Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation. It is one of the least known threads of a famous battle. Alongside the British on the Imjin were Belgians and a handful of Luxembourgers, men from small European countries who had volunteered to fight for a Korea most of them had never seen, holding the far bank of a river against an army, and earning a place in the story that they are almost never given.

Glorious

Andrew Neil gives the Rejoin EU fantasists a dose of reality they rarely get on Question Time. The argument is still being conducted as though Britain left the Europe of 2016 and can simply climb back aboard the same train. Neil’s point is devastatingly simple: that Europe no longer exists. The political balance has shifted, its biggest economies are struggling, and rejoining the single market or customs union comes with obligations and costs that are too often waved away by those selling Brexit reversal as free money. He also reminds Remainers of something they prefer to forget. There were serious economic arguments for staying in the EU in 2016, but the official campaign squandered them with a relentlessly negative campaign and then spent years raging at the electorate for delivering the wrong answer. You cannot rerun 2016 in 2026 and pretend nothing changed. The #EU is rapidly becoming a goose step away from 1933... #Rejoin #Brexit

Both the Government and the Conservative opposition are now touting electrification as the solution to high electricity prices. In this short video, I explain why this idea is doomed to failure.

It's not AI! The Foreign Office is tagged as a collaborator - which means it had to accept the collaboration - and also the "UK Mission to United Nations" (new rabbit hole unlocked) instagram.com/reel/DdpljKPPU…

Ha ha ha.

This isn't just profanity. This is UKSF profanity.

Don’t believe a word of it.

The historical mottos of regiments of the British army have included such profound gems as "Death before dishonour", "Where right and glory lead" and "Who dares wins". What might be the motto of the progressive elites in the unlikely event they put on a tin hat and went off to fight? "Proud to be a citizen of nowhere"? "All cultures are equal"? "Be kind"? "Silence is violence"? They'd all look so lovely inscribed on a cap badge!

DO NOT SKIP. You won’t believe this video. Lib Dem Cllr in Portsmouth comparing Reform and anti-illegal migrant protestors to the gas chambers in auschwitz. You wouldn’t believe me if I didn’t have a video. He’s saying anyone who doesn’t support illegal migration supports gas chambers.

I'm not seeing any provision by you for realistic defence against peer competitors any time soon or in deterring sectarian violence. Quickie (one of about major 40 questions) - how are you defending the UK against mass drone, and ballistic and hypersonic missile, attack right now?

We are in a looking glass world.

The Single Source of Truth Burnham’s new ministry is aimed at Moscow. It will land at right here at home. comment.press/truth

Labour and the Civil Service are using every means at their disposal to kneecap Reform UK - all in the name of democracy

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This is an abjacceptanceect of the failure of the BBC to speak to the nation. But to tax everybody to subsidise a shrinking audience seems regressive at best.

Um, that changes what you wrote entirely. If Farage hadn't called you out would you have felt the need for the correction? No, I very much doubt it.

Well quite, it is.