Britain's most reckless and hypocritical MP?—Miliband investigated.

Thread 🧵 It seems right to start off with Miliband’s conflicts of interest, which should have perhaps disqualified him as Energy Secretary. Yet, they appear to have been ignored.

There's been a lot of talk of blasphemy laws this week...

It follows Hamit Coskun's religiously aggravated public order conviction for burning a Koran.

Yet, the most scandalous part wasn't necessarily the verdict but the authorities' conduct.

Thread 🧵 This week, Coskun was convicted of a religiously aggravated public order offence for burning a Koran outside the Turkish consulate in London earlier in February.

There's been a lot of news about our "impartial" Attorney General, Lord Richard Hermer, as of late...

So here it is, all in one place.

Thread 🧵 There are moments that cut through the noise and reveal a situation for what it really is. The recent comments from our Attorney General, Lord Richard Hermer, was one of those moments.

Every bit of "tyrannical" legislation Labour have in the works...

Thread 🧵 In Feb, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper tabled the Crime and Policing Bill in the Commons, with the aim of “halving knife crime and violence against women and girls in a decade".

Meet Kevin Lister—a maths teacher sacked in 2021 for refusing to use a student’s preferred pronouns.

Today, he takes his fight to the Appeals Tribunal.

The outcome could reshape British education.

Thread 🧵 When mathematician and father of two, Kevin Lister, went to work one day in September 2021, he would unknowingly face a situation that would change his life for the foreseeable future.

Meet Julia King, the Baroness Brown of Cambridge.

She sits in the House of Lords, influencing policy while receiving tens of thousands from Big Green energy companies every year.

Her shady ties explained 🧵 Since being granted a life peerage in 2015 under David Cameron, Baroness Brown has built an extensive portfolio of climate-linked side jobs.

She received her seat in the Lords for "contributions to engineering and public services", particularly in the area of climate policy.

Past Prime Ministers have arguably resigned for less than this...

Yet, so few are talking about it. Thread 🧵 Four days ago, His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Fire and Rescue Services (HMICFRS) published part two of its rapid review into the police response to the 2024 Southport unrest.

The findings were damning.

There have been major updates in the grooming gang scandal this week...

What you may have missed. Thread 🧵 While the Labour government continues to stall, delay, and obfuscate on r*pe/grooming gangs, behind-the-scenes independent journalists and grassroots researchers have been putting in the hard yards.

This bloke’s been all over the news lately.

His name is John Robins and he's the Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police.

Under his watch, the force might’ve become the most aggressively political in our modern history.

All the receipts so far. Thread 🧵 Last week, journalists Robert Mendick and Isabel Oakeshott uncovered that one of the UK’s largest forces, West Yorkshire Police (WYP), has been delaying applications from white candidates in a bid to boost “diversity.”

Some may not have heard of Adam Wren...

But he and his team have done more for grooming/r*pe gang survivors in a few months than entire government departments have in years.

He runs Open Justice UK and he's been forcing open Britain's buried grooming gang files.

Thread 🧵 Adam runs Open Justice UK, a small but relentless outfit pushing for transparency in the courts. In just a few months, his campaign has triggered the release of dozens of long-buried grooming gang trial transcripts.

Lucy Connolly’s case hasn’t gone away—and neither has the injustice.

Days ago, journalist Allison Pearson interviewed her husband, Ray, who shared previously undisclosed details about Lucy’s ordeal.

Here are some of the most harrowing—with some added context.

Thread 🧵 Lucy was one of more than 1,500 people arrested following the unrest after the July 29 murders of three little girls—Elsie Dot Stancombe, Bebe King, and Alice da Silva Aguiar—by Axel Rudakubana.

The hysteria around Netflix’s Adolescence has been—let’s be frank—ridiculous.

Everyone from government comms teams to activists have jumped on it.

It practically took over Britain.

So here are the facts (some underreported) to put it to bed once and for all (hopefully) 🧵 When Adolescence premiered on Netflix on 13 March 2025, it didn’t just trend—it detonated.

It's now logged over 96m views.

The fictional mini-series follows a 13-year-old schoolboy—an “incel” who, fuelled by online misogyny and self-loathing, murders a female classmate.

It hasn’t really hit the news yet, but…

Labour is being accused of quietly "killing" the local grooming gang inquiries they promised back in January.

Critics say it’s a betrayal.

Here’s what they've done. Thread 🧵 Back in January, Labour Home Secretary Yvette Cooper promised the country that the government would act on the grooming gang scandal.

The Sentencing Council's recent actions caused a storm online and in the press.

Last night, they backtracked.

But it wasn't necessarily the rules that were the most worrying aspect of the whole saga.

Here's an honest attempt to breakdown the situation.

Thread 🧵 On March 5th, 2025, the Sentencing Council released updated guidelines on community and custodial sentencing that stunned both citizens and politicians alike.

Smart meters are back in the headlines.

Once again, British Gas stands accused of "forcing" them on Brits.

At the centre of it all? CEO Chris O’Shea.

The story runs deeper than many might expect—speaking to abuses of power, coercion and control.

Thread 🧵 Chris O’Shea has been the CEO of Centrica since 2020.

Centrica, the parent company of British Gas, is one of the major players in UK’s gas and electricity market—supplying over 10 million households.

It emerged from the breakup of British Gas plc in 1997.

There's been an interesting update in the Southport story...

Key reporter Charlie Astor-Bentley broke her two-month-long silence today.

Revelations and context.

Thread 🧵 In a disturbing twist to the already grim story, journalist Charlie Astor-Bentley has spoken publicly for the first time in nearly two months—revealing her X account was hacked and her viral thread on Southport child-murderer Axel Rudakubana’s sentencing was deleted.

In case you missed it…

The Online Safety Act came into full force on Monday.

It started as a child safety measure.

But what it’s become? Few saw coming.

The origins, the players involved, the powers buried within, and the alarming future ahead.

Thread 🧵 The Online Safety Act has been in the works since 2017.

It all began, as so much invasive, wide-reaching legislation does, with tragedy.

I’m no expert on Ukraine, but…

In 2022, an interesting report emerged about the events leading up to the “special military operation.”

It was a bit of a bombshell.

Yet, even now, few mention it—whether for political reasons, personal bias, or something else entirely.

Here’s a breakdown 🧵 The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has monitored conflicts in the Donbas since 2014.

Something went very wrong with Britain’s medical watchdog.

At the heart of it? One career civil servant.

Meet Charlie Massey, the man who transformed the General Medical Council beyond recognition.

How did he do it? And at what cost?

Thread 🧵 Massey became chief executive and registrar of the GMC in 2016.

He is a career civil servant, having previously worked in HM Treasury, the Cabinet Office, Department for Work and Pensions, the Pensions Regulator and the Department of Social Security.

Britain’s state-backed weather & climate service has been up to some astonishing things.

And at the center of it all? One woman most have probably never heard of.

Penelope Endersby, chief executive of the Met Office.

Her agency’s actions might leave you speechless.

Thread 🧵 Endersby has led the Met Office since December 2018.

The agency operates as a trading fund under the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, supplying climate data that shapes government policy.

There's been a lot of talk about British policing of late...

Some say they're politically captured, but opinions are divided.

So here's a comprehensive summary of past incidences of bias (speaking to policy) so you can judge for yourself...

Thread 🧵 Misconduct Probe for Saying “Whiter Than White”

In Sept 2018, a senior Metropolitan Police officer faced possible dismissal after using the phrase "whiter than white" when addressing colleagues.

The detective, who worked in anti-corruption, was suspended from duties and investigated for gross misconduct.