A prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) is pursuing five new arrest warrants for Israeli officials. These include Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir.

However, the ICC has not yet issued them.

According to Haaretz, the ICC prosecutor also named Settlement Minister Orit Struck and two military officials.

In 2024, the ICC issued arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.

The ICC found that there were:

reasonable grounds to believe that each has committed the war crime of using starvation as a method of warfare and crimes against humanity of murder, persecution, and other inhumane acts, as a direct perpetrator, acting jointly with others.

The Chamber also found reasonable grounds to believe that they are each responsible for the war crime of intentionally directing attacks against civilians as a superior.

Shady MOD contracts

Shockingly, Smotrich’s Ministry of Finance owns an arms factory in the UK. Meaning an Israeli state-owned weapons factory, responsible for the mass murder of Palestinian children, is just sitting alongside the Tyne River in Newcastle. 

Pearson is responsible for supplying parts for armoured vehicles and also specialises in combat robotics. Rafael, Israel’s state-owned arms manufacturer, owns it. Rafael also produces missiles and drones for the IOF. Even on Companies House, the Israeli government is listed as holding the controlling stake in the firm.

To make matters worse, the British government recently awarded Pearson Engineering a £10m Ministry of Defence contract.

Smotrich has repeatedly called for Israel to completely ethnically cleanse all 1.8m people from Gaza, so it can ‘be settled’.

He himself is an illegal settler in the Occupied West Bank, and the Israeli government has granted him sweeping ministerial powers to “direct and expand” Israeli settlement policy.

ICC arrest warrant for Ben-Gvir?

Ben-Gvir is another piece-of-shit illegal settler in Kiryat Araba, one of the most radical settlements in the occupied West Bank. Previously, he stated that his rights are more important than those of Palestinians and is the psychopath behind a new law sentencing Palestinians to death.

He is the leader of Otzma Yehudit, or Jewish Power, a far-right, anti-arab party.

He has racked up at least eight criminal convictions, including supporting a terrorist organisation and inciting racism. His criminal record is so long that when he appeared before a judge, a former official said:

we had to change the ink on the printer

In 2022, he pulled a gun on Palestinian parking attendants in Tel Aviv, and was part of a group of settlers who slashed Palestinians’ car tyres and tried to storm one family’s home. When Palestinians responded by throwing stones, he pulled out a gun, despite the police presence at the scene.

Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert described Ben-Gvir as an “imminent danger to Israel” compared to a nuclear-armed Iran.

He has also made clear his intentions to ethnically cleanse Lebanon, Gaza, and the West Bank.

In 2025, he and Smotrich both called the soldiers who were guilty of raping a Palestinian prisoner at the Sde Teiman detention ‘heroes’.

The IOF even banned Ben-Gvir from joining because of his ‘extremist past’. Imagine being too extreme to join a bunch of literal terrorists.

Orit Strock

Orit Strock is the Minister for Settlement and National Missions, and is also an illegal settler in the Avraham Avinu settlement in Hebron. She is a member of Smotrich’s far-right religious Zionist party.

In April, a car from Struck’s motorcade hit and killed a Palestinian child near the illegal settlement of Kiryat Arba in the occupied West Bank.

A 16-year-old Palestinian boy has been killed after he was struck by a vehicle reportedly belonging to far-right Israeli minister Orit Strock’s security convoy near the illegal settlement of Kiryat Arba in the occupied West Bank. pic.twitter.com/7RsHIYopS5

— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) April 21, 2026

Only recently, Strock’s daughter, Shoshana, reportedly died by suicide after publicly accusing her family of enduring alleged ritual sexual abuse from as young as two and a half years old. She had just appointed lawyers to pursue justice for the crimes against her.

However, in December 2025, Shoshana warned her Facebook followers that she was in danger of being murdered to silence her. And she told them not to believe a word of it if she was found dead and it was called suicide, or an ‘accident’.

Of course, Jewish law generally prohibits autopsies. That’s pretty convenient.

An Israeli court issued a gag order to domestic media, which prevented outlets from linking the allegations to Strock’s mother and other named individuals. However, it does not apply to international media outlets.

Of course, they all deserved their day in the Hague.

If I called for the levels of violence on these individuals that they have called for in Gaza, the police would lock me up for inciting. These guys are on another planet — one in which the rules do not apply to Zionists.

Of course, these people alone are not the issue. Zionism and Jewish supremacy are the problem. As long as both exist, more psychopathic, genocidal war criminals will continue to rise to power.

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Flag shagger arrested!

As we reported, Tommy Robinson’s 2026 Unite the Kingdom rally was a massive flop. Despite this, some good did come of it:

Oh dear… Raise the Colours leader Ryan Bridge has just been arrested at Euston station https://t.co/jTvTaLaKrr

— Nick Lowles (@lowles_nick) May 16, 2026

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Flag shagger raising the colours

Ryan Bridge is one of the UK’s top flag shaggers. As we reported on 11 May, his hobby recently saw him trying and failing to bully an older man outside his house:

Ryan Bridge from Raise The Colours and his goons bullied an elderly man. pic.twitter.com/FoA42dNEPZ

— Mukhtar (@I_amMukhtar) May 10, 2026

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Bridge indulges in his flag shaggery as part of Operation Raise the Colours. This is what Hope not Hate wrote about the group:

HOPE not hate can reveal that the co-founder and organiser of the group is longtime Stephen Lennon (AKA Tommy Robinson) ally Andrew Currien (AKA Andy Saxon). Formerly a key member of the English Defence League’s leadership bodyguard team, and now running security for the far-right party Britain First, Currien has previously been jailed for his part in a racist death. He was one of six men convicted in 2009 after a 59-year-old man was crushed to death by a car following a violent brawl.

Bridge is another key member of the operation, and he’s also linked to a £40 million fraud scandal, as the Mirror reported in 2018.

Ryan Bridge, the guy behind the Raise the Colours, faces eight years in prison if convicted. pic.twitter.com/mRmu8HwCmF

— Mukhtar (@I_amMukhtar) November 30, 2025

Bridge was one of the goons who raised money to travel to France to harass migrants. The following is a video of Bridge fleeing in terror which was filmed after that all went predictably wrong:

Wind people up and then run like cowards. Hardmen image of Danny Tammo and Ryan Bridge destroyed in one short clip. https://t.co/TtqfV8PyCw

— St Michael (@ClurichaunLol) November 29, 2025

Nick Lowles of Hope not Hate said the following regarding Bridge’s arrest:

Confirmation that Ryan Bridge was arrested for an incident in Birmingham a couple of nights ago when someone who objected to them putting up flags was run over…. https://t.co/jbDOKa1srq

— Nick Lowles (@lowles_nick) May 16, 2026

The following shows Bridge denying knowledge of the incident alongside another video showing that he clearly did know about the incident:

Bridge isn’t the only Raise the Colours thug out there causing trouble either:

These men who are ‘protecting women’ are assaulting and insulting women.
This isn’t patriotism. This isn’t protection.
This is fascism. This is assault.
They are the loud minority bullying the UK. pic.twitter.com/4qgjazr9sv

— Council Flat Kurstie (@parlyparty) May 16, 2026

Unexpected

The Canary is usually the last outlet you’d expect to be celebrating an arrest at a protest. For Bridge, however, we’ll make an exception — especially as he’s the sort of shithouse we’d ordinarily be protesting against.

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As we’ve reported, Andy Burnham is a politician with many, many faults. Despite this, there was hope Burnham could be used as a vehicle to get some decent policies implemented. As it turns out, though, Burnham has already backed down on one of the policies which made him worth voting for:

BREAKING | Andy Burnham confirms he will NOT scrap first-past-the-post before #GE2029

Burnham said electoral reform must be "in a manifesto", and revealed he does NOT back proportional representation, instead praising the non-proportional Supplementary Vote (SV)

Via @itvnews pic.twitter.com/wO40XxnR4K

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— Stats for Lefties (@LeftieStats) May 17, 2026

Going off this logic, it’s realistic to think Burnham could also back away from renationalising key utilities and industries.

Proportional Representation

Before we get into what Burnham said, we should explain what he was talking about.

In the UK, we operate under the ‘First Past the Post’ (FPTP) electoral system. As the Electoral Reform Society reports, this is at odds with most other democracies, which use some form of proportional representation.

Under FPTP, constituencies vote for their MP, with the winner in each constituency taking a seat in Parliament. The following graph demonstrates how FPTP can lead to results which don’t match how the country voted:

As you can see, Labour achieved nearly two thirds of the seats in parliament with only around a third of the votes. Clearly, then, this isn’t democratic.

The society adds:

Westminster’s First Past the Post voting system usually allows parties to form a government on their own. But, these governments may only have the support of 35 percent (Labour 2005), a record low, or 37 percent (Conservative 2015) of the country.

Westminster’s voting system creates two sorts of areas. ‘Safe seats’, with such a low chance of changing hands that there is no point in campaigning, and ‘swing seats’, that could change hands.

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As parties want to get as many MPs as possible, parties prioritise voters who might change their minds who live in swing seats. Parties design their manifestos to appeal to voters in swing seats, and spend the majority of their funds campaigning in them.

The alternative is proportional representation (PR), with the Electoral Reform society writing:

Proportional representation (PR) is not a voting system in itself. Instead, it’s the idea that seats in parliament should reflect the proportion of votes cast; something which can be achieved through a variety of electoral systems.

As such, there’s not just one way that PR works. But it’s possible to understand what it might look like if it were implemented across Britain by getting to grips with the nuts and bolts of the different types of voting systems which do establish proportional representation.

The PR options they list include:

• Single Transferable Vote (STV).
• Additional Members System (AMS).
• Party List Proportional Representation.

Burnham getting his excuses in

In the clip at the top, Burnham says:

I stood for Westminster four times under the first past the post system and then in 2017 when I stood for the first time to be Mayor of Greater Manchester under a proportional system, I realised that you had an incentive to knock on every door because you might be able to get a second preference from somebody who was a Lib Dem voter or a Green.

And I used to say to them, ‘oh, well, OK, if you support regulation of the buses, maybe you could consider giving me a second preference?’ And the thing about that was it finally aligned the conversation on the doorstep with what people want from politics, which is about problem-solving first and foremost not point scoring and you know for me you know building a different political conversation in the country then allows us to start thinking of different long-term solutions.

I think Westminster politics has served people very badly indeed.

As Stats for Lefties noted, Supplementary Vote (SV) isn’t one of the systems that is traditionally classed as ‘proportional’. On their site, the Electoral Reform Society rank it as follows:

Of course, the fact that Burnham used SV in Greater Manchester doesn’t necessarily mean it would be his preferred system for the country (he wasn’t the guy who introduced it, after all). The question is whether he’d seek to introduce proportional representation in this parliament, and we now have an answer to that.

When asked if he was talking about “electoral reform”, Burnham said:

I support it and I think it brings a different conversation. But that, to then go on to answer your question, would require it to be in a manifesto and endorsed at a general election.

This is consequential, because the Green Party was talking about standing down in the Makerfield by-election based on the idea that Burnham would introduce PR if he wins and becomes PM.

Greens standby

This is what Greens leader Zack Polanski said on potentially standing down to give Burnham a better shot at winning against Reform:

Last week’s elections shows the country is crying out for a break from the failed status quo. Keir Starmer has been unable and unwilling to break with an economic model that has fuelled the affordability crisis and this is why we have said he must go. Whatever happens in the coming by-election, Andy Burnham will need to make clear which version of him is going to show up.

Is it the politician who has been part and parcel of the Labour establishment for decades, abstaining on legislation making brutal cuts to welfare, PFI and other Labour privatisations?

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Or is it the one who has publicly supported proportional representation, been a popular Mayor in Manchester and expressed support to make changes to the failed economic model.

The country needs to know if Andy Burnham is serious about breaking out from the terrible orthodoxies from the past, or if he will just be more of the same.

Now, it seems, we have an answer.

Burnham can say he supports PR and will campaign for it in future, but why would anyone believe a Labour politician at this point? And as some Green supporters are now saying:

Greens must run and take the seat. If @AndyBurnhamGM offers no shift in the electoral system, it means no deal. And there's no point arguing this will "let in Reform" –– Reform will win due to our electoral system, regardless of who's prime minister for the next 3 years. https://t.co/ilKMAgK3qU

— Philip Proudfoot (@PhilipProudfoot) May 17, 2026

There’s more to this too. Burnham has spoken about renationalising key utilities and industries. Is this something he’d do if he replaces Starmer, or would that require a general election too?

It seems to us that unless Burnham makes bold, dramatic moves like ending the privatisation scam, there’s no chance he’ll win the next election. As such, why should we care if he wins the Makerfield by-election, when he’s already suggesting nothing significant will change until 2029?

Burnham — no easy ride

Former Greens leader Caroline Lucas actually called for her party to stand down before they’d secured any guarantees from Burnham:

I hope this isn’t true. There are times when it’s more important to put country before party. This is one of them. Burnham’s longstanding commitment to a fairer voting system could transform our democracy & counter dire threat of a Reform UK government https://t.co/PNfl5GnB0X

— Caroline Lucas (@CarolineLucas) May 15, 2026

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With all respect to Lucas, this demonstrates why the Green Party hasn’t traditionally been very good at politics.

Polanski might not get Burnham to commit to PR, but if he doesn’t, he can certainly make Burnham regret that decision – especially when the polling is this tight:

NEW | Burnham narrowly leads in Makerfield

Lab: 45% (-)
Ref: 42% (+10)

Source: @Survation estimate, 15 May 2026
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+/- vs 2024 general election pic.twitter.com/wwgueC9uDP

— Stats for Lefties (@LeftieStats) May 16, 2026

And as we now know, the Greens will be contending the seat:

NEW | Greens confirm they will contest Makerfield.

Despite Caroline Lucas urging the party to step aside and endorse Starmer's Labour Party, a Green spokesperson said the selection process has begun.

"We've shown we can beat Reform" they added.

(Via @Telegraph) pic.twitter.com/E0jcD3X43C

— Stats for Lefties (@LeftieStats) May 17, 2026

People are tired of Labour politicians failing to deliver, and Andy Burnham may be about to find out just how tired they are.

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A huge explosion and fireball rocked Beit Shamesh in the Occupied Palestinian Territories late on Saturday, 16 May.

Residents near Israel’s Beit Shemesh area reported a loud explosion and large fire visible from afar.

Israel’s Kan News later claimed the incident was a controlled explosion carried out inside a civilian factory. No injuries or damage were reported. pic.twitter.com/FyHLPmoaeZ

— Faytuks Network (@FaytuksNetwork) May 16, 2026

The explosion reportedly took place at Sdot Micha Air Base, which Tomer, an Israeli government-owned weapons and defence company, has previously used to test weapons.

The mysterious massive explosion apparently occurred at a test engine facility inside the highly secretive Israeli Sidot Micha base, located at 31°46’24.08″N 34°53’47.93″E.

A similar explosion took place at the same facility in 2021 during an Israeli rocket engine test. https://t.co/qw89XZf0rR pic.twitter.com/XPfmv3qzrV

— Egypt’s Intel Observer (@EGYOSINT) May 16, 2026

Tomer claimed the blast was a “planned controlled experiment”.

However, the official narrative has raised more questions than it has answered.

I don’t know what just happened in Beit Shemesh, but this is in no way a “controlled explosion”. What kind of controlled explosion that powerful in a “sensitive zone” happens in the middle of the night without notifying residents? Israel is lying again pic.twitter.com/jszyq6Mk2K

— Hadi (@HadiNasrallah) May 16, 2026

Beit Shamesh — ‘Intentional’

For a start, most Western media outlets have pretty much ignored the story, which is an immediate red flag. We already know that Israel has strict censorship laws in place, especially surrounding military sites. Israel even detains journalists who violate the censorship regulations. Additionally, Israel requires journalists to submit visual materials such as photos and videos in advance for approval.

Presumably, there is very little footage because the explosion happened at an Israeli military base.

However, in recent months, all Western media outlets ever bang on about is Israel and antisemitism (ahem, BBC). So why the sudden silence when social media is filled with videos of a huge explosion in central Israel? Something doesn’t add up.

Next, why was an “intentional” and “planned test” carried out so late at night, without warning residents?

Where was the warning to settlers? Don’t God’s chosen people deserve a warning?

Warnings and alerts would have been issued to the settlers had it been a controlled demolition. They have received them for demolitions in the north and Gaza.

This city was pounded repeatedly during the war from Iran. It has 2 bases that contain Jericho ICBMS that carry nukes. https://t.co/KMAZ844lrh

— Jawad (@levantupdates) May 16, 2026

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Israel usually warns illegal settlers when it tests or detonates weapons. Yet Israel did not warn residents in Beit Shemesh. Why didn’t it this time?

There are also reports on social media that ambulances and other emergency services were blocked from attending the scene.

Additionally, the Jerusalem Post reported the circulating theory that the explosion may have destroyed a stockpile of surface-to-air missiles belonging to Arrow 3, an anti-ballistic missile defence system.

Tomer

Tomer is an Israeli government-owned defence company that provides:

a national knowledge center for the State of Israel, Tomer develops and manufactures rocket systems used in air, land, and naval weapon systems used by Israel’s Ministry of Defense (MOD), Israel Defense Forces (IDF), and foreign armed forces. Among these weapon systems are rocket motors of the Arrow missiles, Shavit satellite launchers, ELRAD air defense systems, and artillery rockets.

A previous analysis by the Independent suggests that the Tomer tests weapons at the Sdot Micha Air Base.

Israeli media previously quoted Tomer after a similar blast at the site in 2021. It said it was a “controlled test” with “no exceptional circumstances”.

Tomer has also claimed that the:

angle and darkness of videos amplified the explosion’s visual force.

Importantly, though, Tomer is responsible for many of the weapons which the IOF has used in its genocides in both Gaza and Lebanon.

Sdot Micha — Beit Shamesh

Sdot Micha is an IOF Air Force missile base and depot in the Occupied Palestinian territories, in the Jerusalem district. It spans around 13km from southeast to northwest.

The base illegally occupies land on which the villages of Al-Burayj, Sejed, Jilya, and Qazaza were located before the Nakba in 1948.

The base houses at least three different IOF squadrons and operates Jericho intermediate-range (IRBM) and intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM). It also maintains Arrow 2 and Arrow 3 missile batteries. A separate, high-security area northwest of these positions contains four bunkers for warhead storage.

Experts also suspect that Sdot Micha houses nukes. According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute:

Up to 50 warheads are thought to be assigned for delivery by land-based Jericho ballistic missiles, although the Israeli government has never publicly confirmed that it possesses the missiles. The missiles are believed to be located, along with their mobile transporter-erector-launchers (TELs), in caves or bunkers at Sdot Micha Airbase near Zekharia, about 25 kilo­metres west of Jerusalem.

As usual, the official Israeli narrative raises more questions than it answers.

It’s also pretty ironic that Israel and the US have been so paranoid about Iran developing nuclear weapons. Yet, here it is, conducting random explosions that may or may not be tests.

How ironic that Israel is so paranoid about Iran getting nuclear weapons, and here it is, conducting random “explosions” and no one knows what the hell is going on. Pure hypocrisy.

— Amira Nour (@Amira_Nour8) May 16, 2026

The only thing tightly controlled about this explosion is the narrative, which is pretty standard for the Jewish-supremacist ethnostate.

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Kuenssberg — Josh Simons is the now-ex-Labour MP who was found to have spied on journalists. As we’re supposed to live in a liberal democracy, this sort of behaviour should be frowned upon. Instead, the national broadcaster just treated Simons like a normal politician:

Josh Simons is on #bbclaurak this morning.

Will Laura Kuenssberg ask him about his role as the head of Labour Together, when he organised a smear campaign against a journalist investigating the organisation, and for which he had to subsequently resign as a minister? pic.twitter.com/KzN5p1EQ41

— Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) May 17, 2026

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Kuenssberg — Josh Simons

On 14 May, the Canary’s Skwawkbox reported:

Simons was in charge of LT when it paid a firm to spy on independent journalist and author Paul Holden, who was writing a book about LT’s secret activities and its sabotage of Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership. The firm also spied on a couple of ‘mainstream’ hacks who were prying a bit too closely. He quit when he was found out but remains a full-throated amplifier of antisemitism smears and turned on Starmer this week, at least publicly.

It’s clear why Simons would use antisemitism smears to discredit Israel critics, as Jody McIntyre reported for the Canary:

Last June, Simons received £5,000 from Mike Craven, a former press officer for Tony Blair. Craven, still listed as a director of Labour Together Limited on Companies House, has previously attacked Jeremy Corbyn “and the far left” for not recognising the Israeli state’s “right to exist”.

Additionally:

In February, it was revealed that he had failed to properly declare a donation from Trevor Chinn, the former Labour Together director and funder who, after being nominated by Labour Friends of Israel, received an Israeli Presidential Medal of Honor for “skills and work to the benefit of the State of Israel”.

And:

At the 2024 conference of the Jewish Labour Movement, Simons spoke alongside former Israeli spy Assaf Kaplan at an event that promised to teach the audience “how to run a good campaign”.

A more curious journalist than Kuenssberg might have asked Simons why he:

• Spied on British journalists.
• Has links to the security apparatus of a foreign country.
• Takes money from wealthy individuals whose sole interest seems to be promoting Israel.

Instead:

narrator: she did not. https://t.co/oKvTOlgOzw

— Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) May 17, 2026

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Unsaid

The BBC had Simons on because he’s stepped down as an MP to allow Andy Burnham to run for parliament. This is a big story, obviously, but that doesn’t mean Simons’ history doesn’t matter. If anything, it makes his disgraceful actions more interesting.

Allowing a man who ran a factional org that broke the law when it channelled secret cash to fund Starmers rise, & which then ran a smear campaign against journalists investigating its role, to opine on whats gone wrong for Labour & the need to come together, is frankly absurd. pic.twitter.com/LmedXZ8HFT

— Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) May 17, 2026

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In the clip above, Simons says this by-election is about whether Labour can win back working class voters. There’s no reflection on the fact that the right-wing faction he was a part of pushed away such voters by pursuing endless privatisation and corporatisation — a political ideology which made us all poorer (especially those of us in the North).

The endless Labour infighting also didn’t help, and most of it was driven by politicians like Simons:

Simons taking the moral high ground

Was it in the best interests of Lab & the country when you ran a smear campaign against journalists investigating the factional org you were running (which had played a key role in bringing Keir to power & broke electoral law in the process!) pic.twitter.com/VuCrvpVKza

— Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) May 17, 2026

Simons also called for an end to online anonymity:

The man who ran a secret campaign to target and smear journalists says anonymous accounts on social media are polluting our public conversation. pic.twitter.com/rkKajGy4y2

— Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) May 17, 2026

This is a bit rich from a guy who spied on journalists from the shadows!

When is a journalist not a journalist?

BBC journalism doesn’t exist to uncover the truth; it exists to obscure it. And as Saul Staniforth highlighted, this is far from the first time this has happened:

And keeps forgetting!https://t.co/IOk55q6iY2

— Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) May 17, 2026

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Streeting — Keir Starmer’s downfall was hastened by his relationship with Peter Mandelson. Despite knowing Mandelson maintained a relationship with the dead paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, Starmer made the man our ambassador to the US. This made it clear to all that Starmer is a man with phenomenally bad judgement. It also made it clear that we can’t have another PM who’s linked to Mandelson.

Now, Wes Streeting thinks he’s the man to replace Starmer. And you know who else supposedly thinks that?

Peter Mandelson tells friends he backs Wes Streeting for Labour leader https://t.co/OohaxSyCPl

— Daily Mail (@DailyMail) May 16, 2026

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Wes and Pete

The Mail described Mandelson’s backing as follows:

It is the backing that every leadership contender dreads: the endorsement of Peter Mandelson.

According to the Mail, Mandelson told friends that Streeting is the only potential replacement:

with anything new to offer or the ability to connect with voters.

We know what you’re thinking, and yes — he was talking about the same Wes Streeting (allegedly). This is despite Streeting being dedicated to the same failed privatisation ideology of every other Labour right politician.

Mandelson protege Wes Streeting didn't want to speak to the Canary's @cjmbaillie today about notorious Palantir – apparently he needs "permission" to speak to journalists. From whom? Petie? #GortonAndDenton #GortonDentonByElection pic.twitter.com/LZ8xfr2LZL

— Canary (@TheCanaryUK) February 26, 2026

As Health Secretary, Wes Streeting deepened the privatisation of our NHS and handed over our data to Palantir, a company involved in genocide.

I am sure his friend Peter Mandelson is very proud.

Time to reinstate our NHS as a fully public service — and kick Palantir out!

— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) May 14, 2026

The Mail also reports:

I have not made and will not make – categorically – any comment on candidates or aspects of this contest, so you have been misinformed.’

Generally, with politicians like Mandelson, you can assume that when you hear from their ‘friends’ you’re actually hearing from them. This is how it all works. The media gets titbits, and the leakers get to remain anonymous.

Regardless of what Mandelson did or didn’t say, Streeting and Starmer’s government have all been tainted by this scandal:

Wes Streeting talking about Epsteins victims

Streeting knew Mandelson had stayed at Epsteins house after he was convicted & he didn't speak out publicly when he was appointed, because Mandelson was his political friend & ally. Where was Streetings concern for the victims then? pic.twitter.com/jnPp9cv87s

— Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) February 25, 2026

Streeting the moment

To be entirely fair, it’s not outside the realms of possibility that someone hostile to Streeting made up the Mandelson endorsement. This is the problem with the Labour Party; it’s a bunch of anti-social careerists who are constantly briefing against one another.

Regardless of who Mandelson did or didn’t endorse, anyway, this country does not need Streeting as PM.

Less than 5 months ago Wes Streeting was defending Peter Mandelson in his job as the UKs ambassador to the US (clip from September 2025) pic.twitter.com/gpqfG716uG

— Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) February 2, 2026

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The UK is in an unusual situation in which everyone understands Keir Starmer is no longer PM except Keir Starmer himself. This is a problem, because Starmer is unfortunately the only person who can remove Starmer from office. Thankfully, though, there are now signs he’s planning to join us all here in reality.

As Labour MP Karl Turner said:

Good. It’s about time. He’s brought this on himself. Tatty bye. Briefed against good people. Disgrace. Absolute disgrace. https://t.co/IQ8FHSEt3B

— Karl Turner MP (@KarlTurnerMP) May 16, 2026

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Keir Starmer — end of days

According to Dan Hodges of the Daily Mail, “close friends” of Starmer have said the PM is planning to set out a timetable for his departure. This obviously raises eyebrows, because it suggests he has “close friends”, and not simply people who owe their Cabinet positions to him.

Whether this anonymous insider was a friend or not, it’s reported that they said:

Keir understands the political reality.

He realises the current chaos is unsustainable. He simply wants to be able to do it in a dignified way and in a manner of his own choosing. He will set out a timetable.

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The question now is not if Starmer will go but when. One source told Hodges:

Morgan McSweeney [the PM’s former chief of staff] has been urging him to hang on. He’s arguing if they show a tight contest or that Andy is on course to lose, then there is still a chance

Yes — that’s right — the disgraced McSweeney is back in the mix. It’s almost like Starmer is incapable of making his own decisions, isn’t it? And it’s almost like that’s why he proved to be such a weak and ineffectual prime minister.

Another source told Hodges:

He’s not going to take the risk of waiting for the result of the by-election. That would be too much of a personal humiliation. If he waits and then Burnham wins, it looks as if he’s driven him out of office.

To be fair, no one will think Burnham pushed him out of office; everyone understands it was Starmer’s own incompetence.

Team Burnham

Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham is currently running to become the MP for Makerfield. Should he return to parliament, Burnham will be in a position to challenge Keir Starmer. That’s a big ‘if’, however, because Reform recently did well there, and current polling looks this:

NEW | Burnham narrowly leads in Makerfield

Lab: 45% (-)
Ref: 42% (+10)

Source: @Survation estimate, 15 May 2026
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+/- vs 2024 general election pic.twitter.com/wwgueC9uDP

— Stats for Lefties (@LeftieStats) May 16, 2026

According to Hodges, Burnham’s team want Starmer to hold back on announcing his departure until after Burnham wins. The strategy is that Starmer staying in place will motivate voters to return Burnham to parliament.

Ultimately, however, it might not make a difference, because we all know Starmer is gone one way or another.

Further on Keir Starmer and departure timetable:

* Team Burnham want him to wait until AFTER the by-election. They worry it would undermine their “Vote Andy to get rid of Starmer” message

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* Starmer remains furious at perceived cabinet betrayal. Believes Ministers who have been…

— (((Dan Hodges))) (@DPJHodges) May 17, 2026

Going, going…

At this point, Keir Starmer is clearly going. While it’s not ideal that we face several months of being functionally leaderless, it’s not like Starmer was doing all that much leading anyway.

As we’ve reported, Burnham himself has many, many faults as a politician. Still, it does seem like we could get some decent policies out of him, including renationalisation and proportional representation.

In other words, while Burnham isn’t the second coming, he might at least show up.

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In 2025, Tommy Robinson surprised many by orchestrating the largest far-right rally this country had seen in decades. Robinson reacted to this as you would expect — by selling advertising space and merchandise. We imagine Robinson made good money off his fans because he always does, but the future prospects of his fash-for-cash operation are in serious doubt:

On the left the AI.
On the right the reality.
Tommy’s March was a flop.
Smaller than last year. pic.twitter.com/geBlXYWidA

— Gyll King Post Skip Diplomacy (@GyllKing) May 16, 2026

A dying movement

Videos showed the crowd from different angles:

Tommy Robinson claims he's seen the aerial footage and "millions" attended his march.

Here's the main segment of their evening.

You be the judge. pic.twitter.com/vLzoKvxp5T

— smile2jannah (@smile2jannah) May 16, 2026

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CNBC TV show footage of the far right march in London

They've just about filled Parliament square

With barely anyone between Parliament square and Trafalgar square

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On the cover image, look at the bottom, there's a giant screen, with pretty much no one to watch it – and… pic.twitter.com/AiZbNTwI4a

— Farrukh (@implausibleblog) May 16, 2026

I don't know but you can get anywhere between 10-15k in Parliament square depending on how squished up they are to one another

— Farrukh (@implausibleblog) May 16, 2026

Speaking on the number of attendees, Nick Lowles of Hope not Hate said:

I think there were between 50,000-60,000 on the Unite the Kingdom demo, way down on last September’s event.

It also felt low energy. There was a buzz about September, probably because the size of it caught people by surprise. Expectations were higher now and the event didn’t really live up to it.

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The banning of 11 overseas speakers had a real impact on the demo. It distracted the organisers in the final week and the calibre of those who filled their spots were poor.

Last September, Elon Musk both helped build the demo and spoke. His absence was noticeable this time.

Lowles also said that Robinson:

will claim millions – but he will be lying.

More importantly though, and unlike last September, we have stood up to his narrative of division and hate. Britain is a better place than Lennon portrays. He failed, we are stronger than him

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Today’s Unite the Kingdom rally will most likely be viewed as a disappointment by the organisers.

Low turnout, low energy, and lack of high profile speakers raises questions on how Lennon can continue these near-identical demos without losing momentum.https://t.co/vIZf1oMZhM

— HOPE not hate (@hopenothate) May 16, 2026

Commenter Mukhtar, meanwhile, noted the following:

Tommy Robinson asked for money to hire a helicopter for aerial footage so nobody could “lie about the numbers.” He claimed the helicopter had been booked four days earlier.

Guess what? No helicopter footage was used. Instead, he used clips from a TikTok livestream filmed by someone who climbed onto the roof of a building.

Embarrassing

This year’s event was such a mess that even right-wingers were embarrassed by it:

Richard here describing how he’s had to walk through urine as the drunken yobs at the UTK rally are pissing all over the streets of London

He’s had enough

And he’s a UTK supporter. https://t.co/O1zV40L9xz

— Stop The Bollocks with Mirabel (@MirabelTweets1) May 16, 2026

It’s not hard to see why given the behaviour on display:

Tommy Robinson supporters in Westminister kick off and claim "two tier justice" because Tesco's aren't selling alcohol… pic.twitter.com/Yed33NNaXi

— The Saviour (@TheSaviour) May 16, 2026

Urinate the kingdom https://t.co/Lf73Y6CnQ4

— ابا الهراء (@m7amaRamadan) May 16, 2026

Of course, we have no sympathy for right-wingers who are fine with the blatant racism but draw the line at ungentlemanly behaviour. Because make no mistake — this was a hardcore racist affair:

the "entertainment" at Tommy Robinson low turn out unite the kingdom event..

disgusting, always is about hate nothing about unite the country at all pic.twitter.com/CfKL0VO1uM

— Just Dave now (@justdavenow89) May 16, 2026

The police would’ve arrested a pro-Palestine protester if they had held up a placard saying the exact same thing about Judaism. pic.twitter.com/FOVyR9XbC3

— Mukhtar (@I_amMukhtar) May 16, 2026

It’s also clear from footage that some of these degenerates are teaching their kids to be as vile as they are:

I'm trying to imagine Muslim kids chanting something similar about the Jewish or Christian faiths at a rally in London. The Prevent folks, counter-terrorism police, the entire British media would be all over the story, asking why Muslims are so extreme & brainwashing their kids. https://t.co/mNDYNqtr35

— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) May 17, 2026

This sort of brainwashing has real-life impacts, as we’ve seen:

I don’t recall wall to wall media coverage and politician outrage about this incident

Maybe if the Iranian Kurdish man had been an ambulance …… https://t.co/Q5VBUeI9YV

— Stop The Bollocks with Mirabel (@MirabelTweets1) March 23, 2026

Tommy Robinson’s limp lineup

As we reported, Robinson had problems getting a lineup of speakers for this years event. We’re not sure what this says about the British far-right, but Robinson heavily relied on foreign speakers. The problem is the government banned several of them from entering the UK because they’re hate mongers who wanted to stir up trouble.

As we reported on 15 January, banned speaker Eva Vlaardingerbroek:

is part of Generation Remigration, which is a group that advocates for – you guessed it – ‘remigration’.

Additionally:

Remigration is built on the idea that people of different ethnicities cannot live peacefully together. This is quite obviously what you would describe as ‘racist’. In years gone by, people on the far right would try to provide some sort of cover to claim ‘we’re not racist‘. Clearly, there is no such cover here.

Commenting on the speakers who did attend this year’s event, Mukhtar said that Robinson:

He also claimed celebrities would attend and give speeches. In the end, they had that washed-up actor Tamer Hassan on Zoom. Sharon Osbourne was a no-show, and even Katie Hopkins couldn’t be bothered to turn up, so she appeared on Zoom too.

When Starmer blocked foreign far-right agitators from entering the UK, Tommy tweeted that American congressmen were coming and dared him to block them. No American congressmen attended.

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The event also included some of the worst musical performances of all time:

I must insist that you watch this from beginning to end. It’s beyond fucking awful and unintentionally hilarious. pic.twitter.com/2QWJK6Utl4

— Moog (@a_toots) May 16, 2026

Icky Rourke. pic.twitter.com/hs4Gti5f2X

— Jim Nauseum 2.0 (@jim_nauseum2) May 16, 2026

It’s hard to imagine anyone who was subjected to this racket making an effort to return next year — not when they can simply be racist at home.

Imported hatred

What the rally lacked in numbers and entertainment, it made up for in imported Yank nonsense:

I just walked past that lot.
It is an out and out racist march.
It’s gross to be anywhere near.
Anyone who says this is normal people expressing normal sentiments isn’t normal. https://t.co/LOUDo1TkNI

— richard bacon (@richardpbacon) May 16, 2026

It’s not for nothing that we’re starting to see American-style far-right Christian nonsense in Britain. As Amnesty reported, US billionaires are paying for all this:

Three reasons why the "Unite the Kingdom" rally this Saturday is worse than you think…@ElonMusk a little something for you at the end. pic.twitter.com/pkrOb7OZ1L

— Amnesty UK (@AmnestyUK) May 14, 2026

As Amnesty said in the video:

the Unite the Kingdom march this Saturday is funded by billionaires with dangerous anti-rights agendas. Ever heard of Robert Shillman? He’s a US tech billionaire who funds Islamophobic figures from across the globe like Katie Hopkins and Geert Wilders, as well as Tommy Robinson. He dug deep this year and has donated 100,000 bucks to make this rally happen.

What went wrong?

Robinson and folks like him have spent the past few years riling up their followers with hardcore Islamophobia and bullshit. If you attended the Unite the Kingdom march in 2025, you might have believed the country was on the edge of imminent collapse, and that patriots were ready to overthrow the government. The problem with operating at that level of intensity is that when nothing actually happens, people start to drift off.

Tommy Robinson is good talking a big game, but he’s also notorious for rinsing his fans for everything they’ve got:

Before his 'Unite The Kingdom' Rally last year Tommy Robinson promoted a linked crypto coin called UTK.

If you had invested £1000 then it would now be worth around just £2.50.

Yet today he is out again pushing a 'trading strategy' that says no one has lost any money. pic.twitter.com/CM8sGlsRVF

— UNN (@UnityNewsNet) January 26, 2026

A recent example was when he claimed ISIS had made him a priority target — using the situation to beg for donations and then dropping the story a few weeks later:

Is he….. seeking a safe country while unable to financially support himself?

Well, well, well. https://t.co/EPe2yJ6seY

— Ginger Tucci (@Ginger_Tucci) February 14, 2026

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There’s also Unite the Kingdom itself, as Lowles noted:

More worryingly for Stephen Lennon, his supporters are beginning to see through his money making exercise. He’s admitted to receiving $300,000 from two people for the demo, plus the hundreds of thousands he raised from supporters. On top of that were all the merchandise, bucket collections etc..

Robinson isn’t capable of holding a movement like this together because he lacks the ideological zeal of an Adolf Hitler. He might genuinely hate Muslims, but he doesn’t hate them as much as he loves money, and his bank balance always come first.

Because of all this, Robinson hasn’t just failed to grow his movement; he’s actively shrunk it. And the people who are left are increasingly divorced from reality:

But… he did get away with it https://t.co/JjAtOOnDhM

— Alistair's Great Tweets (@YesitsAlistair) May 16, 2026

Tommy Robinson — the downfall

Tommy Robinson was poised to grow the British far-right into a viable and terrifying movement. Instead, he pissed it up the wall like lukewarm Stella.

At this point, this movement seems doomed to fade away. And the smaller it becomes, the more repellant it will be to the majority of people watching.

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