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Farage is a snowflake crying about left-wing milk
If you’re old enough, you’ll remember the British press constantly moaned about the ‘nanny state’ in the New Labour years. This is the term for when the government interferes in people’s every day business to an unhealthy degree. And as we’ve seen this week, Nigel Farage is going to be the nanny state personified if he becomes PM.
First he was going after work-from-home; now he wants to tell you what you can and can’t call oat milk:
When I first made this TikTok video in 2024 you all laughed at me.
Well, today the Supreme Court has ruled that ‘oat milk’ can no longer be called milk.
You’re not laughing now are you! pic.twitter.com/WFQaEgNulO
— Nigel Farage MP (@Nigel_Farage) February 11, 2026
How about minding your business, feller?
We are laughing now, to be fair
Farage is referring to the Supreme Court ruling which decided you can’t call oat milk ‘milk’ anymore. We have two thoughts on this:
- We’re really spending time and money on this?
- We’ll continue to call it oat milk out of habit, but we don’t care either way – we have more important things to worry about.
In the video above, Farage says:
So I’m in a smart hotel in London; I’ve got a cup, I want some milk. Let’s have a look. We’ve got semi-skimmed, I don’t like that. Oat milk? What on Earth’s that when it’s at home. Almond milk. All I want’s proper bloody milk, not left-wing options – proper milk. What’s wrong with me asking for that?
You are an old man in a public breakfast room shouting at the coffee table; this isn’t normal.
We’re going to print this in big, bold letters so that it gets through:
IF THE THOUGHT OF OAT MILK UPSETS YOU, YOU ARE TOO EASILY UPSET.
This is absolute snowflake behaviour.
And going further, there is nothing ‘left-wing’ about oat milk. Almond milk did not feature in the Communist Manifesto. Organised labour have never gone on strike to secure the right to coconut milk. Cashew milk is not a key tenet of Xi Jinping Thought.
Farage is doing two things here:
- Thinking that anything which wasn’t common in his childhood is wrong by default because his brain is decaying.
- Thinking that anything he doesn’t personally enjoy is ‘left wing’ because he’s right wing.
As we mentioned, Mr Nanny is also telling people where they can and can’t work. HG reported for the Canary:
Nigel Farage is going after work-from-home, in a hypocritical attempt to make it look like he’s ever worked a day in his life.
Of course, Nigey isn’t telling us that he previously employed his wife to work from home.
To make matters more infuriating, Reform UK also happens to employ people who work from home.
These people are going to be all up in your business while telling you to mind yours.
This your guy?
As is obvious from Farage’s tweet, he’s spent the past two years stewing on this. Do we really want this petty, small-minded dweeb in charge of the country?
Because let’s be real – at this point, he’s gonna want revenge for a lot more than just his opinions about milk.
Featured image via Trademark Room
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Trump Says UK Should ‘Just Take’ Oil From Strait Of Hormuz
Donald Trump has called on the UK to “go get your own oil” from the Strait of Hormuz in a new social media post.
The US president has tried and failed to get western allies including the UK to support him in his offensive against Iran.
After the US-Israeli strikes last month, Iran’s forces effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, which transports a fifth of the world’s oil supply.
The subsequent squeeze on fuel has caused a significant economic shock – and Trump has been trying to force Iran to negotiate as the global cost of living rises.
Writing on TruthSocial, he said the UK should either buy jet fuel from the US or “build up some delayed courage, go to the Strait and just TAKE IT”.
He said: “You’ve have to start learning how to fight for yourself, the USA won’t be there to help you anymore, just like you weren’t there for us.”
The UK government has insisted it is not concerned about oil shortages right now though there are worries about an energy crisis later in the year.
Trump’s attack on Britain comes after Keir Starmer refused US requests to use British military bases for premptive strikes on Iran last month, before allowing American troops to use UK sites for “limited and defensive” strikes.
The president also claimed: “Iran has been, essentially, decimated. The hard part is done. Go get your own oil!”
Read Trump’s full TruthSocial post below:
All of those countries that can’t get jet fuel because of the Strait of Hormuz, like the United Kingdom, which refused to get involved in the decapitation of Iran, I have a suggestion for you: Number 1, buy from the U.S., we have plenty, and Number 2, build up some delayed courage, go to the Strait, and just TAKE IT. You’ll have to start learning how to fight for yourself, the U.S.A. won’t be there to help you anymore, just like you weren’t there for us. Iran has been, essentially, decimated. The hard part is done. Go get your own oil! President DJT
The US president also lashed out at France, claiming it will not allow planes headed to Israel, “loaded with military supplies” fly over French land.
“France has been VERY UNHELPFUL with respect to the ‘Butcher of Iran’ who has been successfully eliminated! The USA will REMEMBER!” Trump wrote.
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JP Morgan money strike sees Labour bow down to it
Banking giant JP Morgan has gone on a capital strike (withholding investment). Following this, Labour has been quick to offer an 100% discount on the bank’s business rates, spread out over “a period of years”.
At the same time, doctors have been on a workers’ strike for pay restoration and job security. It appears that, when it comes to workers, Labour suddenly find the will to say no.
The Capital party?
If ‘Labour’ rebranded as ‘Capital’, we probably wouldn’t consider it an April Fool’s Day joke. As well as JP Morgan, pharmaceutical giants have been demanding that the NHS pay them more, or they will withhold investment. Labour agreed to a 25% increase in payments for essential drugs in December 2025.
Meanwhile, resident doctors are asking for real-terms pay restoration to 2008 levels, at 21%. The government is offering a 7.1% increase partly because it disputes the doctors’ use of the Retail Price Index (RPI) to calculate inflation. Apparently, RPI is good enough for calculating increases in student debt, rent and corporate pricing. However, it isn’t sufficient for a doctor’s pay.
Another part of the dispute is specialist doctor posts in the NHS. The government is proposing to increase them from 1,000 to around 4,000. The thing is, the number of specialist applications is projected to exceed 40,000 this year.
Overall, the UK is low on doctors per 1,000 people at 3.2. Some of the highest per capita doctor levels are in Austria (5.48) and Germany (4.53).
48-hour deadline (not for JP Morgan, of course)
Labour has given resident doctors 48 hours to accept the deal. The British Medical Association (BMA) rejected the offer without putting it to a member vote.
The chair of the BMA’s resident doctors committee, Dr Jack Fletcher, has said:
We’ve been willing and have been talking constructively for the last two months and at the very last minute the government has shifted the goalposts of the pay offer. I am very happy and willing to sit down and talk constructively once again.
He further responded to withholding a members vote on the pay and jobs offer:
We discussed this with our committee who are elected to represent our members. Their representatives have considered this offer. We don’t think it goes far enough on pay so we decided not to put this to our members.
While members should decide if they accept the offer, the government goes far too easy on capital like JP Morgan compared to workers. That’s an affront to how the Labour party was founded.
Featured image via the Canary
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What Is Gooning? Therapist Explains The New Trend Parents Should Question
Children chat about a lot of pretty odd stuff (remember Ballerina Cappuccina?) – however if you’ve heard them mention ‘gooning’ in conversation with their mates, or during gaming, it’s certainly worth pulling them up on it.
While you might consider ‘gooning’ as messing around or even goofing about (that’s what first came to my mind), per Mashable, it actually means “masturbating for a prolonged period of time, usually hours, without ever climaxing”.
In online spaces, it can also refer to zoning out as a result of intense sexual arousal, which Gabb (a company providing child-safe phones and tech) notes is “most often in the context of pornography”.
The issue is, if tweens and teens are using this terminology, chances are they are coming across pornography or inappropriate content online.
It’s not uncommon – over one-quarter (27%) of kids have come across pornography by age 11, according to a survey by the Children’s Commissioner.
While children shouldn’t be easily coming across porn due to stricter regulation as part of the Online Safety Act, they may still find ways to access it.
When talking about ‘gooning’ is a red flag
If your tween or teen is talking about gooning, even if it’s just joking with friends, it’s definitely worth asking them about it.
If they are getting involved in this activity, Fiona Yassin, a family psychotherapist, told HuffPost UK: “There’s a real neurodevelopmental risk here. During adolescence, the brain is still under construction – very much a work in progress – and when it’s repeatedly flooded with high-intensity sexual content, it drives spikes in dopamine that can create a pathway towards compulsive cycles.
“Over time, young people may need more and more intensity to achieve the same effect, which mirrors the mechanisms we see in other forms of addiction. That’s particularly concerning in a developing brain.”
Yassin, who is the founder and clinical director of The Wave Clinic, also warned that it can impact social development (zoning out in front of a screen might increase isolation, anxiety and low mood) and attachment, particularly as far as sexual relationships are concerned.
“This can disrupt the development of healthy attachment, increasing impulsivity, risk-taking, and a disregard for personal and relational safety,” she explained.
Teens who are exposed to this kind of content can also begin to develop unrealistic expectations of themselves and others, particularly as far as sex and relationships are concerned.
“It can encourage objectification, a sense of disposability in relationships, and a reduced capacity for genuine intimacy – building, sustaining, and nurturing connection,” said Yassin.
Ultimately, she warned, “it can shift how young people see others, which can lead to the oversexualisation of what would otherwise be non-sexual interactions”.
“That has wide-reaching implications for how they relate, connect, and develop into adulthood.”
Talk to your kids if they mention gooning
Some children might use the word without fully understanding where it comes from and the potential impact on others. So, the key here is to be curious about where they’ve heard the term and what they think it means – which can help steer your conversations going forward.
“Rather than reacting with frustration or alarm, the most effective starting point for parents is to stay calm and curious,” said Yassin.
“Parents may ask: ‘What does this word mean to you?’ or ‘What do you think someone else might hear or feel when that word is used?’. Like many aspects of child and adolescent mental health, this situation offers a valuable teaching and learning opportunity.”
If they do know the full meaning, the therapist urges parents to seize the opportunity for age-appropriate honesty. “Teens, in particular, are more likely to engage when they feel respected, rather than lectured,” she added.
“Parents can gently widen the conversation to the bigger picture, which might include the consequences of the word, how pornography can shape expectations, impact mental health, and, in some cases, lead to more compulsive patterns of behaviour.”
Action for Children has a few helpful pointers for talking to kids about porn, but ultimately it advises parents to reassure kids it’s OK to feel curious about sex, while also explaining that “porn is unrealistic” and it “can be harmful for them to watch it”.
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Walking this way could be an early sign of Dementia
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Prunes: The Dried Fruit That Can Boost Your Health In Older Life
You probably already know that strength training and calcium can help to keep your bones healthy and strong as you age.
But some factors – like getting enough vitamin D, which helps to absorb calcium, and avoiding smoking, which raises your risk of osteoporosis and is linked to a 30-40% higher risk of broken hips – are less obvious.
And in one study, prunes, which are high in anti-inflammatory polyphenols and calcium-balancing vitamin K, appeared to preserve bone density and strength at weight-bearing parts of the hip for post-menopausal women.
What did the research show?
The researchers followed a group of 235 postmenopausal women, who are at greater risk of bone loss, over a year.
They told one group to eat 50g (about five to six prunes) a day during the trial, and another group to eat 100g a day. A third group didn’t eat any prunes at all.
Though both prune levels were beneficial, the first group (50g) were more likely to stick to the habit, which meant they tended to get better results.
Professor Mary Jane De Souza, the study’s lead author, said: “Consuming five to six prunes a day for 12 months resulted in preservation of bone at the hip, a finding that was observable at six months and persisted through month 12.”
Postmenopausal women who didn’t consume any prunes saw a 1.1% bone loss in the same time period, while for those in the study, it stayed the same.
That benefit could lead to fewer bone breaks.
It could have benefits for bone quality, too
The same group of women were part of another study looking at how prunes seemed to affect the structure and estimated strength of their tibia.
“This is the first randomised controlled trial to look at three-dimensional bone outcomes with respect to bone structure, geometry and estimated strength,” Professor De Souza said.
“In our study, we saw that daily prune consumption impacted factors related to fracture risk. That’s clinically invaluable.”
She added that prunes may help to reduce the risk of osteoporosis, but more research is needed.
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Hegseth: Iran "Regime Change Has Occurred"
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MP Critical Of Jury Trial Reforms Has Labour Whip Suspended
Labour MP Karl Turner has had the party whip suspended after rebelling against the government over its plans to scrap most jury trials.
It is understood the MP for Kingston upon Hull East was informed by the chief whip Jonathan Reynolds today that he had the whip suspended following his recent conduct.
This decision will be reviewed at a later date, HuffPost UK understands.
However the MP has suggested he was not told of the party’s decision before the media announced it.
Turner wrote on X: “I am being told that I have had the whip suspended but I have not had any notification from the whips about this. It seems journalists have been told but I have not.”
He issued a full statement hours later, saying he was “disappointed” to be suspended without prior verbal communication.
Ministers have been pushing to end jury trials in cases that carry a likely sentence of less than three years, which would instead be heard in front of a lone judge.
The government argues that this is needed to clear the huge backlog of cases within the system, but critics like Turner say jury trials are a fundamental right.
Turner also told HuffPost UK less than a fortnight ago that a “revolt” by the Parliamentary Labour Party is just weeks away unless Starmer turns around the government’s fortunes ahead of the May elections.
He voiced his support for former deputy prime minister Angela Rayner after she warned the government was “running out of time” to deliver the change voters were promised.
The MP said: “It is refreshing to see a senior Labour politician come out and speak clearly to the situation we find ourselves in.”
He claimed there is “a great deal of discontent on the Labour benches”.
Turner said he still supports the prime minister’s leadership but urged him to up his game as Labour trails in the polls.
And he said the elections for the Scottish Parliament, Welsh Senedd and English councils on May 7 were D-Day for his premiership.
He said: “The PM needs to listen hard to what his PLP are saying. We cannot be treated with contempt.”
Meanwhile the Guardian reported that Turner’s suspension was related to an interview the MP gave to Jody McIntyre, a campaign who previously stood at the 2024 elections against Labour’s Jess Phillips.
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Hegseth Open To Boots On The Ground
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Prevent now being used by mental health staff for kids
A government report has raised concerns about people being referred to the ‘Prevent’ counter-terrorism program, not because of genuine concerns about radicalisation, but to speed up access to the UK’s crumbling mental health services.
However, given the biases and bigotries rife in both the program and mental health services themselves, this tactic is likely to be extremely risky for any Muslim, Black, and Brown people it affects.
‘Badly twisted approach’ ends up with Prevent
Whilst the government’s report was internal and never intended for public scrutiny, the Financial Times stated that it has seen the document. It was submitted in evidence for an inquiry into teenager Axel Rudakubana’s murder of three children in Southport in 2024.
However, the Financial Times doesn’t go far enough in its article.
We’ve known for a long time now about the use of health professionals to surveil patients for Prevent. We know Prevent has a massive bias against Muslim, Black, and Brown people. And, of course, we know mental health services themselves have a bias against Black and Brown individuals and Muslims.
As such, this referral tactic is likely to have severe consequences for many of the people it was ostensibly intended to help. As highlighted by Sarah St Vincent of campaign group Rights and Security International, health professionals are:
so desperate to get help for their patients that they’re referring them to a secretive policing programme that could impact them for the rest of their lives.
If that’s not a sign of a badly twisted approach in Westminster to people’s welfare, I don’t know what is.
Crumbling system
This desperation, if not the approach, is fully understandable. The waiting list for mental health services in England includes more than half a million young people. According to the Royal College of Psychiatrists, over half of them have been waiting over a year. For over a third, the wait has lasted two years or more.
For childhood autism diagnoses alone, NHS data places the median waiting time as 19 months. However, guidance states that people who are referred to mental health services through Prevent should be seen within a week.
Psychologists working within counter-terrorism programs like Prevent have previously suggested that autistic people make up around 13% of their caseloads. For comparison, autistic people make up around 1% of the population.
The leaked Home Office report states that:
sometimes practitioners made referrals to Prevent to try to expedite mental health and neurodiversity support and diagnosis.
Similarly, it also claimed that evidence suggests:
that the limited capacity of mental health resources has a notable impact on Prevent thresholds. Separately, waiting lists for neurodivergence assessments reportedly impact the support available to them.
Racism within mental health support
However, once referred to Prevent – with its accompanying stigma – outcomes are likely to be far from positive for Muslim or Black and Brown people.
Prevent itself is well-known for disregarding the mental health needs of the individuals referred to it. Research from health work campaign group Medact highlighted the intertwined biases of Prevent and mental health ‘support’:
Racism is highly significant to both mental health and policing, especially ‘pre-crime’ areas such as Prevent, and the hubs stand at the intersection of these two fields.
A racialised Muslim is at least 23 times more likely to be referred to a mental health hub for ‘Islamism’ than a white British individual is for ‘Far Right extremism’
Likewise, with regard to combined policing/mental health ‘support hubs’, Medact highlighted the reciprocity between the two sectors:
A high proportion of patients referred to each hub were already in contact with NHS mental health services and many were actually referred into Prevent from the health sector, underlining the circularity and duplication the
hubs create
Even regardless of the Prevent element, racist treatment is rife within mental health and neurodiversity services themselves. For example, Black children face 3-year delays for autism diagnoses.
Black people are also four times more likely to be restrained or sectioned by mental health services than their white counterparts, and are more likely to be diagnosed with schizophrenia.
The disconnect
A Home Office spokesperson told the Financial Times that there was no link between radicalisation and neurodivergence or mental health needs. They stated that:
We understand that people referred to Prevent may have a range of vulnerabilities, and we take our safeguarding responsibilities extremely seriously. That is why we continue to strengthen Prevent’s approach to mental health and neurodiversity.
However, this somebody apparently forget to tell Prevent itself. 2025 Prevent Duty guidance from Ofsted states that:
Children and young people with Autism are at increased risk of being susceptible to extremism. This is because they are more likely to develop special interests. […C]hildren with autism are more likely to experience social isolation and so use the internet to find friends. They trust the information they read and the “friends” that they find online and so can be drawn into extremism.
Lasting consequences of Prevent referrals
The massive underfunding of mental health support by the UK government is making some health workers reliant on Prevent as a workaround for referral and diagnosis.
However, contact with Prevent can have a lasting impact and stigma attached to it – particularly for Muslims and Black and Brown individuals. Research, like Medact’s landmark study, has shown the level of reciprocity within mental health ‘care’ and Prevent – with both serving to create a web of surveillance.
Meanwhile, neurodivergence is being targeted by Prevent as a cause and indicator of radicalisation. Making Prevent referals in order to expedite diagnosis can only serve to entrench this view.
Whatever the intentions of the clinicians passing kids off to Prevent, their actions could have severe and lasting consequences for the vulnerable children they purport to protect.
Featured image via the Canary
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