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Hughesy #SaveOurNHS 🏴 retweeted
After yesterday’s post about the Russell Brand trial, my inbox was flooded with people claiming this is all just a coordinated media conspiracy.
Well, I hope those same people actually read what came out of Southwark Crown Court today, because Brand took the witness stand and completely shredded his own defense.
Under cross-examination, he openly admitted to "inconsistencies" in his evidence, awkwardly asking the prosecution for forgiveness.
Even more damning, his own barrister asked him if a single friend or colleague from twenty-five years in showbusiness was willing to stand up in that courtroom and speak for his character.
His answer was no. Not a single person would touch him with a barge pole. Think about what that actually means. Decades surrounded by entourages, agents, and industry friends, and not one human being is willing to take an oath on his behalf.
Then look at how he described women to the jury today.
He admitted saving a complainant’s name in his phone labeled with a degrading slur and a sexual act. When asked if a woman expressed reluctance to an encounter, he casually dismissed her hesitation as "coquettishness and coyness."
This is not a misunderstood free-thinker being silenced for his politics. This is an arrogant narcissist who used celebrity status to treat women like disposable commodities, and is now watching his carefully rehearsed narrative crumble under basic legal scrutiny.
Stop falling for the staged internet guru act. The admissions coming out of his own mouth in that courtroom tell you everything you need to know.
Hughesy #SaveOurNHS 🏴 retweeted
#PoliticsLive
We had Tory Austerity for years that hollowed out public services.
NHS on it's knees
Prisons overflowing
Probation service Privatised disastrously
UK Army @ lowest since Napoleonic Wars.
They pissed off 2 years ago, & now we have Stride babbling incoherently.
Hughesy #SaveOurNHS 🏴 retweeted
This seems like a great time to reshare my favourite Sir Patrick Stewart performance, ‘What has the ECHR ever done for us?’ It’s just perfect in every possible way … including the ending 😂😂😂 RIP.
🎥 The Guardian
Hughesy #SaveOurNHS 🏴 retweeted
ANOTHER YEAR, ANOTHER RECORD LOW 💩
In 2025, almost every water company in England was ranked as performing poorly. Meanwhile, sewage continued to flow into our rivers, and promised improvements failed to materialise.
A system that rewards shareholders and creditors is failing our rivers, wildlife and bill payers.
The time for half-measures is over.
Thames Water must go into Special Administration now. This would protect the public, keep essential services running and create an opportunity to reset the industry properly.
We need the Government to end the failed privatisation experiment, explore alternatives including public ownership, and give regulators the power to make polluters pay - not the public.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw5y…
Hughesy #SaveOurNHS 🏴 retweeted
Whose side are you on @andyburnham ?
US hedge funds or Thames Water households?
Why should 16 million people pay an extra £40 on interest alone for a bailout when you can write down Thames Water's debt RIGHT NOW by taking it into special administration?
theguardian.com/business/202…
Hughesy #SaveOurNHS 🏴 retweeted
This cop needs to be in prison
Police punch Hispanic man already pinned to ground—22 times.
Officer had already shot him with taser.
"He stiffly hit the ground after being tased, and his head banged on asphalt," said witness.
"Cop mounts him and starts beating—later 3 more piled on."
Just because man was standing in the road blocking some traffic.
Witnesses say he looked like he was having a mental episode—and was not trying to harm anyone.
Emergency crews were called and took the man to the hospital.
Local police confirmed the incident occurred at 3:15 pm—but released no other details except to say it was "under review."
Incident occurred on Auburn Way near 37th Street NE in Auburn, Washington.
Interesting juxtaposition on this lunchtime's #bbcnews: people interviewed about the impact of #Budget2026 on their finances followed by a fawning piece about millionaire royal Charles III having a dance in the Bahamas...
Hughesy #SaveOurNHS 🏴 retweeted
These Zionists were 3 of the single most famous real estate agents in New York and Miami.
For 20 years they drugged and raped at least 70 women.
Guess who they represented?
@JaredKushner & @IvankaTrump.
Israeli-American brothers sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for serial sex trafficking
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Alon, Oren, and Tal Alexander—three brothers from a prominent Israeli-American family who once dominated high-society real estate and security circles in New York and Miami—were each sentenced to 30 years in federal prison on Tuesday for sex trafficking, conspiracy, and multiple counts of sexual abuse.
Presiding US District Judge Valerie Caproni delivered the sentences in a Manhattan courtroom following an emotional, hours-long hearing where more than a dozen survivors delivered harrowing impact statements detailing years of systemic abuse.
During the five-week trial, federal prosecutors laid out evidence demonstrating how the brothers exploited their immense wealth, high social status, and Israeli-American background ties to lure women to luxury properties—including estates in the Hamptons and international locations such as Tel Aviv—before drugging and violently assaulting them while incapacitated.
While Tal and Oren operated elite luxury real estate brokerages, their twin brother Alon worked as an executive at their family’s security firm, utilizing their network to shield their predatory conduct.
Judge Caproni firmly rejected the defendants' late assertions of innocence and unconvincing appeals for mercy, describing their actions as "monstrous" and likening them to "sadistic, misogynistic sexual predators."
The landmark sentencing marks a dramatic downfall for the brothers, who maintained their defiant stance even as victims confronted them directly in court. Federal prosecutors had pushed for life sentences, citing the profound psychological trauma inflicted upon more than 70 victims who came forward to investigators.
#bbcqt. Tonight Fiona Bruce and Zia Yusuf are joined by representatives from the other major parties…
Hughesy #SaveOurNHS 🏴 retweeted
Musk and other tech billionaires are working alongside Putin to replace democracy with a technofascist oligarchy. The path was outlined in the book "The Sovereign Individual" co-authored by William Rees-Mogg which forecast that through means such as cryptocurrencies a super-rich cognitive elite would first break free from democratic control and then seize power. Musk's fellow PayPal mafia member Peter Thiel has written a preface to the book. Thiel has clearly stated that in his view democracy and capitalism are incompatible. Vance owes his position to Thiel's money and influence. Thiel, Musk and David Sacks were reported to have persuaded Trump to take on Vance as his running mate. Don't forget that Musk has had several phone calls with Putin.
Now, please read @TimothyDSnyder's invaluable article. – at Hove, England
Freedom to speak. Freedom to vote. Freedom to live. These basic liberties were blatantly violated by irresponsible and self-centered tech billionaires this month.
snyder.substack.com/p/our-am…
Hughesy #SaveOurNHS 🏴 retweeted
Badenoch has forgotten that Thatcher sold off the family silver, Cameron ruined public services with austerity, Johnson ruined the economy for a generation with his Brexit deal. Then he pissed £billions up the wall with dodgy Covid loans and PPE contracts.
Then we had Mad Lizzy!
#EastEnders script writers following Raymond Chandler’s advice: “When in doubt, have an old character walk in through the door…”
This new Lee storyline feels like a script “bolt on”, whereas both Phil and Linda’s struggle with alcohol developed organically from their back stories and in the context of their “lives” on Albert Square…
#EastEnders
Hughesy #SaveOurNHS 🏴 retweeted
Jared Kushner is possibly the greatest mafia runner that has ever existed. We are talking about $ billions in money exchanges, hiring hit men, assassinations, money laundering, recruitment of criminal foreigners, bribing, and help starting wars. The dude is evil genius criminal.
Hughesy #SaveOurNHS 🏴 retweeted
They should impeach Trump just for this. Disgusting.
Alex Pretti's father: Our son was shot and killed by the government, federal immigration agents, on January 24th, 2026. We learned about his death from the media as we saw him being shot repeatedly in the back after helping a woman from his community. This was not a protest that Alex was at. His hands were in the air, and his face was on the ground when he was executed by ICE agents. We know exactly what our eyes saw. No one from the federal government called us on that day. But they did go on TV to tell lies about Alex. No one has called us since. No one has recanted those lies.