Rats in a Sack
23 December 2025
BBC’s deputy chair is quids in
New Companies House filings show Sir Damon Buffini's firm as having very healthy accounts indeed
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Labour plotting to ban Christmas songs, claims Reform councillor
Joseph Boam, a Leciestershire councillor, made the outlandish claim on the basis of nothing whatsoever
Read the full article22 December 2025
The Reform man who forgot he was a Tory MP
When Reform's Marco Longhi lashed out at Conservatives MPs, he neglected to mention he was one as recently as last year
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A clue former Welsh Tory leader is set to defect to Reform?
Andrew RT Davies wrote a post on X almost identical to Reform's director in Wales, causing speculation he's set to jump ship to rise
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Who’s behind this billboard ad of Farage and Putin?
A new advert has appeared on an East London street depicting the Reform leader and Russian despot
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Reform council digs deep… to hire more political advisers
The party's flagship council, making cuts and raising taxes, has decided to splash the cash on appointing political assistants
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Who’ll chip in to send Laurence Fox to Russia?
The actor turned far right activist has said he would rather fight for Russia than the UK. What's stopping him?
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Andrew Tate gets a pounding in the ring
The misogynist influencer got well beaten in a celebrity boxing bout - but avoided extradition to the UK
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Russell brands ex-wife’s new man a ‘stooge’
The former comedian used his appearance at a hard right US convention to launch an attack on Katy Perry’s new man, Justin Trudeau
Read the full article19 December 2025
Meet the new hip young gunslingers of political podcasting
Jacob Rees-Mogg and David Starkey have combined for an exciting new podcast where social conservatism meets extreme social conservatism
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Paul Marshall rewrites Brexit history
The GB News and Spectator owner says he always knew there would be short-term economic downsides to Brexit. He kept that quiet
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Darren Grimes gets his priorities in order
With his troubled council hiking taxes and slashing services, Durham's deputy leader is focused on drawing tortured squirrel analogies
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Is Rayner’s memoir a tilt at the top?
The former deputy prime minister is following her ambitious colleague Wes Streeting in penning an autobiography
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Peak Telegraph as paper calls for patriots not to fight for Britain
The increasingly crackpot publication has concluded the country is no longer worth defending
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Has BBC’s Mandy fallen foul of Donald?
A Christmas special of Diane Morgan's comedy has been axed by BBC bosses amid speculation it mocked Donald Trump
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Farage’s favourites set to get the nod in Wales
The Reform leader is said to be personally picking those most likely to get elected in next year's Senedd election
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Get set for the Oscars – it’s Melania: The Movie
The trailer has been released for the film about the world's least happy-looking woman
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Yet another job for George Osborne (but it’s not in Washington)
The former chancellor isn’t the new ambassador to the US. But at least he has a new job with the makers of ChatGPT
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Might Reform have a new ‘favourite political prisoner’?
Party campaigner Matthew Goodwin dismissed as "anti-immigration tweets" posts literally calling for "violence and murder" from a man now jailed
Read the full article17 December 2025
Express reports inflation drop in its own unique style
The paper somehow tried to dress up the sharp fall as a humiliation for chancellor Rachel Reeves
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Reform serve up some Worcestershire sauce
Having vowed to slash council tax, Nigel Farage and Richard Tice's party are now seeking to increase it by a whopping 10 percent
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Is Desmond Swayne TikToking the Mickey?
The 69-year-old hang-’em-and-flog-’em hardline Tory Brexiteer has signed up for the video-sharing app loved by the young
Read the full article17 December 2025
Rutger Bregman, the Spectator and a right Reith row
The Dutch historian has taken the magazine to task for a scathing review of his BBC lecture series
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Why is Harry Cole platforming a far-right extremist?
The former Sun political editor interviewed Connor Tomlinson, who wants to expel all non-white and non-Christian MPs, on his YouTube show
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Wiles sheds light on Trump’s ‘alcoholic’s personality’
The Washington super-insider has given an unflattering insight into the internal workings of the MAGA White House
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Why Nigel Farage is our Rat of the Year
The Reform leader has beaten off stiff opposition to be named the very worst of Westminster in 2025
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Rats in a Sack Quiz of 2025
How much do you remember about what has been a political 12 months to forget?
Read the full article16 December 2025
Carole Malone’s humiliating apology to Meghan’s mum
The right-wing hack has been forced to say sorry after repeating a notorious conspiracy theory on GB News
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The Daily Mail’s great Polish hypocrisy
The paper which campaigned against east European immigration is now bemoaning their loss as they return home
Read the full article13 December 2025
The Monkey business behind Robin Ince’s BBC departure
The Infinite Monkey Cage host quits in another free speech row - but some insiders say there's more to it than his pro-trans views
Read the full article12 December 2025
Headache to sue toothache as Tommy Robinson threatens Nigel Farage with legal action
The far right agitator says Reform’s leader must apologise and pay damages over false claims of violence against women
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Jonathan Freedland’s damning words over Farage
The journalist has penned a damning article questioning Jewish institutions' silence over revelations about the Reform leader's schoolboy antisemitism
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