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Nigel Farage's Reform UK has come joint first in a national opinion poll for the first time. The survey by Find Out Now put the insurgent party level with Labour on 25%. The Conservatives are five points behind with 20% in the poll of 2,078 British adults carried out yesterday. Reform UK chairman Zia Yusuf said: "Reform has all the momentum in British politics, as this latest poll shows. "This is the first time we have topped a national opinion poll but it won't be the last. "Real change is coming to Britain after years of failure and deception by...

Wildfires raging across parts of Los Angeles have destroyed several celebrities’ homes, including actors Mandy Moore and Billy Crystal. More than 1,000 structures have burned from the Palisades fire, leveling entire neighborhoods due to the uncontained flames fueled by hurricane-force winds. Anywhere from 200 and 500 structures have been damaged or destroyed from the Eaton fire on the other side of town. A new blaze, dubbed the Sunset fire, broke out in the Hollywood Hills late Wednesday. At least five deaths have been confirmed from the fires. Mandatory evacuations have been underway for thousands of residents and many more are...

A recent study highlights that significant health benefits and molecular adaptations from fasting are detectable after three days. Recent findings show that prolonged fasting triggers significant and systematic changes across multiple organs in the body. These results highlight potential health benefits that extend beyond weight loss, but they also reveal that these impactful changes only begin to occur after three full days without food. Health Benefits of Fasting Unveiled A recent study published in Nature Metabolism sheds light on how the body responds to extended periods without food, offering valuable insights into the processes occurring during prolonged fasting. Researchers from...

President-elect Donald Trump has called for California Governor Gavin Newsom to resign as the Los Angeles wildfires continue to rage on, making the city look apocalyptic. The call for resignation comes after Trump said Newsom, who he refers to as ‘Gavin Newscum,” was at fault for the disaster, criticizing him for focusing on environmental policies over those of the residents in the Golden State. In a new Truth Social post, Trump called on Newsom (D-Calif.) to resign, emphasizing his stance that the governor is “at fault” for the disaster. Trump wrote: “One of the best and most beautiful parts of...

VIDEOKaren Bass froze up as if in a catatonic state when a REAL reporter started asking her questions about her utter failure to take measures to prevent or at least control the disastrous outbreak of wildfires in the Los Angeles area. Her catatonic state seemed rather familiar and if you had ever watched the "Andromeda Strain" you would remember why. It was very similar to the scientist in that film who froze up due to flashing red lights. In the case of Karen Bass, those red lights on her eyeglasses are reflections of the massive fires she could not control...

The fires are the worst in the city's history. Comedian Billy Crystal and TV personality Paris Hilton are among the many who have lost their homes in devastating wildfires currently happening in Los Angeles. The unprecedented event has seen areas such as the Pacific Palisades neighbourhood and the iconic Sunset Boulevard have been largely destroyed. At least five fires are being fought by emergency services, with three being reported as unconfined. Over 137,000 people have been evacuated, with five reported deaths.

Companies across the globe, at least four in 10, are likely to cut jobs as artificial intelligence (AI) continues to advance, new research shows. A survey in the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) latest “Future of Jobs Report,” found that because of the “increasing capability and prevalence” of AI, 41 percent of employers surveyed said they will shrink their workforce within the next five years if the technology is able to replicate the work. “As we enter 2025, the landscape of work continues to evolve at a rapid pace. Transformational breakthroughs, particularly in generative artificial intelligence (GenAI), are reshaping industries and...

Justin Trudeau’s leadership, if it can be called that has led to a country besieged with many problems. To be fair, not everything is Trudeau’s doing, but his policies have definitely exacerbated the country’s issues. This is not exactly a surprise, any country with a liberal leftist leader(s), is going to have problems, more to the point, their “leadership” always results in nationwide economic issues.

CA, and especially LA, is controlled by Democrats. THEY are responsible. No more passing the buck. Our Mayor, who was in Ghana as fires exploded in our city, cut the fire budget by $17 million. Endless amounts of money funneled to bullshit scammer homeless nonprofits. We’re the highest taxed yet we have encampments and squalor everywhere. Even worse, we don’t have enough firefighters to respond to the absolute disaster we’re experiencing right now. Rather than conserve the record rain we got last year, we just drained it into the ocean. We are a failing city run by a sick excuse...

But the exclusive photos show the $4m home Hunter, 54, shares with wife Melissa Cohen is one of the over 1,000 and counting houses flattened by the four wildfires raging out of control in LA County today. Gone is the picturesque, white-painted property with floor-to-ceiling windows and in its place, a charred mass of crumbled masonry with only two chimney stacks still standing.

On Tuesday, a Florida grand jury released its final report on potential “criminal or wrongful activity” regarding the creation and promotion of the Covid jabs. Requested by Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., and authorized by the Florida Supreme Court in December 2022, the grand jury was tasked with looking into whether individuals and entities, “including, but not limited to, pharmaceutical manufacturers (and their executive officers) and other medical associations or organizations” possibly violated state law related to the development, clinical testing, and marketing of the mRNA shots. The jury previously released interim reports in February and May 2024, respectively, which undercut...

Companies and top executives appear eager to curry favor with President-elect Donald Trump as he readies to take office The $170 million mark, which could reportedly reach $200 million, outpaces Trump’s reported 2017 inauguration committee raise of $107 million. The inaugural committee is also reportedly no longer selling tickets to donors to attend Trump’s swearing-in and accompanying private events. The record number comes just four years after many of the same companies and executives turned their backs on Trump following the 2020 election. The Times reported the remarkable shift in corporate attitude towards Trump: Mr. Trump often talks privately about...

The Los Angeles Fire Department is using handbags to collect water to throw on the fires. VIDEO AT LINK.................... Yes, but they are DESIGNER HANDBAGS!..................

The 25-year-old mayor of Bogalusa, Louisiana, on Tuesday was arrested and accused of involvement in a drug-trafficking operation and the soliciting of prostitution. Louisiana State Police arrested Mayor Tyrin Truong and six others after investigating an alleged drug trafficking organization operating in the Bogalusa area in April. The criminal organization is accused of distributing opioids, ecstasy, THC products and high-grade marijuana via social media and other channels, then using proceeds to buy guns, some of which were then used in other crimes, police said in a release. All seven suspects, including the mayor, are from Bogalusa and have been charged...

MEMPHIS, Tenn., Tuesday, Jan. 3, via CAIRO, Friday, Jan. 6. Gen. DANA has received information from his cavalry force sent out from here on the 21st or December. They struck the Mobile and Ohio Railroad five miles below Corinth, and had, on the 27th, utterly destroyed it to below Oakalona. Twenty-nine bridges, a great deal of trestle work, thirty-two railroad cars, three hundred army wagons and four thousand carbines were destroyed. FORREST's camp of dismounted men at Everona was dispersed. Six officers and twenty men were captured. The expedition did not lose a man. Gen. GRIERSON has orders to destroy...

Democrat Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass flew off from her city this past Saturday. As per this report [emphasis added]: "Her departure coincided with escalating warnings from the the National Weather Service about strong winds and 'critical fire conditions' across Los Angeles. By Tuesday, fires had erupted in Pacific Palisades, Altadena, Malibu, and other regions, causing widespread destruction." Bass had flown to the African nation of Ghana to attend the inauguration of Ghanian President John Dramani Mahama. When Bass finally made it back to Los Angeles on Wednesday, a Sky News reporter at the airport asked her repeated questions, specifically...

At least two people have been killed, and mandatory evacuation orders are in place for more than 80,000 people in the Los Angeles area. The California fires are growing so fast that first responders report they're having a hard time attacking the flames. "It's been a long day and a long night, but we're safe. That's the most important part," said Wisconsin native Caitlin Morrall. She is still wrapping her head around the last 24 hours. Her home, located in the Highlands of the Pacific Palisades, is only three blocks from where one of the devastating California wildfires ignited. "What...

The Meta chief's surprising public address on free speech hints at a coming battle between the U.S. and the rest of the world. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, in a video promising a shift toward free speech: The US has the strongest constitutional protections for free expression in the world. Europe has an ever increasing number of laws institutionalizing censorship, and making it difficult to build anything innovative there. Latin American countries have secret courts that can order companies to quietly take things down. China has censored our apps from even working in the country. The only way that we can...

Donald Trump can’t see the “bigger picture” on Ukraine and Europe could step up to take over funding the fight against Europe, a top Eurocrat says, as Zelensky calls for Western troops to “force Russia into peace”. Ukraine’s Western backers are meeting in Germany at the major U.S.-NATO Ramstein airbase on Thursday through the Ukraine Defence Contract Group, President Volodymyr Zelensky having arrived at the base this morning. Per Ukrainian state media, he is due to have group meetings through the forum as well as individual talks with other leaders during the summit. Meetings had barely begun, however, when President...