WE LISTENED, PLEASE BUY US A PINT (EACH!)

Our appeal against Meta's demonetisation of the Facebook backup page has failed.  We were informed a few days ago, after which Karl immediately set to work on a new funding avenue.  It is hoped that this new venture will entice new donations that can finally unlock our potential on X.

Following some objections and issues with PayPal, we looked at alternatives and settled on a site called buymeacoffee.com.  As Richey has never sunk a coffee in his life - and Karl rarely does - our tech wizard has managed to customise our new page to reflect our love of the humble boozer.  To cut a long story short, you can visit our buymeacoffee page and buy us a metaphorical pint of beer each (at Wetherspoon prices no less!)

It's a metaphorical pint each, because in all seriousness the money will actually be ploughed into X, new editing software and securing our website for another year.  Any surplus is unlikely to be invested in Facebook, so long as they continue their censorious attacks upon our pages and likeminded conservatives.

Richey explains the latest developments in the following video, albeit soaking wet in the pouring rain!  Be sure to watch to the end, as Karl has added a brief montage of his work.

If you can buy us a 'pint' each (£4) or more, it helps secure our campaign going forward and imbues us with renewed confidence following recent difficulties.  Our buymeacoffee page is here or you can copy and paste the following link https://buymeacoffee.com/binlabour

Thank you for everything.

COUNCIL BY-ELECTIONS 12.06.25

Seven council seats are up for grabs this week, with polling day falling on a Wednesday in Gloucestershire.  The other four contests took place on the traditional Thursday, including double vacancies in both Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire.

Labour were defending two seats this week, losing both of them.  They lost to the Greens in Gloucestershire, slumping to a humiliating fourth place with a big swing to Reform.  They also lost a seat to Reform in Nottinghamshire, where two seats had been vacant.

Elsewhere, Reform continued to perform exceptionally well, taking seats from an independent group in Leeds and the other Nottinghamshire seat from the Tories.  They would probably have also won two new seats in Northamptonshire, except for some bizarre reason they fielded too many candidates.  Three Reform candidates appeared on the ballot paper, but there were only two vacancies!

Severn, Stroud District Council

(held on Wednesday)

Grn: 439 (27.8%) +10.0%

Con: 425 (26.9%) -6.6%

Ref: 421 (26.7%) New

Lab: 177 (11.2%) -21.3%

LDm: 112 (7.1%) -9.1%

UKIP: 5 (0.3%) New

Grn GAIN from Lab

Morley South, Leeds City Council

Ref: 2,119 (36.8%) +29.8%

Ind: 1,415  (25.2%) -12.9%

LDm: 1,009 (17,5%) +15.9%

Lab: 634 (11.0%) -20.3%

Grn: 314 (5.4%) -3.5%

Con: 230 (4.0%) -5.6%

Ref GAIN from Ind

Haughley, Stowupland & Wetherden, Mid Suffolk District Council

Grn: 901 (64.1%) -11.4%

Con: 444 (31.6%) +7.1%

LDm: 61 (4.3%) New

Grn HOLD

Higham Ferrers, North Northamptonshire Council

(two seats, new boundaries)

Ref: 656, 556 & 335 (27.5%)

Con: 559 & 511 (23.4%)

Grn: 529 & 449 (22.2%)

Lab: 264 & 256 (11.1%)

Ind: 215 & 187 (9.0%)

LDm: 165 (6.9%)

Ref WIN x 1

Con WIN x 1

Mansfield North, Nottinghamshire County Council

(two seats)

Ref: 3,077 & 2,998 (59.3%) +57.5%

Lab: 1,259 & 1,211 (24.3%) -5.7%

Con: 500 & 426 (9.6%) -37.7%

Grn: 292 (5.6%) +2.8%

TUS: 62 & 39 (1.2%) +0.4%

Ref GAIN x 2 (1 from Con, 1 from Lab)

Abbreviations

Grn = Green

Con = Conservative

Ref = Reform UK

Lab = Labour

LDm = Liberal Democrat

UKIP = United Kingdom Independence Party

TUS = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

Ind = Independent

DISORDER DISPARITY

This past week has seen immigration-related violence erupt on both sides of the Atlantic.  In Los Angeles, leftist activists teamed up with Mexican invaders, after federal agents removed and detained illegals from sweatshops in the city.  The agents were attacked, roads were blocked, police were attacked, property was vandalised, cars set on fire and shops looted.

In a repeat of the absurd depiction of the 2020 George Floyd riots as 'mostly peaceful protests', legacy media outlets have again chosen to describe the widespread violence as 'protests'.  On the BBC News website the disorder in LA is not referred to as 'violence', 'rioting' or even 'disorder' for that matter...

Three headlines from BBC News, just 'protests'

Meanwhile, in Northern Ireland the town of Ballymena erupted after a local girl was reportedly assaulted by migrants.  Homes were torched, police attacked and violence has since spread to other towns.  The disorder is on a much smaller scale than Los Angeles, but that hasn't stopped the BBC from reporting it in a completely different light...

Three headlines from BBC News, violence and riots

The bias is clear for all to see.  Pro-migration violence is depicted as 'protests'.  Anti-migration violence is depicted as violence.

Defund the BBC.

WOKE WEDNESDAYS #30

It's Alphabet Month, as if you didn't know already.  June is now the month that big brands temporarily change their logos to incorporate rainbow colours or, worse still, the 'progressive' Pride flag.  It is now the month that schools, councils, universities, police forces, rail companies and politicians fall over each other to embrace this insidious agenda.

This is not to say there is anything wrong with gays expressing who they are, but to dedicate an entire month when there are much more important events that barely garner a 24 hour celebration?  It's just way over the top and has become more and more intrusive to the point that it feels like indoctrination.  Gays got their 'marriage' rights and they are subject to equality laws, while their lifestyle is now propagated through mass media and entertainment every single month of the year.  Do they really need a special month?

Of course, it is no longer simply about homosexuals and bisexuals - the L, G and B are the original Alphabet People.  'Pride Month' has morphed into something altogether more sinister in recent years, with the addition of more letters and the sight of drag queens and creepy men on all fours in puppy masks cavorting in front of young children.  Why the need to involve children?  If similar behaviours were exhibited by heterosexuals, it would be called grooming, paedophilia or child sexual exploitation.  There is no simply no place for drag queens in nurseries and classrooms.

This debauchery is equally horrific to many gay and lesbian people, those who hold on to some conservative values and who believe in preserving sex-based rights.  It is also frowned upon to be conflated with and lumped in with the insurgent Alphabet People, who many feel have been added without consent or approval.  The addition of the 'T' is still rejected by some activist groups, while the inclusion of Q, I, A and more has led to mockery and confusion.  The word 'queer' used to be a derogatory term for homosexuals, but now has its own separate identity, and for 'intersex' you may require some kind of cultural Marxist degree to decipher what it actually is.  Meanwhile, the inclusion of asexual people seems to cast the net to absurd lengths.  Since when did people who aren't interested in sex full stop become a distinct group that required accreditation?  And did anyone ask them if they wanted to be assigned to a much larger community that is populated by people who are interested in sex?

Therein lies the problem with the argument put forward by the so-called 'progressives'.  Pride is no longer a celebration of people who have been historically oppressed and marginalised.  It has turned into a freak show of both comedic and sordid proportions.  Men have donned female attire for centuries in the performative arts, without so much as an expression of disgust - let alone 'oppression'.  'Non-binary' people, with their stupid pronouns, have only existed since Marxist academics invented the name and globalists propagated the concept through their vassal media and entertainment outlets.

What is it all to do with being gay?

Anyway, it's a gloriously sunny day for much of the UK, so take a seat and soak up the rays - or defy the rainbow and crouch on the floor like a rebel...

Last week's black Britons meme generated 35 comments and ten shares on Facebook.

TOON TUESDAY #58

Toon Tuesday returns with two themes - the strategic defence review and a strategic mess brewing within the PLP.  Disquiet is reportedly growing within the Cabinet as Red Rachel struggles to balance the books without upsetting frontbench comrades.  Meanwhile, backbench revolts are around the corner as she continues to try and slash benefits.

Starmer has been beating the drum of war once again, as if Putin's Russia is going to rock up to our shores when it cannot even successfully invade a neighbouring state.  Then again, if they sent their forces by small boat...

Matt Pritchett for The Daily Telegraph

Morten Morland for The Times

Patrick Blower for The Daily Telegraph

Matt Pritchett for The Daily Telegraph

Morten Morland for The Times

Andy Davey for The Daily Telegraph

Stanley McMurtry for The Mail on Sunday

Dave Brown for The Independent

Patrick Blower for The Daily Telegraph

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STARMER IS A C***

Unfortunately, Starmer wasn't at Saturday's game

On Saturday night around 7,000 England away fans took up a couple of chants that summed up the general mood of the nation.  To the tune of 'Give it Up' by KC and the Sunshine Band, they sang "Na-na, na-na, na-na, na-na-na-na now, Starmer is a c***, is a c***, Starmer is a c***."  They are also reported to have chanted "Keir Starmer is a wanker, is a wanker."

The fans had travelled to Barcelona, but were subjected to one of the most dire performances in living memory as their team struggled to beat that 'mighty' football nation of Andorra - population less than Weston-super-Mare.  Perhaps it was a sign of their frustration beyond the footy, that inspired them to strike up the chant.  Despite ITV's attempts to phase out the chants, they were audible enough to make headlines.

On Sunday morning, Trevor Phillips of Sky News put it to Labour minister Peter Kyle that the obscene chants displayed a 'level of unpopularity' that was perhaps 'a little early' in Labour's term.  Hove MP Kyle tried to laugh off the question by inferring that the England team do not concern him, as he only watches Brighton and Hove Albion.  Not a good response, if you are on a national station trying to win over the nation.

Kyle's floundering response didn't get any better as he added:  "This is football chanting, is it not the spirit of the game?"  Phillips pointed to the England manager's assessment of the chanting, who said it had been 'unacceptable'.  Kyle then embarked on the usual 'we've had to take difficult decisions' line, because Labour inherited such a mess from the terrible Tories.

Watch the clip below.

No, Peter, England fans won't be chanting 'nice things about' Labour next time around.  They won't forget in a hurry that all their bills continue to rise, their disposable income shrinks, crime continues to spiral and the invasion by small boats grows.  These are the consequences of decisions that you say you 'had to make', but which you had previously pledged not to make.

In short, you lied in order to get into office.

MEME MONDAY #38

Our content is sluggishly returning to normal, with a couple of new memes premiering last week.  More are on the way and all our regular website features will return this week, including Toon Tuesday.  Thank you for your patience.

Thur 5 June - 1,846 shares on Facebook

Sun 8 June - 39 shares

Last weekend marked five years since America's 'mostly peaceful protests' reached our own shores.  Far left activists, who had been demanding Covid lockdowns and state tyranny for weeks, hit the streets with more than a whiff of hypocrisy as they pulled down statues, damaged property and attacked police officers for two days running, which to be fair was fairly tame in comparison to the mayhem across the Pond.  The rampant violence across the US that followed the death of George Fentanyl Floyd included 19 dead, thousands of arrests and billions of dollars worth of property damage - but they were 'mostly peaceful' according to legacy media.

We marked the anniversary by sharing some of our memes from that weekend...

EYE ROLLS FOR REEVES

The eye rolls, the glares, the swaying, the fidgeting, the swallowed yawns, the looks of total disgust and dejection - if you haven't seen the Rochdale factory worker who inadvertently stole the limelight from Rachel Reeves, then the compilation video below is for you...

It was a short three minute speech, but clearly three minutes too long for the absolute legend who was positioned to Reeves' right.  Her drivel about 'working people' is falling on deaf ears.

BOATWATCH #13

Border Farce reports zero small boat crossings in the last week.  It's not clear why there is a lull in small boat arrivals as summer arrived, but it's highly unlikely to be related to anything Chairman Starmer has done.  We should also note that these figures do not equate to zero incursions, with multiple other avenues exploited by migrants and people smugglers.

In addition to lorries, they are also being smuggled in on yachts, which evade detection by docking in private marinas far beyond the Kent coast.  In March this year 20 Albanians were found hiding below deck on a luxury yacht bound for Newquay in Cornwall.

Total = 0 (down 1,195 from previous week)

BY-ELECTIONS 05.06.25

It was a busy Thursday this week, with a major by-election north of the border, plus eight council by-elections south of the border.

In Hamilton there was an MSP vacancy following the death of the SNP incumbent.  Usually such elections are a walkover for the defending party, but the declining popularity of the SNP saw the party lose to Labour and narrowly avoid a third place finish.  The SNP had been defending a 4,582 majority.  

Once again, Reform UK came from nowhere to push the main parties in a tight three-way contest.  Reform also enjoyed a significant swing from the SNP, in line with recent polling that suggested even some pro-independence voters were considering a vote for Reform.  We live in interesting times.

Hamilton, Larkhall & Stonehouse, Scottish Parliament

(first past the post)

Lab: 8,559 (31.5%) -2.0%

SNP: 7,957 (29.4%) -16.8%

Ref: 7,088 (26.2%) New

Con: 1,621 (6.0%) -11.5%

Grn: 695 (2.6%) New

LDm: 533 (2.0%) -0.8%

SSP: 278 (1.0%) New

SFP: 219 (0.8%) New

Ind: 109 (0.4%) New

UKIP: 50 (0.2%) New

Lab GAIN from SNP

While Labour will be cock-a-hoop with the Holyrood result, the story further south was dismal.  They lost all three seats they were defending to Reform.  The Labour vote share was down in every single ward, ranging from a marginal 0.2 per cent to a whopping 50.5 per cent.

Reform also gained a seat from the Conservatives, while it was also a good night for the Lib Dems who held two and gained two, both from the Tories.

Somercotes, Amber Valley Borough Council

Ref: 396 (45.3%) New

Lab: 346 (39.6%) -27.0%

Con: 53 (6.1%) -15.1%

LDm: 48 (5.5%) -1.1%

Grn: 20 (2.3%) -3.3%

Ind: 11 (1.3%) New

Ref GAIN from Lab

Fairstead, Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk

Ref: 289 (39.1%) New

LDm: 275 (37.2%) New

Lab: 118 (16.0%) -29.7%

Grn: 36 (4.9%) -16.9%

Ind: 21 (2.8%) New

Ref GAIN from Lab

North Lynn, Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk

Ref: 278 (49.6%) New

LDm: 123 (22.0%) New

Lab: 107 (19.1%) -50.5%

Grn: 52 (9.3%) New

Ref GAIN from Lab

Frinton, Tendring District Council

Ref: 1,222 (57.2%) New

Con: 577 (27.0%) -15.0%

Lab: 168 (7.9%) -7.0%

Grn: 93 (4.3%) -8.0%

LDm: 78 (3.6%) New

Ref GAIN from Con

Burgess Hill North, West Sussex County Council

LDm: 1,088 (40.9%) n/c

Ref: 707 (26.6%) New

Con: 618 (23.3%) -14.9%

Grn: 153 (5.8%) -5.4%

Lab: 92 (4.7%) -5.0%

LDm HOLD

Hassocks & Burgess Hill South, West Sussex County Council

LDm: 1,694 (55.3%) -6.6%

Ref: 762 (24.9%) New

Con: 310 (10.1%) -15.9%

Grn: 175 (5.7%) New

Lab: 123 (4.0%) -8.1%

LDm HOLD

St Leonard's Forest, West Sussex County Council

LDm: 644 (32.5%) +2.2%

Ref: 584 (29.5%) New

Con: 401 (20.2%) -34.3%

Grn: 259 (13.1%) New

Lab: 94 (4.7%) -10.5%

LDm GAIN from Con

Maiden Erlegh & Whitegates, Wokingham Borough Council

LDm: 1,028 (31.2%) +3.2%

Lab: 793 (24.1%) -0.2%

Con: 788 (23.9%) -4.2%

Ref: 486 (14.8%) New

Grn: 189 (5.5%) -6.2%

TUS: 17 (0.5%) New

LDm GAIN from Con

Abbreviations

SNP = Scottish National Party

Lab = Labour

Ref = Reform UK

Con = Conservative

Grn = Green

LDm = Liberal Democrat

SSP = Scottish Socialist Party

SFP = Scottish Family Party

UKIP = United Kingdom Independence Party

TUS = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

Ind = Independent

DIANEGATE

A viral video is doing the rounds featuring Labour veteran Diane Abbott wandering around confused behind some iron railings in Westminster.  The brief clip shows her meandering trapped and lost, unable to fathom the use of a gate that is right in front of her.  The clip ends when a young lady approaches and frees our intrepid Diane from her internment.

Watch below.

We know Diane likes a drop or two in the afternoon, perhaps she'd had one too many in a House of Commons bar...

WOKE WEDNESDAYS #29

With Karl due back in action some time next week, we are beginning to phase some of the regular features back in this week, beginning with a Woke Wednesday that attempts to distort British history.

Last year a London exhibition made the bizarre claim that the first Britons to inhabit these islands were black and that they lived here for thousands of years before the arrival of white Europeans.  Other exhibits claimed that the population of Roman York was '11 per cent black' and Roman ruler Septimius Severus was black.

The claims were based on the content of a childen's book by controversial author Atinuke, who is originally from Nigeria, but now lives in Wales.  The book, titled Brilliant Black British History, goes even further, asserting to its young impressionable readers that Stonehenge was built by black people.

Such outlandish nonsense is incredibly dangerous, as it ties into Marxist attempts to rewrite British and European history.  This dogma is now finding its way into the curriculum, with pupils to be taught that Vikings were a multi-cultural bunch with many of them black and/or Muslim.  This approach is referred to as 'decolonising history', or in other words 'presenting outright lies as facts'.  So far from being an isolated case of an African immigrant repainting our history to her own racial ends, this is actually a much bigger campaign to subvert history in order to brainwash youngsters.  Popular entertainment, in which historical dramas now feature historically inaccurate multi-ethnic casts, is also part of this Marxist agenda to destroy the West from within.

The intention is to slowly extract all native cultural bonds from the masses, so that they are left with no national, ethnic or religious identity of their own.  With nothing left to fight for, they are expected  to meekly accept communist rule.

If we cannot prevent the far left from indoctrinating our children in school, then we must begin removing our children from school.

The previous Woke Wednesday meme, featuring males in female sports, generated eight comments and ten shares on Facebook.

BOATWATCH #12

Between the 24th and 30th of May there were zero reported small boat arrivals.  This lull came to a spectacular end on Saturday with an astonishing fleet of 19 boats carrying 1,195 invaders.  This broke the previous daily record for 2025, set only the week before.  There is a slight discrepancy between the official Border Farce figures and those reported by legacy media.  News reports are reporting 18 boats carrying 1,194 migrants.  It is not clear why there is one less boat and one less migrant in these news reports..

Total = 1,195 (up 277 from previous week)

GAZA MP BEMOANS 'RACISM'

Adnan Hussain MP, hand outstretched

According to the 2021 census, the white British occupants of the Lancastrian town of Blackburn presented a dwindling majority of just 57 per cent.  The expanding Pakistani-descended population stood at around 35 per cent and it was this latter smaller, but much more powerful demographic that ensured that in 2024 the town elected an MP from outside the Labour party for the first time in 69 years.

That MP was a solicitor from Burnley called Adnan Hussain.

Hussain defeated the Labour incumbent Kate Hollern by the narrow margin of just 132 votes.  He got himself elected, not on the promise of making Britain great again or helping local people with day to day issues, but purely on the back of Muslim anger about events taking place thousands of miles away in Gaza.  He was not alone in that general election, for three Muslim brothers elsewhere around the country got themselves elected on the back of a similar ticket.  Together, alongside Jeremy Corbyn, they went on to form the Independent Alliance in the House of Commons.  Their logo is inspired by the flag of Palestine and is made up of the four colours of that flag.

The logo of The Independent Alliance

These five MPs are more concerned with Gaza than they are about the constituencies that elected them, a consequence of modern multi-cultural Britain and the fractured society that has been imported and imposed on our nation.  Corbyn asides, the four Muslim MPs have their own fifth columnist agenda.

This was evident last week when Hussain posted in defence of ritual halal slaughter on his X account - in between all the posts about Palestine.  The motivation for his post appeared to be a forthcoming Commons debate on banning ritual slaughter, in which livestock are widely killed without pre-stunning.  The petition that triggered this debate was nudged past the required 100,000 signatures largely thanks to BTLP, after we shared it to our Facebook page.  At that time the petition was struggling to reach the threshold and was due to expire on May 21.  Thankfully, the petition enjoyed a late surge and will now be debated in the Commons on June 9.

The problem with Hussain's assertion is that the petition text does not even mention halal and instead refers generically to 'non-stun slaughter'.  The only reference to halal on the petition page is found in the government response, which opens with the following statement:  "The government encourages the highest standards of animal welfare at slaughter and would prefer all animals to be stunned before slaughter, but it respects the rights of Jews and Muslims to eat meat prepared in accordance with their religious beliefs."

The statement goes on to defend halal slaughter with the claim that 'a significant proportion of halal meat comes from animals that are stunned before slaughter'.  Despite the opening reference to 'Jews', it does not mention kosher slaughter, but that is no fault of the person who wrote the petition.

As for Hussain's claim that 'racism' could be motivating detractors of halal slaughter, followers of Islam do not constitute a specific ethnic group, therefore his claim is baseless.  By driving a wedge between the two, it's no stretch to suggest that the only bigotry on show here is from Hussain himself.  His intention is to paint Muslims as a collective victim, while Jews are allowed to proceed with their own stun-free barbarism free of criticism.  However, those of us who wish to see an end to halal slaughter also demand the same for kosher slaughter.

Hussain's post has since been subject to an X community context note, which decrees that the petition calls for a ban on all religious non-stun slaughter, which clearly would apply to both halal and kosher slaughter.  Jog on, chancer.

RENT FREE FARAGE

Keir Starmer is running scared and with good reason.  Reform have led every major opinion poll since the turn of May and despite all of his recent policy shifts and u-turns, Nigel Farage's party have actually extended its national poll lead.  Starmer is rattled and Farage is living rent free in his head.

On Thursday the PM more or less admitted that Farage is now the de facto opposition leader, the primary threat to Labour (sorry, Kemi).  He visited a factory in St Helens and gave a speech entirely dedicated to smearing not Reform, but Farage personally.  The name 'Nigel Farage' dropped out of his mouth 16 times in just under seven minutes.  The thrust of his message was how Farage would handle the economy and he made comparisons with the famed 'disastrous mini-budget' of Kwasi Kwarteng and Liz Truss.  In a tone deaf moment he declared: "The question you have to ask about Nigel Farage is 'Can you trust him?'"

While the answer is probably a resounding 'no', coming from a constantly backpedaling serial liar this is an undeniable case of the pot calling the kettle black.  There must have been some raised eyebrows on the shop floor when he uttered that dumb question.

Whatever Starmer had hoped to achieve with this speech, it unravelled from the very first question posed to him by the assorted media pack.  Within seconds of finishing his short speech, he invited a question from a BBC reporter who delivered this stunning burn: "The speed of the decline in your popularity is historically unprecedented, isn't this speech today an admission that you have failed and Nigel Farage understands voters better than you?"  Starmer was visibly dumbfounded, having seemingly miscalculated that a Beeb hack would probably give him an easier ride.

His response was to blame the 'absolute mess inherited' from the Tories.

The Beeb reporter was followed by several others, each of whom delivered a damaging rebuke to the PM.  His big anti-Farage set piece quickly turned into a car crash and he looked like a deer in the headlights as each damning question was put to him.  A compilation of the onslaught compiled by Alex Armstrong of GB News can be seen below, albeit chopped and edited out of sequence.

The reporters heard in the following video appear in the following order: Peter Walker of The Guardian, Harry Farley of BBC News, Chris Hope of GB News, Amanda Akass of Sky News and Aggie Chambre of LBC.  The final question, regarding national insurance and the child benefit cap, comes from a reporter named 'Nora' who we have been unable to identify.

On Thursday Reform took a council seat from Labour in south Wales with a massive swing.  Senedd elections are taking place next year and Reform are in second place according to the most recent poll, which doesn't sound too disastrous for Labour in itself, except Labour were in third!  However, that poll was carried out at the end of April - before Reform's landslide victories across England - so it is more than likely that Reform are now also ahead of Plaid.

Starmer talks a lot about 'change', but the seismic change currently happening in British politics is seemingly beyond his control.  And if he's losing legacy media entities such as The Guardian and the BBC, there may be a change at the top in Downing Street happening long before the next general election.

COUNCIL BY-ELECTIONS 29.05.25

Four seats were up for grabs this week - two in Essex, one in Sussex and one in south Wales.  Reform scored a sensational gain from Labour in the latter, with a huge swing from a standing start.  Reform were newcomers in all four contests, gaining an independent seat in Essex and finishing second place in the other two seats.

Labour stood in three seats, including a humiliating last place finish in East Sussex where they garnered just 23 votes.

Lliedi, Carmarthenshire County Council

Ref: 568 (42.6%) New

Lab: 312 (23.4%) -34.9%

Ind: 116 (8.7%) New

Pld: 107 (8.0%) New

Con: 93 (7.0%) -8.7%

Ind: 86 (6.5%) New

LDm: 41 (3.1%) New

Gwd: 9 (0.7%) New

Ref GAIN from Lab

Canvey Island Winter Gardens, Castle Point Borough Council

Ref: 712 (53.1%) New

Con: 232 (17.3%) +1.3%

Ind: 200 (14.9%) -22.7%

Lab: 131 (9.8%) -2.8%

Grn: 67 (5.0%) -6.1%

Ref GAIN from Ind

Newhaven North, Lewes District Council

LDm: 697 (51.7%) +4.1%

Ref: 389 (28.9%) New

Grn: 122 (9.1%) +1.8%

Con: 59 (4.4%) -14.2%

Ind: 57 (4.2%) -22.2%

Lab: 23 (1.7%) New

LDm HOLD

Maldon West, Maldon District Council

LDm: 573 (41.5%) +6.8%

Ref: 488 (35.3%) New

Con: 204 (14.8%) -2.6%

Ind: 83 (6.0%) -28.5%

Grn: 33 (2.4%) New

LDm GAIN from Ind

Abbreviations

Ref = Reform UK

Lab = Labour

Pld = Plaid Cymru

Con = Conservative

LDm = Liberal Democrat

Gwd = Gwlad

Grn = Green

Ind = Independent

KARL WILL BE BACK!

After a series of morale-boosting donations and almost two hours on the phone together, Richey and Karl have secured the short-term future of BTLP.

Richey has released a 25 minute video update that discusses the issues in greater detail (see below), but the key development is the retention of Karl.  He will still be taking some time out, but everything will return to normal in 2-3 weeks.  There will no Toon Tuesday or Woke Wednesday this week, but council by-election results will appear here as per usual on Friday morning.

If you are worth a few quid and want to help us achieve our goals, please consider a significant donation here.  As discussed below, a one off lump sum would result in an immediate X subscription, which would mitigate the loss of Meta's demonetization.  Facebook ads would be considered, but only if Meta backed off with their persistent attacks on us.  Not mentioned in the video is the desired addition of some decent editing software, as Karl is currently making miracles with a bare basic programme that only has one channel.

The important thing for the short term is that over a dozen kind donations in response to Richey's statement have secured Karl's services and further avenues will now be explored as to how we can achieve our goals.

MEME MONDAY #37

A shorter week that usual, with some bad news arriving on Thursday thanks to Meta.  A statement related to that can be found here.  It's not clear at present when Meme Monday will return.

Mon 19 May - 92 shares on the backup Facebook page

Mon 19 May - 2,121 shares on the main Facebook page

Tue 20 May - 161 shares

Tue 20 May - 508 shares

Tue 20 May - 486 shares.  We were told to 'get our facts
right' by one Facebook user who argued that the second lad
is 'Romanian'. The fact is that although he is a Romanian
national, he is originally from the Ukraine.

Thur 22 May - 0 shares.  Not technically a meme, more of a screenshot of 
of hysterical hypocrisy

Thur 22 May - 38 shares

Thur 22 May - 149 shares

Fri 23 May - 258 shares

Fri 23 May - 100 shares

As always, feel free to download and share.  A token of your appreciation can be deposited here.

FUNDING CRISIS

A few months ago Facebook demolished the distribution reach of our main Facebook page because of a meme posted SIX years ago.  We retreated to the back-up Facebook page and last Thursday we were informed by Meta that they were demonetizing that page for reasons outlined in the video below.  Our hopes for expanding BTLP this year are now subject to major financial restrictions and without support from any of the tens of thousands of site visitors and social media followers, they are effectively toast.  

This is potentially the final straw for Karl and he is on the verge of walking away.

We have already covered the cost of running our website for another year, but had hoped to capitalise on our tenth anniversary to raise enough funds to grow the two Facebook pages and also our X account.  Our X account is still not verified, as this costs money on a monthly basis, and neither of us are prepared to keep shelling out for a campaign that should be self-sufficient by now.  Despite more than 100,000 Facebook followers, only one person chipped in on our tenth anniversary.  Karl and I had spent the entire day, from 7am to 11pm, posting 147 pieces of content to commemorate the occasion.  The lack of donors angered Karl to the extent that he stood down for two weeks and was only persuaded to return thanks to his own personal desire to continue standing up to this wretched government.

I hate asking for donations, it really pains me, but I no longer have the luxury of choice as the future of the group is at stake.  It's a real shame, because we are at such an important juncture in our nation's history, with such a dire and tangible threat posed by net zero and the police state deployed to enforce it, along with the tinderbox multi-cultural society that continues to erode our way of life and our identity.

Times are hard I know, but if just a fraction of our following chucked in a couple of quid each we would never have to ask again.

If anyone is prepared to help, please click here and deposit whatever amount you can afford to spare in our PayPal account.  It would not only restore Karl's faith in the project, it could potentially save it.

Thank you.

Richey

BOATWATCH #11

The intermittent arrival of small boats continued last week, but on Wednesday a small armada arrived and a new record was set for 2025.  Thirteen boats brought 825 migrants, smashing the previous daily record of 705 that was set on April 15.  The figure is still a long way off the all time record of 1,305, which was set in September 2022.

Total = 918 (down 207 from previous week)

CHAGOS SELL-OUT

Thursday's latest sell-out by this treacherous government brought something out in our Richey that many BTLP followers have not seen before.  Palpable anger.  Having watched the news filter through all day, the inevitable signing away of a bunch of islands in the Indian Ocean hardly anyone had previously heard of, triggered a native instinct and he picked up his camera phone.  No script, no plan, just six and a half minutes from the heart, as he struggles to recover from a back injury (nothing to do with aspiring young Ukrainian 'male models' we can assure you).

Watch below (contains very strong language)

As alluded to by Richey, the native people of the Chagos Islands had no say over their sovereignty, but this is nothing new.  The Chagossians have been conquered by both the French, the British and, it can be argued, the Americans.  It was under US pressure that the British forcibly expelled the Chagossians from their homeland in 1971, in order to make way for a joint military base.  The Chagossian people have long expressed a desire to return to their homeland.

In an exceptionally poignant GB News interview, Chagossian descendent and British Army veteran Misley Mandarin lambasted Keir Starmer's sell-out of his homeland.  Presenter Martin Daubney was visibly moved as Mr Mandarin declared: "I would rather die than see my country go to Mauritius."

Watch the clip below.

If only our own natives showed as much passion and patriotism as this gentleman, perhaps our country wouldn't be in the mess that it is currently in.

COUNCIL BY-ELECTIONS 22.05.25

It was very much a southern affair this week and all three seats were successfully defended by the Lib Dems.  The top four finish in each seat was identical - Lib Dem, Tory, Reform then Labour.  Labour's decline in vote share was not as dramatic this week, but they were starting from a low bar in these wards.  Reform continue to eat into the Lab-Con vote, entering each by-election as newcomers.

Eastleigh Borough Council, Hedge End South

LDm: 1,266 (44.4%) -8.7%

Con: 735 (25.8%) -3.8%

Ref: 728 (25.5%) New

Lab: 122 (4.3%) -6.6%

LDm HOLD

Sutton London Borough Council, Carshalton South & Clockhouse

LDm: 1,674 (52.2%) +12.1%

Con: 767 (23.9%) -18.2%

Ref: 573 (17.9%) New

Lab: 89 (2.8%) -5.4%

Grn: 79 (2.5%) -7.1

CPA: 23 (0.7%) New

LDm HOLD

West Sussex County Council, Horsham Riverside

LDm: 1,193 (45.7%) -0.2%

Con: 569 (21.8%) -12.8%

Ref: 547 (21.0%) New

Lab: 181 (6.9%) -6.7%

Grn: 118 (4.5%) New

LDm HOLD

Abbreviations

LDm = Liberal Democrat

Con = Conservative

Ref = Reform UK

Lab = Labour

Grn = Green

CPA = Christian Peoples Alliance

LABOUR DELETING E-GATES POSTS

Keir Starmer and his party really struggled to sell their EU surrender deal to the British people this week, epitomised by their focus on the use of e-gates.  It didn't appear to be much of a win, in fact Labour's repeated use of such a minor component of the deal was seen in many circles as a deliberate trolling of our own people.  The people bit back and within days the whole e-gates 'win' turned out to be just more spin and lies anyway.

One social media post put out from Labour's official X account has now been deleted, although it is not clear if this was because it was misleading or the backlash was too fierce.  Many people commenting on the post had been complaining that they could not afford to holiday abroad thanks to Labour's tax burden and ongoing cost of living crisis.

A similar post is still live on the Prime Minister's X account (at the time of writing).

The top rated comment on this post is from retired Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies who wrote: "Shame no fisherman will be able to afford to go on holiday!"  Others pointed out a lack of personal experience of these 'long queues' and that they could already use e-gates at some airports.

It is true that some European airports already allow Brits to use e-gates, while an existing plan to expand the use of e-gates for non-EU citizens is scheduled to come into effect in October anyway.  That plan is the sinister entry-exit system (EES), which will require Brits to surrender their biometric data ie. a facial scan and fingerprints in order to enter the EU.  This will then be stored in an EU database to allow future travel for each individual.  Dystopian and deeply disturbing.

While the EES is scheduled for October, long after your summer holiday, the EU cannot implement the use of e-gates for Brits at this point in time - or 'now' as Labour have clearly sold it.  The use of e-gates is currently at the behest of each member state.  Therefore, EU-wide use of e-gates is not something that the EU could genuinely agree to.  Did Starmer and his negotiating team know this, or did they conspire with the EU team to provide something - anything - to sell the surrender deal to the British people, knowing it was a lie?

So if you're going on holiday to the EU this summer, you could be using an existing e-gate or you may not be able to use one at all.  Yet another lie sold by Keir Starmer and his woeful government!

DON'T FORGET THE OTHERS

Lucy Connolly and her mugshot have been all over the news this week as the sick judicial joke around the Southport massacre continues.  As Richey discusses in this brief video below, we should not forget that there are others languishing in prison on absurd trumped-up charges.  And there is one name above all others we should never forget - Peter Lynch.

WOKE WEDNESDAYS #28

Admittedly, there are some on the right who cannot stand President Trump.  There are two main groups - one is occupied by people who claim he is not all that he appears ie. a controlled opposition plant, while the other possess a simpler train of thought, they just really don't like him.

However, both camps are usually open to the admission that Trump's second coming has made some significant and positive changes.  One of those is the debate around trans issues, which had become the most prominent example of the Clown World lunacy enveloping the West.  A distraction it may have been from much more pressing issues such as mass migration and the climate scam, but still a truly damaging development that was ultimately intended to harm our children and destroy lives.

Shortly after returning to the White House, Trump signed an executive order banning biological males from competing in female sports.  It was a commonsense approach.  Regardless of how far advanced their so-called 'transition' has gone, the overwhelming majority of these troubled males will always possess a physical advantage over their female competitors.  In October 2024 a United Nations report claimed that female athletes had lost out on almost 900 medals to biological males 'across 29 different sports'.  However, it not specify which sports and at what level of competition these medals were lost, leading many to believe that the real figure is much, much higher.

While Trump's order is not universal - privately owned leagues and clubs are thought to be exempt - and is subject to certain legal challenges, most education authorities and sporting bodies fell in line.  

The Supreme Court decision in the UK on what constitutes a female also led to exclusions for males from women's sports, as reported in last week's edition of Woke Wednesday.  Slate him if you like, but the Trump effect is plain to see.

This week's meme features trans athlete Robert Ludwig, who calls himself 'Gabrielle'.  Although he is legally recognised as a 'woman' in socialist California and has undergone 'reassignment surgery', he clearly towers above his basketball team mates.  This exemplifies everything that is wrong with men in women's sports.  Unfair, unjustified, immoral.

Last week's Billie Eilish meme generated 19 comments and six shares on Facebook.

TORIES FOURTH IN NEW POLL

The latest YouGov poll suggests Keir Starmer's tough talk on migration has had little effect on his party's popularity, quite the opposite in fact.  Labour have actually dropped a percentage point, while Reform UK have gained one.  The most significant aspect of the poll is the fact that the Tories have slumped into fourth place behind the Lib Dems, garnering their lowest ever vote share in the history of the polling organisation.

The poll was carried out between the 18th and 19th of May.  Here are the changes (in brackets) against the previous YouGov poll, carried out between 11th and 12th of May.

Reform UK = 29% (+1)

Labour = 22% (-1)

Lib Dem = 17% (+1)

Conservative = 16% (-2)

Green = 10% (+1)

SNP = 2% (-1)

Plaid = 1% (n/c)

Others = 2% (-1)

Kemi Badenoch's faltering leadership is probably on borrowed time, with her defeated leadership opponent Robert Jenrick currently engaged in an aggressive social media campaign to portray himself as a hard right alternative to both Badenoch and Nigel Farage.  The problem with Jenrick is that he is no more detached from the Tory party's disastrous last term than Badenoch, and his attempt to paint himself as a real conservative now is too little, too late.

Another catastrophic performance in next May's elections could prompt a leadership challenge, but all this will achieve is to merely rearrange the deckchairs on a sinking Tory Titantic.

PATRICK O'FLYNN (1965-2025)

Prominent Brexiteer Patrick O'Flynn has sadly passed away at the age of 59.

O'Flynn became a familiar face in the campaign to leave the EU, initially advancing the cause through his position as the political editor of The Daily Express.  He departed the newspaper in 2014 to pursue his goal through UKIP, becoming Nigel Farage's director of communications.

He was selected as the party's lead candidate for the East of England in the 2014 European elections and consequently served a full five year term.  He endured a fractious relationship with Farage and publicly lashed out after the latter was re-elected party leader in 2015.  In an interview with The Times newspaper, O'Flynn described Farage as 'snarling, thin-skinned and aggressive'.  He later apologised for the remarks.

O'Flynn stuck with UKIP after the Leave vote in 2016, but later became disillusioned with the party's direction and left in 2018, ostensibly in protest at then leader Gerard Batten's decision to appoint Tommy Robinson as an advisor.  Joining the Social Democratic Party, O'Flynn became the party's most senior elected representative as he served out the final year of his term as MEP.  In 2019 he chose not to defend his seat, which was subsequently won by Richard Tice of the Brexit Party.

Since leaving Brussels, he continued to write for publications such as The Spectator and was a regular guest on GB News.

Mr O'Flynn was a native of Cambridge and studied economics and journalism, prior to joining The Daily Express.  He passed away shortly after being diagnosed with liver cancer and is survived by his wife, Carole Ann, and two children.

Nigel Farage paid tribute to his one time political rival, writing on X: "So sad to hear of the passing of Patrick O’Flynn.  Paddy was a great journalist, a great thinker, a great patriot and a titan of our joint cause.  Thank you Paddy."

Boris Johnson also paid tribute: "Sad to hear of the loss of Patrick O’Flynn - a truly original conservative journalist who grasped the causes of much of the current discontent.  His pieces were always punchy and persuasive.  He will be missed."

Kemi Badenoch wrote: "This is dreadful news.  I can’t quite believe it.  My husband and I always enjoyed Patrick’s company.  He often messaged me with thoughts on politics.  We’d agree on substance then argue over tactics.  I teased him about being a secret leftie…but my goodness, he loved this country.  Such sad, sad news to end the day.  May he rest in peace."

Here here.