Times journalist Gabrielle Sivia Weiniger tweeted the below image purporting to show Israeli president Isaac Herzog hobnobbing with convicted paeodophile Jeffrey Epstein:
The post remained online for a few hours before Weiniger realised the blindingly obvious, which is the photo is AI-generated. She has since deleted it and apologised for her “grave error in judgement for reposting the photo, and to the president for any harm this has caused“. A bad week for the Times, especially after that Mandelson cover…
The Mail, the Telegraph, and the Times all reported claims that Bell had splashed £900 of taxpayers’ cash on a fancy new desk for his office. Bell denied it. The articles have now mysteriously vanished…
Good to see @DailyMail @thetimes and @Telegraph all delete their articles – sad the lies went up in the first place https://t.co/zQhncYFUyR
— Torsten Bell (@TorstenBell) October 27, 2025
Credit where it’s due: it looks like Bell ended up forcing all three outlets to withdraw their stories. For all the latest real news on Budget Man Bell, click here…
The Times reported last night that Government ministers are considering a plan to allow Europeans under 30-years-old to live and work in the UK as part of Labour’s crusade to “reset” post-Brexit relations with Brussels. Meanwhile, net migration is still four times higher than in 2019, even without this proposed scheme in place. Whilst free movement for young people itself isn’t such a terrible idea, it’s just another sign of Labour’s intentions to cosy up to the EU. This could just be the beginning of further cross-border movement talks…
Labour have denied the reports, slippery stating they have “no plans” (yet?) to agree a youth mobility scheme, though government sources say something has to give on free movement if Labour are set on redrawing agreements on trade, defence and immigration. As Guido has said before, give and take means give and take…
The day after Starmer U-turned and refused to blame Trump for the war Rachel Reeves told the Mirror:
“Obviously no sensible person is a supporter of the Iranian regime, but to start a conflict without being clear what the objectives are and not being clear about how you are going to get out of it, I do think that is a folly and it is one that is affecting families here in the UK but also families in the US and around the world.”
