Nigel Farage owns the libs … by gorging on Easter eggs – POLITICO

“It’s Easter, and let’s enjoy it,” Farage, reaching a crescendo, continued. “I have not yet decided whether to go to church on Sunday morning to get a Marxist lecture from my Church of England vicar, but I have decided to stuff myself with chocolate, even if it spoils lunch — and upsets all the right … Read more

Memeing Money: UK Targets ‘FinFluencers’ Using Memes to Shill Crypto

In a bid to crack down on misleading crypto and investment memes, Britain’s financial regulator has issued guidelines for financial firms and finfluencers (financial influencers) who make memes about investments and cryptocurrencies. In a statement, the watchdog emphasised that all financial product marketing, including memes, must be fair, clear and not misleading. This announcement on … Read more

Britain’s Conservatives go full Trump in London – POLITICO

With the party staring down the barrel of defeat in the general election due later this year, could the Tories be stealing from the Trump playbook to turn their dismal poll ratings around? Featuring heavy overtones of a Batman movie, the video posted to X (formally Twitter) is composed of clips shot in moody black … Read more

ByteDance-owned Douyin launches stand-alone shopping app in China, heating up the competition against Alibaba, JD.com, PDD

Douyin Mall was launched last week as a downloadable app for Android users in mainland China, the world’s largest smartphone market. An Apple iOS version of the app was not released as of Tuesday. The new app serves “as an extension of the Douyin platform, designed to elevate the overall shopping experience of [its] existing … Read more

Rishi Sunak laughs off Liz Truss’ claim the ‘deep state’ killed her premiership – POLITICO

“Is there a deep state: are you part of it, am I part of it?” the Conservative MP William Wragg asked Sunak in a follow-up. “Probably a question for her,” Sunak added, before deadpanning: “But I probably wouldn’t tell you if I was Will, would I? And we wouldn’t tell anyone else either, would we?” … Read more

UK court rules Julian Assange can appeal his extradition to the U.S.

WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange leaves Westminster Magistrates Court in London, Britain. Henry Nicholls | Reuters WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Tuesday was granted permission by a U.K. court to appeal his extradition to the U.S., where he is wanted on spying charges. Assange will therefore not be extradited immediately, the court said. The ruling from … Read more

Julian Assange gets temporary reprieve as he fights extradition to US – POLITICO

The decision extends Assange’s stay at the high security Belmarsh Prison in southeast London, where he has been held since April 2019. Legal action against Assange started in 2010 after hundreds of thousands of leaked documents about the Afghanistan and Iraq wars were published. The publisher spent seven years in London’s Ecuadorian embassy between 2012 … Read more

UK says China targeted ‘democratic institutions’ in cyber campaign

LONDON: The United Kingdom on Monday (Mar 25) accused Beijing-backed groups of targeting “democratic institutions and parliamentarians” in two cyber campaigns, unveiling sanctions and summoning China’s ambassador. The Chinese embassy in Britain hit back, calling the claim “completely unfounded” and accusing London of “malicious slander”. With Britain expected to hold a general election within months, … Read more

Britain blames China for hack that accessed data of millions of voters

LONDON — The U.S. and U.K. on Monday accused hackers linked to the Chinese state of being behind “malicious” cyber campaigns targeting political figures, in moves expected to stoke tensions with Beijing. The British government also alleged that China-affiliated hackers were behind an attack that saw the data of millions of voters accessed. “I can … Read more

UK accuses China of cyberattacks on British democracy – POLITICO

The Electoral Commission, Britain’s elections watchdog, announced last year that it had been hit by a complex cyberattack in which its systems were accessed by then-unnamed “hostile actors.” According to a release by Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) Monday, the country’s security services found that the commission’s systems were “highly likely compromised by a China state-affiliated … Read more