That was from Sputnik . They ' re definitely Russian propaganda and constantly print falsehoods , but RT is very different . <| sep |> If I get gold I will no doubt thank the kind stranger ! <| sep |> Oh man I read my comment back and it sounded a bit condescending , not my intention ! The BBC is very good for news outside the UK for news in the UK it ' s always slanted in favour of the current government . For example no coverage of the ' Investigatory Powers ' Bill that passed this week , or Snowden three years ago , for that matter . We ' re doing OK relatively , but the direction of travel is very bleak . Brexit looks to be a disaster that will make us poorer and more divided , Theresa May is semiauthoritarian rightwinger in ' moderate ' clothing while the Conservatives try to dismantle the apparatus of the state I suspect they want to privatise the NHS in the end and in the process enriching themselves . Meanwhile the opposition , Labour , is in disarray with the cynicalmonied centrists who have dominated for two decades trying to undermine a new naive , inexperienced leftwing leadership of the party , each side having lots of blunders . UKIP , a farright populist party , are doing well in exmanufacturing areas where Labour used to dominate , similar to Trump ' s rise in the Rust Belt . No sign of this abating in the next decade , and in fact I think it ' ll worsen . As to Europe I ' m less informed , but I think Le Pen is a genuine possibility according to articles I ' ve read and my FrenchTurkish friend . Brexit , to Trump , to Le Pen . it seems like a plausible domino effect .