Reform won't disenfranchise Commonwealth voters by 2029 (maybe after)
They won't see lesson as
'We risk hitting 1/3 ceiling by being Trump polarisers in Britain'
'We're not sufficiently trusted on foundations of race + who we see as truly British by minorities + younger/graduate white Britons'
1 March 1935 | A German Sinti girl, Elwira Gottwald, was born in Wroclaw.
In #Zigeunerlager (Gypsy camp) in #Auschwitz II-Birkenau from 7 March 1943.
No. Z-860
She perished in the camp on 7 December 1943.
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The Roma and Sinti in Auschwitz:
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Too many who should know better are backing this war. It wouldn't be happening if a) Trump were a remotely serious president who knew the risks of embarking on something whose aims he still can't specify, and b) Netanyahu wasn't embracing regional chaos as his get out of jail free card.
28.02.2026 21:50 β π 730 π 190 π¬ 20 π 11ZAPPA SAYS REUNION PROJECT WITH VAN VLIET NAMED "OPERATION BONGO FURY"
28.02.2026 09:16 β π 7 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0
Found this sane & sensible column among the weeds of @theguardian.comβs comment section. Thanks @tombaldwin66.bsky.social
28.02.2026 09:16 β π 6 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Writer for hire.
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Thursday's MIRROR: Don't let hate win #TomorrowsPapersToday
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The conversation about housing is all wrong.
For decades, governments havenβt built enough social homes. People are struggling. Yet refugees get blamed.
Our new video flips the narrative and focuses on the real issue.
Watch it. Share it. Letβs change the conversation.
π£ New ETUI report on the future of #GenderEquality in the EU
This report takes stock of where the EU stands, and where it must go next. It aims to:
π Assess progress made
π Identify persistent and emerging gaps
π Propose effective strategies for achieving lasting change
π Read more: etui.org/43o
Weβve got a lot more to do, but weβll get there π₯οΈ
25.02.2026 09:57 β π 27 π 7 π¬ 1 π 0
β Nigel Farage has missed EVERY meeting about regenerating his constituency of Clacton since becoming an MP.
But he did find time to go and perform a publicity stunt in the Indian Ocean last week...
β οΈ A warning to those in Gorton & Denton over the kind of representation Reform UK provide.
β‘οΈEnergy bills to fall by 7% in April due to Budget decisions. Thereβs lots more to do but Britain is defying the gloomsters:
- energy bills falling
- inflation β¬οΈ
- record surplus in January
- wages β¬οΈ
- business investment β¬οΈ
- fastest growing European G7 economy
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Germanyβs far right under pressure as nepotism allegations mount
Accusations that AfD politicians are using their positions to give family members cushy jobs threaten to thwart the party ahead of a series of state elections.
"The men implicated in the Epstein files reinforces that I spend half my life explaining to men that their simplified, optimistic view of other men doesnβt line up with the experience of women and girls trying to dodge sexual harassment, assault and abuse attempts." - Leslie Morgan Steiner
24.02.2026 17:32 β π 4788 π 1703 π¬ 55 π 71And here is another from 17th century in Zwinger Gallery, Dresden. Hard to believe. Zwinger is a wonderful gallery.
26.01.2025 18:35 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0We don't test new antibiotics against placebo for the same reason. Or new cancer drugs.
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Exc: Matt Goodwin rails against the elites but is paid to fly around the world to speak with them. The Reform candidate says he's βnot part of establishmentβ, but has given talks at the London Stock Exchange, Deutsche Bank, JP Morgan Asset Management and Google
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Karen Newton, 65, retired admin assistant at a primary school
A valid British passport, a tourist visa and no criminal record
Handcuffed, shackled and locked up for 6 weeks, mostly sleeping on the floor
After trying to leave the US after a trip of a lifetime
- @jennykleeman.bsky.social
Council of Nicaea: "You have no authority here, Bedford Borough Council!"
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Elon Musk is talking about Nigel Farage's Reform Party: he says Reform are trying to eradicate white people in Britain.
He is a radicalised + increasingly racist lunatic - obsessed with theories of white racial extinction + promoting the idea of civil war in Britain
www.msn.com/en-gb/news/u...
US union membership soared to 16-year high in 2025 despite Trump assault www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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@mrjamesob.bsky.social Bedford CC dealing with the bigots like an absolute boss.
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EXCLUSIVE: ~400 Christian leaders have issued an Ash Wednesday statement decrying the Trump admin as "cruel and oppressive," arguing the govt has been corrupted by an aberrant form of the faith and calling on Christians to perform "greater acts of courage to resist." religionnews.com/2026/02/18/4...
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β οΈ "You want voters to trust Robert Jenrick as a potential next Chancellor of this country."
"In the past year alone, you have accused Mr. Jenrick of lying, dishonesty, incompetence and disloyalty to his country."
"Why would you expect any voter to trust him with the country's finances?"
This is huge. A generational investment from the UK Labour Govt to modernise our railways and create 12,000 jobs across Wales.
Fantastic news for people and communities across Wales who have long deserved better.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
βI am somebody.β β₯οΈ
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