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The prime minister’s economic adviser also suggested that rejoining the EU customs union would be one of the most effective ways of generating growth. This too was quickly knocked back. - Rachel Sylvester, Political Editor, The Observer

What’s the point of Keir Starmer employing an economics advisor if he ignores her on the biggest economic issue of the day?

That's what happens when people aim to be politicians as a career from when they attend University. No real world experience, and they just do as they are told because that's what you "do" in a job.

How are all those Labour politicians cheering for it?

They were literally whipped to vote for it and then the Prime Minister suspended those who didn't.

They really are totally devoid of any moral principle.

They respond to one thing - and that's political pressure.

New poll shows 75% favour joining single market to lower taxes Of British adults who feel Brexit has been harmful to the UK, over 75% favour the UK joining the Single Market and Customs Union as a way to lower the tax burden and boost money for public services.

New polling from European Movement UK shows that three quarters of people who see the economic damage of Brexit now back joining the Single Market and Customs Union to cut taxes and rebuild public services. The public knows the route to recovery, even if the Government refuses to face it.

Farage and the Tory right will unite because they want power. Will the left just stand by? | Neal Lawson It’s time for a harsh reality check. A progressive bloc of parties refusing to see a common threat risks disaster, says Neal Lawson of Compass

“This strategy simply papers over cracks of a politics in which the Overton window moves steadily towards the hard right & likely big victory of the party that represents a full-fat rather than semi-skimmed version of national populism” - great from Neal Lawson on need for Labour to build alliances👏

can’t believe Jared Kushner was unable to negotiate a meaningful and just peace with Putin

Since Trump was elected:

Mark Zuckerberg got $25 billion richer
Jeff Bezos got $36 billion richer
Larry Ellison got $78 billion richer
Elon Musk got $187 billion richer

Meanwhile, 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, food

Putin: ‘Russia is ready to keep fighting until the last Ukrainian dies.’

Western politicians & press: ‘Peace talks have stalled…’

Russia has zero interest in peace. Calling Kremlin demands for Ukrainian surrender ‘peace talks’ is just another way of spreading their propaganda.

Flooded and forgotten: the UK’s waters are rising and we’re being kept in the dark | John Harris Rescue operations in Wales, submerged railway lines in Cornwall – these events are ever more common. So why have we utterly failed to prepare, asks Guardian columnist John Harris

“Our greatest natural hazard is flooding, and we don’t prepare people for it”. We absolutely should. This is urgent. Another good reason to sign this petition calling for a National Climate Resilience plan - please do sign & share @climatemajority.bsky.social
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Alongside many campaigners, the Green Party have absolutely dragged the Labour Government to finally end the child cap.

Labour politicians disgracefully defended it for far too long.

This shows why the Green Party membership rising and rising matters.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

👀 So while all eyes were on the budget, Ministers just slipped out their North Sea Future Plan. While it’s good to see them stick to manifesto pledge not to grant new licenses, it’s a shame to see approval of “tiebacks” to existing fields - unnecessary concession that undermines climate messages

One of my abiding impressions of Brexit is the way it slammed doors of opportunity in the faces of young people several rungs below Boris Johnson’s countless children on the ladders of privilege & advantage.

The tide is turning. Even the Telegraph is now admitting the damage the Brexit deal has done to the economy.

Chris Packham opening proceedings at the National Emergency Briefing, Westminster… Huge numbers here in this great hall incl many MPs, Lords, journos and more…
He’s holding up a pale blue dot… Us…

South Korea's Experiment in AI Textbooks Ends in Disaster The South Korean government's billion-dollar AI textbook initiative has been a complete failure from start to finish.

Who could have seen this coming except literally everyone

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The Climate Crossroads: Why Haven’t We Changed — and How We Do Now - Elders Action Network Tuesday, December 2 8:00 – 9:30 am PT / 11:00 am – 12:30 pm ET A live event from The Way Forward Regenerative Conversations Podcast We know the science— still […]

‘The Climate Crossroads: Why Haven’t We Changed — and How We Do Now.’

Looking forward to this webinar on Tuesday, Dec 2nd (from 4pm UK time) with @billmcKibben.bsky.social and Brian McLaren, moderated by John Izzo. Register now 👇

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Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.

The UK is losing up to £250m a day in lost tax revenue due to the economic impact of Brexit, House of Commons Library analysis for the Lib Dems suggests.

Brexit has blown a "black hole of [up to] £90 billion a year in the public finances" the party says. Even under lower estimates the hit is ~£65bn

My guide to populist-proofing your democracy – before it’s too late | Timothy Garton Ash From public service broadcasting to an independent judiciary, these are the things that we must fight to keep, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash

An excellent account of the institutions we will need to counter the threat from fascism

We can use it as a checklist of what we need to support and defend in these turbulent times

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue , new analysis shows Exclusive: Britons also up to £3,700 worse off, leading to calls for the Labour government to improve relations with the EU

Brexit has smashed a *massive* hole in our economy

🫣 Up to £90bn a year in lost tax revenues

😬 UK’s GDP 6-8% smaller

😮 Equating to between £2,700 and £3,700 *per person*

No wonder Reeves is struggling to make the sums add up

www.europeanmovement.co.uk/r?u=zVv9ozku...

Rachel Reeves has many problems. She’s realising that her Brexit bind may be the biggest of all | Rafael Behr Brutal economic realities are prompting a shift in Labour’s tone on Europe. But will it dare tell the whole truth about Britain’s predicament, asks Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

“It is hard to be decisive when choosing between degrees of self-inflicted harm” - powerful from @rafaelbehr.bsky.social on the continuing disaster of #Brexit @europeanmovement.co.uk👇

Fact check: Do renewables really make electricity grids less reliable? In Germany, power availability to homes and businesses has increased over the years – even as the share of renewables has climbed.

Critics of renewable energy often claim that these technologies are making the world’s electricity grids more vulnerable to power outages.

However, global data doesn’t support the sceptics’ claims. In fact, there's evidence that the opposite is true.

theprogressplaybook.com/2025/10/13/f...

The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff.

David Olusoga's new series on Empire is excellent

So much better than the one by Paxman a few years ago

It's made me furious all over again that being educated in Bath I learned literally *nothing* about slavery

Zarah Sultana boycotts first day of Your Party conference over 'witch hunt' expulsions Zarah Sultana has boycotted day one of the Your Party Conference over the expulsion of members of left-wing groups.

Corbyn has to make his first ever speech to their party conference calling for unity

And Sultana doesn't turn up at all

It's almost as if it was scripted by Monty Python

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Gill’s conviction for taking Kremlin money is yet more evidence of Russian influence in our politics, as the Russia report itself found. So when will Ministers finally investigate this wider interference? Why are we forced to pursue it in court? @carolecadwalla.bsky.social

Good to hear Rachel Reeves finally attack the 2 child benefit cap - but if Labour were so much against it, why’s it taken them so long to scrap it? And why were Labour MPs suspended for saying *exactly* the same last year? There’s no moral high ground here #budget2025