Dear voter, sick of the other parties and tempted by Reform UK? Don’t be daft. Don’t do it. They’re not your friends. Unless you are already rich, this report proves that they will only make your life... From the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) yesterday: Reform UK have announced plans for cuts to income tax in Scotland if they were to win the Scottish Parliament elections in May. They say they …

Dear voter, sick of the other parties and tempted by Reform UK? Don’t be daft. Don’t do it. They’re not your friends. Unless you are already rich, this report proves that they will only make your life and your family’s lives worse talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/01/28/d...

Man sleeping in Sefton Park now has a room thanks to ECHO readers The man, who had fallen into homelessness in recent years, thanked readers and those who reached out for their kindness

It was moving to see the outpouring of support and offers of help for a man we featured last weekend who had fallen on hard times and was sleeping in a Liverpool park.

Pleased to say that following our article being published, he has been found accommodation to take him off the streets.

Nigel Farage racks up £151,000 in donor-funded flights to support Donald Trump Most recently, Farage attended an event at Trump’s Mar A Lago resort celebrating US Military Veterans just months before Trump’s vile slur dismissing the sacrifice of British troops who served in Afgh...

Farage pays for nothing himself. He rakes it in from media, crypto, gold bullion, X… Clacton isn’t worth his time.

He’s a rep for the US christofascist far right and is being paid to bring that shit over here.

It’s all a grift. A pisstake. A very sinister betrayal.
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Call off the King’s visit to the US for the 250th anniversary of America's independence With the current political chaos in the US and Trump’s failure to adhere to international norms, and given his apparent obsession with the Monarchy, calling off this visit would send a powerful messag...

The Government is planning to send King Charles to the US to celebrate with Trump. Giving him a royal visit right now sends a terrible message that his behaviour is acceptable. We can stop this if enough of us speak up. Will you add your name to the petition? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ca...

Zohran smiling on the street

Zohran's campaign was his determination to make New York a city everyone can afford to live in. Huge congratulations!

His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind.

It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.

Watch the Dutch kick Disney in their tiny mouse gonads…

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Screen outside Reform rally reads "Vladimir and Nigel welcome you to Birmingham"

Screen reads "Reform. Entrance to the far-right"

Screen reads "Nigel loved Liz Truss's mini-budget"

Behind the scenes picture of projectors set up to point at building

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I am right in thinking everyone wants to Rejoin the EU aren't I?

Like if you do
RT if you really do

Petition: Apply for the UK to join the European Union as a full member as soon as possible I believe joining the EU would boost the economy, increase global influence, improve collaboration and provide stability & freedom. I believe that Brexit hasn't brought any tangible benefit and there ...

70k signatures to rejoin the EU. Big petition, timely too - polling shows the public is in favour. Let’s get it to 100k and push Labour to debate rejoining. It’s the glaringly obvious solution our economic problems and the rise of the far right.

Please repost.
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Word of the day is ‘matutolypea’: extreme grumpiness in the morning.

From the Latin ‘Matuta’, Roman goddess of the dawn, and the Greek ‘lype’, ‘grief’. Put them together and you get ‘morning grief’.

With senior Tories now calling for a policy to leave the ECHR here is a reminder of why joining Russia and Belarus as the only European countries outside the ECHR is a very bad idea

Why are we so scared to accept the EU’s generous post-Brexit deals? Rachel Reeves and Keir Starmer are making a huge mistake in not openly embracing offers to cut red tape

"We need closer ties with the EU and now they are letting us know the door is ajar. All we have to do is push it open. And yet we cannot even find the strength to do it”

www.theneweuropean.co.uk/why-are-we-s...

Reeves to water down tax raid on non-doms amid exodus of millionaires The chancellor is to amend some of the changes to tax rules for non-domiciled individuals announced in October’s Budget

10,000 of 3,000,000 millionaires left the country last year - 0.33%. These people would rather leave than pay tax - good riddance I say. Let’s not change our approach to appease rich freeloaders.

Just Stop Oil protester, 78, has jail term extended after no suitable tag found Exclusive: Gaie Delap told she will have to serve 20 more days that correspond to period of time at home after recall

A violent criminal? A threat to society? A danger to democracy? No, no and no. This is someone being punished again and again for giving a damn about humanity and the living world.
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Oh sweet, sweet Gods of schadenfreude.

What mighty gifts you have bestowed upon us.

While we’re banning books…

Finland is teaching children in school how to recognize fake news and propaganda as part of critical thinking and civic responsibility. Some of this will seem very familiar.

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This year…

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Farage would have us believe that he's hugely popular with young men.

Seems that young people have a rather different view on the matter.

Hilarious stuff from @privateeyenews.bsky.social

It’s not just Musk - we need to stop British billionaires bankrolling our politics Keir Starmer needs to introduce new laws to cap individual donations and bar corporate political funding before it’s too late, writes former Electoral Commission David Howarth.

It’s not just Musk - we need to stop British billionaires bankrolling our politics

Keir Starmer needs to introduce new laws to cap individual donations and bar corporate political funding before it’s too late

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King Charles who loves killing foxes, birds, and badgers has been made Patron of the RSPCA.

King Charles used his power to block a ban on Fox Hunting and to make sure it is the joke ban we currently have.

RT if the RSPCA should remove him.

The UK couldn't make a strap small enough for this Just Stop Oil protestors wrist so she had to go back to jail.

No really, that is the level of imcompetent uselessness in the UK.

It is time to fire all privatisation and take back control from the billionaire thieves.

🚨THIS WEEKEND please join me & British Heart Foundation in inspiring the nation to learn LIFE SAVING CPR❤️🙏

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YouTube video by MoneySavingExpert.com Spread word: Last chance to claim Winter Fuel Payment

Spread word: Last chance to claim Winter Fuel Payment. Likely 700,000 eligible State Pensioners missing out, please help get the message out there

From the appalling comments this film is getting on X it’s clear to me if we want to avoid a dangerous chain of events which could one day see Britain joining Russia & Belarus as the only European countries outside the ECHR we need to constantly call out this insane drumbeat from the right to leave

Tell Wes Streeting - NO new PFI in our NHS!

Private healthcare is lobbying Wes Streeting to sign a new PFI deal with them. Time is running out to ask Wes Streeting to say NO. Please add your name to this petition now. #NoNewPFI

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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says the public want to leave the ECHR

Let him know he’s wrong by sharing this widely

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Important context here:

● over half of farms are less than 49 acres (20 hectares)

● "a big farm" is 217 acres.

Now let's see who's angry:

● Clarkson farm is 1,000 acres
● Lloyd Webber farms 4,000 acres
● Viscount Rothermere (Mail owner) 4,700 acres
● Dyson owns 36,000 acres