Graham Johnson

"One school of thought in government sees a willingness to upset Labour members as the litmus test of getting it right for the public on immigration. That thinking is under more pressure now: a governing party which has lost half of its support can no longer afford to gratuitously offend supporters"

Obviously I disagree with the plan to extend ILR to 10 yrs but it hadn’t occurred to me that recent arrivals from the Commonwealth have the right to vote against it. Labour should reverse course on this policy. It won’t persuade xenophobes, just make people’s lives precarious and miserable.

Meanwhile, the decision to Brexit has never been less popular.

30% Right to leave
58% Wrong to leave

Headline: Team GB face uphill task for four-man bobsliegh medal

I'm no expert but I don't think that's how it works

All of Reform UK's 'shadow cabinet' went to private school.

If you're interested in history and the complex personalities and motivations of most important figures, it's fascinating how un-complex the Trump administration is. In almost all cases, if you just said "This guy is dumb, this guy is evil and this guy is crazy" you would not be oversimplifying

Gosh just from eyeballing the graph I wonder if anyone can think of something that might have happened around idk 2016 to cause a further deterioration?

Trump has doubled his net worth since being reelected through blatant and egregious corruption. The salary is peanuts.

It *literally* does.

Thats what it is. A document which says youre British.

Warning of long airport queues under new EU border control system. Airport organisation says queues could last up to six hours over the summer holidays. BBC News, 5 February.

Standing in endless airport queues wasn’t on the side of a bus, but it’s now part of the reality of travelling post-Brexit. Longer queues, stricter restrictions, and more expensive travel - is this what we were promised?

Brexit is a catastrophe that needs to be undone.

The solution to this, and many of the nation’s other problems, is to rejoin the EU at the earliest opportunity.

Kate Nash says that she doesn't think that she would have been able to have the career that she has if she was starting out now. This makes us wonder, how many talented, emerging musicians are being priced out of touring by post-Brexit barriers?

Nothing like enjoying your slightly cheaper pint while imagining the toddler crying from hunger that paid for it.

Jeffrey Epstein emailing Peter Thiel: Finding things on their way to collapse was much easier than finding the next bargain. ... Return to tribalism. Counter to globalization. Amazing new alliances.

Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.

Starmer: Nigel Farage was wrong about Brexit. Sir Keir Starmer has said Nigel Farage was wrong about Brexit and said the "botched deal" created by the previous government "has caused damage to our economy". ITV News, 1 February.

The public were told we would get £350 million a week, yet almost 10 years on, trade has been hit, costs have risen, and the country is still waiting for those promises to materialise. The leave campaign was fuelled by lies and misinformation: we must repair our relationship with Europe.

Even Brexit is in the Epstein files!

This is the video to share and show anyone who thinks brexit hasn’t been done ‘properly’ yet and going further would be good for this country.

Join the @labour4europe.bsky.social and let’s take back control.

Click their account to do so.

As far as Nigel Farage is concerned, let us remind ourselves that he said if we left the EU it would be £350 million a week for the NHS - that didn’t happen. He said if we left the EU there would be less red tape for trading into Europe - try telling that to any business that is trading into Europe. He said if we left the EU regular migration would go down - it quadrupled under the Boris wave. Sir Keir Starmer, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

The Brexit campaign was fuelled by misinformation, and new polls have found that the majority of Brits want to reverse it. We must continue to fix our relationship with Europe, and rekindle our ties with the biggest free market in the world.

It is more important than ever that Europe stands together as friends.

Lets work together again.

Join our movement here: www.europeanmovement.co.uk/membership-fb

YES, the EU regulates.

But, regulation isn’t just paperwork, it’s what quietly makes everyday life across Europe simpler, fairer and more sustainable. 🇪🇺

Better with EU!

Courtesy of the EU Commission Luxembourg

Is this the darkest period YET?

It remains to be seen how the Venezuelan people will respond to a more overt CIA presence in the country post-Maduro. For years, Maduro cast the CIA as a convenient boogey man, repeatedly accusing the agency – without evidence – of attempting to topple his regime as he clung to power despite US opposition. Now, the CIA has helped supplant Maduro and is poised to help actively manage the Trump administration’s dealings with Venezuela’s new leadership.

Absolutely incredible sequence from CNN.

"Maduro was a paranoid lunatic always lying about the CIA trying to overthrow him. Anyways, now that the CIA has overthrown him..."

You want proof that Brexit was a disaster? Go to an airport The most visible consequences of Brexit are also the most banal

Spot on ⬇️

"Leaving the EU has altered the texture of everyday life in Britain in ways that are now impossible to ignore: at the border, in the workplace, in the cost of food and increasingly in the country’s diminished ability to shape the world around it."

Sorry but why the fuck would you *not* want to recreate 2006?Pre-financial crash, pre-austerity, pre-Brexit, pre-inflation. Britain's economically healthy, decent public services, largely competent government, fairly amiable political disputes. What kind of person prefers this period to that?

The UK must put everything on the table to rebuild a shared relationship with the EU. Leaders come and go but risk is a part of the modern world. Do you want to face it on your own when there are bullies in every corner, or do you want to face it as part of a team? Stella Creasy MP MP for Walthamstow Chair of the Labour Movement for Europe

In the face of growing global threats, it is now more important than ever to work closely with our European neighbours to strengthen our shared security. Cooperation with Europe is essential to upholding stability in an increasingly uncertain world.

Let’s be clear about what the Trump regime is saying to Minnesota: “We will continue murdering your citizens unless you help us rig your election.”

Great idea from former Labour MEP Mary Honeyball: we need to be in the EU for our security – national security and economic security.

It’s hard to convey how pissed off people in NATO allies are about Trump dissing their soldiers except to say that both Prince Harry and Rod Stewart have release angry statements about it.

So shameful.

We’ve got to stop carrying the coffin of 2016 – @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social is absolutely right about making the positive case to rejoin – or just join? – the EU.