Michael Gove admits that post-Brexit trade deals were bad for farmers
Michael Gove has admitted for the first time that the Australia and New Zealand trade deals negotiated by the former Tory government did not protect Britainโs farmers.
This deserves more attention than it has received.
Gove: "we were too anxious as a government to secure those deals in order to show that Brexit was working".
Exactly as so many of us warned at the time, and as the government denied at the time.
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Commiserations to the Donald for losing out to a woman from Venezuela.
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Iโd like to see a lot more scrutiny of Banks.
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Trump and his acolytes might well think he can โmove mountains by sheer force of his willโ, but that canโt get him a Nobel prize! Go, Norway!
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Tice and Farage should be treated like the traitors they are.
09.10.2025 08:41 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Having backed and assisted the Israel war on Palestinians & the #gazagenocide itself, Donald Trump comes up with a #PeacePlan to end it & wants the #NobelPeacePrize for doing so.
You couldn't make this up.
He should face arrest for complicity in #CrimesAgainstHumanity.
#bbcqt
#foxnews
09.10.2025 08:10 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
You donโt get to bankroll a genocideโฆ
Embolden and cheer on the perpetrators
โฆand then call yourself a hero for pulling the plug.
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Am I alone in thinking itโs far too early to be heralding this โdealโ as proof of the ending of conflict in the Middle East? Far too early for the congratulatory messages? Personally, I donโt trust Netenyahu to keep any bargain and I fear the Palestinians are being shafted. Again.
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Does it come with pins or do I need to supply my own?
08.10.2025 21:46 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
If anyone in Labour had a modicum of political nous, theyโd be pushing the Churchill angle at every mention of the ECHR.
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What an appalling take on life by Badenoch and her ilk.
08.10.2025 10:31 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Someone should notify Reform UK that Kemi Badenoch is attacking English language and literature.
#UKpolitics
08.10.2025 10:26 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
โThe figures have ballooned,โ she says. Since 2016. Does Kemi wonder WHY that might have happened? Was it for fun? Who was in power at that time? Could it possibly have anything to do with Brexit and the chaos that has caused? Itโs just a mystery.
07.10.2025 10:12 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
It was a horrific attack. No one should defend it, but thatโs where Starmerโs โhumanityโ stops. At no point does he condemn the Israeli govt for their egregious, genocidal acts since which have made the Jewish people more unsafe across the globe. At no point has he shown empathy with Gaza citizens.
07.10.2025 06:12 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Liz Kendall was at it the other week on Radio Scotland ๐คฌ Itโs so insulting to our intelligence. I was very glad to hear Rachel Burdon pushing back.
06.10.2025 06:39 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Well done Rachel Burdon on Radio 5 Live.. Skewering Mel Stride for not answering after heโd tried to use the latest media-training wheeze of avoiding answering, then saying,โ Your question was [insert different topic]โ
RB: โNo it wasnโt. I asked you [iriginal question]โ
More of this please.
06.10.2025 05:57 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
You wouldnโt be suggesting that she made a gaffe, would you? As we all know, Kemi doesnโt make gaffes (according to Kemi)
05.10.2025 10:45 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Laura probably has no clue about the importance of the EHCR in those aspects of our lives.
05.10.2025 09:03 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
See also: Priti Patel and Suella Braverman
05.10.2025 09:01 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Kemi Badenoch really is lacking in self-awareness #BBCLauraK
05.10.2025 08:52 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
โThere are far too many people in this country who shouldnโt be here,โ says Kemi Badenoch on #BBCLauraK
If thatโs the case, they didnโt all arrive in the last 14 months, did they?
05.10.2025 08:42 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1
Oh, so weโre only meant to think of other people when itโs people YOU approve of, Penny Mordaunt? Thinking of other people is EXACTLY what the protestors are doing.
#BBCLauraK
05.10.2025 08:35 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Theyโre the same people who said they were voting for Boris Johnson because โheโs a laughโ
04.10.2025 16:04 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Tories plan to take away all your rights, and putting UK in a select group in Europe whose only other members are Russia and Belarus
04.10.2025 09:45 โ ๐ 23 ๐ 9 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 2
No-one should be surprised. They model themselves on the cult of Trump so of course theyโre going to ignore procedures and conventions.
03.10.2025 13:33 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Iโm sure she doesnโt realise it but sheโs only there to mind the shop. No way is she leading them into the next election.
03.10.2025 10:21 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
She is the living embodiment of condescension.
03.10.2025 10:17 โ ๐ 47 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Is this the USโs Marie Antoinette moment?
02.10.2025 10:24 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
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