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Dipper of toe in the Bluesky water. Scunnered with the state of the world right now.

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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 Britainโ€™s 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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13.10.2025 09:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 491    ๐Ÿ” 264    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 38    ๐Ÿ“Œ 19

Commiserations to the Donald for losing out to a woman from Venezuela.

10.10.2025 18:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™d like to see a lot more scrutiny of Banks.

10.10.2025 18:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Trump and his acolytes might well think he can โ€œmove mountains by sheer force of his willโ€, but that canโ€™t get him a Nobel prize! Go, Norway!

10.10.2025 12:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Tice and Farage should be treated like the traitors they are.

09.10.2025 08:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 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€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You donโ€™t get to bankroll a genocideโ€ฆ

Embolden and cheer on the perpetrators

โ€ฆand then call yourself a hero for pulling the plug.

09.10.2025 06:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1219    ๐Ÿ” 305    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 57    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12
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๐ŸšจA Message from our editor-in-chief Matt Kelly

Read full story: buff.ly/dY1tJVa

08.10.2025 10:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 109    ๐Ÿ” 41    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Am I alone in thinking itโ€™s far too early to be heralding this โ€˜dealโ€™ as proof of the ending of conflict in the Middle East? Far too early for the congratulatory messages? Personally, I donโ€™t trust Netenyahu to keep any bargain and I fear the Palestinians are being shafted. Again.

09.10.2025 07:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Does it come with pins or do I need to supply my own?

08.10.2025 21:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If anyone in Labour had a modicum of political nous, theyโ€™d be pushing the Churchill angle at every mention of the ECHR.

08.10.2025 21:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What an appalling take on life by Badenoch and her ilk.

08.10.2025 10:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Someone should notify Reform UK that Kemi Badenoch is attacking English language and literature.

#UKpolitics

08.10.2025 10:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œThe 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? Itโ€™s just a mystery.

07.10.2025 10:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It was a horrific attack. No one should defend it, but thatโ€™s where Starmerโ€™s โ€˜humanityโ€™ 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€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Liz Kendall was at it the other week on Radio Scotland ๐Ÿคฌ Itโ€™s so insulting to our intelligence. I was very glad to hear Rachel Burdon pushing back.

06.10.2025 06:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well done Rachel Burdon on Radio 5 Live.. Skewering Mel Stride for not answering after heโ€™d tried to use the latest media-training wheeze of avoiding answering, then saying,โ€ Your question was [insert different topic]โ€
RB: โ€œNo it wasnโ€™t. I asked you [iriginal question]โ€
More of this please.

06.10.2025 05:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You wouldnโ€™t be suggesting that she made a gaffe, would you? As we all know, Kemi doesnโ€™t make gaffes (according to Kemi)

05.10.2025 10:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Laura probably has no clue about the importance of the EHCR in those aspects of our lives.

05.10.2025 09:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

See also: Priti Patel and Suella Braverman

05.10.2025 09:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Kemi Badenoch really is lacking in self-awareness #BBCLauraK

05.10.2025 08:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œThere are far too many people in this country who shouldnโ€™t be here,โ€ says Kemi Badenoch on #BBCLauraK
If thatโ€™s the case, they didnโ€™t all arrive in the last 14 months, did they?

05.10.2025 08:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Oh, so weโ€™re only meant to think of other people when itโ€™s people YOU approve of, Penny Mordaunt? Thinking of other people is EXACTLY what the protestors are doing.
#BBCLauraK

05.10.2025 08:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Theyโ€™re the same people who said they were voting for Boris Johnson because โ€œheโ€™s a laughโ€

04.10.2025 16:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 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€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

No-one should be surprised. They model themselves on the cult of Trump so of course theyโ€™re going to ignore procedures and conventions.

03.10.2025 13:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m sure she doesnโ€™t realise it but sheโ€™s only there to mind the shop. No way is she leading them into the next election.

03.10.2025 10:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

She is the living embodiment of condescension.

03.10.2025 10:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 47    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Is this the USโ€™s Marie Antoinette moment?

02.10.2025 10:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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