Sam

A few points for people who are continuing to misunderstand what’s going on about the Villa Park fan ban.
1) Banning of away fans happens. This is not unique. It’s happened to Dutch, German, Polish and Turkish fans recently.
2) Football hooliganism is *never* just about football. 1/4

People are just realising that we had a better grip on immigration within the EU They gave us bar staff and builders - we gave them sunburnt pensioners and seaside property booms. It was win-win.

So when Farage rails against the latest migration figures, he's railing against a monster of his own making. The EU didn't impose uncontrolled immigration on us; it offered a framework that reflected geography, economics and reality”

ie - control.

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I joined Step Up Migrant Women calling on govt to #ScrapImmigrationWhitePaper

The White Paper will have a devastating impact on migrant women

Labour promised to make people's lives better but instead is pushing women into insecurity and destitution - shameful

It has nothing to do with what his detractors say. It’s about Starmer’s own actions and the choices he makes. I too wanted him to succeed and had high hopes. I agree that MSM don’t celebrate Labour’s achievements well, but the fact is bad decisions are being made that impact vulnerable people.

I’d say she’s coming across as well educated on the topic.

Zack Polanski: 'As soon as we overtake the Tories, we're coming for Labour next' | The News Agents Zack Polanski, leader of the Greens, tells Lewis Goodall why neither the right or left in UK politics knows how to deal with his party’s rise in public opinion since becoming leader, and why he…

"Whether it's Reform or Labour, I think they don't quite know what to do with me," Zack Polanski tells Lewis Goodall

"One day, I'm being painted as an incompetent clown, and on other days, I'm a very dangerous Machiavellian man"

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Same here Claire. Sadly I’ve been thinking exactly this for sometime now.

Clive Lewis MP: ‘I Never Thought I’d Hear Myself Say I Think My Party is Making this Country Weaker in Preparation for an Authoritarian-Right Government’ Peter Jukes and Hardeep Matharu speak to the backbench Labour MP to understand why the Government is focusing on how to ‘stop the boats' rather than fixing people's everyday lives

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To this day, I have never disagreed with anything Clive has said - on any subject.
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Greens now just two points behind Labour as the Zack surge continues The Green Party polling is at its highest ever - 15% of the vote. Meanwhile, Labour and the Tories are on 17%... Well, well, Zack...!

Greens now just two points behind Labour as the Zack surge continues

The Green Party polling is at its highest ever - 15% of the vote. Meanwhile, Labour and the Tories are on 17%... Well, well, Zack...!
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.

Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.

Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.

What a woman. She’s right. We all have a part to play and we get to choose how we play that part. Will you be a source of good in this world or would you rather join those on the spaceship Jane refers to? We’ve stopped fascism before, we must stop it again.

What a beautiful girl. She looks so sad there. I’m sure she’ll be much happier with you. Where is she coming from?

Jane Goodall with monarch butterfly scarf

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.”
― Jane Goodall

💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

Second released flotilla activist confirms Israel beat Greta Thunberg The rogue Zionist state's violence and humiliation of an activist like Greta Thunberg, known worldwide, can only backfire on it

Second released flotilla activist confirms Israel beat Greta Thunberg

The rogue Zionist state's violence and humiliation of an activist like Greta Thunberg, known worldwide, can only backfire on it - surely?
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We can all agree that the attack on the Synagogue in Manchester was terrorism

So why is setting a Mosque alight just 'arson' and a 'hate crime' and also not terrorism?

Police make 492 arrests as pro-Palestine ‘hate marches’ go ahead despite attack — The Sun The Metropolitan Police confirmed it had already arrested six people over a Palestine Action banner POLICE have made nearly 500 arrests after pro-Palestine marches went ahead today in London and Manch...

Our media has a lot to answer for lately. Since when did marching against genocide become a hate march? Jewish people being attacked and killed at the synagogue this week was horrific. So is genocide and there’s nothing hateful about standing against it. #SocialistSunday

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Who does this government serve? You? Or big business?

Tories stole our money and our dignity.
Labour stole our hope.

UK government wins £122m pandemic case against Michelle Mone-linked firm over faulty PPE Trial hears 25m surgical gowns supplied by PPE Medpro to protect NHS staff were unusable and could ‘seriously harm or kill patients’

Let's hope the Government now finds the courage to go against the proper VIP Tory Royalty who also made tens of millions at a time of crisis supplying PPE which was not fit for purpose. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

How Starmer’s Free Zones Will Eventually Privatise The UK. Free Zones Drive Deregulation Beyond Their Borders

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Starmer : the man who everyone wanted to trust a few years ago, is now the man that virtually no one trusts ( especially Labour’s own members).
There needs to be a national inquiry into SEZ’s snd Free zones assp.

Charging 2% tax on assets over £10 million would raise £24 billion a year.

Labour claims its invented (see MMT) 'black hole' in the nation's finances = £22 billion.

So, that 2% tax would plug that notional hole, with £2 billion change, & NOT A SINGLE CUT to welfare budgets.

It's a choice.

PPE Medpro must repay £122m for breach of contract | Good Law Project The company Michelle Mone landed on the Tories’ unlawful VIP Lane has 14 days to repay £122m for gowns supplied during the pandemic and never used.

"We cannot claim to have moved on from the venal political culture that brought us the VIP Lane until the ministers involved face consequences too.” goodlaw.social/ph6f

Rumours swirling that Government may try to avoid fully scrapping 2 child limit by changing it to a 3 child limit, only lifting it for some groups or giving lower support to 3rd and subsequent children. Helpfully @resfoundation.bsky.social already crunched the numbers, finding that...1/4

I went undercover as a cleaner at a failing care home. Here's what I witnessed — BBC News Catriona MacPhee worked in a Highland care home for seven weeks as part of BBC Disclosure investigation.

We like to go about our lives pretending we’ll never grow old. Therefore most try to ignore the aged, despite the fact they were once young and just like ourselves.
The least they deserve is a standard of care we would wish for ourselves and this isn’t it.

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1. I've long contended that austerity doesn't save money. It merely transfers costs from one group (the very rich, who would otherwise pay more tax) to others. Last night was a powerful reminder of that. Before I go further, I should say I’m fine. Just a black eye, cuts & bruises, no serious harm. 🧵

A mass walkout of the UN General Assembly as Netanyahu prepares to speak.

People want lower rents. They want cheaper bills and publicly-owned services. They want an NHS that works.

Why can’t this government just do things that would actually improve people’s lives?

We can fix this country. We just need the political will.

Terror charge against Kneecap rapper cannot continue, court says — Sky News The rapper told the crowd:

Good. He should never have been charged in the first place. It’s our government that is on the wrong side of history.

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