Sean Codrington

Every post from the Tory conference just makes me sad. Like watching a destitute clown begging for pennies.

If the Bell Hotel closure was upheld, it would set a precedent across the country and there would be thousands of people with nowhere to put them which would make an already difficult situation ten times worse. Nick is parroting divisive far-right lines because he has nothing else meaningful to say

This is utter drivel from @nickferrarilbc.bsky.social and he should know better. The government is not “siding with the interests of migrants over local people”. It has a legal duty to house asylum seekers under international law.

So, I think I’ve made my views pretty clear now. Despite it all here’s another one: if Labour is best placed to beat the right in your constituency in 2029, vote Labour, however much you have to hold your nose. Nothing is worth risking the nationalist right taking power.

I’ve often wondered why Nigel Farage, who as godfather of the Brexit fiasco engineered the biggest British foreign policy disaster since Suez is continually offered so much space in some newspapers and broadcast media. Serious question. Thoughts welcome.

Starmer has handled Trump well and been excellent on Ukraine. His government has done some good things, notably on Europe, green energy, housing and employment rights. But he has no idea about how to speak to voters and is clearly terrified of taking on the nationalist right. It's a huge problem.

Almost four years out from an election & paying *the actual fucking Taliban* to torture & murder people who risked their lives to escape them is getting the full ‘both sides’ treatment in Brexit Britain.

(No shade on James here but) making any part of this the argument about practicality is to concede the argument. We should not send people back to Afghanistan because they will be tortured and executed, not because we can't hire enough planes.

Farage can’t be trusted to rewrite our rights Campaigners have warned against trusting Nigel Farage to rewrite fundamental UK freedoms after Reform UK announced their plan to strip rights from all UK citizens to reduce immigration.

@pimlicat.bsky.social - CEO of Best for Britain:

⚠️“Stoking fears over immigration as a way to remove our basic rights is right out of the authoritarian playbook

We cannot allow the same to happen here. Rights are not something we can trust Farage to rewrite."
www.bestforbritain.org/farage_can_t...

Remove them and take them where, you pathetic excuse of a politician.

Lately, Reform UK have claimed that their hostility to migrants stems from an overwhelming desire to keep women safe.

But have they been equally concerned when the threat to women comes from someone they see as on "their side"?

I took a quick peek at their recent record. ~AA

It's pretty much textbook. Stephen Miller's been waiting his whole life to do this.

Trump administration halts Harvard’s ability to enroll international students Homeland security secretary Kristi Noem posts copy of department’s letter to university on X

This is a clear cut coordination policy intended to force independent institutions into loyalty with the regime. It is obviously the behaviour of an authoritarian state and anyone who claims otherwise needs their fucking head examined www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Netenyahu really is a sickening moral crater of a man. A machine that burns out murderous policy and despicable slander. Pure fucking poison.

Outstanding from Lammy. Impossible to tolerate the moral oblivion into which Netanyahu has dragged Israel.

Because they're terrified of accusations they're betraying Brexit. It's the same in so many areas. They're hiding their successes and yelling about their weaknesses.

Maybe "their voters" are not aging homeowning social conservatives who happened to work in manufacturing 30 years ago?

More long term, I think Labour needs to look at the fiscal strategy. The prospect of delivering any meaningful change seems distant when the Treasury is constantly slashing departmental budgets and welfare spending in response to OBR forecasts which change every week…

One of the worst consequences of the local election results, I fear, will be Labour choosing to fight Reform by shifting further right on culture war issues. In reality, their unpopularity stems from decisions like the Winter Fuel and PIP cuts

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The government borrowed £151 billion last financial year. Which was £14.6 billion more than the OBR estimate *last month*.

And yet their forecasts for five years time are being used as the entire basis for public policy decision making.

It’s far less about European “free-loading,” as Vance claims, and far more about decades of US policy that has, by design, made Europe militarily reliant on the US. Dismantling that system would have major consequences, ones they’ve given no thought to

This is a good point that’s often overlooked. Vance et al are completely ignorant to the fact that Europe’s overreliance on the US has been engineered by American policymakers for strategic and economic reasons (not least to ensure Europe continues buying US-made arms over European alternatives)

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

and yet they come to Europe and lecture everyone on free speech

As of today, it is cheaper to import a fully-built computer than it is to import the parts and build it in the U.S.

Just an incredible strategy to bring assembly lines back to the U.S.

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Trump has largely caved in the face of market pressure. That’s bad for his authority, though it would have been even worse if it had gone on much longer. Nonetheless the trade war between the two biggest global economies, worth 50% of global GDP, represents systemic risk to world economic stability.

NEW: Trump caved.

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This is embarrassing. They didn't secure anything. The Trump administration used an idiot equation to decide rates and implemented it.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...