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Zia Yusuf resigns as Reform’s DOGE chief with project in turmoil New misery for Farage’s Musk-inspired project...

🔴 NEW - Zia Yusuf has resigned as Reform’s DOGE chief with the project in turmoil.

Reform’s Musk-inspired slash-and-burn agenda has faced further setbacks this week

Labour responds to @theobserveruk.bsky.social's story tonight

Thank you to @mrjamesob.bsky.social for having me on, one of the v few people in the UK press to follow this story during what is now a decade of media apathy &/or complicity

‘Jail is inevitable’ for former Reform politician awaitin... Two other MEPs joined Nathan Gill on a trip paid for by pro-Russian interests – and 6 weeks later repeated his talking points in Parliament

Exclusive: Two of Nathan Gill's fellow Ukip/Brexit Party MEPs used the same pro-Russia talking points in European Parliament, after joining him on a paid-for trip to Kyiv

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We must act now: without a written constitution, Reform UK will have carte blanche to toxify our nation | Goerge Monbiot It means breaking with hundreds of years of tradition, but it can’t wait. As hard-right figures spread division and laud autocrats, a fail-safe is vital, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

We must act now: without a written constitution, Reform UK will have carte blanche to toxify our nation

We must act now: without a written constitution, Reform UK will have carte blanche to toxify our nation | Goerge Monbiot It means breaking with hundreds of years of tradition, but it can’t wait. As hard-right figures spread division and laud autocrats, a fail-safe is vital, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

'It’s not that the UK has no constitution. We have one, but its thread is as easy to follow as a fishing line washed ashore after months at sea, bundled and ravelled in weed and tar....If democracy is not clear and intelligible, it’s not democracy.'

What Reform's Kent nightmare means for Farage's dream of becoming PM Reform is hoping to prove it is fit for government by the way it runs local authorities

Reform's Kent nightmare

We must act now: without a written constitution, Reform UK will have carte blanche to toxify our nation | Goerge Monbiot It means breaking with hundreds of years of tradition, but it can’t wait. As hard-right figures spread division and laud autocrats, a fail-safe is vital, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

We're facing a political emergency: a high likelihood of an shamelessly authoritarian government in 2029. So we urgently need this basic safeguard: a codified constitution.
This week's column explains what we're missing and why it's so important.
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The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

This is the usual sulky-baby nonsense but what a delicious treat it would be if the mad authoritarian racists just… left

Katie Lam, the shadow home secretary saying legal migrants need to be deported (The Times) will be seen by many as the most racist comment we’ve heard in recent years. Why this isn’t headline news is scandalous. Which will translate to many as acceptance and agreement. Britain needs to get a grip.

labour's vote share halved, mass racist mobilization, the tory party calling for ethnic cleansing

we were entirely correct in our warning

Yes, they are actually saying that a "foreigner" who has worked here for decades, paid National Insurance, & is entitled BECAUSE OF THAT to a state pension, would be deported for the crime of claiming it.

Dan has got it.

There's an old truism that politics can't work if you think the other side is actually evil.

But I don't really know what else to call this

‘Crackers’ is a very kind way to describe these deeply immoral and fascist manoeuvrings by the Tory party. They have lost their minds. Driven mad by their own prejudice and failure. We have to make sure that this particular brand never sees power again.

Here Lam explicitly sets out her proposal - which is official Conservative Party policy - to deport long-standing legal permanent residents who have *ever* claimed any benefit, including the state pension or child benefit (even if the child is British), or who earn less than £39K.

Tory policy is to revoke permanent residence (ILR) for everybody who does not earn £38k - deporting most nurses who have ILR

This is put in the video as "who is unlikely to contribute more than they cost"

NB: video does not say EU settled status is exempt

No govt since Idi Amin has done this

Funny innit… if this👇🏼was Starmer’s or Ed Davey’s wife, Zack Polanski’s partner, or even Badenoch’s husband.. it’d be all over the media

But as it’s Farage there’s no furore.. it’s all 🤫🤫.. has anyone seen it on BBC, Sky etc cos I haven’t❓🤷🏼‍♂️

The data shows Brexit was a massive mistake and badly hurt the economy. We're all paying for it. It was Nigel Farage who sold the lies that it would make life better. How can anyone still listen to him about anything?

Britain is suddenly pining for closer ties with the EU. It’s more likely to get the cold shoulder | Anand Menon Labour now wants to use the damage from Brexit to combat the threat of Nigel Farage, but the union has bigger fish to fry, says Anand Menon, director of UK in a Changing Europe

Britain is suddenly pining for closer ties with the EU. It’s more likely to get the cold shoulder | Anand Menon

#r4today

Four Reform UK councillors suspended after leaked video of chaotic council meeting

Four Reform UK councillors suspended after leaked video of chaotic council meeting

Just listened to Chris Mason on Radio 4 defending BBC's excessive coverage of Farage & Reform. I was outraged by his response to legitimate criticism. I no longer trust the BBC's political coverage (actually I haven't for some time, but the BBC's behaviour has grown even worse of late).

Amazing story in The Times. Reform UK failed to pay VAT to HMRC on its sales (tickets, merchandise). About £400k in all.

Not tax avoidance. Not tax evasion. They just didn't realise when you sell stuff you have to charge VAT.

Reform reviews whether it underpaid VAT after Times investigation Nigel Farage’s party could face fines as documents indicate it failed to notify HMRC that it was required to pay extra tax

Reform says not paying VAT on sales was an error bit.ly/4nZQETT Party promises to pay anything owed after failing to register for VAT when income from ticket sales exceeded the threshold

Surely not ANOTHER mistake.

…..I see #RectumUK are employing “world beating” accountants. They must be using the same company that supplies their vetting processes….

#FarageRiots
#PlasticPatriot
#GriftersGrift

Screenshot from BBC: Rachel Reeves blames Brexit deal for long-term damage to economy. Rachel Reeves made the comment about the 2020 deal at a key meeting of the world's leading finance ministers and central bankers.

Then fix it.

Brexit Will Damage The UK Economy 'For The Foreseeable Future', Says Bank Of England Chief Andrew Bailey confirms what we've all known for years.

For all those who don’t vote wisely. Repercussions can roll on for decades.