Belinda Walker

Save NHS dentistry now! I just signed the 38 Degrees petition calling on the Government to properly fund NHS dentistry. Millions of us are still struggling to access affordable dental care, so now the Government needs to stu...

Millions of us are still struggling to access affordable NHS dental care. I’ve signed 38 Degrees’ petition demanding Keir Starmer properly funds NHS dentistry now, will you join me? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/fu...

Thanks Ian. Your wise and thoughtful poems continue to inspire

Today marks nine years since Jo Cox was assassinated by a far-right extremist, a terrible loss to those who knew and loved her and to politics. Zero lessons were learned though and the far-right continues to be pandered to. With more political assassinations in the US it all feels too familiar.

Reform leader Nigel Farage slammed by former Plaid leader 'If anyone had any doubts of the links between misogyny and the far-right, those doubts should now be dispelled'

Former Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood

The far-right leader (Farage) has praised misogynist influencer Andrew Tate, who’s been charged with rape

He said Tate was an 'important voice' for young men

"If anyone had any doubts of links between misogyny & far-right, those doubts should now be dispelled

We really need to stop appeasing Reform. We have a desperate shortage of care workers

Deranged Trump is now putting a 100% tariff on movies made outside the US.

This really is not the answer. Totally the wrong direction and sending out totally the wrong message

And we all used to laugh at Kim Jong-Il propaganda.

Yes, this is real. How utterly classless.

Brits could face £100 more in household bills if UK signs up to EU Net Zero scheme, Tories claim Household bills could rise by £100 or more if the UK signs up to the EU’s Net Zero scheme, the Tories have claimed.

www.lbc.co.uk/news/cost-li...

How much per household did the Tories damaging Brexit cost?

Does anyone care what the Tories have to say about anything anymore?

I have no idea. I don't live in the EU.

The British military is definitely not weak.

British and other European soldiers have died alongside Americans. That's the ultimate price. I've seen what war does to veterans. Army family.

Taken advantage of? We have been consistently at your side and many have died. A friend had both his legs blown off. One day you know the value of international friendships. It will be too late as they will have deserted you. Your lack of courtesy is matched only by your ignorance.

I don't have a problem with American success but at the moment you seem to be going through what my country went through after Brexit. A self serving leader who exemplifies the very elite he says he despises, and international respect taking a nosedive.

I really feel for you. Just keep hoping, keep posting and keep going to demos. Yes, the damage (especially the reputational one) will take a long time to regain. We have local government elections here and we are fearful that Reform UK (Trump-loving Nigel Farage) will do well. Ug!

It was the same here after Brexit when that idiot Johnson came to power. Just embarrassing. We are beginning to recover, and so will you one day. Just keep the faith and keep doing those little subversive things.

He and his MAGA friends really haven't fully grasped the phrase "no means no"

German lawmakers float ‘Euro Eyes’ spy network amid uncertainty on US intel Senior German lawmakers sound alarm bells that a sudden cutoff could leave Europe dangerously exposed.

Sad but necessary. Trump’s USA can’t be trusted

Konstantin von Notz, chairman of German parliament’s intelligence oversight committee, urged Germany & its European allies to establish their own intelligence-sharing network amid growing uncertainty Europe can’t rely on intel from the United States

Mark Carney: Canada's next PM vows to win trade war with Trump The 59-year-old political newcomer says he will keep tariffs on US imports "until the Americans show us respect".

Mark Carney has won the race to succeed Justin Trudeau as Canada's prime minister. He says "America is not Canada. Canada will never ever be part of America in any way, shape or form." - Go Canada 🇨🇦 👍
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Today on International Women’s Day, we celebrate the impact and achievements of women in Britain and the world. Whilst recognising the work still needed to close the pay gap, improve workplace protections, champion rights and break down barriers for women. #IWD2025

London air pollution down since Ulez extended to outer boroughs, study finds Levels of deadly pollutants have dropped, with significant improvements in capital’s most deprived areas

Independent reviews show ULEZ works for cleaner air and better health.

"London air pollution down since Ulez extended to outer boroughs, study finds

Levels of deadly pollutants have dropped, with significant improvements in capital’s most deprived areas"

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

German carnival floats eviscerate Musk, Trump and Putin The likes of Donald Trump, Elon Musk and Vladimir Putin have been eviscerated by damning floats at a carnival in Dusseldorf.

The likes of Donald Trump, Elon Musk and Vladimir Putin have been eviscerated by damning floats at a carnival in Germany.

The satirical – and rather graphic – floats were on display in Dusseldorf this week as part of the annual Rose Monday parade, the highpoint of the region’s carnival season.

Top Trump allies hold secret talks with Zelenskyy’s Ukrainian opponents As Washington ramps up its pressure on Zelenskyy to step aside, his rivals are talking to Trump’s team.

Four senior members of Donald Trump’s entourage have held secret discussions with some of Kyiv’s top political opponents to Volodymyr Zelenskyy, just as Washington aligns with Moscow in seeking to lever the Ukrainian president out of his job.
www.politico.eu/article/dona...

In vast areas of the US, the sentiments expressed in this wonderful letter from a British man about why it's a privilege to pay tax to enable the National Health Service to run would see him probably certified as insane and labelled a "socialist".

Spectator owner said to be planning to fund new generation of UK journalists Multimillionaire Paul Marshall understood to be talking to senior figures in Britain’s right-leaning media about the idea

A real risk that media and information become completely
enclosed by the hard Right. Even more than at present. The post-Murdoch era could actually be *worse*

Trump has stopped sharing all intelligence with Ukraine and halted all arms deliveries. Putin must be delighted with his new friend in the White House.

Very interesting from Conservatives European Forum

They are encouraging the Conservatives k leader, Kemi Badenoch to back a UK/EU youth mobility agreement

They even understand it’s nothing like freedom of movement, unlike it seems some in the Labour UK govt

He's getting scared he knows the mass protests are coming.

Denmark is better than the USA in every way.

In Trump’s SOTU address, he claims to be chosen by god and says he’ll take Greenland “one way or another”, “reclaim” Panama, impose punitive tariffs, end “wokeness”…
A masterclass in wild egomaniacal bullshit and ugly threat, delivered to standing ovations.
Christ America. You’ve completely lost it.