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Of course, abandoning international human rights norms is as Far Right as it gets. What this is really about is dressing up Blue Labour's political strategy of appealing to Reform voters in clothing less likely to alienate everyone else.

Disabled people driving luxury cars on your dime? Just the latest rightwing lie peddled by Labour | Frances Ryan Starmer’s ailing government is happy to pursue ideas like cutting Motability, but all ministers will do is damage lives and themselves, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

Disabled people driving luxury cars on your dime? Just the latest rightwing lie peddled by Labour.

Govts stigmatize people claiming benefits as scroungers, claim fraud is rife.

Silence on corporate welfare, tax abuse by corporations/rich. HMRC failed to collect over £500bn tax since 2010.

Covid scheme fraud hit almost £11bn but much 'beyond recovery', report says The response to the pandemic led to

Much of the £10.9bn UK Covid scheme fraud 'beyond recovery', report says.

Lack of checks on Eat Out, Bounce back loans, furlough support & more.

£13.6bn spent on 38bn PPE items, 11bn unused. £10bn loss from over-ordering, £324m fraud.

Organized looting. Will anyone be held to account?

Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders

The thing I still can't forgive Corbyn for is the generational harm he caused by enabling Brexit. When Starmer is gone, hopefully soon, I will feel the same way about the profound harm he has caused by making it palatable for the Far Right to ditch human rights norms. It will be his shameful legacy.

Sweet Jesus Starmer’s here to make the headlines about immigration again. The actual worst politician I’ve ever seen 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Today - are foreigners really human? Should they REALLY enjoy human rights protections like the rest of us? #r4today

Anyone who’s ever actually spoken to a single asylum seeker about their experiences in any country in Europe simply could not honestly conclude that what would improve things would be to further reduce their human rights protections.

It’s vile scapegoating unworthy of us & it needs to end #r4today

Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%

There is one overriding political problem, from which all others follow. Until it is addressed, every policy advanced by governments is window dressing.
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Forget soft Brexit if you strike trade deal with Trump, EU insiders warn Starmer Some Brussels insiders believe the US may want to drive a wedge between Britain and the European Union

“Starmer has repeatedly insisted he does not have to choose between the
EU and the US over trade”

But undermining our reset with the EU to please Trump is just not a risk worth taking.

As things stand, Starmer is wrong. He must choose. And he must choose Europe.
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Starmer told to accept Trump 'free speech' agenda to win trade deal 'Good chance of agreement, says JD Vance - but sources say his concerns over Britain's hate speech laws 'are still a red line' David Maddox Political Editor • Tuesday 15 April 2025 20:27 BST

"No free speech, no deal. It is as simple as that," the source close to the vice-president said. It is understood that Britain has already offered to drop its proposed digital services tax as a means of getting a trade deal through. But the US wants to see laws on hate speech repealed as well as plans for a new online safety law dropped.

“Take back control of our laws” so American fascists can decide them for us…
I don’t think so.
Just imagine if the EU demanded this of us.
Intolerable for it to even be on the table.
Intolerable to be at this table at all, frankly.
Another Brexit humiliation.
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Reform UK’s energy plans crumble under scrutiny Reform UK rails against net zero, but the evidence shows green jobs and growth are already powering the UK economy

Reform UK rails against net zero, but the evidence shows green jobs and growth are already powering the UK economy
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The UK flag flew at the European Parliament for 47 years

Brexit brought it down on 31st Jan 2020

The US under Trump, the US siding with Russia instead of the UK and Europe, the world has changed

The sooner the UK flag is raised up again at the European Parliament, the better

Petition: Apply to Rejoin the EU as soon as possible to increase growth in the UK We believe Brexit's not working. The OBR judges that the UK economy is smaller and trade is weaker because of Brexit, and it will just get worse. 10 years after the Brexit vote, let's apply to rejoin ...

“The OBR judges that the UK economy is smaller & trade is weaker because of Brexit, and it will just get worse…let's apply to rejoin the EU, reverse the damage, boost growth, increase tax revenues & restore opportunities in the UK”
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It is absolutely wild that the guy who won’t stop yelling about law and order is now personally stepping in to keep January 6 documents hidden from the police officers who were attacked that day. He knows exactly what’s in those files and he is terrified the country will see it.

Steve Bannon has been an active destabilising force in Europe this past decade and Epstein was his key

David Ellison reportedly told Trump he’d make “sweeping changes” to CNN if Paramount’s takeover of Warner Bros. gets approved.

Meanwhile, Jared Kushner and three Middle East countries are backing the bid — while Kushner advises Trump on foreign policy.

Corruption on display.

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Economists Judge Brexit Bill to Be Worse Than Ever Just as Politics Is Shifting It’s true the most dismal predictions about Brexit didn’t come true — immediately.

A slew of economists are using fresh calculations to assert the damage done to the UK by Brexit has been far worse than previously believed, just as the governing Labour Party is approaching a new strategy of addressing its impact

Of course it was. Steve Bannon and Nigel Farage were orchestrating the fall of your democracy just as they, and others are doing in America now. Open your eyes Europe, you’re next in line.

Alastair Campbell's diary: Where is Reform's money coming from? Real journalists would want to know whether any of the party's finances came in rouble form

Real journalists would want to know whether any of the party's finances came in rouble form

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Pro-Brexit Majority Of 2016 'Has Literally Died Out', Polling Expert Reveals The founder of YouGov said there is now an 8.1 million majority in favour of rejoining the EU.

“Pro-Brexit Majority Of 2016 'Has Literally Died Out', Polling Expert Reveals.

The founder of YouGov said there is now an 8.1 million majority in favour of rejoining the EU”.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/ex-pol...

this is insane

Well done. Can I help @libdems.org.uk make the case for Freedom of Movement now?

BBC to increase spend on content representing nations as it strengthens TV commissioning across the UK The increased investment, from within existing budgets, will ensure more high-impact, quality programmes that tell authentic, homegrown stories from the devolved Nations to UK-wide audiences

This is a hugely welcome step which I hope will be matched by greater bravery from commissioners to work with lesser known existing talent as well as brand new up and coming talent across the regions. This new focus must open up new opportunities for all.

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Bring it on. Keep the filthy fossil shit in the ground.

🚨BREAKING🚨

MPs have voted to PASS our bill to establish a UK-EU customs union.

The Prime Minister must now listen to his own MPs, drop his self-imposed red lines and finally go for proper growth through an ambitious trade deal with the EU.

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Is social media finally losing its grip on us?

The enshittification of social media platforms, meaning they now only serve advertisers and shareholders, is finally turning people off.

‘Mutual free movement’ for UK and EU citizens supported by 84% of Brits, in stunning new poll Omnisis poll suggests opposition to free movement was based on lack of awareness and the UK government failing to enforce the rules

Brits want mutual free movement restored 79% of us in a recent Omnisis poll believe we should have FOM to travel & work across Europe (88% after removing ‘don’t know’), and 73% believe, there should be ‘mutual free movement’ (84% after removing ‘don’t know’)
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