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#Reform used to have one policy but now has two. Immigration has been joined by filling potholes (a rather useless activity according to ALARM reports as they soon become potholes again). As for economics, they will rely on Truss's example.

This Ramadan, know this: I am me, a Muslim and a Briton. I am not a headline, a threat or a stereotype | Nazir Afzal I am, like millions of others, dutifully fasting from dawn to dusk this month. My faith does not define me. It refines me, says Nazir Afzal, chancellor of the University of Manchester

This Ramadan, know this: I am me, a Muslim and a Briton. I am not a headline, a threat or a stereotype | Nazir Afzal

At every election in Britain it is customary for losing candidates to clap the winner. Note how the losing Reform chap didn't clap Hannah's win in Gorton and Denton? Bad losers, bad form, Reform don't respect British culture.

Jack Dorsey's Block cuts thousands of roles as it embraces AI The Twitter co-founder says he believes the majority of firms will make similar changes

UBI has been Green Party policy since the 1970s but it may now be too late. We allowed the ultra-wealthy to get wealthier and collar natural resources and they now have robot slaves. Where does that leave humans, without UBI in place? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The #Green plumber won decisively. Politics of #hope and ordinary working folk won the day in Gorton and Denton over politics of #hate and millionaires. Fantastic news 😁for Manchester.

#Labour encourages more kids by lifting the 2-child 🧒👶benefit cap. #Greens would apply a universal child benefit with no 2-child limit. #Reform objects and would re-impose a 2-child limit 👨‍👩‍👧‍👧. Why? Do they think children 🧒👶🧒should grow up in poverty or Britain needs fewer children 👨‍👨‍👧 or both?

Farage's explosion against the Bank of England governor at Question Time accusing him of earning too much by shoring up sterling was staged to win votes in Gorton and Denton. Perhaps it did? Even though Farage, Tice and their cronies 'earn' much more by undermining sterling?

Coalition Of Willing And Ready to Defend Security, or, to be short, COWARDS

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Representation of the People Bill: Ask your MP to attend the debate and speak out for Fair Votes The Representation of the People Bill is a rare chance to renew our democracy - yet it ignores the voting system driving chaos and disillusionment. We need MPs standing up for fair votes in this upco...

The Representation of the People Bill ignores the voting system that is driving chaos and disillusionment. We need MPs standing up for fair votes. Urge your MP to attend the debate: actionnetwork.org/letters/repr...

Faarage thinks he can control overt racism and misogyny in his party but he can't. He has entrenched the hatred with his own anti-migrant rhetoric. We now have #Turqshirts instead of blackshirts.

Should tails be docked? I helped do this when I worked on a farm on Saturdays as a teenager. I didn't like it but was told the maggot alternative was worse for the sheep consult.defra.gov.uk/on-farm-anim...

NFU26: how we’re building farming resilience Today at the NFU Conference, Secretary of State Emma Reynolds shared more detail on how government will deliver its vision for agriculture. In this post, we summarise the announcements in her speech a...

NFU Conference yesterday. Government minister on farming resilience defrafarming.blog.gov.uk/2026/02/24/n...

#GortonandDenton tomorrow will be a test for British democracy. Will the millionaires who fund right-wing #Reform propaganda win again? Or can a #Green local plumber who relies on members and small donors defeat them?

Anyone's Child: Families for Safer Drug Control It's time for drug laws that protect – rather than endanger – young people and their families.

The war on drug takers isn't working anyoneschild.org

Days left to act: Ban cruel cages for hens Right now we have a unique opportunity to stop this industrial-scale torture: The UK government has proposed ending the use of cages for hens, and they have launched an official consultation to ask th...

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The government is finally asking if they should ban cages for hens in the UK. 🐔🐔 Lobbyists are trying to block it, so we need huge numbers to show them that the public wants this ban NOW: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/en...

Living wage was Green Party policy before it was Labour's. Green councillors since the early 2000s have promoted breakfast clubs. So I don't get your point; as people voted Green they presumably do need such things in Stoneygate?

Oh dear, Reform in Leicestershire are a mess. Only Feb and so far in 2026 one councillor defects to join Kent rebels, one resigns, one apologises for their conduct towards female staff and in Stoneygate Ward byelection in Leicester city they get wiped out by the Greens and come 6th.

Sadly, RoadPeace has gone into liquidation after many years of supporting road crash victims and their families www.roadpeace.org but for now the legacy website will remain.

Why is the BBC ignoring Ukraine and Gaza and Africa? All I ever get on BBC so-called news is basically US news, I have given up watching.

And that is possible. Symbols of fascism and murderers are in demand...

— it’s a decision made by specific people: Kirsty Coventry, Emma Terho, and Ivo Ferriani.

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As Mandelson case exposes the risks of using US company Palantir for health data, how Nicola Sturgeon’s government made sure it didn’t happen in Scotland two years ago Please Support Talking-up Scotland at: on the above. In the Guardian today: Labour should halt public contracts with the US tech company Palantir, opposition politicians have said, amid growing con…

Mandelson's influence extends to the string of dodgy contracts made by the UK government with Palantir but Scotland was less influenced talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2026/02/06/a...

A Fairer Pathway to Settlement: statement and accompanying consultation on earned settlement (accessible)

Consultation on some of the government's proposals to make it far more difficult for immigrants to claim residence or citizenship in the UK www.gov.uk/government/c...

BYD files lawsuit, seeks refund over Trump's US auto tariffs Chinese automaker BYD has filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government challenging President Donald Trump's bid to use sweeping authority to impose tariffs, and requesting a refund for all levies it pa...

Trump's government is being sued by a Chinese company over tariffs. What fun www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Send reform in England pushed back to 2026 The government says it needs more time to test proposals for the special educational needs system.

SEND changes pushed back again but the government has finally announced it will pay off 90% of local government debt accrued by the chaos in the SEND system. Labour should have addressed local council funding in 2024.

Reform faces police investigation over ‘concerned neighbour’ byelection letters Material distributed in Gorton and Denton did not have legally required imprint stating it was funded by party

Is Reform UK Ltd getting desparate? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points

#Climatechange isn't a linear process. There is feedback; change will accelerate because the causes have not been dealt with. Lead deniers like #Trump are old and rich enough to ignore the prospect of economic 'shocks' www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points

“Some are saying we’ll have a 10% GDP loss at between 3C and 4C degrees [of global heating], but the physical climate scientists are saying the economy and society will cease to function as we know it. That’s a big mismatch,” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Flood-prone Ynysybwl homes to be bought and bulldozed by council Homes on a street at severe risk of flooding will be bought by a local council.

An expectation climate change will make flooding "a more frequent occurrence" was considered as a council agreed to buy 16 homes for £2.57m and demolish them after Natural Resources Wales said building a raised flood defence wall was "not economically viable".
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