Michael John White

Starmers restrictions on its use will all be wiped away if Reform/Tories form the next government. They will use it to oppress and isolate minorities.

Police shoot suspect as at least two people killed in car and knife attack at Manchester synagogue Suspect also thought to be dead after suspected terror attack that left three more people in serious condition

Appalling news. My thoughts are with those directly affected, as well as with all my Jewish friends.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Reninds me of something. But what?

HT Jukka Lehtinen

Oi Fartage, I've been with my husband now for 26 years, married for 19 years. I won't take lectures from a guy who has TWO ex-wives, refuses to release his tax returns, can't remember if he or his partner bought a house in Clacton, and generally spouts crap everytime he opens his trap.

This is the clearest sign yet that Farage intends to weave Christian nationalism into Reform's ideology & policies.

He began by promising to restore 'Judeo-Christian values'. Now he's casting doubt on the stability of same sex relationships.

A Reform government will reverse hard-won civil rights.

All the rights that the LGBTQ+ community enjoy today have been won through rulings based on the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Farage and his RefUKkers want to drag us out of the ECHR and abolish those rights. The 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ community needs to be sounding the alarm on this before it's too late!

Having been there with you, I think that it was intended as a provocation. I’ve been living in London for over 20 years, and this was possibly the most unnerving experience I have encountered since moving here from the provinces (from where I had escaped).

Today, whilst with Michael, I took the tube in London. The carriage suddenly became full of people with St George's and union flags, from the RW demonstration. I kept my head down, feeling uncomfortable. One of the people, visibly waved a flag in front of my face. It felt rather intimidating.

Met police tweet saying they won't be using live facial recognition at the unite the kingdom far right rally

Met police saying it is reasonable to use facial recognition at hitting hill carnival

I'd like to know why facial recognition was deemed unnecessary here.

I know a lot of people have expressed similar sentiments but I’ve lived in London for 20+ years and never felt threatened or a even a bit scared to be here until today. This needs to end.

The people marching in London today are very obviously the ideological descendants of the Mosleyite BUF fascists of the 1930s.

The mainstream news and media are too timid to point it out, but that's what they are - and we normalise it at our peril.

'Too much timidity and factionalism': Burnham issues a radical rallying cry - LabourList Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham has set out a wide-ranging critique of the government and alternative left policy…

📣 New: Andy Burnham has set out a wide-ranging critique of the government and alternative left policy programme in an impassioned speech to a progressive conference.

He suggests Labour must move beyond "factionalism" and "too much timidity in our offer".

labourlist.org/2025/05/andy...

“Island of Strangers”

Bleak, grim, divisive language from the PM. He doesn’t speak for me.

'Uxbridgitis: If election results are grim, let's not learn the wrong lessons again' - LabourList Labour probably won’t do very well at this week’s local elections. We are on track to lose council…

I'm in @labourlist.bsky.social before locals later this week, arguing that drawing the right lessons from a result is almost as important as whether you won or lost – and that the party has been stuck over-correcting from losing the Uxbridge by-election for 2 years:

labourlist.org/2025/04/loca...

If it is of interest, I've compiled a list of people in Europe who post regularly on brexit, to try and give more of a European slant on developments.

And the first #ukpolitics and #brexit starter pack is best complemented by my second starter pack which gives you an even more comprehensive view of great commentators, journalists, academics, pundits in this area.
go.bsky.app/5yfHkCz

🚨🚨 For those of you new here and new arrivals I did a while ago create some fairly comprehensive #starterpacks with some very bright minds. This one on #ukpolitics and #brexit is one of my favourites. All accounts well-worth following. 👇👇
go.bsky.app/NZG5maf

🚨🚨 This is great work by @rafaelbehr.bsky.social on the need for Britain to disentangle itself of the legacy of the old transatlantic partnership and invest "too much diplomatic capital ..with a regime that hates democracy and thinks reciprocity is for penguins". www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

YouTube video by The News Agents Why Brexit has NOT saved Britain from Trump's Tariffs

"The Telegraph called Brexit 'the best decision ever made'... 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁. 𝗜𝘀. 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹." 🤯

Lewis is here to explain why the UK hasn't got off lightly on 'Liberation Day'... 🇺🇸

Brexiteers refuse to work with Europe on regulations full stop - that means twice the paperwork for British businesses and so double the cost and complication.

Follow @labour4europe.bsky.social to be a red against red tape and speak up for small business. www.instagram.com/reel/DH8N1zp...

Appalled to see that Islamophobic abuse towards @SadiqKhan has more than doubled in the space of a year

Standing in solidarity with our Mayor and other colleagues who continue to tirelessly serve our communities, in the face of such horrific abuse

t.co/gE5JtcFntM

Rachel Reeves is all about growth. So why won’t she admit that Brexit is its worst enemy? | Polly Toynbee Our exit from the EU won’t be a focus of the spring statement, but it should be. Most now accept the need for closer ties, writes Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

🚨🚨"As the chancellor ekes out every last billion this week, it’s worth stepping back and remembering one key reason why Britain fares worse than its neighbours: #Brexit. " Great column by Polly Toynbee summarised here in 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“As people fight for freedom everywhere, these pieces tell the same human story”: Franz Welser-Möst and @clevelandorch.bsky.social play Beethoven and Janáček at Carnegie Hall
✍️ Susan Stempleski
bachtrack.com/review-welse...

Schiacciata alla fiorentina, dusted with icing sugar with a cocoa powder decoration of giglio fiorentino (Florentine lily or iris).

Cross section of schiacciata alla fiorentina.

Slices of schiacciata alla fiorentina.

A close up of the decoration.

Slightly later (usually it is done before Lent) and a bit smaller than usual, @mjwmuspix.bsky.social and I made schiacciata alla fiorentina, a sweet, enriched bread.

#schiacciataallafiorentina #pastamadre #DolciToscani #Tuscanfood #Tuscandessert #sweetbread #dolciregionali

Cross section of a Tuscan-style semi-wholemeal sourdough loaf.

Tuscan-style semi-wholemeal sourdough bread, after on cooling rack after baking.

Pleased with the addition of some wholemeal spelt flour to my recipe for Tuscan-style (made without salt) semi-wholemeal sourdough bread (50% wholemeal/50% white flour).

#panetoscano
#homebaking
#sourdough
#yeastcookery
#lievitomadre
#cucinatoscana
#Tuscanbread

No second state visit for Trump This is UNBELIEVABLE. Keir Starmer has just handed Donald Trump a letter from King Charles, inviting him for a second state visit to the UK. It’s totally unprecedented, and I was so outraged when I he...

Unsurprisingly, this petition is racing at pace. 👇👇

Europe will not be part of Ukraine-Russia peace talks, US envoy says Keith Kellogg tells countries to offer concrete solutions and boost spending instead of complaining about talks role

“Europe will not be part of Ukraine-Russia peace talks, US envoy says”

Shocking, but the bigger question is - what does it have to do with the US?

If they are not actively there to help Europe & Ukraine… then they are in these talks on the side of themselves and Russia.

That’s the reality now.

What’s the point in refusing citizenship to refugees who have ‘made a dangerous journey’?

What’s the point in publishing footage of people being deported?

I’m sorry to say that this is simply a continuation of the performative cruelty we saw from the Conservatives.

Ukraine's independence and territorial integrity are unconditional.

Our priority must now be strengthening Ukraine and providing robust security guarantees.

In any negotiation, Europe must have a central role.

Our Weimar+ statement ↓

Good character guidance amended to block refugees from naturalisation - Free Movement There have been some important additions to pages 50 and 51 of the Good Character guidance (a comparison of the new and old versions is here) that have the

This should be changed asap.

If we give someone refugee status, it can't be right to then refuse them route to become a British Citizen. To say they can have a home in our country, but never a place in our society and be forever second class. freemovement.org.uk/good-charact...