Paul Higgins

La Hongrie suspectée d’être un « agent de l’étranger » au sein de l’UE Budapest est accusé d’avoir espionné l’Union européenne de l’intérieur, un diplomate affirmant même que le pays dirigé par Viktor Orban « envoie ses rapports au Kremlin ».

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BREAKING:

UK faces highest inflation in G7 this year and next, IMF warns According to fund’s World Economic Outlook, Britain is on course to average 3.4% this year and 2.5% in 2026

UK faces highest inflation in G7 this year and next, IMF warns.

Biggest cause is profiteering led by energy, water and food businesses. No govt checks it.

Real average wage stuck at 2008 level. 1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined. Govts needs to remove cash from the rich.

Just saying…

Always remember ...
Brexit was simply the first salvo in a Putin-backed attack upon the West. The same battle is now being fought throughout Europe. If the UK turns its back on Brexit and rejoins the EU, it will be seen as a victory for the whole of Europe against the rise of fascism. Pick a side.

I wonder what principles Lab still have when push comes to shove…
I thought that the poor +disabled would be protected with Lab - but no.
I thought they’d do more for young ppl (especially regarding the huge tuition fees, but no)
Nature? No
The EU? Not really
Tbh I don’t know what they believe now

Prince Andrew told Jeffrey Epstein ‘we’re in this together’ in 2011 email Royal sent email after Virginia Giuffre photo emerged but later claimed he had ceased contact with Epstein in 2010

This ain’t over until the fat lady sings…

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(This is also why people saying ‘oh if we began negotiations to rejoin the EU tomorrow we wouldn’t see any positive benefits for years’ are completely wrong)

Exactly: if Brexit had been cancelled, there would have been a recovery in investment (if investors were convinced it was cancelled for good of course).

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No link/reference for this - but it's implausible to blame Brexit-related *uncertainty* (as opposed to the actual impacts of Brexit itself!) for knocking off 2% of GDP.

The UK’s failing fiscal framework is a Brexit tribute act Policy uncertainty over the past year eerily mimics sentiment at the time of the 2016 referendum

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In Britain’s ‘hedgehog economy’, growth is wild, spiky – ... The spines on the OBR’s charts are a signal to the chancellor to pull all the levers to improve our growth prospects

I've written about the UK's productivity problem for @theobserveruk.bsky.social. Come for the comparison of the UK economy to a hedgehog, stay for the comparison of Rachel Reeves to a Dickens character.

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On this date, Matthew Shephard died 27 years ago. He was beaten, tortured, and left for dead on fence for being gay. Please keep him and his wonderful mother Judy in your thoughts. And let's all work for a world where such horrific things do not happen to anyone. ❤️🏳️‍🌈

Baltic states preparing mass evacuation plans in case of Russian invasion — Novaya Gazeta Europe Alarmed by the uptick in Russian military spending since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Baltic states are currently preparing detailed contingency plans for the event of a Russian attack, Reu...

You won't see anything about this on American legacy media!

Clive Lewis MP: ‘I Never Thought I’d Hear Myself Say I Think My Party is Making this Country Weaker in Preparation for an Authoritarian-Right Government’ Peter Jukes and Hardeep Matharu speak to the backbench Labour MP to understand why the Government is focusing on how to ‘stop the boats' rather than fixing people's everyday lives

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To this day, I have never disagreed with anything Clive has said - on any subject.
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Laura Loomer reaches breaking point with Trump and MAGA: ‘I am not voting in 2026’ The right wing conspiracy theorist, known for her anti-Muslim opinions, claimed Friday that the GOP was helping to fund the ‘Islamification’ of America

…..don’t worry Laura, #Donny won’t let there be any mid-term elections, so there is nothing to worry about!

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I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

Tice "green party leader Zack Polanski is a weirdo. Changed his name, claimed hypnosis could increase women's breast size, thinks me should compete in women's sport, thinks women can have a penis. Other than that he's fine. Vote Green. Get weirdo."

Greens growing. Reform ratttled.

PS - I changed my name back to my family's original Jewish name because I'm proud of being Jewish. If Tice think that makes me a weirdo, I think that makes him an antisemite.

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Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

Nigel Farage, Richard Tice & Reform LTD need a thorough investigation
#ReformRussianBribes

After seeing you on QT I thought the right wing media is going to be digging very deep to try and destroy you. Imagine if Angela Raynor had links to Russia it would take up the first 10 pages of the Mail, Farage not a mention.

Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.

Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.

Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.

This is another attack on Schengen, on European unity. It is time for pro-Europeans in the UK to say so.

In particular important organisations like @europeanmovement.co.uk and @bremaininspain.com need to say straight - "Schengen is a good thing and should not be abused".

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Tice has never been the sharpest tool in the box, not even when he's the only tool in the box

Not sure who needs to hear this but your “physical” isn’t “annual” if you need it twice in six months.

EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.

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Maybe they should change the name, from Nobel prize to America's prize awards