Richard Roberts 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺🇲🇽

What we could have had.

But Johnson, Farage etc still do as they have EU passports!

sad isn't it @sheffieldforeurope.bsky.social @SarahMurphy

Former Tory MP Adam Holloway has defected to Reform. As someone who 'mistakenly' overclaimed £1,000 on expenses, defended an MP who sexually assaulted a 15 year old and tried to influence a judge over another MP charged with sexual assault, he should fit in perfectly.

💯 BBC, like other r/wing managed media outlets, never mention that the Tory government closed down safe routes for asylum seekers and did nothing to process the applications of thousands of refugees.
A problem further exacerbated by Brexit which ended UK access to the Dublin agreement.

As Farage's star continues to rise I can't help but detect exactly the same mistakes being made all over again. In so routinely prioritising Farage's rhetoric and personality over the substance of his policies, actions and record, the British press is once again failing to properly hold to account a man who the opinion polls now suggest has a serious chance of becoming Prime Minister in just a few years time. If that chance does become a reality then he will quickly prove, as Johnson did before him, how utterly unsuited he would be for such a position. Yet by that point much of the damage of a Farage premiership to our national public services, economy and global reputation will already have been done, with many of the same news organisations who helped to get him to that point, only belatedly bothering to point out why he had never been suitable for the job in the first place.

“Whatever happens, the damage that has already been done by the constant media indulgence of Farage and his divisive, inflammatory and outright racist views will take many years for this country to recover from.”

Yes. A disgraceful, unforgivable failure.

www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/reform-dog...

Headline and first 2 paragraphs Migrants can use rights laws to evade deportation Loopholes could undermine treaty with France Matt Dathan Home Affairs Editor Small boat migrants will be able to frustrate attempts to deport them to France under Sir Keir Starmer's returns deal by exploiting human rights laws, according to the treaty's terms. Under the terms of the agreement with France, migrants will be ineligible for deportation if they have outstanding human rights claims or other legal challenges or claim they are under 18. These are among potential loopholes that threaten to undermine Labour's attempt to end Channel crossings. The treaty also gives France and other European Union member states an effective veto over which individuals are returned.

Just the supposed ‘paper of record’ bemoaning the fact that asylum seekers have *human* rights and may be able to enforce them. Accompanied - ultra cynically - by a photo of Human Rights lawyer, Amal Clooney, at a glamorous fundraiser. What a sly and deeply unpleasant rag The Times now is.

UK construction activity falls at steepest rate since Covid pandemic Figures place pressure on government amid fears it may miss target of building 1.5m new homes

🔨 If the Government is serious about delivering the desperately needed new supply of housing they must go further and faster with Europe.

📈 Brexit has pushed up costs and driven labour shortages in the construction sector...

Brexit has been a resounding disaster. Starmer must find the courage to change course | Ed Davey Poll after poll shows most voters think leaving the EU has been a failure. Closer ties with Europe would bring huge rewards, says Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey

Ed Davey is right, Brexit has been a disaster and more must be done to undo the damage.

Brexit is the most absurd hill for Labour to die on, and yet there's no doubt that they're dying, as recent poll numbers prove.

It is stark staring mad that their approach to Brexit continues to be "slightly improve the lifeboats on the Titanic".
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Are you fucking kidding me? He wanted to leave! He provided fuck all opposition to Brexit.

This is no better than Reform promising mad shit but the difference is, unlike JC, Reform can win, even under FPTP but especially with the emergence of Corbyn’s party.

He just keeps helping Farage.

Lib Dem Leader Meets BBC Boss To Complain About Level Of Reform Coverage Exclusive: Ed Davey has met with BBC boss Tim Davie to complain about the broadcaster’s coverage, which the Liberal Democrats claim is weighted too...

Ed Davey: "BBC’s Farage obsession is a joke. Reform has 4 MPs, Lib Dems have 72 - yet get sidelined. This isn’t journalism, it’s free PR. If the Beeb’s chasing shock value over vote count, just admit it and drop the "balanced" act."

Disgraceful 😡

3 parties are competing for the racist vote.
If we don’t show that we outnumber them, our country is going to be won by them.

& all they want power for is to continue enriching the rich & blaming the poor while the world burns.

Why this has to be said annoys the **** out of me.
Wise up UK,we are NOT the U.S. and he has achieved NOTHING in his life except to take the piss out of the weakest of weak minds.He will take your life with his policies without a second thought.Just like the tories through the pandemic
Never again

TalkTV is airing attacks on trans people without broadcasting the views of those who support trans rights. Call on Ofcom to take action:https://goodlaw.social/66f6a3

Water bill rises needed after years of low investment, says report A major review of the water industry also suggests compulsory smart meters and scrapping the regulator Ofwat.

England water bills will rise by a third to fund crisis of privatisation.

People already paid. Companies didn't invest, paid £85bn in dividends. Customers to pay again for service they don't get.

Companies raise capital from customers, shareholders take profits. Why are they not investing?

I really don't want to go through the whole rigmarole of seeing Farage win power and then fuck everything up and have loads of sympathetic voxpops with dismayed Reform voters expressing their regrets when it was extremely fucking obvious what would happen because his platform is incoherent garbage

Trump's approval ratings are underwater, including on immigration, and Farage keeps saying "Great, let's do that here." Right-wing populism is the gospel of spite and stupidity.

I truly hate being this person, but

HOW, really how can it be #r4today headline news that Nigel Farage has claimed if he was king we’d all be twice as safe & happy ffs 😫 what are you doing?

Why is our media so in thrall to the dimwitted Farage? The man's wreaked havoc on this country, every single one of his ideas has been proven to be a fucking disaster and his parliamentary party has shed a third of MPs in a year. When do they challenge and stop treating him like some PM in waiting?

‘Outwitted’: have water companies managed to sidestep Labour’s bonus ban? Concerns loophole in 2025 act allows payouts at firms that repeatedly pollute England’s waterways with sewage

Brilliant investigation into the ways the water companies are outwitting government - bring water into public ownership now👇

Come on Laura - stop letting Farage get away with grotesque lies on #climate - the green economy is growing 3 times faster than rest of the economy. The green transition is in our *economic interests* & it’s Farage who’ll de-industrialise the UK, not green policy #bbclaurak

Tell The Government: Strengthen UK-EU Environmental Cooperation Climate change and environmental problems don't respect borders. The UK and EU must work together to protect our shared environment, tackle the climate crisis, and preserve biodiversity for future gen...

I just signed this petition calling for better cooperation with the EU on the environment. Will you add your name, too? www.europeanmovement.co.uk/uk-eu-enviro...

Shockingly, the Tories did the right thing on secret Afghan asylum plan The initial error was egregious, but the response was, at least, morally clear-sighted and practical

We should be having a debate about how British incompetence put the lives of thousands of Afghans at risk. Instead we're having a debate about 'how many criminals they let in'. Tells you everything you need to know about where we're at as a country inews.co.uk/opinion/tori...

UK inflation is 3.6%. Eurozone inflation is 2.0%

The Bank of England interest rate is 4.25%. The ECB rate is 2.0%

Brexit is costing the government around £50bn a year.

We are paying a massive cost for not being in the EU and the Eurozone - higher inflation, interest rates, and taxes.

New research reveals the best attack lines to use against Reform How to stop Farage...

writesbright.substack.com/p/new-resear...

How Britain privatised itself into failure Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble. In Failed State, Sam Freedman explains what went wrong

🚨How Britain privatised itself into failure.🚨 Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble.

In 'Failed State', Sam Freedman explains what went wrong.

Labour's Heidi Alexander gaslighting the country, suggesting the UK-EU reset, UK-India deal, and UK-US-tariff deal will somehow help economic growth

£4–5 billion: UK-US FTA
£3–4 billion: UK-India FTA
£2–6 billion: UK-EU reset
vs
£100–180 billion: Rejoining the EU Single Market

He did this. Don’t for fuck same vote him into any sort of position of power.

He’s like Trump, without the charm.

#bbclaurak says:

“Last show next week and we have Ed Davey and Nigel Farage , two leaders of the smaller parties “

One has 4 MPs the other 72 but both according to her are smaller parties.

Shameless.