βΌοΈπ¨Sophie Ridge: βYouβve secured trading terms with the US that are worse than they were before Brexit.β
Wes Streeting: βI donβt dispute that.β
π₯ And there it is π₯
Brexit made Britain weak and thatβs why it will continue to make us poorer until with rejoin the EU.
06.01.2026 09:26 β π 126 π 52 π¬ 6 π 2
Top Dutch Brussels correspondent on how the Americans have put incredible pressure on EU government leaders to ensure that they do not touch Russian assets at Euroclear.
(English translation of key paragraph attached.)
20.12.2025 09:49 β π 18 π 8 π¬ 2 π 6
The EU never gets praise even when it acts. There is so much constant EU negging that commentators struggle to praise when it delivers. The EU did what it needed to do. Take the win.
Last night was a big step for Ukraine and the European project.
First, the EU got the money for Ukraine 1/
19.12.2025 13:25 β π 586 π 218 π¬ 23 π 38
Donald Trump v the British Broadcasting Corporation: the battle begins
The president filed a claim this week more about exerting leverage than legal niceties
NEW
Donald Trump v the British Broadcasting Corporation: the battle begins
The president filed a claim this week more about exerting leverage than legal niceties
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
19.12.2025 12:24 β π 112 π 45 π¬ 7 π 0
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
10.11.2025 18:40 β π 4128 π 1320 π¬ 75 π 82
Rob whistle | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
The day had begun with Robert Jenrick accused of racism. This is of course quite unfair. Racists believe in something. Some of us remember Jenrick as a chubby-cheeked fan of David Cameron fightingβ¦
"The day had begun with Robert Jenrick accused of racism. This is of course quite unfair. Racists believe in something." Absolutely fantastic sketch by @roberthutton.co.uk. Every line is a banger:
07.10.2025 17:36 β π 193 π 61 π¬ 8 π 11
The ITV exposΓ© on COVID now turns its sights on testing. I was stunned in 2020 when Sir Paul Nurse - Director of the Francis Crick Institute - told me heβd written to the government to offer the services of the Crick (the biggest biomeolecular lab in the country) - and never got a replyβ¦
21.09.2025 22:04 β π 1019 π 353 π¬ 37 π 5
Well, there's a thing.
New research from Oxford University says that misleading media coverage is shaping UK public debate on immigration, human rights and the European Convention on Human Rights #ECHRπ
π www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09... via @bonavero.bsky.social
04.09.2025 10:19 β π 644 π 303 π¬ 35 π 25
The EU Entry/Exit system and EU travel authorisation system https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/the-eu-entry-exit-system-and-eu-travel-authorisation-system/
07.08.2025 17:10 β π 4 π 4 π¬ 0 π 1
How Britain privatised itself into failure
Britain outsourced its state β now private firms profit while public services crumble. In Failed State, Sam Freedman explains what went wrong
π¨How Britain privatised itself into failure.π¨
Britain outsourced its state β now private firms profit while public services crumble.
β©In 'Failed State', Sam Freedman explains what went wrong.
27.07.2025 05:54 β π 1366 π 575 π¬ 67 π 35
Hey, UK media!
Are you just going to let Farage dump another steaming pile of populist bullshit on us *without ever* properly scrutinising his ideas or himβ¦his funding, his riots, his links to Putin and Trump, his Brexit shitshow, his grifting side gigs, his lies, his ignoranceβ¦?
Call. Him. TF. Out.
21.07.2025 17:02 β π 828 π 272 π¬ 32 π 7
There is a lot of deflection taking place by politicians this morning, suggesting that the court kept the superinjunction in place and that had to be overcome.
That's not true or not complete- the government kept it in place by repeatedly applying for its renewal.
16.07.2025 08:36 β π 487 π 173 π¬ 28 π 14
Rachel Reeves says the UK is open for business with the US, EU and India deals:
But we only get Β£22 billion:
- Β£3.4 billion from UK-US tariff deal
- Β£14 billion from UK-EU reset
- Β£4.8 billion from UK-India
Rejoining the EU Single Market would give us Β£140 billion
16.07.2025 09:24 β π 443 π 209 π¬ 26 π 10
First past the post is bad enough, βsafe seatsβ like Tatton are an insult to democracy but this practice of jumping ship after youβve been voted in, is pure pisstaking. If you defect, your seat should be up for grabs. Voters deserve better than this. Even in rock solid Tory Tatton.
16.07.2025 07:50 β π 452 π 115 π¬ 52 π 4
Oh dear π€¦ββοΈ
16.07.2025 10:21 β π 33 π 8 π¬ 1 π 0
If the only way you'll ever hear someone call out Nigel Farage's destructive, divisive politics on the BBC is for me to do it, then so be it.
16.07.2025 10:35 β π 1594 π 464 π¬ 141 π 31
Wes Streeting has defended only paying for half the population to get an NHS dentist
Current Β£3 billion budget for England is only enough to fund NHS dental care for half the population,just think about that
Shocking new data shows nearly 14 MILLION ADULTS unable to access NHS dentistry in England
15.07.2025 06:10 β π 233 π 115 π¬ 15 π 6
Normalising the far-right in the media
As Reform gains ground, the media faces a stark choice: scrutinise its far-right populism β or risk normalising it
βοΈ Normalising the far-right in the media
As Reform gains ground, the media faces a stark choice: scrutinise its far-right populism β or risk normalising it
By Julian Petley
15.07.2025 11:02 β π 49 π 17 π¬ 3 π 2
πPLEASE SIGN βπ½ & SHARE!π
π¨Incredibly, a candidate for MP is not required to be registered to vote or be resident in the UK.π¨
The petition asks the Government to fix this.
Check it out here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
PS No idea why thereβs a pic of Richard Tice in Dubai here.
07.07.2025 22:08 β π 83 π 57 π¬ 8 π 1
Everyone knows Labour has made mistakes. What is more worrying is why those mistakes were made.
Every political journalist has been writing their one year assessment of the Labour government. The general view is that Labour is in cris...
New post: Everyone knows Labour has made mistakes. What is more worrying is why those mistakes were made.
mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/07/ever...
If Labour thinks that an Osborne sized state is sustainable, and that the way to defeat Farage is to repeat his rhetoric, it will continue to fail.
08.07.2025 08:12 β π 86 π 29 π¬ 5 π 7
But will anyone listen?π₯ΊThe BBC consistently provide a platform for ReformUK. Other MSM do likewise thus making them acceptable. If only they would examine their utterances & make them totally accountable in the way they do the Lib Demβs & Greens!βΉοΈ
08.07.2025 10:18 β π 12 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
I don't care if they win the next election or not, there is no way i'm letting this cabal of lowest-common-denominator baiting racist troglodytes collect my personal data.
02.07.2025 10:08 β π 8 π 2 π¬ 2 π 0
Ok, British media. You have here all the information you need to scrutinise Farage/Reformβs latest populist, headline-grabbing tosh.
If youβre still handing out free βRobin Hoodβ passes to them now we have the details, then you are actively deceiving voters and undermining democracy.
Just donβt.
23.06.2025 12:33 β π 661 π 284 π¬ 27 π 4
Britainβs got an EU deal β but the Brexit red tape keeps coming
U.K. plows ahead with unpopular βNot for EUβ labels in Northern Ireland, despite planned deal with Brussels.
π¨π¨ Whilst the EU-UK deal was a clear improvement and win for Starmer, we should not forget that it does not change the major premises of relationship which is enshrined in the TCA and that #brexit still is a long and dragging beast of misery and pain. π§΅
www.politico.eu/article/brit...
19.06.2025 07:36 β π 287 π 127 π¬ 19 π 10
Thames Water creditors demand protection from environmental laws
Bondholdersβ rescue plan for utility hinges on waivers from regulations and fines, documents show
Thames Waterβs creditors want to be exempt from key environmental laws.
Exempt from dumping sewage, causing disease, destroying marine life, biodiversity.
Lawlessness to boost profits.
Must prosecute companies/directors.
End profit motive. Nationalise water, curb corporate power
archive.ph/WaCN1
19.06.2025 08:25 β π 294 π 152 π¬ 19 π 4
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