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Worth noting there were more white British people marching for Palestine than the ‘racist’ protests aimed at asylum seekers. By an absolute landslide. One to note for us all, especially in media and politics.

10.08.2025 09:50 — 👍 225    🔁 53    💬 6    📌 4

No exodus to state sector after VAT added to private school fees, say English councils Most say they have seen no impact on applications for year 7 places, despite warnings from those against policy

Well, I’m shocked. It turns out that Labour adding VAT to private school fees did *not* lead to an exodus to the state sector, despite the hysteria of critics. Who would have thought it?? Y’know, other than every normal person in the country. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

10.03.2025 09:39 — 👍 295    🔁 63    💬 13    📌 2

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I think BBC news' problem with Trump is this. In most cases you can be both impartial and truthful, which is great. But sometimes you can't, eg climate science, vaccine safety. Splitting the difference in the "debate" means misleading people. Covering Trump is in that category.

02.03.2025 13:35 — 👍 91    🔁 10    💬 7    📌 1

A photo of Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage

The economic cost of Brexit to the UK now exceeds what it paid into the EU over its entire 47 years of membership.

A colossal, unprecedented act of economic self-harm sold to a nation by grifters and snake oil salesmen.

04.01.2025 22:51 — 👍 901    🔁 417    💬 25    📌 22

Germany to tighten people-smuggling law in UK deal The Joint Action Plan sees Germany commit to making it easier to prosecute those facilitating people-smuggling to the UK.

Smuggling gangs don't tend to worry about whether they are breaking the law, and if you remove one another will always pop up. The absolute, only, way to tackle gangs is by making it safer, and simpler, for people to seek asylum without needing to use them. #r4today

www.bbc.com/news/article...

10.12.2024 07:05 — 👍 204    🔁 57    💬 5    📌 1

Bar chart answering the polling question: in your view, which ONE of the following countries, or bloc of countries, do you see as the UK's most important trading partner? EU - 48% USA - 22% China - 4% Japan - 1% India - 1% Saudi Arabia - 0% Brazil - 0% None of these - 2% Don't Know - 22%

💥 Almost HALF of Brits think the EU is our most important trading partner. 2/

06.12.2024 07:22 — 👍 65    🔁 18    💬 2    📌 0

For those of a certain vintage…

06.12.2024 12:52 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hi Blueskyers. I run the organization @protectdemocracy.org which aims to do just that.

Over the past decade we’ve won countless cases to protect voters and truth, helped pass legislation, and unfortunately predicted much of what’s happened.

Follow and repost so we can keep doing that here.

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