For what it's worth, I don't think the government should be commenting on every repulsive thing said by Conservative backbenchers. (Though their own leader should take a view).
What it *should* be doing is articulating a clear position of its own. It's *that* silence which is the big problem.
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Worth saying that despite asking for more than 12 hours we’ve had nothing back from Labour on this
20.10.2025 20:18 — 👍 679 🔁 295 💬 82 📌 76
Decide on a plan for social care now. Will take time to implement but there will be credit for doing it if they sell it right and it will have a huge impact
20.10.2025 21:15 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I’m not asking for short term gains. I’m asking for boldness in tackling at least one of the big structural issues. And that will produce benefits before 2029
20.10.2025 20:48 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
This map shows the countries that explicitly and openly support India for a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council. To me it makes sense to have geopolitical power of India's size represented in international relations at the highest level. Source: buff.ly/BOgp8GL
20.10.2025 18:18 — 👍 26 🔁 3 💬 3 📌 1
NOT MY FAULT
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If we don’t address some of the serious long term challenges we face now, when will we?
20.10.2025 16:14 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
Britain's Keir Starmer Is Running Out of Time
The Labour government must start being bold and delivering quickly or it will keep haemorrhaging support, writes Anand Menon.
"It is hard to avoid the impression that Starmer and his Labour Party felt that simply not being the Conservatives was enough not only to get elected but to kick-start the economy. While the first assumption proved well founded, the second has not". time.com/7326397/uk-s...
20.10.2025 15:59 — 👍 42 🔁 6 💬 4 📌 0
Homeward bound: Can refugees visit their home country? - UK in a changing Europe
Catherine Barnard, Fiona Costello and Ali Ahmadi explain whether individuals granted refugee status in the UK can travel back to their home country
"UK rules discourage or prohibit refugees from travelling back to the country they have fled, with specifics varying by status and scheme."
✍️ @cbarnard.bsky.social, @fionacostello.bsky.social & Ali Ahmadi explain whether refugees can visit their home countries
ukandeu.ac.uk/can-refugees...
20.10.2025 15:06 — 👍 10 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
"Legal and treaty commitments to foreigners don’t count, even if we’ve already made them, because ‘our people’, however defined, come first....It is....not simply immoral but just plain thick". 👏🏾👏🏾
20.10.2025 13:43 — 👍 137 🔁 31 💬 4 📌 1
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This will be my thread for Dutch news! 🧵
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Interesting indeed.
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And you've got to wonder what this does to public opinion in a country that joins under these conditions. It's not like the EU is unaware of the populist accusation that it is too remote and unresponsive.
20.10.2025 07:54 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
True, but she also got to announce the maintenance grant at conference
20.10.2025 07:44 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Well, No 10 could hardly have helped Bridget Phillipson more, with media rounds and juicy announcements to make.
20.10.2025 07:38 — 👍 19 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0
Your regular reminder that scrapping ILR for people who have come here and played by the rules, which is what Lam proposes here, is a position supported by 3% of the public
19.10.2025 07:30 — 👍 503 🔁 171 💬 32 📌 13
Lord Neil Kinnock on that party conference speech - UK in a changing Europe
In 1985, Neil Kinnock delivered one of the most dramatic political speeches of modern times at Labour Party Conference. “…implausible promises don’t...
🔍 Looking for some weekend listening?
🎧 Why not switch on the UK in a Changing Europe podcast with @anandmenon.bsky.social and Neil Kinnock
💬 40 years on from his dramatic conference speech, they reflect on "the grotesque chaos" then and ponder paralells with today
18.10.2025 07:00 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0
Well precisely. So the change in tone won’t achieve anything beyond what is already agreed.
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Some are. But the uK wants to align in other sectors short of Single Market membership, and that crosses and EU red line, so the impediments are on both sides. Unless you think 'you can have more but only on our terms' is indicative of great flexibility.
17.10.2025 10:28 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 3 📌 0
Yeah, the EU are famous for giving generous concessions if the other side asks nicely.
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UKICE Lunch Hour: the state of the right
YouTube video by UK in a Changing Europe
For a full and frank assessment of the state of the right in the UK, you can catch up on the conversation in full here 👇
www.youtube.com/live/ivRLHUb...
16.10.2025 12:40 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
"I think the two party system does look to me to be very broken… And so we could have the most unpredictable general election of modern times. And it's going to really test voters' faith in democracy."
🔮 Tim Montgomerie reluctantly offers his predictions on the next general election in the UK
16.10.2025 12:40 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 2 📌 0
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Prof Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social will be speaking on the various challenges – international and domestic – confronting the UK. Looking at how these interact, and what, if anything, the government could do to mitigate them
16.10.2025 11:20 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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