DM Harrison

Spot on. McSweeney and any other pro-Brexit advisors obsessed with the "pig-ignorant racist" vote to the exclusion of all others have to be kicked out ASAP. But the other really major priority is media reform, with Leveson 2 and huge changes to the BBC at every level. Without that, they're doomed.

Starmer is normalising Farage. Here’s the proof New polling doesn’t paint a pretty picture for Keir Starmer...

🔴 NEW - Starmer is normalising Farage. Here's the proof.

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Labour, Tories and Reform all chasing the "pig-ignorant racist" vote, while the progressive majority watch on in astonishment, fury and disgust...

Release of the full Russia report and a criminal investigation into the Brexit referendum would be the place to start. Farage is a traitor who willingly caused huge damage to this country in the service of Putin and the super-rich. LibDems need to work with Lab backbenchers to push this issue.

Absolutely right. We urgently need a backbench rebellion. Demand a total clear-out of Starmer's right-wing, pro-Brexit advisors, or else threaten a leadership challenge. The huge progressive majority in this country didn't vote for any of this Daily Mail-appeasing bollocks.

Lab backbenchers urgently need to grow a collective spine and demand change: either Starmer ditches his entire team of right-wing pro-Brexit advisors, or he faces a leadership challenge.

How much of this is down to Starmer reportedly having pro-Brexit advisors? If it's true he's something of an empty vessel, then the people around him can wield a lot of influence. So much damage is being done...

If you don't think we're headed here, you aren't paying attention.

With bills having gone up, it’s time to take energy back into public ownership The obscene profits of the energy industry show the sector is broken

Ofgem's energy pricing formula enabled companies to make £514bn operating profit.

Price of electricity determined by the most expensive input i.e. gas.

Electricity from wind, solar, nuclear, biomass, hydro cheaper but price determined by cost of gas.

Customers ripped-off. Companies make billions.

This is high art

Corrupt judges let a criminal get away with treason and run for president. Propagandists masquerading as journalists lied to enough people that the criminal won. Then the criminal sold a half share in the presidency to the world's richest man, whom no one voted for. That's what happened, folks.

Hard to read this by @sjwrenlewis.bsky.social and not wonder whether Labour has, in fact, lost the next general election less than a year out from winning the last one. mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/03/labo...

Disgust
Rage
Embarrassment
And
Despair... D.R.E.A.D.

The situation in the UK is far worse. Over 14 yrs of Tory rule almost the entire media ignored or played down hundreds of scandals, any one of which would have been used to destroy a Labour government. And the BBC was perhaps the worst offender.

When you see it one place it’s a bit overwhelming. No matter what the people of @bluestormcomin1.bsky.social do to try to convince magats to leave the cult, even this won’t make a difference #Trumptakedown #bluestormmovement

Empathy, or the lack thereof

#GVerse Watch & Repost!!!
Two criminals made a deal to steal the Presidency to keep each other out of prison. And they’ve been telling us on tape that they did this for months.
#RemoveTrump
#deportelonmusknow

Time for multinationals to be taxed on their UK turnover if they don't report accurate profits.

Quite simply THE BEST article I've read on the rise of the populist far-right and the urgent need for progressives to wake up to the new realities. I can't recommend it highly enough.

Governing solely for the approval of the Daily Mail and only ever interested in the Pig-Ignorant-Racist vote. Astonishing that nobody in his team can see how this will end in disaster. Need a huge back bench rebellion in alliance with LibDems to force a new direction.

For every illegal spill they should be forced to hand a percentage of their shares to the government. That would be the best way to take them back into public ownership.

This doesn't go far enough, but more importantly, what kind of sanctions will apply to breaches of the rules? The only effective punishment would have to be prison sentences for the recipient, rather than the donor; anything else will be evaded or ignored.

The Government claims it needs to make £6bn of benefit cuts, here's a big long list of places where they could make far more money.

£42bn from ending Brexit.
£80bn Bank profits, even a 10% tax is £2bn more.
£120bn Energy Company profits, quadruple what they were before 2021.

The far-right poses its biggest political threat since World War II. The government must act. Plus: The Lead Untangles the leasehold reforms + the view from Kyiv on Farage + BP pulls plug on huge green jobs scheme in Teesside

The Lead's weekend newsletter on @hopenothate.org.uk State of Hate 2024 report and why Labour must fight the far-right with fire, not managerialism

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Raw sewage poured into Windermere for 6,000 hours last year United Utilities’ treatment works and pumping stations released untreated sewage for 6,327 hours in the catchment of England’s largest lake, figures show

United Utilities dumped raw sewage for 6,327 hours last year in Lake Windermere, England’s largest lake.

It has over 205 criminal convictions. Boosts profits, dividends, exec pay by sewage dumping.

Allowed to hike prices by 32%.

Nationalise. Prosecute directors.
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Covid inquiry rejects last-minute bid from Michelle Mone Baroness Mone and her husband both asked to become 'core participants' to the inquiry.

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“New research for the Covid inquiry found almost a third of government contracts to buy masks, gowns and other equipment went through the VIP lane”.

“Those firms were 17 times more likely to win a contract than those outside the VIP lane system”.

*17 times*

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The pandemic procurement was probably the single biggest financial crime in British history. Dozens of people should be facing long prison sentences, including many former Tory ministers and MPs. Labour, invariably, will be too scared of it "looking political" to take any action.

Some disparate thoughts on a horrifying day American leadership is over. Ukraine has been betrayed. What happens next is up to us.

Ukraine: Some disparate thoughts on a horrifying day...

This is basically a scream of hatred and anguish, which gradually develops into something marginally more positive.

I'm going to have a drink. It's not too early.

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Live updates: Trump cuts short talks with Ukraine’s Zelenskyy after Oval Office blow up Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with President Donald Trump in Washington, seeking backing for Ukraine's security against any future Russian aggression.

President Trump’s simpering fealty to Vladimir Putin and Russia is embarrassing and dangerous.

Illinois stands with Ukraine, and so should the White House.