Mark Bloomfield

A great result!

Nigel Farage now says that any suggestion he's been soft on Putin is "just nonsense".

Here's a quick reminder of what he's said in the past

Ukip leader Nick Tenconi, in Portsmouth today.

A Nazi salute.

A Nazi saluting.

A Nazi doing a Nazi salute.

HT Alisdair McKee

Farage claim that police drove protesters to demo is not true – senior officer Chief Constable Ben-Julian Harrington, of Essex Police, denied an accusation made by the Clacton MP.

Farage claim that police drove protesters to demo is not true – senior officer

www.stowmarketmercury.co.uk/news/nationa...

The Davis Downside Dossier David Davis famously said there would be no downsides to Brexit only considerable upsides - so we started recording them.

Brexit.
2071 downsides
39 upsides.

And Labour is still supporting it.

yorkshirebylines.co.uk/regular-feat...

The American people have risen up and they are PISSED AS HELL.
#HandsOff

Starmer under pressure from biggest backers to unpick Brexit after Trump tariffs As the prime minister grapples with the US trade tariffs, trade unions and business groups are pushing him to negotiate closer ties with the EU

“Starmer under pressure from biggest backers to unpick Brexit after Trump tariffs”
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Petition: Increase funding for people with Parkinson’s and implement the "Parky Charter" We want the government to take the decisive five steps set out in the Movers and Shakers' "Parky Charter" and to fulfil the Health Secretary’s promises.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71... After just 2.5 days we’re not far short of 10,000 signatures on the #ParkyCharter petition - please sign and share

In Georgia, students are being expelled from university for protesting for the country’s freedom and European future.

HERO vs ZERO
I'm in a state of shock & still trying to process yesterday's shameful, traitorous debacle in the WH: A DAY THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY. Our standing in the world has plummeted overnight, but the repercussions will be felt forevermore.
#SlavaUkraini🇺🇦 #ShameOnUS🇺🇸

‘They forced me to stand for hours in the cold, arms raised and shackled’: eight Gaza doctors on their Israeli prison ordeal Senior doctors and surgeons describe the torture, starvation, humiliation and denial of medical care they endured while being held without charge

Clubbed, beaten, attacked with dogs…

The Geneva Conventions prohibit the targeting of healthcare workers, both civilian & military, yet Israel has tortured, starved & withheld medical treatment from Gaza’s doctors. It’s barbaric.

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.

18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.

We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org

The Prime Minister should show British leadership on Ukraine by inviting President Zelenskyy to address Parliament on Monday.

I'm proud that the UK has been Ukraine's staunchest ally from the start. We mustn't falter in the face of Trump's bullying now.

Former Brexit Party MEP and ex-Reform Wales Leader, Nathan Gill has been arrested for taking "Russian-linked bribes" from Oleg Voloshyn.

Here’s Nigel Farage with Voloshyn’s wife...

#FuckFarage

Edited version of @carolecadwalla.bsky.social

BBC Article

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It's simple:

Russia is not on our side.

The US is not on our side.

Europe is on our side.

Trump and Vance have smashed the old order – how should Europe respond? | Nathalie Tocci, Yanis Varoufakis and others The vice-president’s attack on European values signalled a historic realignment. Should the continent seek rapprochement or go its own way? ask Nathalie Tocci, Yanis Varoufakis and others

The US has betrayed Europe, Trump’s goal is the neo-Nazification of Germany, which ties in with the Russification of Ukraine.
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Donald Trump says Ukraine should have made a deal earlier The US president dismisses concerns Ukraine is not involved in peace talks and says he is confident in success.

Everyone knows that Trump is planning on abandoning Ukraine and siding with Putin. None of this is a shock. The rest of the world needs to stop pretending there is any chance of working with Trump. #r4today

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

Scientists of the world, this is happening on our watch and we need to face it down. Evidence-based medicine weaponised for overtly ideological purposes. We do not need randomised trials of 'vaccine' versus 'no vaccine' when those vaccines have *already* been shown to be safe & effective.
#episky 🧪

Across the country, thousands of people in hospital are fit enough to go home, but are stuck awaiting care packages.

You can’t fix the NHS without fixing social care.

@alisonebennett.bsky.social

JD Vance, vice president of a regime currently overthrowing its own democracy, lectures Europe on the "retreat" from "some of its most fundamental values".

He cites the Romanian Constitutional Court annulling its recent presidential election.

He doesn't mention this was because Russia interfered.

Tell your boss, Stella. @stellacreasy.bsky.social

Be brave on Europe, Keir Starmer On the 5th anniversary of the UK's departure from the EU here's a plea for a re-think

"optimism has drained as Starmer appears either committed to this hardest of Brexits or too worried about the next election to risk losing the votes of red wall Brexiters.

But really he has nothing to lose."

The government wants to make Britain “safer, more secure and more prosperous.”
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Safer: join Europol & EU cooperation against terrorism
Secure: join European security & defence policy
Prosperous: join single market & customs union

UK to refuse citizenship to refugees who have ‘made a dangerous journey’ Home Office accused of shutting out refugees, as new guidance says those applicants will ‘normally be refused’

We didn't vote for Reform lite. We don't want Reform lite.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

1. Here are just a few of the ways in which Starmer’s Labour Party seems determined to alienate its voters and lose the next election. As they pile up, you have to keep pinching yourself and asking, “what the hell is it playing at?” 🧵

If Trump is able to change the constitution and run for a 3rd term, I know someone eligible for a 3rd term as well.

Research claims EU deal will fuel growth — and Labour is listening A report says Britain can mend some of the economic damage of Brexit without crossing the red lines set by Keir Starmer

As being “free to make our own trade deals” has delivered the square root of jack shit and, as Brexiters still can’t tell us what EU regulations they want to scrap, closer alignment with the EU should be a no-brainer.

Great work @bestforbritain.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Research claims EU deal will fuel growth — and Labour is listening A report says Britain can mend some of the economic damage of Brexit without crossing the red lines set by Keir Starmer

🚨 NEW RESEARCH: This is what the Government's been missing in its plan for growth.A boost to UK GDP of up to 2.2%.How can they get it?With deep alignment with the EU on goods & services. Which would be firmly within Starmer’s Brexit ‘red lines’. 1/6
www.thetimes.com/article/8423...

Plea from the @FT for a more ambitious reset of Britain’s relationship with the EU: