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So Starmer should help renew Britain by launching 2 public inquiries:

1. Russian interference in our politics
2. Leveson 2 & media ownership

Sorting out political interference & the media malpractices & mendacity would be a huge step in the right direction to renewal.

Keir Starmer's aides are reportedly telling him not to go to the COP30 climate conference, because Reform would attack him for it.
Yes, they might.
And he should wear it as a badge of honour.
Standing up for humanity, for science and a habitable planet.
Where's the hazard in that?

Oh, FGS - I switched on the BBC News when I got back in from shopping. I did think I might see Lib Dem leader as it’s their conference this week. What came on? A speech by Farage live.
I can understand why he would want to sabotage LD conference but does he pay BBC for this propaganda?

Free Led By Donkeys

#ledbydonkeys

#Starmer gets off your arse - abolish #Ofcom, sack the #BBC Management, implement Leveson2+ and stop Russian interference in Social Media or the Country will most definitely fall to fascism.

It's that simple.

It's urgent. It's no time to be like a rabbit caught in the headlamps of #Farage

What on earth has possessed people to believe that Reform’s motley collection of our most abysmal, prejudiced and corrupt politicians - all with a proven track record of epic and piss-taking failure would be a remotely credible government? Seriously people… and media…
you’ve lost your goddam minds.

Print and social media nonsense specifically the “ruled by Brussels” tripe as part of the whole us and them story; followed swiftly by the new governments blinkers regarding an obvious solution to the budget shortfall by removing our self imposed trade barriers.

The BBC are constantly bending over backwards to please Reform.

I fear they're becoming a mouthpiece for Nigel Farage, a guy who wants to destroy them.

Nine years ago, this is what the 52% thought they were voting for.

Still waiting ...

Yea it is.

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Ah. Brexit ‘betrayal’. I’ve been expecting you…
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There is is no 'illegal immigration' to the UK.
That is gaslighting, it makes people fearful and angry.
It is not illegal to come to the UK to apply for asylum
Those arriving by irregular routes do so because there are no safe legal routes.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social is right.

Brexit promised to “take back control of our borders”
But it also created huge labour shortages
So, govt issued huge numbers of visas to fill the gaps.
It ended reciprocal asylum arrangements with the EU
So, crossings went up.

Govt response?
“Take back control of our borders”
Such a ruinous deceit.

There should be no left right centre now.
The choice is binary:
Progressive, Liberal Democracy & Human Rights
Vs.
Regressive, Autocracy, Kleptocracy, Theocracy & suppression of Human Rights.
That's the simple choice...there is no fence, no bridge between.
#ProgressiveAlliance ASAP.

Roughly 17,000 councillors in the UK. Nearly 6500 Labour. Just over 5000 Tory. 3000 Lib Dem.

Reform have 799 and suddenly N.F. is being touted by the media as the next Prime Minister?

The Green Party have 850 councillors. Why aren't the Green Party being bigged-up by the press?

Seriously, why?

@bbc-politics.bsky.social what a surprise report by Chris Mason. You mentioned a party with 5 MP's yet the Liberal Democrats who gained 163 seats in local elections and have 72 MP's not a word #bias

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Immigration is not the problem it’s now widely believed to be.
Brexit is much more of a problem than it’s reported to be.
So how can govt achieve growth, fix public svcs and deal with the cost of living if fear of Reform means it won’t be honest with us about these 2 elephants in the room?
It can’t.

Hey British media,
It’s no surprise that if you give Farage the run of the place, he’ll start winning.
Time to do your actual jobs and start interrogating him on his Brexit shitshow, his funding, his Trumpiness, his idiotic manifesto, his real plans for the NHS… instead of drumrolling him into No.10

Electricity prices in the UK are far higher than in France and Germany because our electricity production is far more dependent on gas.

Net zero lowers electricity prices.

Maybe Starmer could review the Brexit the then government said they were planning; the one where the single market was maintained and trade travel and education etc would continue as is and make that work. #BrexitIsntWorking

The right-wing press has spread a load of baseless falsehoods about heat pumps. That’s the main reason why the technology is politically ‘controversial’.

By banning Evan Davis from doing a podcast about heat pumps, the BBC is dancing to the tune of people pushing out blatant misinformation

Britain, a trading nation, now has a vital choice to make about its priority trading partners:

- the EU, where agreements are made, kept, reciprocal, based on international norms, & enforced by a court

- the USA, where agreements are made, broken, changed & broken again at a whim, with no recourse

Idiocracy II

Trump’s downfall begins now – his paranoia and baseless rage is his undoing This is what empires look like when they fall

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🔥 OBAMA: “IMAGINE IF I HAD DONE ANY OF THIS… I say this not on a partisan basis. This has to do with something more precious — who are we as a country, and what values do we stand for?” 🇺🇸

Trump's Tariffs are no Brexit Benefit Trump's tariffs are not a Brexit benefit. This is an example of just how much economic heft the UK has lost since leaving the EU.

"The EU is a powerful trading bloc with the heft to stand up to Trump. Brexit Britain has no alternative but to appease him and to change our domestic policy to do so. This really does make us come close to the status of a vassal state."

A tweet and reply exchange. The first tweet is from Nigel Farage MP (@Nigel_Farage): "10% tariffs from the USA are bad news, but better than 20% for EU members. If the Tory government had delivered quickly on Brexit we would have had a free trade deal years ago. This deal is still achievable." The reply is from Ed Davey (@EdwardJDavey): "If you’re such good mates with Trump, how about you pick up the phone and tell him to drop the tariffs? The US hit countries they have trade deals with too. But we can always count on you to play the loyal sidekick to the bully Trump."

We can always count on Farage to play the loyal sidekick.

Labour needs to stop being so afraid about rejoining the EU Rejoining would revive our economy and boost our security

A call to Labour to Rejoin the EU.

"It’s nine years since the UK voted to quit the European Union. It has proven to be a disaster, and a disaster made greater by the election of Donald Trump.

The world is at a pivotal moment. Stark political reality faces us."