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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

submitted 17 days ago • 450 comments

Live At The Acropolis is released today! To celebrate, here's Born Of Frustration (Orchestral Version), which is exclusive to this release NBL x james.tmstor.es #James #LiveAtTheAcropolis #BornOfFrustration

submitted 19 days ago • 3 comments

Just forget appeasing these monsters. We must return to Europe and stop kidding ourselves we can have it all. We did that before and ended up with less than nothing. British politicians who support Trump betray Ukraine, betray us all. (Letter, Times)

submitted 26 days ago • 20 comments

Shooting birds isn’t a “sport”, it is a coward’s pastime and has no place in a modern society

submitted 27 days ago • 13 comments

Trump’s jabs at Zelenskyy aren’t strategy, they’re sabotage. He’s doing Putin’s PR while pretending it’s diplomacy.

submitted 28 days ago • 2 comments

The IMF forecasts a major slowdown in the global economy due to Trump’s tariffs. UK likely to be hit harder than the rest of Europe. How TF is going cap in hand to the same guy to ask for some crappy not-worth-the-paper-it’s-written-on trade deal a sane solution? Come on UK. Work it out.

submitted 28 days ago • 23 comments

Reeves flies to US to push Trump to sign trade agreement. Within the EU the UK had access to the biggest market. After Brexit it scavenges for deals, any deal. Parliament must debate and have a free vote on any deal with Trump. Must rejoin the EU.

submitted 28 days ago • 77 comments

I think that the whole "state visit " thing is entirely inappropriate.

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

submitted 32 days ago • 26 comments

Reeves to make case for trade deal in first meeting with US treasury secretary. Must not sacrifice the NHS; food/environment standards, worker rights. Any deal must be approved by parliament in a free vote. Trade deal with the EU preferable to US. Can't trust Trump. Our future lies with Europe.

submitted 32 days ago • 68 comments

Labour MPs urge Starmer to adopt Trump-style media strategy. Wrong advice. Trump is a destructive man-child. Need honest politics, improve people's life chances. Improve purchasing power of the bottom 50%, redistribute, nationalise essential services, improve education and healthcare.

submitted 32 days ago • 75 comments

“Take back control of our laws” so American fascists can decide them for us… I don’t think so. Just imagine if the EU demanded this of us. Intolerable for it to even be on the table. Intolerable to be at this table at all, frankly. Another Brexit humiliation. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

submitted 35 days ago • 78 comments

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submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

Blocking MPs from voting on a US trade deal would be straight out of Trump's anti-democratic playbook. Labour MPs should make clear to the PM they won't let him sell out our NHS, undercut farmers or weaken protection for children online. He must give Parliament a vote.

submitted 36 days ago • 41 comments

Starmer: I'll only sign US tariffs deal if it suits UK. It will be a terrible deal. NHS will vanish. Expensive branded drugs instead of generic drugs. Hormone injected beef, chlorinated chicken, becoming the 51st state. Far better to join the EU.

submitted 43 days ago • 65 comments

Absolutely NO Trump visit under any circumstances now. We don't appease and flatter mobsters...do we?

submitted 44 days ago • 4 comments

Govt may be relieved that UK faces lower Trump tariffs than others but it’s a trap. A deal with the unreliable lunatic means lowering standards, betraying our farmers and undermining trust and compatibility for any EU reset which is far more valuable to us. Let’s not fuck this up too. (Letter,Times)

submitted 46 days ago • 41 comments

From the CWS ARCHIVE. September 2023.

submitted 47 days ago • 21 comments

Starmer has said that “nothing is off the table” in his trade deal negotiations with Trump🚨. Let’s demand that he takes the NHS off the table! Over 6000 letters sent already - - it will take just seconds to send yours! 👉https://bit.ly/TellKeir

submitted 48 days ago • 7 comments

This is completely unacceptable. I haven't seen one in the UK for at least a decade.

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

UK not entering trade war with US, says Starmer. Wrong assessment. Trump has declared trade war. Extra tariffs on UK steel, motor trade. Trump demanding tax cuts for US corporations operating in the UK. Appeasement is futile. Don't become the 51st state. Join the EU. Carve a common future.

submitted 54 days ago • 132 comments

The UK needs to come to the same conlusion. #MAGAmerica

submitted 55 days ago • 9 comments

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submitted 57 days ago • 5 comments