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Since 2010, we have lost: 279 school playing fields 750 youth centres 793 playgrounds 800 libraries 1,086 swimming pools 1,416 Sure Start children’s centres No wonder children have nowhere to go Tax multi millionaires, give us back our public services www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

submitted 10 days ago • 6 comments

When did you ever hear the BBC stating that it must alter “story selection” and “other types of output, such as drama”, to win the trust of Green voters, or of unrepresented people on the left? All the shifts are in just one direction. bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...

submitted 11 days ago • 416 comments

You wouldn't know it from today's newspaper front pages screaming "betrayal", but new YouGov polling finds that 66% of British people now want the Government to deliver a closer relationship with the EU, compared to just 14% who don't

submitted 32 days ago • 57 comments

Can there be any more irresponsible practice than burning carbon rich peat moors to make sure they remain clear for the ultra rich to play at being country folk as they shoot captive bred animals for sport.

submitted 33 days ago • 8 comments

Today, on the the day of the great (or not so great?) #Brexitreset, I have my own Brexit reset - I’m back in the EU!

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

Eurostar used to be a symbol of connection. Now, post-Brexit border checks mean fewer trains, longer queues, and closed stations. Freedom of Movement made Europe closer. Brexit slammed the door. #Brexit #FreedomOfMovement #VoicesofLostFOM #SaveFOM

submitted 36 days ago • 3 comments

What we need from Starmer is not Reform style policies. We need the kind of leadership that says: - illegal immigration is statistically insignificant & not a problem worth worrying about - Legal immigration benefits UK - and we should rejoin EU/EEA to restore mutual mobility as it helps us too

submitted 38 days ago • 9 comments

Starmer wants growth, strong public services and reduced migration. He might as well wish for fairies at the bottom of his garden. Without inward migration, his other hopes cannot be fulfilled. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/05...

submitted 39 days ago • 16 comments

Labour has a whopping great majority and four years left to turn this country around. They should be setting the agenda, not chasing about trying to placate voters of a party with five MPs who will never vote for them anyway. It's not only disappointing... it's embarrassing

submitted 40 days ago • 310 comments

I genuinely don’t really know what else we can say about Labour and immigration. Their approach could not be more misjudged and wrong than it is: this will literally push even more voters towards Reform and, meanwhile, the care sector will implode.* www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

submitted 41 days ago • 38 comments

Absolutely brutal and hilarious takedown of Bill Maher from the one and only Larry David.

submitted 60 days ago • 164 comments

A majority of Britons would rather have a closer trading relationship with the EU than the US. The poll, carried out by YouGov, found that 57% of Britons would rather have a closer trading relationship with the EU, compared to 16% who would rather have the US as a closer trading partner.

submitted 64 days ago • 28 comments

Two conversations today - one with a friend about how it’s too risky to travel to US right now, & another with a friend who is having to terminate export biz from China to US (industrial drilling). So much winning!

submitted 72 days ago • 0 comments

“When campaigning in Brixham over the past couple of years, I lost count of the number of people who told me that they had been lied to and who felt cheated by Brexit.” fishingnews.co.uk/news/lied-to...

submitted 74 days ago • 4 comments

As the article (in thread) says, outsize SUVs cost the public purse more in terms of strain on the infrastructure & pollution, and are far more dangerous for pedestrians & cyclists. Yes, we should tax them and their usage heavily. Why on Earth should the rest of us subsidise this obnoxious trend?

submitted 78 days ago • 104 comments

I'm optimistic that Starmer wouldn't do a deal with the US that would rule out an EU deal, but it's worth building pressure on Labour to make damn sure they don't. They're perfectly capable of making the most disasterous decisions www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view...

submitted 78 days ago • 64 comments

Meta have stolen the work of 1000s of writers to train their AI. All of my books were included in their illegal action. Today UK authors are protesting against this theft. Copyright law is clear: to use a creator’s copyrighted work, you need to get permission and agree payment. #DoTheWriteThing

submitted 78 days ago • 6 comments

Rachel Reeves says she's "not satisfied" with the OBR's downgrade of the UK's growth to 1%. Well, good news! We know a way she can deliver the growth this country needs. 📈 Deep alignment with the EU on goods and services could boost GDP by up to 2.2%.

submitted 86 days ago • 9 comments

Stephen Flynn, "The one thing Chancellor Rachel Reeves didn't mention either is Brexit" "And the enormous impact that is having on the UK economy" "Rachel Reeves has boxed herself in on tax, on fiscal rules, on her position with the European Union" "And we're all experiencing the damage of that"

submitted 86 days ago • 10 comments

This guy showing off on an efoil on Liangma River was certainly living his best life. Lots of people out on March Sunday with top temps hitting 27 C

submitted 89 days ago • 0 comments

UK law denies the full minimum wage rate to workers below the age of 21. They pay full price for housing, food, shoes, clothes, transport, medicines and other essentials. Output of their labour is not sold at lower price. Legalised age discrimination, exploitation of young workers.

submitted 89 days ago • 10 comments

At the heart of every attack on disability benefits is the myth disabled people “get perks”: a free car, loads of cash, a life off work. It misrepresents the reality of disability, whilst exploiting low wages and high living costs to make the public envy people in daily pain.

submitted 94 days ago • 65 comments

Soaring global demand for 'renewable' timber biomass will require a 13-fold increase in tropical monoculture plantations, mostly at the expense of REAL, natural forest ecosystems. Ponder the depths of madness required to think this could be a solution to anything. news.mongabay.com/2025/03/fore...

submitted 100 days ago • 8 comments

A happy story, and a boost for Anglo-Chinese relations. Found this little guy earlier today, wandering around in the cold. Took him over to local vet, asked her to post on WeChat, & was able to reunite him with his elderly owner, who was most grateful.

submitted 119 days ago • 1 comment

🛑 LATEST: All Hail King Elon I! 👇🏻 Please like and share the latest #BrokenNews report. youtu.be/FtdC5-JDMPM?...

submitted 124 days ago • 2 comments

www.theneweuropean.co.uk/alastair-cam...

submitted 127 days ago • 23 comments

GDP grew by an estimated 0.1 percent in the three months to December according to ONS figures today. We need growth. Upto 2.2% (floor not ceiling) achievable if Gvt willing to negotiate beneficial regulatory alignment with 🇪🇺 as our report with Frontier shows. www.ons.gov.uk/releases/gdp...

submitted 128 days ago • 2 comments

Not only is beneficial alignment the right thing to do, for growth. It is also the most popular option with voters. "41% say the UK should be more closely aligned with the EU. 20% say less closely aligned." One of the easiest political choices a gov't can be asked to make. ~AA

submitted 129 days ago • 6 comments

Our new research models how closer UK-EU ties - specifically deep alignment on goods and services - could deliver up to 2.2% GDP growth. And, even better, it's a policy that's popular with the public. Here's the polling👇

submitted 130 days ago • 7 comments

It's been almost ten years since the referendum. Demand that anyone arguing the opposite case, that divergence and independent regulation can be a greater engine for growth, name some specific suggestions instead of just mumbling vaguely about AI and finance.

submitted 131 days ago • 3 comments

Wow 💥💥💥 Just 10% of Labour voters say we were right to leave the EU. That means 90% of those who voted for this government do NOT support Brexit. Just imagine what these figures would be like if Labour hadn't spent the last 8+ years REFUSING to talk about any EU/Single Market benefits! #RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺

submitted 139 days ago • 28 comments

#SaveThePCC Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease. For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below; you.38degrees.org.uk/p/princechar...

submitted 144 days ago • 81 comments

Trump is a feral menace threatening our trade, our security and our democracy. To NOT prioritise trade and improved relations with our own continent over trying to deal with that loose cannon would be completely mad. Luckily most of us aren’t. Even in Clacton. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

submitted 146 days ago • 23 comments

I am supposed to be working. Oh well. #catsofBluesky

submitted 146 days ago • 0 comments

I was prepared for the Conservatives to trash our economy and cultural ties with the EU I wasn't prepared for the disgusting gaslighting from Labour repeatedly saying their priority is to grow the economy,and then do everything except the biggest thing that will grow the economy

submitted 149 days ago • 41 comments

I tried to look up the US-China #Sunnylands Statement on Climate Change for something I’m working on, and this is what I got. It’s the sheer pettiness that I don’t get, obviously we already know they are complete morons.

submitted 149 days ago • 0 comments

if people are really flocking to heavily censored Chinese social media apps, we can expect many (sometimes charming) auto-translate snafus. Anyone for Jim Carrey Irish butter or gin-flavor camembert?

submitted 157 days ago • 0 comments

Like Boxes of Shit in Your House? Get a Cat

submitted 158 days ago • 91 comments

Taking Britain out of the Erasmus+ programme was a huge mistake. Labour must rejoin and accept the EU’s offer of a youth mobility scheme

submitted 191 days ago • 52 comments

There is a marmot in my local vet in Beijing. It’s not very happy.

submitted 193 days ago • 1 comment

Tory trade barriers with the EU increased average annual shopping bills by £250, so trying to increase disposable income without making trade easier is like driving with the handbrake on. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/uk-...

submitted 194 days ago • 4 comments