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Canada might have a view on this… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

If Mark Carney can say publicly that Trump’s trade and other policies are a “betrayal” of the relationship between Canada and the US, why can’t UK Labour say what needs to be said about Farage, Reform and the betrayal that is Brexit? Stand up and be counted!

Prince Andrew's firm linked to controversial PPE millionaire www.bbc.com/news/article...

Populists like Farage promise voters a simpler life. In fact, they produce ever more hassle and chaos. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Thinking of voting Reform UK because you want a change? Be careful what you wish for – Reform UK are salespeople offering simplistic solutions that come with baggage that would cost you and the country @cliffmitchell.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk

I think that Trump may be someone who is excited by deaths. www.huffpost.com/entry/distri...

A little known fact: “Brexit freedoms” is an anagram of “Delusional ranting”.

Why’s no one talking about these terrible ideas from Reform?

Marco Rubio and Trump’s border Czar defend deportation of U.S. citizen children. www.huffpost.com/entry/marco-...

According to Rachel Maddow one child among those deported has cancer, and now has no access to medication. www.huffpost.com/entry/two-ye...

The US is now treating the UK exactly how the Brexiters claimed the EU treats us. In reality, the EU never treated us like this. They are & have always been our friends & allies. The UK must stand with the EU. The sooner we rejoin, the faster we can heal the damage of Brexit.

There were 4 council by-elections yesterday. Reform UK won 0. That’s 240 council by-elections since the General Election, just 14 seats won for Reform UK.

Who is this “Farage” of which you speak? When he speaks all I hear is smoke and misty mirrors. All I see is swastikas and statwistics And all I smell is old hatred moulding like cheese in an over-full ash tray.

About bloody time. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

If the Conservatives are trounced but get replaced by Reform UK, who gets the last Schadenfreude-filled laugh?

Labour MPs urge Starmer to back youth mobility scheme amid EU trade reset www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Prometheus Icarus Midas Musk Elon Musk to pull back in Doge role starting May amid 71% dip in Tesla profits www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

‘Tis a tangled web we weave👇 www.thenational.scot/news/2510578...

MPs and peers oppose Donald Trump address to parliament during UK visit. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Is it politically naive of me to expect that more than 5 years since the UK left the EU that our government would have clear plans to publicise collated data that objectively evaluates the effects of Brexit?

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

NHS cancer patients denied life-saving drugs due to Brexit costs, report finds www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

I’m a bit fed up with all the attention given to Farage by media.

It’s got nothing to do with him. Don’t say “defend”. He knows nothing about the subject. His views are immaterial. He’s an attention seeker, nothing more. Don’t play his game. Given half a chance he’d shut you down. Don’t talk about him. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Right Now, most of the American can relate to this message from the 90's.

A German book store chain has a separate table for books banned in the US & the 'reason(s)' given why. We remember how from 1933, Nazis banned & burned book bcs they were incompatible with Nazi ideology, or the authors were Jewish. We thought we had all learned that lesson. #GoodMorning, everyone

Dear Keir Starmer, there is a way to rout Nigel Farage - and it’s staring you in the face. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The cruelty is the point. The banal, vicious, performative cruelty. Turns out ‘anti-woke’ just meant anti-decency, anti-humanity & anti-rule of law.

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.

Exposure didn’t work Ridicule didn’t work Mueller didn’t work Impeachment didn’t work Impeachment again didn’t work Jan 6th investigation didn’t work Civil liability for assault didn’t work Criminal conviction for tax fraud didn’t work Congress isn’t working Protest isn’t working So… what?

A third of UK school staff report physical underdevelopment in poor students www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Nigel Farage and the unions: Reform Leader walks the line between friend and foe. For now…… www.theguardian.com/politics/202...