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Just listened to an excellent interview with John Major on Radio4 lunchtime news, he expressed his opinion on the current situation with the US and where it may lead, he has been reading my mind.

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Canadian MP Charlie Angus: So here’s how it’s going to go down—this is going to be very rough. But the big wake-up call is for our American friends. For example, Kentucky—the number one purchaser of Kentucky spirits in the world is Canada, and all our provinces have just pulled it off the shelves.

submitted 19 days ago • 1150 comments

Ooh. There's a debate on proportional representation in the Commons this Thursday. MPs Alex Sobel, Lisa Smart, & Ellie Chowns said: “The governing party has formally recognised that First Past the Post is a flawed voting system for general elections which is damaging to trust in politics." (1/2)

submitted 26 days ago • 4 comments

Lord Anderson, "Would the minister agree that any benefits from a trade deal with the US is a fraction of what we have lost from leaving the European Union under Brexit" Lord Leong, "The US is our single largest trading partner" Not true 42% of UK trade with the EU, 15% with the US

submitted 33 days ago • 52 comments

This needs to be taken very seriously. All donations that originate from abroad, no matter who is the final donor, should be banned. Only UK citizens should be allowed to donate to British political organisations

submitted 67 days ago • 1033 comments

#RefugeesWelcome please share.

submitted 101 days ago • 243 comments

Wow. MPs back proportional representation system for UK elections in symbolic vote www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

submitted 81 days ago • 47 comments

Rachel Reeves, "Today I have appointed Tom Hayhoe as our new Covid Counter Fraud Commissioner" "As Chair of an NHS trust during the pandemic, he saw the urgency of getting PPE to NHS staff when they needed it" "He will investigate the billions lost to fraud and underperforming contracts"

submitted 81 days ago • 33 comments

BBCQT# I have to say living in the country that I am sympathetic to family farmers not wishing to sell land to pay inheritance tax. Surely the answer must be to go after the big corporate investors who are not feeding the country but using farm purchase as a tax dodge. How to do this is the question

submitted 92 days ago • 1 comment

Left: Kemi Badenoch says British citizenship should be "a privilege to be earned" and not an "automatic right" Right: A Nigerian TV channel points out that Kemi Badenoch's mum flew to London to give birth to Kemi, then flew back to Nigeria, where Kemi was raised till the age of 16

submitted 87 days ago • 64 comments

We can’t have another referendum on Brexit because that was the will of the (lied to) people 8 years ago… But we’re supposed to have another general election despite having had one 4 months ago Right wing bellends are f*cking hilarious.

submitted 90 days ago • 74 comments