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If it broke through to CNN, it’s effective messaging. (It also has the added value of being true.)

submitted 10 days ago • 12 comments

Really not far to go now. Link —> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

submitted 12 days ago • 97 comments

More random trade policy announcements from the US President which may or may not mean anything beyond what is already known, that he doesn't understand trade, or international relations, doesn't respect deals, doesn't care except about himself. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 13 days ago • 16 comments

Also applies in the UK.

submitted 22 days ago • 42 comments

GB News, "Surely Brexit is a good thing?" Andy Dixon, Fisherman, "It's been bad. It hasn't worked out as the government promised.. Locally, in North Shields, it's been a bit of a disaster" GB News, "In what way?" Andy Dixon, "Red tape, documentation, it's 100x what it used to be"

submitted 23 days ago • 68 comments

This.

submitted 23 days ago • 35 comments

Elsewhere in the interview being reported, he describes Brexit as the biggest disaster of his lifetime. An interesting choice of headline in the cirumstances... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 24 days ago • 118 comments

Dolcie-Mae from #Newport has been diagnosed with HLH - a life-threatening blood disorder. A stem cell transplant is her only hope for survival but she currently has no matching donor. 💔 🔄 SHARE and register as a stem cell donor at dkms.org.uk/dolciemae_tw to help find her hero🙏

submitted 26 days ago • 3 comments

Sounds like a plan

submitted 26 days ago • 77 comments

Brilliant satirical cover from Private Eye, mocking spineless media organisations and journalists who submit and cower in the face of power 👏

submitted 32 days ago • 425 comments

"When Mexico sends its people, they're sending their best. They're sending firefighters to help solve American problems. They're bringing fire fighting uniforms. They're bringing fire fighting equipment. They're bringing kittens down from trees. And all, I assume, are good people."

submitted 42 days ago • 902 comments

We should call this what it is: a lie. Rejoining the single market would be good for growth. Labour knows that and only won't do it because it believes it will be bad for Labour.

submitted 45 days ago • 20 comments

We’re all immune to it at this point but we have to remind ourselves that this is an abomination. A catastrophe. A grotesque corruption. And a betrayal of the millions who fought and sacrificed in the great wars of the 20th Century to escape a world that works like this.

submitted 46 days ago • 42 comments

The problem of private funding of UK politics runs deeper than one prospective donation. The only way to prevent its corrosion of democracy is a public funding model. In lieu of that, we need stricter controls on who can donate and how much can be donated. www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...

submitted 58 days ago • 2 comments

This is unutterably stupid. Political donations should have been reformed YEARS ago. We don't want a knee-jerk "stop-Farage" law; we just want a democracy that isn't a corruptible plaything of the rich, whether it's Lord Sainsbury, Frank Hester or Elon Musk. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

submitted 63 days ago • 79 comments

To say I'm fuming is an understatement ⏬️ Are you?

submitted 65 days ago • 183 comments

"Research from the Centre for Economic Performance, a think tank based at the London School of Economics, said Brexit led to a 6.4 per cent drop in the UK’s global exports and a 3.1 per cent decline in imports into the UK from the rest of the world."

submitted 67 days ago • 8 comments

Did you know birdsong can boost your mood, mindfulness, and wellbeing? Protecting nature’s soundtrack is essential. @natbzielonka.bsky.social & @simon-butler.bsky.social report. From @ConversationUK -- thanks! Birdsong Conservation eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/...

submitted 70 days ago • 11 comments

submitted 73 days ago • 309 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 73 days ago • 52 comments

Majority want closer links between UK and EU. Politicians should not lag behind.

submitted 73 days ago • 5 comments

If this country made the slightest bit of sense we'd be beating Europe's doors down to secure a youth mobility scheme. inews.co.uk/opinion/brex...

submitted 74 days ago • 57 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 78 days ago • 33 comments

“Pesticides that harm bees were found in the majority of English waterways tested in the last year” - Pesticides that are banned in the EU but allowed in the UK due to our Brexit ‘freedoms’ 🤔 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 81 days ago • 14 comments

HOUSING THE HOMELESS SAVES MONEY IN FINLAND: “a recent study showed the savings in emergency healthcare, social services & the justice system totalled as much as €15,000 a year for every homeless person in properly supported housing.” It works AND it saves money. www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/...

submitted 89 days ago • 26 comments

If you're interviewing a Trump apologist in the UK media/politics sphere, don't ask about trade, tariffs or even NATO until you've asked about the coup attemt, the sex offending & the felonies. These people claim to care about all the things that Trump denigrates daily. Call them out on it.

submitted 89 days ago • 102 comments

I’m now at the stage of puppy ownership when I wonder why I spent all that money making my life much harder.

submitted 92 days ago • 0 comments

“The Observer view on trade relations: closer ties with EU is the lever for economic growth”

submitted 98 days ago • 43 comments

Trump’s new government department for efficiency starts with two men doing one job. Lol.

submitted 101 days ago • 0 comments

Two good things about having a mad puppy; the enthusiastic greeting in the morning, and how friendly and sociable dog walkers are (if you’ve got a dog). Hoping for some more upsides soon…

submitted 103 days ago • 0 comments

"Lib Dems plan to force vote on replacing Lords with elected upper chamber" On Wed Labour has a vote on finally getting rid of the 92 places reserved for hereditary peers AT LAST. But LibDems want an amendment to abolish the ridiculous House of Lords and replace with an elected chamber PERFECT 👍🏼

submitted 103 days ago • 73 comments

Advertise your BlueSky account in 3 words Britain History Geopolitics

submitted 108 days ago • 11 comments

the leopards are already preparing their feast

submitted 108 days ago • 351 comments

It appears you cannot trump americans’ self interest.

submitted 109 days ago • 0 comments

🔥 Do it. And share. Link —> europeanmovement.co.uk/membership

submitted 109 days ago • 9 comments

Another night of the dog being left absolutely terrified by constant fireworks. It’s been going on for weeks. Time for a change in the laws… www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/news-op...

submitted 112 days ago • 5 comments

Kemi Badenoch wins: Eight thoughts on the new Tory leader tinyurl.com/bde6f3pj

submitted 113 days ago • 11 comments

Those speakers at MSG absolutely represent the values of the GOP. And these GOP folks who are now protesting too much have known it. It is just less deniable now.

submitted 118 days ago • 5 comments