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Part woman part coffee but 100% zero Tory. Equality not monarchy, rejoin Europe and put an end to Brexit bollocks ! #FBPE 🇪🇺🇪🇺
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⚡️63% of Ukrainians approve Zelensky as president, poll shows.

No more austerity tax the wealthy. #uk

Trump has left a void that the EU and Britain must fill together Europe needs to act – and Brexit only hinders this essential response www.theguardian.com/business/202...

"THIS was how twentieth-century Fascism began: with a magnetic leader exploiting widespread dissatisfaction by promising all things" Madeleine K. Albright, Fascism: A Warning

🔴The Truth About Russia’s Campaign of Interference in British Democracy The British people have been lied to and manipulated for years. It’s time we learnt the whole truth, writes whistleblower Sergei Cristo bylinetimes.com/2025/02/13/r...

Trump has got his crayons out again .. #trump #executiveorders

Assuming we want businesses to thrive in the uk and trade easily with other countries we need to join the customs union at least. Don’t we ? #BrexitDisaster

'British egg alternative startup Oggs has shut its London factory and moved production to Europe to avoid the “complexities” of entering new markets in the wake of Brexit rules.' It's almost impossible to run a global food business from the UK now. Most companies that get big move.

Delighted to see Orwell honoured on a £2 coin, although I'm not sure how he would have felt about that. I suggest that 2025 is a good year to re-read his essay: Politics and the English Language. www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-f...

There is little the US can do to constrain Elon Musk. But here are some ideas | Robert Reich

How hard would it have been for BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg to bring up this front page when Nigel Farage complained during his interview with her today that economically “we are getting poorer”

This deranged, disgusting attack on Jess Phillips deserves a public rebuke, not just behind-the-scenes diplomacy

Has Mump deported Trusk yet ? #trump

Has Mump deported Trusk yet ? #trump

....and another thing.

The Tories are fuming about "Brexit betrayal". Meanwhile "Brexit cost UK £27 billion in lost trade in first two years". Why should anyone be upset about "betraying" the worst economic policy in British history?

Private Equity Is Making Big Money From UK’s Most Vulnerable Children. Due to privatisation 80% of children's care homes run by corporations. Profit margins of 20%, lenders take another 10%, leaving less for care. Substandard homes in distant places. Govt won't end the scam. archive.ph/TnR39

My Brueghel print now up in the sitting room, by one of my favourite artists. #art #monday

“Everyone in positions of influence should ask themselves the question: are you treating those fighting to save the planet more harshly than those fighting for inherited wealth? If so, why?” @josiah.writes.news bylinetimes.com/2024/12/12/t...

It’s Friday 13 tomorrow stay safe eat cake .. 🍰🧁🍰

Majority of Brexit voters ‘would accept free movement’ to access single market new polling finds This could be because surge in net migration to UK after 2016 meant Brexit was no longer seen by its supporters as the answer on immigration, the report suggested www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

🔴The Five Questions Nigel Farage is Never Asked About Brexit, Trump and Russia As the media provides the Reform Leader with a prominent platform, Peter Jukes considers all the concerning lines of enquiry that journalists never confront him with bylinetimes.com/2024/06/19/t...

My jaw hit the floor when I heard about Gaie Delap's case. A 77-year old peaceful climate protester threatened with being returned to jail...because they can't find a tag small enough for her wrists. As her MP, I have written to the prisons minister Lord Timpson. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The House of Lords is the cheapest care home in the uk and they get paid £300 per day to attend. #houseoflords