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Long standing Labour Party member, very pro Europe, enjoys the arts, especially wandering around galleries. Loves wining & dining and days at the races.
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Happy No Kings Day to all.

Plea from the @FT for a more ambitious reset of Britain’s relationship with the EU:

Wise words for Labour from my old boss on how a new customs deal with the EU would screw the Tories

I phoned my home insurance company to question the 36% increase in the policy and was told it was partly due to a lack of builders which increases rebuilding costs. Another Brexit benefit.

Today in Montréal.

Perfectly captured.

Boom!! That’s how it’s done!! 🇲🇽 🇨🇦

YouGov find just 30% of people think we were right to leave the EU. The lowest number yet. Just 10% of 18-24 year olds think it was the right decision.

💥Hit the retweet and like button to give this Pro-EU Petition a New Year, 2025 push! #ExitBrexit petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

Michael Heseltine says Brexiteers sold Britain a “pack of lies” and called for the UK to rejoin the EU. He said the UK should be “at the heart of Europe” and that returning to the bloc would be “in the best interests of a generation of young British people”. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Is there any Trump free media anywhere ?

I'm fed up with Trump already. Not sure how I'm going to cope with the next 4 years. Do we need so many people guessing what he will do ? sadly we just have to wait and see.

This is ridiculous. Rat infested prison that may never reopen pays Prince William’s Duchy £1.5m a year HMP Dartmoor, which closed in August over toxic gas fears, has 24 years left on its lease www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

This billboard says it all.

With freezing temperatures continuing, SWEP remains activated to provide emergency shelter for those sleeping rough. You can help by connecting someone in need to support through StreetLink or donating to TAP London. Every action counts. www.taplondon.org

The damning statistics that reveal the true cost of Brexit, five years on www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

It’s six months since the landslide #GeneralElection delivered a @UKLabour government. The @Observer_Owl has reported on my first months as Watford’s MP, which you can read here: www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/2480750...

Can't he just cut down on avocado toast? 🤔 www.thelondoneconomic.com/lifestyle/ri...

We are now just 26 people shy of 24,000 members... 🙌

New targets are coming. 20 years ago I asked my constituents why a Labour government that had hit all its targets was not generating much public enthusiasm. They thought the government’s values were different to their own. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/essays/59007...

Christmas is here 🎄