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submitted 6 days ago • 66 comments

“If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.” A classic quote from Malcolm X, who was assassinated 60 years ago today.

submitted 6 days ago • 590 comments

Work really hard and you can make billionaires trillionaires. No it's not an incentive is it?

submitted 7 days ago • 11 comments

submitted 8 days ago • 30 comments

No comment needed.

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

It's simple: Russia is not on our side. The US is not on our side. Europe is on our side.

submitted 8 days ago • 4 comments

True

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

2016: Brexit: take back control 2025: The alignment of the White House with the Kremlin UK, weakened EU, weakened US, weakened Western world, weakened The winner? Putin Laughing at how he brought democracy down Laughing at 'make Brexit work' knowing that all versions of it weaken us

submitted 10 days ago • 25 comments

America first means Britain needs a customs union with Europe www.cityam.com/america-firs...

submitted 10 days ago • 65 comments

Ever wondered where TV news channels find all these young guests with near identical hard-right libertarian views? Well it turns out they're being pushed out by specialist 'talent agencies' backed by pro-Trump cash bylinetimes.com/2024/10/08/t...

submitted 10 days ago • 31 comments

"I’m a proud European and of the view that Brexit was a mistake that continues to have a negative impact — not just on my city and country, but on the European community as a whole." - Sadiq Khan

submitted 10 days ago • 4 comments

If Brexit had never happened… …we’d be much wealthier, with more investment in public services, better trade - and with our parliament & govt having spent the last decade doing far more productive things. 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺

submitted 11 days ago • 112 comments

Volodymyr Zelenskyy, "Does America need Europe? As a market? Yes" "But as an ally? I don't know" "For the answer to be yes, Europe needs a single voice, not a dozen different ones" "We must build the closest possible relationship with America, but as Europeans, not just as separate nations"

submitted 13 days ago • 53 comments

💥 Yorkshire's economy could be in line for a significant boost if the UK agrees a policy of deep alignment, particularly on goods, with the EU. Why? Because of Yorkshire businesses' manufacturing power - which is being hobbled by Brexit. More in @theyorkshirepost.bsky.social 👇

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

Denying refugees citizenship simply on the grounds that they arrived here “illegally” on small boats when there are no legal routes for most to use takes cynicism to new heights. If Govt thinks such performative cruelty will see off Reform, they’re wrong - it’s more likely to strengthen it

submitted 16 days ago • 41 comments

It’s real! Excited that the paperback of #AnotherEngland is out on 20 Feb - with a new chapter on how the Labour Govt needs to offer meaningful change & tell a far more inspiring, compelling story, if it’s to see off the threat posed by the increasingly populist Right penguin.co.uk/books/453710/a…

submitted 19 days ago • 18 comments

Brexit making the headlines.

submitted 20 days ago • 274 comments

🚨 NEW RESEARCH: This is what the Government's been missing in its plan for growth.A boost to UK GDP of up to 2.2%.How can they get it?With deep alignment with the EU on goods & services. Which would be firmly within Starmer’s Brexit ‘red lines’. 1/6 www.thetimes.com/article/8423...

submitted 19 days ago • 7 comments

"Nowhere have Brexit repercussions been more prominent than in Yorkshire and the Humber. "From the impact on agriculture and fishing to road haulage and exports, our regional businesses have been at the sharp end of the UK going it alone." www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion...

submitted 22 days ago • 9 comments

VOX POPULI VOX DEI

submitted 22 days ago • 102 comments

Perfectly captured.

submitted 25 days ago • 1487 comments

Five years on, few Britons think Brexit has been good for anything % saying Brexit has had a positive impact on... Control the UK has over its laws: 31% UK's ability to respond to COVID-19: 23% UK's level of international trade: 11% NHS: 6% Full list in chart 👇 yougov.co.uk/politics/art...

submitted 28 days ago • 58 comments

🔴After Five Years of Brexit It’s Time to Admit It Was a Terrible Mistake and Build the Case to Rejoin the EU Let this be the moment we look forward to a brighter future at the heart of Europe, argues Green MP @elliechowns.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/01/31/b...

submitted 28 days ago • 45 comments

Well said, Pete Buttigieg

submitted 28 days ago • 974 comments

The number of Brits who think leaving the EU was the right decision is at its lowest level EVER. This is a moment. New polling from @yougov.co.uk five years on from Brexit.

submitted 30 days ago • 21 comments

Those who think the unreal is, and think the Real is not, they shall never reach the Truth, lost in the path of wrong thought. But those who know the Real is, and know the unreal is not, they shall indeed reach the Truth, safe on the path of right thought. From The Dhammapada

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

Denmark has a new king, the King and Queen get approximately $500,000 from the Danish Government a year, and the whole family is worth $40m. In the UK King Charles gets $150,000,000 a year and his family is worth $25bn. We need to be more like Denmark.

submitted 32 days ago • 77 comments

Heil Tesla? youtu.be/NjWl_RNDMSA?...

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

Isn’t it time to end the link between green energy prices and natural gas? UK green energy is home-grown, yet savings aren’t being passed on. We’re not relying on as much foreign oil and gas—so why are prices still so high?

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

The 2 places that claim the most Benefits in the UK are Buckingham Palace and Westminster. They claim outrageous amounts for parties, discount booze, and billions on endless completely unnecessary refurbishments. If you hate Benefits, start here.

submitted 38 days ago • 8 comments

Thank you Loryn Brantz. Resist. Resist. Resist.

submitted 38 days ago • 7 comments

Donald Tusk: "I am aware this is a dream: that instead of a #Brexit, we will have a #Breturn. Perhaps I am labouring under an illusion. But I'd rather be an optimist and harbour these dreams in my heart. Sometimes they come true in politics." ~AA

submitted 41 days ago • 118 comments

Great video and although a few months old the points are still valid. Neoliberalism I’m watching you 👀 youtu.be/T_TheRdobu8?...

submitted 42 days ago • 0 comments

Today MPs backed an EU-UK Youth Mobility Scheme. Thank you so much to the thousands of you who took the time to email your MP. The formal Bill is scheduled to be introduced on 25th July. Highlights below 🧵

submitted 43 days ago • 13 comments

Labour MPs urged to vote for youth mobility scheme as part of Brexit reset Liberal Democrats to table a Bill on moves to allow the under 30s to live and work in the EU www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

submitted 44 days ago • 16 comments

Finland is winning the war on fake news. What it’s learned may be crucial to Western democracy edition.cnn.com/interactive/...

submitted 45 days ago • 62 comments

In 2018 we left the EU's Water Regulation body and their massive fines. Then sewage dumping increased 20x. Before Brexit we had some of the cleanest water in Europe. Now it is by far the dirtiest.

submitted 45 days ago • 38 comments

In other news Britain’s growth, productivity and living standards continue to be weighed down by the structural handicap of Brexit - and sticking our heads in the sand isn’t going to make it go away www.bbc.com/news/article...

submitted 49 days ago • 39 comments

EU considers legal action against Musk over election interference. It’s about time Fears tech multi-billionaire is attempting to embolden far-Right ahead of German elections www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

submitted 50 days ago • 84 comments

Im starting to feel like history is repeating itself and with the people and governments not holding those that seek to abuse power to account we will see a decade or more of erosion in our values accumulating into wars and likely the downfall of the west. Maybe im just feeling down today!

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

I don't understand the political timidity when it comes to regulating social media. These are companies that have decimated the free press, fuelled race riots on our streets, undermined the mental health of our children, paid little tax and are now undermining liberal democracy itself.

submitted 51 days ago • 177 comments

Absolutely this from Ed Davey 👏

submitted 52 days ago • 224 comments

Trickle update…

submitted 52 days ago • 24 comments

What could the UK and the EU do to Elon Musk? Here's a long list. Ban him from entering their countries. Ban his companies from operating (Twitter, Tesla, SpaceX) in their countries. Fine or tax him as many billion dollars as they want. You have to show him who is boss.

submitted 53 days ago • 38 comments

Starmer

submitted 53 days ago • 20 comments

“I’m prepared to call out this for what it is. We’ve seen this playbook many times…when the poison of the far right leads to serious threats to Jess Phillips and others than in my book a line has been crossed” Prime minister Keir Starmer

submitted 53 days ago • 188 comments

Just this…

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

This is so true…

submitted 59 days ago • 0 comments

"Like many other parts of the world, the UK is in the firm grip of an epidemic of disinformation and misinformation"

submitted 69 days ago • 36 comments

Who is Charlotte Owen and why is she a Lord? We may find out as a Tribunal has ordered all the documentation relating to her being made a Lord to be released to them.

submitted 71 days ago • 95 comments