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As Vance 'lectures' Europe on free speech, it is good to be reminded that the United States ranks 55 (!) on the World Press Freedom Index. The top 10 countries are ALL in Europe. #journalism #democracy #freepress rsf.org/en/index

submitted 16 days ago • 45 comments

Unlike with Brexit, Labour don't have years to fix their stance towards Ukraine, the rest of Europe, and towards the USA under Trump's terror rule. They have months at best, weeks if they're lucky, to formulate a firm stance. But events may also overtake them in days. The fence-sitting MUST end.

submitted 16 days ago • 14 comments

We urgently need to rejoin EU

submitted 32 days ago • 3 comments

At some point someone in the British government has to hit back at Musk. If he was just some rich guy, fine - whatever. Enjoy your drugs. But he is a leading figure in the incoming US administration. Is our policy now that foreign governments can speak this way about us without any consequence?

submitted 60 days ago • 153 comments

It took the last government about five minutes to legislate to stop foreigners buying a national newspaper. How long will it take for this government to close a loophole that allows a foreigner to influence the next UK election by sloshing millions the way of one party?

submitted 73 days ago • 21 comments

So here’s the update. The billionaire owner of the Guardian preparing to get rid of a core part of the news org + 100 journalists. If you’re a Guardian or Observer reader, please share this. The need for a strong, free & independent press couldn’t be greater. Yet, here it is.

submitted 99 days ago • 84 comments

"In the court of public opinion, a significant trade deal with the EU is proving to be more popular than an equivalent US option." www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/new...

submitted 100 days ago • 25 comments

“The economic cost of Brexit, reliably estimated at around 5% of GDP and with a total loss to government coffers by 2035 of over £300bn, is unlikely to be offset by attempting to ‘make Brexit work’ – a slogan which rather confirms that it hasn’t” westenglandbylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...

submitted 100 days ago • 112 comments

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submitted 110 days ago • 371 comments

Oh yes, in DC they are talking of little else than a traditional tariff lowering UK trade deal... Sorry, don't buy this Politico clip, either in the UK priority (trade strategy publication date is unchanged) or US interest in what seems mostly a UK obsession.

submitted 110 days ago • 1 comment