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Nigel Farage 'risks trade war' with Brussels over major benefit cut plans Reform leader Nigel Farage says he would end Universal Credit payments for EU citizens - leading to warnings it would spark a trade war with Brussels and push up prices

Those Reform plans in full:
- Torpedo our largest trading relationship
- ⁠Leave millions of EU citizens in limbo
- ⁠Sell out Brits living abroad
- ⁠Spend years negotiating another Brexit mess

Thanks Nigel 👍

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From Reform-Lite to Reform-Plus Do you remember the lies Keir Starmer told to secure Labour's leadership? Under pledge six, 'Defend immigrants' rights', among other things ...

"Starmer, Mahmood, and McSweeney are testing to destruction the idea that stealing the far right's clothes will win the far right votes. They are about to be disappointed."

The government claims it wants to stop small boats crossing the Channel, yet its new policies will make it harder for refugees to bring their spouses and children safely. This will push more women and children onto dangerous dinghies.

I asked the Home Secretary if this is really what she supports.

Labour MP Brian Leishman: "The Government has surrendered to... the vile rhetoric of Reform. Does the Home Secretary not see that removing the legal obligation to support asylum seekers who will be otherwise destitute, is as far away from Labour Party principles and values as we can get?"

Government’s last chance to keep control of digital Digital sovereignty isn’t optional anymore. We sold our water to foreign billionaires. Now we’re handing them our health data

✍️ Government’s last chance to keep control of digital

Digital sovereignty isn’t optional anymore. We sold our water to foreign billionaires. Now we’re handing them our health data

By Philip O'Brien

The Horizon IT system directly led to more than 900 wrongful prosecutions of sub-postmasters.

The news that the Post Office have just agreed to pay them £41million to keep using Horizon - whilst the victims are still fighting to get the compensation - is an outrage.

Reform Council in Chaos as It Prepares to Slash Scrutiny Committees Following Wave of Councillor Suspensions EXCLUSIVE: Reform's flagship Kent administration is planning to shut down multiple council committees as it struggles to fill posts after suspending nine of its own councillors

Nigel Farage said their flagship council in Kent would be a "shop window" for how they would run the country.

Just months after taking over they're now set to slash multiple council committees as they struggle to fill posts after sacking nine of their own councillors
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Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous

Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …

Mick Waddington is Reform UK's candidate in the Barnoldswick, Pendle by-election.

He's "campaiging to protect Pendle's care homes".

No one seems to have told him that Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close their care homes and day centres:
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Long-Covid is still here. I can’t walk, cook, work, socialise or live independently – and I am not alone The country, and the rest of the world, was in the grip of a global pandemic, so when Lydia Fischer Dooley, developed a dry cough, fatigue, weakness and lack of appetite at the start of 2022, she righ...

Thank you to the Irish Independent for this article and this is why so many folks are off sick. Sadly now six of my friends have long covid. This is a national crisis behind closed doors. www.independent.ie/life/health-...

Homelessness figures higher than data suggests, research shows Official data for England underestimates the scale of the problem, according to research for charity Crisis says.

The number of homeless people in England is higher than official government data suggests, according to new research from the charity Crisis

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Our story on the Drinking Water Inspectorate ordering water companies to act on PFAS in drinking water sources made it to BBC Radio 4 PM yesterday, with Prof Patrick Byrne explaining some of the ways forever chemicals can affect people's health. More here:

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Tommy Robinson "I wish the UK had a leader like Benjamin Netanyahu."

Even out of all the disgusting things he has said, this is the most disgusting.

A reminder that the public consultation on proposed changes to the service specification for children and young people's gender services, which launched in August is still open, so there is still time to share your views if you haven’t already. www.engage.england.nhs.uk/consultation...

For the first time ever, a majority of supporters of all parties support changing the voting system. This includes Conservative supporters.

Join our call on the 27 of October to hear Nigel Evans talk about why FPTP no longer delivers for the British public: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

An actual, real life, nuanced discussion about Brexit!!

two people standing in a dark forest with a caption that says we kicked goatman off the bridge it 's ours now ! Alt: The iconic moment from Buzzfeed Unsolved where Shane and Ryan in full ghost-hunting gear announce, "We kicked Goatman off the bridge. It's ours now!"

Thank you for your submissions! Our flash fiction contest is now CLOSED🚫 ...JUST KIDDING! Sorry if we got your Goat(Man) 🐐🧌

There's just THREE WEEKS LEFT to submit your flash fiction! October's theme is FOLKFLORE. You have until the end of the month to submit!

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Rescue crews airlift hundreds out of rural Alaskan villages after powerful storm YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

This is good reporting on the disaster in Alaska if you're looking for a reliable summary.

This is a bigger disaster than I think most are realizing. 1500 people have been displaced by the flooding with an exceptionally complicated response and recovery.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5kz...

Escape the Plot Forest 2025 The online summit for plotting your story

Writers, forest.plotsummit.com starts this weekend.

Nigel Farage fans were asked why they vote Reform UK without mentioning immigration and the furious responses spoke volumes There’s no doubting the surge in support for Reform UK, in the opinion polls at least, although the number of their MPs remains five right now. We mention them again – slightly heavy heart, obviously ...

Nigel Farage fans were asked why they vote Reform UK without mentioning immigration and the furious responses spoke volumes

www.thepoke.com/2025/10/16/n...

Councillor caught urinating in public space while canvassing in Alcombe The councillor was canvassing on behalf of a candidate ahead of the upcoming Dunster by-election for Somerset Council

Reform UK leadership in Somerset think it’s understandable that a councillor pissed on someone’s driveway because of ‘shortage of public toilets’

There are numerous pubs, a Tesco superstore and a public toilet near where he did it.

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This is beautiful @zackpolanski.bsky.social

In the USA the Israelis pay American Politicians $52,000,000 a year to keep them on side.

In the UK it isn't even £1,000,000.

But as you can see they all fall over each other to do their bidding.

Traitors.

The case for a Royal Commission on Britain and Europe Britain’s post-Brexit paralysis demands independent scrutiny. A Royal Commission could finally confront the evidence politicians avoid

“Make Brexit work” has failed.

Former MEP Andrew Duff says only an independent Royal Commission can cut through political denial and chart a path back towards Europe.

Before the last election, Russ Vought proclaimed that 2024 "will rival 1776 and 1860" and he declared that Trump is "nothing more than a gift of God"

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This is such a good corrective by @chrisgiles.ft.com to the "working-age welfare spending is exploding/out-of-control" narrative that more & more people seem to see as an incontrovertible fact www.ft.com/content/ee67...