Lee Anderson should probably rejoin the Labour Party. There doesn't seem to be any remaining policy differences.

This is spot on. Many insist Scotland wanting to be independent is somehow anti-English. It’s not. We’ll be delighted if England does well, but in the meantime we’d like to, and are entitled to, make our own choices.

Seems an appropriate day to remind everyone that Scotland voted 62% Remain, and that support for it has *risen* since. After the last nearly 9 years of Brexit chaos I hope that many who voted No to Scottish independence in 2014 are reconsidering that decision. We really are not ‘BetterTogether’.

Probably 2005 when the London brewery closed and GB got the Dublin stuff.

Mark Carney says Canadians are not 'impressed' by UK's invite to Trump The criticism from the new PM comes as Canada prepares for a visit from King Charles III and Queen Camilla.

Carney: Canadians weren't impressed by UK govt's state visit invite to Trump www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

How Spain’s radically different approach to migration helped its economy soar As immigration has increased, GDP has surged and unemployment has fallen to lowest level since 2008

“Spain’s economy expanded by 3.2% last year. This outpaced Germany’s 0.2% contraction, France’s 1.1% growth and was also ahead of Britain, whose total GDP grew by 0.9% last year”.

What was crucial to this growth?

Immigration and the movement of people.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...

Headline: despair at Starmer's decisive language as he clamps down on immigration

The Independent asked me to respond to the prime minister's comments about the risk of the UK becoming "an island of strangers, not a nation that walks forward together" I said the PM's comments may legitimise Reform's worldview and give it a home in the political mainstream.

Brits on immigrants: