You reckon that's how the media will respond? 🤔

Also Robinson and Mason (of course) being explicit that whatever Robbins actually says, they are going to spend weeks gleefully interpreting what he DIDN’T say.

LETTER: Ten years after Brexit vote, Flixton man urges EU return A decade after Brexit, Flixton resident argues only full European Union membership can deliver lasting economic growth a

"The world is a different and much more dangerous place than it was a decade ago, we must be ambitious and realistic - Britain and the European Union need one another."

Send a letter to your local paper on EU membership 👇

www.bestforbritain.org/write_to_paper_eu_member...

In February 1777, General George Washington ordered the first mass immunization campaign in American history by mandating that his troops be inoculated against smallpox. He protected the Continental Army from an epidemic that was deadlier than British forces.

249 years later, we have this idiot.

Meanwhile, in other news . . .

Depends on whether Labour does as badly as predicted. It might not, given the fragmentation of the vote.

A former senior civil servant who jokes about not keeping phone records relating to a very sensitive matter does not come out on top. Nobody comes out of this "on top", least of all the shambolic Whitehall machine and its daft procedures.

The non-EU passport queue at Brussels Airport right now. I’m so sorry for you poor suckas 😂😭

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Good news!

"EU top court strikes down Hungary’s anti-LGBTQ+ rules.

"Viktor Orbán had banned mentions of homosexuality in media accessible to children and outlawed Pride marches."

What have the Spanish done to deserve Worsley?

Hungary broke core EU values with anti-LGBT law, ECJ says | Euractiv The ruling is the first time a country has been found in breach of EU "values of respect for human dignity"

The ruling is the first time a country has been found in breach of EU "values of respect for human dignity"

www.euractiv.com/news/hungary...

Chart showing estimated fall in GDP per person resulting from Brexit (based on different specifications in a synthetic control model): UK, Q1-2026 to Q2-2025

Brexit has likely done more economic damage than feared.

Recent evidence suggests the economic cost of Brexit may be approaching twice the 4% impact assumed by the OBR.

The Chancellor has signalled a shift in approach to EU trade, but the effect will depend on how far the govt goes on alignement.

#Ukraine’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Andrii Melnyk:

Thirty-five million Russians have no toilet at home.

On the one hand, Russia demands recognition as a "great superpower," claiming the right to redraw state borders by force and impose a new sphere of influence⤵️

EU eyes approval for €90B Ukraine loan on Wednesday Hungary has said it will lift its veto on the loan if oil flows resume through the Druzhba pipeline.

🇺🇦 Good news for Ukraine. Europe must keep supporting our allies in their battle against Putin's illegal war.

I hate the expression "doubling down". Should be confined to the casino.

"A humble address." Sums up how anachronistic and remote the UK parliament is, and the extent to which the UK is painfully out of date.

Reform would review all asylum claims from the last five years The current Labour government has already announced major crackdowns on immigration, including disrupting gangs.

Reform UK pledges review of asylum claims for the last 5 years if it wins the next general election.

400,000, including those legally settled could be deported.

Will people be plucked in streets, sent to concentration camps?

Farage inflicted Brexit, now importing Trump racism and terror.

PV providing 589 watts, 345 baseload usage, battery charging at 244 watts.

By 8:15am today solar was generating 70% more than our baseload usage.

On a cloudy day, in England, in April!

Al Gore:

“This is the most corrupt administration not only in American history, but more corrupt than I could ever have imagined a president would be able to get away with to the extent that he has. It’s shocking to me.”

Telegraph newspaper editorial on Mandelson's appointment in December 2024 versus editorial today

The idea that being *a member of the House of Lords* in any way means you can be trusted with Top Secret/STRAP material without proper vetting is so beyond absurd that this must surely be a joke?

He's right. UK media treat politics as showbiz. Too many political commentators are not serious people.

WTF?

Is the BBC's Director of Reform UK Liaison on performance-related pay?

Tim Cook donated $1M to Trump’s inauguration.

He fawned over Trump and gifted him a 24-karat gold plaque (as Apple lobbied for tariff exemptions).

Apple donated to Trump’s White House ballroom.

And it removed ICE tracking apps from its stores following a demand from the DOJ.

Remember this.

Nigel Farage Has Personally Accepted £675,000 from Foreign Sources Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has accepted more than half a million pounds from foreign companies, governments, and donors while serving as an MP, DeSmog can reveal. Since July 2024, when he was elect...

“Farage rarely turns up to do his actual job. Yet he finds time to jet off around the world on his donor’s private plane and trouser half a million quid while families struggle. Reform are not on your side. They’re just in it for themselves”

It’s so obvious, it hurts.
www.desmog.com/2026/04/18/n...

History will ask: why did no one send armies to liberate Palestine?

It's complicated isn't an answer.

EU ‘right to repair’ laws may save millions of phones from landfill Smartphone manufacturers make their batteries hard to replace. Tough new EU rules will change that.

EU ‘right to repair’ law

The EU will soon require smartphone manufacturers to let users replace their batteries.

The tough new rules - endorsed by the European Parliament this week - could save millions of phones from landfill.

www.euronews.com/2023/06/22/n...

Almost everything we argue about is a substitute for the thing we should be arguing about: the immense wealth & power of an oligarchic class, which captures governments, ruins lives and wrecks the living planet.
This class redirects our rage at scapegoats. To resist its lies is to resist its power.