Proportional Representation is the only defence against a minority of voters winning a majority government. Parties that oppose PR are risking Britain falling to Farage’s fascists. Yet they’ll all be wearing poppies. The irony being how little they have to do, to secure what so many died for.
With this settlement the US is worse off in every way than it was before the war; Iran is strengthened by the huge new tolls in the Straits of Hormuz, paid by the whole world. (1/14)
"Rather than acting as a bridge between Europe and the US, Britain risks becoming a peripheral figure in both."
We must choose to prioritise our relationship with our largest trading partner, our most reliable ally, and our nearest friend - all of these are found in the form of the European Union.
You can still be shocked can't you, even after years of this shit. That sentence chilled me to my bones. To see an American president say that. To see him boast about it.
Among the many reasons why the King’s visit to the USA should be cancelled security concerns must now be a factor, quite apart from the risk of action by Trump that will embarrass the King, and the country. If anything happens Starmer will be responsible.
This is a no-brainer.
Reform voters...
"Matthew Goodwin has been paid a salary of up to €10,000 a month [from Hungary's state-funded MCC], according to leaked documents obtained by Hungarian investigative journalists Direkt36 and reported by the Good Law Project"
That could all end if Orbán loses...
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⚡Well, Orbán has been dealt a blow to the solar plexus. Serbian intelligence agencies found no Ukrainian traces in the gas pipeline explosion leading to Hungary.
Given Trump’s Easter threats to carry out new war crimes in Iran, we should think one or two steps ahead about a coup attempt connected to the war. And then deter it. (1/17)
I can’t help thinking that « ni élégant, ni à la hauteur » is the most perfectly European put-down of Trump that anyone has ever executed.
Notes from the much larger and more significant war: in March Russia gained no net territory in Ukraine, and lost more soldiers than it was able to replace.
I'm not into gesture politics but I think this visit should be cancelled, actually because it would be a gesture that it doesn't matter that in recent months Trump has repeatedy insulted Britain. But it does. The counter-argument is that it'd keep him sweet: it won't.
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Just been throwing out papers I don't need. Huge no. of pages from the NHS. They could save a fortune by giving people an option on how they receive info about appointments. Most people would be happy with emails/texts. Send letters for the small % of people who want them.
Headline: “Ministers explore triggering break clause in Palantir’s NHS contract” Ed Davey post: “It’s about time that Wes Streeting kicked Palantir out of the NHS. Trump’s favourite tech giant helps his ICE thugs target innocent people. They can’t be allowed anywhere near Brits’ private health data.”
Brilliant April Fool's where the US launches a war which hands its enemy control over a key maritime chokepoint resulting in higher prices everywhere, including in the US itself which had decided to abandon renewables. And then they said they'd won!
How we laughed...
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Reform’s policy chief James Orr last weekend shared a stage with a white nationalist politician whose immigration policy is “if you’re black, go back.”
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Left: Christian faith leaders praying with President Trump
Right: Pope Leo on Palm Sunday, "Jesus does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war, he rejects then, saying: Even though you make many prayers I will not listen, your hands are full of blood"
Tories and Reform cheerleaded escalation in Iran, risking Britain being dragged into conflict.
We should lead diplomacy, not lose it.
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So it turns out the real scandal of the Gorton and Denton by-election was the willingness of media organisations to collude in Nigel Farage's attempt to undermine the result of a free and fair election
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BBC TV News asked for a hot take on #Yemen's #Houthis - who are they, what's their relationship to #Iran, and why are they entering the war now (in 2 mins)?
One can guess that Russian targeting helped the Iranians pull this attack off, which seems to have destroyed very valuable US equipment. But will Trump criticise Putin?
No he will not.
When will people wake up to the reality that the US president is a Russian agent of influence?
“The senior Reform figure agreed the Iran war was “not good” for the party…
The saving grace may be that the economic impact of the war isn’t fully felt by May, they added, but “come autumn the country will be down the swanny””
Reform need you to be properly thick
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We can’t let dodgy donations poison our politics.
I wonder if Nigel Farage agrees?
As the police find no evidence whatsoever of illegal family voting or voter coercion in the Gorton and Denton by-election, the BBC should ask themselves why, on the morning of the result, they gave so much airtime to these absurd and obviously racist claims from Nigel Farage
Can Farage take legal action against the government’s ban on party funding by crypto. A short thread. /1
MSM’s plan for Farage & Reform in Govt sees them bury stories
👇🏼 Exhibit A- Farage alleged to have avoided £44,000 in stamp duty on his #ClactonHouse the week after he demanded Rayner resign❌
Exhibit B- Richard Tice exposed avoiding £600,000 tax, within days the story died❌
Imagine it was Labour🤔
📌 ICYMI — Blow to Nigel Farage After Government Bans Crypto Donations in Urgent Crackdown on Foreign Political Interference
Keir Starmer's Government acted following publication of a review launched in the wake of Reform's Welsh Leader Nathan Gill being jailed for taking pro-Russian bribes
