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Fixing the problems Britain faces after Brexit.
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Change Minds → Change Politics
CEO @pimlicat.bsky.social
GUEST ~AA @SturdyAlex.bsky.social
Terrifying.
"More and more, influential voices in the Maga movement and the far-right Republican party are calling to strip women of the franchise."
"The opposition to women’s suffrage has entered the mainstream as the Republican party has radicalized."
https://bit.ly/4oDPcWK
"More and more, influential voices in the Maga movement and the far-right Republican party are calling to strip women of the franchise."
"The opposition to women’s suffrage has entered the mainstream as the Republican party has radicalized."
https://bit.ly/4oDPcWK
Rightwingers are trying to destroy women’s right to vote | Moira Donegan
Calls for disenfranchisement rest on a single assumption: that women’s citizenship is partial and conditional
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Terrifying.
"More and more, influential voices in the Maga movement and the far-right Republican party are calling to strip women of the franchise."
"The opposition to women’s suffrage has entered the mainstream as the Republican party has radicalized."
https://bit.ly/4oDPcWK
"More and more, influential voices in the Maga movement and the far-right Republican party are calling to strip women of the franchise."
"The opposition to women’s suffrage has entered the mainstream as the Republican party has radicalized."
https://bit.ly/4oDPcWK
The German President is in the UK for a state visit. In an address to Parliament, Steinmeier said that Brexit made many things more difficult.
But how do Germans view Brexit? And do they think Germany should follow the UK's example and leave the EU?
But how do Germans view Brexit? And do they think Germany should follow the UK's example and leave the EU?
December 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The German President is in the UK for a state visit. In an address to Parliament, Steinmeier said that Brexit made many things more difficult.
But how do Germans view Brexit? And do they think Germany should follow the UK's example and leave the EU?
But how do Germans view Brexit? And do they think Germany should follow the UK's example and leave the EU?
What first attracted a cryptocurrency investor to donate £9,000,000 to a party calling for cryptocurrency deregulation?
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/nigel-farages-reform-uk-handed-36351307
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/nigel-farages-reform-uk-handed-36351307
Nigel Farage's Reform UK handed £9million donation from ex-Brexit party backer
Christopher Harborne, a leading cryptocurrency, defence and aviation-fuel investor based in Thailand handed Nigel Farage's Reform UK £9 million in cash on August 1
www.mirror.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 4:04 PM
What first attracted a cryptocurrency investor to donate £9,000,000 to a party calling for cryptocurrency deregulation?
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/nigel-farages-reform-uk-handed-36351307
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/nigel-farages-reform-uk-handed-36351307
🚨 "By the start of 2025, the UK economy was approximately 8% smaller than it would have been without Brexit."
"The UK’s performance began to slip against its international peers - growth lagged and living standards stagnated."
https://bit.ly/4pnS5Ms
"The UK’s performance began to slip against its international peers - growth lagged and living standards stagnated."
https://bit.ly/4pnS5Ms
A decade of Brexit: Britain falls behind peers in trade and growth
Economic analysis shows UK GDP per capita grew up to 10% less than similar nations as firms froze spending and productivity slipped.
www.euronews.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🚨 "By the start of 2025, the UK economy was approximately 8% smaller than it would have been without Brexit."
"The UK’s performance began to slip against its international peers - growth lagged and living standards stagnated."
https://bit.ly/4pnS5Ms
"The UK’s performance began to slip against its international peers - growth lagged and living standards stagnated."
https://bit.ly/4pnS5Ms
The opposite of good news...
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/dec/04/nigel-farage-reform-uk-donation-brexit-party-christopher-harborne-crypto-uk-politics
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/dec/04/nigel-farage-reform-uk-donation-brexit-party-christopher-harborne-crypto-uk-politics
Farage’s Reform UK gets £9m donation from ex-Brexit party backer
Crypto investor Christopher Harborne previously gave £1m to Boris Johnson office and was one of biggest donors in UK politics
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
There have to be consequences for such language - especially for elected officials.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/dec/03/reform-council-leader-ian-cooper-accused-racism-alleged-remarks-sadiq-khan
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/dec/03/reform-council-leader-ian-cooper-accused-racism-alleged-remarks-sadiq-khan
Reform council leader accused of racism after alleged remarks about Sadiq Khan
Ian Cooper allegedly called Khan ‘narcissistic Pakistani’ and made comments about lawyer Shola Mos-Shogbamimu
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:40 AM
There have to be consequences for such language - especially for elected officials.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/dec/03/reform-council-leader-ian-cooper-accused-racism-alleged-remarks-sadiq-khan
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/dec/03/reform-council-leader-ian-cooper-accused-racism-alleged-remarks-sadiq-khan
"The evidence suggests that climate impacts are what’s actually driving issues of profitability as opposed to policy change. Without reaching net zero emission there is no way to limit the impacts making food production in the UK ever more difficult.”
https://bit.ly/4pfrq4d
https://bit.ly/4pfrq4d
UK farmers lose £800m after heat and drought cause one of worst harvests on record
Many now concerned about ability to make living in fast-changing climate after one of worst grain harvests recorded
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:30 AM
"The evidence suggests that climate impacts are what’s actually driving issues of profitability as opposed to policy change. Without reaching net zero emission there is no way to limit the impacts making food production in the UK ever more difficult.”
https://bit.ly/4pfrq4d
https://bit.ly/4pfrq4d
Europe cannot rely on Trump. We must stand with Ukraine.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/03/the-guardian-view-on-us-russia-talks-on-ukraine-a-warning-to-europe-to-move-faster-on-security-cooperation
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/03/the-guardian-view-on-us-russia-talks-on-ukraine-a-warning-to-europe-to-move-faster-on-security-cooperation
The Guardian view on US-Russia talks on Ukraine: a warning to Europe to move faster on security cooperation | Editorial
Editorial: Washington’s betrayal of its allies has been averted for now, but preparations must be made for a world where its support cannot be relied on
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Europe cannot rely on Trump. We must stand with Ukraine.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/03/the-guardian-view-on-us-russia-talks-on-ukraine-a-warning-to-europe-to-move-faster-on-security-cooperation
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/03/the-guardian-view-on-us-russia-talks-on-ukraine-a-warning-to-europe-to-move-faster-on-security-cooperation
Reposted by Best for Britain
🚨 Join us at 10:30am today as the UKTBC discusses the SPS deal.
Our panel includes:
Gail Soutar - National Farmers’ Union
Ed Barker - Agricultural Industries Confederation
Andrew Opie - Food and Sustainability Director, British Retail Consortium
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyPO...
Our panel includes:
Gail Soutar - National Farmers’ Union
Ed Barker - Agricultural Industries Confederation
Andrew Opie - Food and Sustainability Director, British Retail Consortium
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyPO...
The SPS deal: improving trade in agricultural products
YouTube video by UK Trade & Business Commission
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:29 AM
🚨 Join us at 10:30am today as the UKTBC discusses the SPS deal.
Our panel includes:
Gail Soutar - National Farmers’ Union
Ed Barker - Agricultural Industries Confederation
Andrew Opie - Food and Sustainability Director, British Retail Consortium
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyPO...
Our panel includes:
Gail Soutar - National Farmers’ Union
Ed Barker - Agricultural Industries Confederation
Andrew Opie - Food and Sustainability Director, British Retail Consortium
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyPO...
The German President is in the UK for a state visit - the first one in 27 years.
We took to the streets in Germany to ask Germans what the first thing that comes to mind when they think about the UK. 🤔
We took to the streets in Germany to ask Germans what the first thing that comes to mind when they think about the UK. 🤔
December 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The German President is in the UK for a state visit - the first one in 27 years.
We took to the streets in Germany to ask Germans what the first thing that comes to mind when they think about the UK. 🤔
We took to the streets in Germany to ask Germans what the first thing that comes to mind when they think about the UK. 🤔
"Climate change is about justice: because the people most exposed to its harmful consequences are the very people who have done the least to bring those consequences down on us," writes John Ashton.
Read here: https://bestforbritain.substack.com/p/climate-change-the-missing-voice
Read here: https://bestforbritain.substack.com/p/climate-change-the-missing-voice
December 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
"Climate change is about justice: because the people most exposed to its harmful consequences are the very people who have done the least to bring those consequences down on us," writes John Ashton.
Read here: https://bestforbritain.substack.com/p/climate-change-the-missing-voice
Read here: https://bestforbritain.substack.com/p/climate-change-the-missing-voice
With Germany’s president visiting the UK, we asked Germans what they think about Brexit.
👀 "It's just so stupid to cut the branch you're sitting on," one person said.
Here's what else they had to say ⬇️
👀 "It's just so stupid to cut the branch you're sitting on," one person said.
Here's what else they had to say ⬇️
December 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
With Germany’s president visiting the UK, we asked Germans what they think about Brexit.
👀 "It's just so stupid to cut the branch you're sitting on," one person said.
Here's what else they had to say ⬇️
👀 "It's just so stupid to cut the branch you're sitting on," one person said.
Here's what else they had to say ⬇️
The government is calling out the damage Brexit has done - finally.
"It was not a radical statement. It was simply true. But in British politics, where truth about Brexit has been treated like contraband, its plainness landed like a rupture."
https://bit.ly/3MfM99B
"It was not a radical statement. It was simply true. But in British politics, where truth about Brexit has been treated like contraband, its plainness landed like a rupture."
https://bit.ly/3MfM99B
Assa Samake-Roman: Keir Starmer finally says what everyone knows about Brexit
I WAS in France last week, and as I often do when I go home, I organised a long lunch with friends, the kind that stretches across an entire...
www.thenational.scot
December 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The government is calling out the damage Brexit has done - finally.
"It was not a radical statement. It was simply true. But in British politics, where truth about Brexit has been treated like contraband, its plainness landed like a rupture."
https://bit.ly/3MfM99B
"It was not a radical statement. It was simply true. But in British politics, where truth about Brexit has been treated like contraband, its plainness landed like a rupture."
https://bit.ly/3MfM99B
Keir Starmer: "Three ex-MPs have gone. That's where their leaks are going... to Reform UK."
"The leader of Reform UK says he wants to merge with the Tories."
"An absolutely unholy alliance of austerity and failure." 💯
"The leader of Reform UK says he wants to merge with the Tories."
"An absolutely unholy alliance of austerity and failure." 💯
December 3, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Keir Starmer: "Three ex-MPs have gone. That's where their leaks are going... to Reform UK."
"The leader of Reform UK says he wants to merge with the Tories."
"An absolutely unholy alliance of austerity and failure." 💯
"The leader of Reform UK says he wants to merge with the Tories."
"An absolutely unholy alliance of austerity and failure." 💯
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk asks the Prime Minister about rejoining the customs union.
December 3, 2025 at 12:32 PM
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk asks the Prime Minister about rejoining the customs union.
These are the numbers we need to remember 🚨
"Three quarters of children in poverty are in working families."
"The two-child benefit cap dragged hundreds of thousands of children into poverty."
No child should grow up in poverty.
"Three quarters of children in poverty are in working families."
"The two-child benefit cap dragged hundreds of thousands of children into poverty."
No child should grow up in poverty.
December 3, 2025 at 12:18 PM
These are the numbers we need to remember 🚨
"Three quarters of children in poverty are in working families."
"The two-child benefit cap dragged hundreds of thousands of children into poverty."
No child should grow up in poverty.
"Three quarters of children in poverty are in working families."
"The two-child benefit cap dragged hundreds of thousands of children into poverty."
No child should grow up in poverty.
When a public figure responds instead with denial, minimisation and accusations of dishonesty, the missing “sorry” speaks volumes. We should listen to what it tells us.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/dec/02/lack-of-apology-for-schoolboy-banter-speaks-volumes-about-nigel-farage
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/dec/02/lack-of-apology-for-schoolboy-banter-speaks-volumes-about-nigel-farage
Lack of apology for schoolboy ‘banter’ speaks volumes about Nigel Farage | Letters
Letters: When a public figure responds with denial instead of a ‘sorry’, we should heed what that tells us, Anthony Richards. Plus letters from other readers on how being bullied at school affected th...
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:40 AM
When a public figure responds instead with denial, minimisation and accusations of dishonesty, the missing “sorry” speaks volumes. We should listen to what it tells us.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/dec/02/lack-of-apology-for-schoolboy-banter-speaks-volumes-about-nigel-farage
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/dec/02/lack-of-apology-for-schoolboy-banter-speaks-volumes-about-nigel-farage
I wonder why...
https://leftfootforward.org/2025/12/voters-say-reform-uk-is-more-pro-russia-than-anti-russia-in-fresh-blow-to-nigel-farage/
https://leftfootforward.org/2025/12/voters-say-reform-uk-is-more-pro-russia-than-anti-russia-in-fresh-blow-to-nigel-farage/
Voters say Reform UK is more ‘pro Russia’ than anti-Russia in fresh blow to Nigel Farage
Why doesn’t Farage launch an investigation into his party on Russian links?
leftfootforward.org
December 3, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The hypocrisy 👀
"'Tories will always let you down’ says Farage, as his party collects more Tories.'"
And just last year, Gullis insisted there was “not a cat’s chance in hell.”
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sack-jonathan-gullis-reforms-defective-defector/
"'Tories will always let you down’ says Farage, as his party collects more Tories.'"
And just last year, Gullis insisted there was “not a cat’s chance in hell.”
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sack-jonathan-gullis-reforms-defective-defector/
Jonathan Gullis, Reform's defective defector
‘Tories will always let you down' says Farage, as his party collects more Tories
www.thenewworld.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 9:09 AM
The hypocrisy 👀
"'Tories will always let you down’ says Farage, as his party collects more Tories.'"
And just last year, Gullis insisted there was “not a cat’s chance in hell.”
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sack-jonathan-gullis-reforms-defective-defector/
"'Tories will always let you down’ says Farage, as his party collects more Tories.'"
And just last year, Gullis insisted there was “not a cat’s chance in hell.”
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sack-jonathan-gullis-reforms-defective-defector/
Brexit robbed young people of countless opportunities - rejoining Erasmus is the right step to undo some of the damage.
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/dec/01/uk-agreement-rejoin-erasmus-eu-student-exchange-scheme-brexit?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/dec/01/uk-agreement-rejoin-erasmus-eu-student-exchange-scheme-brexit?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
UK aims to secure agreement to rejoin Erasmus student exchange scheme
Britain quit EU programme after Brexit, when Boris Johnson claimed it did not offer good value for money
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Brexit robbed young people of countless opportunities - rejoining Erasmus is the right step to undo some of the damage.
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/dec/01/uk-agreement-rejoin-erasmus-eu-student-exchange-scheme-brexit?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/dec/01/uk-agreement-rejoin-erasmus-eu-student-exchange-scheme-brexit?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
@pimlicat: "The PM is saying what Brits have known for years, that Brexit was sold to them on false promises.
Young people have been at the sharp end of a Brexit they didn't vote for, which has taken away freedoms that other generations took for granted."
https://bit.ly/48MjK3J
Young people have been at the sharp end of a Brexit they didn't vote for, which has taken away freedoms that other generations took for granted."
https://bit.ly/48MjK3J
Keir Starmer hits out at the "wild promises" made about Brexit
Labour continues to seek closer ties with the EU and is aiming to make a deal to rejoin the Erasmus scheme within weeks
leftfootforward.org
December 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
@pimlicat: "The PM is saying what Brits have known for years, that Brexit was sold to them on false promises.
Young people have been at the sharp end of a Brexit they didn't vote for, which has taken away freedoms that other generations took for granted."
https://bit.ly/48MjK3J
Young people have been at the sharp end of a Brexit they didn't vote for, which has taken away freedoms that other generations took for granted."
https://bit.ly/48MjK3J
Richard Hermer: “Arguing that 20 people have somehow all misremembered the same things about his nasty behaviour isn’t credible. Throughout his defensive responses to legitimate questions put to him, not once has Farage condemned antisemitism."
https://bit.ly/4pHWr0A
https://bit.ly/4pHWr0A
Attorney general urges Nigel Farage to apologise over alleged racism and antisemitism
Exclusive: Richard Hermer, a senior Jewish minister, says Reform leader ‘clearly deeply hurt’ many people with his alleged behaviour
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Richard Hermer: “Arguing that 20 people have somehow all misremembered the same things about his nasty behaviour isn’t credible. Throughout his defensive responses to legitimate questions put to him, not once has Farage condemned antisemitism."
https://bit.ly/4pHWr0A
https://bit.ly/4pHWr0A
"It’s a curiosity that a large majority of voters backing Nigel Farage also want stronger working rights. Yet he and his MPs voted against every item in the bill."
"The day may come when the scales fall from the eyes of many Reform supporters."
https://bit.ly/4pCqo26
"The day may come when the scales fall from the eyes of many Reform supporters."
https://bit.ly/4pCqo26
It’s under fire from left and right – but Labour’s workers' rights bill is a huge achievement | Polly Toynbee
It makes no sense for union leaders to cry betrayal when it will be their members who benefit from these sorely needed reforms, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
"It’s a curiosity that a large majority of voters backing Nigel Farage also want stronger working rights. Yet he and his MPs voted against every item in the bill."
"The day may come when the scales fall from the eyes of many Reform supporters."
https://bit.ly/4pCqo26
"The day may come when the scales fall from the eyes of many Reform supporters."
https://bit.ly/4pCqo26
Painfully accurate @bjennings90.bsky.social.
December 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Painfully accurate @bjennings90.bsky.social.
UK Music has surveyed music creators on their experiences of touring the EU following Brexit. And the picture is still bad and is getting worse.🚨
Of those affected by Brexit, 95% experienced a decrease in earnings, up 8% from 87% in 2023.
https://bit.ly/442wvEI
Of those affected by Brexit, 95% experienced a decrease in earnings, up 8% from 87% in 2023.
https://bit.ly/442wvEI
EU Touring: Impact of Brexit Worsening, Says UK Music Report
02.12.2025: The impact of Brexit on EU touring for UK creators is getting worse, a new survey featured in UK Music’s This Is Music report has revealed. Our This Is Music report into the economic…
www.ukmusic.org
December 2, 2025 at 11:40 AM
UK Music has surveyed music creators on their experiences of touring the EU following Brexit. And the picture is still bad and is getting worse.🚨
Of those affected by Brexit, 95% experienced a decrease in earnings, up 8% from 87% in 2023.
https://bit.ly/442wvEI
Of those affected by Brexit, 95% experienced a decrease in earnings, up 8% from 87% in 2023.
https://bit.ly/442wvEI