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2 in 3 of Nigel Farage’s current and former partners do not speak English as their first language.
December 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
2 in 3 of Nigel Farage’s current and former partners do not speak English as their first language.
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GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament
December 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament
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Ignoring the pro Putin, anti NATO, bullying world of Trump’s US is a huge mistake. Starmer can’t pretend that the UK can enjoy an equidistant relationship with the US & EU.
We need to deal with the world as it is, not how it was.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We need to deal with the world as it is, not how it was.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Fear of facing the future has British politics stuck in the past | Rafael Behr
Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves claim to be dealing with the world as it is, but seem to yearn for a world that has disappeared, says the Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Ignoring the pro Putin, anti NATO, bullying world of Trump’s US is a huge mistake. Starmer can’t pretend that the UK can enjoy an equidistant relationship with the US & EU.
We need to deal with the world as it is, not how it was.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We need to deal with the world as it is, not how it was.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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"All governments make mistakes - 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥."
Deputy PM David Lammy on whether he’s ever known a time where there has been such disillusionment in Britain.
@maitlis.bsky.social | @jonsopel1.bsky.social.
Deputy PM David Lammy on whether he’s ever known a time where there has been such disillusionment in Britain.
@maitlis.bsky.social | @jonsopel1.bsky.social.
December 3, 2025 at 3:57 PM
"All governments make mistakes - 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥."
Deputy PM David Lammy on whether he’s ever known a time where there has been such disillusionment in Britain.
@maitlis.bsky.social | @jonsopel1.bsky.social.
Deputy PM David Lammy on whether he’s ever known a time where there has been such disillusionment in Britain.
@maitlis.bsky.social | @jonsopel1.bsky.social.
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Agree with @jomichell.bsky.social here.
My earlier piece: "The claim that that MMT means that a future government can dodge hard choices about how to pay for decent public services is just plain nonsense."
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/econom...
My earlier piece: "The claim that that MMT means that a future government can dodge hard choices about how to pay for decent public services is just plain nonsense."
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/econom...
December 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Agree with @jomichell.bsky.social here.
My earlier piece: "The claim that that MMT means that a future government can dodge hard choices about how to pay for decent public services is just plain nonsense."
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/econom...
My earlier piece: "The claim that that MMT means that a future government can dodge hard choices about how to pay for decent public services is just plain nonsense."
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/econom...
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NEW VIDEO: We uncovered footage showing Pete Hegseth in 2016 saying the military won’t follow unlawful orders — the same point he has recently criticized Democrats, including Sen. Mark Kelly, for making - and which Trump has said is punishable by death.
December 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
NEW VIDEO: We uncovered footage showing Pete Hegseth in 2016 saying the military won’t follow unlawful orders — the same point he has recently criticized Democrats, including Sen. Mark Kelly, for making - and which Trump has said is punishable by death.
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US private employers shed 32,000 jobs in November on.ft.com/4rxUFkj
US private employers shed 32,000 jobs in November
Weaker than expected figures from payroll processor ADP highlight weakness in labour market
on.ft.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:48 PM
US private employers shed 32,000 jobs in November on.ft.com/4rxUFkj
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Here's an interesting development - a letter of quiet outrage from CATA to Baroness Hallett, Chair of the Covid-19 Inquiry, pointing out that @nhsengland.bsky.social are effectively sticking two fingers up to her! Excerpt from letter in the pic, link to letter in @safedavid3.bsky.social tweet below.
December 3, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Here's an interesting development - a letter of quiet outrage from CATA to Baroness Hallett, Chair of the Covid-19 Inquiry, pointing out that @nhsengland.bsky.social are effectively sticking two fingers up to her! Excerpt from letter in the pic, link to letter in @safedavid3.bsky.social tweet below.
"...this government still seems to be operating in opposition mode, where every move it makes has to be measured not in terms of what the country needs but in terms of how it will play with the media and voters." 👇
Y'days post: The Budget suggests the Chancellor is thinking too much about short term management and too little about long term legacy mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
What is doubly annoying about this government's focus on how its actions play with voters is that they are terrible at it
What is doubly annoying about this government's focus on how its actions play with voters is that they are terrible at it
The Budget suggests the Chancellor is thinking too much about short term management and too little about long term legacy
My posts come out on a Tuesday and Budgets are on a Wednesday. Not great timing, which is why in the past I’ve often done special posts on...
mainlymacro.blogspot.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"...this government still seems to be operating in opposition mode, where every move it makes has to be measured not in terms of what the country needs but in terms of how it will play with the media and voters." 👇
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New in PN: Republicans in the era of Late Trumpism
"As Trump’s political standing weakens along with his increasingly decrepit mind and body, his hold on the GOP is slipping. And the underlying political incoherence of the party that has only grown during his reign is being fully exposed."
"As Trump’s political standing weakens along with his increasingly decrepit mind and body, his hold on the GOP is slipping. And the underlying political incoherence of the party that has only grown during his reign is being fully exposed."
Republicans in the era of Late Trumpism
The end is in sight — and it's not pretty for the GOP.
www.publicnotice.co
December 3, 2025 at 12:40 PM
New in PN: Republicans in the era of Late Trumpism
"As Trump’s political standing weakens along with his increasingly decrepit mind and body, his hold on the GOP is slipping. And the underlying political incoherence of the party that has only grown during his reign is being fully exposed."
"As Trump’s political standing weakens along with his increasingly decrepit mind and body, his hold on the GOP is slipping. And the underlying political incoherence of the party that has only grown during his reign is being fully exposed."
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You will be shocked to discover after reading these stories that while Rachel Reeves claimed to have been the "British girls under-14 [chess] champion" she was in reality merely the "Under 14s British Women’s Chess Association (BWCA) Girls" Champion.
This is getting utterly ridiculous now
This is getting utterly ridiculous now
December 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
You will be shocked to discover after reading these stories that while Rachel Reeves claimed to have been the "British girls under-14 [chess] champion" she was in reality merely the "Under 14s British Women’s Chess Association (BWCA) Girls" Champion.
This is getting utterly ridiculous now
This is getting utterly ridiculous now
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For different reasons - jobs, study, family!
Most went to more ethnically diverse countries (Australia, Canada, America + UAE) than the UK!
Because an increasingly ethnonationalist Goodwin has an ever narrow view of who is "British" he instinctively imagines all these British emigrants are white
Most went to more ethnically diverse countries (Australia, Canada, America + UAE) than the UK!
Because an increasingly ethnonationalist Goodwin has an ever narrow view of who is "British" he instinctively imagines all these British emigrants are white
November 19, 2025 at 10:15 AM
For different reasons - jobs, study, family!
Most went to more ethnically diverse countries (Australia, Canada, America + UAE) than the UK!
Because an increasingly ethnonationalist Goodwin has an ever narrow view of who is "British" he instinctively imagines all these British emigrants are white
Most went to more ethnically diverse countries (Australia, Canada, America + UAE) than the UK!
Because an increasingly ethnonationalist Goodwin has an ever narrow view of who is "British" he instinctively imagines all these British emigrants are white
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It's like the incredibly tedious "Rachel from accounts" thing. Misogyny in politics remains a powerful force.
When I was at an Oxford college whose library for some reason has a copy of Reeves’ BA thesis, I was separately approached by two different people asking for help to get hold of it. The obsession with taking down her intellectual credentials is revealing - and absolutely mental.
This is the point where the anti-Reeves stories tip into madness. Criticise her performance all you like but what the hell is this?
December 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
It's like the incredibly tedious "Rachel from accounts" thing. Misogyny in politics remains a powerful force.
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4. You see, the problem is this: History Reclaimed don’t know much about British colonialism. They’re not actually interested in it. They are a private company funded to prevent any truthful examination of the past that might challenge a right wing, white-centred version of the national story.
December 3, 2025 at 8:06 AM
4. You see, the problem is this: History Reclaimed don’t know much about British colonialism. They’re not actually interested in it. They are a private company funded to prevent any truthful examination of the past that might challenge a right wing, white-centred version of the national story.
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2. That the BBC is being misleading by making a series on the British Empire that focuses on the British Empire.
December 3, 2025 at 8:06 AM
2. That the BBC is being misleading by making a series on the British Empire that focuses on the British Empire.
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1. That the BBC has not been positive enough about the great famines in Ireland and Bengal. They don’t specify which of the Bengal famines, but assuming both that would be some 14 million deaths. Surely the BBC should have found a way of claiming them as triumphs of British rule?
December 3, 2025 at 8:06 AM
1. That the BBC has not been positive enough about the great famines in Ireland and Bengal. They don’t specify which of the Bengal famines, but assuming both that would be some 14 million deaths. Surely the BBC should have found a way of claiming them as triumphs of British rule?
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Countless things wrong with Labour's pandering to the right but one, as we can see, is that the right will hate them with a demented fury regardless of what they do so one would be wise not to invite the hatred of the left (very broadly defined) as well. I've never understood that strategy
December 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Countless things wrong with Labour's pandering to the right but one, as we can see, is that the right will hate them with a demented fury regardless of what they do so one would be wise not to invite the hatred of the left (very broadly defined) as well. I've never understood that strategy
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BREAKING NEWS
Over a third of Welsh Labour Senedd Members have written to Keir Starmer to stop undermining devolution.
They say:
"If this was being done by a Tory Government, we would be calling for a judicial review. This must never happen again."
1/2
Over a third of Welsh Labour Senedd Members have written to Keir Starmer to stop undermining devolution.
They say:
"If this was being done by a Tory Government, we would be calling for a judicial review. This must never happen again."
1/2
December 3, 2025 at 11:55 AM
BREAKING NEWS
Over a third of Welsh Labour Senedd Members have written to Keir Starmer to stop undermining devolution.
They say:
"If this was being done by a Tory Government, we would be calling for a judicial review. This must never happen again."
1/2
Over a third of Welsh Labour Senedd Members have written to Keir Starmer to stop undermining devolution.
They say:
"If this was being done by a Tory Government, we would be calling for a judicial review. This must never happen again."
1/2
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One naive, reckless or stupid comment from Rubio was "Right now they are literally fighting over a territory of 30-50km, the remaining 20% of Donetsk region"
No, Marco, we're fighting for justice, order, world peace. To finally stop the Moscow tyrant at the 4th time of asking
No, Marco, we're fighting for justice, order, world peace. To finally stop the Moscow tyrant at the 4th time of asking
December 3, 2025 at 8:32 AM
One naive, reckless or stupid comment from Rubio was "Right now they are literally fighting over a territory of 30-50km, the remaining 20% of Donetsk region"
No, Marco, we're fighting for justice, order, world peace. To finally stop the Moscow tyrant at the 4th time of asking
No, Marco, we're fighting for justice, order, world peace. To finally stop the Moscow tyrant at the 4th time of asking
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Breaking: Spain brings masks back.
Mandatory in hospitals, primary care, and long-term care—for patients, visitors, and staff.
Strong recommendation everywhere else.
Public health moving where evidence points.
Note: Really worth upgrading to respirators.
euroweeklynews.com/2025/11/28/s...
Mandatory in hospitals, primary care, and long-term care—for patients, visitors, and staff.
Strong recommendation everywhere else.
Public health moving where evidence points.
Note: Really worth upgrading to respirators.
euroweeklynews.com/2025/11/28/s...
December 2, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Breaking: Spain brings masks back.
Mandatory in hospitals, primary care, and long-term care—for patients, visitors, and staff.
Strong recommendation everywhere else.
Public health moving where evidence points.
Note: Really worth upgrading to respirators.
euroweeklynews.com/2025/11/28/s...
Mandatory in hospitals, primary care, and long-term care—for patients, visitors, and staff.
Strong recommendation everywhere else.
Public health moving where evidence points.
Note: Really worth upgrading to respirators.
euroweeklynews.com/2025/11/28/s...
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More than a quarter of police forces in England and Wales have not implemented basic policies for investigating sexual offences, a report has found, four years after the rape and murder of Sarah Everard.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Sarah Everard report finds quarter of forces lack basic policies on sexual offences
The report, four years after the 33-year-old's murder, says urgent action is needed to prevent violent, sexual attacks against women.
www.bbc.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:41 PM
More than a quarter of police forces in England and Wales have not implemented basic policies for investigating sexual offences, a report has found, four years after the rape and murder of Sarah Everard.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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It's all bad but hadn't seen the bit where Farage says:
"The European Union is the prototype for the New World Order."
That is a seriously, deeply problematic term that taps into Illuminati and antisemitic conspiracy theories.
How the fuck did this man direct the course of our politics?
"The European Union is the prototype for the New World Order."
That is a seriously, deeply problematic term that taps into Illuminati and antisemitic conspiracy theories.
How the fuck did this man direct the course of our politics?
We kept the receipts. These comments, taken together, paint a picture of the man he is today.
December 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM
It's all bad but hadn't seen the bit where Farage says:
"The European Union is the prototype for the New World Order."
That is a seriously, deeply problematic term that taps into Illuminati and antisemitic conspiracy theories.
How the fuck did this man direct the course of our politics?
"The European Union is the prototype for the New World Order."
That is a seriously, deeply problematic term that taps into Illuminati and antisemitic conspiracy theories.
How the fuck did this man direct the course of our politics?
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"We currently have a Labour government (our centre-left party), but they’ve decided that the best response to an internationally rising far right is appeasement." www.liberalcurrents.com/nobody-knows...
Nobody Knows What UK Law on Toilet Access Is
The lawlessness of the government's response to For Women Scotland v. the Scottish Ministers.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:28 AM
"We currently have a Labour government (our centre-left party), but they’ve decided that the best response to an internationally rising far right is appeasement." www.liberalcurrents.com/nobody-knows...
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Britain’s largest long-term macro problem is a shortage of *private* investment.
This is not new.
This is not new.
December 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Britain’s largest long-term macro problem is a shortage of *private* investment.
This is not new.
This is not new.