Farage: "I now understand more than I did the role of the state in strategic industries. This is why Richard and I went to Scunthorpe. If we hadn't gone to Scunthorpe, there would be no primary steel made in Britain today."

Does he genuinely think his bandwagon photo-op saved steel? NURSE! 😂 ~AA

Do you think that we progressives neglect our own history in general?

Regardless of how much of it comes from the Netherlands.

I don't know if this is right or not (I doubt it) but it does make me think that more people staying in is the last thing society needs. Between the internet, cost of living and the legacy of lockdown, we have a leaving-the-house crisis that manifests in everything from mental health to politics

A construction firm has been excluded from a tender for road maintenance in Poland after its bid was found to have been generated by AI, which cited non-existent tax rulings to justify the costs, which were the lowest among all the offers.

A whole lot of people believe in rugged individualism until it’s time to be ruggedly individual 👀

Just heard Harriet Harman say Zack Polanski is a cross between Nigel Farage and Jeremy Corbyn which means you can add potty Blairite fossils to the ever growing list of political degenerates tugging their collars over him.

Anyone else remember when WW was arguing with Neil Shenvi about immigration because "immigrants are bringing Islam here," and NS asked WW "Don't we want other countries to accept our Christian missionaries," and WW was like "Why would we?"

Foreign missions work is outside CN's focus.

Progressives are not effectively speaking to the challenges and aspirations of many young men in Britain.

With figures across the far right queuing up to take advantage, I’ve written for @newstatesman1913.bsky.social about why we need to fix that, fast 👇

www.newstatesman.com/comment/2025...