Hugo H
@hugoh59.bsky.social
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New analysis by the House of Commons library estimates that Brexit is costing the Treasury up to £90bn a year in lost tax revenue, and the average Briton has seen a hit to GDP per head between £2,700 and £3,700.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue , new analysis shows
Exclusive: Britons also up to £3,700 worse off, leading to calls for the Labour government to improve relations with the EU
www.independent.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 8:10 AM
New analysis by the House of Commons library estimates that Brexit is costing the Treasury up to £90bn a year in lost tax revenue, and the average Briton has seen a hit to GDP per head between £2,700 and £3,700.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Gibb; “ I had no editorial role whatsoever at the Jewish Chronicle”. Lee Harpin, reporter at the paper; “RG made a habit of calling into the office on print days to check up on what stories were topping the news list, and offering a view’”
November 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Gibb; “ I had no editorial role whatsoever at the Jewish Chronicle”. Lee Harpin, reporter at the paper; “RG made a habit of calling into the office on print days to check up on what stories were topping the news list, and offering a view’”
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you're welcome.
Europeans looked on in horror as populism swept the english (Not Scots, NI or Gibraltar) to brexit and then the disastrous handling of covid.
Yet, a pro brexit labour was elected in 2024 and Farage's reform party is leading in the polls.
It's extraordinary.
Europeans looked on in horror as populism swept the english (Not Scots, NI or Gibraltar) to brexit and then the disastrous handling of covid.
Yet, a pro brexit labour was elected in 2024 and Farage's reform party is leading in the polls.
It's extraordinary.
November 25, 2025 at 7:27 AM
you're welcome.
Europeans looked on in horror as populism swept the english (Not Scots, NI or Gibraltar) to brexit and then the disastrous handling of covid.
Yet, a pro brexit labour was elected in 2024 and Farage's reform party is leading in the polls.
It's extraordinary.
Europeans looked on in horror as populism swept the english (Not Scots, NI or Gibraltar) to brexit and then the disastrous handling of covid.
Yet, a pro brexit labour was elected in 2024 and Farage's reform party is leading in the polls.
It's extraordinary.
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Can we please just send this report to the goddam Labour Party and tell them to get their collective heads out of their ass.
Please.
#RejoinEU
Please.
#RejoinEU
November 25, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Can we please just send this report to the goddam Labour Party and tell them to get their collective heads out of their ass.
Please.
#RejoinEU
Please.
#RejoinEU
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Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue , new analysis shows.
How much longer can the government ignore the damage & do so little about it?
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
How much longer can the government ignore the damage & do so little about it?
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue , new analysis shows
Exclusive: Britons also up to £3,700 worse off, leading to calls for the Labour government to improve relations with the EU
www.independent.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue , new analysis shows.
How much longer can the government ignore the damage & do so little about it?
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
How much longer can the government ignore the damage & do so little about it?
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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No Reform UK MPs have turned up for the Home Secretary's statement on migrant settlement policy.
November 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM
No Reform UK MPs have turned up for the Home Secretary's statement on migrant settlement policy.
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Why hasn't he resigned his position or the Chair sent him packing immediately?
Gibb should also resign as he pushed for Prescott to get the position. He is therefore a poor judge of character and not worthy of being on the BBC board
Go t can bring pressure to beat, believe me they can and should
Gibb should also resign as he pushed for Prescott to get the position. He is therefore a poor judge of character and not worthy of being on the BBC board
Go t can bring pressure to beat, believe me they can and should
November 19, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Why hasn't he resigned his position or the Chair sent him packing immediately?
Gibb should also resign as he pushed for Prescott to get the position. He is therefore a poor judge of character and not worthy of being on the BBC board
Go t can bring pressure to beat, believe me they can and should
Gibb should also resign as he pushed for Prescott to get the position. He is therefore a poor judge of character and not worthy of being on the BBC board
Go t can bring pressure to beat, believe me they can and should
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
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Labour MP Nadia Whittome tells Shabana Mahmood that her plans "fly in the face of decency and compassion" and "will force children and spouses into the hands of the very people smugglers that the Home Secretary is seeking to smash"
November 17, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Labour MP Nadia Whittome tells Shabana Mahmood that her plans "fly in the face of decency and compassion" and "will force children and spouses into the hands of the very people smugglers that the Home Secretary is seeking to smash"
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This document is the product of a broken administration, motivated by cynicism, immune to human decency, with a weak-to-non-existent understanding of the policy area they wish to legislate in.
And that's it. Overall impressions are
- there's still a surprising lack of detail
- lots of new work for officials but unlikely to lead to much change on the ground
- refugees will still live here rest of their lives but will struggle even more than before to integrate
- there's still a surprising lack of detail
- lots of new work for officials but unlikely to lead to much change on the ground
- refugees will still live here rest of their lives but will struggle even more than before to integrate
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
This document is the product of a broken administration, motivated by cynicism, immune to human decency, with a weak-to-non-existent understanding of the policy area they wish to legislate in.
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“In post-Brexit politics, it’s hard to see how one out-Farages Nigel Farage. Yet that is what the Labour government is attempting to do. Copying Reform UK’s cruelty on asylum lets Mr Farage own the issue, outbid Labour and drive the debate rightward at no cost”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on Labour’s asylum plans: ministers cannot out-Farage the far right and should stop trying | Editorial
Editorial: Shabana Mahmood’s asylum overhaul burdens an overstretched system and hands political advantage to her opponents
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:25 PM
“In post-Brexit politics, it’s hard to see how one out-Farages Nigel Farage. Yet that is what the Labour government is attempting to do. Copying Reform UK’s cruelty on asylum lets Mr Farage own the issue, outbid Labour and drive the debate rightward at no cost”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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"Leaving the ECHR would do nothing to halt small boat crossings, but it would deny British people hard-won rights."
@MaxWilkinson.bsky.social
@MaxWilkinson.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
"Leaving the ECHR would do nothing to halt small boat crossings, but it would deny British people hard-won rights."
@MaxWilkinson.bsky.social
@MaxWilkinson.bsky.social
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I’ll wait to see if this is actually announced. But if so… please can the PLP rise up. You owe it to your consciences, your voters, and the institution that is the Labour Party.
The Sun has been told Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will on Monday propose confiscating jewellery, watches, necklaces from asylum seekers to meet asylum costs
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
November 17, 2025 at 4:49 AM
I’ll wait to see if this is actually announced. But if so… please can the PLP rise up. You owe it to your consciences, your voters, and the institution that is the Labour Party.
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The Home Secretary’s planned sweeping changes to the immigration system have been branded 'vile and contemptible'
Home Secretary's sweeping changes to asylum system branded 'vile and contemptible'
www.thenational.scot
November 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The Home Secretary’s planned sweeping changes to the immigration system have been branded 'vile and contemptible'
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Welcome to another daily thread covering all the important things happening in Ukraine right now, and therefore by (unwanted association) Russia too.
All things fact checked, analysed and explained.
The news you can rely on, every day, in one place.
It's Day 1361. I'm late!⏰
All things fact checked, analysed and explained.
The news you can rely on, every day, in one place.
It's Day 1361. I'm late!⏰
November 15, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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Indeed. The BBC is in my view one of Britain‘s most important institutions. It is imperfect.
Everything is.
You destroy it at your peril.
If ever there was a time to rally around something very British, it is now.
Just an outsider‘s opinion.
Everything is.
You destroy it at your peril.
If ever there was a time to rally around something very British, it is now.
Just an outsider‘s opinion.
November 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Indeed. The BBC is in my view one of Britain‘s most important institutions. It is imperfect.
Everything is.
You destroy it at your peril.
If ever there was a time to rally around something very British, it is now.
Just an outsider‘s opinion.
Everything is.
You destroy it at your peril.
If ever there was a time to rally around something very British, it is now.
Just an outsider‘s opinion.
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(Any SpAd or pollster telling Mahmood and the government that Reform voters will even remember this policy, let alone reward them for it, in 4 years time needs their head examining)
November 15, 2025 at 2:09 PM
(Any SpAd or pollster telling Mahmood and the government that Reform voters will even remember this policy, let alone reward them for it, in 4 years time needs their head examining)
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The political arguments also just don’t make sense. If this was being announced in November 2028, you could at least say “ok this is a stunt for the general election in a few months”. Instead they’ve done it at a time when it serves no purpose whatsoever
November 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The political arguments also just don’t make sense. If this was being announced in November 2028, you could at least say “ok this is a stunt for the general election in a few months”. Instead they’ve done it at a time when it serves no purpose whatsoever
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I’m so goddam tired of this. Aren’t you? Aren’t we all? What’s got better since successive governments scapegoated and vilified immigrants? Absolutely nothing. It can’t.
November 14, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I’m so goddam tired of this. Aren’t you? Aren’t we all? What’s got better since successive governments scapegoated and vilified immigrants? Absolutely nothing. It can’t.
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I despair of Labour. Can we not just have a sensible budget, delivered on the day, that apologises for hard choices and then just gets on with giving us something that will give us some hope? All this briefing and speculation makes them look like clowns.
November 14, 2025 at 8:17 AM
I despair of Labour. Can we not just have a sensible budget, delivered on the day, that apologises for hard choices and then just gets on with giving us something that will give us some hope? All this briefing and speculation makes them look like clowns.
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Trump wants to destroy the BBC and Farage is egging him on.
To all those who love the BBC, now is the time to speak up.
To all those who love the BBC, now is the time to speak up.
November 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Trump wants to destroy the BBC and Farage is egging him on.
To all those who love the BBC, now is the time to speak up.
To all those who love the BBC, now is the time to speak up.
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A decade ago, the Telegraph was a respectable paper.
Now it’s a low-quality treasonous tabloid.
Now it’s a low-quality treasonous tabloid.
November 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
A decade ago, the Telegraph was a respectable paper.
Now it’s a low-quality treasonous tabloid.
Now it’s a low-quality treasonous tabloid.
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🚨UPDATE WITH COMMENT FROM THE BBC: Byline Times can confirm that of the four-person BBC panel that interviewed Prescott and made the decision to appoint him as an advisor, three of them had longstanding Conservative Party ties. bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
November 11, 2025 at 10:02 PM
🚨UPDATE WITH COMMENT FROM THE BBC: Byline Times can confirm that of the four-person BBC panel that interviewed Prescott and made the decision to appoint him as an advisor, three of them had longstanding Conservative Party ties. bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
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Journalist, "Farage accused the BBC of election interference"
Ed Davey, "The interference we've seen is from Farage's friend, Putin"
"We've seen Russian interference in the most appalling way"
Ed Davey, "The interference we've seen is from Farage's friend, Putin"
"We've seen Russian interference in the most appalling way"
November 10, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Journalist, "Farage accused the BBC of election interference"
Ed Davey, "The interference we've seen is from Farage's friend, Putin"
"We've seen Russian interference in the most appalling way"
Ed Davey, "The interference we've seen is from Farage's friend, Putin"
"We've seen Russian interference in the most appalling way"