@philkee.bsky.social
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New polling shows 58 per cent of voters would support Britain rejoining the EU if there was another Brexit referendum 🇪🇺👍
www.cornwalllive.com/news/news-op...
www.cornwalllive.com/news/news-op...
Do you want Britain to reverse Brexit and rejoin the EU?
New polling shows 58 per cent of voters would support Britain rejoining the EU if there was another Brexit referendum, with strong regional and age divides emerging across the country
www.cornwalllive.com
January 10, 2026 at 7:59 AM
New polling shows 58 per cent of voters would support Britain rejoining the EU if there was another Brexit referendum 🇪🇺👍
www.cornwalllive.com/news/news-op...
www.cornwalllive.com/news/news-op...
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Wessex Water bosses handed £50,000 in extra pay despite Labour government’s bonus ban
Wessex Water bosses handed £50,000 in extra pay despite Labour government’s bonus ban
Utility admits parent company paid CEO Ruth Jefferson and CFO Andy Pymer but denies bonus payments
The bosses of Wessex Water received £50,000 in previously undisclosed extra pay from a parent company, in the same year that the utility was banned from paying bonuses, the Guardian can reveal.
Chief executive Ruth Jefferson and chief financial officer Andy Pymer were paid £24,000 and £27,000 respectively in the year to June 2025, according to a spokesperson for Wessex Water’s owner, the Malaysian YTL group. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Wessex Water bosses handed £50,000 in extra pay despite Labour government’s bonus ban
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Just a thought...
The government should tell us that they are in control of immigration, and promise to control it better for the benefit of the country, which would mean more of it, but better planning and less idiotic cruelty.
#R4Today
The government should tell us that they are in control of immigration, and promise to control it better for the benefit of the country, which would mean more of it, but better planning and less idiotic cruelty.
#R4Today
The immigration doom loop in full swing.
Chasing the xenophobes is a doomed strategy both economically *and* politically.
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archive.ph/pyVLg
Chasing the xenophobes is a doomed strategy both economically *and* politically.
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archive.ph/pyVLg
January 10, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Just a thought...
The government should tell us that they are in control of immigration, and promise to control it better for the benefit of the country, which would mean more of it, but better planning and less idiotic cruelty.
#R4Today
The government should tell us that they are in control of immigration, and promise to control it better for the benefit of the country, which would mean more of it, but better planning and less idiotic cruelty.
#R4Today
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Musk called for government of the UK to be violently overthrown. He has called for deportation of non-white people and implied support for introduction of apartheid- a system he knows well from his native South Africa. CSAM is horrible and a good reason to ban X now. What more reasons do we need?
'You Hate Free Speech' is the go-to Far Right smear every time a targeted group pushes back.
Would be great if headlines like this helped people understand that ugly tactic.
Would be great if headlines like this helped people understand that ugly tactic.
Musk says X outcry is 'excuse for censorship'
The government is urging Ofcom to use all its powers – up to and including an effective ban – against X.
www.bbc.com
January 10, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Musk called for government of the UK to be violently overthrown. He has called for deportation of non-white people and implied support for introduction of apartheid- a system he knows well from his native South Africa. CSAM is horrible and a good reason to ban X now. What more reasons do we need?
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Entirely predictable/predicted: I wrote this almost two years ago
"If this government – or the next – does indeed succeed in reducing migration very substantially below projected levels, it will have a large fiscal cost, with consequent impacts for tax and spending."
ukandeu.ac.uk/has-higher-i...
"If this government – or the next – does indeed succeed in reducing migration very substantially below projected levels, it will have a large fiscal cost, with consequent impacts for tax and spending."
ukandeu.ac.uk/has-higher-i...
Has higher immigration saved the Chancellor again? - UK in a changing Europe
Jonathan Portes explores the impact of immigration on the UK economy in light of the Budget and the OBR's analysis.
ukandeu.ac.uk
January 10, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Entirely predictable/predicted: I wrote this almost two years ago
"If this government – or the next – does indeed succeed in reducing migration very substantially below projected levels, it will have a large fiscal cost, with consequent impacts for tax and spending."
ukandeu.ac.uk/has-higher-i...
"If this government – or the next – does indeed succeed in reducing migration very substantially below projected levels, it will have a large fiscal cost, with consequent impacts for tax and spending."
ukandeu.ac.uk/has-higher-i...
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The richest individual on Earth should not own the keys to the largest disinformation machine on the planet.
It's not censorship to switch X off. It's common sense.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It's not censorship to switch X off. It's common sense.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Musk says X outcry is 'excuse for censorship'
The government is urging Ofcom to use all its powers – up to and including an effective ban – against X.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 9:26 AM
The richest individual on Earth should not own the keys to the largest disinformation machine on the planet.
It's not censorship to switch X off. It's common sense.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It's not censorship to switch X off. It's common sense.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Fighting the Brexit reset means scrapping Erasmus again and telling businesses that red tape, queues and cost are the price they should all pay for Farage’s petulant prejudice.
What a very tiresome bore of a man shouting at us in his soiled Brexit pants.
www.ft.com/content/3f97...
What a very tiresome bore of a man shouting at us in his soiled Brexit pants.
www.ft.com/content/3f97...
Farage vows to fight Starmer’s reset of EU ties and uphold Brexit
Reform UK leader launches party’s campaign for London local elections by targeting control of six councils
www.ft.com
January 10, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Fighting the Brexit reset means scrapping Erasmus again and telling businesses that red tape, queues and cost are the price they should all pay for Farage’s petulant prejudice.
What a very tiresome bore of a man shouting at us in his soiled Brexit pants.
www.ft.com/content/3f97...
What a very tiresome bore of a man shouting at us in his soiled Brexit pants.
www.ft.com/content/3f97...
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"Indonesia blocks Musk’s Grok chatbot due to risk of pornographic content"
It can be done, will Labour follow?
It can be done, will Labour follow?
January 10, 2026 at 9:42 AM
"Indonesia blocks Musk’s Grok chatbot due to risk of pornographic content"
It can be done, will Labour follow?
It can be done, will Labour follow?
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I happen to have polled this very question earlier this year. It's complete nonsense to say that X is the most popular platform for news. However its news audience is still very large.
January 5, 2026 at 10:04 PM
I happen to have polled this very question earlier this year. It's complete nonsense to say that X is the most popular platform for news. However its news audience is still very large.
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Please forward this to anyone you know who is still on X/Twitter, especially if they are your MP. "Our politics is increasingly normalised to racism – because politicians are addicted to X" from @drjennings.bsky.social. Archived version for those who don't have an account with "I".
archive.ph/B8doO
archive.ph/B8doO
January 3, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Please forward this to anyone you know who is still on X/Twitter, especially if they are your MP. "Our politics is increasingly normalised to racism – because politicians are addicted to X" from @drjennings.bsky.social. Archived version for those who don't have an account with "I".
archive.ph/B8doO
archive.ph/B8doO
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Imo “Nigel Farage doesn’t believe in Covid vaccines” would tank his polling if more people knew about it (though you could say that for a number of his policies)
Farage: "I believe in vaccinations when they're vaccinations. I don't think what happened with Covid were vaccinations. You have to keep having them every 6 months."
Conspiratorial nonsense.
Some vaccinations like Covid shots require multiple/seasonal doses because immunity fades & viruses change.
Conspiratorial nonsense.
Some vaccinations like Covid shots require multiple/seasonal doses because immunity fades & viruses change.
January 7, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Imo “Nigel Farage doesn’t believe in Covid vaccines” would tank his polling if more people knew about it (though you could say that for a number of his policies)
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Thirty-four and counting...
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/08/go-back-home-farage-schoolmate-accounts-bring-total-alleging-racist-behaviour-to-34
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/08/go-back-home-farage-schoolmate-accounts-bring-total-alleging-racist-behaviour-to-34
‘Go back home’: Farage schoolmate accounts bring total alleging racist behaviour to 34
Exclusive: Dulwich college contemporaries say Reform leader often used antisemitic language and racial epithets
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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Jeremy Bowen really is an outstanding broadcaster. He's a reminder that public service broadcasting can be objective and impartial without needing to be balanced - indeed that balance makes objectivity impossible. I imagine they'll get rid of him soon.
January 8, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Jeremy Bowen really is an outstanding broadcaster. He's a reminder that public service broadcasting can be objective and impartial without needing to be balanced - indeed that balance makes objectivity impossible. I imagine they'll get rid of him soon.
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Apparently Donald is going to prevent communism in America by having the State control industry.
January 8, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Apparently Donald is going to prevent communism in America by having the State control industry.
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A reminder that Kemi Badenoch wants to create a UK “Removals Force” explicitly modelled on ICE
January 8, 2026 at 9:06 AM
A reminder that Kemi Badenoch wants to create a UK “Removals Force” explicitly modelled on ICE
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If a website appeared overnight that gave hundreds of millions of users the opportunity to create CSAM you'd expect governments to shut it down quickly, so the question is why X gets a pass when it's done just that?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
AI chatbot Grok used to create child sexual abuse imagery, watchdog says
Internet Watch Foundation warns Elon Musk-owned AI risks bringing sexualised imagery of children into the mainstream
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:08 AM
If a website appeared overnight that gave hundreds of millions of users the opportunity to create CSAM you'd expect governments to shut it down quickly, so the question is why X gets a pass when it's done just that?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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In "aged like surströmming in a festival portaloo" news.
January 8, 2026 at 9:13 AM
In "aged like surströmming in a festival portaloo" news.
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Couldn't agree more! 🎯 We can't rely on Trump's America.
"The chaos that Donald Trump is causing in the world makes the case for continental solidarity and explicit repudiation of Brexit divisions."
https://bit.ly/4bpSs4R
"The chaos that Donald Trump is causing in the world makes the case for continental solidarity and explicit repudiation of Brexit divisions."
https://bit.ly/4bpSs4R
The Guardian view on Britain and Europe: time to move together, faster and further | Editorial
Editorial: The chaos that Donald Trump is causing in the world makes the case for continental solidarity and explicit repudiation of Brexit divisions
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Couldn't agree more! 🎯 We can't rely on Trump's America.
"The chaos that Donald Trump is causing in the world makes the case for continental solidarity and explicit repudiation of Brexit divisions."
https://bit.ly/4bpSs4R
"The chaos that Donald Trump is causing in the world makes the case for continental solidarity and explicit repudiation of Brexit divisions."
https://bit.ly/4bpSs4R
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I understand the pressures on the BBC, but Radio 4's coverage of the Minneapolis shooting is an example of "bad balance".
It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder".
The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.
It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder".
The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.
January 8, 2026 at 8:38 AM
I understand the pressures on the BBC, but Radio 4's coverage of the Minneapolis shooting is an example of "bad balance".
It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder".
The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.
It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder".
The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.
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In 2026, Trump-aligned operatives, opaque funding networks and far-right agitators are intensifying efforts to shape the next General Election in Britain.
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/16/n...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/16/n...
Nigel Farage’s £9m Donor Profits From Putin Propaganda Platform While Holding MoD Stake
Reform UK's biggest donor is profiting from ties to a pro-Kremlin platform that hosts a Russian intelligence-backed influence operation
bylinetimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:33 AM
In 2026, Trump-aligned operatives, opaque funding networks and far-right agitators are intensifying efforts to shape the next General Election in Britain.
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/16/n...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/16/n...
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Britain has talked itself into a flat tailspin. Had weeks of ppl telling me that the country's on the verge of catastrophe. In reality real wages are rising and the economy growing. God alone knows what ppl would say if we went back to the early 80s, 17% interest rates and four million unemployed.
January 6, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Britain has talked itself into a flat tailspin. Had weeks of ppl telling me that the country's on the verge of catastrophe. In reality real wages are rising and the economy growing. God alone knows what ppl would say if we went back to the early 80s, 17% interest rates and four million unemployed.
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🇷🇺 Stephen Doughty MP, Minister of State for Europe on Russian misinformation:
"This year, Russia alone plans to spend 30 million euros weekly on state propaganda."
The misinformation crisis is not an accident. It is a manufactured weapon of war.
"This year, Russia alone plans to spend 30 million euros weekly on state propaganda."
The misinformation crisis is not an accident. It is a manufactured weapon of war.
January 6, 2026 at 1:10 PM
🇷🇺 Stephen Doughty MP, Minister of State for Europe on Russian misinformation:
"This year, Russia alone plans to spend 30 million euros weekly on state propaganda."
The misinformation crisis is not an accident. It is a manufactured weapon of war.
"This year, Russia alone plans to spend 30 million euros weekly on state propaganda."
The misinformation crisis is not an accident. It is a manufactured weapon of war.
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Why can a politician remove citizenship with little or no judicial consideration?
The home secretary has brutal wide-ranging power to deprive British citizens of this most basic of rights
By me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk on Begum and Abd el-Fattah
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
Why can a politician remove citizenship with little or no judicial consideration?
The home secretary has brutal wide-ranging power to deprive British citizens of this most basic of rights
By me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk on Begum and Abd el-Fattah
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
January 2, 2026 at 11:58 AM
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Why can a politician remove citizenship with little or no judicial consideration?
The home secretary has brutal wide-ranging power to deprive British citizens of this most basic of rights
By me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk on Begum and Abd el-Fattah
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
Why can a politician remove citizenship with little or no judicial consideration?
The home secretary has brutal wide-ranging power to deprive British citizens of this most basic of rights
By me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk on Begum and Abd el-Fattah
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
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“Who would move to here from the US, Canada, Europe, South Korea or Australia for potentially lower wages, exorbitant visa fees and no certainty of being able to stay very long?” asks @benansell.bsky.social.
Labour’s Mr Micawber politics
The government hopes that ‘something will turn up’ to produce growth, but curbing immigration will only harm the economy
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
“Who would move to here from the US, Canada, Europe, South Korea or Australia for potentially lower wages, exorbitant visa fees and no certainty of being able to stay very long?” asks @benansell.bsky.social.
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The only issue with Brexit is quite how massively damaging it has been. And according to the polls, voters agree by a huge margin, writes Andrew Adonis.
The nasty surprise that awaits British holidaymakers
For all the talk about an EU reset, the government hasn’t really moved on from Brexit
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 30, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The only issue with Brexit is quite how massively damaging it has been. And according to the polls, voters agree by a huge margin, writes Andrew Adonis.