The Foreign Secretary is right the UK is doing more than many to challenge the Israeli Government’s actions in Gaza - today I raised concerns there is still more we can do in partnership with other nations.
The Chancellor speaks out against trickle down economics! A view she has long held, if you look at what she has said before. Many somehow like to claim otherwise!
A government getting on and doing what it promised. The New Home Accelerator Scheme aimed to unblock new homes stuck in planning or which had failed to make progress in being built. It has done just that with 100,000 in the first 12 months. And the next 6 sites/12k homes are already identified!
USA: You surrender and we'll stop dropping Atom bombs on you. Japan: OK.
Or being give any places they hadn't invaded.
WW2 ended when the Nazis and the Japanese agreed to "unconditional surrender", there were no negotiations because there were no conditions to negotiate. Has Vance got dementia too?
People convicted and imprisoned for saying or writing things that stir up racial hatred. • Abu Hamza • Abdullah el-Faisal • Lucy Connolly Guess which conviction made the right wing suddenly decide writing or saying things that stir up hatred is okay, actually.
The headline is what she told The Telegraph.
Russia is banned by FIFA.
Once more for the dimwits at the back: a) Lucy Connolly pleaded guilty. b) She was convicted under legislation introduced under Thatcher. c) She was sentenced under guidance brought in under Boris Johnson. d) fuck off.
This is, like all his promises, bullshit built on an artificial assumption: that deportations are a one-sided affair; that you don't need another country to agree to accept whoever you deport; that the UK unlawfully returning people to lands that torture then will see us in The Hague.
It is very nearly the tenth anniversary of that brief moment when, for 2 or 3 days, British newspapers remembered refugees are desperate human beings who need our help, rather than scum that it's okay to threaten with violence.
The UK has formally summoned the Israeli Ambassador today following the Israeli Higher Planning Commission's decision to approve plans for settlement construction in the E1 area, East of Jerusalem. www.gov.uk/government/n... 1/2
Some excellent news. "More than 16.1 GW of new renewable energy capacity spread across 323 projects was given permission to start building during the second quarter of this year - 195% rise on the same quarter last year." www.ft.com/content/926a...
Strong UK PMI. Suggests some economic momentum building. www.pmi.spglobal.com/Public/Home/...
Here's a fact for you all. Prior to 2017 there was not a single documented case of any individual travelling by small boats across the English Channel to caim asylum in the UK. Not ONE. This current 'boats' crisis has been largely caused by Brexit. But for some reason NOBODY is saying that.
Trump's happy for China to take Taiwan, as long as they pay him for it with a share of the plunder.
Spot on from Olga Rudenko: "Russia could end the war in Ukraine at any moment by stopping its attacks and withdrawing its forces. By simply going home. Mr. Putin could end it with a phone call." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/o...
Brexit threw the fishermen under the bus. All future deals have been put in plaice to extract them from beneath it.
Left: Putin and Trump meet in Alaska Right: "I'm offended that a war criminal (Putin) and a convicted felon (Trump), chose Alaska to meet to end the war in Ukraine without inviting Zelenskyy?" "It is appalling that we are not as a nation arresting Putin when he should be facing war crime charges"
Pub turns away JD Vance. Locals sick of his pretentious pomp already. “We’ve had a curtailment of our freedoms here, just by his mere presence, in terms of where we can walk and where we can be… And the American Secret Service knocking on people’s doors and asking about their Facebook profiles.”
A huge improvement now the murderers have gone.
Regan, Clinton and Bush weren't paedophiles either.
Victoria Derbyshire, "Is this bilateral summit between Trump and Putin a reward for invading Ukraine" Giles Whittell, "There's no question it's a reward for Putin. Putin wins by just turning up"
Consequences for whom? Probably Zelensky, it certainly won't be Putin.
Another Brexit related dereliction of duty was Boris Johnson pulling the UK out of Horizon. Thankfully that’s been rectified & 18 months on the UK is quickly recovering a prime position in the EU’s science programme British scientists punching above their weight with €735m in grants in 2024
If you want to get your message out, you need to put it somewhere it is easy to access YouTube, Facebook, X, BSky are all available to you. Why is this not on Labour's YouTube channel?
Subtext of this story is that the villagers made a mistake because the Scouts were Scots. Similar to the narrative of Rupert Lowe and his misidentified charity rowers. Maybe we need to be asking why they these vile opinions have been normalised in the first place. news.sky.com/story/bluesk...
Charlie Stayt, "A charity rowing crew was approached by the coastguard after Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe mistook them for a boat full of asylum seekers" "After the coast guard confirmed it wasn't a boat full of asylum seekers, Mr Lowe said it was a false alarm"
"Great Britain could not have come out of the two world wars without the Indian army" British Muslim of Indian origin Yavar Abbas calls for a dedicated memorial for 2.5m Indians (Hindu, Muslim, Sikh) who fought for Britain during WWII
The clincher, for me, is that what she did will be outlawed when the Renter’s Rights Bill comes in next year. It’s why the ‘didn’t break any rules’ defence falls short. Of course, Boris Johnson would have promoted her & borrowed the house for a year.
Reeves confirms Treasury reviewing gambling taxes – UK politics live
"Ultimately growth is more likely to come from alignment than divergence for a trading nation in an inter-dependent world. Predictability, stability, and openness will help incentivise investment." @davidheniguk.bsky.social argues the govt. should align with EU rules ukandeu.ac.uk/why-the-uk-s...
The Labour government is starting to reverse the decline in youth services, announcing new investment for things like youth clubs, after school activities and groups like the Scouts. It aims to increase opportunities in sports, arts, outdoor activities and volunteering in communities. 1/2
He's only 61, that's young for Alzheimer's to be kicking in.
Free breakfast clubs are boosting attendance and improving behavior in some schools according to head teachers. There is no doubting this policy has been a huge success for Labour in its first year in government
They never miss a trick to attack Starmer.
A day after the allotment society itself stepped forward to almost entirely debunk it. Is there a single NIMBY cause they won’t attach themselves to? We’ve yet to find it!
Matt Frei, "Israel's isolation on the world stage is growing, fuelling internal dissent against PM Netanyahu's plan to step up the war in Gaza and reoccupy the entire strip, already reduced to a smouldering wasteland" #C4News
No, Corbyn's fallen for a fake story put out by the Telegraph. Maybe he should try reading what the National Allotment Society say rather than swallowing Telegraph propaganda? pressat.co.uk/releases/nat...
Exactly, that's why we're lucky we have someone with the morality and decency of Starmer in charge, rather than some vain fool who would throw asylum seekers under the bus for a few social media likes.
How moral or decent do you think it would be to gift government to Farage? How do you think asylum seekers would be treated by a Reform government? How would that improve the UK?
On the contrary, there are loads of votes in it - all of them for Farage.
Only if we keep Farage out of No10.
It isn't 2015 anymore, Starmer has to counter the risk of a fascist government.
Has she "fallen out of a window" yet?
Did it work?
A drop in small boats is the last thing Farage wants.
Everything about this viral tweet is wrong. No: the government hasn’t raided the National Insurance Fund. No: the surplus can’t be used for anything you like, without loading our children with debt/taxes. Here’s why. 🧵
The EU & all 22 members of the Arab League jointly call for Hamas to disarm, relinquish power in Gaza, hand over Governance & security to the Palestinian Authority, condemn the Oct2023 Hamas attack on Israel, &support the aim of a sovereign, independent Palestinian State: amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/07/...
UK steelmakers regain tariff-free access to the EU from today. It is a direct result from the Prime Minister’s EU deal signed back in May. The restore quota allows up to 27k tonnes of steel to be sold into the EU year supporting 100k jobs in the UK in the steel industry and related sectors.
Of course they've been arrested, Palestine Action is a proscribed organisation. It's perfectly possible to oppose the war in Gaza and support Palestine without supporting Palestine Action.
The people who have been arrested were expressing support for Palestine Action which is illegal because it's a proscribed organisation. People have not been arrested for attending a demo supporting Palestine which remains legal. Two different things, one is illegal, the other is not.
I know, what of it? The claim was that protests have been banned. They have not. They continue.
So how come the protests, which you claim are banned, continue?
Yes, they had a bombing campaign.
Who has suggested banning protests?
Despite the best efforts of GB News, just *16%* of Brits have a positive view of Donald Trump... GB News does not speak for Britain, pass it on... yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Matt Goodwin's racist fever dream (23 June 2025): "London is over - it's so over" The reality: 👇👇 #LoveLondon #London bsky.app/profile/lond...
Funny looking lioness.
It’s striking how many people on the left take it as axiomatic that support for democracy as a principle must mean a commitment to maximalist internal democracy, without considering the idea that the latter can make you *less* representative of society or even the communities you hope to represent
Rail passengers in the North of England will benefit from simpler fares & cheaper tickets thanks to public ownership. Existing schemes, where publicly owned operators cooperate to reduce fares for journeys involving 2 or more operators, will be expanded, with more savings on advance tickets.
Tulsi Gabbard is trying to gaslight you in the name of authoritarianism, points out @davidcorn.bsky.social.
bit late to this but your link is to a much earlier piece by Dieter. This more recent one says explicitly Thames should already have been put into SAR. dieterhelm.co.uk/publications...
Another solar farm has been approved by the government. This time the 50MW Byers Gill Solar development near Darlington! www.gov.uk/government/n...
The people who will vote for Corbyn all left Labour when he lost the leadership - many of them went to the Greens I believe.
They weren't in the UK.
FIFA is considering moving the World Cup games to Canada in response to escalating fascism in the US. Good. They should. And the Olympics should follow suit. Refuse to normalize or reward fascism. The US is not a safe place to visit & we should all vote with our dollar and go elsewhere.
It's not where we're heading, nobody is obeying Baverman's orders anymore.
How can one side rewrite an agreement? There's a reason it's called an "agreement" ffs!!
With parental consent they can.
It was a commitment in the manifesto which the people voted for last year.
They're not "blowing smoke up his arse", they're holding him up as an example of a "looney Leftie" for their readers to tut over their kippers to.
I’ve had a quick skim of this and it seems… really good. The least-worst voter ID system possible (I’d scrap it, but still) and tons of sensible things on automatic registration, electoral admin etc. Nearly the full wish list of feasible asks www.gov.uk/government/p...
Love me a bit of Blue On Blue
the government is getting on with it, industrial-strategy wise www.gov.uk/government/n...
Tory MP Chris Philp suggesting 12 months isn’t long enough to turn the Tory Party around but the exact same duration *is* more than enough for Labour to turn around a country crippled by 14 years of a government he played a role in #BBCLauraK
Live Aid wasn't organised by the Ethiopian dictatorship.
That's nice but their governments aren't going to waste any time on it whilst Badenoch and Farage are waiting in the wings to cancel the negotiations.
Good.
Desperately sad. We have the means to protect children - but with vaccination rates dropping to their lowest in 10 years, so many are at risk.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8IA...
Did they bother to arrest her or just shoot her?
President Macron speaking at Guildhall, "The European Union was stronger with the UK, and the UK was stronger with the European Union" "We want to write our future and not be the story written by another continent.. The only way to chose our future is to do it together"
Tell me why haven’t the press picked up on the rebranded Sure Starts? Why haven’t they commented on Reform’s MP who removed the whip from himself? Why aren’t they talking about the highest business confidence in 9 years? Why are they still on about Reeves tears? They’re poisonous!
If he really does come out that'll really put the cat among the pigeons.😀
Mayor Sadiq Khan, "What these terrorists hate is our diversity, our way of life, the fact that we get on, we respect each other, we celebrate each other, we embrace each other" "They hate that here in London, whatever your background you are respected and you can do really well"
He's looking good for 83.
So he wants to be an undemocratic Prime Minister, is anyone surprised?
Sure Start is coming back. The Labour government is to open 1000 Best Start Family Hubs covering every local authority. The first will be in place by April 2026 & all by 2028. They will combine existing Family Hubs & the Start for Life programme & also cover areas without these services. 1/2
They were expressing support for a proscribed organisation, which is a crime, of course the police are going to arrest them. Why did these fools think they were above the law? Hopefully the police will also arrest all those who encouraged them for incitement.
No. Our bogroll is another matter.
They have no mandate and without that the EU won't be interested in wasting time on it when, after the next election, the UK might pull out of talks anyway.
What makes you so sure that you can trust Farage?
What do you want Labour to do about it?
Reform UK's Darren Grimes tells constituents he can't hold surgeries with them because he's been advised by the police not to do so for "security reasons". The only problem? Police spokesperson says this is entirely untrue and they gave no such advice bylinetimes.com/2025/07/03/r...
Enjoy your day Canada!
Has anyone ever accused Rod Stewart of intelligence?
Britain considers re-joining European customs pact www.politico.eu/article/uk-b...