#Labour MP Clive Lewis has offered to give up his seat to allow Andy Burnham to challenge Sir Keir #Starmer for the Labour leadership. I wonder what #Reform #UK & dysfunctional #tories will make of this?? Just asking!

What the Labour Party used to understand was that it wasn’t that immigration was tearing the country apart, but that immigration was what was holding the country together. Immigration kept our NHS going, our transport system going, our education and much more. It’s still true. They must know it.

Gill will be convicted traitor and Nazzi Farrightidge is also a traitor

There are some positives in the Government's new proposal, opening up safe routes and access to work and studying but the rest of it seems to me like fixing a problem which doesn't really exist.

Private Equity Curse. PE firms taking millions in profits from care sector each yr, over a third are in tax havens £256m profit in three England regions, £45m in dividends, £33.6m paid in interest mostly to affiliates in tax havens. Less spent on care. Yet govts handing NHS to PE.

Yes, some asylum seekers are fake. But punishing all refugees because some try it on is like treating all of us as criminals because some are. Just such low politics & it won’t work anyway. Reform want all brown faces gone, whether they came here legally/illegally or their grandparents did years ago

Six out of every seven children in Newport are classified as living in poverty. Lives destroyed - govts impose austerity, wage/benefit cuts, fiscal rules, deindustrialization, oppose redistribution of income/wealth. No party has poverty reduction target.

There's a difference between an official comment or statement by an unnamed Government spokesperson and tittle tattle and gossip quoting an unnamed source. Journalists appear to think we're too stupid to understand the difference, we aren't.

Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. Investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%. Staggering economic self-harm. https://bit.ly/44faQch

Labour’s tough action has led to knife murders falling by nearly 20% & knife crime dropping for the first time in four years. Almost 60,000 deadly weapons have been removed through new surrender schemes & police operations making out streets safer.

#tory shadow minister calls #labours #asylum changes "a gimmick",with no reference to the #tories #Rwanda disaster! I'm not sure what I think of their 'plan'. Yes, their is a problem with illegal immigration, but its not just a #UK issue. Legal seekers should be welcomed - surely? Just asking!

Thought for today: #Obfuscation, #misdirection are in the ascendancy? Just asking!

"What next for the Telegraph after takeover collapses?" People still have parrots, right? Their cages still have floors? www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...

Oh, Yes?? #Trump to order investigation into Epstein's alleged ties to #Clinton and #banks! #News headline #UK Whatever next? Just asking!

This reads like an absolute horror show by @centralbylines.co.uk Reform couldn't even be trusted to run a bath. Anyone who thinks they could run a country - well just read this! centralbylines.co.uk/politics/hav...

The new laugh of the day: #Badenoch: Govt doesn't know what it's doing on budget! The #tories spent 14 years trying to persuade the public, that they new exactly what they, the #conservatives, were doing! e.g. #partygate #PPE cabinet reshuffles etc. & of course the disaster called #Brexit

First we had #Brexit. Now #Reform #UK 'running' councils. Did people really know what they were doing when placing their votes? Cheers Phil👍😁 Just asking! youtu.be/cZrhzRZc4tM?...

#Chris #Philp: Re PCC disbanding: He cited rises in crimes including shoplifting, as well as warnings from #police forces of cuts to front line staffing due to funding shortfalls. Who cut the number of police in the first place? Er, #Tories? Short term memory loss? Just asking!

How low can they become? Or is it impossible to go any lower? Just asking! #GB #News? youtu.be/HVDgyi75HHc?...

Too many rightwing #lies & too much #racism, is a sickness creeping through society. Its really a cause for concern. Stronger action is needed, but where does one start? Just asking!

Most #tories couldn't identify the truth, even if they fell over it! Are There Really a MILLION More People on Universal Credit?! youtu.be/9705aLlAWPI?...

Farage claimed “I've only got 30 seconds" in response to being told to condemn Reform’s Andy Osbourne’s “downright evil” comment about children in care. Yet he had plenty of time to talk about migrants. Farage is the person who is downright evil! #PMQs

The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean. This doesn't seem to be getting much attention in the UK, but it is big. The UK doesn't want to get involved in the US's indiscriminate killing when they go after these boats. 1/2

What would you call this statement? #Farage said the move was "in response to grave public concern about the safety of women and girls on the streets of West Northamptonshire". (re asylum seekers) I am sure most people know the answer, but just asking!

When was the last time, a #Tory, looked at their absolute ineptness when in #government. I say 'government' loosely! #Badenoch asks if there's a "toxic culture" in Downing Street.

In these times of rancour & division, it’s comforting to find things on which we can all agree: Kent County Council, for example, really does provide a perfect illustration of how well Reform would run the country. I agree with Nigel! www.bbc.com/news/article...

Very Kenty.

Private companies operating care services in just three regions of England made £250m profits in 3 years, £87.7m of profits went to care providers owned by private equity controlled from tax havens. Profits mean money buys less. Higher taxes for less service. Say NO to privatisation.

I have been corrected in the number of appearances by #Farage in BBC QT. It is, so far, 38 not in the 80s!! Just seemed that way, somehow 🤔

That final point is absolutely crucial.

🚨📉 Major new paper by Stanford professor Nick Bloom and coauthors. They find Brexit has: ⬇️ Reduced UK GDP by 6-8% ⬇️ Reduced investment by 12-18% ⬇️ Reduced employment by 3-4% ⬇️ Reduced productivity by 3-4%

“A sustained campaign of anti-migrant rhetoric is fuelling a growing cesspool of racism, including against international and ethnic minority nursing staff, without whom our health and care system would simply cease to function.” How disgraceful. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

FWIW I think the BBC Board of Governors and Chair should be selected by an Independent panel which is what I hope will happen at Charter Renewal. But I don't want the Government to step in and weild a big stick now, that's what Dictators do, it's what Trump is trying to do.

Number of posts saying Starmer isn't doing enough to defend the BBC, very few saying what they want him to do other than defend one of our institutions. Should he address the nation, phone Trump and tell him to f*ck off? He's made a statement, that should be enough for now, no need to escalate yet.

Anyone know who's paying for Farage's weekly press events, it can't be cheap. They're basically weekly Party Political Broadcasts, he's running rings round the media who turn up every week and in some cases breathlessly report his every word.

Rupert Lowe has invited Wayne O'Rourke to parliament O'Rourke pleaded guilty to stirring up race hatred, after calling for people to go on the streets, burn cars, to attack mosques + the "traitors" defending Muslims Judge "You were not caught up in what others were doing, you were instigating it"

“Is there a leadership challenge?” Ridge asked. Labour’s Wes Streeting replied: “No, and I think whoever’s been briefing this has been watching too much Celebrity Traitors.” It was the Guardian’s Crerar who started this shit-stirring BTW - farcical British journos chasing rumours again. #ukpolitics

This Government has introduced free breakfast clubs, additional free childcare hours and increased the minimum wage, it'll be great news if they remove the 2 child cap but let's not pretend they've done nothing for the less well off.

Quisling

Racism returning to UK politics – and people are very scared, says Starmer

I agree that the BBC should apologise to Trump for being misleading. Right after Trump apologises for the 30,573 false or misleading claims he made during his first presidency, or for each of his current daily average of 21 new lies per. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_o...

Just asking for clarity: So the #BBC is #biased? Nigel #Farage has appeared on the BBC's Question Time program a total of 38 times as of his latest appearance. This makes him one of the most frequent guests on the show, often criticized for the number of times he appears! #politics #thetruthwillout

#Farage says BBC has been institutionally biased for decades amid #Trump speech row! Back in the news with another bandwagon?? Just asking. #housepurchase #manyjobs #brexit = never forget!

Too true! #trump #ukmedia youtu.be/tOxbIrXFLDQ?...

This is indeed a paradox

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It’s as if they think we’ve all been in a coma for the last 15 years, rather than watching the Tories smash it all up in front of us. Very good on our ‘let’s-not-bother-with-right-wing-racism-or-Farage’s-corruption-and-let’s-blame-Labour-for-everything’ media. www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...

#BBC wem news: How Trump could hamper Zohran Mamdani's New York agenda! For a balanced view: How about How Mamdani could affect Trump's presidency! Just asking the #BBC

Ban second 'jobs' for all MP'S? I think its a great idea #Labour What about you? Just asking!

Superb! #Farage #Reform #UK #GreenParty youtu.be/Lfz9AvethWw?...