Zelenskyy: 'Thank you to Keir Starmer and the United Kingdom for tightening the grip on Russia's shadow fleet. Allowing British law enforcement to stop and detain sanctioned vessels is a timely move, particularly now, when global pressure on Russia is quietly loosening.' 1/

This will make a much bigger difference than drilling for the last bit of methane gas in the North Sea news.sky.com/story/ed-mil...

Good to see the Resolution Foundation come out so strongly in favour of Reeves targeted measures. It's important we don't repeat the mistakes of the last tory Government and spend £40b of tax payers money, large parts of it to support the better off. www.resolutionfoundation.org/press-releas...

Latest Yougov (Expect howls of "it's not fair, they're all out to get me' from Farage) Westminster voting intention RefUK 23%(-2) LAB 19%(+2) CON 17%(nc), GRN 18%(-1) LDEM 13%(-1)

Here’s what Zack Polanski doesn’t want you to see 🫣

We need to say it clearly: nothing happening in global politics, nothing happening in the media, nothing at all justifies this attack. No one setting an ambulance on fire is just misled, they are hateful.

turns out Spain and France are meaningfully insulated from the Trump Energy Shock because of investments in nuclear and renewables www.ft.com/content/19f2...

No, its very simple. Russia launched a unprovoked, imperialist invasion of Ukraine. Thats it. It's one of the most simple conflicts of our time, with a very clear right and wrong.

“Between 2016 and 2021, the number of new monthly solar installations averaged about 3,000 per month. Over the past 12 months that has soared to 23,000 installations per month. Roughly 15,500 households every month in the UK are fitting solar panels”

The UK is allowing bases to be used for defensive strikes against missile sites being used to target international shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, as is allowed under international law. The same way the UK allowed its bases to be used already for defensive strikes against missile sites...

I strongly suspect however the bill was presented in whatever form, the Lords would have still delayed it, not least for religious reasons The Bill had some of the toughest, if not the toughest safeguards in the world, but it was still stymied with endless and often trivial ammendments

Peter Kyle: "Steel used in Britain should be made in Britain. Our new steel strategy makes more of that possible." news.sky.com/story/waters...

Striking to hear the Prime Minister strongly attack the Conservative party's descent into anti-Muslim bigotry, at PMQs. This stuff has been allowed to fester for too long in our national politics. Requires political leaders to draw a line in the sand against it

ZELENSKY in UK: Thank you for all your attention to Ukraine and for the support Britain and the British people have given us since the start of Russia's full-scale war. Together we have saved many lives, and we can save many more. Trust in the United Kingdom is now one of the highest among

So Trump is not happy with the UK...I'll live with making Trump unhappy

Starmer: "We will not be drawn into the wider war ... we cannot allow the war in the Gulf to turn into a windfall for Putin"

This is so welcome and vital to hear a British PM say this now. I pray they complete the project before the wreckers get any kind of power.

Richard Tice: - engaged in highly aggressive tax avoidance to avoid nearly £600,000 of tax - did so at a time when the taxpayer was already paying his salary as an MEP Nothing patriotic about this party of grifters www.thetimes.com/article/6f55...

I signed this letter. A lot of harm has been caused by ideological approaches to birth. “We are a democratic party and our policies are determined by our members.” is a pretty terrible way to approach health policies.

This 'manufactured outrage' is something I've been working on for over a decade as a mum, a county councillor and now as an MP. C-section targets are dangerous and part of a wider ideology that has caused a lot of harm in Morecambe Bay, and places like Shrewsbury and Telford too.

I notice the article uses the term expats, they're not expats, they are economic migrants trying to avoid UK taxes

If you’ve spent years abroad paying little or no UK tax, it’s reasonable to pay Capital Gains Tax when you return. You’re coming back to the roads, hospitals and schools the rest of us have been funding. www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...

When I asked Zack Polanski about his brief if memorable career as a breast size-enhancing hypnotherapist, he told me that it was never about actual breast size, just body image. This was not the case, and this new BBC article - and audio clip – makes that plainer. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The Greens want NIMBY votes and they want votes from people who want massive renewables investment and they want votes from people who want cheaper housing and lower rents. They can dodge the obvious contradictions of this for a while - luxury of insurgent opposition - but not forever.

Polanski basically seems to have a grasp on politics/policy which is very similar to the average left-ish normie, which is good for becoming popular but has no follow through for governance.

Last night, Labour MPs just voted to expand free school meals to half a million more children, lifting 100,000 children out of poverty. 📈 Disappointingly, the Tories and Reform UK voted against the measures. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Only Labour will give children growing up in our country the best start in life. 🌹

Whilst the news is monopolised with the Iran our Labour gov continues to deliver for the British people. Further measures to protect women and girls delivering on manifesto commitments alongside strengthening our communities and helping 16 year olds with vocational options 👏👏👏

Jones writes article knowing Labour hasn’t joined, and knowing British public backs him ,but pretending Labour have joined and don’t know public opinion and saying he should .. then will write an article next week saying Labour now doing what he said ! No thanks Guardian Try finding a real analyst !

Polanski's strategy. Endlessly repeating delusional takes on what Starmer/Labour are doing, over and over. Even when disproved, they just repeat it again, except with increasingly emotive shrieks and phrasing. Don't call them populists though, apparently they don't like that reality either.

Seriously? No difference between Labour and the Tories? Pffffttt!!!

Long thread on LOTS of policies and announcements that Labour have made over the last year supporting Net Zero. Labour also have an ambitious target to green the electricity grid by 2030. Labour are moving faster than they get credit for

Erm... maybe the Greens want to look into *why* he left Corbyn's office before celebrating this too much.

I went to a secondary modern, I don’t want to go back to labelling 75% of children as failures Out of 200 kids in my year only 4 went to University. (I was 35 before I went and got a law degree) We were labelled even down to the exams we were allowed to take, CSE instead of GCE No thanks

Labour have introduced so many ‘green’ policies that help towards Net Zero. Can’t remember the last time Green’s actually talked about the environment 🤷🏻‍♂️

Congratulations Cllr Julie Griffiths!

Like, come on, this is a direct quote. That's not a hit job, it's a advertisement - it even tells you how to get in touch and his rates

The way I see it is that tonight Starmer had no other serious option but to do what he has. However, he must have known as soon as the attacks happened that an indiscriminate Iranian response was likely and failed to do anything to prepare the public for the consequences. That's what's screwed him.

She's going to pick a fight with a lot of Labour MPs and for what? Net migration is likely to be negative next year She'd be better off shouting that out from the roof tops as polling shows most people aren't even aware of the massive drops in net migration Politics 101, publicise 'successes'

This is total nonsense and has no regard for any actual policy content it’s just a vibe. Meanwhile I’m yet to see a single decarbonisation policy from Polanski that isn’t wealth taxes but apparently that’s acceptable?

This is untrue and, you have to assume, deliberately so - designed to appeal to performative wailers in search of betrayal. Ed Miliband is delivering on Labour’s manifesto promises.

James projections for the next three rounds from 205k are these very eye-catching figures Dec 2025: net immigration of 184,000 June 2026: net immigration of 47,000 Dec 2026: negative net migration (net emigration) of 62,000 bsky.app/profile/jame...

'Pushed austerity' by, erm, hugely increasing public spending.

More initial signs of recovery! “UK government debt sales are expected to drop for the first time in four years, in a sign that chancellor Rachel Reeves’ effort to keep a lid on borrowing is easing pressure on the gilt market”

Polls open Good luck to Labour and the Greens today in hopefully pushing Reform down to third place

We know from the Runcorn and Helsby by-election that the Greens wouldn't do that. Even though they had no chance of winning they kept campaigning and allowed Reform to win by splitting the left vote cheshirewestandchester.greenparty.org.uk/people-2/nic...

Ahem... bsky.app/profile/robf...

Further announcements by our Labour government. Support for Councils, stronger economic news, reduced borrowing and support for Courts. Changes to SEND support and Youth Future Hubs being rolled out from next month. 👏👏👏👏

Reform UK Accused Of 'Declaring War On Workers' Over Plan To Scrap Employment Rights www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/reform...