this is the question.

Reform Vs Green. Hate Vs Hope. Hundreds and hundreds of people out on the streets today making sure hope wins. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Quite funny that Starmer's allies are waking up to this point now … Cuts to Winter Fuel… not in the manifesto Disability benefit cuts… not in there either Cutting jury trials… also not there Digital ID… no mention Raising employers NI… nope Freezing tax threholds… nah Contracts with Palantir… no

Every American needs to watch this:

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Can Mandelson's downfall prompt revolt against the Labour Party he shaped? morningstaronline.co.uk/article/can-...

Unions are battling an all-out assault on working-class education: morningstaronline.co.uk/article/unio...

'Despite becoming the world’s second biggest economy, China still picks winners and has strict controls on capital. If Britain is ever to emerge from its post-industrial decline, the same approach would not go amiss.' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

'The UK must decide: do we want our Government systems run by a surveillance contractor that cut its teeth in drone warfare and immigration raids and now seeks to “dominate”? Or do we believe in a public service ethos that values transparency and democratic accountability?'

🔴‘Peter Mandelson’s Fixing of Keir Starmer’s Visit to Spytech Firm Palantir Raises Serious Questions’ Palantir was represented by a lobbying firm founded by Mandelson, Iain Overton and Max Colbert report bylinetimes.com/2025/04/25/p...

Starmer knew who he was appointing as ambassador to the United States. And for that decision, he should go.

FRANCE: Paris prosecutor's cybercrime unit and Interpol carry out searches at X’s premises in France, also says they're also leaving the platform.

A search is being conducted at X's French offices by the cybercrime unit of the Paris prosecutor's office, along with @CyberGEND and @Europol, as part of the investigation opened in January 2025. The Paris prosecutor's office is withdrawing from X. Wow, is Musk a criminal? Wouldn’t surprise me….

This sounds is like a very cogent advertisement to join the Greens

Labour took votes for granted. They've blown it. Green Party want to lower bills, protect our NHS and rebuild our public services. Vote Green - and stop Reform. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

(AP) — The Paris prosecutors’ office said a search was underway Tuesday at the French offices of Elon Musk’s social media platform X as part of a preliminary investigation into a range of alleged offences, including spreading child pornography and deepfakes. @apnews.com apnews.com/article/fran...

John Oxley points out the clear yet often overlooked point that young men 18-24 are the second most liberal, left-leaning group in society (after young women) - being more so than young-ish thirtysomething women, and older women, as well as than men in older cohorts

Here are my reasons for joining the Green Party. And why you should too.

Great to see that debate over Britain’s iniquitous student loan scheme finally rising up the agenda. I wrote about this in one of my last columns at @thetimes.com. At the time, there was zero interest at the paper which instead preferred to attack massively indebted junior doctors for striking

Lots of people saying Keir Starmer had no good options and that blocking Burnham from standing was the least worst one. Why I now think the opposite is the case bylinetimes.com/2026/01/26/w...

Yes indeed. Suicidal act by Labour, showing that Starmer and those around him consider the preservation of their power and position more important than the fate of the Party and the country itself.

So it was Badenoch *personally* who stabbed Britain in the back during the Greenland crisis! Simply unbelievable. Ought to be a resignation matter. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

These people would prefer the annihilation of the Labour Party over handing it to someone with vaguely soft left positions and a dose of relatability.

Excellent and absolutely spot on: 'Starmer's appeasement of Trump humiliates Britain'. morningstaronline.co.uk/article/star...

Mark Carney: US invasion of Greenland = an attack on Canada, wh. would be obligated to assist in Greenland's defense, and could use military force against the United States. “We are NATO partners with Denmark.... Our obligations...stand and we stand fully square behind those.” x.com/EdKrassen/st...

'The pattern revealed in Birmingham is the same one that shapes Britain’s response to Gaza. When Israeli interests are inconvenienced, the state mobilises. When Palestinians are killed, it urges restraint. ' www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

UK should consider expelling US forces from British bases, says Zack Polanski www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

What a shocker. Starmer's failure to stand up to Trump invites more contempt. Who could possibly have guessed that this was the wrong tack to take.

"Starmer is right that this should be "moment for the whole country to pull together". But not one where we, collectively, raise the white flag ..."

This is despair-inducingly poor journalism. Petty crime - like having your phone pinched or shoplifting (two of the key examples used in the article) - isn’t a harbinger of imaginary ‘chaos creep’, it demonstrates that major, serious crime is down and criminals are resorting to ever pettier methods

This is totally unnecessary and a bad blunder by the Welsh Government. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Ah, so the billionaires are driving up the prices of hardware not only for the moronic AI bubble, but also to create a new market where nobody can afford PCs and must rent them in the cloud... Restricting communication and information is also a plus I'm sure. www.windowscentral.com/artificial-i...

Europe must now tell Trump that enough is enough – and cut all ties with the US | Alexander Hurst www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

media focus on Reform UK has obscured the likelihood that Plaid Cymru will lead the next Welsh government

What would it mean in terms of seats? It puts Plaid well ahead of Reform and, if correct, would allow Plaid Cymru to form a majority coalition without Labour.

Holy crap there's a new poll for Wales and it is crazy. It puts Plaid well ahead of Reform with the Greens beating Labour. The results of this YouGov/ITV Cymru Wales/Cardiff Uni were: Plaid 37% (+7) Reform 23 (-6) Green 13 (+7) Labour 10 (-4) Conservatives 10 (-1) Lib Dem 5 (-1) Other 2 (-2) 1/3

I wonder what attracted failed Tory politician and tax-dodging multi-millionaire Nadhim Zahawi to Reform?

The BBC refuses to tell the truth about Donald Trump's illegal aggression. Ridiculous 👇 www.owenjones.news/p/the-bbcs-o...

This is the kind of initiative which could be developed by Your Party, working with the Greens. the Lib Dems and the Nationalist parties. It would need to have at its heart a new concept of what kind of state the UK is and of its strategic interests.

UK politics needs a new UKIP - not directed at Europe but at the stifling political, strategic and economic influence of the USA. There is no independent British sovereignty, just limited autonomy within parameters defined by country's position as a US vassal state, aka 'the special relationship'.

Excellent and spot on.

‪ "Trump's international piracy ... typifies a wider trend across the West: the assertion of authoritarianism and, with that, the open and unquestioned dictatorship of capital."

After spending years insisting Trump is a "global peacemaker" Nigel Farage now switches to suggesting his illegal assault on Venezuela, followed by the kidnapping of its President, is "a good thing". Trump's British cheerleaders not wasting any time www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/trumps-ill...

This is one of the best articles on this subject.

If the cost of living was prioritised at the beginning of Starmer's premiership, Labour would now be in a much better position. Can this belated shift save them?

Qesser Zuhrah and Amy Gardiner-Gibson are on day 46 of their hunger strike. Heba Muraisi is on day 45. All are at a high risk of death. In 1981 - the last time there was a hunger strike like this - Martin Hurson died after 46 days.

It’s frustrating seeing journalists reporting on the Unison General Secretary election primarily in party political instead of trade union terms. Andrea Egan won promising to raise the expectations of public sector workers. That could well have a big industrial relations impact very soon.

This is a big deal.

After the latest fiasco, I bloody well hope Bazball has left the building. It's turned England into a bunch of hapless and incompetent one-trick ponies. It's panto, not cricket. And it's not even funny.

Spot on, well worth a read.