We flounced out of the EU on the say-so of politicians who lied to us. And what a total shitshow that’s turned out to be. The polar opposite of what they promised. Now the call to flounce out of the ECHR. By the same people. Telling the same lies. Has the country been kicked in the head by a horse?

Its astonishing to think the economy would be 4% larger, if Brexit had not happened. It doesn't sound like a lot, but that would equate to over £140 billion. You could reverse the 2010s austerity in local government completely, and massively increase spending elsewhere. And some people trust Farage.

Labour voters overwhelmingly cite Brexit as the number one cause of our current difficulties, with 69% naming the decision to leave the EU as the main reason behind the country’s problems. inews.co.uk/news/politic...

If you find yourself on the same side as Donald Trump on literally any topic, you are pitching for the bad guys. It's a pretty easy litmus test.

Ed Davey, "Our strength lies in the British people and our shared values" "We are a nation that believes in tolerance, decency, and respect for both individual freedom and the rule of law" "Together, we can get things back on track"

Good. Now stop arms sales to Israel, implement hefty sanctions on the Netanyahu regime and its members, and use your place on the UN Security Council to back up Resolution 242 with action. It's fucking genocide. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.

This is one of the most important posts of the day.

wrote about this last year and sure I wasn't in any way the only one but imo people voting for populist politics in the 21st century *is* a sign that they do just have too much faith in institutions, as opposed to not enough - they want to have their little tantrum but assume things will just hold

Next time someone on the right claims all the political violence in this country is coming from the left, not the right, do please show them this. You're welcome

What you must remember about Reform is that they are multi-millionaire tax dodgers, owned by multi-billionaire US Fascists. There ain't no Making Britain Great Again in there.

www.theguardian Channel 4 to mark Trump’s UK visit with ‘longest uninterrupted reel of untruths’ Broadcaster to dedicate Wednesday night schedule to unpicking US president’s false or misleading statements.

Danny Kruger joining Reform isn’t news. That’s his natural home. A party led by rich racist grifters and liars cynically exploiting ignorance. They claim to be a breath of fresh air. But they stink of personal inadequacy and public failure. We should all be very bored of their stale guff by now.

Tesla boss Elon Musk wants to overthrow UK govt. Big pharma wants the NHS to pay higher drugs prices or else. Banks warn govt not to levy higher taxes on them, cut worker wages they say. People bear cost of corporate pollution, abuses. Choice - Curb corporate power and slavery or democracy.

Want to be clear that the predictable violence against the police wasn't the only problem with yesterday's march It's that 100,000 angry racists gathered in London for the biggest racist march in 50 years, and anyone not white had to steer clear The govt can't see that because they are inadequate.

Lib Dem leader Ed Davey: “Elon Musk openly called for violence on our streets yesterday. “I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric. “Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.”

Russia-manipulated fifth columnists are everywhere. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk: “There is a growing wave of pro-Russian sentiments and hostility toward fighting Ukraine, orchestrated by the Kremlin on genuine fears and emotions.”

I’m not surprised at the large turn out yesterday. Our media ecosystem - as @carolecadwalla.bsky.social has often pointed — has completely collapsed, and people are motivated by outright inflammatory lies on social media. It’s a crisis of information and the dark side of the digital revolution

We are witnessing a “marketing push” from the far right. Someone is coordinating this & someone is funding it. (Bannon & co do have form!). The silent majority story is utter BS & the actual silent majority need to start piping up! The UK is not a nation of far right, 1/2 witted thugs!

One of the great challenges of our day is to combat the hatred, fear, and lies that generate profits for those seeking to divide us and keep us from uniting around a common good.

Trump's approval ratings are tanking. He's blowing up the economy. He hasn't done squat to help the working class. The Epstein scandal haunts him. He is a weak and failing president with his back against the wall. Keep up the pressure.

Truth & democracy are now slipping through our fingers at an alarming rate.

Let that number sink in. This is how to do it when you’re fighting for the future of your democracy.

Increasingly I feel that what once was considered the political mainstream in the U.K. has completely lost its moral compass. When did the question about concentration camps and mass deportations become one of practical feasibility?

The ever-eloquent @rafaelbehr.bsky.social pointedly refusing to mince his words on what Farage has done for us. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Maybe media will at some point acknowledge that the man who wants to meet with war criminals rather than victims aims to be a war criminal, that the man who wants to pardon child rapists is a child rapist rather than a man who seeks to protect victims. This isn't rocket science.

Imagine if BBC spent as much time on the dangers of climate collapse as they do on immigration. Imagine the public response when they realise what the real danger is to our children & who is causing it. Instead of anger at refugees there’d be anger at oil companies, media bosses, politicians & BBC.

Our humanity is buckling under the weight of inequality.

The biggest divide is not between “right” and “left." It’s between democracy and oligarchy. The billionaires who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us. They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see that they have all the wealth and power.

Britains biggest secret, That the media desperately don’t want people to know, But that you can easily see in policy polling, And looking back at elections, Is that the people of Britain are actually progressive. Secret two? Our FPTP elections didn’t just break, they’ve always been broken.

Netanyahu’s plan to occupy Gaza is abhorrent and it's increasingly clear that his goal is ethnic cleansing. The UK can't just sit on its hands. The Prime Minister must stop all arms exports to Israel and sanction Netanyahu and his cabinet.

America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.

As the UN's humanitarian chief warns that 14,000 babies could die in Gaza within the next 48 hours without aid, I am remembering Amol Rajan telling Gary Lineker: "the BBC as a whole needs to be impartial about it".

But populists can't be the only ones telling compelling stories. There has to be a progressive narrative too, but you can't build credibility overnight. Years of cravenness and timidity take their toll. A plague on all their houses. ENDS

Starmer is a KC. He chooses language carefully, well aware of its effects. Squalid, Strangers, cheap foreign labour, he knew he was reaching for the dog whistle. He has signed the death warrant on the Labour Party. Time to get out, explore other alternatives and an opportunity for the minor parties.

Things Labour have just left broken. Voter suppression via tighter ID. FPTP in Mayoral elections. Stuffing the Beeb with populists. Offcom. Attacks by X and FB on democracy. Foreign financing of political parties. Universities. Brexit. Child poverty. What did I miss?

If we’d been told Brexit would cost a divorce fee of £40bn, a further £100bn a year, kill small exporting businesses, increase immigration, lower food standards & deny people access to the latest cancer drugs, no one would have voted for it. It simply can not be defended and must be reversed.

The United States is the richest country in the history of the world. But who benefits from those riches? Consider: the richest 10% of Americans hold nearly 70% of the nation’s wealth – while the bottom 50% hold just 3%. See the problem?

The core trilma here remains the same - the govt needs to accept one of three things: high student migration, higher domestic student fees (or higher taxes to fund universities) or university bankruptcies. Those are the only options, given where we are. Pick one.

Imagine how much money you could have made shorting the stock markets if you knew in advance just how destructive Trump's tariff levels would be. Will this entirely artificially engineered recession/depression mint the world's first trillionaires?

Has anyone out there compiled/documented Jenny Harries’s catastrophic handling of Covid? I could really do with a summary!

After getting caught attempting to blackmail Europe through his illegal Yemen attacks, US oligarch Trump is now threatening the European Union and Canada with more "tariffs" if they sign a trade deal with each other. Sidenote: Trump believes the European Union is a country.

If it weren't for Brexit, Rachel Reeves would have another £50 billion in her purse; plenty enough to boost the NHS, welfare, and infrastructure, and allow for some tax cuts. What a happier and more optimistic Britain that would be. That's the price of the delusional idiocy of Brexit. #RejoinEU

"Getting the UK back in the Single Market and the Customs Union is a prerequisite for creating sustained growth that can improve opportunities for British people across the board"

Genuinely serious, realistic appraisal of our current predicament from @anthonypainter.bsky.social. Highly recommended. anthonypainter.substack.com/p/brexterity...

We are in a doom loop of broken infrastructure, failure of investment, low growth, and lack of confidence Things can only get worse without a govt with the courage to tax and borrow to invest Reeves's refusal to tax and determination to cut is pushing us into recession www.ft.com/content/f590...

Plausible deniability, as a strategy of war. How many “incidents” in what time frame do we require before the word “accident” has to be questioned?

Something is emerging & it needs embracing very very fast. A dawning realisation across the political spectrum that Elon/the Oligarchs are in fact the enemy. Hallelujah. It’s only taken 10 years (ok this last bit when the game was put on steroids!) Now the movement must go global. 99% is the “brand”

“Many see Trump's stance on Ukraine and his willingness to offer Putin concessions as a harbinger for his wider indifference towards Russia's threat to Europe.” Those that don’t see it like that are traitorous sycophants and fools. (FT, Europe Express supplement)

It’s at times like this that the annual £40 billion shortfall in tax revenue caused by Brexit would have been very handy…