"JD Vance claimed UK electricity prices are “four, five, six times” higher than in the United States... Latest figures show the average monthly electricity cost in the US is about $150, roughly £110, while in the UK a typical monthly energy bill is around £79, roughly $106." source: The Independent

Less than a year ago Starmer said “We [he & Trump] are different people and we’ve got different political backgrounds and leanings, but we do have a good relationship and that comes from a number of places.” It now seems he was wrong. Judgement ? www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

"Pope Leo refuses to go to US while Donald Trump is president" Starmer should be guided by the Pope's wisdom in refusing to associate himself with the current US administration and cancel King Charles' forthcoming trip, effective immediate. www.thenational.scot/news/2600642...

"Being isolated from the European continent is not in the British national interest. Re-applying for membership of the EU is." BREX-IN NOW! fedtrust.co.uk/brex-in-now/

Putin must be smiling like a pariah dog that spots a goat which has strayed too far from the flock www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

There's a reason billionaires are giving money to Reform, and it does not bode well www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The UK has wasted a decade www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Starmer should immediately & unequivocally ban access to British airspace to US warplanes. The UK should not be accomplice to a US President who is threatening more war crimes. Period.

Quite right, he had no choice www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Abundantly clear that Starmer must take a decision and stop prevaricating: King Charles' visit to the US should be cancelled, effective immediate. It's beyond acceptable that a representative of the UK should associate with the US gov't under current leadership. www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

Streeting makes a persuasive case

He's nuts ! www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

From today, every child counts equal. So if your family are on low wages or fall on hard times - universal credit is paid for every child, not just the first two Cos every child matters - and every child deserves the chance to thrive

Greedy bastard - that's the last of his vacuum cleaners I buy

The decision whether or not to proceed with king Charles' visit to the UK is Starmer's. He has reversed a number of decisions since taking office. It is now time to reverse this one: King Charles' visit to the US should be cancelled, effective immediate

Mahmood's immigration "plans" do not need to be tempered, they need to be scrapped. They are cruel and shameful. She is not fit to be Home Sec in any gov't let alone a Lab one.... ...and I do wish she would stop smirking www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

It's high time the repugnant liar Johnson was held accountable for the damage he did his office, and our country. He should be stripped of any benefits asap. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Support amongst the young is overwhelming. Even those now retired are 60% in favour. Surely it's now time to stand up & say it out loud. WE WANT TO JOIN EU! www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bri...

The economic damage of Brexit is bad enough, but it also reduced our int'l respect and influence, stripped opportunities from our young, ruined countless businesses, and diminished our empathy for those less fortunate than ourselves

In 2020 Justice Secretary David Lammy said “Jury trials are a fundamental part of our democratic settlement. Criminal trials without juries are a bad idea”

Two wasted years kowtowing. Trump's nascent hostility to the UK is not unexpected. The wisdom of team Starmer that "Brexit is behind us" and the UK should remain out of the EU SM and CU can now be seen for what it was: folly. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet"

Brexit remains unforgivable in the damage it’s done to our country, our democracy and to people’s lives. Ruinous stupidity, vengeful prejudice and political dishonesty. And Farage wants more of that. Threatening to tear up improvements to our Brexit deal and leave the ECHR. Jeezus, UK. Wake TF up.

Abundantly clear King Charles should not be going crossing the Pond in a fortnight, two months or two years. After that.. maybe www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

I did not vote for this

More than 3,200 lawyers including 300 top barristers and retired judges have called on the government to drop its plan to abolish some jury trials www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Evasion speaks louder than words www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Reading a old review by Christopher Hitchens in the LRB recently I came across the phrase "one learns how vulgar bigotry can be veneered with sophistication.." Changing the subject entirely, thank goodness I have not heard anything of Rees-Mugg recently

Hard to think of a more inappropriate - and deeply cynical - reaction to the increase in oil price than cutting energy bills. If Starmer thinks that will get him off the hook in May's elections he's got another think coming www.theguardian.com/business/nil...

"Markets sink after president offers little detail on how he intends to wind down conflict over next two to three weeks" I think we can take it that he hasn't got the foggiest idea www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

The PM is right, "our future lies with Europe." Shame he has only just woken up to this, because some of us have been saying it for years.

Good. At last. But it should not take the deranged statements from across the Pond to make Starmer realize that Brexit is, and always has been hugely damaging to our economy, our businesses, our int'l respect and influence, our young, and our empathy for those less fortunate

Now, after two years he tells us. McSwarmer is a prime minister without judgement

Absolutely right, but Brexit damaged much more than just our economy: it reduced our int'l influence, ruined long established businesses, removed opportunities from our young, and stripped away our empathy for those less fortunate than ourselves

It is a shame Starmer and Reeves have wasted the last two vital years telling us that there was no way the UK would rejoin the European SM and CU. Neither has any judgement. He is not fit to be PM and she is not fit to be chancellor www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

When my wife and I married 32 years ago we bought a Denby dinner service to replace the Denby dinner service my parents bought 75 years ago. Denby was, and is, a great business. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

It is blindingly obvious that Britain's place is in Europe, for our security, our economy, and our young, our history and our culture. That Mc Swarmer and Reeves have spent the last two years in denial was, and remains, a disgrace. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

China billionaire owner of Northumbrian Water wants to bid for Thames Water. NW has 50+ criminal convictions, dumps sewage in rivers, fleeces customers. 90% of England's water is foreign owned. More of the same can't solve problems. Must end privatisation. Must nationalise.

Breaking news from the Palace: King Charles says he won't go to the US, whatever Starmer says. He's sick of being told what to do, and anyhow he doesn't much like flying.

Breaking news from the Palace: King Charles says he won't go to the US, whatever Starmer says. He's sick of being told what to do, and anyhow he doesn't much like flying.

"We cannot ignore this figure. A 31% loss in our food and drink exports is hammering our growers and producers, many to the point of simply giving up. The damage done by leaving the single market is egregious", says Nick Harvey of European Movement UK. www.thenational.scot/news/2598345...

Iran-US war latest: Trump says conflict will end in ‘two to three weeks’ April Fool ?

Radio 4 is buzzing. Breaking news from the Palace: King Charles says he won't go to the US, whatever Starmer says. He's sick of being told what to do, and anyhow he doesn't much like flying.

Breaking news from the Palace: King Charles says he won't go to the US, whatever Starmer says. He's sick of being told what to do, and anyhow he doesn't much like flying.

I voted for a gov't that would stand up to corporate greed, not cave in to it

Give us what we want or else. JP Morgan, with net income of $57.05bn in 2025, demands £1bn to £1.6bn cut in business rates as a condition of investing in the UK. Govt to capitulate. How will it resist other corporations? People will pay higher taxes or forego services. archive.ph/mQOIU

Ending UK dependency on US drugs could give our NHS a big boost in pay, recruiting, refurb... "This proposal was in the 2019 Labour manifesto. Of course the leader was a racist or something (so the BBC and billionaire owned newspapers told us) so we can’t have affordable meds." via Coral Fineman

A large nnumber of Brexit voters have, to put it bluntly, now died. With younger voters overwhelmingly pro-EU, any decision to align further with the EU carries less political risk than at any point since 2016 – something Labour are sensing. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...

And McSwarmer is still determined to send King Charles on a state visit ? He must be bonkers www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...