If this bill does not get gov't time it may just be that Starmer will find time running out pretty fast for him, and his team of second-raters, too.

Far better informed people than me have described Brexit as the biggest act of self harm by any country in the last 75 years+. But today, when the HoC debated exploring creation of a new EU-UK Customs Union, Labour MPs were instructed not to attend. That is a disgrace.

The trouble is, the damage is done, The way back will be costly and slow. Shameful nonsense from Starmer about "making Brexit work" only makes a bad situation worse. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I am sick and tired of Starmer's inability to provide any form of leadership, not to mention his abject cowardice. I am beginning to wish I had never heard his name. Correction: omit "am beginning to"

... and there was me thinking ('cos he told us so) that Starmer was getting on with Trump like a house on fire www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Regretfully Creasy is right, "Anyone pro-European should resist talk of rejoining... because to rejoin is, right now, an impossibility." And a key reason is that Starmer & Reeves have frittered away 18 months talking nonsense, claiming they'd "make Brexit work" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It is increasingly clear that no matter how much damage Brexit inflicts, and how many now regret it, Starmer lacks the political will and backbone to stand up against those whose lies and misinformation underlay the "decision" taken by the 2016 vote

Shafik advocated re-entry to the EU customs union to generate growth. This was turned down flat... ignoring the sound advice of [his] adviser. This is not statesmanship. This is pathetic." observer.co.uk/news/busines...

"Brexit, sold on false pretences and acting like a tourniquet on EU-UK trade. The damage done by Brexit to UK growth, investment, employment and productivity is impossible to ignore, but it has damaged Europe, too. " observer.co.uk/opinion-and-...

Just 18 months ago there were such high hopes. Then came the reality: Lab in office choosing to raise taxes rather than acting in the interest of the country's economy, improving int'l influence and increasing opportunities our young. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Crypto investor gives £9m to Reform UK as donations exceed those to Tories. Super rich don't donate, they invest to shape party policies to secure advantages for their class. Normal people can't match them. Direct donations to political parties must be criminalized.

She's nuts

Democracy is not consistent with the idea that wealthy individuals - particularly non-residents - can buy disproportionate political influence. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Brexit was built on lies and misinformation. It has harmed our economy, reduced our int'l influence and taken opportunities from our young. And instead of showing leadership, explaining the damage and setting out a plan to reverse it, Starmer remains determined to keep the UK out of the EU SM & CU

Many voters have red lines too - and will not vote for politicians who put their own interests before those of the country.

I hear that Starmer is now hoping for a "re-set" with Europe, but remains adamant that the UK will not rejoin the EU SM and CU. The "policy," if it is worthy of such a description, is 18 months late, and cowardly. So much for governing in the interests of the country

« Ukraine’s security is Europe’s security. »

Brexit postage stamps 😊

Who cares what Gullis does ? With any luck he is finished in public life

If Starmer and team were indeed "getting on with the job of economic renewal," they would be straining every muscle to take the UK back into the EU SM and CU, rather than expecting voters to pay the price of their political cowardice, frozen tax thresholds etc www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

£90bnlost tax revenue pa is bad enough, but worse than that we've lost int'l respect, influence, and opportunities www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Me too

I represented @houseoflords.parliament.uk at a Summit in Stockholm to remind the world of Crimea’s plight since 2014: killings, children sent to Russian camps, cultural heritage destroyed etc. Zelensky put it powerfully in his speech to us ‘Putin wants legal recognition for what he has stolen’.

Very excited to see that (possibly just for the moment) I have 300 followers. Thanks guys, let's change the world (one step at a time, maybe we should start with the UK)

This forecast underlines the stupidity of Reeves' determination that the UK should remain outside the EU SM and CU www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

I’d have thought nothing cuts more against our precious British values than selling out your country for Russian bribes… And yet Reform, the right‑wing press, and all those self‑styled guardians of these values have nothing to say …funny that.

Boris Johnson didn't apologise to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, even when she told him in person the lasting impact his comments about her had on her detention in Iran, her husband tells the BBC

"the truth, which Mr Johnson has never had a close relationship with, is now clear: he was responsible for thousands of avoidable deaths," and it is time he was held accountable www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

My choice would be Burnham, and the sooner the better www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

SURPRISE!

That's the Johnson way, play the man not the ball. Already beneath contempt he now shows himself as the repulsive, cowardly creature he is. He discredits the office he held, and was, and remains, unfit for public office, public privilege and public funds observer.co.uk/topics/natio...

Two things a leader needs are courage and vision. Starmer n' Reeves it seems have neither. They may not be responsible for getting us into the mess we are in, but they are certainly responsible for the fact that we are making no progress getting out of it. observer.co.uk/news/busines...

What's in the bubble? Now, there's a question...

I can't resist sharing this, irreverent though it is: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUB0...

What a repulsive family - stand by to hear from old man Stan

Johnson: the repulsive creature is now exposed to public contempt. May he rot in Hell www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

“Beyond contempt” is putting it mildly. It is beyond time that he was stripped of any public funding, any public privilege and any public platform. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Even better, set about rejoining the EU SM and CU

"Boris Johnson should have no role in public life and no further entitlement to public funds.” Absolutely. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

The grand old Duke of York, He had twelve million quid, He gave them to someone he did not know For something he never did www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Former Finnish PM Sanna Marin put it bluntly: “To end the conflict, Russia must leave Ukrainian territory.” Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.

An investigation into Russian interference in our politics is long overdue. And we all know who should be questioned first.

Experience shows Yakovenko had a point

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It may be unfair to say that Andrew M-W is hiding. Perhaps, it it is just that he is rather busy, washing out his drip-dry shirts, fetching pizza and doing all sorts of other "ordinary things", like organising shooting weekends and things.

The Guardian reports that overnight, Keir Starmer said the budget would reflect “Labour values” and be “based on fairness”. He might call that leadership, I call it meaningless.

Precisely. Jonathan Freedland hits the nail on the head - Reeves is putting political dogma/convenience before the national good. She has to be replaced. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

My opinion of Rachel Reeves performance has absolutely nothing to do with her gender, it is simply that I do not think she is up to the job. Shrugging off criticism as "mansplaining" does not help her case www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

“Starmer’s government has repeatedly said it does not want to join a customs union with the EU, saying it was a red line.” Why? Brexit is costing us 6-8% of GDP, and Reeves has no idea how to plug that vast gap because raising tax is a red line, too. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...