Like the vast majority in the UK, I am proud of our NHS. It’s not perfect and never will be and it needs reform but it’s better than the insurance based system that Farage is touting. I would happily pay a little more tax to help fund it but it needs to be spent on effectiveness and efficiency.

They hypocrisy of many of the BBC’s political and newspaper accusers

Remind me. I forget how many PM’s the Tories had before “Soggy Suited” Rishi finally called an election in 2024? I doubt that even “Starmer’s Allies” would speak to the Daily Heil.

Read this carefully 🤣🤣 thanks @suewilson91.bsky.social for sharing ot

Wasn’t that down to the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Migration and Citizenship of the United Kingdom? Over to you Mr Jenrick. You negotiated the contracts.

Mr Farage, please explain the impact of Brexit on the Dublin Agreement? Thank you.

Asset?

The best way to defeat Reform is for millions of people to hear a version of this message: "Farage's Brexit made you poorer. Don't let him do it again"

And beside fuelling house price inflation and taking homes out of the reach of all but the wealthiest, how’s that going to help?

Just fuck off with this. How about start the conversation by highlighting how much immigrants contribute to the UK - not least by propping up the NHS and social care system! Also - forced volunteering is not volunteering, it's unpaid labour.

Beautiful light this afternoon while the “shabby” boat owner has a break and the swans float by (up the flooded street)

Well past time! South African/US billionaires have no place in UK politics and neither has ‘X’.

Darby and Joan, perhaps?

The cat sat on the mat…

Across our region local groups and MPs are campaigning for better water quality in our rivers so they are safe to be enjoyed. Success is possible.. as Paris shows us 👇

WHO DID THIS???!!!

Jack of All Trades

The Old Rectory House, Ogleforth, York, UK

University of York gearing up for the new semester beginning 15th September

The Dynamic Duo? The Dream Team? The C&A of UK politics? Go Nads, go…. 🤪

Reflections of Armenia in the lake, University of York, UK.

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It's time. After decades as a Labour voter and supporter I've taken the plunge into Green waters.

May be “world peace” ?

The definition of complacency. They all went away and let Reform and the media rule the airways from June ‘til September. Shame on their Comms.

How hard is this to get?? Education is the key to democracy and stability #nokings #nopedophiles #nonzis #nobillionaires #defenddemocracy

Water privatisation has been a complete & utter failure. It is absurd that the government's report into the water industry didn't even consider public ownership. That's not a report. That's a political broadcast for the private sector. Put water back into public hands, now.

About bloody time. What’s keeping you. All the Thatcher founded regulators do not have the consumers’ interests at heart.

Remind me, Kemi. Who was in power for 14+ years and did almost nothing?

The BBC is capable of producing a fair analysis of a complex and horrifying situation. Ignoring the “rules of war” and the Geneva Convention by either side, is never a justified strategy

Has Götterdämmerung begun but in a godless way?

Outside the Fence

Nigel Farage says abortion laws are “utterly ludicrous.” MPs are watching. We have days to show them: the public backs abortion rights. Join me and sign the petition now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...

From the paper that brought you Adolf…

If you do little else on a wet bank holiday weekend, read this letter. It is both literate and accurate.

Former M&S Chairman Lord Rose, "Here we are, 10 years on now from Brexit" "The issues of immigration are caused by Brexit" "The issues of our poor economic performance ate down to Brexit"

Quite so! Too many PPE cons, utility execs and grifters roaming free…

Got round to reading Farage two page “manifesto” in yesterday’s Mail. Populist slogans/unfunded promises strung together in a piece designed to portray 🇬🇧 as third world. But how about this for nerve from Mr Brexit? “The casual lies and careless attitudes of our political class have let people down”.

Too bloody right!

My failed admiration for him may be growing back … but early days yet!

Hugely misleading headline in the Daily Mail. This only applies to Indian workers who are seconded to the UK from a company based in India on a short term basis. India nationals applying for jobs based in the UK will not benefit from this convention and it does not disadvantage UK workers

Whitehall (Labour), take note

Lesson learned, Mr Starmer?

Labour needs to get its finger out and start doing two things better. (1) Getting the message across of what it IS already achieving and (2) pushing a truly caring, progressive agenda. No “Red Lines”, no unnecessarily “fiscal rules”. Change is what we voted for.

Gulf or Void?

So the Post Office does not own the “code”, it just purchased a service based on flawed code? Why is there not a massive lawsuit underway against the supplier of faulty goods?

Is the booking line open for Mar e Gaza yet?