I am sure Nigel Farage will be delighted at Gdn comparison with Giorgia Meloni, who moved from far-right Mussolini-heritage politics to PM of Italy The way she did this was to ditch her hostility to the EU. She found fault with Putin. Right now, Farage is where Giorgia Meloni was 15 years ago.

Erdogan out-Putins Putin as Turkish prosecutors seek more than 2,000 years of prison for Ekrem İmamoğlu, the Mayor of Istanbul and candidate to be president. He’s standing for Labour’s sister party CHP. So far Starmer has not called for his release from detention. Sad @emilythornberry.bsky.social

Good old BBC putting on now on Armistice Day “In which we serve” one of best WW2 films which Donald Trump, the Neville Chamberlain of today’s Europe could not even begin to understand nor his fellow travellers trying to destroy the BBC

In Metro U.K.’s biggest circulation paper main comment by Bill Curtis who writes: “Mr Farage and his ilk don’t want a “fair BBC”. They want a dead one. “They want a privatised hollowed-out broadcaster run by hedge funds and headlines.” Compare This young journalist with most of commentariat

Nick R listed controversies like Trump coverage, Gaza, trans v feminists, but did mention Europe where BBC promoted Farage non stop since 2010 (30 QT appearances with none for anti Brexit MEPs) and no coverage of the damage Brexit has done to U.K. economy by its economic/biz editors

French MPs vote yesterday limits on sick notes to stop working. As with stealing ideas from Denmark on controlling migration can U.K. government learn from Europe on dealing with problems chez nous?

Since beginning of century Danes have decreed that no bride or bridegroom can settle in Denmark under age 24. I suggested this for U.K. when a minister and 20 years later finally a government willing to learn from Europe

“And still they tell the same old lie’ -“Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori”. And still some military cleric on Today repeats the same old lie this time about generals sending young teenage boys to their death

Farage’s friend Trump does another Farage hero Putin an enormous favour by exempting Putin puppet Hungarian PM Orban from US sanction demanding an end to imports of Russian gas, oil. Many more Ukrainian women and children will die as a result of Trump’s decision

Court convicts two donors for illegally diverting £100k to Eurosceptic think tank run by Nigel Farage's girlfriend.

BBC has horrifying report just now on criminal gangs taking over high street based largely on migrants. Yet still Farage, Badenoch, DMail/Tel/Sun reject knowing who is legally in U.K. by requiring ID proof before dodgy employers hire people

Farage Cult has 4 flakey MPs. Yet BBCR4 news just now treats some “policy” statement by him as 2nd most important news story on planet. Why is BBC boosting Farage Cult so intensely?

t.co/X513eLZC4h My read across from Dutch election last week. Not great for Labour in next years @stephenkb.bsky.social @robertshrimsley.bsky.social @patrickmaguire.bsky.social @chrismcshane.bsky.social @labour4europe.bsky.social @rachelblakemp.bsky.social

Dear old Ben. Soon Farage Cult will be demanding more race based stop & search. Yet All knife crimes decreased between 2019/20 and 2024/25. Homicides down 23.7%. There were half a million stop and searches in 2024. S+S part of contemporary policing. @tommctague.bsky.social

Please ignore Chris Philp. All knife crimes decreased between 2019/20 and 2024/25. Homicides down 23.7%. There were half a million stop and searches in 2024. S+S part of policing. As usual Tories lazy and don’t research. And Philp is a dog whistler. @sarahmontague.bsky.social

What is Chris Philp blathering about? All knife crimes decreased between 2019/20 and 2024/25. Homicides down 23.7%. There were half a million stop and searches in 2024. S+S part of policing. As usual Tories lazy and don’t research. And Philp is a dog whistler. @rachelblakemp.bsky.social

ReformUK, the Russian spy, and the rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill : www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Quelle surprise !

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In FT @steohenk.bsky.social says Reeves story dead in water after estate agent admission. Hope so but last night canvassing for Labour councillor in an LD/greenish SW1 ward a voter said Starmer means “Labour stands for one rule for us and one rule for rest of you.” That’s damaging politically

“We lead the world because unique among nations, we draw our strength from every country and every corner of the world…if ever we closed the door to new Americans, our leadership in the world would soon be lost” - Ronald Reagan

Of all EU far right politicians the one Nigel Farage most resembles is Geert Wilders in Netherlands. He was briefly PM but no-one could work him and now having seen far-right politics in action the traditional right and Left-Green Alliance say they can't be in same gov. Bit like Kent County Council

According to YouGov poll more voters think Reform is a racist party than did in 2024. This is self evident and the more Farage Cultists appear on TV etc the more the party seems to be white supremacist.

Caerphilly showed the way but not as many think. Labour and LD held their noses and voted tactically to stop Farage Cult candidate from winning. PC winner was nice old buffer known to all which helped. Farage repudiated after proclaiming it would be Reform gain

Labour List poll of LP member places rejoining single market as no 2 priority.U.K. should look at non EU member states that have better economies thnx to links to SM. It needs leadership from No 10, ministers but when Nat Gov quit Gold Standard Hugh Dalton said “Oh, no one told us we could do that”

In Emma Duncan . argues main attraction of Dubai for U.K. expats is cheap domestic service. Servants to cook, clean, nanny for £200 a month. All immigrant workers who can be fired and deported at employer’s whim. No wonder Farage Cult No 2 says Dubai model for U.K.

Impact of Brexit will be “negative for foreseeable future” says Andrew Bailey Governor of Bank of England in Sunday Times. Quelle surprise! @labour4europe.bsky.social

The glamorous TV host, the web of influence and a mysterious trip to Moscow – inside the downfall of Reform’s disgraced MEP: www.thenerve.news/p/nathan-gil...

Why @metrouk.bsky.social has best letters column in national press. “ I believe Robert Jenrick is correct to say we need more integration in our society. “I’ve walked in Surrey for more than 1 1/2 hours and not seen one black or brown face - and certainly no poor faces.” - Jon Burden

Meloni initially broke ranks with rest of Europe in refusing to recognise a Palestinian state to please Trump. She has now u-turned and says Italy will follow Macron and Starmer if hostages released and Hamas not in government - same conditions as 🇬🇧 and 🇫🇷 laid down.

Sebastien Lécornu, Macron trusty, named as PM a month ago quits as no-one will follow his orders. Macron has lost all authority over law-making. He can call a National Assembly election but Le Pen likely to emerge with majority. France + UK leaders have lost political authority

“The ECHR is baked into the Good Friday Agreement underwriting human rights in Northern Ireland. The Convention is an integral part of the agreement. That agreement is the foundation of the peace that now exists in Northern Ireland.” - Tom Hayes. Badenoch playing with fire

Lest we forget the politics of hate and division. In 2020 “The Board of Deputies of British Jews said Farage’s airing of claims about plots to undermine national governments, and his references to Goldman Sachs and the financier George Soros, showed he was seeking to “trade in dog whistles”.

Cameron gave Lady Mone of Mayfair (where else?) peerage without consulting anyone in Scotland. Top Glasgow biz leader wrote 2015 to Cam “Ms Mone is not a successful entrepreneur, she is a small-time businesswoman with a PR exposure far in excess of any actual success.” Who will end this corruption?

Media figures who cheerlead & champion Nigel Farage every minute of every day are freaking out about Keir Starmer telling a few home truths about the whiny little liar’s racism. And how the racism he disseminates every day affects real people in the real world. tinyurl.com/4rrn2mkx

PM, ministers might stop boasting U.K. now FDI world beater. Impossible as London elites treat trade w Europe as enemy action. @cityam.bsky.social splashes global listings on LSE now below Turkey, Poland. London 23rd in cities world invests in @rachelblakemp.bsky.social @labour4europe.bsky.social

Caught up in US last week with documentary movie “The Janes” about a group of Chicago women who between 1968 and US Supreme Court ruling RoevWade performed about 1,000 abortions. Terrific editing. Hope it comes to U.K. now Trump is stacking SC to try and remove women’s right to control their bodies

After 7 days in a remote corner of the US off the Washington State's coast I think Trump is heading for a very difficult political year in 2026. The Farage-Jenrick-Truss UK right have promoted themselves as Trumpies in England. I'd drop that line open.substack.com/pub/denismacsh…

Lot of rancid comment about @andyburnham.bsky.social putting up a few ideas. Now @LabourList Survation poll says Burnham would receive 43% of 1st preference votes. Wes Streeting second on 9% percent, Angela Rayner 7%. Burnham ranked as top 3 choice for leader by almost 2/3rds of members

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open.substack.com/pub/denismac... Trump as Neville Chamberlain de Nos Jours

Sultana-Corbyn party becoming as funny with its splits threats of legal action and sheer idiocy as Farage Cult over anyone who challenged The Leader. Funny except U.K. politics now European laughing stock

After 3.2% growth last year Spain’s socialist led social democratic gov says GDP will be up 2.6% in 2025. Why can’t we learn from good examples in Europe instead of crawling to Trump? @stephenkb.bsky.social @rachelblakemp.bsky.social @darrenpjones.bsky.social

Surprised @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social in FT so dismissive of Mainstream in Labour Party. It’s new but fills a gap. As Corbyn Sultana anti Labour stunt imploded it may play a role. Just not sure Burnham will win any by-election ahead of GE

People say Labour have no plan, but they have remained committed to this “Nigel Farage is right, don’t vote for him” campaign for many months, despite its obvious flaws and total failure to date.

This well worth a read. Q is why it it impossible for Europe to have a social media platform ss well as X or BlueSky?

The ECHR doesn’t actually have much impact on deportations: -proportion of foreign national offenders who have successfully appealed against deportation from UK on human rights grounds: 0.73 % -how often the ECHR has ruled against UK in cases relating to immigration rules: 3 HT The Sensemaker