The US State Department is instructing its staff to deny visas to those engaged in activities like combatting misinformation, disinformation or false narratives, fact-checking, content moderation, compliance, and trust and safety. www.npr.org/2025/12/04/n...

Will Labour return to a customs union with the EU? Ministers and advisers have been quoting House of Commons analysis that found it could increase GDP by 2.2%. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Prime Minister of Poland. 🇵🇱

The Americans want a divided Europe, just like Russia. That's why the UK needs to rejoin the EU. (And because it's costing us up to 90 Billion a year.)

This is why Trump got rid of DEI. When you are hired based on qualifications and not color, you do the right thing! Now you know the real reason he hates DEI.

ICE’s operation against Minnesota’s Somali community is seen not as an immigration raid but as a racist intimidation campaign.

This is what happens when you do not tax the rich. They become so powerful that they have the power to threaten politicians and countries and hold them to ransom.

Lib Dems unhappy with countries boycotting genocide. Not a good look.

GPs surveyed by the BBC told them that housing, employment and finances are impacting patients' mental health. This is why @zackpolanski.bsky.social was right to challenge the BBC as to why they are obsessing about immigration instead of the cost of living crisis.

Jaylani Hussein from CAIR Minnesota says Trump is attacking the Somali community because it is a trifecta of his favorite targets: Black people, immigrants and Muslims. https://www.democracynow.org/2025/12/5/minnesota

The right try and distract us by constantly talking about immigration. Cost of Living, the NHS, the climate crisis - let's keep them on the agenda. Join.greenparty.org.uk

Two days after Witkoff and Kushner met Putin, the Treasury Department partially suspended sanctions on Russia announced last October www.france24.com/en/live-news...

Farmers are on the front lines of the climate crisis, with extreme weather leading to record losses in 2025. The govt must take urgent steps to invest in tackling climate breakdown now, including targeted support for farmers to move to more climate-resilient methods.

"Streeting is concerned about a sharp rise in the number of people making sickness benefits claims," via an autism/ADHD diagnosis. There it is. You can get ill as long as it doesn't cost the taxpayer in any way. Labour - still the nasty party. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Time to admit the truth: Brexit has been an unmitigated economic failure, says The Telegraph. Brexit Effect: UK GDP down 8% Investment down 18% Productivity down 4% Employment down 4% Immigration not cut No trade benefits No regulatory freedom Why do some still vote for Farage? archive.ph/L2Gqp

Cost of unregistered children's care homes a 'national scandal'. Charge up to £30,000 a week per child. Poor regulation. Lack of capacity as the sector was privatised. Profiteering rife. Councils spent £8.1bn on children in care. Why are so many children in care?

“The PMs chief economic adviser has recommended a customs union with the EU as one of the most effective ways of generating growth..” - Ed Davey “We do have clear red lines in relation to the single market & the customs union” - Keir Starmer

Hillary Clinton's latest Israel comments are vile. She thinks young Jewish Americans are turning on Israel because they're ignorant and brainwashed by TikTok. Given her history of foreign policy catastrophes and crimes, she is shameless 👇 www.owenjones.news/p/clintons-s...

I hate seeing statements like 'aviation emissions are expected to grow x% by 2050' We have a global commitment to reduce emissions to net zero by then! Does that mean nothing?

Half of jury trials to disappear under government reforms Barristers warned the changes would bring a “wrecking ball” to a system that had been in place for generations www.channel4.com/news/half-of...

Wes Streeting on R4 after being told a GP on the programme earlier had complained that new online consultation systems meant they being overwhelmed: “I appreciate that without patients the NHS would run more smoothly.”

Thames Water half-year profit leaps to nearly £400m after it raises bills by third

Thames Water half-year profits leap to £386m after bills rose by nearly a third. Leaks and sewage dumping will continue for years. £20bn+debt. A third of the bill covers interest payments. Captive customers have no choice. End the scam. Nationalise water.

I know it's too easy to grow numb to the constant flood of bigotry that comes out of his mouth but it does seem morally important you don't allow yourself or anyone else to become desensitized to this vile racism as a normal part of our politics

Nigel Farage’s Legacy — Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’ The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)… confirms the Treasury’s 2016 analysis, claiming a relative fall in GDP of between 6% and 8%. yorkshirebylines.co.uk/opinion/brex...

👏 Keir Starmer PM: "How Brexit was sold and delivered was wrong. Wild promises were made to the British people and not fulfilled." "The idea that leaving the EU was the answer to all our cares and concerns has clearly been proved wrong."

Labour’s anti-migration policies are contributing to the UK’s sluggish economic growth, the world’s foremost economic forecaster has warned www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

What is striking about both Corbyn and Sultana is that they always fail to give any tangible reason not to just vote Green. What are the specific policy points that the Green’s aren’t offering that necessitates a new party? We’re socialist isn’t a justification.

"Momentum has already been lost and plenty of potential backers have already jumped ship to the Greens. If they run against Greens, it is hard to see that furthering the party’s aims to take on corporate power, and the mainstream parties." bylinetimes.com/2025/12/01/y...

Tonnes of topsoil heading seaward, washed out by rainfall from the River Dart Catchment, South Devon. With heavy rainfall events becoming more frequent as a result of climate breakdown, leaving fields bare at this time of year is a recipe for literal disaster.

The moment an Israeli missile hit a tent in Gaza was caught on camera when a Palestinian girl filmed herself showing her hair clips.

Hello, foreign oligarchs and corporations! Please come and sue the UK for billions | George Monbiot

This is a shame. We need to have our eyes open to changing patterns of climate risk… www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...

Extremely grim consequence of Home Sec announcement of penalising claiming benefits claims in routes to settlement: a low-paid carer cancelling housing benefit, universal credit, and disability allowance for her autistic daughter’s personal care and mobility www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

The right to trial by jury has been a fundamental feature of the British Justice System for over 800 years. Any attempt by the government to undermine this fundamental freedom - a cornerstone of our democracy and an essential safeguard against authoritarianism - must be opposed

🔥 The mood in Brexit-world is changing...

1/ The Wall Street Journal reports that the main focus of the US-Russia peace talks is to get commercial advantage for American companies, and personal benefits for individuals linked to the Trump Administration. European officials are said to be shocked by the plans. ⬇️

Israel is holding 3,474 Palestinians without trial who are being tortured. The UN notes this includes many children who are currently detained without charge. Translation: Modern day Nazis are torturing thousands of people in concentration camps. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

The Guardian reports that large parts of southern Europe are drying up. And just in case you are not sufficiently worried: Their definition of southern Europe includes Germany and the South of the UK. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

A poll of readers of my monthly newsletter (464 responses) shows that 44% of them say they voted #Labour in 2024 but only 7% would vote that way in a general election tomorrow. Massive swing to the #Greens. Details: bit.ly/3KwBiaP @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social @greenjennyjones.bsky.social

Football clubs are on the edge of administration whilst some get it all.. “The club, and its owners, will benefit from the stand for the next 50 years, yet at no point would the taxpayer be repaid or directly profit from the club’s rise. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

The secretary of the Socialist Workers Party says he knows Corbyn well & they met up last week. They chatted on the train to conference He got off the train & found out he'd been expelled from Your Party *by JC's allies* (They're not allowing dual membership - ie being in another socialist party)

The UK government’s budget is simply managing decline. The budget does little to improve living standards or facilitate sustained economic growth. Can't grow economy by hiking taxes on low/middle income families. Whatever happened to taxing the rich?

✅️ Cut Bills ✅️ Tax billionaires ✅️ Fund the NHS ✅️ Stand up for migrants ✅️ Beat Reform ✅️ Hope is here - help us win in 2026 👇

The American people know that our current health care system is broken and extremely expensive. They understand that health care is a human right. A recent poll shows that 6 in 10 back Medicare for All. Let’s do it.

UK energy bill payers to hand £2bn a year in subsidies to EDF, owned by the French govt, for building two nuclear power stations. That will come handy in keeping energy prices down in France, improving govt finances. Dividends won't be taxed in the UK. All because UK govts oppose public ownership

NEW: it’s the inaugural Your Party conference this weekend, and I’ve been speaking to people involved about a project which has become so bogged down in disagreement that, as one person told me, at one point they had six MPs and four factions. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

“The chancellor’s failure to levy a windfall tax on the banking sector in the budget is a damning indictment of the stronghold the sector has over our politics. Reeves could have raised as much as £8bn. Instead, the banks have raked in record profits." www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

... so much so that I suspended Labour MPs over it. Stop insulting everyone's intelligence man