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Explains a lot about the failure of Brexit that its main adherents should right now be prostrating themselves before the US because they think that's what an independent UK means.

Trump's upending of world order makes rejoining the EU much MUCH more urgent, critical and valuable. As global supply chains crumble and horizons shrink, it benefits us to be as friendly as it's possible to be with the countries that will ALWAYS be geographically closest to us.

I am frankly more concerned about the apathy of the American public and even more importantly the lack of leadership in the Democratic Party. This is not a dress rehearsal. Every single American must speak out against this Facist administration.

Almost nobody in the media reported on the former Tory Government's sweeping power grab of the electoral commission. This week Labour have announced that they will reverse what Boris Johnson did and return the commission to independence. Ofcourse Labour will get absolutely no credit for doing this

Just announced: Iceland has urgently moved up its referendum to join the European Union - to 29 August. A reminder: 🇮🇸 is in many ways already a non-voting 🇪🇺 member because of the EEA. This would give them voting power to shape the laws they have to follow.

1/ Russian bloggers are waking up to the fact that they live in an oppressive dictatorship with declining living standards. 14 years after Vladimir Putin was reelected as "a strong leader for a great country," commentators are asking: what has Putin ever done for us? ⬇️

Again, Farage, Badenoch and their fellow travellers on X are wildly out of touch with the public on Iran. Even the majority of Reform supporters oppose their position.

So now sovereignty means doing what Trump wants?

FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

Have we woken up in America? The deeply unpatriotic Daily Mail and Sun seem to now be supporting a menace of a foreign leader over our own govt and national security. They are really only loyal to their own vested interests. Which are a direct threat to our own. The routine betrayal is sickening.

Britain's 'patriotic' press cheering on the latest attacks on us by a hostile foreign leader

The fact that Isabel Oakeshott, economic migrant to the UAE may just turn into a refugee fleeing to the UK from a war zone will cause a level of schadenfreude in me that may just make me topple right over.

Sorry for anyone affected by the violence in the Middle East and that sympathy extends to Isabel Oakeshott and her family. Perhaps this experience will help her reflect on the fear and suffering of millions of people who suffer far far worse and are obliged to flee famine and war.

“A cynical violation of all norms of human morality and international law,” says Putin in a gushing blurb.

Of course, it is unlawful. Even the "pre-emptive" justification is half-hearted guff. Of course, it is stupid. Wise US politicians once realised a rules-based international order was in their interests. That is being thrown away. And most of all, and regardless of the above, it is wrong.

There is always a tweet.

That's the way to do it. So good to see progressive politicians pushing back hard on Reform's messaging. Highly effective and so refreshing and Labour could learn a lot from Polanski in this regard. Take the attack to the Faragists - don't let them get away with it.

The richest man owns X. The second and third richest men control Google. The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?

Today's by-election is another illustration of the problems with FPTP. The result may tell us less about what voters want to happen than whether they can game the system effectively to stop a result most *don't* want. The electoral system should not be an obstacle that voters have to work around.

Delighted to announce that following the consultation, I'm giving the green light to make Oxford Street traffic-free.

Meanwhile, in Germany, the public weighs in on what they think of the Epstein Administration. #BrutalButAccurate

It seems that most politicians are sponsored by groups like AIPAC and the Heritage Foundation, so these politicians are going to serve the sponsor, and not the citizens. A democracy WILL NOT WORK unless these sponsorships are limited and made public, IF that is possible.

Lost my phone in London, with four credit cards and £150 cash in the case. Returned to me within 21 minutes. This hellhole of a city eh.

The so-called (by Quitters) “Project Fear“ has understated our losses. Even worse than the projections for No Deal Brexit. And it isn’t even 10 yrs since we DID Brexit. Only 5yrs. & We’re supposed to trust ReFuk & Tory Brexit cranks with the economy? Hard Brexit Labour close behind.

“.. We could spend the whole day reacting to every buffoonish spectacle coming out of the White House, but that's exactly what they want: for us to lose focus … Don't be distracted by the noise; watch what they are doing to your rights while you stare at the screen.”

Great piece from @dsquareddigest.bsky.social, which touches on one of the big theories for why English-speaking countries do especially badly at housebuilding: Adversarial and litigious common law systems (Anglo) vs judge-led civil law systems elsewhere. samf.substack.com/p/build-the-...

New data shows #Brexit has lowered UK GDP by 6-8% in 10 years. Investment down 18%, employment down 4%. It's even worse than economists had predicted pre-referendum, because they thought there would be a bounce-back long term. "Economists were roughly right on the magnitude of the impact, but...

agree with this (hah) but also think a particular mistake the left made for a long time online, and still makes to an extent, is failing to understand that the person whose mind you may actually change is the one reading the argument you're having, not the one you're arguing with

The drunk uncle theory. You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there

Labour shut down an idiotic Tory project that wasted £110 million trying to create "frictionless borders" after Brexit. (Like trying to figure out how to drive faster when you refuse to disengage the handbrake.) A reminder that Brexit wrecks everything it encounters. archive.ph/2026.02.17-0...

That percentage rises to 86% of younger voters, & even older voters are now up to 60%. Isn't it now time for a major government rethink in order to take account of the 'will of the people' that was so important when the fateful decision was made? www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bri...

From 2017

First Past the Post can no longer deliver real mandates - only chaos. 60% of Brits want it scrapped. Yet the Representation of the People Bill won’t even touch our voting system, which leaves millions unrepresented. Tell Keir Starmer to change this. actionnetwork.org/petitions/th...

Two of the world’s biggest trading blocs are cautiously eyeing closer ties to short-circuit Donald Trump’s tariffs.

Won't be a revelation to anyone but the reason all the worst people on the right are pivoting to talking about race and culture rather than immigration is so they can keep banging the drum even as net migration figures fall (UK) and even reverse (US). This is the next step and it always was.

🚨When we go to hospital, it’s rarely for something easy. But patients and their families are being immediately met with fees just to park their cars. And these charges are going up! I’ve just signed the petition to Scrap hospital parking charges now act.38degrees.org.uk/act/parking-...

Of course. Why would you invest in soft power? It just helps in the kind of warfare that: a) Russia has shown it's actually good at; b) Russia is waging on the West already; c) The UK/NATO nuclear deterrent is useless in preventing; d) Costs a fraction to fund compared to military hardware.

I like the government pivot to reminding voters that Farage is an avowed enemy of NATO & Europe & an ardent admirer of Vladimir Putin, who routinely orders the murders of critics & opponents. It is politically effective & morally essential.

Keeping Ukraine’s vast army out of NATO is dumb, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told #MSC2026. The alliance shouldn’t let Russia pressure them into excluding Kyiv, he added 👇 More from his address on our live blog: www.politico.eu/article/muni...

We've had some great international coverage of our fake newspaper stunt with MPs this week. Thanks @mediaweekau.bsky.social www.mediaweek.com.au/satirical-fa...

Once again, a reminder that the "free speech" crusaders were always cynics operating in bad faith

“I have searched the depths of Legal Arguments not yet articulated.“

Keir Starmer says “we are not the Britain of the Brexit years any more” calling for closer UK-EU relations on defence and trade

"Universities, builders and health trusts are feeling the squeeze, as thinktank says effect of zero net migration could be similar to Brexit." How many more times? Countries like the UK, with low birth rates NEED IMMIGRATION, whether you like it or not. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Ursula von der Leyen President of the European Commission 👏

What the congressman reports below is disgusting. He reveals the utter lack of decency and humanity in the Trump administration, especially in the telling detail at the end.