Keir Starmer, "Before we left the EU we had a returns agreement (for asylum seekers) with every country in the EU" "These are Farage' Brexit Boats that are coming across the channel"

Policy is very clear: Return to full EU, not "just CU". However, there's timing. CU first, EU will take longer.

Happy Lincolnshire Day 🙂 Two of the greatest songwriters 🎶 of our time were born in #Lincolnshire Rod Temperton #Thriller #RockWithYou #AlwaysAndForever etc etc… and Bernie Taupin ❤️

“That Brexit has made control of immigration more difficult, damaged our economy and weakened opportunities for future generations should make people think twice before putting Brexit's chief proponent in charge of running the country” Times letters: a lonely oasis of sanity in the far right storm.

A Trumper asked me today if I was one of those nutjobs trying to save polar bears. My reply I think shocked him: No. The polar bears are already dead bears walking/swimming. We can't save them. They will go extinct in the wild. At this point, we're just trying to keep agriculture from collapsing.

Careful mate …. Credit @ goattmeall on TikTok #MemeForToday #WealthInequality

Here’s an idea. Why not process all the people that come over on the boats and see who they are and what they can do for the Uk. Put them to work, get them paying taxes, treat them like human beings and stop thinking because they are brown they are bad. Just an idea……

Starmer: “Controlling migration is a reasonable goal- but if you throw bricks and smash up private property that is thuggery…if you incite violence that’s criminal…if you graffiti on a Chinese takeaway telling them to go home, that’s not pride that’s racism.”

Oversensitive snowflake #Farage whines that Starmer's honest appraisal of him has possibly made him the next Charlie Kirk 😂 while his racist rhetoric over the years has endangered every non white person in the UK #ReformUK

We are growing because we are unapologetic about demanding real change: taxing the super-rich, funding our NHS, and tackling the climate crisis head-on." And this week we are holding our biggest and boldest conference ever." www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/cele...

Next time Farage or one of his mates is on Question Time getting applause for stopping/reversing immigration, may I suggest the following riposte: 'Everyone who just applauded needs to think hard what they were applauding. Without significant immigration, this country will become a catastrophe.' /1

Every politician should be saying this. It is in the national interest. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/and...

I'm glad Keir Starmer is finally stepping up the fight against Nigel Farage, and I hope this will mark the end of his government parroting Farage and copying his divisive politics.

The #LibDems' #RejoinEU policy was detailed in their last General Election manifesto. It's visible under "International" when you click on "More Detail." 👇🏻 www.libdems.org.uk/manifesto

Starmer's speech was merciless. It's time to make racists feel afraid again inews.co.uk/opinion/star...

Dear Labour, people aren’t leaning towards the Greens because they don’t know what the Greens are, but because they see what you, Labour, are doing. The best way to stop them going to the Greens, is to have more left wing, less xenophobic, less stupid policies. Attacking the Greens doesn’t help.

If Labour dropped pushing xenophobic policies and promoted their policies on health, housing, education, etc more strongly, perhaps they might shift the national conversation. If they don’t, they won’t.

Are Lib Dems pro rejoining the EU or just CU? #LibDems

I dunno about the rest of you, but I want my cardiologist to relax and rest rather than spend her off-time picking litter and sweeping the streets.

👏 Andy Burnham at #LabourConference 💬 “I hope in my lifetime I see this country rejoin [the EU].” 💬 “We should call out Brexit for the disaster it is.” 💬 “We overtax work and undertax wealth and assets.” 💬 Digital ID? “Not now.” Bring it on, #Andy4PM #Rejoin www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Krishnan Guru Murthy, "Isn't it a bit insulting to say to an Indian doctor who is working 60-70 hours a week that in order to get settled status he's got to volunteer?" Rachel Reeves, "We want people to contribute if they come to our country" Labour have gone utterly bonkers

And asylum applicants are also banned from working while their claim is processed. Whole system is designed in a manner that largely prevents people from contributing and then blames them for the result.

Just because our country isn’t currently led by a bat shit crazy extreme right authoritarian doesn’t mean it’s not going down the same road as America……we are just one general election behind them.

People only have to look at the US to realise what will happen here if Farage gets anywhere nr Govt.

So, let's see if I've got this straight? The world has changed enough for Labour to go back on their bedrock promise not to raise taxes. But not enough for them to scuff out their red lines on Brexit, the single most damaging drag on the UK economy. Idiots. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

A little embarrassing that Moldovan democracy is more resistant to foreign interference than our own.

Brexit was, is and will continue to be a disaster for this country. The vast majority don’t like it and don’t want it. It's weakened our own union, economy, freedoms, security and standing in the world. But sure, you chase Reform votes Mr Starmer. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...

When will the government start listening to the quieter majority of the public, instead of the loudest, nastiest voices? www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/how...

The pro-EU Party of Action & Solidarity has crushed the pro-Russia Patriotic Electoral Bloc in the Moldovan election. It won 51 seats - an outright majority. Moldova is now on a trajectory towards EU membership. A very bad night for Putin, who targeted Moldova with a wave of election propaganda.

LBC currently discussing whether it's OK to suggest that some Reform voters are bigots and racists. Coming up at 8pm: "Is the pope an adherent to Roman Catholic beliefs, is Luxembourg a micronation and do bears shit in the woods?"

Is this the first time a Cabinet secretary has publicly considered this?

Meanwhile in completely unrelated hews, Labour continue their silence on the continuing damage from Brexit.

Trying to catch Starmer out on buying a field when there were hardly any questions about Farage’s Clacton house is quite the irony #bbclaurak

Farage is applying for a job. That job is Prime Minister. The only thing on his CV is Brexit. He campaigned for it for 27 years. So his only real track record is making everyone poorer & damaging the NHS. If you hire Nigel & Reform, you must want this company (UK) to fail.

BREXIT, THE STUPIDEST THING WE EVER DID. WHAT WAS EVEN MORE STUPID WAS NOT GETTING BREXIT UNDONE. #LabourPartyConference #LabourConference2025 #Labour

Keir Starmer says he's known for 10 years that the left has got it wrong on immigration & wasn't listening to peoples concerns Really? Because 5 years ago he said the left wasn't bold enough in talking up the benefits of migration. He really is the most duplicitous politician in my lifetime

So, Sunday Times runs with latest poll showing Farage winning if there was an election now. But makes NO mention of Reform’s collusion with Russia. And this is how democracy gets beaten to death in the dark. Voters are not being told the truth. Reform is given the stage but is NEVER held to account.

Youth mobility in Europe would be great but let’s not pretend its anything other than fiddling around the edges of the damage Brexit has done to our society, freedoms and economy. We all deserve to have the disaster that is Brexit reversed. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

At some point Labour might dare admit that immigration is good for the economy…

Why is it that the same media who can't wait to cover every brain fart that emerges from Farage's mouth seem uninterested in a scandal showing close associates of Farage taking bribes to spread Russian misinformation?

Starmer has already lost to the far-right. And history will not forgive him. Instead of marginalising them, he adopted their narrative. Instead of pushing progressive issues, he lost himself down a rabbit hole of English nationalism and anti-foreigner polemic. His Blue Labour project has failed.

Sky News and the BBC repeatedly mention the "migrant crisis" in doing so they are normalising and legitimising far right talking points. There is no "migrant crisis", there is only migrant hysteria, which the British media is feeding into instead of countering.

Its astonishing to think the economy would be 4% larger, if Brexit had not happened. It doesn't sound like a lot, but that would equate to over £140 billion. You could reverse the 2010s austerity in local government completely, and massively increase spending elsewhere. And some people trust Farage.

Nigel Farage & Alex Phillips have been awfully quiet about Nathan Gill pleading guilty to eight counts of bribery relating to pro-Russia statements made in European parliament and articles. Just wanted to refresh their memories about how they were all a team through that period.

In which case, what 'incalculable damage' have such migrants caused?

So Ed Davey missed his chance to say anything meaningful. #LibDemConference

Flags, follies and fallout This week’s political @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social diary has it all....

My concern about the ID thing is not currently the ‘how?’ - though that’s important. It’s the ‘why?’ Why now? What is this really about? Do we really need more ammunition against immigrants when the mood music is so hideously hostile? Can’t we stand up to Reform by changing the sodding record?