#StandWithUkraine #SlavaUkraini

The UK is richer now than it has ever been, the richest 1% alone have enough money to give every other man, woman and child in the UK £50,000 each. But these are the only people who we won't tax.

A village in Norfolk saved its red phone box by making 146 calls in a day – almost three times the required annual number. Elsewhere, these iconic kiosks have found new life as libraries, defibrillator stations and even tiny museums.

BREAKING: Supreme Court upholds Biden rule requiring serial numbers, background checks for ghost guns www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...

🚨“If this policy were implemented it would block tens of millions of Americans from voting.”🚨 That is Eliza Sweren-Becker, senior counsel in the Brennan Center for Justice’s voting rights and elections program, who described the order as “an astonishing and unprecedented voter suppression” effort.

5 babies - one not even 3 weeks old - die from cold in Gaza. And Israel has created those conditions. Too many in the International Community have helped Israel create those conditions by the continuing supply of arms even when it is obvious it is supporting genocide.

"A global icon who touched and changed the lives of millions of people, both during and after his presidency." Biographer Jonathan Alter tells @cathynewman.bsky.social Jimmy Carter rose from humble beginnings to lead 'an epic American life.' Read and watch here: www.channel4.com/news/jimmy-c...

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I feel that the flag needs to be waved a bit this morning… It’s that time of day to state unequivocally that not only do we wish to be a part of Europe… …but those who sought to remove us from the advantageous lives that we once experienced should be duly investigated, and consequently locked up!

Nigel Farage continues to spout his boll**** unchallenged the UK must leave the ECHR If we want to avoid a dangerous chain of events which could one day see Britain joining Russia & Belarus as the only European countries outside the ECHR we need to constantly call him out youtu.be/iSTN-h8NoyY?...

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage again calling for the UK to leave the ECHR Why is UK media struggling to get across the points I make in this film? How hard can this be?

Reform shamed by their sick attempt to weaponise Magdeburg

Massive protests in Belgrade, Serbia against corruption and calling on the pro-kremlin President Vučić and his government to step down. #SerbiaProtests

The Labour government is banning neonicotinoid pesticides, due to harm to bees and pollinators. Though allowed for emergencies like sugar beet, it’s now a full ban. Green groups back it, but farmers must adapt. It’s about protecting nature and fixing biodiversity loss. #ukpolitics

Usually each Harvard Law class has 50-70 Black students. This year it’s 19, which is the lowest number since *1965*. Struggling to articulate how sad and angry this makes me (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/u...

EXCL: Rachel Reeves insists she won’t “gaslight” working people over plans to turn round economy. Chancellor pledges renewed focus on growth after Bank of England warns UK is on brink of stagnation. And she launches scathing attack on Reform’s “clueless” offer to voters. 👇🏼

Wow, Republicans really removed funding from the budget for research of pediatric cancer, can you get ANY more evil than denying kids with cancer? Seriously, fuck you heartless Republicans.

In case you missed it ... Our EU membership fee was actually an investment that allowed us to earn around £2 billion for every £300 million we paid in. PLUS all the social and regional funding. PLUS all the cheap loans from the European Investment Bank 💥 WHAT A DEAL! #RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺

If you want to see what people in Essex really think of Nigel Farage (when there are no bot farms involved giving the illusion of popularity) read the comments. Most people, quite rightly, think he’s a lying prick. www.facebook.com/share/hhBQuA...

brilliant

We are now just 26 people shy of 24,000 members... 🙌

😾💔😾💔😾💔😾💔😾 Letter sent to The New European, but not published. I hate to deprive you of my opinion, so yer tiz! #farage #nazis #persecution #reformUK #tiktok #jews #holocaust

I don't want French people in Buckingham Palace says this Royal Reporter. Is anyone going to tell her their real surname is Saxe-Coburg-Gotha?

It’s bad enough former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been allowed to spout his absolute boll**** about “Brexit saving lives” unchallenged on UK news shows - now he’s traveling the world repeating it! Let’s stop him rewriting history - share these actual FACTS youtu.be/pAm62GE6pi8?...

Caroline Lucas, "If Putin gets away with invading Ukraine he will then be emboldened to go elsewhere" "We need to make sure Starmer isn't so focused on Trump that he forgets the importance of the EU" "Our values and our future is with a close relationship with the EU"

Democracy for Sale has broken dozens of exclusives in the last year We've now over 500 paying subscribers. If we add another 50 we can bring in another investigative journalist to work with us on dark money in UK politics. Can you help?! Thanks!! 😀 democracyforsale.substack.com/p/we-need-mo...

Reform UK member Tim Montgomerie tells Newsnight a $20 million donation from Musk to his party “probably will happen”.

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You can hear the boundless respect & affection Mishal Husain inspires in colleagues in every farewell this morning. A very rare broadcaster. Appalling that she felt compelled to leave the Beeb. Heads should roll!

Kamala Harris is an extraordinary public servant. She ran an inspiring campaign and everyone got to see something I respect so much in her – her character. She gave her whole heart to the effort and she and her entire team should be proud of the campaign they ran. Drop 💙 and Repost for VP Kamala

www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/ely/s... I’m very much looking forward to this later: a chance to shake off the Monday mubble-fubbles. Do come if you’re nearby and fancy some word chat.

100 fucking percent. 🎯🎯🎯👇

As the oligarchy begins to take shape, this meme seems more prescient than ever. They have convinced you that immigrants are your enemy while they pick your pockets at the same time, you’ve been duped. It’s the billionaires who are ruining this country,not migrants. Always has been. #RiseAndResist

Everyone in this picture would be able to walk if the polio vaccine had existed in time for them.

🔥"If billionaires like Elon Musk paid into Social Security at the SAME rate as the rest of us on all of their income, we could expand benefits for EVERYONE and pay them in full forever!" - Social Security Works🔥

This is a famous photograph of Benjamin Baker, where he uses real people to illustrate the principle of cantilever construction—a principle applied to the Firth of Forth Bridge.

66% of the electorate say Covid 19 response WAS NOT overblown.

If we’d been shown this headline in 2016, we may have struggled to believe such a mess could be possible. But here we are, 8 years on, being asked to consider concessions on fish and opportunities for young people. And the inescapable crappiness and tedium of it all is.. well.. just so very sad.

Farage has identified the East of England as a crucial battleground, describing it as “fertile ground” for Reform because of its hostility towards “European entanglements.” Also eyeing gains in the 2026 Welsh & Scottish elections. In Wales, a recent poll placed the party in second place with 23%

The European Commission has referred UK to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failure to comply with EU law on free movement of EU citizens & their family members at the end of 2020 The Commission considers that there were several shortcomings

"And this is how Democracy falls," Padme Amidalla.

Bernie Sanders: "When Trump talks about sending to jail people who were on that January 6 Committee, that sounds like a tinpot dictator ... this is what authoritarianism is all about, it's what dictatorship is all about."

Germany: parliament to declare no confidence in chancellor Olaf Scholz – live

The only constant in politics is change. Sir Keir Starmer’s shifting stance on Brexit is a good example. Despite the Labour party’s stance on the issue, 78% of those who voted for the party in 2024 would vote to rejoin the EU