What Brexiter Tim Montgomery fails to acknowledge is that Brexit is costing UK £1.7 *BILLION* a week - so anything we are asked to pay in, in return for access, is worth it! We used to have loads of exemptions from rules which applied to other nations, but threw this all away with #Brexit #SkyNews

This was a hopeless budget.

New analysis by the politically neutral House of Commons library says that Brexit: - cost the average Briton between £2,700 and £3,700 - lost the Treasury up to £90bn a year tax revenue. Rachel Reeves budget options could have been very different! www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

“Rachel Reeves has many problems. She’s realising that her Brexit bind may be the biggest of all” | Rafael Behr www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

What we're seeing with all this new data is that the Brexit damage is only getting worse as time goes on. Companies aren't "adjusting". They're either leaving, downscaling or going under. From manufacturing to services to culture to farming & fishing, the decline is snowballing rhe longer we're out.

Total bollocks

we reported after Rayner's departure that employment rights bill would be watered down, and ministers denied it over and over again: here is the first new major compromise: www.ft.com/content/3391...

Virgin on the ridiculous! Govt may let some British Overseas Territories keep secret the register of the real owners of companies widely used for tax evasion bit.ly/48jM38r

Today the Government had the opportunity to end the cost of living crisis, get Britain growing again and repair the £90bn Brexit black hole - by fixing our trade with Europe. It didn't.

I wish I was surprised. Buried in this Budget is a plan to slash the Digital Services Tax, giving a multi-billion tax cut to US tech giants and the likes of Elon Musk. That's right, cutting taxes for the world's richest man while hiking them for millions of hard-working Brits.

The Prime Minister just told me any party leader should want to get to the bottom of this Russian bribery scandal with Reform. He is the Prime Minister and a party leader. Why isn't he launching a national investigation himself?

This was a botched Budget by a Chancellor who’s diagnosed the disease but won’t administer the cure. Despite promises to cut the cost of living and grow the economy, the Government still refuses to fix our trade relationship with Europe and repair the £90bn Brexit black hole.

Visited the MoD yesterday to meet Armed Forces Minister Alistair Carns & senior personnel about local fighter jet training. Always grateful to our RAF & all who serve. The Minister will review North Norfolk residents’ disturbance reports & ensure training rules are followed.

An investigation into Russian interference in our politics is long overdue. And we all know who should be questioned first.

Carole Cadwalladr asks why the Labour gov are choosing not to investigate Russian interference in British elections and referendums

Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue a year, new analysis shows www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Who remembers that Brexit campaign slogan from 2016? 🤔

UK’s mountain of illegal waste declared ‘critical incident’ - as man arrested A local issue in Oxfordshire involving alleged illegal fly-tipping gangs has become a major national political talking point with questions in Parliament, writes Chief Correspondent Alex Thomson in our InDepth newsletter.

At least one insurrectionist goes to jail www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/w...

The draft dodging idiot posted a pic of this West Point plaque. It contains these words: “Our American Code of Military Obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law.” That is precisely what Senator Mark Kelly told officers to do. #NoSedition

Brexit has cost each and every one of us £3,700 a year. But instead of solving the problem, Labour are using Brexit as an excuse to raise your taxes. My message ahead of the Budget: Stop blaming Brexit and start fixing it!

Please sign this petition for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics. I don't care if you're left or right, Reform or Corbynite - we can't allow a hostile foreign nation to run riot in our political ecosystem. Sign and share. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

Change in Reform rating between latest and previous poll from each pollster in recent polls: YouGov -2 Opinium -1 Find Out Now -1 Focaldata -2 More in Common -1 Lord Ashcroft -3 Freshwater -3 JL Partners -1 Ipsos -1 This is starting to look like a trend...

The BBC belongs to the public, not political fixers. If trust is to be restored, Robbie Gibb must go now.

BBC World at One reporting on our investigation into Farage's schooldays, with one of the contemporaries who has spoken to us, Andy Field, speaking on the programme. It also features an excerpt from a 2014 interview with Farage on BBC Kent, which is a new bit for the timeline of his positions.

Disgusting attempt by Reform’s Tim Montgomery to cast aspersions on Dr Andy Field, the ex Dulwich student who spoke with R4 World At One today about witnessing Nigel Farage’s vile teenage racism. How low Montgomery has fallen, now a craven maker of excuses for racism of the most hateful sort.

#bbcqt. I think the key learning point from the covid inquiry is to ensure we have competent leaders capable of making informed and appropriate decisions.

"Not only have you fobbed off the guy who's just asked this question for an apology, you fobbed off the whole country, who have been utterly let down." @joshbabarinde.bsky.social on the failure of the Conservatives to handle the pandemic. #BBCQT

Tune into BBC1 after the News at 10 or live on BBC iPlayer from 9pm to catch @JoshBabarinde.bsky.social on @bbcquestiontime! #BBCQT

Baroness Heather Hallett, "Had the lockdown been imposed one week earlier than the 23rd of March, the evidence suggests the number of deaths in England alone in the first wave, would have been reduced by 48%, that's 23,000 fewer deaths"

Shabana Mahmood's Indefinite Leave To Remain Culture War 3 years - if you're earning £125k+ 15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall

Trump is conspiring with Putin to sell out Ukraine – and the security of the whole of Europe along with it. The Prime Minister must convene the Coalition of the Willing to stop this betrayal in its tracks.

Trump calls for death by hanging for 6 Democratic vets who reminded troops to follow only lawful orders — as his approval nosedives, GOP infighting erupts over the Epstein Files, and new scandals engulf his DOJ. All this and more in today's bulletin.

#SteffanAquarone MP: "Rural communities like mine have already shown what they can do when it comes to growing the economy… from our green energy sector in Bacton to world-leading clean tech at the Scottow Enterprise Park" and notes the huge untapped potential here… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I’ve just announced I’ll be leading a National Emergency Briefing on 27 November . At a time when climate is in free fall on the political agenda , it’s vital our leaders realise what is at stake if we do not accelerate a just , green transition for all . @nebriefing.bsky.social 🇬🇧

Imagine that. Ignore the fearmongering. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/14/n...

🔥 BIG NEWS from @libdems.org.uk today! Fighting to put your money back where it belongs: in your pocket. A plan to cut energy bills by at least £90 a year AND slash VAT by 5% for pubs, restaurants & hospitality 🍻 Enough talk. Time for action that actually helps people out.

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp chose to side with Trump over the BBC today. True patriots should be united in standing up for Britain against Trump's bullying.

This is what many of us have been saying. Part 3 of the Planning & Infrastructure Bill is based on a myth: that we don't have enough homes because wildlife and green spaces are protected. It will solve nothing, and inflict terrible harm on our remaining ecosystems www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

"It's disgraceful that Nigel Farage is egging Donald Trump on as he attacks our institutions, our media, and the pockets of millions.” @EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk

Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics

Rubber hitting the road for naive #Reform councillors in Cornwall, with WhatsApps from HQ ordering them to “put motions in to scrap all net zero target-related matters” - rather than “assessing planning applications on their merits, the regulations and the law”😏 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Join our campaign to Trump-proof the BBC

If Trump still sues the BBC, notwithstanding their apology, he is in a far less strong position than if the BBC had not apologised. The apology was tactically a sensible, prudent move by the BBC whether Trump sues or not.

Join the campaign to Trump-proof the BBC www.libdems.org.uk/bbc

BBC has a case against Trump. WhiteHouse Chief Press Officer called the BBC ‘100% fake news.’ Which is defamatory and untrue.

Interesting to see so many great British patriots right now begging an American president to bankrupt one of Britain’s last remaining truly national institutions.

On the collapse of the sale of the Telegraph to Redbird IMI, Chris Fox, Lib Dem Lords’ Business Spokesperson and sponsor of the fatal motion that aimed to block the bid in July, said: "The Government must now commit to rolling back the dangerous laws they introduced to sell off our British press."