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I'll have more to say on Reform's proposals to scrap ILR at some point but for now I'll just note this - anyone telling you this is a popular idea doesn't know the polling. Overwhelming majority of public back giving people who work and pay taxes most or all rights after 5 years or less

Maybe what is interesting here is that a junior minister in Government feels he can speak out on this.

'Synodality' ought to represent a significant step in the direction of restoring the Church's character as authentic community, at all levels.

The myth that this is UKIP, not Reform: When Farage left UKIP to form Brexit, so did virtually all his MEPs and councillors. In effect, UKIP became Brexit. When Brexit became Reform, that was just a change of name at companies house. open.substack.com/pub/monkdebu...

There are very few decent reasons for running an MRP 4+ years out from the next likely general election, but one of them is “well, it’ll help fill a newspaper between Christmas and NYE”. It’s filler! I wouldn’t read much into it beyond that.

Exactly. Direct quote from More In Common page www.moreincommon.org.uk/latest-insig... ...."With four and a half years before the next General Election must be called this model is unlikely to represent anything close to the ultimate result and should not be seen as a projection of the election."

One more Brexit idiocy - creating what is now widely regarded by many (but not by me) as our most pressing problem.

The only way to see the US as a historically white country is if you pretend Indigenous Americans don't exist and you ignore the fact that African Americans have been in this country longer than most of its white people. The way US history is taught from k-12 affirms the lie of white supremacy.

Today's Gospel - the parable of Dives (the rich man) and Lazarus. Have we learned nothing? Since Vatican II, the church has spoken of the "preferential option for the poor" - but where can we see that being practiced, in this age of billionaires?

Interesting. Anyone up for English grown risott0, sushi or basmati rice? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Why doesn't the Govt accept that public ownership of water is a matter of survival as well as national security?

Migrants already carry out work for their communities, it’s called ‘having a fucking job’ and it’s mandatory because we aren’t eligible for benefits

The PM again calling out Reform and reminding us of their disgusting plans to deport people who have made Britain their home, often for years and years - our friends, or neighbours, key workers. "I love and have pride in our country." "Reform want to tear that country apart."

An exclusive YouGov poll, commissioned by Best for Britain finds: 62% of Brits say that Brexit has been more of a failure, compared to only 11%who would say it has been more of a success. Full research here: https://bit.ly/4mv524J

Important that New Towns should not be just new dormitory suburbs or commuter towns. They need to be genuine communities, including local economies.

Reform Is the Political Arm of the Fossil Fuel Industry A handful of oil execs in a trench coat. It wants to bin net zero because that’s in the interests of its polluter paymasters. novaramedia.com/2025/05/09/r...

New Scottish Parliament poll, Norstat 22-25 Sep (changes vs 27-30 May): List: SNP ~ 29% (+1) Lab ~ 18% (nc) RUK ~ 18% (+2) Con ~ 13% (-2) LD ~ 10% (nc) Grn ~ 8% (-1) Alba ~ 4% (+1) Constituency: SNP ~ 34% (+1) RUK ~ 20% (+2) Lab ~ 17% (-2) LD ~ 11% (+3) Con ~ 10% (-3) Grn ~ 7% (nc)

Yusuf said they won't ban EU nationals from welfare. Whether Reform have actually been clear - in public - about respecting EU settled status from the abolition of ILR is fuzzy. It is discriminatory to not apply the identical principle to other grants of permanent status to majority nonwhite groups

We all suspect that Nigel Farage is a Russian asset of some kind. There's a lot of circumstantial evidence suggesting it. I'd pay a small fortune to see the Security Services' file on him.

🧵/ Ahead of their party conference, how do Britons see the Labour Party? Out of touch: 66% Unclear what they stand for: 65% Weak: 62% Untrustworthy: 61% Incompetent: 59% Serving themselves: 54% Care only about the few: 50% Prejudiced: 37% Extreme: 24% yougov.co.uk/politics/art...

As Reform's Nathan Gill admits taking bribes from Russian 'secret service pawn' Oleg Voloshyn, here’s a nice photo of Nigel Farage with Voloshyn’s wife.

Nigel farage wants you to think that Britain has an immigration problem. It doesn't. Britain had a problem with millionaires hoarding wealth, egged on by politicians and the press. Britain has a problem with racism. Britain has a Nigel farage problem. #nigelfarage

Nigel Farage’s deportation plan would break up the NHS | Letters www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Wes Shitting and the labour dumb fucks think definition of woman is "What's in your pants" when in reality it isn't. A woman is somebody who experiences womanhood which, Yes. Does include trans women since they very much do experience womanhood so you labour arses who run the UK government can stfu!

Catch-up: infrastructure, yes we can. @alicettimes.bsky.social on the Thames supersewer www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...

At last! Starmer attacks Farage… www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

1/This is Transatlantic leadership! In historic move, German Chancellor Merz calls out US: “democracy is under pressure, freedom of expression is being questioned, and the independence of the judiciary is being repressed“. www.reuters.com/technology/g...

Useful timeline of Brexit/Reform/UKIP Farage, Gill interconnections and Russian bribes

🧵1/ The story in brief is that in the 2000s the financial services and banking sectors underwent considerable deregulation leading to the financial crisis of 2008.

A question I've wondered about since high school (50+ years).

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.

"Offering your support to Georgia is not only an act of solidarity – it is the pragmatic choice. Another repressive regime in the neighbourhood would endanger Europe’s own security. To abandon Georgia now would be to reward Russia’s aggression."

Of course we will see this plastered all over the media for *days*, relentlessly focussed on how outrageous it is for a Reform politician to be in the pocket of the Russians? No, thought not… Meanwhile, Putin chuckles at how easily his project to destabilise the UK, EU and US has borne fruit.

Good to see this important research getting a wider audience. Hope Labour advisors listen and learn

Aggregate Result of the 110 Council By-Elections (for 111 Seats) since the 2025 Local Elections: RFM: 38 (+33) LDM: 29 (+9) CON: 13 (-11) LAB: 11 (-28) GRN: 11 (+3) Ind: 5 (-2) Local: 2 (-4) SNP: 1 (-1) PLC: 1 (=) Explore: electionmaps.uk/byelections-...

Rather illustrates why more Reform politicians getting elected several years before a Westminster poll is due may be a rather mixed blessing for Farage. Plenty of time for opponents and press to dig into his colleagues’ backgrounds. Things like this turn up remarkably often.

"I don't want a small minority with right wing extremist intentions to hijack our flag. That's not who we are a a British people." @munirawilson.bsky.social on reclaiming the flag for those who want to reunite and rebuild, not divide and destroy. #BBCQT

Thames Water continues to waste bill payers’ money instead of investing in real solutions to fix our failing water industry. Beckton is a case in point & the Teddington TDRA is another. It’s time to clean up our water sector once & for all. Read my comments in The Guardian here:

Billionaires don't pay tax here now so if we tax them and they decide to leave we actually don't lose anything, and don't even think about saying trickle down because we don't believe in fairy tales #NZPol

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Reform's DOLGE a cover to give a tech investor an unfair advantage in LG contracts? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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