Worth sharing... www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

This is bilge. The asylum pact actually *speeds up* refugees getting an EU long term residence permit after 5 years (because time spent as an asylum-seeker now counts in full). Member States can still issue a national long term residence permit on more favourable terms.

I used to have a friend who was in the SWP. This is (apart from the bit about the internet) exactly what he believed. It's actually a deeply patronising, very middle-class, very rose tinted student-Marxist view of working people that is completely divorced from any experience of life.

Putin: Europe puts forward peace plan suggestions that are unacceptable for Russia. Russia supposes Europeans will be able to return to negotiations if they take into account the realities on the ground. My comment: Europe is an integral part of the peace negotiations

While "peace" negotiations continue, remember that Russia could simply stop the war at any time.

“A stupid man's report of what a clever man says can never be accurate, because he unconsciously translates what he hears into something he can understand.” — Bertrand Russell

Probably word of the decade. And unfortunately probably longer.

Twelve police officers including former SYP chief constable Peter Wright and Ch Supt David Duckenfield would have faced gross misconduct proceedings over the Hillsborough disaster, a report by the IOPC has found, noting "concerted efforts" to blame fans in the aftermath www.bbc.com/news/article...

Seminar at the UK Houses of Parliament. The Post Office scandal is an example of the abuse of corporate power. Thousands of lives destroyed. Date: 16 December 2025 Time: 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Venue: Committee Room 10, Houses of Parliament Get your ticket at the link below.

‘When the ceasefire was announced on 9 October, I wanted to believe it was over. I don’t think I was alone, but I do know that I was entirely wrong. That period, it has transpired, was merely a transition to another phase of land grabbing.’ @selmadabbagh.bsky.social: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/no...

🔴 Boris Johnson and Alexander Lebedev Must Be Investigated in a New Public Inquiry into Russian Influence If you think the Gill conviction is bad, wait till you hear about another Leave campaigner and his connections to Putin’s inner circle… bylinetimes.com/2025/12/02/b...

The end of the OBR is nigh?

We live in a world where public spending is consistently framed as 'bad' or a 'drain' and the benefits of public spending (including future reduction of costs) are ignored or viewed with suspicion. This inhibits long term thinking and stops us from viewing public services as an investment.

And enabled by right-wing influence from the BBC board.

Russian propaganda in full force for the Witkoff visit: Putin is claiming to have captured Ukrainian cities that he doesn't control, and having himself photographed in military uniform kyivindependent.com/putin-claims...

Why government insiders are urging Keir Starmer to “break glass” and embrace a customs union with the EU. www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

OBR board member says Reeves did not mislead public on Budget on.ft.com/3Ka0h3H

No matter how often it is repeated, what Moscow thinks "peace talks" and "ceasefire agreements" are for still confuses some Western counterparts. Russia repeatedly gets what it wants because the other side focuses on ending the war, but Russia instead wants to win it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cw...

Is it me or are you bored of this BS now❓ The biggest non story that never was, shoehorned into political drama of epic proportions.. To get votes in general election Farage promised tax cuts of £90bn a yr, which he recently reneged on with no fuss from BBC “But about what Reeves didn’t say tho 😱

If history teaches us anything it is that ideology makes fools of its followers and charlatans of its promoters. Some manage both.

This shouldn't even be a debate 🙄 Ban it. Whilst you're at it, ban funding/donations from external sources/Stink Tanks/ people who don't pay tax or live here and cap how much can be spent during elections But this useless Government won't 😕

Never again.

At last! Continued British participation in Esrasmus was part of the Withdrawal Agreement, signed by Johnson, but which he later, in a fit of cultural vandalism, refused to implement once Brexit was enacted www.theguardian.com/education/20...

A reminder that London is far safer than many major cities, that crime is falling and that racists hate both these truths because they undermine their vicious little divisive narrative. Multiculturalism works. London works. And those who hate both things hate themselves most of all.

Expect to see this all over BBC news coverage because‘reform’ voters are interested and the BBC like to appeal to them 🥴 It may be a long wait.

And Michael Gove and Daniel Hannan said we would not leave the Single Market and Customs Union. Lies.

Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’ The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit.

Children of a sadly not lesser god of a BBC non-executive board member.

Not unexpected from Jon 'Nigel Farage is box office' Craig.

This has to end.

Time to rethink OBR role?

"'The Base' is known for its neo-Nazi militant accelerationist ideology and advocates achieving the goal of white supremacy through terrorism, creating an international network of paramilitary cells that self-train militarily in training camps, with the ultimate aim of carrying out attacks." 🤢

Let silly hacks go and work on their next bit of Westminster gossip. THIS is the main news from that conference. The clearest indication yet, right from the top.

The Center for Countering Disinformation reports that this is a record since Soviet times and a clear signal that peace is not part of the Kremlin’s plans for the coming year.

Pretty awkward for Gullis & Tice…

“Europe must now fight to save Ukraine and itself as bravely as Ukraine has been fighting to save itself and Europe for a decade. The resources are there, but the courage is not. STOP pretending Trump will ever turn on Putin and face reality and fight.” - Garry Kasparov

2014: “I admire Putin as an operator” 2010-14: Appeared on Russia today 17 times 2017: Knighted by a 7 year old girl on RT 2022: blames EU for Russian invasion 2024: “We provoked this war … of course it’s his fault – he’s used what we’ve done as an excuse” Is this not dodgy?

A reminder that one of Wes Streeting's junior ministers is talking enthusiastically about 'cashing in' on NHS data (www.ft.com/content/0531...).

We need HMRC to work better for ordinary taxpayers: both fairness and our public finances depend on it. A guest post by Mike Lewis, Director of @taxwatch.bsky.social www.faircomment.co.uk/p/we-need-hm...

The news of Jonathan Gullis defecting (sic) to Reform has brought to mind this pertinent piece of research that i came across while writing my most recent book.

Nigel Farage has spent £1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal. We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.

No Lies Detected, Ms. Welch......

Utter bullshit/lies from the "Centre for Social Justice" via the Express.

Listen to ALL episodes, but especially Ep 10 - the call to leave ECHR is a war against democracy - the right to fair elections, written within the Convention. Follow @thenerve.news & @carolecadwalla.bsky.social & @peterjukes.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/s...

The petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy is at 105.3k. I think it should get a lot more signatures. If you agree please repost, and share the petition as often and as far and wide as possible. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

30 November 1892 | Czech Jew, Arnošt Kohn, was born in Prague. He was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 18 December 1943. He did not survive.

Mark Kelly: "When I heard the secretary say that they're gonna pause immigration from third world countries, I take that as a message that they don't want brown people coming to the US. And I find that disturbing."

Absolutely nothing indicates putin wants peace. Absolutely everything indicates he prefers continued confrontation. Which is why russia must be decisively deterred, its economy choked, its leaders held accountable. Land grabs, aggression and war crimes must never pay off. #StandWithUkraine

If ReformUK get into government next time then we can kiss goodbye to: Paid holidays Sick pay Safer working conditions Human Rights Workers Rights Unions NHS & healthcare Social care Minimum wage Among many other things. Every person who knows a Reformer should have the conversation!.

How the right-wing newspapers still manage to dictate BBC coverage. Almost all of the Beeb's big post-Budget interview with the Chancellor devoted to asking whether she is a liar. Next to nothing on any of the big measures announced this week www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...