When’s the last time Reform were as low as 23%? Before last May’s locals?

Just look at the news — that's why.

“Between 2016 and 2021, the number of new monthly solar installations averaged about 3,000 per month. Over the past 12 months that has soared to 23,000 installations per month. Roughly 15,500 households every month in the UK are fitting solar panels”

turns out Spain and France are meaningfully insulated from the Trump Energy Shock because of investments in nuclear and renewables www.ft.com/content/19f2...

Latest Yougov (Expect howls of "it's not fair, they're all out to get me' from Farage) Westminster voting intention RefUK 23%(-2) LAB 19%(+2) CON 17%(nc), GRN 18%(-1) LDEM 13%(-1)

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Wondering what leverage in negotiations looks like? Australia's new FTA with the EU provides 16,830 tonnes of tariff free access for beef. Australia's FTA with the UK, completed with a desperate Johnson administration, provided 35,000 tonnes tariff free, rising to unlimited over 15 years.

As the EU and Australia announce their trade deal… 10 years in the making… it brings back fond memories of the absolute pant-soiling our own politicians did when ‘negotiating’ the UK’s deal with Australia.

“That’s why Reform’s fossil-fuel funded politicians are so opposed to climate science and… Net Zero… Not because Net Zero is an economic failure but because its success will hit their donors’ profits” Farage: Never acts in the national interest. Only ever his own. open.substack.com/pub/democrac...

“What levers could Rachel Reeves pull to help with rising prices?” 🧐 #TaxTheRich 🧐 #WindfallTax 🧐 #TaxTheBanks www.theguardian.com/business/202...

We tracked down the superyacht owned by the world’s sixth richest man. Larry Ellison won’t like what we did to it 🛥️🏴‍☠️

Spain Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez: "Trump is someone who will set the world on fire and then blame smoke caused by that. He has been wrong for 18 days of war. I urge everyone to call him out"

Palantir is burrowing into the heart of the UK's institutions - our health, our defence, our finances. Join me in telling the govt to send this dangerous company packing: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

this is 42% right-wing parties and 50% broadly left-wing parties. *depending on many factors* there is a very interesting Labour/Green/LD coalition in there if they can make it work. hilariously, 'broad left coalition' much more typical of European parliaments. Brexit means Brexit etc.

“Had the threshold risen in line with CPI inflation it would now be £15,518, well above the highest State Pension” Basic rate payers on >£15518 now pay £600 more tax w/o inflation increase. UK tax allowance has been frozen the longest in Europe. #TaxTheRich www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/cost-of...

“The last govs failure to invest in energy was a failure to protect our country…this gov is taking control of our energy supply & investing in renewables, lifting ban on onshore wind…running biggest offshore wind auction..& bringing next auction forward to July” www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Here's a link to fact sheets on the new EU-Australia trade deal 🇪🇺 🇦🇺 They cover trade, investment, sustainable development, labour rights, environmental protections and protections for EU farming. The new deal puts EU companies on an equal footing with countries in the Trans-Pacific Partnership etc.

Brexiters said the UK had to leave the EU to get trade deals like this. Obviously, they lied. ... And the EU-AUS trade deal is far better than the one Brexit Britain struck with Australia! #RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺

The argument for Labour’s red line on joining a Customs Union with the EU (making own trade deals) was already v v weak & just had another, final hole blown in it. The red lines are ideological & political, nothing more. EU also has better deals negotiating from collective strength. #Brexit lies.

The UK gave Australia a hugely more generous beef quota than the EU with little in return. The EU and UK deals on the US are similar. Independent UK trade policy met the basic bar of having structures to negotiate trade agreements. Beyond that is a failure.

Starmer leads Farage and Badenoch on who Brits think would be the most capable Prime Minister. He’s up +4 since Jan 2026, whilst Farage is down -2, and Badenoch’s down -1.

“Ships pay passage through Iran’s ‘Toll Booth’ - Lloyds List”: www.iranintl.com/en/202603233...

The EU gets a better trade deal with Australia than Britain did. Of course, the EU negotiates with the clout and leverage of being the world’s largest market. It gets better deals for its members than they’d get negotiating separately. Britain now misses out on that.

“The results suggest that when the mainstream parties cooperate and organise effectively, they can still combine in a “Republican front” to block the RN, particularly in France’s larger cities where the nationalist party’s brand still repels many voters.” www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

Farage uses…”digital culture to fuel his popularity. If we want a preview of what a Reform govt might bring, we can turn to the US, where shitposting, AI slop and brain rot are the aesthetic of an authoritarian regime wreaking havoc at home and abroad” Horrific. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"So far, there is little sign that either Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, or Kemi Badenoch, the Tory leader, want a new fight over Brexit, which is now widely unpopular with voters, including among many Leave supporters." www.ft.com/content/b031... In a day of otherwise rubbish news

"What's your favourite book of the Bible, Robert?" "Tough one. I think I'd have to say The Best of the Bible"

Serious questions for Reform UK. "Digital currency donations have been turned into sterling to make them much less easy to track, sources say." https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/reform-accused-of-using-third-party-to-turn-crypto-into-cash-and-hide-donors

Keir Starmer snaps at Tory MP Bernard Jenkin for suggesting his approach to defence "smacks of enormous complacency" "This smacks of the fact that for years there was underinvestment by the last Government... honestly, 14 years of underinvestment"

🚨Joining Europe’s SAFE defence fund is vital for our security. 👀 Keir Starmer says it will “certainly be on the agenda” at the next UK-EU summit.

Could have been completely avoided by the way… Thanks Brexit. https://inews.co.uk/news/spanish-french-airports-easter-delays-post-brexit-checks-4289519

Financial Times: Keir Starmer to bring forward EU rules legislation in King’s Speech www.ft.com/content/b031...

Funding for the populist right-wing media political ecosystem exceeded more than £170m in five years, according to new research, which shows how right-wing media organisations, politicians and donors are working hand in glove to promote their ideology. leftfootforward.org/2026/03/fund...

Surreal arrogance. Conservative MP Bernard Jenkins is complaining about our armed forces being under resourced when it was his Conservative government that cut defence spending by 25% in real terms over 14 years!

Eluned Morgan: "Let's be absolutely clear, leaving the EU has not been beneficial to Wales, in several areas. "I always want the closest possible relationship with the EU."

NEW: Over 100 Labour MPs have written to the PM urging him to find time for the assisted dying bill With only three sitting days left and around 600 amendments left, it will undoubtedly fail this session The MPs want the PM to commit to finding time next session

Ministers are set to fast-track a project to target energy bill support at lower-income households, as analysts say bills are set to reach £2,000 to £2,500 in July. In @theipaper.com w @eleanormia.bsky.social +🗨️ from @sifrancis.bsky.social @nea.org.uk @theifs.bsky.social inews.co.uk/news/politic...

As of today, the cruel two-child limit is no more. This Labour government is delivering the biggest ever reduction of child poverty in a single Parliament.

We have today taken the first formal step to honouring our manifesto commitment to build the next generation of new towns. Building on the work of the New Towns Taskforce, we are seeking views on the draft programme and its seven proposed sites 👇🏻 www.gov.uk/government/c...

When we promised voters "lower taxes" we didn't mean that we would make their taxes lower, says Kemi Badenoch

"All the signs that Labour wants to undo Brexit", says @eleanormia.bsky.social There's "clear consensus across the party that Brexit hasn’t worked, voters can see it hasn’t worked, &the Govt's ‘reset’ isn’t going to give us nearly enough growth or credit with voters” inews.co.uk/news/politic...

When middle powers work together, we can do even more than protect ourselves and our sovereignty — we can build something better, more prosperous, and more just than what came before.

A new “European Movement Canada” is being built. "Canada must not be a spectator to history. Strengthening our relationship with Europe now is an investment in the stability and prosperity of our shared future.”

“It focuses minds on who we want leading the country at a time of crisis. Would we really want Angela or Wes sitting around the NATO table?” archive.ph/2026.03.23-0...

“Over four days of intensive assault operations, the enemy lost more than 6,090 soldiers killed and wounded,” Syrskyi said, adding that Kyiv largely managed to repel the offensive.” archive.ph/2026.03.23-1...

England is the only nation in the UK or Europe not to financially support farmers to produce food. "Isn't this recklessly foolish?" - @TimFarron.bsky.social lays into the Government.

This is no time for half-measures. Protect families from the energy price hike. Paid for by: A tighter oil & gas windfall tax. Taxing income from wealth the same as from work. And double down on renewables and energy efficiency to protect us from future shocks.

Trump's war is sending your bills through the roof. Why are Kemi Badenoch & Nigel Farage cheering him on?

The fact this is sold as doing something the public want, yet those selling it seem very reluctant to tell the public honestly what they are proposing to do, suggests perhaps they know it isn't as popular as they are claiming?

"THE MAD KING SAYS HE IS NOT ATTACKING TODAY AFTER ALL": Oil down, stocks up. Tomorrow: "THE MAD KING SAYS BIGGEST ATTACKS IN HISTORY OF UNIVERSE WILL BEGIN IN 48 HOURS" - Oil up, stocks down FRIDAY: "THE MAD KING SAYS HE IS NOT ATTACKING TODAY AFTER ALL", Oil down, stocks up. Repeat until 2028.