“Polling by YouGov published this weekend suggested that 80% of those who backed Labour in 2024 support negotiating a customs union deal with the EU. Seventy-three per cent backed talks to rejoin the EU entirely.” #Brexit disaster www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

“54% of exporters in a survey of almost 1,000 businesses – the majority of which were small & medium-sized firms – said the trade deal…enacted in 2021 was not helping”them…lots of companies have shut down and thousands of people have lost their jobs” #Brexit www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

In a significant statement of intent, Health Secretary Wes Streeting has nailed his colours to the mast over the weekend – making no bones about his desire to see the UK develop a ‘closer trading relationship’ with Europe. He also branded Brexit as a ‘massive economic hit’.

Absolutely and the rights and restrictions associated with it should be widely publicised and understood. That is still not the case in the U.K.

London’s loss is Madrid’s gain as global tourism body abandons UK due to Brexit www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...

The economic damage caused by Brexit cannot be overstated, and neither can the importance of the solution - negotiating a bespoke UK-EU customs union is vital for economic recovery.

“We have sacrificed our national success because of our fear of immigration. And now, if Farage has his way, we'll do it all over again” Superb, important analysis of the profound harm Farage does to our country in his rabidly racist and egotistical bid for power liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/407...

It’s quite something to say Brexit has been good, actually, and then in the next breath, talk about how bad the economy is like they are totally unrelated.

“Polanski open to election deal with Labour …“At the general election, stopping Farage is the most important objective….Luke Tryl, director of More In Common, said…the Greens would be “contenders” in “at least 30 seats” in the next general election.”” archive.ph/2025.12.15-2...

Yet again it will be British based SMEs will be differentially hit by #Brexit costs whilst global firms absorb the burden & costs without difficulty. “It is going to have significant negative impact…It will be quite a burden on small and medium-sized enterprises.” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

“gov finally taking some steps to redress economic & cultural vandalism caused by leaving the EU. It’s been a tough decade for Gen Z, with Brexit & the pandemic. It’s great there’s something for school-leavers to look forward to as we enter New Year.” www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/opinion...

The fascist tapeworm “has a soft spot for Putin and this Christmas your difficult Reform-supporting relative needs to hear about it.” 🎄

90 Billion? That's only government (tax) revenue losses. And why the NHS is using corridors as wards and our food is more pesticide poisonous than ever. What about the rest? Numbers put the Brexit bill at circa: TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY BILLION EVERY YEAR centralbylines.co.uk/politics/90b...

37% of voters in a rigged electorate in a referendum perverted by hate, lies, and foreign interference - a referendum that would have been annulled because of law-breaking had it been mandatory, which the Brexiters loudly and falsely declared it was. Brexit was won by the massive abuse of democracy.

No explanation needed.

“Trump siding with 'soulmate tyrant' Putin means UK can't rely on US 'Brexit has proved catastrophic – an economic calamity – and the migration its backers falsely claimed would fall actually soared after EU freedom of movement ended'” www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

“Trump siding with soulmate tyrant Vladimir Putin against Britain, France, Germany, Europe itself and particularly invaded Ukraine is the moment to stop pretending this US President is any kind of ally.” www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

I can't believe it! The Gov is reviewing state pension age; this could mean we're forced to work till we're much older 😑. Right now it's just being reviewed, so I hope we can create enough outcry to get them to back down. I've signed a petition against it, will you join me + add yr name? 38d.gs/3jdr

The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.

this is illegal

So the Trump fascist incompetent deranged lunatics seem likely to miss the deadline for releasing the Epstein files So Pam Bondi needs to go to jail ….

“twice as many Labour voters considering LibDems or Greens than RefUK…time is rapidly approaching when Britain will have to choose. Forget “bridge across the Atlantic” fantasies: on trade, on defence & in terms of our identity, we are Europeans.” Brexit disaster www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

President Trump has shown, again and again, he can’t be trusted as a reliable ally. The Prime Minister needs to stop hoping for the best and start dealing with reality.

Starmer’s pharma deal with Donald Trump is a disaster for our NHS and for patients. Billions of pounds will be spent to pay off big American pharma and to please the White House. The British people didn’t vote for this.

The "political genius" of Morgan McSweeney in one chart

"...other countries pay a rate of 50%" What hope when the @guardiannews parrots the Trumpian line?..no foreign country pays any bloody tariff (import tax). The importer does, to its government. It should read "though other countries' tariffs (to be paid by US importers) are at 50%"

Billions linked to sanctioned Russian oligarchs have sat frozen in UK bank accounts while Ukrainians continue to suffer the horror of Putin’s war. I have consistently called for this money to be released, and I welcome the Government’s commitment to finally act. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Starmer’s Trump Tax is a disaster for our NHS and for patients. Billions of pounds will be plundered from hospitals and GPs to pay big American pharma, all to please the White House. What on earth is Labour playing at?

Nigel Farage has pocketed more than £400,000 from GB News this year. No wonder he's cheering from the sidelines as Trump tried to destroy the BBC.

Yesterday in @commonshealth.bsky.social we were joined by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Wes Streeting. This is what we asked him...

Rejoining Erasmus must be the first step on a clear roadmap to a closer relationship with Europe. We need to see the Government negotiate a bespoke UK-EU customs union, and commit to a youth mobility scheme for benefit of the next generation.

The explosion of extreme and dangerous misogyny in our schools is down to influencers like Andrew Tate. Reminder: Nigel Farage once described Andrew Tate as “an important voice for men”.

Marvellous another “Brexit betrayal” Bring them on. 👍

“Brexit is costing the Treasury up to £90 billion a year in lost tax revenues. So the more we ‘betray Brexit’, the better. Unravelling this monumental act of economic self-harm won’t be easy, but the next step should be rejoining the Customs Union” www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...

It’s exactly this kind of dismal, prejudiced bollox from the Daily Mail that’s got us into the ruinous Brexit mess we’re in. What a moronic response to us rejoining Erasmus and all the benefits that brings. If they’re really worried about cost, they should push to cancel Brexit altogether.

"Reform’s manifesto included vast, and obviously implausible, promises of tax cuts." "Any attempt to implement them would have made the market response to the Truss mini-Budget look mild, if not downright ecstatic." https://inews.co.uk/opinion/prime-minister-farage-make-you-worse-off-why-4085884

If 26 people remember your appalling racist behaviour as a schoolboy and are willing to call you out for it 50 years later you cannot simply brush it off and say it doesn't matter. "The child is the father of the man," as William Wordsworth once put it. And this father was a nasty bullying bigot.

This week in Labour Britain: 1️⃣ inflation falls 2️⃣ interest rate cut 3️⃣ plans to tackle misogyny revealed 4️⃣ new builds to have swallow bricks 5️⃣ UK to rejoin Erasmus.

“What does M&S want for Christmas? A UK-EU food deal to undo the damage from #Brexit The leading retailer said Britain quitting the EU had pushed up costs and impacted choice for customers” www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...

Your annual reminder that next Thursday we all will pretend to have a Dutch Saint visit our children on a pagan sun god festival day, with a German tree, decorated in the Norse fashion, to celebrate the birth of an Arab Jewish child. You're welcome x

Starmer is setting a trap… “The opaqueness of crypto currencies means that UK investigators believe that it has already become the weapon of choice for money launderers and sanctions-evaders. It is also a system that Farage’s party has a definite interest in” bylinetimes.com/2025/12/17/k...

PM says he wouldn't allow someone to speak to his daughter the way Trump spoke to a female journalist when he said 'quiet Piggy' Asked if he would allow that kind of comment to his daughter or wife, the PM said 'I absolutely wouldn't' 'I would call it out', Starmer says

"We're gonna need a bigger boat"

The EU acting again to reduce reliance on hostile states whilst Brexit Britain is left out in the cold leaving Starmer to rely on deals with the US which are “built on sand” & costing OUR NHS £bns. Supporters of any Brexit supporting party are facilitating the UK’s weak & isolated position. Turkeys

And in the meantime the UK is left out in the cold... Brexit. The Westminster stupidity that just keeps on giving.

A whole article about Brexit reset negotiations framing the UK as “caving” into EU demands which fails to look at the bigger picture - isolated U.K. is in the weak position in ALL its negotiations - esp the US but also eg AUS and NZ where they couldn’t believe their luck. archive.ph/2025.12.18-0...

“Without decisive intervention, Britain’s economy risks continuing its pattern of anaemic growth, constrained by both domestic political considerations and the long-term impact of Brexit.” Those supporting the Brexit loving ReFUK making Rejoin less likely. Turkeys moderndiplomacy.eu/2025/12/17/u...

“Food exports to the EU drop by almost a quarter compared to pre-Brexit…the UK’s challenges aren’t part of a global trend but rather unique to the UK’s post-Brexit circumstances” www.fdf.org.uk/fdf/news-med...

“Layla Moran, who chairs the health select committee, said: “The only thing more surprising than Trump’s tween-level temper tantrums is the UK government’s naive belief that his administration is a good faith actor” Weak, isolated Brexit Britain www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Keir Starmer goes after Nigel Farage at PMQs: "Apparently the leader of Reform is in the lounge." "I know he likes an early getaway at Christmas to get to his place in France."