My family came here 50 years ago. They've worked, paid taxes, raised families, been good citizens. My many colleagues and friends who were either born elsewhere, or their parents were, the same. It's so offensive to be told you're here on sufferance.

So, let's see if I've got this straight? The world has changed enough for Labour to go back on their bedrock promise not to raise taxes. But not enough for them to scuff out their red lines on Brexit, the single most damaging drag on the UK economy. Idiots. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Really, Reform UK? THIS is what you're going with? That this man, who served as an MEP next to Nigel Farage for years and was made leader of your party in Wales by current deputy, Richard Tice, is just "one of tens of thousands of people Nigel meets on an annual basis"?~AA

CNN: Moldova’s ruling party wins crucial election billed as choice between EU and Moscow www.cnn.com/2025/09/29/e...

Looks like Putin's attempt to bully Moldova has failed. With 90% of votes counted, the pro-European Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) has a 20 point lead over the Russian-funded Patriotic Bloc open.substack.com/pub/arthursn...

Congrats to team Europe for winning the Ryder Cup. Historic and well deserved. Our fans were disgraceful. An embarrassment to the US team and the game of golf. No class, dignity or grace…just like their cult leader in the White House.

Here's Andy Burnham criticising Starmer's "culture of fear" in the party. So in other words, the political and economic stress of dealing with Brexit is tearing Labour apart just like it did the Tories. This isn't normal. We've had a decade of it, and could be on the verge of our 7th new Brexit PM!

This is a fairly extraordinary read on Nathan Gill.

Starmer is absolutely correct in his description of Nigel Farage, but it isn't enough to reject Farage, you also have to reject Faragism. Stop pandering to anti-immigration rhetoric, stop trying to make Farage's Brexit work. Offer a better vision for the UK 🇬🇧🇪🇺 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Richard Tice with his Reform chum Nathan Gill, who has just admitted taking bribes for spreading Kremlin misinformation. What could be more patriotic than that?

Farage’s chum George Galloway detained under terrorism charges on return from Moscow 🇷🇺 www.lbc.co.uk/article/geor...

First. Enact PR ! Second An elected. second Chamber ! Third A written constitution requiring a two thirds majority in each chamber. Fourth Press Regulation! Not necessarily in that order. #PR #FairVotes #Leveson #Ofcom #LordsElection

They told us that we had to leave the EU to take back control of our borders…that was a lie Now they tell us that we must leave the ECHR to take back control of our borders…that is a lie

1/ This speech made by Farage in September 2014, after Russia's first invasion of Ukraine, is a stream of Russian propaganda lies that could have come from Lavrov's mouth.

Ok, so this sounds a bit better, but this same weekend the Home Secretary‘s told the Sun of her plan to make it harder to get settlement in the first place, a policy with no purpose except to pander to the same people who might like the proposal described here as “racist”, so what should we believe

“Why is Keir Starmer allowing the right wing to set the political agenda with confected crises, rather than engaging with real issues?”

@scottishlabour.bsky.social @chriskanemp.bsky.social @imogenwalker.bsky.social ??

Restoring the independence of the Electoral Commission would help protect democracy in the UK, but a future Farage-led government with a majority in parliament on only 30% of votes could easily end it again. We need proportional representation now! www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

German media seems to be taking more seriously than ours the fact a leading light in the party UK press keeps saying will be next government took bribes from Russia to spout their lies. Maybe it’s because they put NEWS ahead of propaganda

So, Sunday Times runs with latest poll showing Farage winning if there was an election now. But makes NO mention of Reform’s collusion with Russia. And this is how democracy gets beaten to death in the dark. Voters are not being told the truth. Reform is given the stage but is NEVER held to account.

Bit late to this great campaign by @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social but the cause never goes away. #partofthebiggerpicture

What he could have said: ‘I think the policy is blatantly racist. Of course that doesn’t make Reform voters racists. I understand people are desperate to see an improvement in their lives. But I’d ask them to look very carefully at what Reform are proposing and understand what it would do’.

Starmer can’t think on his feet. A skilled politician would have found a way of dealing with this. It IS possible to say the policy is racist without alienating Reform voters by telling them they’re racist. But he’s so worried about accidentally saying the latter he undermines the former.

Farage and Badenoch want to quit the ECHR. It would remove our protections. It would place the UK alongside Russia and Belarus as the only European countries outside the ECHR. It would be a huge victory for Putin in his war against human rights and international law. It is what traitors would do.

🔴 Reform UK’s Crypto Donations Put Under Spotlight as Experts Warn It’s ‘Impossible to Trace’ Foreign Cash Anti-corruption campaigners raise the alarm over loopholes that could allow large sums of untraceable money to slip past checks bylinetimes.com/2025/09/26/r...

“The ECHR isn’t Brussels meddling. It’s the foundation that protects you from your own government.” 👏👏👏

After more than 300 days of continuous protest against the stolen election, it is inspiring to see Georgians still marching together in Tbilisi in such large numbers under the flags of freedom 🇬🇪🇪🇺

There's a major ongoing effort to scapegoat and demonise individuals and families. But failures in housing, public services and the economy are the long-standing fault of the government, not migrants or asylum seekers. We must stand against the hate and false rumours pumped out by the far right.

Happiness 😊

Politicians may avoid mentioning it – but the people know what's up. "When Labour voters were asked why they believed things were getting worse, they overwhelmingly cited Brexit, with 69 per cent naming the decision to leave the European Union as the main reason behind the country’s problems."

“No confirmed information…?”🙄what on earth do YOU think might have attracted ICE’s attention to this man? Racist bastards.

Oh no!

IMPORTANT 🧵 We've been seeing how RFK Jr & anti-vax lobby has been steadily and effectively reducing access to vaccines in the US. But it could happen in UK too. It's a threat worth considering given Malhotra's speech at Reform conf & big overlap between anti-vax and RW populsim. Read on! 1/11

Fascinating and hugely depressing stuff by @patrickmaguire.bsky.social There’s a void at the heart of Labour: it needs a battle of ideas www.thetimes.com/article/7177...

It is in the interest of Starmer and his inner circle to maintain the fiction for long as possible that they can turn Labour around, because that keeps them in their roles. Imagine if he manages to con the party all the way to the next election. That means history will remember him as a 5-year PM.

British media is actively promoting Britain’s mini-me Trump, Farage and his private limited company called Reform, that gullible voters think is a political party.

As Moldova goes to the polls in parliamentary elections this Sunday, Russian influence operations there have gone into overdrive. Good luck to Maia Sandu's Action and Solidarity party (PAS), who are campaigning to preserve Moldova's European future. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

When you consider the *ecocide* alongside the genocide being perpetrated in Gaza, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians and their homeland. My column today. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Anyone surprised? “Former Welsh leader of Reform has pleaded guilty to bribery charges”. Such a patriot he took money to talk pro-Russian propaganda www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Lucy Powell: Labour has handed the megaphone to Nigel Farage – it must end now 👏 inews.co.uk/news/politic...

📣A retired French & Spanish teacher writes in @yorkshirepost.co.uk 📰: " #Brexit removed the option to work freely in #EU - students lost a key reason to study languages." 🎓 Language is opportunity. Let’s reopen doors. 🗝️🌍✈️ #RejoinEU #BrexitReality #Erasmus #StudyAbroad #ErasmusPlus

"The former leader of Reform UK in Wales has pleaded guilty to bribery charges relating to statements in favour of Russia in the European parliament" www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

I’m not against ID cards per se. But I am against them now. For this. As yet another weapon in the arsenal against immigrants. This isn’t taking the fight to Reform. It’s using immigrants as a human shield while Reform keeps punching you in the face. iandunt.substack.com/p/id-cards-a...

Spot which one ISN’T a Kremlin asset

Danny Kruger and his friends are the ones who’ll be telling us how to live if we let them anywhere near power.

If the Reeves and the rest of the government believe that "growth underpins everything else" they should move far more quickly to remove Brexit barriers to business, and not undermine important environmental protections ... a move that risks increasing barriers. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...