Interesting that the total vote for Labour, Greens and LibDems in the Gorton & Denton by-election was 68% - just as it was in 2024 So, Labour is haemorrhaging votes to the centre and left, not to the right

UK and EU agree to cooperate on tackling multinationals and monopolies ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

The problems of wanting to have the benefits when you've walked out of the club... www.politico.eu/article/made...

We must stop pretending that Brexit was just a domestic choice. It was a successful Russian hybrid operation designed to shatter Western cooperation. This betrayal has left both the UK and the EU more vulnerable to aggression. Those who still defend it are idiots or traitors

This is something I had wanted to write for ages, but 10 years on from the Brexit vote made the most sense. What would Britain still inside the EU look like? Incredibly powerful, is the answer. www.thenewworld.co.uk/luke-mcgee-t...

Revealed: 80% of Reform’s funding comes from Tory donors www.thenerve.news/p/reform-fun...

Why would you pig-headedly ignore the voice of the next generation? Why would you saddle them with debt, shrink the job market and limit their opportunities? It runs counter to everything politics and society should want for them. For all of us. They’re the future. www.itv.com/news/2026-02...

Farage - grifting multimillionaire and highest earning MP Tice - family money multimillionaire Yusuf - multimillionaire Jenrick - millionaire Zahawi - multimillionaire But they want to cut the National Minimum Wage down from £12.21 per hour. (It goes up 50p in April.) God, they’re hideous.

New data shows #Brexit has lowered UK GDP by 6-8% in 10 years. Investment down 18%, employment down 4%. It's even worse than economists had predicted pre-referendum, because they thought there would be a bounce-back long term. "Economists were roughly right on the magnitude of the impact, but...

It’s not just that a large majority want Britain to rejoin the EU, it’s the fact that the majority steadily continues to grow…

People who voted LEAVE in the 2016 referendum on Brexit have the right to say: “this is not what I was told, it’s not what we were promised, and it’s damn well not what I voted for” Brexit was sold on lies A democracy that cannot change its mind is no longer a democracy 🇬🇧🇪🇺

An interesting Danish take on Europe and the European Union 🇪🇺, well worth a read: www.europeanfuture.eu/work/where-d...

“We are not the Britain of the Brexit years anymore” Prime minister Keir Starmer 👏

When we refer to the Liberal Democrats, we generally shorten it to “LibDems”. So why don’t we do likewise with ReformUK and refer to them as REFUK? It would have the added benefit of succinctly conveying what they stands for! .

Estimates of the economic costs of Brexit continue to grow. Now showing UK economy between 6 and 8 percent smaller than it would have been. That in turn means £60bn lost tax revenue every year. Think what a difference that would have made to tax & spend decisions …

Jim Ratcliffe, himself a migrant to Monaco to avoid paying his fair share of UK tax, and who supported Brexit which has so damaged the British economy, is yet another millionaire oligarch backing the far right to further line his pockets

BREAKING: Rachel Reeves insists Labour can win political argument for closer relationship with EU, calling it “biggest prize” for UK economic growth 👏

Hard to believe that none of the Reform MPs turned up for the debate on Russian interference in our politics. Maybe they were visiting their former Kremlin talking points Welsh leader Nathan Gill in prison? Or en route to their next BBC interview to act as commentators on why Starmer should go?

Sadiq Khan: My ultimate goal is to reverse Brexit www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

Britain used to be known for its political stability. No longer. There have been 6 Prime Ministers in 9 years since the Brexit referendum. The 6 Prime Ministers before the referendum lasted 40 years.

Britain Must Choose Europe—and Its Leaders Need to Admit It - Paul Mason www.socialeurope.eu/britain-must...

The Daily Telegraph currently owned by a private equity vehicle RedBird IMI - based in the UAE and led by Italian American Gerry Cardinale and Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Patriotic news. For patriotic people. Who don't want to pay taxes.

While there is justified outrage about Mandelson, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor &others, the relentless media focus on Keir Starmer (who was NOT mentioned in any Epstein file) is overdone. By contrast, no focus on Farage who WAS mentioned (and who, BTW, applauded the appointment of Mandelson)…

Another result of Brexit that bears no resemblance to what Farage, Johnson, Gove, Rees-Mogg, etc promised www.theguardian.com/environment/...

On Brexit, are there “glimmers of hope that the UK may be preparing to turn the page of this costly national psychodrama” asks Martin Leng: big-europe.eu/publications...

Those surprised at the BBC promoting Reform (whole programme promoting them, and Yusuf yet again on #bbcqt ) should remember this is nothing new. Look the incredible bias in their choice of MEPs on BBC Question Time during the Brexit years:

Maybe sit this one out, Nige

Good to read this from the EU, and of course she is right, in this troubled world we need our neighbours and have more heft as part of a large group of like minded nations rather than going it alone. www.politico.eu/article/eu-p...

“We apologise to all the women involved” is rapidly becoming the most used sentence in public statements this week - and sounds very hollow. #Epstein #Metpolice

Also backed by Epstein: Bannon’s far-right “European Revolution” planned with Farage bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/d...

The world has changed since the 2016 #Brexit vote. In response, the UK & EU need to be more willing to change fundamental aspects of their post-Brexit relationship. New @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social/ KAS UK & Ireland policy brief by @cerianbond.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/vQRCfrT

Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.

What really worries Maga Americans is European unity. 👇🏼 Which explains why Maga funds Nigel Farage and loves Brexit. andriuskubilius.lt/en/what-real...

This is the video to share and show anyone who thinks brexit hasn’t been done ‘properly’ yet and going further would be good for this country. Join the @labour4europe.bsky.social and let’s take back control. Click their account to do so.

On this sixth anniversary of Brexit, take a moment to reflect on how much better off Britain is — as explained here by Baron Hannan of Kingsclere, ennobled for his role in delivering what has been described as “the single stupidest thing any country has ever done”

I’m sure Indian billionaire, Sunny Varkey, wants to give Farage a ton of cash to improve the lives of the people of Clacton. And definitely not to lobby for crypto or fossil fuels or to have first dibs on the firesale of British assets (eg the NHS) that Farage is bartering for power. FFS wake up UK.

Starmer vows to take Britain deeper into EU single market: www.politico.eu/article/keir...

Who said: “We shld step up to take responsibility for open cooperation across the globe... We shld continue to dismantle walls,not erect them; we shld seek integration,not decoupling. We shld advance…cooperation, &push for a universally beneficial &inclusive economic globalization” A/ Xi Jinping!

Farage has no judgement. Major calls he has got wrong: -Brexit -Trump -Putin -Climate change -Truss budget -team selection (e.g. his Welsh leader convicted of taking Putin bribes) -dodgy income and donors He lacks the competence & judgement to be trusted with anything important

Full EU membership should be put to the public at the next election. It's time to return home. inews.co.uk/opinion/rejo...

Trump supporting Prime Minister of Slovakia, after meeting with him, is worried about the U.S. president’s “psychological state” describing it as “dangerous” www.politico.eu/article/dona...

IMF chief tells Europe to stop talking itself down - 7 of the 10 best-performing economies in 2025 were EU countries... www.politico.eu/article/euro...

We are opening an investigation into Grok because we believe that X may have breached the DSA. We have seen antisemitic content, non-consensual deepfakes of women, and child sexual abuse material. In Europe, no company will make money by violating our fundamental rights. link.europa.eu/Fh8h84

The political spectrum of those calling for Britain to rejoin the European Union is getting wider, now including former Conservative cabinet minister Dominic Grieve on the right and the Green party previous leader Caroline Lucas on the left:

EU countries gain by negotiating jointly. Mark Carney said: “When we only negotiate bilaterally with a hegemon,we negotiate from weakness, competing with each other to be the most accommodating.This is not sovereignty. It’s the performance of sovereignty while accepting subordination”

EUROPE IS BACK This week's New Statesman cover story is on the changing conversation about Europe in the Labour party - including among those close to Keir Starmer... Cover illustration by Mona Eing & Michael Meißner www.newstatesman.com/cover-story/...

TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak calls on the government to “get serious about rebuilding our trading & political relationship with the European Union” with a more ambitious reset and “no red lines”: @LabourList labourlist.org/2026/01/paul...

Trump shenanigans contributing to Iceland decision to hold a referendum on joining the European Union. It will be the 11th non-EU country to apply to join. If this continues, Britain will be almost alone in Europe in being outside the EU, isolated, poorer and weaker.

Note the contrast:

US Republican President Eisenhower in 1958: “We cannot and will not condone armed aggression - no matter who the attacker, and no matter who the victim. We cannot - in the world, any more than in our own nation - subscribe to one law for the weak, another law for the strong”