So to be clear 'send the buggers back' is not a racist song on Pheonix Nights, its official reform policy.

Not remotely xenophobic. No issue with immigration to the UK from any part of the world, but it must be *our* decision, not farmed out to a supranational body which can overrule us, and the numbers should meet the need of the UK economy and be manageable. And as usual he forgets I voted Remain.

Why would UK youth go to continent that has lower wages. Answer: they don't. Those who have left are going to Dubai. Unemployment rate in France is 8%, and the quoted number is the EU average. UK rate will come down, and we certainly don't need Europe. Youth mobility is for EU social dumping on us.

Four years of resistance and bravery. And still Kyiv stands and at present is on the counter attack. The UK stands with Ukraine now and after the war ends and she is rebuilt. We will not let her fall. Slava Ukraini.

Some positive news around the UK economy - inflation down, retail sales up, tax receipts up, tentantive signs of higher productivity.... But also rising unemployment, falling wage increases, and flat GDP. You wouldn't call it a recovery yet, but there's maybe a prospect of one.

Ignore the professional gloomsters and doomsters. - Borrowing ⬇️ (record surplus last month) - Inflation (and interest rates) ⬇️ - UK fastest growing European G7 economy - Retail sales up 4.5% over the year There’s lots more to do but Britain’s economy is on the mend.

The first arrest of a member of the Royal Family since Charles Stuart in 1646.

First senior member of the royal family to be arrested since Charles I...

Feeling quite patriotic. This is what equality under the law is meant to look like.

Wednesday

The UK is the second largest economy in Europe and out grew Germany, France and Italy last year and is projected to do the same this year.

I think we should ban social media for anyone over 60.

I wrote a thread on Twitter in 2017 that said that, when Brexit failed to deliver the benefits voters were told it would, the reaction amongst some Leave voters would not be self-reflection, but a lurch to the far-right, & that the UK media would not oppose it out fear of being called 'anti-Brexit'.

Rejoin would get crushed in a referendum. To be clear, you are arguing for the UK to cede control over its borders, its currency and its laws. When you actually poll Brits on joining on current terms, not 2016 terms, support craters to mid 30s.

The UK is the second largest economy in Europe and is outgrowing Germany and France. I am bored of rejoiners dooming. Its not true, and while the UK has problems and Brexit imposed economic challenges, the UK is not on a downward trajectory.

Good speech by Sir Keir Starmer at the Munich Security Conference. "We are not the Britain of the Brexit years" is the right message (and got applause). We are not going to join the EU. But we can, should and must work with it to build up Europe's defence and industrial base.

Should tell the Swedish. The truth is the whole continent are fed up with the French. Blocking Ukraine buying Storm Shadows, trying to get 6bn euros out of the UK for SAFE, now 'Buy European' which everyone knows mean buy French. The UK is increasingly talking to Berlin/Warsaw to achieve thing.

Rachel Taylor MP told tonight’s PLP meeting where Starmer is speaking that Anas Sarwar’s intervention was “selfish”, I’m told, and that Labour “needed to come together for the good of the country” A tricky time for Labour’s Westminster-Holyrood relations

Wes Streeting takes the opportunity to use transparency to open a bolter on No.10. He is a very good politician.

Just beyond parody at this point

Morgan McSweeney resigns as Downing Street chief of staff ft.trib.al/cPjBd1p

"You must accept all our young people for 4 years and allow them to access public funds and pay home fees at your universities" "You what mate?"

Sure. Barry Gardiner who served under Corbyn. Ok pet.

After a lengthy appeals process and productive discussion with the Blue Sky safety team I will no loinger be sending George Thorogood lyrics to beautiful women on here via DM. Thank you all

I have never seen anger like this on the Labour benches in private and in public. This is the kind of territory where things can move very fast.

It’s happening. Tell me again about ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome’…

Im sorry what? Ha. Hahahahaha. Brits are already heading to Dubai and Durban, not Brussels. The UK sees the Youth Mobility Scheme for what it is. A need for the EU to restore pseudo Free Movement for its youth to move to London. The UK never asked for it. Because we dont want it.

I won’t stop reporting the truth. The First Amendment is the bedrock of our democracy, and I’ll continue to fight to protect it 🤝🏾🇺🇸

Incarcerated for journalism. And for sticking it to various frauds & grifters who profess to care about ‘free speech’.

Why is the UK Prime Minister on the back of a penguin wearing a backpack in an advert for the EU. *blinks in diplomacy*

"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me." --Homan in February "Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely." -- Tom Homan in March "I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room" -- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman

On almost everything – fraud, polarisation, radicalisation, misinformation – evidence suggests that over 60s are in much more urgent need of online protection and education than teenagers. But that issue gets zero political attention, and is a total non-starter. Nothing good will come of it.

Badenoch's strategic genius on full display here, telling centrist voters to fuck off, including in the 60+ seats the party lost to the Lib Dems, so she can focus on competing with an extreme right party ahead of her in the polls.

Another perfect example of "Buy European" meaning French. And the loser is Ukraine. Storm Shadows are extremely effective, but no, once again, can't do the obvious thing because Paris wants to keep punishing London for Brexit and subsidise its own industries. Il me fait chier

This is comical. Brexit won't be a discussion at the next election. There will be minor paragraph about "deepening trade ties" and that will be it. Because otherwise, Labour needs to explain why people like this guy should have an automatic right of settlement in the UK. Mmm hmmmm.

Gauke is right. Reform is acting like a sponge sucking the nut jobs, racists and weirdos out of the Conservative Party. Which means, my prediction that in 2029 they will run as a centre-right party under a new leader promising a better deal with the EU than Labour is offering is right on schedule.

457 UK armed forces personnel died in Afghanistan during the 20-year deployment. This is a fucking hideous thing to say. Even by his non-existent standards.

I never want to hear again from EU ultras on here - especially those based in Ireland - about how the UK would always choose the US over the EU and hence couldn't be trusted, must be treated as hostile. No actually. We choose *both* that's the point. We can talk to Washington and Brussels. Quietly.

NEW: NEW: Standards commissioner finds Nigel Farage committed seventeen breaches of MPs code of conduct. He failed to declare £333,000 in outside interests (more than 3x MPs annual salary)…

Until the argument is made and won in the UK on freedom of movement of Europeans within our borders all these statements are pie in the sky. And that remains the point: free movement is politically radioactive in country that sees Europe as foreign. Because, you will *never* get a deal without it.

Sow/reap.

I'm sorry ... what is Macron wearing.

Now can we put the clever theories away and just accept we're dealing with a lunatic given unprecedented powers?

Good morning A few thoughts. 1) Fact Farage 'had a headache' on the day he was due to be on Kuenssberg for a tummy tickle only to then be potentially be facing a grilling over his support of Trump after the announcement of tarrifs on the UK over our support of Greenland shows what a coward he is.

Incredibly, no-one on Nigel Farage’s team has got round to deleting this post. It’s still live as Robert Jenrick gives his big defection speech.

The UK government has entirely correctly banned the far-right Dutch activist Eva Vlaardingerbroek from entering the UK, something we would have had enormous difficulty doing as a member of the EU. This is a perfect example of my argument against an UK-EU mobility scheme. www.aol.com/news/rightwi...

Striking how many people currently explaining the state’s right to murder *other people* were quite hysterical about the state’s right to limit *their own* freedoms during lockdowns.

Channel 4 News close to examplary this evening. It pains me to point out that some people working for the broadcast partner of Bari Weiss's CBS News, the BBC, could learn a lot from Matt Frei & Anushka Asthana. But I also wonder how much 'balance' we give to obvious liars, however powerful they are.

Thank you Eugene Goodman for saving Democracy during the Capitol insurrection #January6th