1. All credit to Hannah Spencer for listening to ordinary voters. 2. Brexit has proven once again to be the green kryptonite of UK politics but Starmer doesn't get it. He cannot claim to be taking the fight to Reform while embracing Farage's brainchild.

"A farage of gammons". Love it 😂

We have to classify, X, Facebook and the rest of the tech platforms as ”publishers“, legally responsible for everything that appears. It’s unnaceptable that they hide behind their users & use the “nothing to do with me, guv” defence. They make untold billions. It’s up to THEM to police their sites

itcouldbesaid.substack.com/p/it-could-b... ICYMI write about why trying to reduce immigration actually exacerbates the problems it claims to cure. Sometimes the electorate doesn't know what it wants!

This is such a good game. Super recommended on VR too

🔥 Highly recommended that you all sign and share. Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

NEW There's no overstating how significant the Nathan Gill case is. On Friday, the close associate of Nigel Farage was jailed for over 10 years for taking bribes ultimately from a friend of Putin. It's a complex, detail-heavy story that raises questions about Farage’s claim Gill was ‘one bad apple’🧵

How deep is the Russian influence in British politics?

‘The threat couldn’t be more urgent and imminent. Yet here we are, still putting our head in the sand.’ @carolecadwalla.bsky.social says it’s ‘peculiar’ that the case of Farage ally Nathan Gill admitting to making pro-Russia speeches for cash isn’t being followed more closely.

British.

What do you do when your media org is captured? You start your own. Introducing....The Nerve!!! @thenerve-news.bsky.social We're all-female, journalist-owned & launching next week. Please help us build a truly independent, progressive new media!👊👊👊

Yesterday, the largest far-right protest in UK history marched through London, led by racist Tommy Robinson. Today, we say: They don’t speak for us — and they won’t have the last word. This Wednesday we come together against Trump and for a better future. Do everything to be there.

This looks fantastic! Top points for the research done to get the timber frame buildings looking just right.

Bruno Tinel, maître de conférences habilité à diriger des recherches en économie à l’Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, nous expliquait déjà il y a 8 ans comment et pourquoi le néolibéralisme ne peut que tuer la croissance, exploser la dette et les inégalités; et faire monter l'extrême droite.

Yet Keir Starmer is hosting a US President next week who was just as close to Epstein as Mandelson. Oh and let's not forget that Nigel Farage has always been all too happy to hang with Trump, despite his longrunning friendship with Epstein.

This looks Great. Lovely style

Labour is going to try and play the “vote for us or Farage gets in card”. The Greens, YourParty and Lib Dems need to form an electoral alliance that is larger and says “vote Labour and get Farage”.

80 years since Hiroshima, the world must never forget the horror unleashed by nuclear weapons. Humanity bears the scars to this day. Today, we honour the memory of the victims and reaffirm our unwavering commitment to peace, disarmament, and a world free of nuclear weapons.

This. A thousand times this

Bravo. Message direct et facile à comprendre...

I love the style of this game. The fuzziness of the pixel art and the beautiful lighting add a lot to the atmosphere

🇫🇷Joyeuse fête nationale à toutes et tous! Vive la république, et vive la France!

Nine years ago the godfather of Brexit, Lord Daniel Hannan, predicted life in Brexit Britain in June 2025. Roll the tape… (VO by @gavinesler.bsky.social. Part 2 below👇)

Completely obsessed with the architecture in Tower Dungeon, the brilliant manga by Tsutomu Nihei #Manga #TowerDungeon

This. Excellent explanation.

This looks so nice! Pure pixel joy

Labour could just stop being cunts and they'd walk the next three elections.

Having legitimised all Farage’s lines on immigration, we must now make him look like a potential Prime Minister by debating head to head with the actual Prime Minister. I am a Blue Labour strategy megabrain. Thank-you for attending my TED talk.

We despise immigrants for not putting down roots, even as we make sure that it is impossible for them to do so. We do this because we have no idea what we want. open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...

Via @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social on insta, the most accurate use of this meme ever

Excellent analysis of Starmer's shameful speech. It all starts with Brexit...

Not once have we had a government which is willing to openly state the benefits of immigration to our society and our economy, the way that diversity has made us a wealthier and culturally richer country. Not once. And yet we're constantly told that we've been living in an experiment of no borders.

UK governments always look for a sweet spot in immigration policy- tough enough to win votes, not so tough as to hurt the economy - but always find the opposite- clumsy enough to damage business, not enough to impress Reformesque immigration-phobes. so depressing.

Periodic reminder that there is nothing you can give the far right that will satisfy them. Remove a right, they’ll go after another. Attack a minority, they’ll want worse attacks and find new groups to attack. There’s no end to the authoritarianism. Just more, and worse, until everyone’s crushed.

Is Starmer engaging in the slowest courtship ever? Or is he up to something else. Me for @eastangliabylines.co.uk 👇 Enjoy eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...

The UK has got to be the only country in the world that is politically held hostage by like 15 newspaper columnists that basically nobody reads

'This is what the end of empire looks like.' 18 mins of @mollyjongfast.bsky.social and I basically losing our minds with despair as we survey the damage of Liberation Day. youtube.com/watch?v=upjw...

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There's nothing you can do to 'support' or 'bolster'; you can offer subsidies, but you have to tax to finance them, which we all pay for. All you can do is lower trade barriers with other countries than the US.

The European Commission is considering fining Elon Musk’s X over $1 billion for its failure to police hate speech and disinformation www.nytimes.com/2025/04/03/t...

Marine Le Pen condamnée à cinq ans d'inégibilité avec effet immédiat ainsi que quatre ans de prison dont deux ferme aménagés sous bracelet

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Slava Ukraini.

This is Mzia Gabeshia, a 74-year-old solo protester at Martvili City Hall who is there every day regardless of weather conditions. She says she is fighting for political prisoners, for justice, and for accountability. #GeorgiaProtests 📷 Salome Kinkladze

This is what should be on every front page right now. What's happening in the US right now is an illegal power grab by a private citizen. IT'S A COUP. It's a digital coup. It's Musk who's leading it. The consequences are terrifying. And it's coming for us next. 1/ open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

Here's the speech if you haven't heard it. 13 minutes of your time. Share it with your American friends and neighbours, because they won't see it otherwise. Circulate it in Mexico and Denmark, France and the UK, Panama and Germany, Poland and Estonia, and especially -- especially -- Ukraine.

Trump / populist right notes: How quickly anti-globalisation sentiment fades away - obviously unrealistic but equally because State capture by corrupt business - often unspoken accompaniment to modern populism Hence "Europe" becomes a target as regulatory power