The Foreign Affairs Committee have urged ministers to publish a white paper outlining what they want the eventual relationship with the EU to look like, and also calls for the re-establishment of a dedicated European Scrutiny Committee to oversee the reset.

Reform are holding a rally in Leeds later this month…we don’t want them in our city.

I’m really happy for ex-Tory aid James Price that he has such a nice relationship with his American mother-in-law… but frankly I don’t think that’s enough for us to be unquestioningly following Donald Trump’s America into another illegal war🤷‍♀️

My much requested deep-dive into the latest immigration statistics begins!! Part 1: What is the gender & age breakdown of asylum seekers?

Polling holds too much sway over our democracy and governance. But the G&D by-election does show that Reform’s dominance is inflated by foreign/rightwing interests, irresponsible media support and Farage’s ego. If progressives can win despite all that, then hatred really is overpriced. Hope can win.

No administration with a moral core would have put these plans forward, let alone try to enact them without a vote. Once these proposals are in place, they will not be reversed. Make them think again iandunt.substack.com/p/can-we-ext...

The government's immigration proposals are an obscenity: They needlessly punish refugees, make integration basically impossible, and introduce a sliding system of administrative abuse depending on how wealthy you are iandunt.substack.com/p/can-we-ext...

Trump and Hegseth have such contempt for (most of) their allies. Why bother supporting the US when the response is this sneering?

That's how to do it.

As the price of natural gas spikes across Europe for the fourth time in the last five years remember those extremely clever people in Reform and the Conservatives who want to abandon renewable energy and rely even more on gas 🤡 🤡

How exactly are we supposed to respond to Pete Hegseth angrily snapping, "We didn't start this war!" when they *bloody well did* and and the whole world watched it happen on television? Does he not actually know that by every conceivable standard America is the aggressor here?

Abysmal, immoral, cruel, small hearted, tiny minded, ineffective, undemocratic, and just generally utterly indecent. What a bitter godforesaken disappointment these people are. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

At least Dubya went to the trouble of faking the intel to get the justification he needed. These guys DGAF. apnews.com/article/iran...

Islamophobic meme wars MAGA and UK offshoots in Reform desperately trying to connect Trump’s war against Iran with domestic British Muslim communities. But they are 85% Sunni and the 15% Shia is filled with Iranians who fled the Ayatollahs. It’s just racist ignorance, isn’t it?

Starmer could have done a similar thing.

The groups of people advocating for wars in the Gulf & West Asia and those against asylum seekers are often the same. Someone please educate them that the two are linked?

When they use phrases like “defensive strike” or “preemptive” the are other words for aggression and attack. Such language serves one purpose, to soften up the public for undesirable and unwanted military action. We are are not, we were never under attack. Now the chances have increased

Of course it's a U-turn. For right or wtong, he's given the US permission to use UK bases to prevent Iranian missile attacks. But the US won't be shooting down missiles in the air, they'll be bombing missile bases and depots located inside Iran – which means UK will be helping the USA to bomb Iran.

“Legitimate concerns” has become a euphemism for endorsing racism and a cynical attempt by governments to hide from their own responsibility and failure. It is the slogan of cowards. The excuse for bigots. And it blocks our path to an honest national debate on immigration. Shame on all who use it.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez doing what UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has chosen not to do, criticise the US and Israel for their attack on Iran which breached international law

NEW: The Lib Dems are demanding MPs get a vote on allowing the US to use UK air bases. Leader Ed Davey says: “No matter how the Prime Minister tries to redefine offensive as defensive, this is a slippery slope. He must not let Trump drag Britain into another prolonged war in the Middle East.”

Slow clap for the government who saw the election in Gorton & Denton and thought they need to lurch even more to the right.

So, Labour involves us in America’s aggression and simultaneously plans to make refugee status temporary. Does politics really have to be this dangerous and cruel? They take such unforgivable risks with people’s lives. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Oh ffs! Cruelty and dog whistling for its sake, red meat to reform voters who have shown time and again they hate Labour. I'm of the opinion that there is not a brain cell between them in the Cabinet. Sick of the immigrant & refugee bashing. They can fuck off. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Kind of incredible. I was just sitting down to write about how Starmer should be given credit for keeping us out of this mess when he does this. Unutterably foolish and obsequious. Why in God's name should we have anything to do with this shortsighted madness.

They’ll never learn. And it wasn’t just McSweeney then.

It is possible to recognise the Iranian regime is hideous, murdering their own citizens, and ideally would be replaced by a more democratic government, and that the US bombing a city of millions is a bad thing and starting an illegal war is really bad. You don't have to support either government. 1/

Where is the condemnation of the US/Israel illegal attack? This is beyond disappointing. The whole emphasis is on Iran to capitulate and anyone who knows anything about Iran would know that this will not work. All that has been achieved is more dangerous instability.

Anyone telling me that this is a “fair” way to manage immigration can seriously fuck off. It is an odious, senseless and deeply discriminatory policy that yet again benefits the “right” kind of immigrant - and I say this as one of the supposed “right” kinds. Hard no from me.

It's important to remember that, all along when Donald Trump or Nigel Farage and their ilk say they want "to change politics for good" they don't mean that in a positive way. It's more in the way that a serious head injury can change your personality for good.

Attacking immigrants, demonising minorities, and targeting the needy is not what Jesus spoke about.

Difficult to recalibrate when the result makes you look a right dick for all the beefing up of Reform that you did. Chris Mason needs to go back to journalism school and check the dictionary for what ‘bias’ and ‘reporting’ really mean.

Thank god. A great win for Hannah Spencer and the Greens, for #GortonAndDenton and for progressive voters. Made even greater by the huge Reform sulk. And the fact that the hateful Goodwin got whooped. Now Labour, look to your left because you will not win from the right. We’re sick of that failure.

Hannah really is an impressive person and likeable too and I think the people of Gorton and Denton have chosen well the person who will do her very best to advocate well for them in Westminster.

John Curtice says Gorton and Denton result shows UK politics now more uncertain than any other time since 1945 as Labour and Tories see their vote shares battered by the Greens and Reform.

Goodwin, so keen to stress his academic credentials, is in fact thick as mince. Spouting hate filled venom at a key demographic in a constituency you want to be elected in proved to be a pretty dumb strategy. Well done #GortonandDenton for resoundingly telling him to piss off.

Maybe trying to accuse the Greens of being pro-date rape wasn’t the smartest move.

🔴 BREAKING NEWS: The Green Party's Hannah Spencer has achieved a stonking win in the Gorton and Denton by-election! Reform UK came second, and Labour in third.

Gorton and Denton results. labour comes third. Ouch. Greens: 14,980 Reform: 10,578 Labour: 9,364

Millions of young people are now facing the consequences of a referendum they were too young to vote in. If we truly care about future generations, we owe it to them to rebuild our ties with Europe and reopen the opportunities that Brexit has taken away.

Polish PM Donald Tusk on Brexit, "If we ask people in the UK about Brexit" "65% of Brits they would vote to rejoin the EU" "More than 80% of young people in favour of EU membership" "Membership of the EU is something really valuable"

Seeing lots of awful tribalist type aggro between greens and labour on this platform. This is how we have ended up with the Farage Liars Club getting too much attention. Progressives - DO BETTER! Focus your energies on the real enemy - the scourge of the far right is a massive danger to democracy.

Membership of the #EuropeanUnion meant British animal welfare campaigners could fight for higher farming standards across the continent, says a @yorkshirepost.co.uk letter. Now #Brexit means trade deals exposing UK farmers to cheap imports. #RejoinEU #UKfarming #AnimalWelfare

The EU played a significant role in the development of the Good Friday Agreement, and the European Parliament have reported that Northern Ireland is the part of the UK most distinctly affected by Brexit, despite the majority of the public voting to remain.

A full house for the debate in Westminster Hall today on the Impact of the 2016 EU Membership Referendum on the UK, as a result of over 11,000 of you writing to your MP to urge them to attend. Stephen Gethins MP has started the debate with a strong opening speech.

Tomorrow, 24 February 2026, from 4:30pm until 5:30pm, Parliament will be debating the Impact of the 2016 EU membership referendum on the UK organised by Stephen Gethins MP (shown). Over 11,000 of you have written to your MPs to urge them to attend - it's going to be a lively one.

Badly done, BBC. You’re losing all respect.

Days after Andrew Windsor arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office Peter Mandelson has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office Are the authorities looking into that time Boris Johnson ditched his security to party in Italy?

👏 Former Tory defence minister Ben Wallace: “It is a serious Military base which does serious work. It doesn’t need a pub bore like Nigel (who didn’t even appoint a defence spokesperson this week) performing MAGA stunts.” 😉 We can only guess that Farage couldn't face being anywhere near Clacton...

And who administers the poison into the nation’s bloodstream? Rightwing media. Papers like The Times perniciously distorting perceptions with their misogynistic bias and complicit prejudice. The photo selection here says it all. Alongside their piece promoting Muslim Yusuf’s Christianity drive. Ugh.