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Markeye @markeye.bsky.social · 13h

I presume there’s some real estate in Argentina that he’s got his eye on.

Using taxpayers money to buy favours.

Markeye @markeye.bsky.social · 13h

I think you’ll find a lot of this ‘it’s our country so you’ve got to speak our language’ nonsense comes from people with little experience of the integration that’s occurred in places that are truly diverse.

They’ve been worked into a lather about something that isn’t really true.

Markeye @markeye.bsky.social · 13h

It’s just a continuation of the Brexit mindset - a failure to come to terms with our status in the world in the 21st century.

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Markeye @markeye.bsky.social · 14h

If the media concentrated on what it’s all about, rather than whose fault it is, we might all feel a bit better informed.

Markeye @markeye.bsky.social · 14h

There appear to be a lot of people who are clinging to the belief that the it is an important step in the inevitability of rejoining.

Personally, and for many more, we’re waiting to see if it’s just words. Like so much else.

Markeye @markeye.bsky.social · 14h

Reform - dodgy on every level.

Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 14h

Reform UK has been forced to reject more unlawful donations than any other British political party in 2025

the party has had to give back almost £200,000 this year from 18 impermissible donors, according to Electoral Commission data

www.ft.com/content/5392...

Markeye @markeye.bsky.social · 15h

I’m increasingly of the view that it’s there purely to fill newspaper pages that would otherwise have to report real news.

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Markeye @markeye.bsky.social · 17h

What nonsense she spouts. Polanski is absolutely right.

To suggest a man can’t have a view on women’s rights because they’re not a woman is like saying you can’t have a view on a piece of music because you’re not a composer.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 17h

Nigel Farage is cosying up to the US anti-abortion group that challenged Roe v Wade. Women in Britain should know that | Zoe Williams

ADF, a conservative Christian lobby group that counts among its allies JD Vance, has stated that its goal is to see abortion rights curtailed in Britain, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

www.theguardian.com

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Markeye @markeye.bsky.social · 17h

Well that’s a step in the right direction.

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Markeye @markeye.bsky.social · 17h

And their supporters still think that’s OK.

You can’t make policy or financial plans purely from unevidenced prejudices and populist myths.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

It's time for Starmer to abandon the race to keep up with the economy-sapping immigration policies of the man who brought us Brexit in the first place. Until he takes that step, the “severe and long-lasting” impact of leaving the EU, identified by Reeves today, will only keep getting worse.

Keir Starmer's 'Brexit Is Bad, Let's Make It a Bit Worse' Strategy

The Chancellor just admitted that Brexit has been an economic disaster. It's time the Government stopped making it even worse by imitating Nigel Farage's damaging anti-migration agenda, argues Adam Bi...

bylinetimes.com

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 1d

In other news, a different study found that bears do in fact defecate in the woods and the Pope is actually Catholic.

When people frequently rely on a "media" outlet which consistently churns out misinformation the outcome is people are going to buy into that.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/o...

GB News viewers more likely to wrongly believe net migration to UK rising, study finds

Research also finds majority of people are against letting politicians front current affairs programmes

www.theguardian.com

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Markeye @markeye.bsky.social · 1d

They presumably think they’ve managed to hang one of their colleagues out to dry without incriminating themselves.

But there’s time yet.

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Stay European #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 #FBPE @stayeuropean.bsky.social · 1d

The best way to defeat Reform is for millions of people to hear a version of this message:

"Farage's Brexit made you poorer. Don't let him do it again"

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Markeye @markeye.bsky.social · 1d

I simply cannot understand Labour’s stance.

PR has been resoundingly approved by its members at Conference and has been previously endorsed by Nigel Farage.

So they have an argument for doing it and an argument against Farage complaining.

Surely it’s an open goal?

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Markeye @markeye.bsky.social · 1d

Yep. Someone is making an awful lot of money out of poorly pets!

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Markeye @markeye.bsky.social · 1d

It’s like watching someone who’s been on a basic first aid course at work argue with a cardiac surgeon about how to deal with a heart attack!

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Markeye @markeye.bsky.social · 1d

Just when you think their comms couldn’t get any worse….!

It’s like they’re sitting there thinking: “What can we utterly screw up today?”

Stupid beyond belief. A devastatingly awful cock up.

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Markeye @markeye.bsky.social · 1d

And yet, Facebook, and especially local newspaper comments sections, are rammed with their supporters defending and promoting them.

I don’t know what planet these people are on, but it’s not the same one as me.

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Brendan May @brendanmay.bsky.social · 1d

If you are watching the Reform Party controlled Councils with their endless mishaps, resignations, fallouts, scandals, mismanagement and sheer comedic idiocy, but still thinking of making these clowns a national government, representing the UK on the global stage, you are literally insane.

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Markeye @markeye.bsky.social · 1d

This is one of THE great songs of all time!

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Markeye @markeye.bsky.social · 1d

It’s becoming increasingly obvious they haven’t got a workable plan.

Like their predecessors and their rivals, the lack of a proper plan means just ramping up the rhetoric.

And when there’s a bit of a backlash, making speeches of appeasement that last about a day before the next awful scheme.

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Markeye @markeye.bsky.social · 1d

Elitist entitlement writ large.

Electoral Reform Society @electoralreform.bsky.social · 1d

From keeping a chauffeur-driven Mercedes waiting for four hours, to now complaining about their speeding fines. This sounds more like antics from a private member's club, rather than part of our parliament. buff.ly/niNnvUb

Peer faces Lords ban for raising speeding fines with police chief

Ex-Lords speaker Baroness D'Souza complained to Sir Mark Rowley she could lose her licence after a speeding fine.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Markeye @markeye.bsky.social · 1d

When the words turn into meaningful and substantial action, then I’ll listen.

Fiddling around with trade deals doesn’t really cut the mustard for me.

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