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Lord Dom B @lorddom.bsky.social · 1d

That this isn’t self-evident is beyond me. Sections of the country seem caught up in Farage’s anti-incumbency snake oil and are ignoring the fact he helped create lasting damage then walked away from it before coming back to say what a mess everything is.

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

'Farage could never be trusted to run Britain after getting Brexit so wrong'

No Brexit champion, particularly Nigel Farage, is worthy of high office after proving so conclusively wrong on such a seismic issue, says Mirror Associate Editor Kevin Maguire

www.mirror.co.uk

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EU Council @consilium.europa.eu · 1d

Today, the entry/exit system gets underway.

This new digital border system will streamline travel, enhance security, and improve the efficiency of border controls for non-EU nationals entering or exiting the EU.

Full implementation is planned for 10 April 2026.

More info → link.europa.eu/mnYbcy

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Lord Dom B @lorddom.bsky.social · 1d

That this isn’t self-evident is beyond me. Sections of the country seem caught up in Farage’s anti-incumbency snake oil and are ignoring the fact he helped create lasting damage then walked away from it before coming back to say what a mess everything is.

www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

'Farage could never be trusted to run Britain after getting Brexit so wrong'

No Brexit champion, particularly Nigel Farage, is worthy of high office after proving so conclusively wrong on such a seismic issue, says Mirror Associate Editor Kevin Maguire

www.mirror.co.uk

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Jonathan Coe @jonathancoe.bsky.social · 1d

They also need better subs. Surely ‘European Union’ in this headline is a typo for ‘Daily Telegraph’?

Lord Dom B @lorddom.bsky.social · 2d

Since the Brexit referendum, the Telegraph has become the Pantomine Dame of confected outrage against the very thing it fought for and continues to uphold. The new Schengen Entry and Exit System isn’t sound border management but a “pointed insult”. Hilarious.

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Lord Dom B @lorddom.bsky.social · 2d

Since the Brexit referendum, the Telegraph has become the Pantomine Dame of confected outrage against the very thing it fought for and continues to uphold. The new Schengen Entry and Exit System isn’t sound border management but a “pointed insult”. Hilarious.

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Lord Dom B @lorddom.bsky.social · 2d

The big change, I think, came in 2016. Until then, it delivered much balanced, urbane commentary even on Brexit. It has since lost the plot.

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Lord Dom B @lorddom.bsky.social · 2d

A very plausible conclusion.

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Lord Dom B @lorddom.bsky.social · 2d

Since the Brexit referendum, the Telegraph has become the Pantomine Dame of confected outrage against the very thing it fought for and continues to uphold. The new Schengen Entry and Exit System isn’t sound border management but a “pointed insult”. Hilarious.

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Lord Dom B @lorddom.bsky.social · 2d

One of the people who fought so hard for an outcome which would always impose extra burdens on British firms and travellers is leading in national opinion polls.

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

New EU border checks could cause four hour waits and cost £400m, industry warns

The Entry Exit System (EES), being rolled out on Sunday, means UK travellers will need to have their fingerprints registered and photograph taken to enter the Schengen area

www.independent.co.uk

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.

Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?

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Lord Dom B @lorddom.bsky.social · 2d

If this is a genuine change of tack, it’s welcome. But I wonder (a) how much is just an attempt at triangulation to keep disillusioned progressives on board and (b) how it will play out in practice given Labour’s own needlessly dogmatic manifesto pledge not to try to rejoin the single market.

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Lord Dom B @lorddom.bsky.social · 2d

If this is a genuine change of tack, it’s welcome. But I wonder (a) how much is just an attempt at triangulation to keep disillusioned progressives on board and (b) how it will play out in practice given Labour’s own needlessly dogmatic manifesto pledge not to try to rejoin the single market.

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Lord Dom B @lorddom.bsky.social · 4d

Get down the Co-Op. Deals like this don’t last forever.

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · Aug 29

If 'common law rights' were equivalent to ECHR rights, then the UK would never have lost a case in Strasbourg. But it has. 1/

Paolo Sandro @paolosandro.bsky.social · Aug 26

@sirjjkc.bsky.social highlights here what we can call the 'Policy Exchange fallacy':

if 'common law rights and fundamental freedoms' [sic] provide equivalent protection to the ECHR ones, then what does repealing the latter achieve?

Jonathan Jones @sirjjkc.bsky.social · Aug 26

A Reform government might repeal the HRA, pull out of the ECHR and potentially other international instruments. But would it legislate to disapply common law rights and protections (eg against torture) which opponents of the ECHR are fond of saying are of an equivalent standard?

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Lord Dom B @lorddom.bsky.social · 4d

While she’s about it, she can get rid of rip-off Maths degrees too. This country’s had enough of experts.

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Lord Dom B @lorddom.bsky.social · 4d

Love that. 😂

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Lord Dom B @lorddom.bsky.social · 4d

Get down the Co-Op. Deals like this don’t last forever.

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Lord Dom B @lorddom.bsky.social · 5d

Part 1: Badenoch calls for curb on rip-off degrees such as English.

Part 2: Tory Party misspells Britain on conference merch.

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Huw Jelly @huwjelly.bsky.social · 5d

A disturbing incident in Hove today of a man smashing up the elite paint and decor shop.

Fortunately no-one was hurt, as police caught him red-handed.

I'm here all week. 😬😉

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Simon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social · 5d

Kemi Badenoch: "Poland are experiencing more economic growth than the UK!"

also Kemi Badenoch: "We are the party that took us (the country) out of the European Union!"

a close up of a man 's face with his eyes closed

ALT: a close up of a man 's face with his eyes closed

media.tenor.com

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Lord Dom B @lorddom.bsky.social · 5d

Part 1: Badenoch calls for curb on rip-off degrees such as English.

Part 2: Tory Party misspells Britain on conference merch.

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Lord Dom B @lorddom.bsky.social · 6d

Who are you telling to f*ck off and grow up? Me or Jenrick? 😆

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Lord Dom B @lorddom.bsky.social · 6d

Because, since Brexit, political discourse on immigration has been going only one way? Because, having flirted with Farage, the Tories see he’s now beating them and are desperate to outflank him again? Because even Labour has to some extent dignified this awful narrative? Because the media have too?

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Lord Dom B @lorddom.bsky.social · 6d

Because, since Brexit, political discourse on immigration has been going only one way? Because, having flirted with Farage, the Tories see he’s now beating them and are desperate to outflank him again? Because even Labour has to some extent dignified this awful narrative? Because the media have too?

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Lord Dom B @lorddom.bsky.social · 6d

An interesting one for members of minority groups who try to make their political home in parties which espouse right-wing populism. You may be accepted as useful idiots but there often comes a point when you’re treated as useful scapegoats too.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in Birmingham neighbourhood

Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on short visit

www.theguardian.com

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