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Julien Hoez @julienhoez.eu · 1h

We were right.

Michael Gove has admitted that the 🇦🇺 & 🇳🇿 trade deals negotiated by the Conservatives did not protect Britain’s farmers

“I felt that we were too anxious as a government to secure those deals in order to show that Brexit was working”
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/country-and-...

Michael Gove admits that post-Brexit trade deals were bad for farmers

Michael Gove has admitted for the first time that the Australia and New Zealand trade deals negotiated by the former Tory government did not protect Britain’s farmers.

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk

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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 3h

This is rather remarkable.

pissed-off-g.bsky.social @pissed-off-g.bsky.social · 9h

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Jonathan Jones @sirjjkc.bsky.social · 2h

The government’s progress on ethical standards remains underwhelming. Any tightening is to be welcomed, but the idea that ministers “are expected”to repay severance if they break the rules simply underlines the absence of an enforceable legal duty

Tim Durrant @timdurrant.bsky.social · 3h

We have an updated ministerial code! The new code makes clear that ministers "are expected" to pay back any severance payment if they quickly get a new ministerial job or are found to have broken the rules on post-government jobs

www.gov.uk/government/p...

Ministerial Code

Ministerial Code setting out the standards of conduct expected of ministers and how they discharge their duties.

www.gov.uk

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Simon Pease @simonpease.bsky.social · 3h

Yes.

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Simon Pease @simonpease.bsky.social · 17h

Gove’s admission, reported here, that in their rush to make trade deals Conservative Ministers did not consider the long term and impact on British farming would disbar all of them from any further role in public life, in a sensible country.

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 23h

Michael Gove admits that post-Brexit trade deals were bad for farmers

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/country-and-...

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Peter Ricketts @lordrickettsp.bsky.social · 4h

A day of joy and hope. But unless the international community moves very fast in getting a security presence on the ground in Gaza, the situation could descend into gangland violence: the last thing the people of Gaza need. Welcome that the summit in Egypt happens today as well x.com/skynews/stat...

Sky News on X: ""The second phase starts today." Former National Security Adviser Lord Peter Ricketts tells @SkyYaldaHakim while it's a day to celebrate the release of hostages, there's also a narrow window to ensure the ceasefire lasts. Follow live 🔗 https://t.co/C301Bd67jE 📺 Sky 501 https://t.co/gCDMDXyAR6" / X

"The second phase starts today." Former National Security Adviser Lord Peter Ricketts tells @SkyYaldaHakim while it's a day to celebrate the release of hostages, there's also a narrow window to ensure the ceasefire lasts. Follow live 🔗 https://t.co/C301Bd67jE 📺 Sky 501 https://t.co/gCDMDXyAR6

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 4h

Are you "serious about protecting your bloodline"? That's the very weird hard sell from Property118, an unregulated firm marketing a dodgy tax avoidance scheme.

So are they ripping off HMRC? Or their own clients?

The answer is: both

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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 4h

This deserves more attention than it has received.

Gove: "we were too anxious as a government to secure those deals in order to show that Brexit was working".

Exactly as so many of us warned at the time, and as the government denied at the time.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/country-and-...

Michael Gove admits that post-Brexit trade deals were bad for farmers

Michael Gove has admitted for the first time that the Australia and New Zealand trade deals negotiated by the former Tory government did not protect Britain’s farmers.

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 7h

Corrupt chancers urged to come up with an economic plan that isn’t utter bullshit. So, no tax cuts and austerity on steroids for a country already stuck in Farage’s Brexit dead end.
But hey, some super wealthy industry big (k)nobs will come on board to help con the little guy.

(Times)

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 8h

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

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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Simon Pease @simonpease.bsky.social · 7h

And who is this weird looking man standing next to Alice Roberts?

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 7h

Appalling and sloppy... but EVEN more so when you consider the show's subject matter...

Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 13h

I’m sure they didn’t mean to eliminate the woman in this image.

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Richard Haviland @rfhaviland.bsky.social · 15h

This ten-minute clip makes for deeply moving viewing, whether or not you have faith of your own. It’s about the power of love for our neighbours in the face of unspeakable evil. It should be required viewing for anyone in denial over what MAGA represent, including their apologists here in the UK.

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 14h

This poll in The Times is still open.

Go to —> compass.pressekompass.net/compasses/ti...

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 13h

I’m sure they didn’t mean to eliminate the woman in this image.

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 13h

Um. There’s a woman presenting this too.

ok.co.uk @ok.co.uk · 6d

Rylan Clark is set to delve into the eerie world of witchcraft in his new show, The Witches Of Essex.

Rylan Clark slams 'misogyny' in British witch hunt as he fronts new Sky show

Rylan Clark shares the spotlight with professor Alice Roberts in The Witches Of Essex, where the pair delve into the dark history of witch hunts - and one discovery rattled Rylan.

www.ok.co.uk

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Simon Pease @simonpease.bsky.social · 17h

Gove’s admission, reported here, that in their rush to make trade deals Conservative Ministers did not consider the long term and impact on British farming would disbar all of them from any further role in public life, in a sensible country.

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 23h

Michael Gove admits that post-Brexit trade deals were bad for farmers

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/country-and-...

Michael Gove admits that post-Brexit trade deals were bad for farmers

Michael Gove has admitted for the first time that the Australia and New Zealand trade deals negotiated by the former Tory government did not protect Britain’s farmers.

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 21h

Also this…
Why stay in an environment that wants to do everything it can to undermine you… one which threatens democracy itself with its distorting algorithms, its conspiracy theories and its disinformation… ?
There is no credible reason to stay on X. But there are many to leave.

The story of social media in the last few years is not one of a self-righteous liberal flounce, but of fragmentation: network effects are a thing, and if most of the people you like to talk to switch platforms, there feels little point in remaining behind. If we have lost influence, that's at least partly down to the government's reluctance to use its convening power to reshape the information environment, and its odd commitment to a site owned by someone who wants Keir Starmer in prison.

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Simon Pease @simonpease.bsky.social · 18h

Is it? And if it is, could we have changed that given Twitter’s ownership and policies?
Sorry, should have just said “No”.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine being the UK diplomat having to respond to these "concerns" about how intel is handled, knowing that on the other side the people in charge are Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard, Pete Hegseth, and Donald Trump.