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Keir Starmer is set to offer a peerage to Matthew Doyle, who in his former job as Starmer's spokesman repeatedly used to assure me that his boss was firmly committed to abolishing the House of Lords
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Keir Starmer expected to award 25 new Labour peerages
Exclusive: Former union bosses and Labour staffers on list as prime minister aims to balance chamber
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Keir Starmer is set to offer a peerage to Matthew Doyle, who in his former job as Starmer's spokesman repeatedly used to assure me that his boss was firmly committed to abolishing the House of Lords
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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this clip encapsulates so much of what has been wrong about MSM Trump coverage for the past decade -- treating Trump's lies and bigotry as a valid "side" of a debate instead of calling it out, because calling it out makes it seem as though you're biased
MSNBC reporter presents Trump's shameful racism towards Somalis as merely "a different view"
December 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
this clip encapsulates so much of what has been wrong about MSM Trump coverage for the past decade -- treating Trump's lies and bigotry as a valid "side" of a debate instead of calling it out, because calling it out makes it seem as though you're biased
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1) I did say Hodges was a fan.
2) Is this true? I wonder if there are any journalist over here that would support this statement.
(I haven't seen it so far)
2) Is this true? I wonder if there are any journalist over here that would support this statement.
(I haven't seen it so far)
December 3, 2025 at 12:14 PM
1) I did say Hodges was a fan.
2) Is this true? I wonder if there are any journalist over here that would support this statement.
(I haven't seen it so far)
2) Is this true? I wonder if there are any journalist over here that would support this statement.
(I haven't seen it so far)
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I'd say that Lewis will either have kept the receipts, or can find witnesses. Gibb on the other hand, would likely struggle to find anyone willing to support his version of events!?
December 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I'd say that Lewis will either have kept the receipts, or can find witnesses. Gibb on the other hand, would likely struggle to find anyone willing to support his version of events!?
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Why is the owner of the Jewish Chronicle on the board of the BBC as it must be the biggest conflict of interest, a bigger question is how did he manage to buy it.
December 3, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Why is the owner of the Jewish Chronicle on the board of the BBC as it must be the biggest conflict of interest, a bigger question is how did he manage to buy it.
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These posts cover a wide array of today's racism in Britain: telling British-born people to 'get back to their country', saying immigrants shouldn't be able to run for office, mocking people's names, denying minorities can be English, and hating Sadiq Khan
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform council leader accused of racism after alleged remarks about Sadiq Khan
Ian Cooper allegedly called Khan ‘narcissistic Pakistani’ and made comments about lawyer Shola Mos-Shogbamimu
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:06 PM
These posts cover a wide array of today's racism in Britain: telling British-born people to 'get back to their country', saying immigrants shouldn't be able to run for office, mocking people's names, denying minorities can be English, and hating Sadiq Khan
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Feeling proud of the intelligent multi-lingual children in our city!
This tweet and the Farage video in it about "the cultural smashing of Glasgow" is getting rightly roasted by the good people of Glasgow on the other place...
This tweet and the Farage video in it about "the cultural smashing of Glasgow" is getting rightly roasted by the good people of Glasgow on the other place...
December 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Feeling proud of the intelligent multi-lingual children in our city!
This tweet and the Farage video in it about "the cultural smashing of Glasgow" is getting rightly roasted by the good people of Glasgow on the other place...
This tweet and the Farage video in it about "the cultural smashing of Glasgow" is getting rightly roasted by the good people of Glasgow on the other place...
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Yeah, they had fiscal red-lines and look where they ended up. Any political party not offering to undo Brexit as a manifesto commitment is not to be taken seriously.
December 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Yeah, they had fiscal red-lines and look where they ended up. Any political party not offering to undo Brexit as a manifesto commitment is not to be taken seriously.
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They don’t have the nerve. Too scared of their own shadows. They have been the biggest political let down in my lifetime (62)
December 3, 2025 at 9:33 PM
They don’t have the nerve. Too scared of their own shadows. They have been the biggest political let down in my lifetime (62)
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Red lines - they will work just as well for Keir Starmer as they did for Theresa May.
December 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Red lines - they will work just as well for Keir Starmer as they did for Theresa May.
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I find it deeply sad that people are celebrating that trans girls can’t go to the guides any more. Lots of transphobic remarks and sneering on any article I see. They’re kids FFS. It’s bad enough trans adults are being targeted generally but to target kids and celebrate really is rancid.
December 3, 2025 at 6:52 AM
I find it deeply sad that people are celebrating that trans girls can’t go to the guides any more. Lots of transphobic remarks and sneering on any article I see. They’re kids FFS. It’s bad enough trans adults are being targeted generally but to target kids and celebrate really is rancid.
UK is drowning in right wing extremism, racism & nationalism. Starmer just waves it on.
We know Heritage Foundation is funding extreme groups & UK Govt & Police do nowt!
We know the chaos & violence they'll trigger in Europe & UKNI, in 2026.
Why no interventions?
www.politico.eu/article/the-...
We know Heritage Foundation is funding extreme groups & UK Govt & Police do nowt!
We know the chaos & violence they'll trigger in Europe & UKNI, in 2026.
Why no interventions?
www.politico.eu/article/the-...
The Heritage Foundation goes from MAGA to MEGA — Make Europe Great Again
On the agenda: pro-natalism, freedom of expression, opposing trans rights and fighting Chinese influence.
www.politico.eu
December 3, 2025 at 8:51 AM
UK is drowning in right wing extremism, racism & nationalism. Starmer just waves it on.
We know Heritage Foundation is funding extreme groups & UK Govt & Police do nowt!
We know the chaos & violence they'll trigger in Europe & UKNI, in 2026.
Why no interventions?
www.politico.eu/article/the-...
We know Heritage Foundation is funding extreme groups & UK Govt & Police do nowt!
We know the chaos & violence they'll trigger in Europe & UKNI, in 2026.
Why no interventions?
www.politico.eu/article/the-...
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It's like lopping a leg off in the belief that it'll help you run the 100m hurdles.
You can't regrow the leg once you've realised you were wrong.
The choice is now either accept having the one leg and hop, else get a falsey that isn't *quite* as good as what you had, but is as close as possible.
You can't regrow the leg once you've realised you were wrong.
The choice is now either accept having the one leg and hop, else get a falsey that isn't *quite* as good as what you had, but is as close as possible.
November 28, 2025 at 11:18 AM
It's like lopping a leg off in the belief that it'll help you run the 100m hurdles.
You can't regrow the leg once you've realised you were wrong.
The choice is now either accept having the one leg and hop, else get a falsey that isn't *quite* as good as what you had, but is as close as possible.
You can't regrow the leg once you've realised you were wrong.
The choice is now either accept having the one leg and hop, else get a falsey that isn't *quite* as good as what you had, but is as close as possible.
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Sadly, I don't think that joining again would bring those £90b back. Most of that we've lost due to Brexit is gone for ever.
Supply lines have re-routed around the UK, long-term contracts ended and re-assigned to providers still in the SM, and UK businesses closed or bankrupted will remain deadc.
Supply lines have re-routed around the UK, long-term contracts ended and re-assigned to providers still in the SM, and UK businesses closed or bankrupted will remain deadc.
November 28, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Sadly, I don't think that joining again would bring those £90b back. Most of that we've lost due to Brexit is gone for ever.
Supply lines have re-routed around the UK, long-term contracts ended and re-assigned to providers still in the SM, and UK businesses closed or bankrupted will remain deadc.
Supply lines have re-routed around the UK, long-term contracts ended and re-assigned to providers still in the SM, and UK businesses closed or bankrupted will remain deadc.
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it's the opportunity cost vs. had we never left - still there are still so many noses that neeed to be rubbed in it.
No one who pushed for this should ever be taken seriously on economics ever again.
No one who pushed for this should ever be taken seriously on economics ever again.
November 26, 2025 at 10:53 AM
it's the opportunity cost vs. had we never left - still there are still so many noses that neeed to be rubbed in it.
No one who pushed for this should ever be taken seriously on economics ever again.
No one who pushed for this should ever be taken seriously on economics ever again.
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The amount of tax generated by young EU citizens coming here to study or for a few years experience by working in urban hospitality areas is something nobody has even gone into depth about. Just that alone.
As for the spending on defence… Pedro Sánchez was honest on this and stuck it to Trump. 🤷🏻♂️
As for the spending on defence… Pedro Sánchez was honest on this and stuck it to Trump. 🤷🏻♂️
November 26, 2025 at 12:24 PM
The amount of tax generated by young EU citizens coming here to study or for a few years experience by working in urban hospitality areas is something nobody has even gone into depth about. Just that alone.
As for the spending on defence… Pedro Sánchez was honest on this and stuck it to Trump. 🤷🏻♂️
As for the spending on defence… Pedro Sánchez was honest on this and stuck it to Trump. 🤷🏻♂️
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The problem was* the Neoplan Starliner (owned by Acklams Coaches of Beverley) used by Vote Leave was 13.7 metres long, just enough space for £350 million to fit on the side
£90,000,000,000 would have required a coach far longer than the maximum length allowed of 15 metres
*for bus spotters only
£90,000,000,000 would have required a coach far longer than the maximum length allowed of 15 metres
*for bus spotters only
November 26, 2025 at 10:43 AM
The problem was* the Neoplan Starliner (owned by Acklams Coaches of Beverley) used by Vote Leave was 13.7 metres long, just enough space for £350 million to fit on the side
£90,000,000,000 would have required a coach far longer than the maximum length allowed of 15 metres
*for bus spotters only
£90,000,000,000 would have required a coach far longer than the maximum length allowed of 15 metres
*for bus spotters only
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Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’
The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit.
The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit.
Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’
The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’
The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit.
The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit.
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The OBR is run independently from Government. It literally was somebody else's fault.
You'd think Kemi Badenoch would know that given her own party created it in Government, but apparently not
You'd think Kemi Badenoch would know that given her own party created it in Government, but apparently not
December 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The OBR is run independently from Government. It literally was somebody else's fault.
You'd think Kemi Badenoch would know that given her own party created it in Government, but apparently not
You'd think Kemi Badenoch would know that given her own party created it in Government, but apparently not
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No it wasn't!! Even putting aside any Russian interference (which they won't look into properly), the Leave campaign was based on a pack of lies. How can something based on deliberate untruths, be "fair"?!?
December 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
No it wasn't!! Even putting aside any Russian interference (which they won't look into properly), the Leave campaign was based on a pack of lies. How can something based on deliberate untruths, be "fair"?!?
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Why in the UK is it taboo for even the left to say that brexit was a fucking unacceptable tragedy???
December 1, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Why in the UK is it taboo for even the left to say that brexit was a fucking unacceptable tragedy???
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Was it really a fair democratic expression? Or was it engineered? Was it influenced by foreign actors?
December 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Was it really a fair democratic expression? Or was it engineered? Was it influenced by foreign actors?
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Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
December 1, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with
Nothing will change in the UK until the press is dealt with