Pete M
@fastcarspete.bsky.social
Scouser. European. Far Centrist. Very fond of travelling, arts and music. Been about a bit. #FBPE #Breturner.
Stranger on an island, according to that island's Prime Minister.
Stranger on an island, according to that island's Prime Minister.
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This is significant: Nigel_Farage’s campaign manager on camera admitting they spent 2x the legal limit.
#FarageFraud
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#FarageFraud
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x.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
This is significant: Nigel_Farage’s campaign manager on camera admitting they spent 2x the legal limit.
#FarageFraud
x.com/i/status/199...
#FarageFraud
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Only thirteen (13) Labour MPs voted in favour.
Tell me again how Labour are gonna pivot to rejoin "as soon as in power", like the Labour apologists promised in the run up to GE24- which was a while ago now.
Tell me again how Labour are gonna pivot to rejoin "as soon as in power", like the Labour apologists promised in the run up to GE24- which was a while ago now.
Fortunately David Lammy you have the chance to vote for a customs union by backing our bill next week.
See you in the Aye lobby?
See you in the Aye lobby?
December 9, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Only thirteen (13) Labour MPs voted in favour.
Tell me again how Labour are gonna pivot to rejoin "as soon as in power", like the Labour apologists promised in the run up to GE24- which was a while ago now.
Tell me again how Labour are gonna pivot to rejoin "as soon as in power", like the Labour apologists promised in the run up to GE24- which was a while ago now.
It's been time to remove the red tape for at least four years, but at least it's being mentioned now
It’s time to chainsaw the Brexit red tape and end the cost of living crisis. Labour MPs should back our plan for a new customs union.
December 9, 2025 at 9:03 PM
It's been time to remove the red tape for at least four years, but at least it's being mentioned now
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This should be a wake up call to Keir Starmer. Trump is not a reliable ally.
Trump wants to weaken Europe and carve up Ukraine while cosying up to Putin. Britain and our allies in Europe must stand together against his threats and bullying.
Trump wants to weaken Europe and carve up Ukraine while cosying up to Putin. Britain and our allies in Europe must stand together against his threats and bullying.
December 9, 2025 at 8:15 PM
This should be a wake up call to Keir Starmer. Trump is not a reliable ally.
Trump wants to weaken Europe and carve up Ukraine while cosying up to Putin. Britain and our allies in Europe must stand together against his threats and bullying.
Trump wants to weaken Europe and carve up Ukraine while cosying up to Putin. Britain and our allies in Europe must stand together against his threats and bullying.
Lib Dems once again fighting for the correct thing to be done while Labour pretend it's impossible and need their arms twisting.
I'm glad I don't vote Labour.
I'm glad I don't vote Labour.
🚨BREAKING🚨
MPs have voted to PASS our bill to establish a UK-EU customs union.
The Prime Minister must now listen to his own MPs, drop his self-imposed red lines and finally go for proper growth through an ambitious trade deal with the EU.
MPs have voted to PASS our bill to establish a UK-EU customs union.
The Prime Minister must now listen to his own MPs, drop his self-imposed red lines and finally go for proper growth through an ambitious trade deal with the EU.
December 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Lib Dems once again fighting for the correct thing to be done while Labour pretend it's impossible and need their arms twisting.
I'm glad I don't vote Labour.
I'm glad I don't vote Labour.
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Come with me to Jacob Rees-Mogg’s house. The Brexiters are rattled – and it shows
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Come with me to Jacob Rees-Mogg’s house. The Brexiters are rattled – and it shows | Polly Toynbee
Labour and the country have reached a historic inflection point. For all the talk of Brexit ‘benefits’, the anti-EU ideologues know the tide has turned, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Come with me to Jacob Rees-Mogg’s house. The Brexiters are rattled – and it shows
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Time to move.
Pro-Brexit Majority Of 2016 'Has Literally Died Out', Polling Expert Reveals
The founder of YouGov said there is now an 8.1 million majority in favour of rejoining the EU.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Time to move.
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I've said for years that the customs union idea will just confuse things.
1. People are mixing up "a" customs union with "The" Customs Union.
2. Neither is the Single Market.
3. Neither solves the major problems.
4. Neither includes Freedom of Movement.
5. Neither can be explained on the doorstep.
1. People are mixing up "a" customs union with "The" Customs Union.
2. Neither is the Single Market.
3. Neither solves the major problems.
4. Neither includes Freedom of Movement.
5. Neither can be explained on the doorstep.
December 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I've said for years that the customs union idea will just confuse things.
1. People are mixing up "a" customs union with "The" Customs Union.
2. Neither is the Single Market.
3. Neither solves the major problems.
4. Neither includes Freedom of Movement.
5. Neither can be explained on the doorstep.
1. People are mixing up "a" customs union with "The" Customs Union.
2. Neither is the Single Market.
3. Neither solves the major problems.
4. Neither includes Freedom of Movement.
5. Neither can be explained on the doorstep.
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FFS. If the far right had been this lukewarm and timid, they'd never have got their Brexit! This isn't the time to say what CAN'T be done, it's a time to decide what you want and to fight to make it happen. It's time to grasp that politics is the art of the possible! Fortune favours the brave!
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Britain is stuck with a failed Brexit that neither citizens nor leaders want. Here are three ways to fix that | Stella Creasy
While those who defend the status quo and those who say ‘simply rejoin’ the EU are both wrong, there is a new mood and a clear opportunity, says Stella Creasy MP, chair of the Labour Movement for Euro...
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
FFS. If the far right had been this lukewarm and timid, they'd never have got their Brexit! This isn't the time to say what CAN'T be done, it's a time to decide what you want and to fight to make it happen. It's time to grasp that politics is the art of the possible! Fortune favours the brave!
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Such a travesty that this level of positivity for FOM is not reflected in our representatives in parliament.
Brits want mutual free movement restored 79% of us in a recent Omnisis poll believe we should have FOM to travel & work across Europe (88% after removing ‘don’t know’), and 73% believe, there should be ‘mutual free movement’ (84% after removing ‘don’t know’)
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
‘Mutual free movement’ for UK and EU citizens supported by 84% of Brits, in stunning new poll
Omnisis poll suggests opposition to free movement was based on lack of awareness and the UK government failing to enforce the rules
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Such a travesty that this level of positivity for FOM is not reflected in our representatives in parliament.
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Staggering - the effort and resource *still* being invested in keeping the Brexit shitshow on the road.
No one’s held to account.
No one’s fallen on their sword.
No one’s got the guts to really speak out.
So, on we go, protecting this huge and ruinous lie, because telling the truth is too difficult.
No one’s held to account.
No one’s fallen on their sword.
No one’s got the guts to really speak out.
So, on we go, protecting this huge and ruinous lie, because telling the truth is too difficult.
"The 2016 decision to exit the European Union has been nothing short of an economic disaster... It’s a bigger hit than if every bank, brokerage firm and hedge fund in London were suddenly to disappear." ~AA
👏🏽"The President and the Brexiteers share a fear of strangers... Trade, in [Trump's] view, is other countries draining our wallets. Immigration is other people stealing our jobs. International treaties are handcuffs limiting sovereignty." 🎯~AA
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/o...
December 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Staggering - the effort and resource *still* being invested in keeping the Brexit shitshow on the road.
No one’s held to account.
No one’s fallen on their sword.
No one’s got the guts to really speak out.
So, on we go, protecting this huge and ruinous lie, because telling the truth is too difficult.
No one’s held to account.
No one’s fallen on their sword.
No one’s got the guts to really speak out.
So, on we go, protecting this huge and ruinous lie, because telling the truth is too difficult.
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First Class!
Another Brexit economic verdict arrived last month in the form of an 83-page NBER working paper - and it is devastating.
What shocks me more is how politely politics continues to look away from the person who drove the bus.
What shocks me more is how politely politics continues to look away from the person who drove the bus.
The Farage Tax: What The UK Pays For One Man's Ego
GDP down, investment down, wages down - but Farage’s influence? Higher than ever
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 8:48 PM
First Class!
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They do in Kellner's article (and the bottom of the table). A successful join campaign would need to show a sceptical public.
* Free Movement is good
* Federal decision-making and regulations are good
* The EURO is good
No one is really making those arguments, only "Brexit was bad"
* Free Movement is good
* Federal decision-making and regulations are good
* The EURO is good
No one is really making those arguments, only "Brexit was bad"
December 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
They do in Kellner's article (and the bottom of the table). A successful join campaign would need to show a sceptical public.
* Free Movement is good
* Federal decision-making and regulations are good
* The EURO is good
No one is really making those arguments, only "Brexit was bad"
* Free Movement is good
* Federal decision-making and regulations are good
* The EURO is good
No one is really making those arguments, only "Brexit was bad"
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WHAT. THE. FUCK
"After her hearing ended, three-year-old Lucy cuddled her teddy bear as she walked back from the lawyer’s table and took a seat.
Moments later, the next child was called up to face the judge..."
coppercourier.com/2025/12/05/c...
Moments later, the next child was called up to face the judge..."
coppercourier.com/2025/12/05/c...
December 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
WHAT. THE. FUCK
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If this is true, why do even remainer politicians persist in saying that the public won’t accept Freedom of Movement?
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
‘Mutual free movement’ for UK and EU citizens supported by 84% of Brits, in stunning new poll
Omnisis poll suggests opposition to free movement was based on lack of awareness and the UK government failing to enforce the rules
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 7:37 PM
If this is true, why do even remainer politicians persist in saying that the public won’t accept Freedom of Movement?
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
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Jonathan Bullock, Julia Reid and Steven Woolfe named in new CPS probe in to Russian Bribes.
All Nigel Farage’s MEPs.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
#ReformRussianBribes
All Nigel Farage’s MEPs.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
#ReformRussianBribes
Three more Farage bloc MEPs alleged to have followed Russian asset’s script
At least eight MEPs elected for Ukip or Brexit party now known to have been focus of efforts by jailed Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Jonathan Bullock, Julia Reid and Steven Woolfe named in new CPS probe in to Russian Bribes.
All Nigel Farage’s MEPs.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
#ReformRussianBribes
All Nigel Farage’s MEPs.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
#ReformRussianBribes
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Farage is in the mud again: police reports over £9k dodgy spending - a refurbished HQ he “forgot” to declare, an armoured Land Rover shoved into “national” costs, and missing receipts everywhere. Add it to the pile: Russian cash, extremist bile, antisemitic bullying - now alleged fraud too.
December 8, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Farage is in the mud again: police reports over £9k dodgy spending - a refurbished HQ he “forgot” to declare, an armoured Land Rover shoved into “national” costs, and missing receipts everywhere. Add it to the pile: Russian cash, extremist bile, antisemitic bullying - now alleged fraud too.
Labour still haven't grasped that FoM is essential and it is also very popular with those who understand it.
The 1st § of this @stellacreasy.bsky.social piece ↑ ↓ I can agree with.
But the second, on a Customs Union and the Single Market, is just feeble in its lack of aspiration.
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What is wrong with "movement of people"? And please let's "take on" the "anti-FoM brigade".
All a bit lacklustre, really.
But the second, on a Customs Union and the Single Market, is just feeble in its lack of aspiration.
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What is wrong with "movement of people"? And please let's "take on" the "anti-FoM brigade".
All a bit lacklustre, really.
December 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Labour still haven't grasped that FoM is essential and it is also very popular with those who understand it.
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The pressure keeps mounting on Farage.
At what point does he become a liability to his party?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
At what point does he become a liability to his party?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage urged to ‘come clean’ over alleged election spending breaches in Clacton
Reform campaign accused by ex-councillor of falsely reporting expenses during Farage’s run to become MP last year
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The pressure keeps mounting on Farage.
At what point does he become a liability to his party?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
At what point does he become a liability to his party?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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“We want growth. We know this is the single best way of getting it…
We could then challenge Farage… to either continue with our economic recovery, or to halt it in its tracks and take us backwards.”
Finally. Weaken Farage by doing something that actually works.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We could then challenge Farage… to either continue with our economic recovery, or to halt it in its tracks and take us backwards.”
Finally. Weaken Farage by doing something that actually works.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘The only idea around’: will Labour return to a customs union with the EU?
The desperate search for economic growth is pushing the party to confront the issue that dare not speak its name
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:33 AM
“We want growth. We know this is the single best way of getting it…
We could then challenge Farage… to either continue with our economic recovery, or to halt it in its tracks and take us backwards.”
Finally. Weaken Farage by doing something that actually works.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We could then challenge Farage… to either continue with our economic recovery, or to halt it in its tracks and take us backwards.”
Finally. Weaken Farage by doing something that actually works.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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I’m disgusted that some senior DWP people have learned nothing about the scale of the misery their policies inflicted.
It’s high time the DWP showed some respect to carers and some awareness of their own gross errors.
It’s high time the DWP showed some respect to carers and some awareness of their own gross errors.
December 7, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I’m disgusted that some senior DWP people have learned nothing about the scale of the misery their policies inflicted.
It’s high time the DWP showed some respect to carers and some awareness of their own gross errors.
It’s high time the DWP showed some respect to carers and some awareness of their own gross errors.
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“Two-thirds of 2024 Labour voters would rather Sir Keir Starmer abandon his Brexit red lines and join a customs union with the European Union than raise taxes on working people, new polling has revealed.”
#Brexit disaster.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
#Brexit disaster.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Labour voters want Starmer to rejoin EU customs union instead of raising taxes
Exclusive: Some 67 per cent of 2024 Labour voters back rejoining the customs union instead of raising taxes, a new poll shows
www.independent.co.uk
December 6, 2025 at 4:12 PM
“Two-thirds of 2024 Labour voters would rather Sir Keir Starmer abandon his Brexit red lines and join a customs union with the European Union than raise taxes on working people, new polling has revealed.”
#Brexit disaster.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
#Brexit disaster.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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All in the best possible taste😂
December 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
All in the best possible taste😂
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The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
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If you missed the news about the EU Commission & its decisions to fine X for non compliance with the Digital Services Act, we reported on this here. www.cnbc.com/2025/12/05/e...
Elon Musk’s X fined $140 million by European Commission over 'deceptive' blue checkmark and lack of transparency
The social-media platform has been fined by the bloc after breaching transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act (DSA).
www.cnbc.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
If you missed the news about the EU Commission & its decisions to fine X for non compliance with the Digital Services Act, we reported on this here. www.cnbc.com/2025/12/05/e...