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Paul Z. Temperton. London. Parky. 1970s gay-rights veteran. EU rejoiner. Oppose all forms of nationalism. Pro car-free cities. Left-leaning liberal. LibDem member. Humanist.
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Glorious. Beautiful. Game changing. Wake up with a song of joy in your heart.
Canada’s liberal party, led by Mark Carney, secures election victory after dramatic reversal of fortune
Canada’s liberal party, led by Mark Carney, secures election victory after dramatic reversal of fortune
Party written off months ago secures fourth term in stunning comeback after Donald Trump’s threats boosted campaign
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Canada’s Liberal party has won a fourth term, capping a miraculous political resurrection for the party – and marking a landmark victory for former central banker and political novice Mark Carney as he prepares to face off against US president Donald Trump.
Late on Monday, the Liberals had won or were leading in enough seats to prevent any other party from forming government, according to the national broadcaster CBC. As results from Canada’s Atlantic provinces and vote-rich Quebec and Ontario came in late on Monday, supporters at the Liberals’ election night party erupted in cheers. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 29, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Glorious. Beautiful. Game changing. Wake up with a song of joy in your heart.
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Britain feels tired and run down.
It’s no wonder many feel angry, look for someone to blame and end up supporting the far right.
Our current government offers no hope or inspiration, continuing with its bizarre support of Brexit and crawling to Trump for crumbs.
We need change.
We need Europe.
It’s no wonder many feel angry, look for someone to blame and end up supporting the far right.
Our current government offers no hope or inspiration, continuing with its bizarre support of Brexit and crawling to Trump for crumbs.
We need change.
We need Europe.
April 21, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Britain feels tired and run down.
It’s no wonder many feel angry, look for someone to blame and end up supporting the far right.
Our current government offers no hope or inspiration, continuing with its bizarre support of Brexit and crawling to Trump for crumbs.
We need change.
We need Europe.
It’s no wonder many feel angry, look for someone to blame and end up supporting the far right.
Our current government offers no hope or inspiration, continuing with its bizarre support of Brexit and crawling to Trump for crumbs.
We need change.
We need Europe.
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I am unconvinced trains from London to Italy are going to happen. But more competition with Eurostar might? Me in the Guardian
A train from the UK to Italy? We've heard that one before, but I'm on board | Jonn Elledge
It’s a lot easier to tease new cross-Channel rail services than it is to actually start running trains. I’m crossing my fingers anyway, says author Jonn Elledge
www.theguardian.com
April 15, 2025 at 8:52 AM
I am unconvinced trains from London to Italy are going to happen. But more competition with Eurostar might? Me in the Guardian
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“we didn’t realise there was this group of people who were here legally but who wouldn’t have the ability to prove it.” says May re Windrush. Well not because nobody told you but because you chose not to listen to people you identified as "the immigration lobby". You are totally responsible
Theresa May: ‘Keep calm and keep talking to Trump’
The former UK prime minister on tariffs, Boris Johnson’s manoeuvring — and the time the president held her hand
www.ft.com
April 12, 2025 at 3:04 PM
“we didn’t realise there was this group of people who were here legally but who wouldn’t have the ability to prove it.” says May re Windrush. Well not because nobody told you but because you chose not to listen to people you identified as "the immigration lobby". You are totally responsible
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Column. Muscle memory of the 'special relationship' is stopping UK grasping the sheer insanity of Trump regime. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Britain cannot afford to gamble on America returning to its senses. We must urgently look elsewhere | Rafael Behr
Ministers are insisting that Trump’s regime can still be a friend. It’s a delusion and a lie, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
April 9, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Column. Muscle memory of the 'special relationship' is stopping UK grasping the sheer insanity of Trump regime. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The case to #RejoinEU gets stronger by the day.
Labour’s position gets more damaging by the day.
@labourlewis.bsky.social @stellacreasy.bsky.social @sarahhall-labour.bsky.social @labour4europe.bsky.social
Labour’s position gets more damaging by the day.
@labourlewis.bsky.social @stellacreasy.bsky.social @sarahhall-labour.bsky.social @labour4europe.bsky.social
a blue flag with yellow stars in a circle waving in the wind
ALT: a blue flag with yellow stars in a circle waving in the wind
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April 5, 2025 at 7:01 AM
The case to #RejoinEU gets stronger by the day.
Labour’s position gets more damaging by the day.
@labourlewis.bsky.social @stellacreasy.bsky.social @sarahhall-labour.bsky.social @labour4europe.bsky.social
Labour’s position gets more damaging by the day.
@labourlewis.bsky.social @stellacreasy.bsky.social @sarahhall-labour.bsky.social @labour4europe.bsky.social
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The thing about all these pieces complaining about Marine Le Pen's conviction is that not a single one of them bothers to explain why someone found guilty of embezzling millions of Euros from public funds should be allowed to get away with it
April 1, 2025 at 8:22 AM
The thing about all these pieces complaining about Marine Le Pen's conviction is that not a single one of them bothers to explain why someone found guilty of embezzling millions of Euros from public funds should be allowed to get away with it
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this is the spirit. Gifford is right, this is what us Europeans expect from americans:
BE ANGRY.
Many European nations have revolted for less and it's been for just reasons.
BE ANGRY.
Many European nations have revolted for less and it's been for just reasons.
The former ambassador to Denmark for the United States, Rufus Gifford, posted this video on his Facebook account:
Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social
Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social
March 30, 2025 at 3:26 AM
this is the spirit. Gifford is right, this is what us Europeans expect from americans:
BE ANGRY.
Many European nations have revolted for less and it's been for just reasons.
BE ANGRY.
Many European nations have revolted for less and it's been for just reasons.
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🚨🚨Fascism, dictatorship, call it by the words you like- this is a complete constitutional breakdown of the United States as a modern liberal democracy happening before our eyes propelled by a madman & his crew but also importantly directly supported by many republicans & voters. Shame on you all.
There's a word for countries where it's illegal to criticise their leader
Trump at the DOJ: "I believe that CNN and MSNDC, who literally write 97.6% bad about me, are political arms of the Democrat Party. And in my opinion, they are really corrupt and they are illegal. What they do is illegal."
March 14, 2025 at 9:55 PM
🚨🚨Fascism, dictatorship, call it by the words you like- this is a complete constitutional breakdown of the United States as a modern liberal democracy happening before our eyes propelled by a madman & his crew but also importantly directly supported by many republicans & voters. Shame on you all.
Wonderfully stirring stuff from Ian Dunt:
iandunt.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...
iandunt.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...
The dawn of a new Europe
From the London summit on Sunday to the Brussels summit on Thursday, we're seeing a new, confident, no-bullshit Europe take shape
iandunt.substack.com
March 8, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Wonderfully stirring stuff from Ian Dunt:
iandunt.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...
iandunt.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...
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In seven weeks Trump’s America has shattered decades-long western norms and blindsided other western leaders with abrupt policy changes.
This is because many of the values of Trump’s America are not the values of western liberal democracies.
Full article: www.ft.com/content/3046...
This is because many of the values of Trump’s America are not the values of western liberal democracies.
Full article: www.ft.com/content/3046...
Why the Maga mindset is different
US decisions can no longer be analysed using assumptions shared across the democratic west
www.ft.com
March 7, 2025 at 9:58 AM
In seven weeks Trump’s America has shattered decades-long western norms and blindsided other western leaders with abrupt policy changes.
This is because many of the values of Trump’s America are not the values of western liberal democracies.
Full article: www.ft.com/content/3046...
This is because many of the values of Trump’s America are not the values of western liberal democracies.
Full article: www.ft.com/content/3046...
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Perhaps some could ask Mr Vance to say ‘thank you’ to the British troops that served alongside America in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Vance tells Fox the only US security guarantee in Ukraine will be the mineral deal.
And he describes British and French peacekeeping troops as “20k troops from some random country that hasn’t fought a war in 30 or 40 years”.
And he describes British and French peacekeeping troops as “20k troops from some random country that hasn’t fought a war in 30 or 40 years”.
March 4, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Perhaps some could ask Mr Vance to say ‘thank you’ to the British troops that served alongside America in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Europeans should use our anger against Trump to free ourselves from a debased American state that loves illiberal autocrats and hates liberal democracy
(Piece from me, free to read)
nickcohen.substack.com/p/no-one-can...
(Piece from me, free to read)
nickcohen.substack.com/p/no-one-can...
No one can kid themselves now: Trump’s America is our enemy
A moment of horrifying clarity
nickcohen.substack.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Europeans should use our anger against Trump to free ourselves from a debased American state that loves illiberal autocrats and hates liberal democracy
(Piece from me, free to read)
nickcohen.substack.com/p/no-one-can...
(Piece from me, free to read)
nickcohen.substack.com/p/no-one-can...
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Yesterday YouGov gave Lib Dems highest rating since Nov 2019.
Today More in Common gives Lib Dems highest rating since they started polling.
Which technically means it is true to say: BEST LIB DEM RESULT SINCE DINOSAURS ROAMED THE EARTH.*
Today More in Common gives Lib Dems highest rating since they started polling.
Which technically means it is true to say: BEST LIB DEM RESULT SINCE DINOSAURS ROAMED THE EARTH.*
Our latest voting intention: small Reform dip, Tories slightly up & Labour at post election low, but biggest shift is Lib Dems hit 16% their highest from us
🌳 CON 25% (+2)
➡️ REF UK 24% (-2)
🌹 LAB 23% (-2)
🔶 LIB DEM 16% (+4)
🌍 GREEN 8% (+1)
🟡 SNP 3%(-)
N=2013 Dates: 21-24/2, Change w 14-18
🌳 CON 25% (+2)
➡️ REF UK 24% (-2)
🌹 LAB 23% (-2)
🔶 LIB DEM 16% (+4)
🌍 GREEN 8% (+1)
🟡 SNP 3%(-)
N=2013 Dates: 21-24/2, Change w 14-18
February 26, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Yesterday YouGov gave Lib Dems highest rating since Nov 2019.
Today More in Common gives Lib Dems highest rating since they started polling.
Which technically means it is true to say: BEST LIB DEM RESULT SINCE DINOSAURS ROAMED THE EARTH.*
Today More in Common gives Lib Dems highest rating since they started polling.
Which technically means it is true to say: BEST LIB DEM RESULT SINCE DINOSAURS ROAMED THE EARTH.*
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Olaf Scholz will be remembered as Germany's shortest-serving chancellor in over five decades.
Still, he will have served longer than 5 of the last 6 UK Prime Ministers.
Tell us again how First Past the Post guarantees stability.
Still, he will have served longer than 5 of the last 6 UK Prime Ministers.
Tell us again how First Past the Post guarantees stability.
February 24, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Olaf Scholz will be remembered as Germany's shortest-serving chancellor in over five decades.
Still, he will have served longer than 5 of the last 6 UK Prime Ministers.
Tell us again how First Past the Post guarantees stability.
Still, he will have served longer than 5 of the last 6 UK Prime Ministers.
Tell us again how First Past the Post guarantees stability.
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I know everything feels grim right now but let's be realistic. These people are idiots. They're going to tank their economy. They're going to fuck-up every deal they sign. They're going to leave America looking shattered and deranged. And all those who supported them will look as idiotic as they are
February 15, 2025 at 8:20 AM
I know everything feels grim right now but let's be realistic. These people are idiots. They're going to tank their economy. They're going to fuck-up every deal they sign. They're going to leave America looking shattered and deranged. And all those who supported them will look as idiotic as they are
Hear hear!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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After 50 years, can’t we shut down this cult of Margaret Thatcher? Just look at the mess she made of Britain | Polly Toynbee
A whole slew of dramas and plays mark half a century since her election as Tory leader. But there is too much gloss, when so many people are still suffering, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Hear hear!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko has just "won" a 7th term in a sham election.
By the way, Belarus is the only other country in Europe that uses First Past the Post.
We'd rather share a voting system with the world's most successful democracies, not a brutal regime.
By the way, Belarus is the only other country in Europe that uses First Past the Post.
We'd rather share a voting system with the world's most successful democracies, not a brutal regime.
January 27, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko has just "won" a 7th term in a sham election.
By the way, Belarus is the only other country in Europe that uses First Past the Post.
We'd rather share a voting system with the world's most successful democracies, not a brutal regime.
By the way, Belarus is the only other country in Europe that uses First Past the Post.
We'd rather share a voting system with the world's most successful democracies, not a brutal regime.
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🚨🚨 Characteristically astute analysis by David Gauke reflecting on how the recent interventions by Ed Davey and Kemi Badenoch suggests that the tide is turning against #brexit.🧵
www.newstatesman.com/comment/2025...
www.newstatesman.com/comment/2025...
The tide is starting to turn against Brexit
Interventions by Ed Davey and Kemi Badenoch show how the European question has been reopened.
www.newstatesman.com
January 21, 2025 at 10:23 PM
🚨🚨 Characteristically astute analysis by David Gauke reflecting on how the recent interventions by Ed Davey and Kemi Badenoch suggests that the tide is turning against #brexit.🧵
www.newstatesman.com/comment/2025...
www.newstatesman.com/comment/2025...
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Two 🌶️ letters to the Guardian on the penny finally dropping on the economic impact of Brexit
January 22, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Two 🌶️ letters to the Guardian on the penny finally dropping on the economic impact of Brexit
Superb (and very funny) takedown by Ian Dunt of the preposterous Badenoch: iandunt.substack.com/p/one-week-i...
One week in the life of Kemi Badenoch
She might be the single worst opposition leader we've seen in our lifetime. She makes Michael Foot look like Barack Obama.
iandunt.substack.com
January 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Superb (and very funny) takedown by Ian Dunt of the preposterous Badenoch: iandunt.substack.com/p/one-week-i...
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For years we heard this bullshit about how the centre-left is alienated from the concerns of ordinary people. They're still banging on about it now. In actual fact, it's the press which is ignoring these matters while a centre-left government grapples with them.
January 18, 2025 at 11:27 AM
For years we heard this bullshit about how the centre-left is alienated from the concerns of ordinary people. They're still banging on about it now. In actual fact, it's the press which is ignoring these matters while a centre-left government grapples with them.
"If you build roads, they will come"
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London has a congestion charge – and traffic in gridlock. We need other ways to end the obsession with cars | Jonn Elledge
The charge was seen as draconian, but new thinking is now essential. Look to the cities trying a range of bold ideas, says author Jonn Elledge
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2025 at 2:03 PM
"If you build roads, they will come"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...