Be proud.

Proud of whom you love.
Proud of who you are.
Proud of who you are becoming. Because your journey is your power.

Always remember: Europe is your ally. I am your ally.

This week and every week.

Be proud. Always.

The Dutch historian Rutger Bregman’s new book makes the argument that society’s best and brightest should be focused on making the world a better place instead of making money. Read or listen to more on The Interview. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/m...

Left: Conservative MP Harriet Cross asks if "Labour are going to betray our fishermen" in the upcoming EU-UK negotiations

Right: British fisherman upset and angry that they voted for Boris Johnson, the Conservatives and for Brexit

Just intolerable for our country to be held hostage by Brexiters howling ‘Betrayal!’
Starmer has the chance of a more prosperous, positive relationship with the EU. If he fucks that up for Farage, then we might as well wave goodbye to progress for another decade. liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/369...

The overwhelming majority of jobs at the two biggest companies in America pay less than $20/hr.

Meanwhile, the heads of those companies are some of the richest people on the planet.

See the problem?

Proportional Representation is about fairness and making sure that who gets elected really reflects what people want.

But it's also about more than that: creating a new kind of political culture where diverse voices can be heard and work together.

Well put, @carolinelucas.bsky.social.

Water companies are an utter disgrace.
They asset strip, charge us a fortune, pay our money to shareholders and dump shit in our rivers and seas.
Nationalise them all and close useless Ofwat.

www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...

As a German I will forever be grateful to all who fought for the liberation of Europe.

But as a historian I am looking at front pages today and must wonder: What is the point of remembering #VEDay 80 years on, what is the point of our thanks, when we are failing to protect the sacrifices made? 🧵

He’s got away with untold crimes, lies & offences. He’s achieved the highest office in the land. Twice. He’s lining his pockets on an industrial scale & persecuting his enemies for fun. But he’s still a miserable, bitter, humourless & furious man. Because deep inside, he knows *exactly* who he is.

Speeding toward the end of democracy

The first 90 days of Trump’s presidency have reshaped the United States and the world as we know it | Scott Brown

It's time for British politicians to accept that the British people have already accepted that Brexit was a mistake.
#RejoinEU 🇬🇧🇪🇺

MPs… yearly inflation busting pay rises… saying workers are lazy… that 4 days weeks won’t work… that minimum wage is enough to live on despite 85k salaries…

Also MPs…

#ukparliament #mps #tories

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

"Unlike the chat in which The Atlantic was included, the newly revealed one was created by Hegseth. Named “Defense | Team Huddle,” it included his wife and about a dozen other people.... He used his private phone, not his government one, to access the Signal chat."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/20/u...

2025: "Brexit costs and red tape denying NHS cancer patients life-saving drugs"

2018: Brexiter Gisela Stuart, "It is important to knock on the head this notion that we didn't know what we were doing.. I know exactly what I was doing"

She's now sat -unelected - in the House of Lords

If we’d been told Brexit would cost a divorce fee of £40bn, a further £100bn a year, kill small exporting businesses, increase immigration, lower food standards & deny people access to the latest cancer drugs, no one would have voted for it.

It simply can not be defended and must be reversed.