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Even the Torygraph cannot deny reality forever.
The Telegraph denounces Brexit as ‘unmitigated economic disaster’
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/the...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/the...
Told you so! The Telegraph denounces Brexit as 'unmitigated economic disaster'
We've now got The Telegraph joining the Brexit resistance, after the formerly pro-leave paper ripped into its 'near-disastrous' consequences.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Even the Torygraph cannot deny reality forever.
If ever there was a time to introduce PR now is it!
October 31, 2025 at 1:29 AM
If ever there was a time to introduce PR now is it!
There was a time when I thought Labour would be a rational government.
On Saturday, I joined hundreds provoked by government arrogance into peacefully defying the proscription of Palestine Action
By Jacob Ecclestone
By Jacob Ecclestone
Why I sat in Parliament Square and risked arrest for Palestine Action
On Saturday, I joined hundreds provoked by government arrogance into peacefully defying the proscription of Palestine Action
eastangliabylines.co.uk
August 11, 2025 at 6:27 PM
There was a time when I thought Labour would be a rational government.
Wouldn’t it be great if we all just believed that the single biggest threat facing life on earth doesn’t exist?
Shame that reality has no interest in belief.
www.cnn.com/2025/08/01/p...
Shame that reality has no interest in belief.
www.cnn.com/2025/08/01/p...
Analysis: The US government has declared war on the very idea of climate change | CNN Politics
Americans are used to whiplash in their climate policy. The US has been in and out and in and out again of the key Paris climate agreement over the past four presidencies.
www.cnn.com
August 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Wouldn’t it be great if we all just believed that the single biggest threat facing life on earth doesn’t exist?
Shame that reality has no interest in belief.
www.cnn.com/2025/08/01/p...
Shame that reality has no interest in belief.
www.cnn.com/2025/08/01/p...
Who could have guessed? Apparently not the government we expected to behave with a modicum of rationality and compassion when we elected them.
UK ban on Palestine Action at odds with international law, says UN rights chief
UK ban on Palestine Action at odds with international law, says UN rights chief
Volker Türk says the Home Office proscription restricts right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly
The UK government’s ban on Palestine Action limits the rights and freedoms of people in the UK and is at odds with international law, the UN human rights chief has said.
Volker Türk, the UN human rights commissioner, said ministers’ decision to designate the group a terrorist organisation was “disproportionate and unnecessary” and called on them to rescind it. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Who could have guessed? Apparently not the government we expected to behave with a modicum of rationality and compassion when we elected them.
The sunlit uplands are in the EU?!?
Most unsurprising news of the day:
Brexit has left City of London’s reputation at risk, Goldman Sachs chief warns. David Solomon warned Goldman Sachs is turning its attention towards the continent ie EU www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Brexit has left City of London’s reputation at risk, Goldman Sachs chief warns. David Solomon warned Goldman Sachs is turning its attention towards the continent ie EU www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Brexit has left City of London’s reputation at risk, Goldman Sachs chief warns
David Solomon warned Goldman Sachs is turning its attention towards the continent
www.independent.co.uk
July 24, 2025 at 11:22 AM
The sunlit uplands are in the EU?!?
This !
Now Labour has legitimized the proscription of non-terrorist organisations that embarrass it you have to wonder what fun future Governments will have with the practice.
UK police arrest 55 at parliament rally for banned Palestine Action group reut.rs/4m0MWrx
July 21, 2025 at 8:28 AM
This !
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Many families with a non-UK parent are being cruelly separated by the #MinimumIncomeRequirement which hits women and working-class families most severely. The government is reviewing the rules now, and they have an opportunity to make them more equitable
Don’t separate families
A plea to ditch the family visa income rules
sussexbylines.co.uk
July 8, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Many families with a non-UK parent are being cruelly separated by the #MinimumIncomeRequirement which hits women and working-class families most severely. The government is reviewing the rules now, and they have an opportunity to make them more equitable
Because slamming the door on our freedom of movement and largest markets made sovereignty look foolish.
Brexit has been slammed as a 'complete disaster' that 'ruined most of the country' in a poll marking nine years since the UK voted to leave the EU. Mirror readers slammed the European Union referendum, overwhelmingly voting that Brexit has failed. - Yep!
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Brexit a 'disaster' that 'ruined the country' - referendum 'should be repeated'
On the ninth anniversary of the day the UK voted to leave the EU, we asked readers to have their say on whether Brexit has been a success - and Mirror readers had a lot to say on the matter.
www.mirror.co.uk
July 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Because slamming the door on our freedom of movement and largest markets made sovereignty look foolish.
All freedom of speech is equal, but some freedoms of speech are more equal than others….
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Donald Trump is suing CNN for an opinion piece. Can someone be sued for having an opinion?
Alex Denethorn's answer: I take it you’re talking about this?:
Trump campaign sues CNN over ‘false and defamatory’ statements, seeks millions in damages
As you can see, Trump is alleging that CNN co...
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February 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
All freedom of speech is equal, but some freedoms of speech are more equal than others….
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Insurrection? What insurrection?
Deleting the database appears to violate 44 U.S.C. § 3106 which requires that agencies notify the archivist upon the removal or deletion of federal records. There is no indication that the DOJ reported the deletion to the National Archives and Records Administration.
Deletion of Jan 6 charges database appears to violate the law - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
The DOJ’s removal of a database detailing criminal charges and convictions related to the January 6th attack from its website appears to be illegal. The DOJ’s removal of a database detailing criminal ...
www.citizensforethics.org
February 1, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Insurrection? What insurrection?
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BREAKING: We’ve WON a historic case against the Rosebank & Jackdaw oil & gas fields. 🎉
👏 NO NEW OIL AND GAS! 📣
This is GAME-CHANGING.
And it’s ONLY been possible thanks to YEARS of fighting by THOUSANDS of climate campaigners! Power to the people. ✊
👏 NO NEW OIL AND GAS! 📣
This is GAME-CHANGING.
And it’s ONLY been possible thanks to YEARS of fighting by THOUSANDS of climate campaigners! Power to the people. ✊
January 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
BREAKING: We’ve WON a historic case against the Rosebank & Jackdaw oil & gas fields. 🎉
👏 NO NEW OIL AND GAS! 📣
This is GAME-CHANGING.
And it’s ONLY been possible thanks to YEARS of fighting by THOUSANDS of climate campaigners! Power to the people. ✊
👏 NO NEW OIL AND GAS! 📣
This is GAME-CHANGING.
And it’s ONLY been possible thanks to YEARS of fighting by THOUSANDS of climate campaigners! Power to the people. ✊
Freedom of speech does not extend to the uninculcated
Trump's gag order on the CDC, barring the agency from releasing #birdflu info, could hobble Calif’s #H5N1 response. “It’s almost like turning off the smoke alarm in your house,” says Dr. Peter Chin-Hong of UC San Francisco. Scientists are trying to prevent H5N1 spread www.kqed.org/news/1202386...
Trump-Led CDC Silence Could Hobble California’s Bird Flu Response, Experts Warn | KQED
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention communication delay could hinder coordinating responses at the state and local levels.
www.kqed.org
January 24, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Freedom of speech does not extend to the uninculcated
One fact that needs no checking: money is power. www.cnn.com/2025/01/08/b...
Facebook-hired fact-checker responds to being fired by Zuckerberg | CNN Business
Meta’s surprise decision to scrap its fact-checking partnerships blindsided journalists involved in the program, putting some out of work. Alan Duke, a former CNN journalist who runs a fact-checking o...
www.cnn.com
January 20, 2025 at 10:52 AM
One fact that needs no checking: money is power. www.cnn.com/2025/01/08/b...
If Elon Musk could take 37minutes out of his busy schedule he could do worse than listen to Jess Phillips talking to Beth Rigby: news.sky.com/story/groomi...
Grooming gangs are 'in every single part of our country', Jess Phillips says
There have been inquiries into grooming gangs in several towns and cities in the UK but the safeguarding minister says it is happening everywhere.
news.sky.com
January 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
If Elon Musk could take 37minutes out of his busy schedule he could do worse than listen to Jess Phillips talking to Beth Rigby: news.sky.com/story/groomi...
Water disgrace
Brexit means we literally can't trust the water we're drinking is safe any more.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
December 7, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Water disgrace
When are we going to stop talking about Brexit? Not anytime soon!
“But UK rules mean products cannot be tested abroad; they have to be tested in the country in a certified lab of which there are now none.”
I mean… ffs…
Brexit never gets any less idiotic or ruinous, does it?
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
I mean… ffs…
Brexit never gets any less idiotic or ruinous, does it?
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
‘Brexit problem’: UK tap water safety at risk after testing labs shut down
Exclusive: EU countries will share laboratory capacity but UK rules mean products cannot be tested abroad
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2024 at 12:45 PM
When are we going to stop talking about Brexit? Not anytime soon!
The idea that standards somehow maintain themselves without regulatory enforcement is fantasy
2016: Michael Gove, "We can have green Brexit"
2024: ‘Brexit problem’: UK tap water safety at risk after testing labs shut down
2024: ‘Brexit problem’: UK tap water safety at risk after testing labs shut down
December 7, 2024 at 10:26 AM
The idea that standards somehow maintain themselves without regulatory enforcement is fantasy
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“Every $1,300 New York invested in building bike-lanes in 2015 provided benefits equivalent to 1 additional year of life at full health over the lifetime of all city residents, according to a new economic assessment.”
Bike-lanes are a sound public health investment.
www.reuters.com/article/busi...
Bike-lanes are a sound public health investment.
www.reuters.com/article/busi...
December 2, 2024 at 3:24 AM
“Every $1,300 New York invested in building bike-lanes in 2015 provided benefits equivalent to 1 additional year of life at full health over the lifetime of all city residents, according to a new economic assessment.”
Bike-lanes are a sound public health investment.
www.reuters.com/article/busi...
Bike-lanes are a sound public health investment.
www.reuters.com/article/busi...