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Right-wing Reform Party won councils in UK local elections; refuse to fly Ukraine flag in areas they won.
Party announces only the Union Jack, St. George's Cross and county flags will fly from Reform-run council buildings.
Reform UK Accused Of 'Sucking Up To Moscow' Over Ukrainian Flag Ban
Party announces only the Union Jack, St. George's Cross and county flags will fly from Reform-run council buildings.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
May 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Right-wing Reform Party won councils in UK local elections; refuse to fly Ukraine flag in areas they won.
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Everything you need to know about the trans Supreme Court case: What it said, what it didn't, and what happens next iandunt.substack.com/p/everything...
Everything you need to know about the trans Supreme Court case
What it said, what it didn't, and what happens next.
iandunt.substack.com
May 1, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Everything you need to know about the trans Supreme Court case: What it said, what it didn't, and what happens next iandunt.substack.com/p/everything...
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Fascism is happening in front of your eyes. You can call it that or not - I don't give a fuck - but that is what it is.
Before press came in — but while live feed was running on Bukele’s feed — Trump said to him: “home-growns are next. … You’re gonna need to build about 5 more places.”
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April 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Fascism is happening in front of your eyes. You can call it that or not - I don't give a fuck - but that is what it is.
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Fascinating breakdown of actual additional US tariffs taking into account exemptions and higher car tariffs etc.
It shows that even if treated as one, significant differences between EU members.
Oh, and that Ireland got a less worse effective hike than the UK (for now, until pharma is hit).
It shows that even if treated as one, significant differences between EU members.
Oh, and that Ireland got a less worse effective hike than the UK (for now, until pharma is hit).
April 4, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Fascinating breakdown of actual additional US tariffs taking into account exemptions and higher car tariffs etc.
It shows that even if treated as one, significant differences between EU members.
Oh, and that Ireland got a less worse effective hike than the UK (for now, until pharma is hit).
It shows that even if treated as one, significant differences between EU members.
Oh, and that Ireland got a less worse effective hike than the UK (for now, until pharma is hit).
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April 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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🧵 NEW: Is Britain really a high tax country?
Our collective tax bill is at its highest share of GDP since the 1940s
But actually, the tax and NI paid by the average worker are at their lowest in decades.
What’s going on?
1/7
@thetimes.com
Free link 🔗 www.thetimes.com/article/25aa...
Our collective tax bill is at its highest share of GDP since the 1940s
But actually, the tax and NI paid by the average worker are at their lowest in decades.
What’s going on?
1/7
@thetimes.com
Free link 🔗 www.thetimes.com/article/25aa...
March 30, 2025 at 9:15 AM
🧵 NEW: Is Britain really a high tax country?
Our collective tax bill is at its highest share of GDP since the 1940s
But actually, the tax and NI paid by the average worker are at their lowest in decades.
What’s going on?
1/7
@thetimes.com
Free link 🔗 www.thetimes.com/article/25aa...
Our collective tax bill is at its highest share of GDP since the 1940s
But actually, the tax and NI paid by the average worker are at their lowest in decades.
What’s going on?
1/7
@thetimes.com
Free link 🔗 www.thetimes.com/article/25aa...
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Blimey. One of Nigel Farage's biggest donors, and the owner of 55 Tufton Street, is helping the Russian military effort www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/w...
March 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Blimey. One of Nigel Farage's biggest donors, and the owner of 55 Tufton Street, is helping the Russian military effort www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/w...
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Nigel Farage would turn UK into a 'Trump tribute act', Lib Dem leader says
news.sky.com/story/nigel-...
news.sky.com/story/nigel-...
Nigel Farage would turn UK into a 'Trump tribute act', Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey says
In a wide-ranging speech on the last day of his party's spring conference, Sir Ed Davey launched a furious attack on Donald Trump and Nigel Farage.
news.sky.com
March 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Nigel Farage would turn UK into a 'Trump tribute act', Lib Dem leader says
news.sky.com/story/nigel-...
news.sky.com/story/nigel-...
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Brexit, identified by the Nuffield Trust as a key reason for drug shortages unsurprisingly is something not shouted about by con artists who in 2016 missold Britain quitting the EU. More surprising is silence from a pro-European UK Labour Government.
Daily Mirror Editorial
Daily Mirror Editorial
March 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Brexit, identified by the Nuffield Trust as a key reason for drug shortages unsurprisingly is something not shouted about by con artists who in 2016 missold Britain quitting the EU. More surprising is silence from a pro-European UK Labour Government.
Daily Mirror Editorial
Daily Mirror Editorial
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Xavier transitioned and became Vivian Jenna Wilson. She is alive and well and lives in Japan.
No loving parent would ever write such a disgusting thing as this, and it speaks volumes.
No loving parent would ever write such a disgusting thing as this, and it speaks volumes.
March 23, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Xavier transitioned and became Vivian Jenna Wilson. She is alive and well and lives in Japan.
No loving parent would ever write such a disgusting thing as this, and it speaks volumes.
No loving parent would ever write such a disgusting thing as this, and it speaks volumes.
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And I see my usual EU-purist friends saying 'oh we can't trust the UK' and 'you want it all', to which the response is pretty blunt, if you can't see the importance of wider Europe at this moment then we will all be weaker as a result.
March 21, 2025 at 10:16 AM
And I see my usual EU-purist friends saying 'oh we can't trust the UK' and 'you want it all', to which the response is pretty blunt, if you can't see the importance of wider Europe at this moment then we will all be weaker as a result.
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Any discussion of EU level rearmament programmes needs to engage with how military industrial supply chains of Europe's main arms producing behemoths like Leonardo, Rheinmetall or Navantia also involve UK or Turkish suppliers
March 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Any discussion of EU level rearmament programmes needs to engage with how military industrial supply chains of Europe's main arms producing behemoths like Leonardo, Rheinmetall or Navantia also involve UK or Turkish suppliers
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People shocked, shocked at how a European military presence in Ukraine will be an incremental process of placing air, land, missile and SOF assets long before the first infantry and armour units roll in are the kind of people who are surprised at how ice hockey needs skates
March 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
People shocked, shocked at how a European military presence in Ukraine will be an incremental process of placing air, land, missile and SOF assets long before the first infantry and armour units roll in are the kind of people who are surprised at how ice hockey needs skates
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The UK, France, Germany, and the Nordics are having discussions about a 5-10y plan to replace US contributions to NATO, hoping to avoid near-term unilateral US withdrawal. Hope is to present a plan in June.
European military powers work on 5-10 year plan to replace US in Nato
UK, France, Germany and Nordics among countries engaged in informal discussions over a managed transfer
www.ft.com
March 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The UK, France, Germany, and the Nordics are having discussions about a 5-10y plan to replace US contributions to NATO, hoping to avoid near-term unilateral US withdrawal. Hope is to present a plan in June.
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Shocking decison on the UK makes no strategic sense at all www.ft.com/content/eb9e...
EU to exclude US, UK and Turkey from €150bn rearmament fund
Victory for France-backed ‘Buy European’ approach to defence spending
www.ft.com
March 19, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Shocking decison on the UK makes no strategic sense at all www.ft.com/content/eb9e...
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🇪🇺🇬🇧 Through my first set of meetings in Brussels. The praise for Starmer is overwhelming: “What he has managed to do is not just good for him. It's good for all of us. Absolutely top notch. This is the UK at its best. The UK we have always admired.
March 3, 2025 at 8:03 AM
🇪🇺🇬🇧 Through my first set of meetings in Brussels. The praise for Starmer is overwhelming: “What he has managed to do is not just good for him. It's good for all of us. Absolutely top notch. This is the UK at its best. The UK we have always admired.
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UK Prime Minister Starmer hugs Zelensky as he welcomes him to 10 Downing Street.
This is how you welcome the leader of the free world.
This is how you welcome the leader of the free world.
March 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
UK Prime Minister Starmer hugs Zelensky as he welcomes him to 10 Downing Street.
This is how you welcome the leader of the free world.
This is how you welcome the leader of the free world.
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And this is the man we're supposed to believe cares deeply about women's safety
January 20, 2025 at 11:18 AM
And this is the man we're supposed to believe cares deeply about women's safety
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Nothing quite sums up how Kemi Badenoch's leadership is going so far like this interview in which she dismisses sandwiches as being not a "real food" and lunch being "for wimps"
December 12, 2024 at 9:46 AM
Nothing quite sums up how Kemi Badenoch's leadership is going so far like this interview in which she dismisses sandwiches as being not a "real food" and lunch being "for wimps"