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Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government.
No one has heard from you in 59 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
No one has heard from you in 59 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
May 13, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government.
No one has heard from you in 59 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
No one has heard from you in 59 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
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this so unbelievably awful
i can't imagine what those parents are going through
i can't imagine what those parents are going through
The Trump administration continues to ignore the courts.
278 men are still in CECOT prison without a trial, sentence, or any form of due process.
Here's one of their stories. Dad is in CECOT. Mom, deported to Venezuela. Their beautiful toddler, in foster care in the US, whereabouts unknown.
278 men are still in CECOT prison without a trial, sentence, or any form of due process.
Here's one of their stories. Dad is in CECOT. Mom, deported to Venezuela. Their beautiful toddler, in foster care in the US, whereabouts unknown.
A Mother and Father Were Deported Under Trump. But What Happened to Their Daughter? (Gift Article)
The Trump administration sent the mother of a 2-year-old to Venezuela and the father to a Salvadoran prison. Their daughter remains somewhere in the United States.
www.nytimes.com
April 29, 2025 at 8:15 PM
this so unbelievably awful
i can't imagine what those parents are going through
i can't imagine what those parents are going through
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“He and his party have never run anything – a local council, a parish council. He’s spent a lifetime doing what he accuses others of doing, which is riding the political gravy train”
Farage will take your votes and then take the piss. Don’t give him that chance.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage will take your votes and then take the piss. Don’t give him that chance.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage is a political fraud ‘cosplaying’ as working-class champion, TUC chief says
Exclusive: Paul Nowak acknowledges voters’ frustrations but says Reform UK hasn’t got the answers, and urges Keir Starmer to resist any move to the right
www.theguardian.com
April 27, 2025 at 7:39 AM
“He and his party have never run anything – a local council, a parish council. He’s spent a lifetime doing what he accuses others of doing, which is riding the political gravy train”
Farage will take your votes and then take the piss. Don’t give him that chance.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage will take your votes and then take the piss. Don’t give him that chance.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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A new youth mobility scheme with the EU would give our young people the opportunity to develop vital skills, experiences and friendships across Europe.
I’ll keep pushing for more opportunities like this for Londoners.
I’ll keep pushing for more opportunities like this for Londoners.
EU may accept 12-month work visas for ‘youth experience’ scheme with UK
Exclusive: Post-Brexit plan would allow British and European 18- to 30-year-olds to travel and work freely
www.theguardian.com
April 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
A new youth mobility scheme with the EU would give our young people the opportunity to develop vital skills, experiences and friendships across Europe.
I’ll keep pushing for more opportunities like this for Londoners.
I’ll keep pushing for more opportunities like this for Londoners.
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Water firms have been routinely breaking the law for years now.
Mark our words: not a single water company boss will go to prison under these new laws.
Mark our words: not a single water company boss will go to prison under these new laws.
April 25, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Water firms have been routinely breaking the law for years now.
Mark our words: not a single water company boss will go to prison under these new laws.
Mark our words: not a single water company boss will go to prison under these new laws.
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This little performance from Tory, Andrew Griffith, is politics at its most loathsome. The insinuations, the sly little dog-whistles he blows while trying to appear oh so reasonable, the sheer bad faith of his ‘arguments’…
Ugh.
If you go into politics to behave - and lie - like this, shame on you.
Ugh.
If you go into politics to behave - and lie - like this, shame on you.
Shadow Trade Sec, Andrew Griffith, underlines need to "have honest conversations about immigration", then in the next breath dishonestly labels youth mobility as "freedom of movement" that may "tip hundreds of thousands" into the UK. Before accepting we have exactly such a scheme with Australia.🤔~AA
April 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This little performance from Tory, Andrew Griffith, is politics at its most loathsome. The insinuations, the sly little dog-whistles he blows while trying to appear oh so reasonable, the sheer bad faith of his ‘arguments’…
Ugh.
If you go into politics to behave - and lie - like this, shame on you.
Ugh.
If you go into politics to behave - and lie - like this, shame on you.
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Rachel Reeves says Britain’s trade ties with EU ‘even more important’ than US
https://www.ft.com/content/7a5ae30b-5e46-43e4-8a26-bdd35e71362c
https://www.ft.com/content/7a5ae30b-5e46-43e4-8a26-bdd35e71362c
Rachel Reeves says Britain’s trade ties with EU ‘even more important’ than US
Chancellor’s comments comes as UK balances trade talks with both regions
www.ft.com
April 25, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Rachel Reeves says Britain’s trade ties with EU ‘even more important’ than US
https://www.ft.com/content/7a5ae30b-5e46-43e4-8a26-bdd35e71362c
https://www.ft.com/content/7a5ae30b-5e46-43e4-8a26-bdd35e71362c
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(1/4) It was America and Britain that guaranteed the sovereignty of Ukraine and its borders in return for persuading them to give up their nuclear weapons.
April 25, 2025 at 7:28 AM
(1/4) It was America and Britain that guaranteed the sovereignty of Ukraine and its borders in return for persuading them to give up their nuclear weapons.
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About time!
BBC News - Rachel Reeves suggests UK trade with EU more important than US - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Rachel Reeves suggests UK trade with EU more important than US - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Rachel Reeves suggests UK trade with EU more important than US
The chancellor indicates that moving closer to the EU on trade is a bigger priority than the US.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 25, 2025 at 1:39 PM
About time!
BBC News - Rachel Reeves suggests UK trade with EU more important than US - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Rachel Reeves suggests UK trade with EU more important than US - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Two German tourists went on holiday to Hawaii for 3 weeks.
But they never left the airport. They were arrested, interrogated for 7.5 hours, accused of intending to work illegally with zero proof.
They were held in prison for 3 days then deported.
DO NOT TRAVEL TO THE USA.
But they never left the airport. They were arrested, interrogated for 7.5 hours, accused of intending to work illegally with zero proof.
They were held in prison for 3 days then deported.
DO NOT TRAVEL TO THE USA.
April 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Two German tourists went on holiday to Hawaii for 3 weeks.
But they never left the airport. They were arrested, interrogated for 7.5 hours, accused of intending to work illegally with zero proof.
They were held in prison for 3 days then deported.
DO NOT TRAVEL TO THE USA.
But they never left the airport. They were arrested, interrogated for 7.5 hours, accused of intending to work illegally with zero proof.
They were held in prison for 3 days then deported.
DO NOT TRAVEL TO THE USA.
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TRUMP WILL CRASH AND BURN AND HOW STUPID WE’LL LOOK WHEN HE DOES!
Bullied into a crap trade deal and a farcical state visit, all the work of our numpty, brown-nosing prime minister who will leave us high and dry, sidelined, sinking and still wearing the Brexit ball and chain.
Bullied into a crap trade deal and a farcical state visit, all the work of our numpty, brown-nosing prime minister who will leave us high and dry, sidelined, sinking and still wearing the Brexit ball and chain.
April 21, 2025 at 7:27 AM
TRUMP WILL CRASH AND BURN AND HOW STUPID WE’LL LOOK WHEN HE DOES!
Bullied into a crap trade deal and a farcical state visit, all the work of our numpty, brown-nosing prime minister who will leave us high and dry, sidelined, sinking and still wearing the Brexit ball and chain.
Bullied into a crap trade deal and a farcical state visit, all the work of our numpty, brown-nosing prime minister who will leave us high and dry, sidelined, sinking and still wearing the Brexit ball and chain.
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👋 On @LBC 7-10am.
Should Trump be allowed to address parliament when he visits? A growing number of lords and MPs say no!
And following an extraordinary investigation into trophy hunting - why hasn’t the government got on with banning grotesque imports?
Should Trump be allowed to address parliament when he visits? A growing number of lords and MPs say no!
And following an extraordinary investigation into trophy hunting - why hasn’t the government got on with banning grotesque imports?
April 21, 2025 at 7:18 AM
👋 On @LBC 7-10am.
Should Trump be allowed to address parliament when he visits? A growing number of lords and MPs say no!
And following an extraordinary investigation into trophy hunting - why hasn’t the government got on with banning grotesque imports?
Should Trump be allowed to address parliament when he visits? A growing number of lords and MPs say no!
And following an extraordinary investigation into trophy hunting - why hasn’t the government got on with banning grotesque imports?
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Legislators for Hire.
236 UK MPs declared some outside earnings.
Is £93,904+exp not enough?
Some spend a day a week on second jobs. Nigel Farage the worst culprit.
MPs hired to serve their paymasters - access to policymakers, govt contracts.
End political corruption. No second jobs for MPs.
236 UK MPs declared some outside earnings.
Is £93,904+exp not enough?
Some spend a day a week on second jobs. Nigel Farage the worst culprit.
MPs hired to serve their paymasters - access to policymakers, govt contracts.
End political corruption. No second jobs for MPs.
Some British MPs spending equivalent of a day a week doing second jobs
Guardian analysis finds seven MPs have worked at least 300 hours since July in outside employment
www.theguardian.com
April 21, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Legislators for Hire.
236 UK MPs declared some outside earnings.
Is £93,904+exp not enough?
Some spend a day a week on second jobs. Nigel Farage the worst culprit.
MPs hired to serve their paymasters - access to policymakers, govt contracts.
End political corruption. No second jobs for MPs.
236 UK MPs declared some outside earnings.
Is £93,904+exp not enough?
Some spend a day a week on second jobs. Nigel Farage the worst culprit.
MPs hired to serve their paymasters - access to policymakers, govt contracts.
End political corruption. No second jobs for MPs.
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✅ The EU is our biggest, nearest and more reliable trade partner.
❌ Trump’s US is chaotic, unpredictable and hostile.
The UK government must urgently prioritise our relationship with the EU. Tell your MP to attend the debate 👇
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❌ Trump’s US is chaotic, unpredictable and hostile.
The UK government must urgently prioritise our relationship with the EU. Tell your MP to attend the debate 👇
buff.ly/8YL2HFx
Hey MP! 🙋 from Best for Britain
Reach out to your MP quickly and easily.
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April 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
✅ The EU is our biggest, nearest and more reliable trade partner.
❌ Trump’s US is chaotic, unpredictable and hostile.
The UK government must urgently prioritise our relationship with the EU. Tell your MP to attend the debate 👇
buff.ly/8YL2HFx
❌ Trump’s US is chaotic, unpredictable and hostile.
The UK government must urgently prioritise our relationship with the EU. Tell your MP to attend the debate 👇
buff.ly/8YL2HFx
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Bert Jenrick is the politician of the future: no consistency, any methods, will say absolutely anything because he knows that in the modern information environment he will get away with it.
Robert Jenrick also sent no - (0) - tweets commemorating “the beginning of Holy Week”
April 20, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Bert Jenrick is the politician of the future: no consistency, any methods, will say absolutely anything because he knows that in the modern information environment he will get away with it.
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I can’t believe the UK is considering this.
But then again, Brexit happened.
But then again, Brexit happened.
Rural communities could be destroyed if UK signs US trade deal, says former food tsar
Rural communities could be destroyed if UK signs US trade deal, says former food tsar
Exclusive: Henry Dimbleby joins farmers in voicing fears of lower standards and a poor deal for British food producers
www.theguardian.com
April 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I can’t believe the UK is considering this.
But then again, Brexit happened.
But then again, Brexit happened.
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57% of Britons would rather have the EU as a close trading partner than the US, amid suggestion that closer alignment with Europe could endanger a trade deal with the US
EU: 57% (+4 from 21 Jan)
US: 16% (-5)
yougov.co.uk/topics/econo...
EU: 57% (+4 from 21 Jan)
US: 16% (-5)
yougov.co.uk/topics/econo...
April 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
57% of Britons would rather have the EU as a close trading partner than the US, amid suggestion that closer alignment with Europe could endanger a trade deal with the US
EU: 57% (+4 from 21 Jan)
US: 16% (-5)
yougov.co.uk/topics/econo...
EU: 57% (+4 from 21 Jan)
US: 16% (-5)
yougov.co.uk/topics/econo...
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“Trump’s shortlived tariffs make little economic sense: they are not designed as economic policy but as a means to compel loyalty to the president.”
And not just corporate loyalty… he wants fawning subservience from nation states too.
How foolish and ruinous it would be to agree.
on.ft.com/3Rmq2he
And not just corporate loyalty… he wants fawning subservience from nation states too.
How foolish and ruinous it would be to agree.
on.ft.com/3Rmq2he
Trump’s tariff policy has nothing to do with trade
The president is using economic warfare to compel corporate loyalty
on.ft.com
April 17, 2025 at 5:23 AM
“Trump’s shortlived tariffs make little economic sense: they are not designed as economic policy but as a means to compel loyalty to the president.”
And not just corporate loyalty… he wants fawning subservience from nation states too.
How foolish and ruinous it would be to agree.
on.ft.com/3Rmq2he
And not just corporate loyalty… he wants fawning subservience from nation states too.
How foolish and ruinous it would be to agree.
on.ft.com/3Rmq2he
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This new Murakami novel sounds lit.
Why would you move your manufacturing to America when next week the tariffs might half, or disappear, or double, or grow wings and fly, or be turned into a goblin, or become an emotion, or
April 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
This new Murakami novel sounds lit.
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Just over a week ago Nigel Farage was proposing we accept chlorinated chicken to get a US trade deal.
(What happened to dressing up in a Barbour standing next to tractors?)
Yesterday morning he was touting Brexit as the reason the UK had a 10% tariff.... and by end-of-day the EU was also on...10%.
(What happened to dressing up in a Barbour standing next to tractors?)
Yesterday morning he was touting Brexit as the reason the UK had a 10% tariff.... and by end-of-day the EU was also on...10%.
April 10, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Just over a week ago Nigel Farage was proposing we accept chlorinated chicken to get a US trade deal.
(What happened to dressing up in a Barbour standing next to tractors?)
Yesterday morning he was touting Brexit as the reason the UK had a 10% tariff.... and by end-of-day the EU was also on...10%.
(What happened to dressing up in a Barbour standing next to tractors?)
Yesterday morning he was touting Brexit as the reason the UK had a 10% tariff.... and by end-of-day the EU was also on...10%.
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why is *every* newspaper/programme running with the headline "tariffs are paused" when they haven't been.
What's happened is that every country (except China) gets a flat rate of 10% for 90 days.
What's happened is that every country (except China) gets a flat rate of 10% for 90 days.
April 10, 2025 at 9:21 AM
why is *every* newspaper/programme running with the headline "tariffs are paused" when they haven't been.
What's happened is that every country (except China) gets a flat rate of 10% for 90 days.
What's happened is that every country (except China) gets a flat rate of 10% for 90 days.
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Would very much like “heading off the threat of Reform/Farage” to STOP being the way government decides on policy. It’s done nothing but profound harm since 2016 and Farage is still going strong. It doesn’t work for anyone, except him.
on.ft.com/42eewsY
on.ft.com/42eewsY
April 9, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Would very much like “heading off the threat of Reform/Farage” to STOP being the way government decides on policy. It’s done nothing but profound harm since 2016 and Farage is still going strong. It doesn’t work for anyone, except him.
on.ft.com/42eewsY
on.ft.com/42eewsY
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Just the most startling collapse in basic intellectual standards. He literally campaigned on tariffs you mad obsolete bastard. You didn't need to deploy any sophisticated political analysis, just listen with your human ears.
Of course, not all of them felt this way. Niall Ferguson, for example, projected a serene confidence that I found somewhat shocking
April 9, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Just the most startling collapse in basic intellectual standards. He literally campaigned on tariffs you mad obsolete bastard. You didn't need to deploy any sophisticated political analysis, just listen with your human ears.
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In the midst of Trump's global trade war, we need to turn to our nearest, biggest and more reliable trade partners - the EU.
The UK-EU summit in May is an important opportunity for Starmer to strike a common sense deal with Europe.
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The UK-EU summit in May is an important opportunity for Starmer to strike a common sense deal with Europe.
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Trump’s Tariffs Put UK Back on Course for EU Reset Deal in May
The UK and European Union are optimistic about striking a deal to reset post-Brexit relations at a summit in May, as President Donald Trump’s tariffs and policy on the Russia-Ukraine war spur calls…
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April 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
In the midst of Trump's global trade war, we need to turn to our nearest, biggest and more reliable trade partners - the EU.
The UK-EU summit in May is an important opportunity for Starmer to strike a common sense deal with Europe.
buff.ly/KsiOLg1
The UK-EU summit in May is an important opportunity for Starmer to strike a common sense deal with Europe.
buff.ly/KsiOLg1