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BREAKING: Ed Davey’s response to Keir Starmer’s statement
January 3, 2026 at 9:22 PM
BREAKING: Ed Davey’s response to Keir Starmer’s statement
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If Xi Jinping invaded Taiwan right now, and toppled the president there, on what grounds would the United States object? Or have any credibility to say anything?
January 3, 2026 at 1:13 PM
If Xi Jinping invaded Taiwan right now, and toppled the president there, on what grounds would the United States object? Or have any credibility to say anything?
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January 3, 2026 at 11:05 PM
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I wrote this only last week, after saying that Trump seems about to wage war on Venezuela. It seems pretty relevant to what transpired today.
UK and Europe *must* reduce our dependence on America and its technologies as rapidly as we can.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/personal-r...
UK and Europe *must* reduce our dependence on America and its technologies as rapidly as we can.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/personal-r...
January 3, 2026 at 10:42 PM
I wrote this only last week, after saying that Trump seems about to wage war on Venezuela. It seems pretty relevant to what transpired today.
UK and Europe *must* reduce our dependence on America and its technologies as rapidly as we can.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/personal-r...
UK and Europe *must* reduce our dependence on America and its technologies as rapidly as we can.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/personal-r...
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Major airport suspends
'disaster' post-Brexit checks as Britons face six-hour delays
Travellers report 'horrific' queues due to EES checks in Spain, with Portugal postponing the system after severe delays at Lisbon
inews.co.uk/news/airport...
'disaster' post-Brexit checks as Britons face six-hour delays
Travellers report 'horrific' queues due to EES checks in Spain, with Portugal postponing the system after severe delays at Lisbon
inews.co.uk/news/airport...
Major airport suspends ‘disaster’ post-Brexit checks as Britons face six-hour delays
Travellers report ‘horrific’ queues due to EES checks in Spain, with Portugal postponing the system after severe delays at Lisbon
inews.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 7:44 AM
Major airport suspends
'disaster' post-Brexit checks as Britons face six-hour delays
Travellers report 'horrific' queues due to EES checks in Spain, with Portugal postponing the system after severe delays at Lisbon
inews.co.uk/news/airport...
'disaster' post-Brexit checks as Britons face six-hour delays
Travellers report 'horrific' queues due to EES checks in Spain, with Portugal postponing the system after severe delays at Lisbon
inews.co.uk/news/airport...
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It's New Year, so time to look back and forward. These are 10 things I think we need to recognise in 2026. It’s a response to what I think are profoundly damaging mistaken assumptions I’ve heard and read from practitioners, journalists, and analysts in 2025. Warning: very long🧵
January 1, 2026 at 4:55 PM
It's New Year, so time to look back and forward. These are 10 things I think we need to recognise in 2026. It’s a response to what I think are profoundly damaging mistaken assumptions I’ve heard and read from practitioners, journalists, and analysts in 2025. Warning: very long🧵
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I'd like to think 2026 is the year populism falls apart in both Britain and America.
Over here, there are early signs that the process of populist radicalisation (and ever greater stupidity) is becoming too much for some of them and lines are being drawn.
Over here, there are early signs that the process of populist radicalisation (and ever greater stupidity) is becoming too much for some of them and lines are being drawn.
January 1, 2026 at 8:50 AM
I'd like to think 2026 is the year populism falls apart in both Britain and America.
Over here, there are early signs that the process of populist radicalisation (and ever greater stupidity) is becoming too much for some of them and lines are being drawn.
Over here, there are early signs that the process of populist radicalisation (and ever greater stupidity) is becoming too much for some of them and lines are being drawn.
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The Conservative Party is simultaneously arguing people shouldn’t be jailed for social media posts directly calling for violence, but also that people’s citizenship should be revoked over social media posts they don’t like.
Make it make sense.
Make it make sense.
December 29, 2025 at 11:09 AM
The Conservative Party is simultaneously arguing people shouldn’t be jailed for social media posts directly calling for violence, but also that people’s citizenship should be revoked over social media posts they don’t like.
Make it make sense.
Make it make sense.
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🎅 Reducing social contact at Christmas isn’t easy - and for most, it certainly isn't a choice people make lightly.
Flu can be serious for vulnerable groups.
So *please* don’t bring any extra “🎁” this Christmas:
IF YOU ARE UNWELL, STAY AT 🏠
Flu can be serious for vulnerable groups.
So *please* don’t bring any extra “🎁” this Christmas:
IF YOU ARE UNWELL, STAY AT 🏠
December 24, 2025 at 10:31 AM
🎅 Reducing social contact at Christmas isn’t easy - and for most, it certainly isn't a choice people make lightly.
Flu can be serious for vulnerable groups.
So *please* don’t bring any extra “🎁” this Christmas:
IF YOU ARE UNWELL, STAY AT 🏠
Flu can be serious for vulnerable groups.
So *please* don’t bring any extra “🎁” this Christmas:
IF YOU ARE UNWELL, STAY AT 🏠
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Fantastic news that the UK is rejoining Erasmus, opening opportunities for students up and down the country.
The Tory Brexit deal shut doors for young people - this Labour Gov't is fixing their mess and rebuilding our relationship with our allies.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The Tory Brexit deal shut doors for young people - this Labour Gov't is fixing their mess and rebuilding our relationship with our allies.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK will rejoin Erasmus student scheme in 2027
The UK left in December 2020 as part of the post-Brexit trade deal with the EU negotiated by Boris Johnson.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Fantastic news that the UK is rejoining Erasmus, opening opportunities for students up and down the country.
The Tory Brexit deal shut doors for young people - this Labour Gov't is fixing their mess and rebuilding our relationship with our allies.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The Tory Brexit deal shut doors for young people - this Labour Gov't is fixing their mess and rebuilding our relationship with our allies.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Worryingly, Covid infection levels in England have risen significantly in the last week. We are once again advising strict precautions against catching Covid in all but the lowest risk venues. (1/2)
buds.org.uk/covid-19-ris...
buds.org.uk/covid-19-ris...
Covid-19 Risk Assessment: Week Ending 14 December 2025
The BuDS Covid-19 Risk Assessment for the week ending 14 December 2025
buds.org.uk
December 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Worryingly, Covid infection levels in England have risen significantly in the last week. We are once again advising strict precautions against catching Covid in all but the lowest risk venues. (1/2)
buds.org.uk/covid-19-ris...
buds.org.uk/covid-19-ris...
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⚠️NEW research:
Among pregnant people infected with Covid-19 (Delta & Omicron), vaccination was linked to:
📉 ~60% lower hospitalisations
📉 ~90% lower ICU
📉 Preterm birth risk was also lower
1/
Among pregnant people infected with Covid-19 (Delta & Omicron), vaccination was linked to:
📉 ~60% lower hospitalisations
📉 ~90% lower ICU
📉 Preterm birth risk was also lower
1/
🚨 Vaccination groups remain unchanged for Covid-19.
The JCVI have, again, failed to recommend that all Clinically Vulnerable people should be protected from the constantly evolving virus.
This goes against unchanged WHO 2024 guidance (see image).
1/
The JCVI have, again, failed to recommend that all Clinically Vulnerable people should be protected from the constantly evolving virus.
This goes against unchanged WHO 2024 guidance (see image).
1/
December 15, 2025 at 10:49 PM
⚠️NEW research:
Among pregnant people infected with Covid-19 (Delta & Omicron), vaccination was linked to:
📉 ~60% lower hospitalisations
📉 ~90% lower ICU
📉 Preterm birth risk was also lower
1/
Among pregnant people infected with Covid-19 (Delta & Omicron), vaccination was linked to:
📉 ~60% lower hospitalisations
📉 ~90% lower ICU
📉 Preterm birth risk was also lower
1/
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Incidentally, the Bible is very much anti performative prayer... oh and is quite big on the "Love your neighbour as yourself" thing. But hey who cares when you've got social media to post
December 13, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Incidentally, the Bible is very much anti performative prayer... oh and is quite big on the "Love your neighbour as yourself" thing. But hey who cares when you've got social media to post
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So, to those who say "masks don't work", cite the flawed Cochrane report, insist upon an unfeasible RCT, accuse folks of panic, and undermine public health on social and mainstream media during a flu/RSV epidemic...
1. Seasonal viruses may be "normal", but they do immense harm.
1. Seasonal viruses may be "normal", but they do immense harm.
December 12, 2025 at 11:07 AM
So, to those who say "masks don't work", cite the flawed Cochrane report, insist upon an unfeasible RCT, accuse folks of panic, and undermine public health on social and mainstream media during a flu/RSV epidemic...
1. Seasonal viruses may be "normal", but they do immense harm.
1. Seasonal viruses may be "normal", but they do immense harm.
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OUTRAGED minority still can’t cope with the idea that Brexit was tried, tested… and failed. 🤦♂️
📊 Polling:
• 5 million Leave voters passed
• Youth voters back Rejoin
• 1/3 of Leave now wants back in
🇬🇧❤️🇪🇺Britain is pro-EU.
❌ The only people still keeping Brexit alive are the ones making money off it.
📊 Polling:
• 5 million Leave voters passed
• Youth voters back Rejoin
• 1/3 of Leave now wants back in
🇬🇧❤️🇪🇺Britain is pro-EU.
❌ The only people still keeping Brexit alive are the ones making money off it.
December 11, 2025 at 6:45 AM
OUTRAGED minority still can’t cope with the idea that Brexit was tried, tested… and failed. 🤦♂️
📊 Polling:
• 5 million Leave voters passed
• Youth voters back Rejoin
• 1/3 of Leave now wants back in
🇬🇧❤️🇪🇺Britain is pro-EU.
❌ The only people still keeping Brexit alive are the ones making money off it.
📊 Polling:
• 5 million Leave voters passed
• Youth voters back Rejoin
• 1/3 of Leave now wants back in
🇬🇧❤️🇪🇺Britain is pro-EU.
❌ The only people still keeping Brexit alive are the ones making money off it.
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With influenza surging in the UK and Ireland, the fact is that the culture war nonsense surrounding masks combined with the lack of airborne mitigations in hospitals (itself a result of the political and social erasure of Covid) will lead to deaths that could have been avoided.
December 11, 2025 at 11:41 AM
With influenza surging in the UK and Ireland, the fact is that the culture war nonsense surrounding masks combined with the lack of airborne mitigations in hospitals (itself a result of the political and social erasure of Covid) will lead to deaths that could have been avoided.
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OK, I get it that the UK government doesn't like telling people what to do, but if you ask people to "consider" wearing masks if ill, maybe you need to offer a bit more guidance on what factors to think about? Recall "stay alert" during the pandemic, which left everyone confused.
December 11, 2025 at 11:56 AM
OK, I get it that the UK government doesn't like telling people what to do, but if you ask people to "consider" wearing masks if ill, maybe you need to offer a bit more guidance on what factors to think about? Recall "stay alert" during the pandemic, which left everyone confused.
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How many times do we need to point this out?
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right
Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:56 AM
How many times do we need to point this out?
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
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Should you wear a mask if you've got symptomatic flu? YES. If you wear it at home *from the onset of your symptoms*, your family members are much less likely to catch flu from you (but you must avoid unmasked co-sleeping and eating around same table - have your meals alone). 1/
December 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Should you wear a mask if you've got symptomatic flu? YES. If you wear it at home *from the onset of your symptoms*, your family members are much less likely to catch flu from you (but you must avoid unmasked co-sleeping and eating around same table - have your meals alone). 1/
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Thirteen Labour MPs have backed a Liberal Democrat bill requiring the government to begin negotiations on joining a bespoke customs union with the EU
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Thirteen Labour MPs vote for talks on joining EU customs union
One hundred MPs voted for and 100 against the Liberal Democrats' bill, which would require the UK to begin talks with the EU for a new customs union.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Thirteen Labour MPs have backed a Liberal Democrat bill requiring the government to begin negotiations on joining a bespoke customs union with the EU
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Musk and Trump hate the EU for the same reasons Farage and Putin hate it. It stands for civil rights, the rule of law, and regulation of oligarchs
December 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Musk and Trump hate the EU for the same reasons Farage and Putin hate it. It stands for civil rights, the rule of law, and regulation of oligarchs
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More good news about Covid this week, as infection levels in England fall slightly. For the first time since 2021, we have lowered the risk level to Moderate, as around 1 in every 499 people in England were infected as of 30 November.
buds.org.uk/covid-19-ris...
buds.org.uk/covid-19-ris...
Covid-19 Risk Assessment: Week Ending 30 November 2025
The BuDS Covid-19 Risk Assessment for the week ending 30 November 2025
buds.org.uk
December 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
More good news about Covid this week, as infection levels in England fall slightly. For the first time since 2021, we have lowered the risk level to Moderate, as around 1 in every 499 people in England were infected as of 30 November.
buds.org.uk/covid-19-ris...
buds.org.uk/covid-19-ris...
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“I felt like I lived a double life. How could this sick side of me be so central, so enormous, yet so unseen by those who knew and loved me?”please read this beautiful essay in @thesicktimes.org: thesicktimes.org/2025/11/28/y...
You know someone with Long COVID. They need you to ask about it genuinely. - The Sick Times
If community-building is a bulwark against autocracy, then asking after one another might be a good place to start.
thesicktimes.org
November 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
“I felt like I lived a double life. How could this sick side of me be so central, so enormous, yet so unseen by those who knew and loved me?”please read this beautiful essay in @thesicktimes.org: thesicktimes.org/2025/11/28/y...
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"Why is it that the media wants to convince the electorate of Reform’s apparent impending outright success? Perhaps when we examine who owns these media and social media outlets, whether it be Rupert Murdoch or the tech billionaires, we begin to understand the motivation."
#Democracy
#Scotland🏴
#Democracy
#Scotland🏴
Not being surprised – inaction is our enemies’ lifeline
A sense of outrage, déjà vu and exasperation at the state of the present – the comment “I’m not surprised” is not relevant, the question should be, what to do?
bylines.scot
November 29, 2025 at 10:08 AM
"Why is it that the media wants to convince the electorate of Reform’s apparent impending outright success? Perhaps when we examine who owns these media and social media outlets, whether it be Rupert Murdoch or the tech billionaires, we begin to understand the motivation."
#Democracy
#Scotland🏴
#Democracy
#Scotland🏴