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Left: Yvette Cooper saying something about small boats Right: Yvette Cooper's legacy is a policy which saw the daughter of a Holocaust survivor arrested a couple of days ago, "This is not what my parents died for.. I'm glad they didn't live to see this"
The picture on the front of Reform's policy is of HMS Ocean on the River Thames in 2012. It was sold by to the Brazilian navy in 2018. Turns out you can judge a book by its cover.
It says a lot about a politician when 20% of people would rather vote for a bin.
If women wore smart glasses, they'd be banned. (soigomaa/x) Think about it. If millions of women wore smart glasses, recording men's behaviour, conversations, comments, their driving & bar chats ... can you imagine the panic? Trust me, smart glasses would be regulated before you can say 'Meta'.
When Uber Eats and DoorDash hid the tip button, delivery workers paid the price. Tips fell by 79%. In January, we changed that. Since then, more than $104 million has gone back into the pockets of the delivery workers who keep New York City fed.
#Breaking: More than 1,000 lawyers, judges, prosecutors, administrative & corporate lawyers have signed an open letter to the government & parliament demanding they start proceedings to ban the AfD. #Germany 1/2
BBC News reporting on concerns about food security and water security We can all see the food and water crisis unfolding, why isn't our government doing everything possible to protect these two precious resources, our food and water supply?
Andy Burnham correctly points out in an interview that small boat crossings are massively down this year compared with last. The comments in the post are filled with people suggesting he is lying about this very clear, data-evidenced fact. It’s almost as though they don’t want it to he true…
Sorry but unless you, as a media outlet, have managed to get someone from the Navy (probably a former sailor because those currently serving maybe disbarred from commenting) to explain that this is extremely unlikely to happen for legal reasons, then, arguably, you haven't really done your job.
Politics latest: Reform wants to use Navy to stop small boats after Burnham vows to be 'relentless' in tackling crossingsReform UK says a Nigel Farage-led government would send the Royal Navy into the Channel to intercept all migrant boats - and is accused by Labour of "reheating" old proposals. Follow the latest.news.sky.com
Vance, Farage and Weidel posted fear-mongering messages about a Spanish migrant crisis that weren't true. They haven't retracted them. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The Far Right Is Distorting CeutaWe’ve seen this before.www.theatlantic.com
The Times continues its descent with this utterly deranged racist rant from Camilla Long archive.ph/gqpNx
We have been saying for many years that the only way to fix care is by all of the main parties agreeing on the same plan. We have a responsibility to work together and a real opportunity to fix it.
Is this the moment we can finally fix social care? For the sake of millions of carers and our loved ones who need care, I will do everything I can to make it happen. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Ed Davey: How to fix social care without raising taxesThe Lib Dem leader, who’s spent years caring for family, says the private sector should not be cut outwww.thetimes.com
Far Right and Far Far Right pact incoming.
Rupert Lowe offers to find ‘common way forward’ with Reform UKComments by Restore Britain founder come as Nigel Farage’s party slips in polls and faces scrutiny over its financeswww.ft.comFarage has just released a video begging Reform supporters to come to Clacton to help him win his unnecessary by-election. All going well in the Battle with the Bin then.
The funniest - and least discussed - aspect of this is that Farage, having reportedly told RefUK he'd only lead them if compensated for the £1m a year income he had outside politics, pocketed their five million, then kept earning from outside interests at the same rate anyway. He scammed even them.
Alex AndreouImportant, because Farage's defence for not declaring Harborne's £5m 'gift' has always been very specific: he did not decide to stand until 3rd of June. Turns out this deal was struck mid-May (confirmed by RefUK) and facilitated by Farage's other big donor, convicted felon 'Posh' George Cotrell. 🧐
This article is worth re-tweeting just for the headline alone: www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Donald Trump's erratic week as his polls plummet and he screws Ukraine overThis week, among other things, Trump has failed to get his Attorney General pick confirmed, done his best not to get drawn into Gianni Infantino's nonsense and blamed a cyberattack that almost everyon...www.mirror.co.uk