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I've been a member of the lobby for well over a decade. Not a single one of my lobby colleagues has said a word about the Conservatives banning me from their conferences, without any explanation.
Contrast with the US where even Fox News stood in solidarity when Trump banned news outlets he disliked
Contrast with the US where even Fox News stood in solidarity when Trump banned news outlets he disliked
Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Block Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
bylinetimes.com
October 1, 2026 at 10:39 AM
I've been a member of the lobby for well over a decade. Not a single one of my lobby colleagues has said a word about the Conservatives banning me from their conferences, without any explanation.
Contrast with the US where even Fox News stood in solidarity when Trump banned news outlets he disliked
Contrast with the US where even Fox News stood in solidarity when Trump banned news outlets he disliked
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Excellent work Canada.
Visitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year.
“We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.”
www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
“We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.”
www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
October 1, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Excellent work Canada.
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September 30, 2026 at 5:15 PM
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A country that will not fix its mistakes is a country that has given up on the future. And Brexit was, it’s now clear, a terrible, terrible mistake inews.co.uk/opinion/brex...
September 30, 2026 at 1:35 PM
A country that will not fix its mistakes is a country that has given up on the future. And Brexit was, it’s now clear, a terrible, terrible mistake inews.co.uk/opinion/brex...
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This is promising.
The UK could go "all the way" towards rejoining the EU, Burnham tells the BBC.
🚨 EU membership is the only option that delivers £92 billion of growth. The government needs to take us back to where we belong: at the heart of Europe.
The UK could go "all the way" towards rejoining the EU, Burnham tells the BBC.
🚨 EU membership is the only option that delivers £92 billion of growth. The government needs to take us back to where we belong: at the heart of Europe.
September 30, 2026 at 7:20 AM
This is promising.
The UK could go "all the way" towards rejoining the EU, Burnham tells the BBC.
🚨 EU membership is the only option that delivers £92 billion of growth. The government needs to take us back to where we belong: at the heart of Europe.
The UK could go "all the way" towards rejoining the EU, Burnham tells the BBC.
🚨 EU membership is the only option that delivers £92 billion of growth. The government needs to take us back to where we belong: at the heart of Europe.
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This is testament to No.10's frankly astonishing degree of political competence. A policy which was branded electoral suicide 48 hours ago now showing signs of robust popularity.
Support outnumbers opposition in every age group, including those most affected:
-> 55-64: 61% support, 16% oppose
-> 65+: 55% support, 27% oppose
8/9
-> 55-64: 61% support, 16% oppose
-> 65+: 55% support, 27% oppose
8/9
September 30, 2026 at 9:19 AM
This is testament to No.10's frankly astonishing degree of political competence. A policy which was branded electoral suicide 48 hours ago now showing signs of robust popularity.
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There was a chance here to look more grown up and it is entirely unsurprising that Badenoch did not take it.
September 30, 2026 at 8:36 AM
There was a chance here to look more grown up and it is entirely unsurprising that Badenoch did not take it.
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🧵 As front-page headlines go, this has to be one of the most misleading I've seen in a long time
It's an out-and-out lie
But notice the trick they use to get away with it...👀
*They're* not lying - they're just quoting someone else who is👍🏻
In this case, the leader of the opposition🙄
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It's an out-and-out lie
But notice the trick they use to get away with it...👀
*They're* not lying - they're just quoting someone else who is👍🏻
In this case, the leader of the opposition🙄
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September 25, 2026 at 1:57 PM
🧵 As front-page headlines go, this has to be one of the most misleading I've seen in a long time
It's an out-and-out lie
But notice the trick they use to get away with it...👀
*They're* not lying - they're just quoting someone else who is👍🏻
In this case, the leader of the opposition🙄
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It's an out-and-out lie
But notice the trick they use to get away with it...👀
*They're* not lying - they're just quoting someone else who is👍🏻
In this case, the leader of the opposition🙄
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Burnham speech: An astonishing moment of radicalism and commitment iandunt.substack.com/p/burnham-sp...
Burnham speech: An astonishing moment of radicalism and commitment
It’s easy to be cynical, but it would be false. Something extraordinary is happening here.
iandunt.substack.com
September 29, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Burnham speech: An astonishing moment of radicalism and commitment iandunt.substack.com/p/burnham-sp...
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These anonymous MPs saying it's 'electoral suicide' to tinker with the triple lock. Exactly the type who got us into this mess: unwilling to lead, unwilling to recognise reality for fear of offending voters, unwilling to solve long-term problems if it presents the slightest short-term risk.
September 29, 2026 at 8:53 AM
These anonymous MPs saying it's 'electoral suicide' to tinker with the triple lock. Exactly the type who got us into this mess: unwilling to lead, unwilling to recognise reality for fear of offending voters, unwilling to solve long-term problems if it presents the slightest short-term risk.
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Against the backdrop of an increasingly tense geopolitical landscape, a dangerous Putin and antagonistic Trump, the foreign secretary knows all too well that the UK’s economic prosperity and national security lie with our allies in Europe, back where we belong as a fully-fledged member of the EU.
Miliband entirely right UK’s future lies back where we belong: Europe - Best for Britain
In the face of geopolitical unrest, EU membership is the only path to boost the UK's economic prosperity and ensure nati
bestforbritain.org
September 28, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Against the backdrop of an increasingly tense geopolitical landscape, a dangerous Putin and antagonistic Trump, the foreign secretary knows all too well that the UK’s economic prosperity and national security lie with our allies in Europe, back where we belong as a fully-fledged member of the EU.
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Our polling with YouGov shows that 99% of constituencies want to rejoin the EU.
And Labour promising to rejoin the EU could stop a Reform UK government.
Now is the time to talk about EU membership.
https://www.ft.com/content/a1614884-7c8c-4320-bf61-4eaaa8f6960b?syn-25a6b1a6=1
And Labour promising to rejoin the EU could stop a Reform UK government.
Now is the time to talk about EU membership.
https://www.ft.com/content/a1614884-7c8c-4320-bf61-4eaaa8f6960b?syn-25a6b1a6=1
September 28, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Our polling with YouGov shows that 99% of constituencies want to rejoin the EU.
And Labour promising to rejoin the EU could stop a Reform UK government.
Now is the time to talk about EU membership.
https://www.ft.com/content/a1614884-7c8c-4320-bf61-4eaaa8f6960b?syn-25a6b1a6=1
And Labour promising to rejoin the EU could stop a Reform UK government.
Now is the time to talk about EU membership.
https://www.ft.com/content/a1614884-7c8c-4320-bf61-4eaaa8f6960b?syn-25a6b1a6=1
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The Times - which has v much joined in the rightwing clamour to reduce immigration - now reporting that Mahmood’s “success” has cost the economy £4- to £7Bn.
Would they like to now honestly confirm that fewer people = less spending power for all.
There’s a high price to pay for this nasty obsession.
Would they like to now honestly confirm that fewer people = less spending power for all.
There’s a high price to pay for this nasty obsession.
September 28, 2026 at 6:10 AM
The Times - which has v much joined in the rightwing clamour to reduce immigration - now reporting that Mahmood’s “success” has cost the economy £4- to £7Bn.
Would they like to now honestly confirm that fewer people = less spending power for all.
There’s a high price to pay for this nasty obsession.
Would they like to now honestly confirm that fewer people = less spending power for all.
There’s a high price to pay for this nasty obsession.
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September 26, 2026 at 5:14 AM
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Lots of talk of growth ahead of the Budget, as if it were a baroque puzzle. Our problem is basic. It's that we no longer support the things which facilitate growth: Europe, immigration, higher education, tax simplification, policy stability. These are all choices and could stop making them anytime.
September 21, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Lots of talk of growth ahead of the Budget, as if it were a baroque puzzle. Our problem is basic. It's that we no longer support the things which facilitate growth: Europe, immigration, higher education, tax simplification, policy stability. These are all choices and could stop making them anytime.
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YouGov’s latest poll: 628 out of 632 constituencies in Britain want to rejoin the EU.
It couldn’t be clearer: It’s time to talk about EU membership.
Read more: https://bestforbritain.org/uk-membership-most-popular-eu-policy-in-all-uk-seats-bar-four-megapoll-finds/
It couldn’t be clearer: It’s time to talk about EU membership.
Read more: https://bestforbritain.org/uk-membership-most-popular-eu-policy-in-all-uk-seats-bar-four-megapoll-finds/
September 20, 2026 at 1:33 PM
YouGov’s latest poll: 628 out of 632 constituencies in Britain want to rejoin the EU.
It couldn’t be clearer: It’s time to talk about EU membership.
Read more: https://bestforbritain.org/uk-membership-most-popular-eu-policy-in-all-uk-seats-bar-four-megapoll-finds/
It couldn’t be clearer: It’s time to talk about EU membership.
Read more: https://bestforbritain.org/uk-membership-most-popular-eu-policy-in-all-uk-seats-bar-four-megapoll-finds/
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As former Labour minister Tom Watson joins Palantir, please read this devastating exposé by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @lucasamin.bsky.social of how the company, with Peter Mandelson's help, wormed its way into the UK government to sell its dire & dangerous products.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Peter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHS
A decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds...
www.lrb.co.uk
September 18, 2026 at 7:27 AM
As former Labour minister Tom Watson joins Palantir, please read this devastating exposé by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @lucasamin.bsky.social of how the company, with Peter Mandelson's help, wormed its way into the UK government to sell its dire & dangerous products.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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🔴 The £72million pound question - how worried are you about big money in British politics?
Democracy for Sale is running a survey to find out what the public thinks about money in politics - and what we should do about it
Please take it!! And share widely!! thx! 😀
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Democracy for Sale is running a survey to find out what the public thinks about money in politics - and what we should do about it
Please take it!! And share widely!! thx! 😀
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
How concerned are you about UK political funding? – A Democracy for Sale survey
We're Democracy for Sale, a newsletter covering dark money and influence in UK politics. We're trying to better understand our readers' and the wider public's opinions and concerns about political fun...
docs.google.com
September 15, 2026 at 9:56 AM
🔴 The £72million pound question - how worried are you about big money in British politics?
Democracy for Sale is running a survey to find out what the public thinks about money in politics - and what we should do about it
Please take it!! And share widely!! thx! 😀
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Democracy for Sale is running a survey to find out what the public thinks about money in politics - and what we should do about it
Please take it!! And share widely!! thx! 😀
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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One more time: Inheritance tax *is not unique or even uncommon* in being "double taxation". The coffee I just bought was paid for with wages on which income tax and NI had been levied, but was also subject to VAT. Just stop it.
September 15, 2026 at 8:42 AM
One more time: Inheritance tax *is not unique or even uncommon* in being "double taxation". The coffee I just bought was paid for with wages on which income tax and NI had been levied, but was also subject to VAT. Just stop it.
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You know who actually did show up at Ground Zero? Canadian emergency rescue crews.
September 8, 2026 at 11:12 PM
You know who actually did show up at Ground Zero? Canadian emergency rescue crews.
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“40,000 🇨🇦 Canadian Soldiers, 153 of whom died, fought with us after 911. They weren’t attacked. WE were attacked, but they sent their troops to go fight with us.”
The way the Felon has treated our Canadian friends, we are not worthy of their friendship. His actions are disgusting and disgraceful.
The way the Felon has treated our Canadian friends, we are not worthy of their friendship. His actions are disgusting and disgraceful.
September 8, 2026 at 12:41 PM
“40,000 🇨🇦 Canadian Soldiers, 153 of whom died, fought with us after 911. They weren’t attacked. WE were attacked, but they sent their troops to go fight with us.”
The way the Felon has treated our Canadian friends, we are not worthy of their friendship. His actions are disgusting and disgraceful.
The way the Felon has treated our Canadian friends, we are not worthy of their friendship. His actions are disgusting and disgraceful.
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The AfD and Reform immigration policies are almost identical. There is no plausible reason for considering one far right and the other not.
Watching BBC News and it's striking to hear the presenters repeatedly referring to the AfD as "far-right" whilst refusing to ever say the same about the hundreds of actual masked blackshirts currently swarming British ports
September 7, 2026 at 12:05 PM
The AfD and Reform immigration policies are almost identical. There is no plausible reason for considering one far right and the other not.
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Any politician calling to leave the ECHR is lying about what that will achieve.
It won’t solve any problem or improve our lives
It will make us worse off and remove our rights.
Just like Brexit.
The ECHR belongs to us all.
It’s not theirs to take.
Please sign
www.europeanmovement.co.uk/echr-petition
It won’t solve any problem or improve our lives
It will make us worse off and remove our rights.
Just like Brexit.
The ECHR belongs to us all.
It’s not theirs to take.
Please sign
www.europeanmovement.co.uk/echr-petition
Act now to protect the UK's place in the ECHR
Sign the European Movement UK's petition now if you agree: Britain must remain in the ECHR
www.europeanmovement.co.uk
September 6, 2026 at 7:04 AM
Any politician calling to leave the ECHR is lying about what that will achieve.
It won’t solve any problem or improve our lives
It will make us worse off and remove our rights.
Just like Brexit.
The ECHR belongs to us all.
It’s not theirs to take.
Please sign
www.europeanmovement.co.uk/echr-petition
It won’t solve any problem or improve our lives
It will make us worse off and remove our rights.
Just like Brexit.
The ECHR belongs to us all.
It’s not theirs to take.
Please sign
www.europeanmovement.co.uk/echr-petition
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A Reform government would force schools to sing the National Anthem and if they don't oblige parents will be encouraged to report them to the authorities.
Yeah that's not like really scary and authoritarian
schoolsweek.co.uk/reform-there...
Yeah that's not like really scary and authoritarian
schoolsweek.co.uk/reform-there...
Reform: 'There will be consequences for not singing anthem'
Braverman believes parents will tip her off if heads don't follow her anthem and hymns rules
schoolsweek.co.uk
September 6, 2026 at 10:56 AM
A Reform government would force schools to sing the National Anthem and if they don't oblige parents will be encouraged to report them to the authorities.
Yeah that's not like really scary and authoritarian
schoolsweek.co.uk/reform-there...
Yeah that's not like really scary and authoritarian
schoolsweek.co.uk/reform-there...