Graham Simpson
@grahambs.bsky.social
Advocate of proportional representation and progressive politics. Humanist. Anti Brexit! Anti Trump! @libdems.org.uk
Leaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.
While wildfires rage, oil bosses are laughing all the way to the bank thanks to Donald Trump’s idiotic Iran war. People across the country are facing sky high energy bills. If Burnham is struggling to find the money to help families with those bills, I’d start here.
Sky News@news.sky.com · 2d agoOil giant BP profits more than double due to Iran war - again
Andy Burnham must drop Labour's stifling red lines and forge a new relationship with Europe.
Resetting our relationship with Europe is the fastest way to boost growth. It's time to cut red tape, back small businesses, and join the Single Market and Customs Union. @libdemdaisy.bsky.social
Quite impressive to completely undermine your own defence and insult most of your party's elected officials in the same sentence.
Chris Terry-Enescu@cjterry.bsky.social · 12h agoIt's OK for criminal ex-neo Nazis to run your bins is a hell of a line.
Britain can't wait for an Autumn Budget. The government must drop their red lines, get round the table with our European neighbours to kickstart our economy before it's too late.
That Joshua Bonehill-Paine is a suitable Tory candidate but Grant Shapps and Gavin Barwell have been excluded is quite a good indicator of how many seats the Tories will realistically regain at the next election.
Europe can no longer take American support for granted. As our continent takes greater responsibility for its own defence, Britain must help shape the answer. European security is British security. Read Nathalie Tocci’s analysis in the Guardian: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
🔥 Here's Whitehouse's entire remarkable speech opposing Blanche: "What's left of this committee when we don't demand straight answers? How many times has DOJ been asked what became of the $50k that the FBI reported it handed to Homan? ... our R colleagues see no evil, hear no evil, & speak no evil."
Whitehouse on Blanche: "Today is a sad and embarrassing day"
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Durbin: "Mr Blanche has aided and abetted the most corrupt administration in the history of the United States ... Blanche's willingness to casually lie under oath about he statement he made in a room full of witnesses shows the lengths he will go to to avoid offending President Trump."
A lesson for our own military planners. Iran and Ukraine have shown how cheap is not always the worse option.
Aron Lund@aronlund.bsky.social · yesterdayIran has now gobbled up nearly all U.S. ATACMS and PrSM ballistic missiles, plus half of Tomahawk cruise missiles and a very considerable share of the THAAD and Patriot interceptors, sources tell @reuters.com’s Erin Banco, Jonathan Landay, and Michael Stone. www.reuters.com/world/us-has...
Rather puts Grant Shapps being rejected as a Conservative candidate into perspective.
Former neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate for Somerset council election
Joshua Bonehill-Paine, creator of satirical Crewkerne Gazette, has convictions including for harassing a Jewish MP
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War is good for business for oil companies. Windfall profits like this should be taxed! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BP profit highest since 2022 as Iran war pushes up oil price
Higher oil prices boost the energy giant's results while environmental groups accuse it of profiteering.
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EU wants to wean itself off the teat of Thiel. So should the UK. www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Europe wants to kick its Palantir habit
The U.S.-based data crunching firm is deeply embedded in the most sensitive European workflows, from policing to intelligence to health care. Finding alternatives won’t be easy.
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If Burnham is serious about a written constitution, I highly recommend this book, which reaffirms the case, and actually outlines a first draft, to help people conceptualise what it might look like. (Disclosure, I was honoured to be asked write the foreword for the book). muse.jhu.edu/book/139060
Project MUSE - The English Constitution
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Alex Hall Hall@alexhh.bsky.social · 3d agoI’m more and more impressed and hopeful, as Burnham systematically addresses some of the big issues other leaders have shied away from - social care; youth education and employment; devolution; now this. Long, long overdue. Can he deliver? Next, Brexit, please www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Former neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate for Somerset council election - Enough said… www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Former neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate for Somerset council election
Joshua Bonehill-Paine, creator of satirical Crewkerne Gazette, has convictions including for harassing a Jewish MP
theguardian.com
Connected by more than a map. Our future is European.
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The Welsh just wanna rejoin blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wal...
From Leave to Rejoin: Welsh Public Opinion Ten Years On
Showcasing current research, comments and analysis on the law, politics, history, culture, government and political economy of Wales from the Wales Governance Centre.
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Standards watchdog investigating Reform UK’s Richard Tice www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Standards watchdog investigating Reform UK’s Richard Tice
Party’s deputy leader accused of a possible failure to declare an interest, commissioner says on its website
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Countries could capture an extra $500bn a year without raising corporate tax rates. The answer is to tax multinational profits where real economic activity happens – known as unitary taxation. - Tax havens like Ireland and the Netherlands must change their ways! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on global corporate tax: a $500bn prize that states must seize | Editorial
Editorial: Donald Trump may reject the negotiations, but he cannot veto a global effort to make multinational companies answer to governments
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I bet all the other Commonwealth countries were able to watch the games free to air. Not the UK! www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/c...
Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2026 LIVE - updates and colour as Simple Minds & Delta Goodrem perform at Hydro
Follow updates as the Commonwealth Games ends with the closing ceremony in Glasgow.
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Solar energy supplied more power to Great Britain’s grid in July than in any previous month as households turned to rooftop panels to cut their energy bills. ☀️ 👍 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Solar powers record share of Britain’s electricity mix in July
Farms and rooftop panels contribute 14.4% to the grid – and figures reveal a surge in new installations
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Agreed there Is a strong case for a written UK constitution, but it has to be accompanied by other measures to strengthen our democracy, particularly electoral reform. #FairVotes www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Devolution plans strengthen case for written UK constitution, says Burnham
PM argues for codified model of decentralisation that would fundamentally change centuries-old workings of state
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Just read the chapter on Estonia in the @johnkampfner.bsky.social book ‘Braver New World’ -Their success in digital ID contrasts with our timid and counterproductive attempts to do something similar. In particular Starmer turned a country broadly sympathetic to the idea of ID to a hostile one.
