French forces held a fierce defensive perimeter around Dunkirk and lost 18,000 souls. 40,000 became POWs. Without their resolve we wouldn’t have our nation’s story. It’s estimated 20-60k French resistance fighters died during the war. These fuckers really are vile bastards 😡😡
Reform UKs plan to use the Royal Navy to intercept migrant boats in the Channel brilliantly taken apart by ... er ... Nigel Farage
The state of this. A lovely day out for Badenoch and Philp, playing dress up and making pronouncements about early release schemes - having left the country with one hundred available men's prison places, after fourteen years in charge. You read that right. One hundred places.
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.
Anyone who has worked with domestic violence victims know the answer to this is too often yes.
Don't allow the far right to denigrate our recent ancestors who fought & defeated fascism and the millions of Jews, socialist, mentally ill who were slaughtered in the Holocaust "Make performing a Nazi salute a criminal offence in the UK" petition.parliament.uk/petitions/77...
Petition: Make performing a Nazi salute a criminal offence in the UK
We want the Government to introduce legislation making it a criminal offence to intentionally perform a Nazi salute in public (including online) or at public events, except where it is clearly used fo...
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Well, they're on their way back to Morocco actually, as they never had any way to reach mainland Spain, let alone the UK, but who needs facts when you're Bobby J the King of Bullshit.
"First they came for the EU. Then the ECHR. They say leaving both will mean taking back control. It’s all lies. What they actually plan to take away is 100+ years of hard won worker’s rights, children’s rights, women’s rights, HUMAN rights, all of which make YOUR life better." via We Demand UK
Apologies - for a moment there I forgot that I'm not even an MP.
When people call for the deportation on grounds of racial or ethnic origin, it's not mere coarsening of discourse, it is real-life fascists setting out what they'll do given half a chance and our real-life friends and family will do the real-life suffering if we don't start real-life fighting this.
Said this before, will again. Badenoch is the most dangerous figure in British politics. She's not as extreme as Farage or Lowe, but her impact is more pernicious. She actively prevents the British centre-right from adopting moderate positions, and thereby facilitates the radicalisation process.
As Ed Miliband leaves his post as energy and net-zero secretary, a final tally: There have been an incredible 251 newspaper editorials attacking him and his approach to net-zero since the start of 2024 That amounts to two editorials a week, mainly in the Sun, Daily Mail, Times and Daily Telegraph.
Excuse it all you like with the false logic you’ve been taught since childhood. Monarchy is in fact a means by which a tiny elite holds onto power and immense wealth and privilege. With their path paved by taxpayer £££. It enables grubby little people like the Yorks. It should long ago have ended
George Sievers@rationaljack.bsky.social · 2w agoHaving a politically neutral Head of State provides procedural continuity through every political storm. It keeps the ultimate ceremonial authority out of the hands of partisan politicians, ensuring no PM can ever claim to be the state itself, which is exactly why Andrew hates it.
Ludicrous and embarrassing that in 2026, a leader of a democratic country has to go and bow before a hereditary monarch and ask permission to form a government.
"Reform UK platformed and celebrated a woman who publicly called for hotels full of asylum seekers to be set on fire. Yet the moment Nigel Farage is on the receiving end of hostile language, we're suddenly told words matter after all." via Truth Against Hate
Just to recap: Calling Nigel Farage “an unflushable poo” = dehumanising hate speech. Calling for hotels housing asylum seekers to be set on fire = guest of honour at party conference. Bless those non-racist free speech warriors.
Daily Mail@dailymail.co.uk · 3w agoReform's Lee Anderson demands public apology from LBC host James O'Brien over 'distressing' and 'dehumanising' attacks on leader Nigel Farage trib.al/X7mJFBt
These years of anti-immigration hysteria we're living through right now are going to look utterly incomprehensible in the coming era of closing schools, ageing populations and massively understaffed public services
Josiah Mortimer@josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 3w agoWow. The Department for Education has just published new projections which estimate that the number of pupils in state-funded schools in England will plummet by more than 9% by 2031 amid falling birth rates And yet this issue receives probably 1,000th of the coverage the immigration debate receives
[boldly] I just don't think the British government needs to have Shabana Mahmood in it, I think we managed fine without her and we can just keep going without her, it's fine, Andy Burnham doesn't need to find a space for her in cabinet, there are other MPs
Reform UK's Zia Yusuf is currently delivering a speech accusing his party's critics of using language that will put his colleagues' lives at risk. In other news, here's Zia Yusuf two months ago
Farage rejected offer of tax-payer security because he “wanted security at the same level as the Home Secretary who has the highest level of protection among govt ministers” Yet, on and on he whines. Demanding the highest public office with none of the scrutiny. liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/464...
So Reform UK is funded by Russia, GB News is owned by a hedge fund in Dubai and the Daily Mail is registered in Bermuda. That's patriotism for you these days.
For those who have forgotten the past 40 years: Tax cuts for the rich ...don’t trickle down Boosting military spending ...doesn’t bring peace Slashing regulations ...doesn’t create jobs Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
A reminder that since being elected as MP for Clacton two years ago, Farage has not held a single surgery for his constituents. I suggest Count Binface might do better.
I mean credit where credit is due: "If he wants to spend the summer arguing with a bin, I won't stop him" is top tier posting
Spot on ⬇️ Victoria Derbyshire: "Farage is a multimillionaire. He's got five properties. His party is funded by a billionaire. "He couldn't be any more establishment, could he?"
Nigel Farage says he's the most physically attacked politician in modern times. I guess having a milkshake thrown at you is worse than being literally murdered like Jo Cox was in 2016.
Farage says he is the most attacked politician of our time.....I can think of at least 2 families who would disagree
