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A decent aerticle (they normally are) from Mombiot. In aping Reform and yhr Tories, Labour are enabling them. Just as well when they promised 'change' they were not prepared to define what is meant. Trading Standards might have been after them, rather than just people who despise their policies.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/28/fascism-britain-neoliberalism-opened-door-for-it-labour
#Ukpol #Reform #LabourEnablers #PromisesPromies #Starmer #Mombiot
Boris Fucking Johnson.
As for the 'Coalition of the Willing', only one in five voted for Starmer to be our PM, his poll ratings have never been in the plus since he took office and he's supposed to be getting 30 other countries to sign up to a military alliance is he?
#Starmer #Ukraine #Russia #UKPOL #UKpolitics #CoalitonOfTheWilling
![2hago 14.22 GMT
Starmer ducks question about whether plan based on hoping
Russia might agree to ceasefire is doomed to fail
Q: [From the BBC’s Jeremy Bowen] Isn’t it time to admit that Russia has no
interest in a ceasefire, and that a different approach is needed?
Starmer says he does not accept that.
He says he thinks President Trump is serious about wanting peace. And the
Ukrainians want peace too, he says.
Q: But what makes you think Putin will give up his long-held views on Ukraine?
Starmer says this is a process. A lasting peace is the right goal, he says. It is
what Trump wants, and what the Europeans want.
If they can provide leadership, backed up by operational plans, that is the
best chance for peace.
Bowen tried twice to get Starmer to addresss his point about Russia, but both
times Starmer refused to engage with Bowen’s point.](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/235/230/220/451/066/original/b2c051d519dfd720.png "2hago 14.22 GMT
Starmer ducks question about whether plan based on hoping
Russia might agree to ceasefire is doomed to fail
Q: [From the BBC’s Jeremy Bowen] Isn’t it time to admit that Russia has no
interest in a ceasefire, and that a different approach is needed?
Starmer says he does not accept that.
He says he thinks President Trump is serious about wanting peace. And the
Ukrainians want peace too, he says.
Q: But what makes you think Putin will give up his long-held views on Ukraine?
Starmer says this is a process. A lasting peace is the right goal, he says. It is
what Trump wants, and what the Europeans want.
If they can provide leadership, backed up by operational plans, that is the
best chance for peace.
Bowen tried twice to get Starmer to addresss his point about Russia, but both
times Starmer refused to engage with Bowen’s point.")
![2hago 1415 GMT
Q: You have been talking about this for almost a month. But only the UK and
France have committed to putting troops on the ground. Why aren’t you
making more progress?
Starmer insists they are making progress. He says 200 planners attending the
planning meeting in London last week.
44 There was a feeling around the table [at the meeting today] that Europe,
taking Europe as a whole, has not been this strong and united for a very long
time.
He says Russia is delaying. That is tactic they had tried before.
Q: When will there be progress?
Starmer says he does not want to put a deadline on things, but “we need to
see this developing in days and weeks, not months and months”.](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/235/232/636/993/392/original/29890d0a7e08c089.png "2hago 1415 GMT
Q: You have been talking about this for almost a month. But only the UK and
France have committed to putting troops on the ground. Why aren’t you
making more progress?
Starmer insists they are making progress. He says 200 planners attending the
planning meeting in London last week.
44 There was a feeling around the table [at the meeting today] that Europe,
taking Europe as a whole, has not been this strong and united for a very long
time.
He says Russia is delaying. That is tactic they had tried before.
Q: When will there be progress?
Starmer says he does not want to put a deadline on things, but “we need to
see this developing in days and weeks, not months and months”.")
It's why he gets on so well with Trump.
Don't we deserve better than this Brits?
#Starmer #Austerity #SpringStatement #UKPOL #Ukpolitics #Abuse #Gaslighting
"Sir Keir Starmer has accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of making "hollow promises" on a ceasefire in Ukraine."
#France
#UKpol
#EU
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c78e2x7lz25o
Keir Starmer accuses Vladimir Putin of hollow promises on ceasefire
The prime minister is co-hosting a summit of the "coalition of the willing" on Ukraine in Paris.Doug Faulkner (BBC News)
⦁ Daniel Machover, Partner, Hickman & Rose Solicitors
⦁ Dr Irene Pietropaoli, British Institute for International & Comparative Law
⦁ Dr Shahd Hammouri, School of Law, Univ. of Kent
Comment & discussion by Dr Nimer Sultany, School of Law, SOAS
https://youtu.be/aUoRsOAmeYw
#Gaza #oPt #InternationalCriminalCourt #InternationalJustice #UKpol @palestine
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/26/cannes-english-councils-property-developers-housing
#Housing #England #UkPol #LabourPolicy
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/mar/25/streeting-israels-attacks-on-gaza-are-unjustifiable-and-intolerable
#WesStreeting #FreePalestine #Gaza #UKPOL #Ukpolitics
Meantime ‘Erasmus’ the pisspoor replacement for the EU exchange program looks to be scrapped as well.
https://www.thenational.scot/news/25030965.education-secretary-suggests-cutting-free-school-meals/
http://archive.today/2025.03.24-115705/https://www.thenational.scot/news/25030965.education-secretary-suggests-cutting-free-school-meals/ (archive)
#Ukpol #Labour #WhatFuture #Education
Labour consider ending free school meals for infants
THE UK Government's Education Secretary has suggested cutting school spending by £500 million and ending universal free meals for infants in…Lucy Jackson (The National)
He is not an agile thinker, he doesn't like change or rocking the boat.
He is not the person we need leading the country today, he's a coward.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/mar/23/starmer-is-warned-against-appeasing-trump-with-tax-cut-for-us-tech-firms
#Starmer #Appeasement #UKPOL #UKpolitics #TechBros #SiliconValley
#RejoinEU #europeanunion #EuropeanMovement #ukpol #UK_politics
#RejoinEU #europeanunion #EuropeanMovement #ukpol #UK_politics
#RejoinEU #europeanunion #EuropeanMovement #ukpol #UK_politics
#RejoinEU #europeanunion #EuropeanMovement #ukpol #UK_politics
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2025/mar/23/british-museum-is-right-to-keep-parthenon-marbles-says-new-trustee
Rewrite history to make your next putsch all the easier.
The Taliban are winning.
#Media #RewritingHistory #UkPol #USPol
A measured assessment (but that will not satisfy the haters and given the comments it has not)
http://archive.today/2025.03.22-191808/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/operation-branchform-nicola-sturgeon-murray-foote-b992xgtn2 (archive)
Unionists are desperate to cripple any taslkj of indep3ndence and will do what it takes.
#Sturgeon #Beattie #SNP #Branchform #PoliticalPolicing #Ukpol
https://www.mylondon.news/news/zone-1-news/protesters-gather-outside-israeli-embassy-31260965
#FreePalestine #Gaza #London #UKPOL #UKpolitics
Protesters gather outside Israeli embassy in support of Palestine
Further protests have been organised for SundayMy London
Colour me amazed. The Times reports something vaguely positive about the Scottish government. Although I suspect this was simply necessary to critique #Starmer, #Sarwar and #Labour.
Having said that, businesses that favour ‘Reform’ as a party for growth are either deluded or taking the piss. So the survey is probably useless.
Meantime this has driven the haters mad in the comments.
http://archive.today/2025.03.21-184005/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/businesses-back-snp-for-growth-as-labour-support-slides-prwmgq828
#Scotland #Business #NotLabour #SNP #ScotPol #Ukpol
![The High Court has dismissed an attempt by the far-right agitant Stephen
Yaxley-Lennon, better known as Tommy Robinson, to challenge his jail
conditions.
Yaxley-Lennon argued that his segregation at HMP Woodhill in Milton
Keynes, was destroying his mental health and breaching his human rights.
Dismissing the case, Mr Justice Chamberlain said Yaxley-Lennon’s own
barrister had accepted there was no evidence his client had been segregated
“for the purpose of breaking his resistance or humiliating or debasing him”.
44 On the contrary, all the evidence shows [the decision] was taken for his own
protection and in the interests of preserving the safety of other prisoners and
staff”
He himself had said, when first detained at HMP Belmarsh, that he had a
conflict with the followers of Islam.
It was thus understandable the governor should be concerned that Mr Yaxley-
Lennon’s presence might foment unrest or violence between Muslim and non-
Muslim prisoners.
The former leader of the English Defence League, known for organising racist
and violent protests, was handed an 18-month sentence in October after
admitting he breached a court order which had told him not to repeat lies
about a Syrian refugee.
Yaxley-Lennon has a long history of criminality and has been found guilty of
offences including multiple assaults, mortgage fraud, faking a passport,
stalking, contempt of court and various public order offences.](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/201/400/099/533/920/original/c9701ef1428fd09f.png "The High Court has dismissed an attempt by the far-right agitant Stephen
Yaxley-Lennon, better known as Tommy Robinson, to challenge his jail
conditions.
Yaxley-Lennon argued that his segregation at HMP Woodhill in Milton
Keynes, was destroying his mental health and breaching his human rights.
Dismissing the case, Mr Justice Chamberlain said Yaxley-Lennon’s own
barrister had accepted there was no evidence his client had been segregated
“for the purpose of breaking his resistance or humiliating or debasing him”.
44 On the contrary, all the evidence shows [the decision] was taken for his own
protection and in the interests of preserving the safety of other prisoners and
staff”
He himself had said, when first detained at HMP Belmarsh, that he had a
conflict with the followers of Islam.
It was thus understandable the governor should be concerned that Mr Yaxley-
Lennon’s presence might foment unrest or violence between Muslim and non-
Muslim prisoners.
The former leader of the English Defence League, known for organising racist
and violent protests, was handed an 18-month sentence in October after
admitting he breached a court order which had told him not to repeat lies
about a Syrian refugee.
Yaxley-Lennon has a long history of criminality and has been found guilty of
offences including multiple assaults, mortgage fraud, faking a passport,
stalking, contempt of court and various public order offences.")
#Trump Suggests US Could Join British Commonwealth.
#UKpol
#tariff
#election2026
#2026election
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-suggests-us-could-join-british-commonwealth-2048679
Donald Trump Suggests US Could Join British Commonwealth
"I Love King Charles," the president said in a Truth Social post.Jason Lemon (Newsweek)
"#Sewage in England’s rivers and seas – in pictures."
#UKpol
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2025/mar/21/sewage-in-englands-rivers-and-seas-in-pictures
Speaking of the SNP, now that Sturgeons political career has been destroyed, I see the charges have been dropped.
Funny that.
Mad how half of Scotland just accepts being a Colonial fuckbucket for posh fuckos down South.....
https://archive.ph/2025.03.20-171626/https://www.thenational.scot/news/25024656.snp-mp-furious-david-lammy-fails-condemn-israel-strikes/
#UKPOL #UKPolitics #ScotPol #Sturgeon #Labour #Colonialism #Gaza #Israel #SNP
#UKpol
"#EU shuts #Britain out of €150bn rearmament fund
UK is calling for defence companies to be classified as European for project but faces opposition from #france."
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/03/19/european-union-ukraine-russia-defence-britain-150bn-fund/
EU shuts Britain out of €150bn rearmament fund
UK is calling for defence companies to be classified as European for project but faces opposition from FranceJames Crisp (The Telegraph)
*nods wisely*
#taxTheRich #UKPolitics #UKPol
We'll be left with the Sophie’s choice of monopoly services; the incubators of online harms.
URGENT: The UK government must change the Online Safety Act to protect safe, non-commercial blogs, forums and fediverse.
Write to your MP to #SaveOurSites 🌐
https://action.openrightsgroup.org/save-our-sites-write-your-mp
#onlinesafetyact #onlinesafety #fediverse #ukpolitics #ukpol #activitypub #mastodon #netplurality
Save our sites - Write to your MP
Small UK websites, user-to-user services and even computer games that are completely safe and well managed, are faced with difficult paperwork, risks assessments, registration and fines thanks to the Online Safety Act.Open Rights Group
ORG, Big Brother Watch and Index on Censorship call for the Tribunal into the UK government's secret order for Apple to break encryption to be held in public.
The case happens TOMORROW.
Read more ⬇️
https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/13/apples-appeal-against-uks-secret-icloud-backdoor-order-must-be-held-in-public-rights-groups-urge/
#encryption #e2ee #privacy #security #ukpolitics #ukpol #cybersecurity #apple
Apple’s appeal against UK’s secret iCloud backdoor order must be held in public, rights groups urge | TechCrunch
Privacy rights groups have called on Apple's legal challenge to a secret U.K. government order asking it to backdoor an end-to-end encrypted (E2EE)Natasha Lomas (TechCrunch)
A different sort of Racism from what we see in America, but institutionalised racism all the same.
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/mar/13/mp-calls-for-inquiry-into-labelling-of-black-pupils-as-educationally-subnormal
#Whiteness #BlackMastodon #UKPOL #UKpolitics #Colonialism #SmallAxe #SteveMcQueen
#Gaza #FreePalestine #UKPOL #Ukpolitics #Starmer #ZaraSultana
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destroyers-for-bases_deal
99 years is coming due.
Please take that shit back from us & give it to the indigenous where applicable.
#cdnpoli #ukpol #ukpolitics #auspol
I hope the Westminster guy's feet are alright though....😬
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/mar/08/area-big-ben-closed-man-palestinian-flag-climbs-elizabeth-tower-westminster-bridge
#Westminster #London #Trump #AntiFascism #FreePalestine #Gaza #AntiColonialism #UKPOL #UKpolitics
"About 20 countries are interested in joining a "coalition of the willing" to help Ukraine, according to UK officials."
#UKpol
#UkraineWar
#EU
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2017v5ngxpo
About 20 countries could join Ukraine coalition, UK says
The countries, largely from Europe and the Commonwealth, would not all send troops but are offering support.Jennifer McKiernan (BBC News)