HAPPY EUROPE DAY
celebrating the actually quite successful Union that others like Ukraine & Georgia so want to join

Remembering the awful things Europeans did to each other, and seeing what still happens elsewhere, one realizes what a remarkable feat of reconciliation it is

Keir Starmer, 'In addition to losing two Tory MPs in two weeks.. PM Rishi Sunak has lost 1,500 Tory councillors.. Half of his party's mayors.. And a leadership election to a lettuce.. How many more times do the public and his own MPs need to reject him before he takes the hint?'…

My book FREE AND EQUAL is out today in the US & Canada! It presents a unifying vision for progressive politics, drawing on the philosopher John Rawls

Get the US edition here: buff.ly/425uWDA or the UK edition here: buff.ly/41oZZcb

Thread about the book👇

Do me a favour and watch this ad for the iPad Pro. I assume they are trying to convey that all art is to be found there and that it is very thin, rather than we will crush and destroy all that is beautiful. See what you think. I think it is a mini-horror of an ad.

According to today's Times, the party that made Truss PM, Rees-Mogg Business Secretary, Gullis a minister, Dorries Culture Secretary & 30p Lee deputy chairman is 'drawing up plans to dismiss underperforming civil servants & end what they call 'a merry-go-round of mediocrity''...

In 1905 a young MP called Winston Churchill abandoned the Conservative Party to join the opposition just before that opposition scored a crushing election win which put it in power for 15 years.
Shortly after that… Churchill rejoined the Conservatives.

Always worth remembering that, for all the upset this will trigger among firm left-liberals, that, inasmuch as non-partisan/obsessive voters notice this at all, they’ll just note that another Tory has deserted Sunak, confirming that he and his party seem to have run out of road.

One thing Poulter and Elphicke defecting - for very little benefit given both are standing down and neither have been offered a peerage - shows is just how astonishingly bad Sunak + team are at the basic of politics.

Today's Brexit news

Less medicine in UK pharmacies, quote ... 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝘽𝙧𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙩 ↙️

More you know what in UK rivers, quote ... 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝘽𝙧𝙚𝙭𝙞𝙩 ↘️

Plenty. As this thread and replies show. Successful political parties in the UK are very large tents. Those that insist on purity tend to lose elections. Has always been uncomfortable for many of their members.

e.g. one of the UK's most left-wing PMs was a Conservative...

'If the UK had matched the average western European country’s investment into healthcare as a share of GDP in the decade after 2010, it would have put in £33bn more.'
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

New YouGov poll gives Labour a 30 point lead.

LAB: 48 (+4)
CON: 18 (=)
LD: 9 (-1)
REFUK: 13 (-2)
GRN: 7 (-1)

If repeated at a general election, the Conservative Party would be forecast to lose all but thirteen (13) of their seats in the House of Commons.

What the hell have we done to ourselves? It’s insanity.

Medicine shortages in England ‘beyond critical’, pharmacists warn

| Health | The Guardian theguardian.com/society/articl…

I've had enough. Have you had enough?

SIGN OUR PETITION for the #GeneralElectionN0W

100,000 and I'll march through Downing St with it myself..

RT and let's do this together. All of us before they steal any more from us and our children 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

themovementforward.com/letter/

Data out showing the huge cost benefit and lives saved as a consequence of the US Covid-19 vaccine campaigns - vaccines save lives and help economies. 🧪 cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/study…

BREAKING
Nadhim Zahawi is standing down at the General Election.
🔹Another Tory leaving their rat-ridden ship
🔹Remember him?
🔹The one who threatened @danneidle with legal action when Dan was pursuing the story of Zahawi's unpaid tax.
🔹Turns out Zahawi as Chancellor was…

I'LL SAY IT AGAIN:

While President Biden and Dems are fighting to improve the lives of regular, working Americans, the Republicans are fighting for:
- junk fees
- price gouging
- no wage increases
- predatory college loans
- HIGHER costs of insulin
- higher age of retirement
-…

Medicine shortages in England ‘beyond critical’, pharmacists warn | Health | The Guardian theguardian.com/society/articl…

Ian Hislop cheered ''This is specifically not allowed... Mansour has come to Britain & given the Tories a huge amount of money & he immediately gets a knighthood from Rishi Sunak. That seems to me straightforwardly corrupt. Shouldn't they both be in jail?' mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

Things have been developing quickly over the past 2-3 weeks in Georgia, but in the last couple of days, they have progressed at an unimaginable speed. The ruling Georgian Dream party has employed various tactics targeting civil society, escalating to an extreme level. 1/6