“It’s going to cause huge disruption… we can’t get answers on what checks are going to cost”

Ah the high price of Brexit sovereignty… or rather, stupidity…

One day, politicians will admit this is mad but, apparently, we have to try to make stupid work first…

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Rishi Sunak

Just to be clear - is Ofcom pretending that the cast list from Farage to Rees-Mogg, Tice to Anderson who appear on G B “News” are in some way within “the highest standard of impartiality?” Perhaps the problem isn’t this dreary TV channel.
It’s the regulator.

It’s Sunak’s doom loop: the more desperate and cruel the Tories become, the more voters reject them theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

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Stella Creasey rips into the new border checks

'This govt has delayed bringing in checks 5 times... they could've negotiated an SPS deal in that time.. this will add £8 a month to the average food shop.. our constituents can't eat the paperwork this will create.. time to cancel'

Here's another fine mess Brexit has got us into...
politico.eu/article/uk-bre…

Sunak calls this latest targeting of welfare claimants his “moral mission”.
Genuinely disturbing that this multi-millionaire, ultra-pampered know-nothing talks like this about people for whom he has absolutely no understanding. Just disapproval.
A kind of evangelical viciousness.

Much more 1938 than 2024 that's for sure!

Absolutely shocking to even contemplate such a devious and unfair system for the most vulnerable people in our society. #GeneralElectionNow #Torysout

Taxpayers are being softened up for a bail out of Thames Water. theguardian.com/business/2024/…

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In a worrying report from this week, 65% of IT professionals are concerned an election result could be affected by misleading AI-generated content 😵
independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…

Farrukh What the Tories want is complete control. Which is why it’s so important that don’t get it. I wouldn’t trust the tories to run a bath.

If you are as outraged as I am at the absolute boll**** Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was allowed to spout UNCHALLENGED in this mornings interview RT this does of reality from planet earth widely

Denise Carver 🇮🇪 Yep. UK is asset stripped - outsourcing has transferred public money to private shareholders

Guys, let's build a swimming pool or even a planaterium.
*uck the Potholes!
'Writing cheques to Newcastle city council to build swimming pools is as far away intellectually from the devolution agenda as you can get,” says Murison.
#LevellingUP

theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/a…

Well said Sadiq Khan

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