🚨 WATCH: Ed Davey says British tax exiles in Dubai should now be made to pay tax in the UK
"As we protect them, it's only right for tax exiles to start paying taxes to fund our Armed Forces just like the rest of us do"
Very clear that for Starmer, 'sectarian voting' is when British Muslims don't vote Labour, and for many others, it is just when British Muslims vote.
Sectarian.
The sheer contempt and entitlement in that word.
Thousands of Muslim voters just voted for a white, (I think) working class non-Muslim woman because they feel abandoned by Labour and agree with her views on a huge foreign policy issue and on immigration policy
There's an undertone in British politics that any form of political activity which targets or represents Muslims is illegitimate, and it keeps getting louder and louder
Sounds like he is quite interested, actually.
This is how I discovered Polanski’s position on ‘natural birth’ and god, fuck this so so much
The combined right bloc vote is still 2/3rds of what it was in 1997 among 18-25 year olds, never mind 2010.
The Abyss for Ed Milliband
This should be lights out for Starmer
Ten years ago nobody clapped so now we get fascism
New Swingometer! The Gorton and Denton By-election: A tale of Two Manchesters
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Can he pull off what Plaid managed in Caerphilly? Or will he falter in getting the momentum and instead split the left vote, letting Reform through the middle.
The by-election is Reform's to lose and this is Polanski's first big test.
The UK absolutely needs to join the EU Customs Union. Trump cannot be trusted and it's a mistake to even try to appease him when there's no economic benefit anyway.
A collage featuring vertical strips of nine different Liberal Democrat Members of Parliament speaking in Parliament. Over the collage is a large orange and pink banner that reads: "9 Liberal Democrat Policy WINS in 2025,"
This year has shown the real impact of practical, values-led policy to deliver change across the country and in our communities.
If we were serious as a country we would take on the challenge of EVs and look to invest in becoming a world leader, building EVs and developing new tech at home. I guess not though - the Tories would rather leave that to China.
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I studied for a Level 7 Degree Apprenticeship because I couldn't afford to take on a full time MSc. But now Government changes are removing Level 7 Apprenticeship funding for those aged over 21 - penalizing especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds.
I've been working with my industry body and they've launched this petition to protect funding for Level 7 Apprenticeships. Please sign and share.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Kamala Harris level word salad here.
Local universities are about to go bankrupt, killing jobs in the process (and students spend a lot of money locally, too).
I'm lost for words. Horrifying.
My favorite thing is when people spend all summer saying British houses are built for the cold and then winter arrives and we all discover that that's not true either.
(1/10) 🚨Preprint alert!🚨
In this article, I challenge claims of a generational rise of conservative men. In the media and recent academic publications, the so-called ‘youth gender gap’ has been interpreted as a generational phenomenon.
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The logic of algorithms tends to repeat what “works,” but art opens up what is possible. Not everything has to be immediate or predictable. Defend slowness when it serves a purpose, silence when it speaks and difference when evocative. Beauty is not just a means of escape; it is above all an invocation. When cinema is authentic, it does not merely console, but challenges. It articulates the questions that dwell within us, and sometimes, even provokes tears that we did not know we needed to express.
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
California voters HANDILY passed the Gerrymandering Hardball measure.
Every single blue state should follow suit.
🚨Zohran Mamdani has won the mayor’s race for New York City.
He becomes the first Muslim and first South Asian to serve as mayor of New York City.
Three Northern regions since 1950. Labour's overperformance in the North West is a relatively recent phenomenon, whereas in the North East it peaked in 1997
womp womp
People's jobs are on the line as the UK has fallen behind our peer countries on pharmaceutical spending.
Those two albums in particular got me through a lot of university stress. But each subsequent release has been a tougher and tougher listen 😭
