Even worse, it's Braverman's husband doing the criticising!
14.03.2026 20:42
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Even worse, it's Braverman's husband doing the criticising!
"Palantir CEO Alex Karp says his AI technology will lessen the power of “highly educated, often female voters, who vote mostly Democrat” while increasing the power of working-class men."
Just saying it right out loud now.
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This chart is a proportional recount of a vote in the House of Commons. The top two bars show the number of MPs from each party who voted Aye or No in the division. The bottom two bars show the number of voters those MPs represent. For example, if a party won two million votes in the general election and half of that party's MPs voted in the division, that would represent one million voters. 2026-03-11: Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5 The 170 MPs voting 'Aye' represented 13,829,810 voters. The 281 MPs voting 'No' represented 6,730,866 voters. In many cases, more voters are represented by the MPs on the losing side. This is because seats don't match votes with First Past the Post (FPTP). Recounts are shown in terms of ideal MPs who all represent the same number of people. The method is not a simulation of a PR elected Commons. It is intended to highlight the distortion of FPTP. For more details, see the FAQ: https://tinyurl.com/4hxyc8e7
2026-03-11: Finance (No. 2) Bill Report Stage: Amendment 5
The 170 MPs voting 'Aye' represented 13,829,810 voters.
The 281 MPs voting 'No' represented 6,730,866 voters.
Aye majority = 7,098,944
But result was No because seats don't match votes.
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Disabled people being pushed into poverty.
People with disabilities need support, not benefit cuts.
Requirement to score 4 points for an activity leads to loss of PIP support.
Govts attack human welfare whilst promoting corporate welfare.
We are all one event away from needing disability support
This chart is a proportional recount of a vote in the House of Commons. The top two bars show the number of MPs from each party who voted Aye or No in the division. The bottom two bars show the number of voters those MPs represent. For example, if a party won two million votes in the general election and half of that party's MPs voted in the division, that would represent one million voters. 2026-03-10: Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to 2nd Reading The 202 MPs voting 'Aye' represented 14,484,955 voters. The 308 MPs voting 'No' represented 7,318,256 voters. In many cases, more voters are represented by the MPs on the losing side. This is because seats don't match votes with First Past the Post (FPTP). Recounts are shown in terms of ideal MPs who all represent the same number of people. The method is not a simulation of a PR elected Commons. It is intended to highlight the distortion of FPTP. For more details, see the FAQ: https://tinyurl.com/4hxyc8e7
2026-03-10: Courts and Tribunals Bill: Reasoned Amendment to 2nd Reading
The 202 MPs voting 'Aye' represented 14,484,955 voters.
The 308 MPs voting 'No' represented 7,318,256 voters.
Aye majority = 7,166,699
But result was No because seats don't match votes.
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As visa issuance has been dropping rapidly, net migration to the UK is likely to fall further over 2026, with one forecast suggesting it might be less than 100,000 in 2026. The dilemma facing all European governments - between maintaining employment as societies age and accommodating political pressure to reduce immigration - has not been resolved by Brexit, and our estimates show that the decision to leave the EU made only a modest difference to the number of foreign-born workers in Britain.
Brexit and the ugly immigration policy it gave birth to…haven’t solved the dilemma of immigration vs prosperity. And how can they? Based, as they both are, on politicians and media refusing to have honest conversations with the public about the inevitable trade offs of turning prejudice into policy.
#Wildflowerhour Signs of spring part two...blackthorn, wood anemones and marsh marigolds in South Devon.
#Wildflowerhour Signs of spring part one...white violets, lesser celandine and butterbur, all along the Kennet and Avon canal...
“Winston Churchill did intervene in Iran and we are living with the consequences of that today”
@georgemonbiot.bsky.social
Hmm… I wondered what started this geopolitical vulnerability and needy dependence on the goodwill of America…
Who the hell is this guy? And what does he want as a return on his £millions invested in Reform? Because it sure as shit isn’t a fairer, more progressive, equal and prosperous UK with good public services and well-regulated consumer protections.
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FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?
Reform fury as someone else wins by Our By-election Editor Tim Shipsink The losing candidate in the Gorton and Denton by-election, Matt Goodwhinge, has demanded an immediate re-run of the election on the grounds that he lost comprehensively to someone else. "It's totally unfair and rigged," said Goodwhinge. "I shouldn't be required to sit there and suck it up, just because I lost." Mr Goodwhine continued, *I can't believe that all those voters I demonised failed to back me. Especially after I was endorsed by Tommy Robinson and ten million Russian bots on X. "We have clear evidence of family voting, where people voted in order for me to stop deporting their families." Mr Badloser concluded. "I'm the victim of colour prejudice. They didn't vote for me simply because I'm not green." Reform leader Mr Farage, speaking from a sun lounger on a rock near the Chagos Islands said, "It's a tragedy that the people of Manchester won't see Matt in Westminster, but my constituents don't see me in Clacton either." PLUMBER DEFEATS MATT GOODWIN Photo of Hannah Spencer with speech bubble saying… I've stopped the cock
Beautiful from Private Eye on the massive toddler-tantrum that Matt Goodwin and Reform are having, because they got whooped in Gorton and Denton.
Pedro Sanchez, the Spanish prime minister, said he was opposed to the Iranian regime but that the attack on the country was a breach of international law.
“We are opposed to this disaster . . . You cannot respond to illegality with more illegality.”
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If you’re feeling as concerned as I am about domestic and international politics, I recommend subscribing to this fabulous podcast @quietriotpod.bsky.social
It is a rare show that manages to bring the political temperature down without dumbing down, and is a tonic in the current political climate.
No more Dirty Business ! The public, MPs and Environmental Groups have said NO to 14 years of illegal Thames Water sewage pollution. Email Ofwat now, so that they can't ignore us @weownit.org.uk weownit.org.uk/act-now/emai...
Can we have a few more Goodwin/Badloss jokes please?
Summary:
The electorate is restless.
Labour is rudderless.
Greens are hope.
Tories are hopeless.
And Reform’s silent majority has once again turned out to be a noisy minority.
Sarah Murphy...so you don't have to!
#DirtyBusiness shows water privatisation has FAILED
So why did the government's review of the industry ban the OPTION of public ownership?
Steve Reed must release any messages with Peter Mandelson - whose company Global Counsel worked for privatised water
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Farage “wants to distract people into thinking their problems are because of women or equality and diversity policies, or immigrants. Like Trump, it shifts the discourse and that’s v dangerous”
Women must turn Farage’s problem with women into a problem for him.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Donor suspended from Tories pays £50,000 for dinner with Kemi Badenoch.
That is 2+ years of minimum wage.
Monies at this scale are paid to buy influence and favours.
Criminalizing purchase/sale of political parties and legislators is a necessary step for ending political corruption.
Whoever wins in Gorton & Denton will do so on a small minority of the vote.
Thousands of voters will be left unrepresented - and thousands will know they didn't even vote how they wanted in the first place.
In 2029, this could be the case in most seats. Scrap First Past the Post now.
'Trussing away...'!!
He's in politics for senior executives at kitchen appliance companies? Niche.
Left to right - Zia Yusuf, Robert Jenrick, Nigel Farage, Richard Tice and Suella Braverman
Welcome to Reform’s front bench
Yusuf, Hampton School, £29,916 per year
Jenrick, Wolverhampton Grammar, £17,835 per year
Farage, Dulwich College, £30,618 per year
Tice, Uppingham School, £58,176 per year
Braverman, Heathfield School, defunct private school
The authentic voice of the working class
notorious radical left communist rag says tax the rich
🔥 Caroline Lucas: "Your position is utterly incoherent."
🔵 "We've got a party that pretends to be an insurgent party, an anti establishment, anti-elite party, and yet it's stuffed full of old Tory retreads."
🤔 "I mean, it just doesn't add up."
We interrupt tributes to Jesse Jackson to bring you your daily dose of racism.
Thanks, Beeb. Respectfully handled.
Matt Goodwin said in a post on X: “Welcome to the UK. Where you go to prison for 18 months for anti-immigration tweets. This is insane.”
No. What is insane is shrugging off incitement to racial murder.
Put this man in the bin, not the House of Commons.
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