CIRCLE WITH A DOT

Walked by a mother on the school run yesterday stopped with a flat car tyre. Chatted while I changed it for her. She’d worked as a parliamentary researcher for Damien Moore (Con) and then latterly Sarah Pochin (Reform). No real gossip, but confirmed that Reform are a clueless shitshow, ill-prepared for government and little more than a Farage cult. And since leaving the post, despite asking not to be contacted, they’re repeatedly asking her if she’d stand for election. #ukPol

@Nickiquote are they called Reform because they are entirely modeling clay and reshape themselves after each poll?

"The Cabinet Office minister in charge of negotiations with Brussels is already working on which other parts of the economy would benefit from following EU regulations. Thomas-Symonds has instructed officials to conduct a “scoping exercise” to find out where companies are already complying with EU rules and so it no longer makes sense to apply separate UK ones. In return the two countries could then remove border checks on those goods."#UKPol #EUPol #Trade https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/16/eu-urgent-reboot-uk-talks-stop-reset-deal-failing

"#ReformUK has not shared the addresses of any of its digital crypto ‘wallets’ with the Electoral Commission, drastically limiting the election watchdog’s ability to monitor where Nigel Farage’s party is getting its money from."#UKPol https://bylinetimes.com/2026/03/16/the-elections-watchdog-doesnt-know-where-reform-uks-crypto-donations-are-coming-from/

"British politicians and authorities are working intensively to escalate #censorship and mass #surveillance. When Mullvad tried to address this with the TV ad “And Then?”, it was banned on British television. The outdoor ad campaign meant to criticise the TV ban was also largely halted.""Here, we bring you the ads that were too much for British television:"#UKPol #OSA #CWS https://mullvad.net/en/and-then/uk

“I am very doubtful of the wisdom of tying our cherished #NHS to a deal of dubious benefit with someone as fickle and faithless as Trump.” -- Layla Moran MP#UKPol https://bestforbritain.substack.com/p/the-trump-drug-deal-threatens-the

UK lawmakers join renewed calls for a formal British apology over the 1917  Balfour Declaration"During its occupation of Palestine, Britain violated a series of international laws [& created] the conflict we witness today"."Successive governments have refused to acknowledge this record or offer a formal apology."https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/dozens-british-mps-and-peers-back-call-uk-apology-over-balfour-declaration #UKPol #Balfour #USpol #EUPol #news #IsraelPalestineConflict #racism #imperialism .

British Journalist Peter Oborne on UK Iran War cover-uphttps://www.doubledown.news/watch/2026/march/9/journalist-uncovers-shocking-iran-war-cover-up #UKPol #EUPol #USPol #IranWar #racism #news .

British Journalist Peter Oborne on UK Iran War cover-uphttps://www.doubledown.news/watch/2026/march/9/journalist-uncovers-shocking-iran-war-cover-up #UKPol #EUPol #USPol #IranWar #racism #news .

Yikes.In principle these are good examples of exactly what SIs are meant for: tweaks to regulatory legislation that needs to be updated regularly. The idea is that Parliament supports the regulatory regimen but doesn't necessarily need to vote on every tweak to what's covered and how.In practice though, this one is scary. Every new AI development or political change in attitude — as with, say VPNs — potentially banned without debate.Yikes.#UKPolitics #UKPolhttps://www.politico.eu/article/uk-eyes-sweeping-powers-to-regulate-tech-without-parliamentary-scrutiny/

Best to introduce rationing and price controls for petrol early on rather than wait for the crisis to blow. Those on low incomes need to be protected.Ban all filling of containers, apart from by licensed recovery organisations such as AA and RAC.#ukpol #economiccrisis

@DrALJONES Thank you. I've known this actual history of Iran for quite sometime and I have always thought, "Is it any wonder why Iran HATES the West?BTW... Kermit Roosevelt (Teddy's relative) was working for the CIA in an organization that was not officially known as CIA operations. Kermit managed to help BP (APOC) stage a "coup d'état" by paying around 100 Iranians to storm the palace where Premier Mohammad Mossadegh resided.It was all filmed and broadcast on TV media and in "news films" that preceded movies in theaters.In today's globally soaked War Propaganda networks, this history is totally BLANKED OUT.It's a damn shame that this YouTube video can't be run on Mainstream Global Media...That'll be the day, eh? ️️♾️

Dear UK,Canada's conservative (formerly reform) party has been captured by foreign oilgarchs the same as your reform party. Canada's conservatives have slid to the extreme right in synch with foreign disinformation and maga fascism, just like yours. The conservative leader pierre poilievre in Canada cannot get security clearance, just like nigel farange is getting help from putin. Canada's crooked and traitorous maga conservatives raised much more money from corporates, the same as farange.At the election, Canadians rejected the Maple Maga conservative traitors, and you should too. The fascist cleansing of foreign terror state sponsored traitors from our politics is fundamentally necessary for democracy and our freedom. Please don't fall into the fascist abyss like the USA. Instead cancel the fascist oligarchy.#UkPol #CdnPol #FascistRevival #Fascism #Traitors #NeverVoteConservative

Lol, and how did the Government do that this week then? Wheeling out Shabana Mahmood to crack the whip on Immigration and imply Green Party Mothin Ali is a terrorist.Yeah, Progressive voters were really impressed. /s #UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #Labour #Greens #GreenParty #ShabanaMahmood #MothinAli #Fascism #Progressives #GPEW

Why is any Labour MP *at all* married to an industry lobbyist?#ukpol

5th March 2026 Dear Shabana. I notice today that you referred to me in your speech on immigration at the IPPR think tank. You said -A party leader should not be on the beaches of France encouraging people to make a perilous crossing on small boats. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised especially after the hateful Labour campaign in Gorton and Denton but this is just the latest in a string of lies peddled by a discredited Government who intentionally fan the flames of racism and division. When I went to Calais. I was not there to encourage people to travel to the UK. I was there to see at first hand the suffering your Government and successive Governments have done in demonising migrants in a pathetic bid to pander to the base instincts of Reform and the flawed strategy of Morgan McSweeney. As you will know. if you even bothered to research my visit instead of taking Reform talking points. I was there to witness the brutality of families living in tents in freezing temperatures. I filled water tanks and picked up litter. What that visit did do is confirm my belief that if we are to smash the boat gangs and stop the boats, we need to offer safer and managed routes for migrants to come to this country. Showing compassion as a politician is not a crime. In fact, we need to see much more of it. It reminded me of a young MP who in October 2015 spent three days in Lesbos helping migrants fleeing war-tom Syria. She posted videos on X. talked about handing out water and croissants to refugees and food parcels. When she returned to the UK. she wrote a very moving piece in the New Statesman. She said "we have to work with our European partners and create new, safe and legal routes for refugees to get to Europe. We cannot abandon them to their fate, left as prey for smugglers whilst risking death on the seas." She said "maybe we can make ourselves feel better by saying no-one is making them get on the boats. And again. the Home Secretary is not entirely wrong when she says that we have to be mindful of push and pull factors. but she does again entirely miss the point. Because the push factor is either death or the slow torture of a temporary life in a camp which amounts to no kind of life at all. If that is what they face then they are going to run. We cannot kid ourselves that they have choices; we have to act." This was of course, you. And I agree with every line you said So maybe have a word with the younger Shabana. She seemed like a really decent person. And as Gorton and Denton proved, Hope beats Hate. Yours sincerely. Zack Polanski Leader of the Green Party of England and Wales

dear Green party members, in case you think I'm making this up: here is the exempt from IHRC press release mourning Khamenei in the worst possible sectarian terms, and fuelling the narrative of Muslims being some sort of monolith. as for CASMII, you can literally google their website and look what kind of shit it's posting - whitewashing Iranian regime killing tens of thousands of protesters, publishing russian state propaganda - you name it.

"The ship is the only sunk by a submarine in active combat since ARA General Belgrano during the Falklands War "Ah yes, the Belgrano, and the stain that left on the UKhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRIS_Dena #IranWar #FalklandsWar #UKPOL #UKpolitics

@charlesdelavalleepoussin This the sinking of the Belgrano all over again

@afewbugs Poor show by Starmer there. Either not on top of things or intentionally deceitful.#UKPol