This is absolute Reform landslide victory territory, with the Greens and Lib Dems battling to be the official opposition, each with fewer than 70 seats. Reform have not peaked.
The Unite the Kingdom rally was an outlier in recent London marches in having no mass chants calling for death to minority groups, yet perversely this was the one Sir Keir Starmer chose to condemn, says Jonathan Sacerdoti. https://t.co/9Fei2ktT8B
I stand by what I said earlier. No amount of money, desperation or grave situation leads me to sell my daughters into slavery and certain sex abuse.
I’d rather us all die together than facilitate that.
These Afghan men are monsters, absolute medieval monsters.
THE @BBC SHOULD BE ASHAMED
The worst thing is, we are importing South Asian men, Middle Eastern men and African men that see young girls as a sex toy.
You can attack me all you like, it’s a fact, and anyone denying it, is warped in the head or has an agenda.
Facts over feelings.
@RupertLowe10 Mr Lowe you know you will not win this by election & there is a possibility that it could be a close call. You also know the only party that you will take votes off is Reform. So it is now time to prove your true patriotism not in words but by actions & withdraw your candidate.
53% of Labour members fear Reform most. Only 15% the Greens. And yet Burnham, Streeting, Starmer - not one of them will tackle immigration and see off Farage once and for all.
https://t.co/qQ94SPFJwd
International creditors are alarmed that of the £132bn Labour borrowed during the fiscal year to March, a jaw-dropping £110bn went on debt interest payments – almost the same as state education spending, twice what we spend on defence.
Yes, the Tories left national debt north of 90pc of GDP. But this economically naive government has made a bad situation far worse. Now, with Labour lurching further left after getting hammered in recent local elections, the markets are calling time.
It’s clear Keir Starmer will soon be replaced by someone even more leftwing. All leadership rivals in the frame would crank up borrowing and spending even more than Labour already has since taking office in July 2024.
Back then, the Office for Budget Responsibility was forecasting state borrowing of £323bn by the end of the fiscal year 2029. Labour’s run-away spending and growth-crushing tax rises means that same five-year borrowing forecast is now £583bn – 80pc higher. But the trade unions, MPs and Labour activists who will choose Starmer’s successor want even more.
Since Labour took office, the UK’s 10-year gilt yield has risen by 1.16 percentage points (or 116 basis points), compared to 86bps in France, 79bps in Germany and just 17bps in Italy.
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🚨 Breaking - 210,000 jobs gone — is this what happens when Labour taxes jobs?
The latest payroll data shows Britain has 210,000 fewer payrolled employees than a year ago.
That’s not a recovery. That’s jobs disappearing under Labour.
📉 The state expands.
📉 The real economy shrinks.
📉 Workers pay the price.
How many more jobs have to vanish before Rachel Reeves admits her jobs tax is hammering the labour market?
And I don't know another politician who stood as a Labour Councillor and won. Stood as a Tory Councillor and won. Stood as a Tory Parliamentary candidate and won. Stood as a @reformparty_uk Parliamentary candidate and won. All in the same area voted for by the same people.
Go on name one.
I'll wait here.