NEW: here’s *actual* evidence that Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party is accepting foreign donations via PayPal. Dollars, yuan, Swiss francs, roubles..you name it, they’ll take it. Laundered by PayPal into British £. This *cannot* be legal, surely?? Electoral Commission MUST investigate
Collapsing immigration has seen a narrative switch - to 'alarming exodus of Brits'.
In fact, the outflow - in both total and age composition - has been remarkably steady. Brits and Kiwis have long been massive wanderers.
From Table 7a.
@Scaramucci@adamboultonTABB Is Labour struggling?
Recent G7 data shows that the UK was No.1 for growth. IMF have upgraded the UK’s forecast. Net migration is down 82%, no small boats crossings for weeks. Asylum hotels closing. NHS waiting lists target already met. Foreign policy is going reasonably well.
Today I’m pleased to appoint @GordonBrown as my Special Envoy on Global Finance and Cooperation.
As Britain’s longest-serving Chancellor, Gordon is well placed to work with our international allies to build a stronger Britain and boost our country’s security and resilience.
Small boat crossings down 42%
NHS waiting lists at lowest level in 3 years
Government borrowing at a 3-year low
Unemployment falling
UK back as the world’s 5th largest economy (IMF)
While Reform shouts at cricket bats, Labour is quietly fixing the country
https://t.co/MUAw5ecMYY
🗼WELL I NEVER🗼
Would you believe that Ray and June, who won the Reform UK energy bills prize, go back all the way to the Brexit Party with Farage?
Here they are with Farage, Widdecombe and Bull [a truly awful supernatural detective thriller].
What a coincidence [increasingly unlikely]
h/t, and thanks to @linfitlass for pointing this out to me.
These images are from a Brexit Party rally in Fylde on the 4th May 2019. [credit Getty Images I believe, but Google for me].
So today ReformUK platformed an antivaccine conspiracy theorist, a lady who pled guilty to inciting people to burn down a migrant hotel, had an elected mayor butcher the national anthem, and whose leader wants sanctions imposed on his own country. Indeed, the party of patriotism.
@FabrizioRomano I know it’s not going particularly well politically for Macron at the moment, but I wasn’t expecting him to jump ship and become a football agent.
EXCL: Rishi Sunak blocked plans to rebuild five hospitals riddled with crumbling concrete three years ago, prompting warnings of “catastrophic” risk to patient safety. https://t.co/DaxUSSkGrP
We made case 300-400 schools needed rebuilt a year
Govt decided only money for 100 a year
We made argument for 200 a year
The Chancellor said no. He cut it to 50 a year
The Chancellor? -Rishi Sunak
-Jonathan Slater ex Perm Sec Education
@BBCr4today
A scandal in slow motion
VAR 1: “So as you can see, Wan-Bissaka clips him there.”
VAR 2: “Definitely. Looks a pen to me.”
ANTHONY TAYLOR: “Yep, not enough to overturn it. Stick with the pen?”
VAR 1: “Hang on, isn’t that a Man Utd player doing the foul?”
ANTHONY TAYLOR: “Great spot. Decision: no pen.”
Carbon Capture and Storage:
✅2006: Labour government led research
✅2008: Labour government pledge £1bn
❌2010: Tory government cuts £1bn
❌2010-2022: No UK carbon capture and storage facilities
🙄2023: Tory government says we need carbon capture and storage
EXCLUSIVE 🚨: Suella Braverman asked Home Office civil servants to help her avoid a speeding fine and points on her licence by arranging a private one-to-one driving awareness course
Serious Qs over whether she may have breached ministerial code
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https://t.co/yqBa1RrkJb