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With Rachel Reeves telling The Economist she wants closer alignment with the EU, our most recent data found 54% of Britons support rejoining the EU, and 62% support a closer relationship short of rejoining Results link in replies

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Amazing work by Henry Dyer and Mark Goodier of the Guardian on Nigel's Farage's Cameo videos: theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-int…

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🟨 Sir Paul Marshall and the Rise of Elite Evangelical Nationalism He funds newsrooms, churches, and schools – but what is driving ‘Britain’s newest media mogul’? @J_Bloodworth reports subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/84/sir…

The Spectator magazine, edited by Michael Gove, has been forced to issue a humiliating apology to @hopenothate after falsely questioning our journalism. The Spectator is owned by Paul Marshall, who HOPE not hate exposed for liking and reposting racist and anti-Muslim tweets

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67% of Britons describe themselves as anti-Trump, with Reform UK voters the only group more likely to be pro-Trump than anti By 2024 vote Lib Dem: 89% anti-Trump / 2% pro-Trump Labour: 85% / 3% Green: 82% / 4% Conservative: 61% / 19% Reform UK: 24% / 46% yougov.com/en-gb/articles…

Trump’s little ambassadors. All day long. Standing up for the draft dodger who said our forces avoided the front line. Campaigning on grooming gangs while ignoring the rape claims against Trump. Taking top dollar to slag off the UK at every turn. If that is patriotism I’d love to know what treason looks like.

GB News, the channel of “reactionary rage bait”, has filed its latest accounts, showing a £22m loss for 2024/25 (and a £131m total loss since launch) Yet another demonstration that there’s no shortage of funds on the right of British politics, says @WritesBright 🧵1/6

The United States has spent EIGHT TRILLION DOLLARS fighting and policing in the Middle East. Thousands of our Great Soldiers have died or been badly wounded. Millions of people have died on the other side. GOING INTO THE MIDDLE EAST IS THE WORST DECISION EVER MADE.....

Axel Springer aims to buy Daily Telegraph with knockout £575m bid. Would see the very English and Eurosceptic Telegraph owned by the German and very Europhile Springer. Interesting.

I'm writing a book about @Nigel_Farage for @headlinepg. Funnily enough, some of his old associates are blanking me. Is it because after I reported on the killing of a Polish man in Essex in 2016, he said that I had caused him "more misery than any other in 25 years in politics"? So I'm asking the Great British public to lend me a hand because NF is seeking to be our lord and master. Were you at school with NF? Worked with him in the City when he was a tin trader? Met him through politics? Did you drive the pink Cadillac hired by Nathan Gill who last year got ten years for taking bribes from a Russian spy? Do get in touch: johnsweeney.co.uk

🚨🇦🇪🇺🇸 Prominent UAE billionaire Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor just published an open letter to Trump. It's brutal. "Who gave you the authority to drag our region into a war with Iran? Who gave you permission to turn our region into a battlefield?" Al Habtoor's a major figure: billionaire, former diplomat, outspoken political voice in the Gulf. When he talks, UAE leadership's listening. His questions: * Was this your decision or Netanyahu's pressure? * Did you calculate collateral damage before firing? * You placed GCC countries at the heart of danger they didn't choose * Your "Board of Peace" initiatives were funded by Gulf states. Now we're getting attacked. Where did that money go? * You promised no wars. You've conducted operations in 7 countries: Somalia, Iraq, Yemen, Nigeria, Syria, Iran, Venezuela * 658 airstrikes in your first year back = Biden's entire term (which you criticized) * War costs $40-65 billion for operations, possibly $210 billion total * Your approval rating's down 9% in 400 days * Americans were promised peace. They're getting war funded by their taxes The sharpest line: "Before the ink has dried on your Board of Peace initiative, we find ourselves facing military escalation that endangers the entire region. So where did those initiatives go?" Al Habtoor's not some random critic. He's establishment. Connected. When UAE elites start publicly questioning Trump's decision-making, that's America's closest Arab allies saying "we didn't sign up for this." The letter ends: "True leadership is not measured by war decisions, but by wisdom, respect for others, and pushing toward achieving peace." @KhalafAlHabtoor

The Trump administration has offered varying explanations for why it's at war with Iran. Here's 3 minutes on the different statements we've heard. bbc.co.uk/news

63% of Britons have a negative view of the United States' ICE agency, as Reform UK announces it would create a British equivalent to carry out proposals to deport hundreds of thousands migrants per year Negative: 63% Neither: 8% Positive: 11%