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@Gravelax3 @AlexTaylorNews @anandMenon1 Think you miss one big elephant in the room. Even if Scotland meet all the criterias to jon and the EU agreed. How would the billions required for yearly membership be generated? Don't say oil as that would reduce revenue for internal schemes such as NHS, Security etc.

@AlexTaylorNews @anandMenon1 Agree, also why Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 needs to cut the apron strings to live a European life. #ScottishIndependence 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 N Ireland has #BrexitInNameOnly and does so well. #BRINO England is still polarised and indecisive suffering from dreadful political inertia.

I'll disappoint Rejoiner followers but 100% agree with @anandMenon1 👇 I for one have given up reacting on here to the endless entitled navel-gazing stuff in UK media & politics about the UK just having to click its fingers for a "desperate" EU to welcome it back on any terms. The discussions would be long, hard, definitely 𝒏𝒐𝒕 on the UK's terms and absolutely without all the "bells and whistle" special refunds and opt-outs the UK had before - and even then, is the EU really that "bothered" these days when enough idiots still see dodgy Farage as their PM ?

@ukJ0N @IsabelOakeshott @mrmarkdolan @TalkTV Farage v Lowe, nothing to do with benefitting the UK population it is about their egos.

Caller Dan demands Rupert Lowe stands down in Makerfield. Isabel Oakeshott says he has every right to stand and she ruled out any alliance between Reform and Restore, saying there is simply too much bad blood. @IsabelOakeshott @mrmarkdolan @TalkTV

@spectator This Highlights issue in UK, clash of cultures & fact discrimination / racism is only seen through 1 perspective, White v Non White. Truth is racism & discrimination is in ALL cultures. I have no problem with ppl having different views, but in uk British culture takes precedence.

The Green party attracted many Muslim voters in the local elections, but are cracks starting to show on some 'progressive' issues? Journalist Andrew Gilligan confronts Birmingham political activist Shakeel Afsar over protests that took place outside Anderton Park school against 'LGBT inclusive' lessons, that a senior judge ruled "grossly misrepresented" what was actually being taught. @NatashaFeroze | @mragilligan | @ShakeelAfsar8

@knowles204 @LBC Losing 700k off benefits would make a massive difference. I accept some of those jobs are specialised and not everyone could do them. I have an issue with the term poverty. Having worked in a sector that had regular contact with many on benefits rhetoric does not match fact.

@Andy11760353 @LBC There are only 700,000 jobs. They lived in poverty, begging and stealing to survive. Are you prepared for increase crime levels?

'You know what you should do? Go ahead and spoil your ballot.' Self-confessed socialist Sandeep desperately wants help for Britain's white, working-class boys, and she can't believe that people think Reform will do it.

@GuidoFawkes IMO vote on Thurs wasn't about Reform / Farage, per se. It was about voters wanting to regain their & our national identity instead of following EU & none nationals ideology. If it had been just a generic protest vote, surely Greens and Lib Dems would have done better.

Starmer’s Emergency Reset Speech Falls Flat With Reheated Policies order-order.com/2026/05/11/sta…

@knowles204 @LBC 1.7m are not working. Some will be genuine but how many are not and could work & obtain some top up benefits where appropriate. Biggest misnomer IMO is the living wage rhetoric as it is subjective. Ppl have survived for generations without by working and living within their means

@Andy11760353 @LBC Most people on benefits are working.

@BBCPolitics This is not just a Reform issue it goes across ALL parties. Politics seems to be the only organisation where having a shady past is a bonus. I find it funny in other public occupations people get hit with maleficence in a public office. But not MP's and councillors. Says it all

Reform councillor suspended over racism allegations bbc.in/4udNpek

@annewitha_e @SkyNews If the feeling for independence was that strong, considering the election was framed by SNP as a referendum, why did they not have a total landslide victory?

@SkyNews it's always wonderful and amusing to watch the English media attempt to interpret Scottish General Election results from the prism of London politics. It isn't how it is. We DEMAND a referendum, that's how it is.

SNP is Scotland's biggest winner with pressure for independence likely to follow Analysis by Ryan Capperauld, political news editor trib.al/oZqNWkU

@spikedonline Been elected is the simpler of the tasks reform are going to have to face. Now they MUST deliver and deliver practical not just in rhetoric or do they not risk been wiped out at the next election like Lib Dems in 2015

The English have revolted. The Reform surge is not just a protest vote. It’s a people-led insurgency against the reckless ideology of globalism. These voters want our borders repaired and our national pride restored. Listen to them, says Brendan O’Neill buff.ly/VT57Ra3

@BenKentish Is this actually about Stamer or is it far simpler that voters are showing they are sick of left wing rhetoric and politics? They could have gone more middle of the road with Lib Dems instead looked to Reform. Says it all.

Plenty of differences but worth noting that UKIP got 22% in the 2013 local elections and just 13% in the general election two years later. Lots that could change between now and the next general election: 🌹Labour getting its act together/choosing a more popular leader??? 🔵Gradual Tory resurgence continuing? 🟩Polanski’s Green surge slowing/reversing? 🧐 More scrutiny of Farage, plus public concerns about his suitability to be PM coming to the fore. In short: clearly a big shift in British politics is underway but beware of hasty conclusions being drawn about the next election.

@SkyNews If the Green Party, Lib Dems or any of the other fringe parties do not make massive gains at these elections than how can any result be deemed a success. I would say it is a massive negative on their policies.

The Greens are expecting a "massive leap" in council seats across London, says the party's former co-leader Jonathan Bartley. The party has lost seats in Richmond but many results in the capital are yet to be announced. 🔗 trib.al/0aJJHsY 📺 Sky 501

@spikedonline Listening to him on Tv stating his pledges if he becomes PM reminded me of the Lib Dems in 2010. Wishes lists, without the funding, and then when they had some power finding they can't fulfil them.

Under Zack Polanski’s leadership, the Green Party is swimming in a sewer of Islamo-left bigotry: buff.ly/Pr7BADx

@Greenthumb8891 @LBC Fair point on the arrests, but it was not my intention to deflect, I was just pointing out a fact. What i was trying to point out certain elements on these marches are using it for their own benefit and in doing so deflect from the true issues. Which protest movement do you mean?

@Andy11760353 @LBC You've moved the goalposts. My original comment was about LBC misrepresenting a well-known liberation chant to paint an entire protest movement as hateful. You introduced arrests. So the question about who's deflecting from the real issue is one you might want to ask yourself.

‘They’ve been indulged and empowered, now we’re seeing Jews attacked.’ Reform’s Suella Braverman draws a link between pro-Palestine ‘hate marches’ and rising anti-semitism.

@spikedonline From footage it appears they had used the conflict resolution model, upto using taser. Yet he was still holding the knife and resisting. Clowns who criticise police should put on a uniform and walk in their shoes first.

Pro-Palestine activists have condemned police for how they restrained the Golders Green terror suspect. They have exposed their ignorance of policing and their insanely warped priorities. It is fine to kick a terror suspect in the head, says Stephen Knight spiked-online.com/2026/04/30/why…

@snowleopardess How were the police officers in that moment supposed to know he had mental health issues. The video footage shows even though he had been tasered he still held the knife. Put on a uniform before criticising. You are not about injustice, you simply want to promote your views.

@Greenthumb8891 @LBC I did not frame the march as anything, in fact I did not mention the march. I merely pointed out that people were not arrested for protesting genocide. IMO the only person trying to label anything is yourself. Or are you happy for people to break the law?

@Andy11760353 @LBC Isolating a few arrests to label an entire protest is exactly the kind of dishonest framing people are criticising.

@Greenthumb8891 @LBC The people arrested on these marches were not arrested for protesting against genocide, they were arrested for supporting a proscribed organisation. It is those arrested who you should be criticising for deflecting from the real issue.

@LBC This is why the media has no credibility anymore. When you try to frame a protest against genocide as a 'hate march', people see your dishonesty and think 'Well what else are they lying about?'

@nejsnave @LBC And does that mean it is right people are stabbed on UK streets?

@LBC Innocent. People. Are. Dying. In. Palestine. Every. Day. Do you think they are doing this to themselves?

@tuba_col @BBCNews @newswatchbbc Are you really condoning the stabbing of two people?

Antisemitism 'a national security emergency', government terror adviser says bbc.in/4dfVkBT