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Nigel Farage's Reform Party is more Trusted than Tories a Bombshell poll has revealed. A YouGove poll revealed 19% of voters trust Reform compared to only 11% trust the Cons.Wow🤣.
Or evidence the the 'peace' part in the hackneyed description of the organisation may be overstated? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c05l33j7rq7o ...
https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/uk/starmer-confirms-hes-prepared-to-put-british-troops-on-the-ground-in-ukraine/ kier starmer has said that he is willing to commit british ground forces to ukraine... ...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgq0x30kkldo No doubt Lammy's just making the expected noises but yes we must increase defence spending. 2.5% GDP is a start but really we should be looking at... ...
https://www.reddit.com/r/ukpolitics/comments/1i4v711/robbie_moore_mpi_have_just_been_to_an_event_in/ "Robbie Moore MP:I have just been to an event in Keighley and a former Lord Mayor of Bradford,... ...
I was going to put it on my other thread but decided to create a new thread for the nice people to ignore. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cew5v48w54qo ...
The couple, named as Craig and Lindsay Foreman, who arein their early 50s, and were on a trip across the world to Australia on motorbikes, were arrested in Iran in January on unspecified security... ...
https://news.sky.com/story/amp/volodymyr-zelenskyy-calls-for-creation-of-armed-forces-of-europe-13309703<br /> ... seeing as the US is no longer a dependable ally. good idea or not? ...
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/02/14/rachel-reeves-blows-black-hole-council-budgets-tax-raid/ \\Rachel Reeves will blow an £8bn hole in council finances with her record Budget tax raid,... ...
J.D. Vance's speech in Munich will go down in history as one of the best and most precient political speeches of all time, - surely ? https://www.youtube.com/live/pCOsgfINdKg ...
So, a Zimbabwean paedophile was allowed to stay in Britain because he would face "hostility" if he was deported back to his home country. Thank you ECHR. An immigration tribunal judge blocked his... ...
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/33383727/jd-vance-britain-free-speech-europe-immigration/ Vice President Vance has launched an attack on the UK in the way free speech is being stifled. Also on his... ...
The video of a knife wielding man featured in a now missing post begs the questions: Why bother getting a knife if you're going to kick,punch and spit on your target? And How can the citizen... ...