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Bushra Shaikh: Non-White Brits are fully entitled...

Non-White Brits are fully entitled to criticise their country. Too many people on the right treat any criticism from ethnic minorities as evidence that we're anti-White or somehow don't belong. That attitude often stems from a deeper belief that ethnic minorities are guests in Britain rather than fellow citizens with an equal stake in the country's future. The reality is that most of us were born here. This is our home. We have every right to celebrate what Britain gets right and to speak out about what it gets wrong. Criticising your country isn't a sign that you don't belong; it's often a sign that you care enough to want it to do better.

The G7 Summit Shows Just How Much Britain’s Influence Has Declined

The G7 leaders’ summit in France was centred on European attempts to reach an agreement with US President Donald Trump on coordinating their approach, including in relation to the conflict in Ukraine. However, both the media and social media users pointed out just how much Britain’s position on the world stage appears to have weakened — and highlighted one of the key reasons why.

Liz Webster: Senior Brexit civil servant Philip Rycroft...

🇬🇧 🇪🇺 Senior Brexit civil servant Philip Rycroft: Public opinion is moving towards rejoin (~53% in recent polls). We should have an honest national debate about it. Brexit freedoms have proved less liberating than promised. No sign of major economic outperformance. Geopolitics (Russia, unstable US) make European cooperation more important. “That is the debate we need to have.” Even insiders who delivered Brexit now see the need to rethink our long-term relationship with Europe.

Andrew Bridgen: Remember the Daily Mail along with...

"Remember the Daily Mail along with the rest of the MSM assured you the Covid ‘vaccines’ were ‘safe and effective’. Now they write about terrifying numbers of vaccine injured. 5 years too late. The DM also leading the attacks on Restore Britain. The number of patients who have suffered Covid jab complications https://dailymail.com/health/article-15906821/The-terrifying-number-patients-suffered-Covid-jab-complications-revealed-NHS-pharmacist-left-paralysed-vaccine-takes-life.html?ito=amp_twitter_share-top via @DailyMail"

Bushra Shaikh: Femi Mohammed is a Muslim grooming...

Femi Mohammed is a Muslim grooming gang survivor. Her horrendous ordeal was intentionally ignored from Rupert Lowe's inquiry because her traffickers were White men and not Pakistani men. There are many more grooming gang survivors like her. Dismissed and ignored. Ben Habib filmed an interview with her twice but refused to publish it after joining Restore. All victims matter. And every rabid groomer should face the full force of the law. There is more to Femi's story- it gets worse. White grooming gangs and traffickers have been protected by both the police and Tory politicians.

Liz Webster: OMG This is totally vile...

"😮 OMG This is totally vile. Reform councillors in Makerfield posing with a banner saying they’d “rather vote for Jimmy Savile than Labour”. This is gutter politics and shows the desperation. Makerfield voters deserve better than this toxicity. A strong result for @AndyBurnhamGM on Thursday is the antidote: serious, decent leadership focused on communities, high streets, and a proper British food & farming plan. #AndyForMakerfield #SaveBritishFarming"

Alex Wickham: NEW: How would Andy Burnham...

NEW: How would Andy Burnham govern? Labour’s big fear is he can’t live up to his promise of change and he ends up not much different to Keir Starmer. The levers available to him to go big on policy are limited. Binding himself to the manifesto and fiscal rules means he cannot significantly raise taxes, borrow or spend more. Only more incremental fiscal options are possible unless he changes his mind. He will pursue soft-left social justice policies: social care, a long-term investment plan, more public ‘control’ of industry, council houses, bus fares, some small tax rises on the wealthy. All good stuff for a Labour PM, but so far there’s not really a big idea there that can turn around Labour’s fortunes in three years. And there’s no detail yet. Like Starmer, Burnham has judged he needs to be tough on immigration to stop Labour’s traditional working class vote going to Reform. He wants more detention of asylum seekers, backs Shabana Mahmood’s policies and wants to try welfare cuts again. His language around the Henry Nowak case was fascinating: suggesting banning the kirpan and that Britain does have two-tier policing except in Manchester under its ‘no nonsense’ police chief. Soft-left social justice + tough on immigration… trying to appeal to both right and left to prevent votes bleeding both ways… within the confines of the fiscal rules and manifesto… sounds quite a lot like Starmer. There have been some red flags during his campaign. A lot of Starmer-esque u-turns. The Waspi gaffe. And loose talk, saying repeatedly he’ll “look at” various policies that would cost billions, like a pensioner tax cut, with no plan to pay for them. There are signs of tension among his supporters already. Some backers suggest his team has struggled to agree either on a policy platform or a political strategy for how they should approach the days after Makerfield. We have no idea who his chancellor will be. Or his No10 team. Or his top cabinet posts. His political operation is very limited: Louise Haigh, Ed Miliband, Miatta Fahnbulleh, Josh Simons. That’s a huge amount of uncertainty over someone who wants a coronation within weeks. Burnham will want to focus on domestic policy and not as much on foreign policy as Starmer. But that’s easier said than done. He’d be PM in Trump’s world and the Ukraine war endgame would happen on his watch. Foreign policy may well define a Burnham premiership whether he likes it or not - just like Starmer. No doubt Burnham is a better communicator. He seems at ease with working class voters and says all the right things. Maybe that’s enough reason to change. But with the constraints he faces, can he deliver the radical change he’s promising, or is he setting himself up to let voters down like so many PMs before him?

Liz Webster: Ten years after the Brexit vote...

🚨 Ten years after the Brexit vote, Reuters tells the story of two brothers from a strongly Leave area who were on opposite sides. Both are now disappointed. The brother who voted Leave feels betrayed, the promises of sovereignty, cheaper food, and economic boom never came. The brother who voted Remain is saddened by the lasting division and damage to the country. This is the human cost playing out in families and communities across Britain. Brexit divided us and left many on both sides feeling let down by the outcome.
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