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That as may be but there was no plan to address the problem in any significant way.

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

The correct response to this would be to make all the evidence used to draw the conclusion public, then challenge Farage to respond, otherwise people will just pick their opinions on the matter based purely on who they trust.

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Hugo H @hugoh59.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I have four in my office at home if that counts.

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Hugo H @hugoh59.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

If Labour do win the next election there will likely be a new Conservative leader who may realise that there is no path to winning without recapturing the strongly remain south and south east.

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Hugo H @hugoh59.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

No but two things are necessary. Rejoin needs an overwhelming democratic mandate probably a referendum. Much more difficult to overcome ‘the will of the people’. And Labour need to win the next election to see it through. Neither improbable asks.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The Times from ten years ago this week. They were wrong. In fact Brexit is costing the UK economy roughly £100 billion a year. #ProjectFear

Hard Brexit
could cost
£66bn a year

Leaked Treasury papers reveal lost revenue

Sam Coates Deputy Political Editor
Ollver Wright Policy Editor

Cabinet ministers are being warned
that the Treasury could lose up_to
£66 billion a year in tax revenues under
"hard Brexit", according to leaked
government papers.

GDP.could fall by as much as 9.5 per
cent if Britain leaves the single market
and hastorely on WorldTrade Organi-
sation rules for trading with the conti-
nent, compared with ifit stayed within
the EU,theforecasts show.Such a steep
drop in revenue would force ministers
to slash public spending or raise taxes.
The £66 billion drop, contained in a
draft cabinet committee paper seen by
The Times, is nearly a tenth of the
£716 billion that the government is pro-
jected to collect in taxes this year,and is
equivalent to 65 per cent of the annual
budget of NHS England.

Business leaders are_increasingly
worried that the UK could fail to nego-
tiate a deal with the 27 remaining EU
members by the time it leaves the
union, and will face a "cliff edge" of
trade tariffs and barriers,

Several cabinet ministers who sup-
ported Remain are stepping up efforts
to prioritise business concerns and the
economy in Brexit discussions, fearing
that Leave supporters fail to realise the
scale of potential damage, It comes as:;
○ Theresa May faces a potential legal
challenge by a group of Conservative
MPs over the decision to begin Brexit
negotiations without parliament's
approval. The prime minister's spokes-
man ruledoutgiving MPs a voteyester-
day,saying thatitwould"second guess'
the will of the British people.
○ Dominic Grieve, the former attor-
ney-general, said that unless the gov,
ernment could agree,a deal supported
by parliament it would not survive.
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A Tory backbencher suggested that
British companies should hire disabled

Tuesday October 11 2016 | thetimes.co.uk | No 72038

people to do the work of EU migrants
after Brexit.

Mrs May visited Denmark and the
Nethe…

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The BBC is already giving Nigel Farage coverage for a speech he hasn’t even delivered. Report on what he says tomorrow, by all means. But previewing it now gives him free publicity and lets him set the agenda before anyone can scrutinise his words.

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Hugo H @hugoh59.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Given that their figures are all wrong doesn’t that cast quite a lot of doubt about the policies based upon these figures.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The United States is now officially allied with Vladimir Putin and Russia. We will fund Russia’s genocidal war machine in exchange for Putin helping Trump and the Republican Party in the midterms. One of the most shameful and disgusting days in the history of this Republic.

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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

NEW YOUGOV POLL 🚨 52% of people would vote to rejoin the EU, only 27% want to stay outside Dear @andyburnham.bsky.social please read the room! #RejoinEU #JoinEU

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Matthew Holehouse @matthewholehouse.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

“At a fringe event at their conference Sir Bernard Jenkin, a veteran MP who helped to lead the Leave campaign, warned them: “Do not defend Brexit; Brexit is toxic with the voters.”” economist.com/britain/2026...

economist.com

Kemi Badenoch's pitch for power is incoherent

But Britain’s Tories still have a shot at reuniting the right

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Heather Stewart @guardianheather.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Sorry at what point do the government feel the need to do something about BBC funding, or are they just going to watch it be salami-sliced to extinction?

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Hugo H @hugoh59.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

They still haven’t had a reckoning with what went wrong in their 14 years of power.

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I'm sorry if this is obvious but the Tory proposal to exempt family homes completely from IHT will lead to 1] pensioners buying the biggest houses they possibly can 2] pensioners refusing to downsize which can only be bad news for younger families trying to buy family homes

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Hugo H @hugoh59.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Sorry listened for 10 minutes and then couldn’t take any more of Gove

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

From the new Private Eye

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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 07/10/2026

LET THEM GO BUST ! Last year, Thames Water took out a £3bn loan - at 9.75% interest. And now they want another £2.4bn to keep going?! ENOUGH. If water companies can't survive without rip-off loans, they should be declared insolvent and brought into public hands through special administration.

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Hugo H @hugoh59.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The pool to replace her is immensely worrying.

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Maggie Duarte #fbpe @maggiedu.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

The relative poverty of most working people has been the dedicated aim of the Conservative Party for ever. They are not satisfied with the yawning inequality in this country, their greed for the few, knows no bounds. Their servants are usually thick or deluded.

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Simon Nixon @nixonsimon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Bravo to Private Eye for reporting what the cowardly mainstream client media chose to ignore…

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Hugo H @hugoh59.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Unless it includes a commitment to rejoin. Even if it doesn’t as it stands I can’t see the Tories coming anywhere close to winning.

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Hugo H @hugoh59.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Terrible - how can anyone think of despoiling the iconic world champs jersey.

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Hugo H @hugoh59.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I am not sure the Tories matter at the moment and whilst they stubbornly stick at around 20% support. It will though need a vote whether at a GE or in a referendum to prove we are serious. Can’t see any opposition party opposing the ‘will of the people’.

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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

They needed a headline. They have no ideas & no credibility. This is just embarrassing.

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Hugo H @hugoh59.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

To describe the Tories as the major opposition party on 20% is a bit of a stretch. Even with 120MPs they are nowhere near power. If labour wins the next election on a manifesto including rejoin and then confirms it with a referendum there is no chance they will reverse the will of the people.

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chelseachemist1.bsky.social @chelseachemist1.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

As I’ve said elsewhere, these are my mates, you can quite likely win them over on a policy platform of cutting their taxes. You can’t win them over if you force it through a prism of “I think Brexit is a great idea and isn’t that net zero dodgy?” You just come across as unhinged to that cohort

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Just the dumbest collection of halfwit confetti emerging out of that conference. Tax cuts everywhere, paid for with imaginary spending cuts. Huge spending projects with precisely zero utility, except to anchor their 'defence day' narrative. Clowns.

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Hugo H @hugoh59.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

She’s really going to win over centrist voters who are overwhelmingly pro Europe with her fantasy policies on the ECHR. Kemi has a real feeling of Ian Duncan Smith about her.

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Hugo H @hugoh59.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Conservatives the traditional party of business needs to recognise that Brexit has been a catastrophe. To say nothing of the business opportunities of Net Zero where we are currently ‘world leading’.

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 05/10/2026

“Privatisation of Water was a success.” Read the room, Kemi.

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This proves only two things. The Ukrainian campaign against Russian refineries is causing serious damage. Putin has asked Trump to help him out and the US president obliged.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

As long as the Tories are threatening to leave the ECHR, they aren’t a serious party. Consider it the ultimate red flag. Any party who’d take this entirely unnecessary and ruinous risk with our rights and our country’s security and wellbeing should never get its hands on power. (Letter, Times)

Value of the
ECHR
Sir, In dangerous times, serious countries do not retreat into splendid isolation. They build alliances, multiply their influence and strengthen institutions. Key among those is the 46-member Council of Europe, at its heart the European Convention on Human Rights.

As former independent reviewers of terrorism legislation we have seen at close quarters that the ECHR is not just a human rights instrument. It is a national security asset. Terrorist networks, hostile states, organised crime gangs and people smugglers do not respect borders. Tackling them requires arrangements for the closest possible co-operation with our neighbours, including through joint investigations and police access to European passenger, fingerprint, DNA and vehicle data.

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Hugo H @hugoh59.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It’s just terrible politics 3 years out from an election.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The Tory party has killed itself with Brexit. It’s lost its mind chasing Farage into the gutter, saying unserious things, promoting unserious people who stand around in suits, arms folded, talking utter dribble to get a headline. It’s pathetic. We deserve a better opposition. This lot are shite.

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Boothby Graffoe @boothbygraffoe.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Finally someone is going to help the rich. At long last the most under-privileged people in society have a political party looking out for them. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

theguardian.com

Tories would expand free childcare to high earners, Badenoch says

Kemi Badenoch says those earning more than £100,000 should not be discouraged from working more

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Hugo H @hugoh59.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

My son was one of the last to benefit from Erasmus. It was a truly inspirational period for him, life changing. Why they can’t see the benefit of this just perplexes me.

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Denisovian @denisovian.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Let's see. Who was Home Secretary in 2023 ? That would be the lovely Suella Braverman

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Hugo H @hugoh59.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It was only two years ago. They seem to think we are stupid.

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Tony Dexter @timbleman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

If only we had a Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

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Hugo H @hugoh59.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Where Eagles Dare. Comes out every Christmas.

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Labour was polling a little over 30% when these articles were written. It is genuinely strange that the Conservative Party is not being subjected to the same obituaries by op-ed given its frequent sub-20% polling.

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Yeah, funny that.

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Hugo H @hugoh59.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Such an incoherent position. Where are these prisons going to go and where are the Tories going to find the money from. They are not serious.

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Hugo H @hugoh59.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Going well for Kemi i see.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Suella Braverman’s parents emigrated (they were horrible economic migrants not from a war zone she hates). She went to Cambridge for free and didn’t collect £27k debt like everyone else. Scrounger. She used the Erasmus scheme to study in France. Which she has blocked. Horrible

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