@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-07-16 15:45:40
Einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
IFG-Reform: Bundesregierung in Erklärungsnot
https://www.
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-07-16 15:45:40
@markhburton@mstdn.social2026-05-18 19:25:04
Caroline Lucas:
“Burnham’s longstanding commitment to a fairer voting system could transform our democracy and counter the dire threat of a Reform UK government.”
Greens split over how hard to challenge Burnham in Makerfield byelection | Andy Burnham | The Guardian
https://www.
@krone@frawas.de2026-05-19 05:56:12
Reform kommt 2027 - Karner zu Polizisten: „Mehr Leistung, mehr Geld“ #News #Nachrichten
@Tupp_ed@mastodon.ie2026-05-17 12:36:58
“Britain has been telling itself wildly inaccurate stories about itself for decades. The further those stories have drifted from reality, the worse their ability to govern has become”
https://www.thegist.ie/the-gist-britain-the-ungoverned-country/
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-06-16 10:53:00
@frankstohl@mastodon.social2026-05-18 07:01:47
@markhburton@mstdn.social2026-05-17 22:12:51
In this key by-election, it is essential to defeat Reform Ltd. That means putting aside reservations about Burnham.
Other left parties, in this case, must stand aside
Andy Burnham faces perilous race to win Makerfield byelection, allies say | Labour | The Guardian
htt…
@jochenlingelba1@h-net.social2026-06-15 10:07:09
Neuer Beitrag im #FluchtForschung blog @…
"Die GEAS-Reform: eine Zäsur mit Konsequenzen für den Flüchtlingsschutz"
von Petra Bendel
v.a. zu den Menschen- und Flüchtlingsrechtlichen Kritikpunkten an der
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot2026-05-17 15:13:03
Ireland has some excellent writers.
"It seems that losing colonial control of Egypt has not stopped Denial flowing through the British body politic." -- @…
#TLDR: #MorganMcSweeney
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-07-14 18:23:03
IFG-Reform: Bundesregierung in Erklärungsnot
Bedrohungen von Staatsbediensteten sollen ein Grund für die umstrittene Reform des Informationsfreiheitsgesetzes sein. Fälle gibt es wohl keine.
https://www.
@krone@frawas.de2026-05-18 20:21:21
Teil der Reform - Fachärzte fürchten Rückkehr der Zwangszuweisung #News #Nachrichten
@jae@mastodon.me.uk2026-05-10 16:33:03
Content warning: UKPol
As an American, I implore you to not let what has happened here happen to you.
https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/05/08/reform-uk-lgbtq-policies-local-election/
@roelgrif@mstdn.social2026-05-08 08:41:38
Het lijkt erop dat de Britse kiezer niets heeft geleerd van het vorige uitstapje naar radicaal rechts.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/2026-local-elections-reform-farage-b2972744.html
@pre@boing.world2026-06-18 21:09:43
Content warning: UKPol Makerfield Result
Well, the Makerfield by-election is over. Voting just closed.
I don't live there, but if I did I think you gotta vote Labour in order to destroy this Labour government.
Which is in itself pretty mad. Demonstrating the utterly broken nature of the whole political system.
This is surely the only circumstance in which I switch away from the Greens.
As I said last month, they absolutely should have stood and spoke in front of every camera pointed at the constituency. Dunno that they managed the second part. I didn't see much of her myself, certainly.
Anyway, the point is that there's only one candidate at this election which has any chance at all of changing the direction of this government.
None of the others might be Prime Minister by autumn. Nobody else who wins can do that. There's only one candidate who can probably unseat the failing prime minister.
Would be voting more in hope than expectation of course.
He won't be very different. Certainly he's the same on Israel's genocide, on taxing wealth, on fiscal rules preventing government investment, on private industry being better than government owned industry, on capitalism, on the bond market, on the monarchy, on the pointless drug war, on conflating protest with terrorism, on the house of lords, on AI, on Free Software, on copyright, on age-gating and surveilling the internet.
But maybe that one difference, "public 'control' without ownership of industry" is at least a bit better than just Starmer thinking the state is powerless against American AI? He might try a bit harder to build more houses?
So not voting in expectation of anything really changing here, but voting for the only candidate who will even be in a position to try.
If you dislike Starmer and prefer any of the other candidates, if you prefer Greens, or Conservatives, or Restore, or Reform, or Lib Dem, or anarchy or antifa or woke then you should vote for the Labour Party candidate to cause Starmer's downfall.
You should only be voting against Starmer's Labour Party if you are happy with Starmer's Labour government and want Starmer to stay.
And only like 75,000 people even get to mark a ballot.
"Restore" are the splitters from Reform (who are in turn the Nativist right wing party splitters from the Conservatives).
They left Reform because Reform weren't racist enough for them, mostly. Their vote count is key here. Will their vote be higher than the Labour/Reform margin?
I think probably it will.
So the Restore Party is the spoiler that forces the PM out of office by splitting the nazi vote and allowing in a challenger to the PM.
Insane election. 😵💫
Apparently nobody conducted an exit poll, so we'll find out in the morning.
#ukpol #makerfield
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-05-12 13:01:09
Respecting Reform Voters Means Telling Them They're Wrong and Immoral (Toby Buckle/Liberal Currents)
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/respecting-reform-voters-means-telling-them-theyre-wrong-and-immoral/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260512/p23#a260512p23
@cdarwin@c.im2026-06-08 21:37:07
Mexico cuts workweek,
bans after-hours contact,
and guarantees no worker will take a pay cut
in the most sweeping labor reform in a generation
https://techfixated.com/mexico-cuts-wo…
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online2026-07-10 21:23:01
🛌 Wissen fürs Kopfkissen: 📖
Es ist Zeit für eine Reform der #Dienstwagenbesteuerung in Deutschland 🚗🌍
Die aktuelle Regelung begünstigt große, verbrauchsintensive #Fahrzeuge und fördert CO₂-Emissionen. Wie könnte eine umweltfreundlichere Besteuerung aussehen? Sollten steu…
@funkvolk@mastodon.social2026-07-10 18:54:16
Wie patriarchal kann man eigentlich sein?
Japan: JA!!!!!
https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/asien/japan-reform-kaiserhaus-thronfolge-100.html
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-05-15 16:25:58
The Guardian says it is "concerned" after Nigel Farage posted the press credentials of a Guardian photographer who had taken his picture (Alice Brooker/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/guardian-photographer…
@rainerzufall_le@mastodon.social2026-07-09 12:17:45
Sorry, liebe Studis, Jens Spahn hat als Gesundheitsminister so viel Geld verbrannt, dass es jetzt fehlt. Schade, aber wir müssen einander da auch einfach viel verzeihen...
https://www.tagesspiegel.de/wissen/nach-re
@_tillwe_@mastodon.social2026-06-12 06:44:29
Merkposten: "krass kürzen" ist noch keine Reform. Bzw. wenn "Reform" jetzt zum Kurzwort für "krass kürzen" wird, brauchen wir ein neues Wort für optimierte Prozesse und verbesserte Strukturen.
@drgeraint@glasgow.social2026-05-08 03:58:05
Prof Sir John Curtice, on the English council election results based on key wards:
"A sharp fall in Labour's performance is accompanied more often by an above average Green performance than it is by a strong Reform performance."
"It should be remembered that Labour may often lose seats to Reform because it is losing votes to the Greens, while the Conservatives are losing votes to Reform. The net effect can be that Labour end up losing a seat to Reform."
@markhburton@mstdn.social2026-07-11 08:07:33
Inside Reform and George Cottrell’s world in Montenegro
Why are some of Britain’s most controversial Reform-linked figures all operating out of a grubby office in a town of 11,000 people in the Balkans?
https://www.opendemocracy.net/inside-reform-a…
@nic@geno.social2026-07-15 11:16:06
"Heating up the headlines: How tabloid framing reshaped Germany's Buildings Energy Act"
In diesem Paper wird untersucht, wie die „BILD“ (Deutschlands größte Boulevardzeitung) die Reform des Gebäudeenergiegesetzes (GEG)
2023 zu einer der polarisierendsten politischen Kontroversen der jüngeren deutschen Geschichte gemacht hat:
@relcfp@mastodon.social2026-06-13 16:30:45
LECTURE> Professor Emeritus Takashi Shimosawa, Seminar on "Buddhist Reform in Nineteenth-Century Chittagong and Its Historical Significance: Reviewing the Reality of Luri Buddhism"
https://ift.tt/wYGfBFd
H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report for H-Diplo: 31 May - 7 June H-Net Job Guide 06/09/2026 - 2:3…
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-07-12 09:29:03
@gwire@mastodon.social2026-07-10 13:35:56
If it's some form of fear-of-punishment voting being suggested, would it not also be apt that certain voters be made subject to the conditions that create refugees?
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul…
@Europablog@mastodon.social2026-06-02 08:18:13
Ringen um eine Reform der EU-Tabaksteuerrichtlinie. Von Jürgen Klute.
#EU
@thomasrenkert@hcommons.social2026-07-10 11:24:50
Wenn man jahrzehntelang *jeglichen* Reformbedarf leugnet und jede Reform verschleppt, blockiert, oder von innen heraus zerstört ("offene Feldschlacht"), hat das den ungemeinen Vorteil, dass man danach dann ungerechte und schlechte Reformen dem Volk verkaufen kann unter Macher-Slogans wie "jede Reform ist besser als Nichtstun", "wir müssen alle den Gürtel enger schnallen", oder "Wir packen es an, um die Faschisten zu halbieren" (rofl). Der Fachbegriff d…
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-05-14 16:40:54
Insurers shouldn't make healthcare decisions: There's a better way (The Hill)
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/5876379-prior-authorization-reform-needed/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260514/p64#a260514p64
@krone@frawas.de2026-06-16 16:33:19
Kanzler-Idee abgesagt - NEOS präsentieren eigenes Modell für Heeres-Reform #News #Nachrichten
@draxil@social.linux.pizza2026-05-15 16:19:08
Content warning: UK Politics
All for Andy B returning to parliament, but I sure hope we don't have a Reform mayor get in for Manchester and wreck the place.
#ukpol
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online2026-06-10 21:23:01
🛌 Wissen fürs Kopfkissen: 📖
Es ist Zeit für eine Reform der #Dienstwagenbesteuerung in Deutschland 🚗🌍
Die aktuelle Regelung begünstigt große, verbrauchsintensive #Fahrzeuge und fördert CO₂-Emissionen. Wie könnte eine umweltfreundlichere Besteuerung aussehen? Sollten steu…
@curiouscat@fosstodon.org2026-06-15 15:53:19
I donated again to the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law School https://www.brennancenter.org/
Due to the dire threats to the USA from the current administration and the Republican party I am donating as much money as I spend on myself this year to protect us from those threats to our way of life.
@villavelius@mastodon.online2026-05-09 16:00:00
Nigel Farright is kennelijk de nieuwe Britse Messias.
Reform UK wint enorm aantal zetels bij Britse verkiezingen, Starmer wil blijven https://nos.nl/l/2613707
@DieGesellschafterinLang@swiss.social2026-05-30 09:07:59
Die Pflegeversicherung steht vor dem Finanzkollaps - Reform und Sparvorschläge
https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/innenpolitik/pflege-reform-100.html
@LaChasseuse@mastodon.scot2026-05-08 23:52:05
I'm really angry that Reform is sneaking into the Scottish parliament via the list votes.
We really have to make some radical changes to that ridiculous system.
Also: a pox on the head of anyone daft/evil enough to give their second vote to Reform 🤘🏼
@servelan@newsie.social2026-05-14 03:10:56
"Hasen offers three possible explanations for Roberts' sudden urgency: naked partisanship, motivated reasoning that blinds conservatives to harm they're causing, or a 71-year-old chief justice who sees the clock running out on his project to reshape American democracy before the court faces serious reform pressure."
Expert spooked after noticing massive change with John Roberts in the last month - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/john-roberts-2676892301
@skington@glasgow.social2026-05-09 16:52:31
Welsh Labour source in the Guardian: “We heard people on the doors saying they’d usually vote Labour but wanted to stop Reform.” https://www.theguardian.co…
@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz2026-07-08 23:06:10
@Techmeme@techhub.social2026-06-11 05:36:05
Analysis: Conservative and Reform UK MPs have increased their volume of posts on X since Elon Musk's takeover, while center-left politicians have reduced theirs (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/43f44d4a-09c6-4452-a37c-b1c2955143d0
@thijs_lucas@norden.social2026-07-11 10:45:43
Weil das für alle Beteiligten der sinnvollste, günstigste und erfolgreichste Weg ist:
"Arbeitgeber dürfen zwar schon jetzt verlangen, dass eine Bescheinigung schon ab dem ersten Krankheitstag vorgelegt wird. In der Praxis wird diese Möglichkeit aber wenig genutzt."
Es ist für Superreiche Machtarschis eine Möglichkeit, andere zu gängeln, ohne selbst irgendwelche Nachteile zu haben.
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-05-15 12:35:55
Docs show how the UK's Society of Media Lawyers lobbied government officials to push back on anti-SLAPP legislation, arguing it will enable abuse by the press (Democracy for Sale)
https://democracyforsale.substack.com/p/how-lawyers-to-the-super-rich-strang…
@chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca2026-05-12 16:11:44
Wow, this chart is wild!! Also, UK Ministers are dropping like flies, which means Starmer is going to be gone soon.
#CanPoli #CdnPoli #Democracy
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c1e2n923v1lt
@cdarwin@c.im2026-07-07 14:35:34
Nigel Farage has announced he is to resign as the MP for Clacton,
and fight the resulting byelection,
while revealing he is under a second investigation by the parliamentary standards watchdog over undeclared gifts.
https://www.
@buercher@tooting.ch2026-06-17 18:03:02
Will Makerfield save Labour and put Andy Burnham as new PM? Will Green voters vote for Burnham to keep Reform out? Podcast
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/video/2026/jun/17/makerfield-how-one-small-area-could-decide-the-uks-next-prime-minister-video?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-07-15 04:18:03
@Ruhrnalist@mastodon.social2026-06-20 04:47:37
In den letzten Tagen sind Details der umfassenden Programmreform im Deutschlandfunk bekannt geworden. Im Kern: alle Sendungen der Fachredaktionen werden abgeschafft, dafür gibt es Schwerpunkte.
Viele Hörer und Hörerinnen des DLF sind schockiert, weil sie ihre Lieblingssendungen künftig nicht mehr hören können. Einer hat spontan eine Petition gestartet, in dem auch die Änderungen beschrieben werden.
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online2026-05-10 21:23:01
🛌 Wissen fürs Kopfkissen: 📖
Es ist Zeit für eine Reform der #Dienstwagenbesteuerung in Deutschland 🚗🌍
Die aktuelle Regelung begünstigt große, verbrauchsintensive #Fahrzeuge und fördert CO₂-Emissionen. Wie könnte eine umweltfreundlichere Besteuerung aussehen? Sollten steu…
@tagesschau_eil@mastodon.social2026-07-02 07:09:56
📢 Koalition einigt sich auf Reform der Einkommensteuer - Entlastungen für Familien
Die Koalition will die Menschen mit mittlerem und geringem Einkommen entlasten. Familien mit Kindern sollen am stärksten profitieren. Gegenfinanziert werden soll dies unter anderem über eine Veränderung bei der "Reichensteuer". Das geht aus den Ergebnissen des Koalitionsausschusses hervor, die zur Stunde vorgestellt werden.
➡️
@waidler@bayerwald.social2026-04-24 05:28:05
#Versorgungsausgleich
Eine nüchterne Analyse der Reform 2026
Das Bundeskabinett hat am 22. April 2026 einen Gesetzentwurf zur Reform des Versorgungsausgleichs beschlossen. Bundesjustizministerin Stefanie Hubig präsentiert das als Schritt in Richtung mehr Gerechtigkeit nach Scheidungen. Die Grundidee ist richtig. Die Umsetzung ist — wie so oft in diesem Land — sel…
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-07-09 16:25:03
@markhburton@mstdn.social2026-06-02 07:30:55
I think this supports my idea that Reform voters include a large, modern day, Church and King mob.
Reform UK’s support is more than a ‘protest’ vote, research suggests
https://nation.cymru/news/reform-uks-support-is-more-than-a-protest-vote-re…
@david_colquhoun@mstdn.social2026-07-09 11:55:09
Who would have thought that #Cambridge University's Faculty of Divinity would be a centre of extreme-right extremism, and that the University would so secretive about it.
Read about it
@drgeraint@glasgow.social2026-05-15 00:36:32
I assume that the deal is that former Makerfield MP Josh Simons will run for Mayor of Manchester after Andy Burnham wins his seat.
I expect it will all play out as expected, but with Reform comfortably winning that area in the council elections, and Hannah Spencer and new Green councillors showing that Labour can't assume they will win, there are some hilarious possibilities if all doesn't go according to plan.
@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot2026-07-07 16:01:46
Well, what a terribly sad thing.
How we will all weep, at the loss of such a patriot.
#Corruption
#ReformUKLtd
#UKPol
@cdarwin@c.im2026-06-14 21:38:38
This is the political party that likes to gripe about "frivolous lawsuits" and the need for "tort reform", right?
https://bsky.app/profile/ryanjreilly.com/post/3moaytdmzgk2e
@relcfp@mastodon.social2026-06-11 07:45:11
LECTURE> Professor Emeritus Takashi Shimosawa, Seminar on "Buddhist Reform in Nineteenth-Century Chittagong and Its Historical Significance: Reviewing the Reality of Luri Buddhism"
https://ift.tt/GMT0xEw
H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report for H-Diplo: 31 May - 7 June H-Net Job Guide 06/09/2026 - 2:3…
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-07-04 10:20:00
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-05-08 12:05:52
UK's Labour Party suffers heavy early losses as Reform gains in elections (Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uks-labour-party-suffers-heavy-early-losses-reform-gains-elections-2026-05-08/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260508/p19#a260508p19
@cdarwin@c.im2026-07-10 19:18:43
A low-slung building in Garden Grove California is the home of the Women's Civic Club, a community group that's been around since 1921.
Once a month for nearly 20 years, it was also home to meetings for the California Coalition for Immigration Reform (CCIR),
one of the influential voices in the anti-immigrant movement during the 1990s and 2000s,
and one whose legacy is still felt today.
The group originally started as Citizens for Action Now,
headed by…
@skington@glasgow.social2026-05-07 01:31:08
Keir Starmer says "Time and again Nigel Farage and Zack Polanski have shown they are not fit to meet this moment of great global instability." https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/06/starmer-late-pitch-voters-l…
@buercher@tooting.ch2026-06-19 06:53:15
Andy Burnham wins huge majority in Makerfield byelection, paving way for Starmer leadership challenge
Greater Manchester mayor says result represents Labour’s ‘final chance to change’, after soundly beating Reform UK and Restore Britain
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/19/andy-burnham-wins-makerfield-byelection-paving-way-labour-leadership-challenge?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-05-11 23:30:36
The UK's Far Right Is On the March--Thanks to Keir Starmer (Evan Robins/The Nation)
https://www.thenation.com/article/world/uk-local-elections-reform-keir-starmer/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260511/p122#a260511p122
@villavelius@mastodon.online2026-05-30 15:21:29
That's how it's done. Stand up to Nigel Farrights' party antics.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/30/durham-pride-trade-unions-beat-reform-funding-axe?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-07-07 03:48:00
@markhburton@mstdn.social2026-07-09 08:48:00
Bloody Keynesians. Trash the planet, put us all at greater risk, squander public money
Burnham "says he wants to use higher defence investment to boost economic growth."
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/…
@krone@frawas.de2026-07-12 11:05:32
Ministerin zu Reform - Schumann: „Spitäler nicht schließen, aber …“ #News #Nachrichten
@servelan@newsie.social2026-05-01 21:27:49
Mariska Hargitay's End The Backlog Rape Kit Campaign Achieves Milestone
https://deadline.com/2026/05/mariska-hargitay-rape-kit-reform-50-states-law-order-svu-1236878352/
@drgeraint@glasgow.social2026-05-08 17:49:27
Still provisional, needing the regional and constituency counts to be finalised, but look at all the Green list seats! And with at least 2 Green constituency votes, this would mean more Green MSPs than Reform.
https://ballotbox.scot/#list
@pre@boing.world2026-07-17 11:43:07
Content warning: UKPol Burnham Made Labour Leader
Burnham has been made leader of the Labour party then. No other candidates got the required number of nominations so it's a coronation.
He has a few things to say.
He's proud. The party is united, he says, and now they'll put that power of unity to give people hope back. And he is ready to build on Kier's foundation. Thanks Kier, for all the NHS work and renters rights and rebuilding the nation's reputation (??).
He does like to name-check all the various towns and unions of the country. Just listing them. They made Labour, apparently.
We must recognize that this generation of politicians, including Burnham himself, have failed. Four decades of neoliberalism have not been kind to all those places he listed.
He pledges to be better, and will do five things.
1) Work relentlessly to build a culture of one Labour team. No infighting. Wants to eradicate the split. End factional politics.
I guess end Starmer's war on the left then? 🤨
2) Work to build a new politics. This is the last chance for change, and we must take it together. Tell people what Labour will do, not just pick fights with other parties. Seek consensus with those other parties instead, to improve the political discourse.
3) Change political direction: know exactly where he stands and set a direction that is distinctively Labour. No out-greening greens or out-reforming reform or wearing tory clothes. Boldly confidently authentically Labour.
Housing, water, energy, transport, all broken due to privatization and concentration of wealth and power.
Four decades of political power draining from regions to corporations and central government ends now.
Take back the slogan "take back control" from the right, who gave away power to corps and quangos.
Life should be more affordable.
4) Be a leader for the north, south, east and west, for Scotland and Northern Ireland (aw, shame for the midlanders 🤣 ).
Gonna do to everywhere what he done for Manchester he reckons.
Kids shouldn't have to leave their home towns to prosper.
5) Take power back from westminster and give it to the place where you live.
More power for regions, to run trains for passengers not shareholders. Improve high-streets, and back shops and pubs, and education, and reindustrialization.
He's gonna be pro-business.
Add all that together and he reckons we'll bring back hope.
Thanks a few people in particular.
He says he knows what he believes and what he wants to do, he has a plan. He wants change, to be close to the people.
He wants it to be Andy 4 us. Labour 4 us. Bring back hope.
#ukpol #burnham #labourParty
@tinoeberl@mastodon.online2026-05-29 08:10:41
Der #Bundestag hat die Reform der #Ökodesign-Regeln beschlossen.
Produkte sollen langlebiger, reparaturfreundlicher und effizienter werden. Verschärfte #Marktüberwachung un…
@markhburton@mstdn.social2026-07-07 12:27:18
'I'm horrified by the prospect of a Reform mayor': Greens' candidate Geraldine Coggins on why she's running for mayor - Manchester Evening News
https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manch…
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-06-09 13:25:45
GOP cries foul over California, but fails to echo Trump claims (Alexander Bolton/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5915439-trump-demands-election-reform/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260609/p31#a260609p31
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-05-23 14:05:00
@skington@glasgow.social2026-05-09 16:52:31
Welsh Labour source in the Guardian: “We heard people on the doors saying they’d usually vote Labour but wanted to stop Reform.” https://www.theguardian.co…
@markhburton@mstdn.social2026-05-07 08:18:25
Public sector workers warned Reform poses ‘significant’ risk to their futures | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/public-sector-workers-warned-reform-poses-significant-risk-their-futures
@cdarwin@c.im2026-07-10 17:11:01
This week, Reform UK leader Nigel Forage set out his plans
to resign as the MP for Clacton and stand again for his seat,
following a scandal over undeclared gifts, including £5m from the cryptocurrency billionaire Christopher Harborne,
which is being investigated by the parliamentary standards commissioner.
His intention, he has said, is to be judged by his constituents rather than “the establishment”,
arguing that he has done no wrong and that the probe is a “p…
@markhburton@mstdn.social2026-06-03 16:19:36
Restore pulling Farage even further to the right.
His "real message, observers say, was to former supporters who have deserted his party in droves in favour of a new far-right group, Restore Britain"
Does UK’s new far-right party, Restore, pose a threat to Farage’s Reform? | Elections News | Al Jazeera
@drgeraint@glasgow.social2026-05-10 20:27:01
Prof Sir John Curtice reflects on FPTP in a fragmented political landscape.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdxpqyndqwlo
Surely, surely, this must be the end of FPTP in the UK.
If the system no longer benefits the party who currently have the power to change it, s…
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-07-07 04:18:00
@markhburton@mstdn.social2026-05-04 13:02:05
Anybody still doubt that this is a fascist party?
Reform pledges to open migrant detention centres in Green-voting areas - BBC News
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c362e9p385yo
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-07-15 18:50:56
Meloni's hunting reform spells pressure at home and a clash with Brussels (Hannah Roberts/Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/giorgia-meloni-italy-hunting-reform-pressure-brussels-clash/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260715/p79#a260715p79
@cdarwin@c.im2026-04-20 00:02:02
In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis,
Congress created the Office of Financial Research (OFR)
through the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
Originating from the spirit to reform the wildly irresponsible Wall Street elite,
OFR was charged with providing data, analysis, and research regarding systemic financial risks to the members of the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC).
Essentially, OFR is an integral part of the federal…
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-07-03 08:53:00
@markhburton@mstdn.social2026-04-26 19:35:47
Hero!
Royal Mail investigating claims that postal worker ‘binned Reform UK election leaflets’ | Royal Mail | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/26/royal-mail-investigating-claims-po…
@markhburton@mstdn.social2026-06-13 08:48:13
"There is no need to be starry-eyed about Burnham’s politics. He has been a chameleon over his career and there is less to his much-touted “Manchesterism” than meets the eye. We hold no illusions as to how he might govern as premier.
"However, he is clearly the only candidate in Makerfield who can beat Reform....
"He is thus both the anti-Farage and anti-Starmer candidate all in one."
Back Andy Burnham in Makerfield | Morning Star
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-06-23 20:50:41
Sen. Cassidy plans to push 'big idea' for Social Security reform in last days in office (Lorie Konish/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/23/social-security-reform-cassidy.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260623/p105#a260623p105
@markhburton@mstdn.social2026-06-12 08:23:21
See his statement about jailing Tory and Reform Ltd politicians as not evil enough. Straight out of the Nazi playbook.
Lowe is leading the right towards fascism | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/lowe-leading-right-towards-fascism…
@markhburton@mstdn.social2026-04-23 10:00:16
Farage compared to the butcher of Gujarat.
‘This is not the country I moved to’: the British Indians showing support for Nigel Farage | Reform UK | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/23/british-indian…
@markhburton@mstdn.social2026-05-23 08:20:43
Typical unsavoury and intimidating behaviour from the fascists.
"The boss of a community centre for people with special needs has sought an apology from Nigel Farage after she accused him and his team of creating an ‘intimidating and overwhelming’ atmosphere during an unscheduled visit."
Unscheduled visit by Reform to The Hamlet ‘intimidating and overwhelming’
@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-05-25 11:09:00
@markhburton@mstdn.social2026-05-11 08:43:45
Unison general secretary Andrea Egan:
“The Greens under Zack Polanski have gained so much support because they are defending the progressive values Starmer has abandoned.
“But as things stand, we must be clear that the most probable consequence of Labour’s collapse is likely to be a Reform government. One that will seek to reduce union and worker rights while deporting our friends and neighbours.”
Stop Streeting, left MPs urge | Morning Star
@markhburton@mstdn.social2026-06-10 21:02:42
Looking at polls and history: the Nazis won 37% of the vote in 1932.
Reform UK now at about 24% but has been as high as 30.
@markhburton@mstdn.social2026-05-25 11:39:03
A split between near Nazis and plain fascists is welcome, so long as it prevents a far right victory.
And it's usually the left that is faction-ridden.
Elon Musk retweet signals rightwing split that could help Andy Burnham in Makerfield | Byelections | The Guardian
https://www…
@markhburton@mstdn.social2026-06-11 07:28:35
"The UK's new but completely inadequate, fig leaf carbon budget will be subjected to know-nothing right wing posturing by Reform Ltd, the Tories, DUP, and probably some 'blue labour' voices."
https://bsky.app/profile/marhburton.bsky.social/post/3mnyop6…
@markhburton@mstdn.social2026-05-10 08:18:46
'A Green party spokesperson said: “Antisemitism needs a cross-party effort and politicians of all parties have a responsibility to reduce tensions and division, not escalate them. It does feel like the world is upside down when Reform are invited to be part of an initiative to tackle antisemitism but the Green party – and its Jewish leader – aren’t.”'
Downing Street rally asks ‘silent majority’ to fight antisemitism | UK news | The Guardian
@markhburton@mstdn.social2026-05-09 15:47:55
"Star readers are well aware of the impeccable Thatcherite politics of Reform UK’s leader Nigel Farage and leading ex-Tory figures who have jumped ship to save their political skins.
But just how have these charlatans managed to convince poor people whose lives have been blighted by 30 per cent child poverty in Wales, that low taxes and more austerity to pay for it is the answer?"
The Welsh elections: the disillusioned have had enough | Morning Star
@markhburton@mstdn.social2026-05-09 12:48:17
'A Labour MP said: "Not sure voters in Wigan, Wandsworth, Salford or Sunderland voted Reform because they thought we needed more advisers from a different era of Labour politics. I think this shows that Keir doesn't even understand the problem, never mind the solution."'
Sir Keir Starmer makes Gordon Brown an envoy as he seeks reset after Labour election losses - BBC News
@markhburton@mstdn.social2026-05-09 12:00:12