Graham Simpson
Advocate of proportional representation and progressive politics. Humanist. Anti Brexit! Anti Trump! Don’t buy American! @libdems.org.uk
- Reposted by Graham SimpsonAs our Union takes on greater responsibility for its own defence, we need a strong defence industry. It's not only a matter of security - but also competitiveness. I met with European industry leaders to hear from them how we can support this crucial sector even more. Read-out ⭣ europa.eu/!HfnGKd
- Reposted by Graham SimpsonTrump capitulated to China and got nothing out of it. After weeks of on and off tariffs, the only thing Trump did was cause the market to freak out, screw up the entire supply chain, destroy the dollar as the “reserve currency", and killed the US’s soft power advantage.
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- Someday Trump and MAGA will be gone, but we will always have footage of these people humiliating themselves every day to win his favor. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zgp0...
- Reposted by Graham SimpsonOK, this is wild. In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them. It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*. What the HELL? 1/
- “One answer to the question of why cut benefits is that the Tories left a £22bn black hole. But that doesn’t explain why it has to be winter fuel or personal independence payments. The Tory legacy is a cause of budget choices, not a moral compass pointing to the better path” @rafaelbehr.bsky.social
- “Thames Water bosses poised for 50% bonuses from £3bn emergency loan” - Privatised water in one headline…
- Brexit Impact Report: 70% of businesses said they had been impacted by Brexit, as supply chains struggle under mountains of red tape. 96.4% of respondents reported that leaving the EU had negatively affected their local areas. @europeanmovement.co.uk www.europeanmovement.co.uk/business-imp...
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- The Guardian view on UK trade: quiet re-engagement is a slow fix for Brexit’s mistakes - The Guardian’s positive spin on the ‘reset’ but it’s all frustratingly slow and still guided by old Brexit era dogmas which are well beyond their sell by date. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- If the 2024 General Election had been held using proportional representation there would almost certainly have been a coalition between Labour, Lib Dems and Greens. No winter fuel cut, no disability cuts, tougher on Trump, tougher on Israel’s war in Gaza, better progress on Europe.
