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England’s contested 1,100-year anniversary passed with little public interest, reflecting a broadly unbothered national identity, even as a small but vocal far-right English nationalism gains visibility. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/01/19/world/being-properly-english/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #uk #england #tommyrobinson #donaldtrump #nigelfarage #mikenesbitt #georgeorwell #johnmajor #rishisunak #labour #tories #reformuk #conservativeparty #ulsterunionistparty #maga #englishdefenceleague

The Japan Times

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he will pursue greater access to the European Union’s single market, the strongest language yet on his desire to soften the U.K’s Brexit deal nearly a decade after the referendum. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/05/world/politics/starmer-farage-eu-single-market/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #keirstarmer #nigelfarage #eu #uk #brexit

2legged

@2legged@mastodon.ie · 3 weeks ago

English reactionaries rather like racism, but hate cruelty to animals.

#NigelFarage learnt the hard way when he denounced #TheNewHuntingBan. His chums in #TheDailyMail gave Farage a slot to rage against the proposed ban on #trailhunts. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15415269/Farage-vows-fight-Keir-Starmers-stop-trail-hunting.html

Oops! Every top-voted comment in the #DailyMail backed the ban. Many say #ReformUK would lose their vote based on #Farage’s promise to overturn it.

Opinion polls say the same. #FoxHunting is hated.

Via https://thenewhuntingban.com/ #ukpol

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Mail Online

Farage vows to fight amid outrage against plans to stop trail hunting

The Countryside Alliance said Labour had 'alienated rural people', with a poll suggesting 65 per cent of voters think the Government unfairly neglects country communities.

TJ1001

@TJ1001@mastodonapp.uk · 4 weeks ago

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TJ1001

@TJ1001@mastodonapp.uk · last month

Funny how many donors to Farage and people close to him get money from Russia, then pass it on to him. I mean it’s almost like he’s a traitor and a Russian asset, but that can’t be true of the great patriot, can it?…..

#brexit #tory #tories #toryscum #politics #ukpolitics #bbc #news #EU #Labour #keirstarmer #Starmer #labourparty #RejoinEU #ReformUK #farage #nigelfarage #immigration #farageisalyingsackshit #ReformAreUseless #farageisaracist #farageisatraitor

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TJ1001

@TJ1001@mastodonapp.uk · last month

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Emeritus Prof Christopher May

@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us · last month

Here's The Bear on the tax we all are paying (in the UK) due to Nigel Farage's role in the Brexit referendum.... as he argues too few people are calling out Farage on the damage he & his ideas have wrought.

But for Farage to be confronted by this, we need the media to swing away from pandering to him & be more willing to actually ask him some serious Q.s about this activities... its not that no-one is asking just not enough people who could!

#politics #NigelFarage

https://www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/the-farage-tax-what-the-uk-pays-for

Emeritus Prof Christopher May

@ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us · last month

#politics #NigelFarage

https://www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/the-farage-tax-what-the-uk-pays-for

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Peter Coles

@telescoper@mastodon.social · 2 months ago

I don't understand the fuss about #NigelFarage being a fascist when he was at school. That's been known for years anyway. The issue is that he's a fascist *now* and not enough people are willing to call him out for it.

Peter Coles

@telescoper@mastodon.social · 2 months ago

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TJ1001

@TJ1001@mastodonapp.uk · 2 months ago

No one is suggesting you can print these out on a home preinter really easily- or a few people together can get them printed cheaply if they split the costs

TJ1001

@TJ1001@mastodonapp.uk · 2 months ago

No one is suggesting you can print these out on a home preinter really easily- or a few people together can get them printed cheaply if they split the costs

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈

@Lazarou@mastodon.social · 3 months ago

lol, even Jetset Farage managed a visit, but Starmer does not care for the Celtic fringe, does he?
He is THAT 'Establishment' that he sees the UK as a colonial enterprise and that must be protected, not dismantled.

#Starmer #KeirStarmer #UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #Cearphilly #Cymru #Colonialism #NigelFarage #Farage

Given the huge challenges this system has created for Labour, one might
hope its UK leader would provide, well, leadership. Yet at no point in the
entire byelection campaign did Keir Starmer visit the constituency. Labour
has enjoyed more than 100 years of electoral success in Wales, and Welsh
Labour has been hailed as the democratic world’s “most successful election-
winning machine” At a time when Starmer risks being the first Labour leader
to lose Wales, the prime minister either felt he would be an electoral liability
or he wasn’t bothered to show up. Either way, this helped to seal the party’s
fate. — Given the huge challenges this system has created for Labour, one might hope its UK leader would provide, well, leadership. Yet at no point in the entire byelection campaign did Keir Starmer visit the constituency. Labour has enjoyed more than 100 years of electoral success in Wales, and Welsh Labour has been hailed as the democratic world’s “most successful election- winning machine” At a time when Starmer risks being the first Labour leader to lose Wales, the prime minister either felt he would be an electoral liability or he wasn’t bothered to show up. Either way, this helped to seal the party’s fate.

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈

@Lazarou@mastodon.social · 4 months ago

#GPEW #UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #Wales #Cymru

hago 1616 8ST

'Unrestrained capitalism’ biggest threat to culture and language
in Wales, says Welsh Green leader

Andrew Slaughter, the Green party’s leader in Wales, is speaking at the
conference now.

He says Labour promised change at the last election, but the defining
emotion people feel now is fear, he says.

44 After promising change, this Labour government has snuffed out every hope
people had for it. People were desperate for that hope when they voted last
year. But Labour lied.

Imeet diehard Labour voters every day who tell me, never again. A common
refrain is that what this government is doing is even worse than the Tories.
Their longtime voters can see this clearly now, and they are rightly furious.
Slaughter says the Greens should be taking on “the corporations and the
billionaires that are robbing us blind”.

44 We always thought the Tories were ones who shovelled public money into the
hands of the rich, but Labour wanted to be even bigger corporate sycophants.
Slaughter says “unrestrained capitalism” is the greatest threat to language
and culture in Wales.

44 The brutal logic of austerity has decimated our social fabric across the
board, but it’s also undermining the very foundations of who we are.

But unrestrained capitalism is the same hostile force that working people have
fought for centuries.

Slaughter says he has seen this in the housing sector, and that is why the
Greens will fight for renters’ rights. — hago 1616 8ST 'Unrestrained capitalism’ biggest threat to culture and language in Wales, says Welsh Green leader Andrew Slaughter, the Green party’s leader in Wales, is speaking at the conference now. He says Labour promised change at the last election, but the defining emotion people feel now is fear, he says. 44 After promising change, this Labour government has snuffed out every hope people had for it. People were desperate for that hope when they voted last year. But Labour lied. Imeet diehard Labour voters every day who tell me, never again. A common refrain is that what this government is doing is even worse than the Tories. Their longtime voters can see this clearly now, and they are rightly furious. Slaughter says the Greens should be taking on “the corporations and the billionaires that are robbing us blind”. 44 We always thought the Tories were ones who shovelled public money into the hands of the rich, but Labour wanted to be even bigger corporate sycophants. Slaughter says “unrestrained capitalism” is the greatest threat to language and culture in Wales. 44 The brutal logic of austerity has decimated our social fabric across the board, but it’s also undermining the very foundations of who we are. But unrestrained capitalism is the same hostile force that working people have fought for centuries. Slaughter says he has seen this in the housing sector, and that is why the Greens will fight for renters’ rights.

Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈

@Lazarou@mastodon.social replied · 4 months ago

#GPEW #UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #ZackPolanski #Polanski #KemiBadenoch #EdDavey #NigelFarage #Farage #Starmer #KeirStarmer

2hago 15.33BST

And these are from my colleague Peter Walker, who was listening to Zack
Polanski’s speech in the conference hall in Bournemouth.

44 Polanski did describe himself (sort of) as an “eco populist”, but he’s a
curious sort of populist - quite gentle, without the very obvious ego and brazen
public front you'd normally associate with the idea. But he’s a very good public
speaker.

44 He has just described how his ancestors arrived in England from Latvia via
Ukraine and Poland, fleeing pogroms but still facing antisemitism in the UK.
Polanski explains how he thus changed his surname back from the anglicised
“Paulden” they adopted.

44 That speech was quite light on specific Green policies but it’s clear that
Polanski is a *much* more effective public speaker than Starmer, Badenoch or
Davey, & possibly on a par (albeit v differently) to Farage. It’s no wonder
Labour are privately pretty worried about possible losses to the Greens. — 2hago 15.33BST And these are from my colleague Peter Walker, who was listening to Zack Polanski’s speech in the conference hall in Bournemouth. 44 Polanski did describe himself (sort of) as an “eco populist”, but he’s a curious sort of populist - quite gentle, without the very obvious ego and brazen public front you'd normally associate with the idea. But he’s a very good public speaker. 44 He has just described how his ancestors arrived in England from Latvia via Ukraine and Poland, fleeing pogroms but still facing antisemitism in the UK. Polanski explains how he thus changed his surname back from the anglicised “Paulden” they adopted. 44 That speech was quite light on specific Green policies but it’s clear that Polanski is a *much* more effective public speaker than Starmer, Badenoch or Davey, & possibly on a par (albeit v differently) to Farage. It’s no wonder Labour are privately pretty worried about possible losses to the Greens.

The Japan Times

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 4 months ago

After his main Labour rival retreated and he decided to take the gloves off against populist rival Nigel Farage, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has shored up his standing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/01/world/politics/uk-starmer-labour-farage/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #keirstarmer #labour #uk #nigelfarage

The Japan Times

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 4 months ago

In a bid to reverse his own political fortunes, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is test-driving a new strategy at his annual party conference by going on the attack against Nigel Farage's insurgent Reform U.K. party. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/30/world/politics/starmer-labour-farage-threat/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #keirstarmer #uk #labour #nigelfarage #reformuk

The Japan Times

@thejapantimes@mastodon.social · 4 months ago

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has reshuffled his government with personnel changes and new directives as he seeks to fend off the rise of Nigel Farage’s insurgent Reform U.K. Party. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/08/world/politics/starmer-cabinet-change-farage/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #keirstarmer #nigelfarage #uk #labour #johnhealey

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Political Cartoon Gallery

@PoliticalCartoon@mastodonapp.uk · 5 months ago

Morten Morland @mortenmorland @thetimes on #nigelfarage #Repatriotion #AsylumSeekers #Illegalimmigration - political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

Political Cartoon Gallery

@PoliticalCartoon@mastodonapp.uk · 5 months ago

Morten Morland @mortenmorland @thetimes on #nigelfarage #Repatriotion #AsylumSeekers #Illegalimmigration - political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

TJ1001

@TJ1001@mastodonapp.uk · 5 months ago

Whatever your views, we have forgotten something …….. #brexit #tory #tories #toryscum #politics #ukpolitics #bbc #news #EU #Labour #keirstarmer #Starmer #labourparty #RejoinEU #ReformUK #farage #nigelfarage #asylum

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