Sarah Cowley

Trump told rally-goers he believed he had the right to run again because Democrats allegedly stole the 2020 election, despite acknowledging that the Constitution restricts presidents to two terms. He has repeatedly floated a third term, while allies have dismissed th... TAT: [Undermining democracy]

The US Space Force has granted SpaceX unprecedented access to highly precise military data tracking satellites and other objects in orbit, giving Elon Musk’s company a potential competitive advantage in the growing commercial space market. The move follows the Trump admini... TAT: [Abuse of office]

From the Executive Summary: “A growing body of evidence demonstrates that #DonaldTrump was an active participant in Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse of young women during the mid-to-late 1990s”. meidasnews.com/news/bombshe...

Also FoM is a red line for the EU and I don't think the Euro or Schengen would be.

This is the correct combination to persuade British voters. Euro is much more of a public opinion barrier than FoM. samf.substack.com/p/the-route-...

Churchill: “Each one hopes that if he feeds the crocodile enough, the crocodile will eat him last.” The danger of appeasement. You don’t defeat authoritarians by borrowing its language, validating its framing or sacrificing next group in hope that you’ll be safe. You defend democratic values.

In the age of cashless payment I think this vastly overestimates the extent to which currency is an insurmountable psychological barrier to support for European integration among a large swathe of voters. If anything anxieties over Schengen and border control is probably the bigger challenge

'I will never move ahead of the British public when it comes to Brexit' Prime Minister Andy Burnham says he will not return the UK to EU freedom of movement rules without a referendum, after his call at the weekend for an “honest discussion” on the issue

We've released new polling with @taxwatch.bsky.social on attitudes to the private ownership of the buildings & equipment used to deliver public services. We find six in ten people say buildings used by public services should generally be publicly owned. 🔗 fairnessfoundation.com/who-should-o...

99-percent.org/getting-your...

In the UK we are facing an unprecedented coalition of hostile states, enormously wealthy far-right individuals prepared to spend many hundreds of £millions to swing elections & a media & social media ecosystem which they almost entirely control - we are simply not ready youtu.be/8ap3DObeNEs?...

Since the beginning of Trump’s second term, American democracy has been unwound at frightening speed. Analysis by the V-Dem Institute shows the rate of democratic backsliding in US is faster than we saw in Hungary, India, Russia or Serbia And if we don’t take urgent action it could happen here too

We simply can’t afford not to.

In 2016, Britain's car manufacturing rivalled Germany's. Now, it's nowhere near.

“Crime is spiralling out of control under Labour” says Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp. It’s a lie. According to the new Crime Survey: -violent crime DOWN -knife crime DOWN -robbery DOWN -overall crime DOWN -shoplifting DOWN Yet Tory/Reform liars say it’s surging…

That capacity to correct course is democracy’s great strength—but only while elections stay genuinely competitive and defeated incumbents accept the verdict. The safeguards matter as much as the vote itself.

I was having conversations with journalists just a few months ago about whether democracy was doomed. Look at this year: Orban defeated. Vukic defeated. Bolsonaro Jr defeated. Trump heading to likely defeat in midterms. That’s the beauty of democracy. Voters can respond. Don’t count it out yet.

Europe is the future now www.arguably.uk/p/europe-is-...

This is *the* piece to read on how Brexit became “mouldy bread from the back of the cupboard” and how Rejoin can win hearts as well as heads. Free to read with email sign-up. www.arguably.uk/p/europe-is-...

Nigel Farage, Daniel Hannan, Aaron Banks: the remaining Brexiters look so stale and dated and old. Listening to them is like eating mouldy bread from the back of the cupboard open.substack.com/pub/arguably...

Relieved for Brazilians, but relieved for the world as well. Lula’s win matters far beyond Brazil’s borders with his policy of protecting the Amazon Rain Forest.

If Netanyahu loses tomorrow, and GOP trounced next week, could this be the best fortnight for democracy since the fall of the Berlin wall?

The people who trade in despair, including progressives on here, are not their enemies. They are their handmaidens.

What an incredible night last night. To see the resistance against populism triumph in two such different countries, in two such different ways.

Getting the best deal for Britain means being willing to discuss all the options. With freedom of movement now part of that discussion, there’s a real opportunity to make the case for the rights and opportunities it would give British people.

BBC News just interrupted its coverage to go, live, to Nigel Farage - a man with no contitutional standing in our setup - responding to the budget - a document which nobody has seen yet. WHY

What is the BBC's justification for maintaining this level of coverage of Reform now it has slipped into third place?

Freedom of movement gave British people the chance to work, study and build a life across the EU. Restoring it would open those opportunities again. Stella Creasy is right to call for a serious discussion about what it means for people and businesses.

Closer ties with Europe can help Britain thrive. Sadiq Khan backs Andy Burnham’s push for a better relationship with the EU, making the case for single market membership and the contribution European workers make to our economy.

The princess and the pi-lates From the latest Private Eye, out now.

"It should not be controversial to explain to children that migration has positives and negatives for both the receiving country and source country, that Greta Thunberg is an iconic political figure, and "Amnesty .......campaign[s] against modern slavery." monkdebunks.substack.com/p/are-school...

Should lawmakers (MPs, peers, MSPs, MSs and MLAs) be exempt from the duty of candour and the offence of misleading the public in the Public Office? Of course not! Law makers should tell the truth, otherwise our democracy is based on hypocrisy. execprosec.org/petition/?re...

It's particularly impressive because Aleksandar Vučić was an Orban style autocrat who controlled much of the media. He worked for Slobodan Milošević.

Incredible. Student List are candidates selected by groups of students to form an anti-corruption party. Another youth-led movement overthrowing an authoritarian government in Europe.

Prisoner vs Superpower open.substack.com/pub/bylineti...

"But the scale and speed of the Government’s response need to match what is happening now. Ministers should publish the team’s remit and explicitly include a meaningful universal donations cap in time to protect the integrity of our next election." westcountryvoices.co.uk/how-many-bil...

For sure @davekeating.substack.com

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"Andy Burnham casually admitted on a podcast the words that no UK government minister has ever said. "Chatting away ..... he mentioned that he’d asked officials about Russian interference in Brexit and had been informed in no uncertain terms that there was." broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-dark-t...

201 areas in Scotland with power cuts today.- some households will also have no water as relying on electric pump for supply - trees down blocking numerous roads - For goodness sake -having a few extra bits in the cupboard absolutely essential.

"Some people cannot afford/don't have the space for extra groceries..." A close runner-up. The vast majority of people CAN keep a few provisions. Doing so will plainly reduce panic and make life easier for gov't AND those who can't afford to, during an emergency. In short, grow up.

"Stockpiling was illegal during the war..." One of the weakest (and, for some reasone, most repeated) arguments against taking basic steps to prepare for a short disruption, like losing power for a couple of days. Keeping a wind up torch and some bottled water is not "stockpiling" ffs.

"Most Israeli Jews now see the world the way Netanyahu has long seen it. That is Netanyahu’s great victory. But it is matched by his great loss: Much of the world now sees Israel the way Gazans see it" www.nytimes.com/2026/10/25/o...

In the run-up to the next UK-EU summit, Andy Burnham has asked for views and evidence from across society about the way forward. Since he floated "going all the way" to Rejoin, a flurry of polls and think-tank reports has followed. Now it's time to have your say! www.stayeuropean.org/dear-andy/

President Obama Is Freakin Right...

Closer ties? Best option is full membership! #RejoinEU

The Guardian reporting 5 million Americans—including over 1 million children—pushed off food stamps by Trump’s SNAP cuts exposes the cruelty of right-wing populism. Depriving vulnerable families of food during a cost-of-living crisis is brutal. Why target the poor? 🤔 #FBR