Robin Murray

I have added my name: the UK should aim to join the European Union by 2036. Will you add yours? www.europeanmovement.co.uk/join_eu_by_2...

I've just added my name to the call for the UK to join the European Union by 2036. A stronger economy, more jobs, greater security, and a louder voice in the world. Add your name: www.europeanmovement.co.uk/join_eu_by_2...

The sense of relief I feel at Burnham’s approach to the failed Brexit is almost overwhelming. I hope and believe we will rejoin and that the vast majority of the U.K. will share that emotion. Let us hope he will see this through and reverse the disaster by rejoining. observer.co.uk/news/politic...

Jeffy objects to being included as an example of a right wing countryside ‘black Labrador’ trope. He is definitely left of centre.

Britain's future relationship with Europe is being debated in Parliament on 12th October. I've just asked my MP to attend. Will you ask yours? www.europeanmovement.co.uk/contact-mp-a...

I saw the de Gaulle liberte film 2 and I thought it was the best WW2 war film I have seen in decades. Not since Patton ‘Lust for glory’ have I enjoyed one so much. It depicted battle scenes, complex politics/ diplomacy and resistance movement interactions so well. Great film.

Is @FraserNelson right? Will the spectacle of reform being bought by cryptocurrency millionaires with all the negative connotations this has actually unite most of the electorate in determination to defeat reform by voting tactically against them? frasernelson.substack.com/p/farage-may...

This by @NickCohen4 puts the danger of crypto currency very clearly. I feel I have been asleep at the wheel like many in not appreciating its use both for money laundering and as a vehicle for Russian propaganda. UK politics should stay clear of it. nickcohen.substack.com/p/never-has-...

New York State is about to ban Data Center construction. The rest of the world need to follow suit.

FIFA has appointed Ismail Elfath to referee England v Argentina. He has refereed 5 matches with Messi in them. Messi won all 5. This World Cup is being fixed for Argentina.

Left: Lisa Nandy complains about a lack of regulation on social media Right: Lisa Nandy quitting Twitter because of a lack of regulation on social media Lisa Nandy has been paid an extra £135,010 ministerial salary for the past two years to not do her job of regulating social media and run away

Really not beating those 'gone into hiding' rumours

Nigel Farage has attracted criticism recently for avoiding the media. In the latest example of this, the man has posted a two-year old picture and used it to pretend he was out last night watching the football: He's given up. Reposting an image from two years ago; www.thecanary.co/trending/202...

Is the Farage posting a 2yo photo to pretend he was watching football in the pub last night thing definitely kosher?

Telegraph expose reveals Restore is full of...the sort of people who write columns for the Telegraph.

How Brexit has made Britain poorer – in charts www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I do think this is an important article by one of our best historians @James1940 about how there is a route map prepare Britain’s defence is swiftly and without bankrupting the nation. It needs leadership I showed by FDR and WSC. open.substack.com/pub/james194...

The Billionaire oligarchs and their media dominating shills are not going to support these fair & climate saving proposals. But we could. 👇 ‘An equal and habitable world is possible’: academics set out sweeping vision for planetary www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The clarity of this piece is striking. It is hard sometimes to forgive the charlatans who delivered Brexit and to overcome my impatience with delay in returning Disaster of Brexit is a warning against simple solutions to hard problems | Richard Partington www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

If you do not listen to anything else, Please listen to this magisterial takedown, by the incomparable Steve Richards, of the Blair ‘which’ project essay. Blair is full of fine Cameron sounding concepts without proper detail for practical implementation. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...

Darren Jones MP is on the media round for Labour and appearing on @TimesRadio after 7 am. I think Darren is the coming man in the Labour party and government. An outstanding performer. It will be interesting to see how he handles this very difficult moment. He is usually superb.

Lucas is full of integrity and genuine conviction. An example of what politics can be.

The labour party has nothing to lose now from adopting a bolder agenda such as suggested by Polly Toynbee here. Roll the dice. 👇 What does Britain need from Labour? Not another new PM, but a government with the guts to take radical action | Polly Toynbee www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Outstanding and logical argument here from Neil Kinnock. I wish labour leadership well but their caution on rejoining is self harming. It should be part of the general election manifesto. It would be a positive game changer for labour and tactical voting. observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

The most really dismal aspect about the debate today is the way some conflate delay on rape trials with juries when the two are unconnected. They are willing to sacrifice the democratic right to trial by jury on a false premise. Delay is the enemy of rape victims not juries.

We desperately need to restore Britain’s defences to deter aggression. I speak from a left of centre point of view. We can do this without breaking fiscal rules and generate massive activity in the economy leading to growth and a virtuous economic circle. mintedlaw.wordpress.com/2026/03/05/w...

really liked the recent article by James Holland and rather than reply in a thread thought I would write this. 👇 mintedlaw.wordpress.com/2026/03/05/w...

think this article by James Holland is important. I think it should be discussed widely. Please help by sharing it. 👇

This is an excellent article by the historian James Holland, which makes the case powerfully how we can successfully fund the regeneration of the UK defence industry and armed services. I hope all political parties pay attention to this before it is too late. open.substack.com/pub/james194...

Reminder that the US military budget is larger than the military spending of the next nine largest countries combined. Over half goes to private defense contractors. This is the military-industrial complex Eisenhower warned of — on steroids.

1. Thread 🧵 Freedom of Movement wasn’t just a policy. It was a simple freedom: the ability to say yes. • Yes to a job. • Yes to love. • Yes to a new life in another country. When that freedom disappeared, something subtle but important changed.

Pretty funny that Michael Gove is dunking on me now he’s editor of the Spectator to promote its ‘bias-free’ reporting when as a politician he wouldn’t answer any of my press inquiries on the massive Brexit fraud he oversaw as Vote Leave’s co-convener

From FT comments

I’ve spent years, decades, obsessing over the Bush Administration’s Iraq WMD lies, writing about them, debunking them. I can think of no lie about Iraq WMDs told by Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld et al that comes even close to the enormity and absurdity of this lie from Donald Trump.

Did you watch Dirty Business? I can't believe how much water companies have gotten away with. They're putting profit before public health - it’s a scandal and the Government MUST take action! Sick of sewage? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...

But at a time when Russia is invading Europe and the US is causing conflict all over we need defensive solidarity. If NATO fails it needs to be replaced by something similar amongst the sane countries.

My only major problem with the Greens (so far) is that they want to withdraw from NATO. Seems like a ridiculous idea

It would be nice if the Greens talked about green issues rather than trying to outdo George Galloway.

Man I guess Iran had a unreacted copy of the Epstein files.

Once again, a single cartoon tells more truth that the entire US Congress. Thanks to Rick McKee for making our current situation easy to understand.

Chris Murphy: "It's just so disgusting to listen to the president be waxing poetically about the drapes he's buying while there are six Americans who are dead. There are six families who are about to bury their children because of a war of choice that no one in this country wanted, an illegal war."