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The National Fish & Chip Awards has revealed the 20 chippies in the running for its coveted Takeaway of the Year title, which celebrates the nation’s finest fish and chip businesses.

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Definitely this 👇👇👇

🇪🇺 The freedom to live, work, travel, study, retire across 27 countries. Give us back that freedom.

Patriots one and all 🤣🤣🤣

“Cyclists are often perceived as recklessly flaunting road laws. A new study challenges this perception. The study found only 5% of cyclists broke road rules while riding on bike infrastructure versus 66% of motorists who broke rules while driving.” Safe bike infrastructure fuels rule-following.

Hunt talking nonsense again! Restoring #FreedomOfMovement returns opportunities to our young people!

The Guardian reporting Rayner backing Burnham's call for an EU free movement debate is a start, but debate alone won't rebuild Britain. Words won't fix a £240bn economic black hole—we need decisive political action now. Why delay real recovery? 🤔 #RejoinEU

More and more businesses are opening up on Oxford Street - a boost in confidence in the nation’s high street. www.ft.com/content/73a2...

Is anyone watching the spread-bet websites to see if anyone in the Washington DC area is betting heavily on strikes on Iran today?

And true to form, Farage and the Tories (Philp) respond by being totally dishonest about it… Freedom of movement with the EU requires EU citizenship. Immigration requires visas. Talk of ‘betrayal’ and ‘uncontrolled migration’ is the mark of a liar or a fool. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

The best response to Russian aggression and an America we can't rely on? EU membership. Rejoining the EU is the best way to keep us safe. Ellie Chowns MP: We must "cooperate with our allies and especially our closest European neighbours".

The whole planet had a stake in Brazil's election. Lula can now embed a global legacy as the President who changed the fate of the Amazon. 🇧🇷 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Don't get the resistance to stocking up advice. Those in rural and semi rural areas experience regular power cuts. It's a regular occurrence. It makes sense to be prepared. In our experience, losing electricity is child's play compared to being without water.

Meanwhile, pro-democracy, pro-Europe protesters in Tbilisi, Georgia, are tonight nearing their 700th consecutive day of protest against the pro-Russian government. They haven't missed a single day in the last 23 months.

This is a beautiful, beautiful thing

Me in The Independent just now. Link to article —> www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Ten years on, we have the worst of both worlds on immigration and asylum. Without freedom of movement, businesses face red tape while losing skilled workers. Restoring it cuts business costs, creates quality jobs for Young people, and helps us tackle the crisis together.

Evidence. But as I keep saying, Burnham pretty quickly needs support from colleagues and wider political system over the EU which so far isn't happening. bsky.app/profile/drje...

Burnham playing a canny game. "will not move ahead of public opinion" which he knows is actually far more open to stronger EU ties / rejoin than political opinion. Like talking about freedom of movement and downplaying Euro / Schengen. www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Andy Burnham is showing leadership on the clearly subpar and potentially worsening EU relationship but he needs serious political support from those that understand the issues rather than folk diving straight into minutiae. Which isn't yet happening. bsky.app/profile/paul...

Growing protectionism and weakening trade rules (not just the WTO, but also trade agreements) are closing in on the UK's desire to navigate the world without making a choice between major powers. That's not pretty, but this isn't 2016 any more. And nobody is giving special deals.

Every Labour MP who stays silent out on EU membership out of fear of Farage should look at the list of 43 seats that become hyper marginal rather than lost. Several of their colleagues who would be set to gain the most from a bolder line are the ones most nervous about it.

With all this talk about freedom of movement & lazy journos writing up it could hurt Red Wall MPs, I’m resharing my article from early Oct. Playing it safe on EU is riskiest thing Labour can do for those MPs. labourlist.org/2026/10/play...

Naomi has polling evidence, I have trade policy evidence that Made in Europe means the UK being further squeezed out of manufacturing supply chains, and that talking about Freedom of Movement is a response to that.

Remastered from the archives (Feb 2021)

Brazil and Serbia, defying rise the tide of autocracy. This is how we do it, everywhere. 🌈

I am always being asked: “How long will it take after the Hormuz Crisis ends for prices in the UK to return to normal?” I have spent the last week looking at the numbers behind the shipping and supply industries to try to work out an answer. It is not particularly reassuring. #TheHormuzCrisis

“The evidence is really clear in terms of 20% down in exports to the EU, 16,000 businesses no longer exporting to the EU, it has been the red tape on the EU deal we got, has been damaging to the economy” Angela Rayner

North East Bylines reporting 72% of Labour voters want talks on rejoining the EU shows public appetite for real change. Brexit swapped fluid reciprocal mobility for a £180bn economic black hole and a one-way visa ratchet. Why stay trapped in failure? (1/2) 🤔 #RejoinEU

Lula: "We had to overcome foreign interference through digital platforms, which we will have to regulate. A crime in the digital world must be treated the same as a crime in the real world. We cannot have monstrous companies earning millions... not paying taxes... wanting to steer elections."

A garden centre in Wales has scooped the title of the best garden centre in Britain

You can't forget that pic however much you try, can you? The screaming incompetence of the Tories on full display. EU folks, prepared, serious. Tories, empty handed, empty brained smirking from all of the free sherry they consumed on the flight over. Shysters, utter shysters.

We agree... #BrexitDisaster #RejoinEU

Fascinating Jeremy, now tell us about the time you cut national insurance twice as an electoral game despite knowing we couldn't afford it.

"Legal migrant numbers are at a historic low and small boat crossings have halved, yet that didn’t stop anger at asylum seekers spilling on to the streets. "There is no level of migration low enough to satisfy some people. There is, however, a level of migration low enough to make us all poorer."

A new era for Oxford Street starts now.

“Andy Burnham admitted he is considering allowing freedom of movement… …as pro-EU groups warn Brexit has left a black hole of up to £240bn in economic growth”

The Independent reporting Angela Rayner confirming "nothing is off the table" to reverse Brexit harm shows reality sinking in. With a £240bn black hole starving our public services, dogma must yield to economic survival. Why suffer self-inflicted harm? 🤔 #RejoinEU

Meet Will, the Cambridge plumber who gets to many of his jobs by e-cargo bike. Will founded Veloplumb in 2023, with a simple idea: many plumbing jobs don’t need a van full of equipment. 'I really believe in it, it boosts mental health to be outdoors, exercising and of course doing some plumbing!

The rules are clear - broadcasters are required to present news in an impartial manner, without political bias. Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action ⬇️ https://bestforbritain.org/petition/farage-on-gb-news-demand-that-ofcom-takes-immediate-action/

NEW: Trump is a Russian asset. And the UK government is finally waking from its decade-long slumber Read this. And order a wind-up radio. broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-dark-t...

I note that the BBC no longer bothers to tell us that Israel prevents them from reporting from Gaza.

First Orban, now Vučić... There goes Vladimir Putin's 'last remaining friend' in Europe! 👋 www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ser...

Cities are defined by the choices they make about space. Today, London chose people. Oxford Street's transformation is under way.