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UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/293864/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/293864/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Hundreds gather in Glasgow city centre protest to UKIP ‘mass deportations’ march <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Britain</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GeneralElection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeneralElection</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Glasgow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Glasgow</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GreatBritain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreatBritain</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UKIP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKIP</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a></p>
Wen<p>Interpreting spending</p><p>The Times reports that Labour outspent the SNP 3:1 in the last GE. Their conclusion, the SNP is doomed. Mine, Labour raised a vast amount of money from ‘private’ donors - it allows them to ignore their membership and country. The SNP needs a revival, selling out to organisations who do not have <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scotland</span></a>’s best interests at heart is no the way to go.</p><p>Holyrood elections here we come.</p><p><a href="http://archive.today/2025.07.17-204918/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/labour-outspent-snp-by-more-than-three-times-at-general-election-k5xb83tgz" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.today/2025.07.17-20491</span><span class="invisible">8/https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/labour-outspent-snp-by-more-than-three-times-at-general-election-k5xb83tgz</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/SNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SNP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corruption</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/GeneralElection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeneralElection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ScottishIndependence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ScottishIndependence</span></a></p>
Pablo Martini (Geezer)<p>Keir Starmer took Labour to a historic landslide—and then set about punishing the poor, bullying disabled people, and purging his own MPs for having principles.</p><p>Now his approval ratings are in freefall, his party is split, and his leadership looks doomed. </p><p>Here's how it all unravelled.</p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/LabourCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LabourCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Starmer</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/TwoChildCap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TwoChildCap</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/DisabledRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DisabledRights</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/VoxPolitical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VoxPolitical</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Reeves" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reeves</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/GeneralElection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeneralElection</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/CorbynWasRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CorbynWasRight</span></a><br><a href="https://voxpoliticalonline.com/?p=99106" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">voxpoliticalonline.com/?p=9910</span><span class="invisible">6</span></a></p>
United States<p>Contributor: How could ranked-choice voting reshape California politics?</p><p>Last month, New York City’s mayoral race drew national attenti…<br><a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/america" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>america</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/candidate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>candidate</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/democraticprimary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democraticprimary</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/generalelection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>generalelection</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/losangelestimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>losangelestimes</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/newsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>newsystem</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/NewYorkCity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewYorkCity</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/nonpartisanprimaryelection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nonpartisanprimaryelection</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/party" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>party</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/partyaffiliation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>partyaffiliation</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/people" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>people</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Ranked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ranked</span></a>-choicevoting <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/state" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>state</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/unitedstatesofamerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unitedstatesofamerica</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStatesPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/usapolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>usapolitics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vote</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/voter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>voter</span></a><br><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2233212/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2233212/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Christie Elan-Cane<p>It takes a foreign leader to say out loud the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> is in "a very dark place" lambasting "totally shameful" ideas normalized by <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Brexit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brexit</span></a>. He is right! The next <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GeneralElection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeneralElection</span></a> will offer choice of right <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a>, far right <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Tories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tories</span></a> &amp; further right <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Farage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Farage</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/keir-starmers-immigration-plan-criticized-by-albanian-pm_uk_685cffaae4b0f78c5737e011" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/kei</span><span class="invisible">r-starmers-immigration-plan-criticized-by-albanian-pm_uk_685cffaae4b0f78c5737e011</span></a></p>
US<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/us/8780/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/us/8780/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> ‘It feels like I’m breathing through a straw’: Terrifying vaping warning after man suffers heart attack at 24 and has ‘lungs of a 70-year-old’ <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/dailymail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dailymail</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GeneralElection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeneralElection</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Health</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Kentucky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kentucky</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Labour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Labour</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/tiktok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tiktok</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a></p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/180463/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/180463/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Married couple from Bristol due in court today over suspicious election betting <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Bristol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bristol</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Britain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Britain</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ConservativeParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConservativeParty</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Courts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Courts</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/England" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>England</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GeneralElection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeneralElection</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GreatBritain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreatBritain</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a></p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/160414/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/160414/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> New State Pension age set to change next year for people with these birthdates <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Benefits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Benefits</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Business</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DWP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DWP</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Finance</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GeneralElection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeneralElection</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LabourParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LabourParty</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Pensions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pensions</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PersonalFinance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PersonalFinance</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/retirement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retirement</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/StatePension" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StatePension</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Taxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Taxes</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Twitter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Twitter</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UKGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a></p>
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