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  1. 3 小時前

    Millions of People are Unable to Vote in the UK, as Report Reveals Numbers of Foreign Citizens Disenfranchised by Seat

    Byline Times is an independent, reader-funded investigative newspaper, outside of the system of the established press, reporting on 'what the papers don't say' - without fear or favour. To support its work, subscribe to the monthly Byline Times print edition, packed with exclusive investigations, news, and analysis. Help us build the better media Britain deserves Over four million residents of voting age in the UK are unable to vote due to a messy patchwork of rules about which non-Brits can vote in our elections. A new research report commissioned by the campaign group Migrant Democracy Project exposes the extent to which migrant residents remain disenfranchised - unable to vote - in the UK. The results are "astounding" according to the non-profit Migrant Democracy Project. The analysis found that 4.4 million residents remain ineligible to vote in parliamentary elections for MPs across the UK. Even for local elections, where rules are less strict, 1.2 million residents of voting age remain ineligible to vote in local elections in England and Northern Ireland due to rules on which countries' citizens can vote here. The rules apply regardless of how long they have lived and paid taxes in the UK. London appears most affected by high numbers of non-voting residents, particularly parts of Westminster, as well as Tottenham (North), West Ham, Poplar and Limehouse (East), and Brent (West) . The capital would likely gain more seats in Parliament, if MP boundaries were tweaked to represent the hundreds of thousands of currently unrepresented potential voters. Areas like Peterborough, Cambridge, Luton, Leicester, and parts of Birmingham would also likely gain representation if the rules were changed to expand the franchise. ENJOYING THIS ARTICLE? HELP US TO PRODUCE MORE Receive the monthly Byline Times newspaper and help to support fearless, independent journalism that breaks stories, shapes the agenda and holds power to account. PAY ANNUALLY - £39.50 A YEAR PAY MONTHLY - £3.75 A MONTH MORE OPTIONS We're not funded by a billionaire oligarch or an offshore hedge-fund. We rely on our readers to fund our journalism. If you like what we do, please subscribe. In Scotland and Wales, 88,000 residents have gained the right to vote in recent years through reforms pursued by their devolved governments, though relatively large numbers remain unable to vote in Glasgow and Edinburgh. The report - conducted by Professor Toby James and Jamie Underwood from the University of East Anglia - is the first of its kind to pinpoint the magnitude of this disenfranchisement, according to the study's backers. 'What if Everyone Could Vote?' reveals "gross disparities" between communities, with the top ten constituencies having more than 20,000 disenfranchised voters on average while 26 others have fewer than 1,000 including Bishop Auckland, Rother Valley, Redcar, and Hexham. Irish and qualifying Commonwealth citizens of voting age can already cast their ballots in all elections in the UK. The rules on Commonwealth citizens stem from Britain's colonial history, put into law through the British Nationality Act 1948 and Representation of the People Act 1949. However, EU citizens (except Irish people) or those of non-Commonwealth countries cannot vote for Members of Parliament, no matter how long they've lived here. That is despite the last Government changing the rules so that Brits living outside the UK for over 15 years are still able to vote and donate to political parties here, from abroad. You can see the complex web of rules on who can vote in different elections here or below: Who Can Vote in UK Elections? Just a handful of EU countries have reciprocal voting deals with the UK, where Brits resident there can still vote in their countries' elections if they arrived after Brexit, and vice versa. They are Denmark, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal and Spain. One long-term resident from the constituency of Kensington and Bayswater, ranked first with approximately 3...

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  2. 6 小時前

    'Trump's Embrace of Putin Should Push the UK Back Towards the EU'

    Byline Times is an independent, reader-funded investigative newspaper, outside of the system of the established press, reporting on 'what the papers don't say' - without fear or favour. To support its work, subscribe to the monthly Byline Times print edition, packed with exclusive investigations, news, and analysis. Help us build the better media Britain deserves UK defence spending is going up and the best way to pay for it would be to grow the economy rather than cut other public expenditure (or borrow or raise taxes for individuals and businesses). To achieve the level of growth required, there is only one option economically: a major reset of the UK's trading relationship with Europe. The Trump administration's declarations on Ukraine, tariffs and NATO have focused European minds. Keir Starmer has decisively reaffirmed UK support to Ukraine and committed to raising defence spending from 2.3% to 2.5% of GDP by 2027 (implying an increase of about £6 billion). After Five Years of Brexit It's Time to Admit It Was a Terrible Mistake and Build the Case to Rejoin the EU Let this be the moment we look forward to a brighter future at the heart of Europe, argues Green MP Ellie Chowns Ellie Chowns MP In simple terms, the 0.2% GDP increase in defence needs an extra 0.5% of GDP to fund it (aggregate UK tax revenues are about 40% of GDP). Extra GDP would enable the Government to avoid unpopular cuts to public services and maintain the international aid budget, which Starmer has previously acknowledged supports UK security. A new trading relationship would boost both the UK and EU economies. This matters because EU economic performance is already a critical issue. Even without Trump tariffs, the EU economic model is spluttering with growth in France, Germany and Italy just as weak or weaker than that in the UK. On top of that, the EU is now facing the challenge of significantly increasing its defence spending from a lower proportion of GDP than the UK. In 2024, the comprehensive Draghi report on the future of EU competitiveness proposed a suite of actions to improve economic performance. These include reducing internal trade barriers, which may come as a surprise to those who assume that trade in the EU is frictionless. The reality is that although the EU has very successfully lowered trade barriers for intra-EU trade, they are still relatively high compared to the barriers for intra-US trade. In January, the European Commission responded with its "Competitiveness Compass", a road map for change whose aims include reducing trade barriers by simplifying EU regulation and strengthening coordination between member states. Joining the EU Single Market Could Be the Gamechanger for Keir Starmer's Government Both the UK economy and the new Labour Government needs an urgent shot in the arm. Could this be the solution? Derrick Wyatt The pressing need for European defence collaboration has already pushed the EU and the UK much closer politically. The UK's relatively strong defence capabilities now give it a unique opportunity to seek reduced UK-EU trade barriers to facilitate cross-border procurement and free up supply chains. For example, a customs union between the UK and the EU would cut through customs red tape. It would take time to implement but would be very valuable and increase UK GDP by at least 1%. But, it would also have consequences. In a customs union, the UK would have to levy the same tariffs on US imports as the rest of the EU but these should be a small cost compared to the benefits of freer UK-EU goods trade. The US is an important UK trading partner (15% of UK goods exports worth £60 billion in 2023) but a much smaller partner than the EU (49% of goods exports). Note that tariffs do not apply to services trade and the UK exported £126 billion of services to the US. The UK would also have to renegotiate the trade agreements that were not rollovers of previous EU agreements: Australia, New Zealand and membership of the Compreh...

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  3. 2 天前

    'I went on Channel 4 Show Go Back To Where You Came From - There's One Thing We All Agreed on'

    Byline Times is an independent, reader-funded investigative newspaper, outside of the system of the established press, reporting on 'what the papers don't say' - without fear or favour. To support its work, subscribe to the monthly Byline Times print edition, packed with exclusive investigations, news, and analysis. Help us build the better media Britain deserves This week, I am one of the faces of the mainstream media we would normally use this column to criticise. And with good reason. The Channel 4 reality series Go Back To Where You Came From pairs its clickbait title with the gopping premise of "immersing" Brits in asylum seekers' journeys. A futile goal, for displacement cannot be tried on. With this USP, the channel has managed to enrage both far-right fearers of Leftist propagandists and the refugee campaigners whose grievances it commodifies for the screen. I set two goals when I agreed to be one of only two pro-immigration cast members, sent into battle outnumbered on a month-long journey. My first was the one closest to my heart: refugee rights. The second was a pretext for achieving it: not raising my temper, not belittling in anger, and listening twice as much as I speak. Welcome to my one-woman war on polarisation. *Two women, when I'm accompanied by my trusty and much-missed Media Storm co-host, Helena, who asked me on this week's episode: "So let me get this straight, you went on a Channel 4 show called Go Back To Where You Came From to fight sensationalist polarisation?" Yes. And that's probably why my fiercest arguments were with the guy behind the camera. Also, I believe that is why I'm given very few lines in the final cut (either that, or I never said much of more value than three full titty jokes from contributor Dave). But from the lovely, sometimes frustrated, DMs I've received, I believe there is more of an appetite for talking - not yelling - than Channel 4 affords our public. In its impact on the refugee debate the show could only be (net) positive. Sure, it airs views many would rather pretend don't exist - but they do exist, and the show broke out of the echo chamber with educational and humanist content featuring the people it's actually about. It may feel like a small and depressing win, but the abysmal state of the media is such that by giving refugees names, faces and voices (consensually: I took note) this show is an immense improvement on the norm. Nearly 40% of Asylum Seekers Housed at Controversial Ex-RAF Site Are Torture Victims Some 580 asylum seekers are housed at RAF Wethersfield where radiological contamination and unexploded ordnance has been found Joshua Stein My co-travellers Jess Hallett (who grew up in a small village in Wales) and Nathan Rimmington (a trucker from Barnsley) were blown away by the horrors driving refugee migration - not just from countries of origin but throughout Europe - which are almost entirely concealed from coverage of "our" border. "These people aren't scary," was Jess' closing thought, "I actually feel so embarrassed that I thought that way." "At the beginning of this, did I think I'd change my opinion?" asked Nathan. "Not even a little bit. But f**k me, I have. And I'm proud of myself for that." They were transformed - and so was I. Not by the refugee hardships of which I haven't been ignorant for some time (though they re-break my heart every day), but by Jess and Nathan. I would like to share this lesson with everyone who messaged me: "How did you deal with such disgusting bigots?!" (answer: they weren't). Or who criticised me for going on the show because "the burden should be on racists to educate themselves" (sorry, that's not happening). The nature of inequality is such that many people grinding through life in the conditions most susceptible to racist exploitation, have no more time to read tragic world news, than they have cause to listen to people belittling them with no idea of their life experience. This is important. In my decade working in...

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  4. 2 天前

    Fear and Favour: What Does Trump Owe Putin? Maybe His Life

    Byline Times is an independent, reader-funded investigative newspaper, outside of the system of the established press, reporting on 'what the papers don't say' - without fear or favour. To support its work, subscribe to the monthly Byline Times print edition, packed with exclusive investigations, news, and analysis. Help us build the better media Britain deserves US President Donald Trump's alleged long history of business ties with Russian mafia-linked figures and authorities has been widely reported. The Kremlin's political playbook is built on blackmail, coercion, and assassination. If Trump fails to serve Putin's interests, could he become the next target? Threats, Veiled and Unveiled The first time Putin publicly congratulated his counterpart on winning the 2024 Presidential election, on 7 November, he brought up the earlier attempt on Donald Trump's life. "His behavior during the assassination attempt impressed me. … And it's not just about his raised hand and his call to fight for his ideals, it's not just about that, although a person shows himself in extraordinary circumstances. And he showed himself in a very appropriate way, in a manly manner, like a man." In the context of Kremlin modus operandi and mafia lingo, such a mention is a veiled threat. Also on 7 November, on Russian state television, a political talk show, 60 Minutes, aired nude (and blurred) photos of Melania Trump, which was considered another veiled threat. Putin's aide and a former FSB director, Nikolai Patrushev followed up with a more transparent statement on 11 November, saying that "to achieve success in the elections, Donald Trump relied on certain forces to which he has corresponding obligations. And as a responsible person, he will be obliged to fulfill them… the election campaign is over, and in January 2025, it will be time for the specific actions of the elected president…" Asked about potential consequences, Patrushev said, "We know of two cases of assassination attempts on his [Trump's] life during the election campaign," and went on to give statistics on the US assassinations of US Presidents with the astonishing exactitude, "In general, throughout the history of the United States, attempts have been made on the lives of Presidents and candidates regularly - more than 20 times. Four US presidents were killed by assassins during their tenure." EXCLUSIVE Donald Trump Was Recruited by the KGB Under Codename 'Krasnov' Claims Former Soviet Spy Chief A former senior KGB chief claims Trump was recruited by them in 1987 due to his role as a prominent US businessman Nafeez Ahmed and Zarina Zabrisky The main architect of Russia's modern espionage followed up with a piece of wisdom for US security services, "Therefore, it is extremely important for US intelligence agencies to prevent a recurrence of such cases." Putin continued with this popular trend during his press conference in Kazakhstan on 28 November 2024, "You know, I think that you were also most shocked not even by the fact that absolutely uncivilized means of struggle were used against Trump, absolutely uncivilized, including attempted multiple murders (by the way, in my opinion, he is not safe now)." The Russian President then asked, "What do you think? All sorts of things have happened in the history of the United States. I think he's a smart and, I hope, cautious, person; he understands all this." Putin did not stop there. "But I was more shocked that during the attacks on him, during the fight against him, not only was he subjected to humiliating, unfounded procedures, legal charges, and so on, but the members of his family, his children, were attacked." And so there would be no doubt that the legal troubles are not the only plights awaiting the US President, Putin explained the habits of Russian bandits, referring to them as "our bandits", saying, "Our bandits don't do that. When criminal groups fight among themselves, they don't touch women and children, they leave them alone, m...

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  5. 2 天前

    How the German Elections Were 'Successfully Manipulated' By Foreign Actors and AI-Generated Content

    Byline Times is an independent, reader-funded investigative newspaper, outside of the system of the established press, reporting on 'what the papers don't say' - without fear or favour. To support its work, subscribe to the monthly Byline Times print edition, packed with exclusive investigations, news, and analysis. Help us build the better media Britain deserves Voters in Germany were exposed to a significant amount of far-right narratives online during the federal election, driven by AI-generated content and Russian disinformation campaigns, research has shown. The findings come amid calls for the Government to acknowledge the impact it had on delivering a record result for the far right. Alternative for Germany (AfD) - which opposes sending weapons to Ukraine and has called for an end to sanctions on Moscow - secured a historic second-place finish on Sunday with almost 21%. Konstantin von Notz, a Green member of parliament who chairs the committee that oversees the German intelligence services, told the Financial Times that it was impossible to say exactly how many votes were swayed by the content. From Z to X: How Russian Information Warfare Primed the World for Trump and Musk "Money and information are the twin tactical nukes of modern politics" according to Steve Bannon. But the the seeds for this tech dystopia were sown more than a decade ago Peter Jukes However, while not calling for the result to be overturned, Von Notz, told the publication that "what you can say for sure is that there was relevant, illegitimate influence on decision-making processes". He added that "we simply have to recognise that our elections are already manipulated - and successfully manipulated". The MP expressed further alarm that the Afd, together with the far-left Die Linke, would be able to form a "blocking minority" in the next parliament. Experts monitoring social media during the German elections identified the involvement of Russian-based groups such as "Doppelganger" and "Storm-1516," which US officials had found to be active in America's previous election. These campaigns utilised artificial intelligence to spread their messaging ahead of the vote, which ultimately saw Germany elect a new Bundestag. Methods employed in these disinformation campaigns included creating fake TV news stories and deep-fake videos featuring fabricated accounts from "witnesses" or "whistleblowers" about prominent politicians. In November 2024, shortly before the snap election was called, a video surfaced claiming that a parliamentary member who was an outspoken supporter of Ukraine was a Russian spy. The video used AI to suggest that a former adviser was making the accusation. In another incident, a video featuring an 18-year-old woman falsely accused a German minister of child abuse. This video, also created using AI, was part of a broader disinformation campaign that plagued the election period. Beyond the extremes of Russian-led disinformation campaigns, far-right groups within Germany also ramped up their online presence. Larissa Wagner, an AI-generated social media influencer, became a notable figure in this regard. On 22 September 2024, the day of the Brandenburg state election, Larissa posted a video to her X account saying, "Hey guys, I'm just on my way to the polling station. I'm daring this time. I'm voting for AfD." Larissa's accounts on X and Instagram were both created in the last year, and her regular videos espoused far-right narratives, such as telling Syrian immigrants to "pack your bags and go back home." She even claimed to have interned with the right-wing magazine Compact, which was banned by the German Government in the previous year. When Sky News messaged 'her' on Instagram to inquire about her creators, Larissa responded, "I think it's completely irrelevant who controls me. Influencers like me are the future… Like anyone else, I want to share my perspective on things. Every influencer does that. But because I'm young, attractive, ...

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  6. 3 天前

    'If Labour Is Serious About Overhauling Disability Benefits It Must Stop Letting Employees Work People Into Sickness'

    Byline Times is an independent, reader-funded investigative newspaper, outside of the system of the established press, reporting on 'what the papers don't say' - without fear or favour. To support its work, subscribe to the monthly Byline Times print edition, packed with exclusive investigations, news, and analysis. Help us build the better media Britain deserves Juana is a 56-year old cleaner from Colombia. Every day, Juana wakes up in her flat in Brixton at 4am and takes two buses to work. Her first shift is early, but at least it's contracted, from 6am to 9am, at a central London university. After punching out, she takes another bus to her second job, on a zero-hour contract. She finishes at 2pm and sneaks a nap in an empty meeting room or cafe. At 5:30pm, Juana goes back to the university for her final job of the day. She works until 11:30pm and returns home at 12:30, knowing she will only get three and a-half hours of sleep before she has to wake up again. Juana has been a cleaner for nine years. At her university job she is paid the London Living Wage of £13.85 per hour. Her other job pays far less, and overall, working 12 hours a day, she takes home about £2,400 pounds a month, barely enough to cover rent and expenses. 'Government Narratives About 'Disabled Scroungers' Give Trolls Permission to Viciously Attack Us Online' The notion that disabled people are scroungers and benefit cheats is almost permission to further abuse against them, Penny Pepper writes Penny Pepper Juana isn't a specific person. Rather, she is a composite of dozens of cleaners we have worked with in our capacity as trade union employees. Her work schedule and earnings are typical of many of London's cleaners, and everything we describe has happened to real people. By examining her journey, we hope to better illustrate the ways in which the current system not only fails sick and disabled workers, but can in fact lead to long-term disability. We write this following Labour's latest announcement that they intend to "overhaul" the disability benefits system, with a particular focus on Work Capability Assessments. While Labour are yet to put meat on these plans, their commitment to making the same amount of welfare cuts proposed by the previous Conservative Government means these changes are likely to result in people losing eligibility. Accompanying this is the usual rhetoric around supporting disabled people into work. What's missing is any serious engagement with what "work" really looks like for millions of people across the UK, and what it would actually take to have a job market that is truly supportive of disabled people. If the Government Wants to 'Get Britain Working', Why Is It Ignoring All the Learning Disabled People Who Want to Find Jobs? Less than 5% of people with learning disabilities are employed, while 86% want to be. The Government must think about which Brits it values as being worthy of work Saba Salman When we imagine work exclusively in terms of white-collar office jobs, we overlook the vast number of workers in physically-demanding roles such as cleaning, security, and health and social care. Jobs where 12-hour shifts are often the norm, or where the pay per hour is so low workers are forced to cobble together 12 or more hours from various different sources, often working six or seven days a week. Under these conditions it is easy to fall sick, and the support needed to recover often isn't there. Let us return to Juana. Over the years, Juana develops tendonitis in her shoulder. A condition common to cleaners, who often spend long hours going through the same repetitive motions. She first started feeling pain four years ago, but she worked through it as she couldn't afford to go off sick. If she had, she would've only received Statutory Sick Pay, currently £116.75 a week. This represents one of the first major barriers to workers taking time off when they need it. While contractual sick pay is standard in many white-collar jobs...

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  7. 3 天前

    UK Taxpayers' Cash Is Funding an Arms Firm Whose Biggest Shareholder Is Now Bankrolling Nigel Farage's Reform UK

    Byline Times is an independent, reader-funded investigative newspaper, outside of the system of the established press, reporting on 'what the papers don't say' - without fear or favour. To support its work, subscribe to the monthly Byline Times print edition, packed with exclusive investigations, news, and analysis. Help us build the better media Britain deserves As the UK Government commits to the biggest sustained increase in military spending since the Cold War, rising to 2.5% of GDP by 2027 and potentially 3% in the next parliament, one of the biggest beneficiaries is likely to be QinetiQ, a company that derives over 80% of its arms-related revenue from UK taxpayers alone. Yet while the public foots the bill, the company's largest single shareholder, Christopher Harborne, is funnelling millions of his money into Reform UK. In a Byline Times investigation that reveals the full extent of how taxpayer-funded arms contracts are helping bankroll Reform UK's political ambitions, we report that Christopher Harborne, the single largest shareholder in QinetiQ, has donated at least £13.7 million to Reform UK and a further £1 million to Boris Johnson. QinetiQ is almost entirely dependent on UK Government funding, with more than 80% of its arms-related revenue derived from Ministry of Defence (MoD) contracts. Kemi Badenoch's Foreign Policy: 'Channelling Her Inner JD Vance' The former senior diplomat Alexandra Hall Hall sees signs of Trumpist culture wars and a woeful lack of realism in the opposition leader's foreign policy set piece speech Alexandra Hall Hall Without this taxpayer support the company would likely struggle to survive and Mr Harborne's profits from QinetiQ would be much reduced. QinetiQ, formed from the privatisation of the MoD's Defence Evaluation and Research Agency in 2001, received almost £1 billion from the UK government in 2023/24 alone. Yet, as state funds flowed into QinetiQ's coffers, its executives continued to cash in. CEO Steve Wadey took home £2.93 million that year, including £848,000 in bonuses, while CFO Carol Borg was paid £1.31 million, with £744,000 in bonuses. Wadey's earnings are nearly 16 times the salary of the Chief of the General Staff of the British Army, who earns under £185,000 annually Despite its private-sector status, QinetiQ - which focuses on military research, robotics, autonomous systems, cyber warfare, and aerospace - enjoys a financial safety net that many businesses can only dream of. Freedom of Information requests submitted by London-based charity Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) found that the UK Government accounted for £986 million of QinetiQ's £1.5 billion total revenue in 2022/23, making it the third-largest recipient of MoD contracts after BAE Systems and Babcock International. Using data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), which attributes 78% of QinetiQ's revenue to arms sales, AOAV also found that 80% of its arms-related revenue is sourced from the MOD. Even beyond direct contracts, taxpayers foot much of QinetiQ's operational bill. In 2023/24, QinetiQ spent £328.2 million on research and development (R&D), but just £12.8 million of that was funded internally - meaning the vast majority of R&D spending was effectively a state subsidy, something that Harborne directly benefits from. The company also has a history of lucrative privatisation deals. When QinetiQ was first sold off, senior executives secured a 200-fold return on investment, with a £540,000 buy-in yielding £107 million, while taxpayers saw a mere nine-fold return. The House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts later branded the process 'profiteering at the expense of the taxpayer'. With a new wave of defence spending on the horizon, QinetiQ's grip on public funds is likely to tighten. The UK Government has pledged billions in additional military investment, particularly in cyber warfare, AI, space defence, and next-generation combat systems - all areas where QinetiQ already ...

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  8. 3 天前

    'Reform's Policies Are Dangerously Out of Step With Public Opinion and It's Time the Media Started Scrutinising Them'

    Byline Times is an independent, reader-funded investigative newspaper, outside of the system of the established press, reporting on 'what the papers don't say' - without fear or favour. To support its work, subscribe to the monthly Byline Times print edition, packed with exclusive investigations, news, and analysis. Help us build the better media Britain deserves In just one short month, the world has watched with mounting horror as Donald Trump's America has abandoned Ukraine and Europe, switched sides to align with Vladimir Putin, gutted the US state to the detriment of the poorest in America and abroad, and ripped up agreements to protect the planet from the worst impacts of climate change. All the while he has been cheered on by Nigel Farage. With Reform surging in the polls, Britain could soon be heading for its own Donald Trump. And yet Reform's policies and positions on a whole range of key issues, Ukraine included, remain wildly out of step with the British public and need to be scrutinised. Siding with Trump on Ukraine Both Farage and his deputy Richard Tice have praised the US negotiations with Russia to end the war in Ukraine, notable for being carried out behind Ukraine's back and to its cost. In a rare example of the right-wing media holding Reform to account, Julia Hartley-Brewer slammed Tice on TalkTV when he argued "most wars end up with some form of negotiation". Much as everyone wants to see peace, the trouble is, the negotiations between Trump and Putin amount to two imperial powers carving Ukraine up like a roast - with Ukraine forced to cede its territory to Russia and its rare earth minerals to the US. Most people wouldn't call that a negotiated peace, they'd call that surrender. Or appeasement. Such sentiments are a world away from the British public, who remain firmly behind Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression. 'I Asked Nigel Farage's Supporters What They Really Want and the Answers Were Alarming' My time spent mingling with Reform supporters online revealed a lot about where the UK could be heading next, argues David Goff David Goff Recent YouGov polls show 58% support British soldiers being stationed in Ukraine as peacekeepers alongside European allies in the event of a peace deal, a move criticised by Reform when Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he was "ready and willing". And, contrary to Farage and Tice's backing of Trump's alignment with Putin, most respondents say that if the US negotiates a peace deal without involving Ukraine that leaves Russia in control of some conquered territory, and Ukraine does not accept those terms, Britain and Europe should discourage Ukraine from accepting the deal and continue supporting it militarily. While Farage has always been closely aligned with Trump, to the point of offering up his services as US ambassador, he has not offered a whisper of criticism as Trump has blamed Ukraine for the war and sided with Russia in an unprecedented global realignment. But this is just one of the many issues on which Reform finds itself completely out of step with the British public. Climate Change is 'Absolute Garbage' In another of Tice's many pronouncements, he wrote off unequivocal evidence of humanity's impact on climate change as "absolute garbage". Such sentiments are very much in keeping with Reform's policies to tax, as Tice puts it, the "massive con" of renewable energy and "scrap stupid net-zero". Again, so far, so Trump. And yet bearing no relationship with reality or public opinion. What Really Lies Behind Donald Trump's Shifting Stance On Ukraine Trump's new threat to Putin doesn't necessarily mean he's on Ukraine's side, argues George Llewelyn George Llewelyn Polling conducted by More in Common for the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) of people who intended to vote in local elections last year found 77% in favour of net-zero targets. Even 52% of Reform's own voters were in favour. They, like the rest of us, will be in for a rude awakening shoul...

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