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#	Date	Post	↓ Outlier	Views	Likes	Reposts	Bookmarks
1	Sep 11, '24	UK Treasury refuses to disclose key details of £22bn ‘black hole’	77.8×	792k	2.1k	981	128
2	Dec 27, '22	‘We’re in danger’: UK Tory MPs fear losing key ‘red wall’ seats	54.5×	555k	608	120	10
3	Aug 31, '25	Crossings of small boats to UK in August fall to lowest since 2019	53.6×	545k	674	335	51
4	Sep 13, '20	Japan trade deal commits UK to stricter state aid curbs than in EU talks	47.1×	0	2.1k	1.4k	58
5	Apr 27, '23	UK government U-turns on plan to scrap or revise all EU law	37.2×	379k	251	132	13
6	Nov 15, '21	Ban on consultancies for UK MPs could lead to older Tories resigning, say ministers	29.5×	0	1.3k	262	8
7	May 21, '20	A no-deal Brexit amid the pandemic would be disgraceful	23.9×	0	1.4k	883	21
8	Jun 5, '24	Behold the final casualties of Brexit	23.5×	239k	219	101	33
9	Sep 8, '20	Head of UK government legal department quits over Brexit	21.3×	0	1.1k	719	11
10	Nov 3, '23	Braverman pushes to restrict tents for rough sleepers	⚡ 20.3×	4M	315	201	45
11	Aug 5, '21	Starmer urges Labour to embrace Blair’s legacy as he vows to win the next election	15.2×	0	273	81	20
12	May 23, '23	Reeves embraces ‘Bidenomics’ as the blueprint for a Labour government	13.6×	139k	120	29	19
13	Apr 24, '19	Pro-Corbyn academics to launch leftwing think-tank	13.6×	0	1k	352	14
14	May 7, '25	Badenoch agreed to trade deal tax arrangement say Indian officials	11.3×	115k	1.1k	297	61
15	Feb 9, '22	Channel ports could ‘grind to a halt’ over Brexit border checks	11.2×	0	591	386	8
16	Feb 6, '23	Fisking the Trussay	11.1×	113k	112	35	13
17	Sep 17, '23	Keir Starmer pledges to seek major Brexit deal rewrite	10.9×	110k	345	90	6
18	Jul 16, '22	Kemi Badenoch makes her mark in Tory leadership battle with direct approach	10.1×	0	1k	182	5
19	Mar 3, '22	UK PM faces pressure to sack Tory fundraiser over links to Russian money	9.9×	0	625	332	5
20	Mar 10, '23	Am I too old for the next big thing?	9.4×	96k	1.3k	887	58
21	Oct 9, '23	Mark Carney endorses Labour’s shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves	9.2×	94k	66	23	1
22	Oct 19, '17	Standing ovation for Jeremy Corbyn in Brussels	9.2×	0	506	349	0
23	Mar 14, '22	Wilko tells staff in England they are expected to work with Covid	8.6×	0	248	210	3
24	Jul 3, '22	Labour ready to fight Johnson over effects of Brexit, says Starmer	8.0×	0	558	129	5
25	Mar 27, '20	Brussels rubbishes UK ventilator claims	7.5×	0	347	291	17
26	May 31, '21	Brexit shrank UK services exports by £110bn, academics find	7.4×	0	299	295	13
27	Jul 14, '22	UK lags EU in authorising new medicines after Brexit	6.6×	0	296	250	12
28	Nov 16, '22	UK health spending over past decade lags Europe by £40bn a year	6.6×	0	266	278	16
29	Sep 9, '19	Former Brexit negotiator Olly Robbins to join Goldman Sachs	6.3×	0	92	130	2
30	Oct 20, '20	Government threatens to take direct control of Transport for London	5.2×	0	95	89	8
31	Aug 23, '23	Labour MPs fear being outflanked from the left by SNP in by-election	5.0×	51k	65	38	4
32	Mar 11, '18	Universities risk their reputations by failing to value teaching staff	4.8×	0	213	202	1
33	Jun 11, '18	Home Office rejects more than 2,300 visa applications for doctors	4.6×	0	91	195	3
34	Feb 17, '22	Labour and Lib Dems in informal ‘non-aggression’ pact ahead of next UK election	4.3×	0	303	73	6
35	Apr 10, '23	Mayor Sadiq Khan: ‘You don’t make the UK more level by making London poorer’	4.2×	43k	74	14	1
36	Nov 25, '19	Lib Dems fear pledge to reverse Brexit has backfired	4.2×	0	146	65	6
37	Sep 17, '20	Second national lockdown proposed by UK scientific advisers	4.1×	0	85	67	4
38	Oct 21, '19	Business leaders warn Gove over EU rules breakaway	4.0×	0	188	154	5
39	Oct 1, '21	Poland and France keep turkeys on Britain’s Christmas dinner menu	3.9×	0	167	82	4
40	May 2, '19	Brexit makes the case for an independent Scotland	3.9×	0	207	149	3
41	Jul 7, '22	Pound climbs as UK prime minister Boris Johnson resigns	3.8×	0	255	98	4
42	Jan 19, '23	Ikea boss says Brexit has unleashed ‘chaos’	3.8×	38k	463	258	14
43	Dec 18, '19	Keir Starmer ‘seriously considering’ running for Labour leadership	3.8×	0	308	54	2
44	Jun 10, '25	Rolls-Royce group wins government backing to build UK’s first small modular nuclear reactor	3.7×	38k	270	54	22
45	Apr 4, '21	Is the UK heading for break-up?	3.6×	0	186	44	3
46	Jun 30, '18	Growing pressure on Jeremy Corbyn from Momentum to turn against Brexit	3.2×	0	154	118	0
47	Oct 23, '16	Sturgeon says Scotland ‘must’ retain single market access	3.1×	0	139	124	0
48	Dec 16, '19	Boris Johnson to shut door on extending Brexit transition	3.1×	0	268	68	1
49	Oct 7, '20	North of England to follow Scotland’s lead on pub curbs	3.0×	0	182	90	1
50	Dec 3, '24	South Western Railway set to be first train operator privatised by Labour	2.9×	30k	101	7	13
51	Feb 3, '18	Wanted: an opposition that will stand up to May on Brexit	2.9×	0	174	103	0
52	Jan 15, '19	May’s defeat spells trouble for EU’s Brexit approach	2.9×	0	165	79	1
53	Jan 4, '18	Labour, Lib Dem and SNP members want second Brexit vote	2.8×	0	126	108	0
54	Feb 3, '20	Sajid Javid’s surplus goal at risk as UK finances face £12bn black hole	2.6×	0	70	96	1
55	Nov 14, '20	Johnson set to ban sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030	2.5×	0	125	48	1
56	Mar 23, '22	Britain’s poorest left to bear brunt of squeeze on cost of living	2.5×	0	97	66	12
57	Oct 1, '19	HMRC reports itself to watchdog over 4 tax suicides	2.4×	0	107	92	1
58	Sep 2, '18	Thornberry endorses IHRA definition of anti-Semitism	2.4×	0	116	71	0
59	May 1, '17	Critics round on Theresa May after Brexit dinner leak	2.3×	0	77	106	0
60	Jul 18, '21	Welsh government’s Covid response brings benefit to small businesses	2.3×	0	142	61	3
61	Jan 8, '24	Sue Gray assumes pivotal role in Keir Starmer’s inner circle	2.3×	23k	104	23	12
62	Jun 6, '23	The Starmer Project: Labour’s surprisingly bold economic agenda	⚡ 2.2×	440k	112	51	35
63	Sep 1, '21	MoD could move UK nuclear subs abroad if Scotland breaks away	2.2×	0	82	36	2
64	Oct 22, '24	IMF upgrades UK growth forecast in boost to Reeves	2.1×	21k	323	92	11
65	Oct 11, '19	Labour leadership eyes pushing for second Brexit referendum	2.0×	0	148	55	2
66	Sep 2, '17	Brexit is not an excuse to tame parliament	2.0×	0	75	74	0
67	Mar 7, '22	Foreign secretary admits UK has been ‘slower’ on Russian sanctions	2.0×	0	90	48	2
68	Sep 24, '19	Boris Johnson given two weeks to explain links to entrepreneur	1.9×	0	99	65	0
69	Jan 20, '21	UK to examine post-Brexit support for music industry	1.9×	0	106	29	4
70	Jan 28, '24	Housebuilders throw support behind Labour as Tories ‘bow to Nimbyism’	⚡ 1.8×	285k	104	45	6
71	Jun 3, '21	City boss gave Tories £500,000 days after joining House of Lords	1.7×	0	74	65	1
72	Dec 3, '21	The new ‘government by diktat’ bypasses parliament altogether	1.7×	0	77	61	3
73	Jul 5, '22	Britain’s crumbling criminal justice system goes far beyond barrister strikes	1.7×	0	99	57	2
74	Apr 3, '20	Germany’s virus response shines unforgiving light on Britain	1.7×	0	98	60	5
75	Mar 15, '17	Support for Scottish independence hits record high, survey shows	1.6×	0	84	69	0
76	Jun 22, '19	Conservatives should fear the Lib Dems as much as Nigel Farage	1.6×	0	82	61	0
77	Jul 25, '22	UK chemicals sector hit by £2bn Brexit red tape bill	1.6×	0	77	61	0
78	May 20, '20	The UK needs to extend its EU transition period	1.5×	0	107	48	1
79	Aug 20, '19	Johnson allies urge him to honour loan charge pledge	1.5×	0	75	61	0
80	Oct 13, '20	Sage documents show scientists harshly criticised UK test-and-trace	1.5×	0	77	60	1
81	Apr 16, '21	Labour attacks Hancock ‘cronyism’ over 15% stake in NHS supplier	1.5×	0	80	25	1
82	Jun 13, '21	Liberal Democrats target upset in leafy South East by-election	1.4×	0	103	41	1
83	Sep 23, '19	Labour calls for Johnson probe over misuse of funds as mayor	1.4×	0	73	45	0
84	Nov 3, '21	A shameful day for British politics (free to read today)	1.4×	0	77	47	1
85	Oct 29, '21	Test and disgrace: the UK’s bureaucratic Salt Bae moment	1.3×	0	85	37	9
86	Jun 2, '21	UK restaurant owners blame labour shortages as they cut services	1.3×	0	70	35	1
87	Jan 11, '20	Corbynism must end with Corbyn	1.1×	0	64	34	2
88	Jan 4, '22	Labour is finally learning to love Tony Blair again	1.1×	0	103	16	4
89	Jan 1, '21	UK’s Erasmus exit prompts laments on both sides of the Channel	1.1×	0	79	36	1
90	Nov 15, '24	‘Question loan charge tax officials under oath’	1.1×	11k	85	55	1
91	Aug 18, '21	Scotland’s notional fiscal deficit hits 22% in blow to independence hopes	1.1×	0	84	34	1
92	Sep 27, '22	The IMF has entered the chat	1.1×	0	75	30	2
93	Mar 13, '22	Labour calls for probe into peerage for Russian businessman	1.0×	0	73	31	1
94	Jan 3, '24	Starmer issues call to arms to Labour activists ahead of UK general election	1.0×	10k	98	13	2
95	Jul 11, '21	RNLI vows to continue sea rescues despite prison fears for picking up migrants	1.0×	0	72	27	0
96	Aug 15, '22	Michelle O’Neill: ‘What I won’t allow is the unravelling of the Good Friday Agreement’	1.0×	0	81	28	0
97	Feb 7, '20	Workers must have right to switch off, says Long Bailey	1.0×	0	79	21	0
98	Oct 23, '22	Johnson campaign loses momentum after ‘deals’ are rebuffed	1.0×	0	77	18	1
99	Jun 7, '20	Huawei fights back against attacks over Britain’s 5G	0.8×	0	76	12	2
100	May 27, '24	Labour secures the backing of 120 business executives	0.7×	7.2k	88	32	2

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