Peter Newport
@avington.bsky.social
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If you're cheering Trump on then you have no right to call yourself a patriot.
You absolute moron.
You absolute moron.
November 15, 2025 at 5:55 PM
If you're cheering Trump on then you have no right to call yourself a patriot.
You absolute moron.
You absolute moron.
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Elon Musk is deliberately using his platform to poison our politics and divide our country.
It's time for the government to wake up to the threat he poses to our democracy.
It's time for the government to wake up to the threat he poses to our democracy.
November 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Elon Musk is deliberately using his platform to poison our politics and divide our country.
It's time for the government to wake up to the threat he poses to our democracy.
It's time for the government to wake up to the threat he poses to our democracy.
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Cmon, during those episodes, our constitution had not yet 'evolved to the point where a general election should be called'. Only now has it evolved far enough.
*Unless it is Cameron being replaced by May, May being replaced by Johnson, Johnson being replaced by Truss, or Truss being replaced by Sunak.
It is only if Starmer goes.
Absolute. Charlton. Hypocrite. Imbecile.
It is only if Starmer goes.
Absolute. Charlton. Hypocrite. Imbecile.
September 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Cmon, during those episodes, our constitution had not yet 'evolved to the point where a general election should be called'. Only now has it evolved far enough.
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Can anyone explain why the Government is still doing most of its communications through a website whose owner is now openly rallying the far right to trigger a violent insurrection on our streets?
September 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Can anyone explain why the Government is still doing most of its communications through a website whose owner is now openly rallying the far right to trigger a violent insurrection on our streets?
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Margaret Thatcher’s sale of 1.9m council homes cost public purse £200bn. Tories bought votes.
Policy fuelled shortages in social housing, turbocharged inequality.
One in six private tenants in England now rents a former local authority home.
Councils lack resources to build new homes.
Policy fuelled shortages in social housing, turbocharged inequality.
One in six private tenants in England now rents a former local authority home.
Councils lack resources to build new homes.
Right to buy in England ‘fuelled housing crisis and cost taxpayers £200bn’
Common Wealth report calls discounted sales of council homes one of the ‘largest giveaways in UK history’
www.theguardian.com
August 3, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Margaret Thatcher’s sale of 1.9m council homes cost public purse £200bn. Tories bought votes.
Policy fuelled shortages in social housing, turbocharged inequality.
One in six private tenants in England now rents a former local authority home.
Councils lack resources to build new homes.
Policy fuelled shortages in social housing, turbocharged inequality.
One in six private tenants in England now rents a former local authority home.
Councils lack resources to build new homes.
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This is comically stupid *even on its own absurd terms*.
HMRC annual receipts about £860 billion
Staff about 66,000
Nvidia annual revenues about £90 billion
Staff about 33,000
HMRC annual receipts about £860 billion
Staff about 66,000
Nvidia annual revenues about £90 billion
Staff about 33,000
August 3, 2025 at 11:57 AM
This is comically stupid *even on its own absurd terms*.
HMRC annual receipts about £860 billion
Staff about 66,000
Nvidia annual revenues about £90 billion
Staff about 33,000
HMRC annual receipts about £860 billion
Staff about 66,000
Nvidia annual revenues about £90 billion
Staff about 33,000
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No actually we don't want to defend Israel.
June 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
No actually we don't want to defend Israel.
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Trooping the Colour, how much do you pay for this ridiculous charade?
£20,000,000
That is 800 Nurses, 500 Doctors or 1000 Teachers.
We need all of them, we don't need this.
£20,000,000
That is 800 Nurses, 500 Doctors or 1000 Teachers.
We need all of them, we don't need this.
June 14, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Trooping the Colour, how much do you pay for this ridiculous charade?
£20,000,000
That is 800 Nurses, 500 Doctors or 1000 Teachers.
We need all of them, we don't need this.
£20,000,000
That is 800 Nurses, 500 Doctors or 1000 Teachers.
We need all of them, we don't need this.
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The UK needs a single left wing party that is about nationalising the Public Services, taxing the rich, and making everybodies lives better at the expense (literally) of the richest.
June 14, 2025 at 9:07 PM
The UK needs a single left wing party that is about nationalising the Public Services, taxing the rich, and making everybodies lives better at the expense (literally) of the richest.
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If the fines for crimes were like the fines for Water Companies you would only have to pay a tiny fraction of your profits and you would be able to claim it back by billing your victims more.
June 5, 2025 at 5:31 PM
If the fines for crimes were like the fines for Water Companies you would only have to pay a tiny fraction of your profits and you would be able to claim it back by billing your victims more.
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Part 2 of the Kent Green Cllr Group statement
June 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Part 2 of the Kent Green Cllr Group statement
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They want to leave the ECHR because it will allow them to abolish the State Pension, the Minimum Wage, and paid holiday and sick leave.
It would make them tens of billions a year.
But of course they say immigration, because they can't tell you the real reason.
It would make them tens of billions a year.
But of course they say immigration, because they can't tell you the real reason.
June 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
They want to leave the ECHR because it will allow them to abolish the State Pension, the Minimum Wage, and paid holiday and sick leave.
It would make them tens of billions a year.
But of course they say immigration, because they can't tell you the real reason.
It would make them tens of billions a year.
But of course they say immigration, because they can't tell you the real reason.
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Don't think there is a "right" way to do things.
People still tell me how eloquently I spoke at my father's funeral - not knowing I broke apart 6 months later.
Most importantly - do t try and be strong.
Not for you or those around you.
Be what you can.
Grieve as you must.
5/
People still tell me how eloquently I spoke at my father's funeral - not knowing I broke apart 6 months later.
Most importantly - do t try and be strong.
Not for you or those around you.
Be what you can.
Grieve as you must.
5/
June 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Don't think there is a "right" way to do things.
People still tell me how eloquently I spoke at my father's funeral - not knowing I broke apart 6 months later.
Most importantly - do t try and be strong.
Not for you or those around you.
Be what you can.
Grieve as you must.
5/
People still tell me how eloquently I spoke at my father's funeral - not knowing I broke apart 6 months later.
Most importantly - do t try and be strong.
Not for you or those around you.
Be what you can.
Grieve as you must.
5/
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This is beyond nasty.
Doesn’t matter what political party you are part of or what your opinion is of someone, you always wish them the best when they are very unwell.
#DonaldTrump
Doesn’t matter what political party you are part of or what your opinion is of someone, you always wish them the best when they are very unwell.
#DonaldTrump
Biden called Trump after his staged assassination attempt. This thing below is so low that he’s the pus that leaks out of scum cones.
May 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This is beyond nasty.
Doesn’t matter what political party you are part of or what your opinion is of someone, you always wish them the best when they are very unwell.
#DonaldTrump
Doesn’t matter what political party you are part of or what your opinion is of someone, you always wish them the best when they are very unwell.
#DonaldTrump
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Or otherwise known as Tory fare evasion. #honestbobjenrick
May 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Or otherwise known as Tory fare evasion. #honestbobjenrick
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Aye, the idea that Farage's big state turn is anything more than an effort to politically profit off of anger at our broken economy - thanks in no small part to the economic dogma he really believes in, plus his Brexit - is for the birds.
I was raised among working class folk who would have crossed the road to avoid Farage. My understanding of the working class is the same as John Steinbeck: “If you’re in need go to the poor people. They’re the only one’s that’ll help – the only ones”
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
May 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Aye, the idea that Farage's big state turn is anything more than an effort to politically profit off of anger at our broken economy - thanks in no small part to the economic dogma he really believes in, plus his Brexit - is for the birds.
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Well done @itvnews.bsky.social
on pointing out the soaring rise in immigration “since we completed Brexit” - a key factor. This should be pointed out to Farage (who championed Brexit) in every interview
on pointing out the soaring rise in immigration “since we completed Brexit” - a key factor. This should be pointed out to Farage (who championed Brexit) in every interview
May 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Well done @itvnews.bsky.social
on pointing out the soaring rise in immigration “since we completed Brexit” - a key factor. This should be pointed out to Farage (who championed Brexit) in every interview
on pointing out the soaring rise in immigration “since we completed Brexit” - a key factor. This should be pointed out to Farage (who championed Brexit) in every interview
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You can’t fix a staffing crisis by cutting the people still willing to do the work.
Labour wants to curb migration into social care – without a plan to replace those workers.
📢 Read now: how political posturing risks collapsing care.
By The Bear.
Labour wants to curb migration into social care – without a plan to replace those workers.
📢 Read now: how political posturing risks collapsing care.
By The Bear.
‘Who voted for this?’: Why the migration debate needs more honesty, and a plan
Labour promises cuts to migration – but without a plan, care homes, hospitals and families will suffer
eastangliabylines.co.uk
May 12, 2025 at 5:05 AM
You can’t fix a staffing crisis by cutting the people still willing to do the work.
Labour wants to curb migration into social care – without a plan to replace those workers.
📢 Read now: how political posturing risks collapsing care.
By The Bear.
Labour wants to curb migration into social care – without a plan to replace those workers.
📢 Read now: how political posturing risks collapsing care.
By The Bear.
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This is so stupid.
Money from international students already subsidises the education of home students.
That's how underfunded universities have been able to keep going.
Money from international students already subsidises the education of home students.
That's how underfunded universities have been able to keep going.
On universities the white paper only reduces the graduate visa from two years to 18 months (which is a win for the DfE).
The bigger thing universities will be worrying about is this little timebomb.
The bigger thing universities will be worrying about is this little timebomb.
May 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
This is so stupid.
Money from international students already subsidises the education of home students.
That's how underfunded universities have been able to keep going.
Money from international students already subsidises the education of home students.
That's how underfunded universities have been able to keep going.
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Money from international students already subsidises the education of home students.
That's how underfunded universities have been able to keep going.
That's how underfunded universities have been able to keep going.
May 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Money from international students already subsidises the education of home students.
That's how underfunded universities have been able to keep going.
That's how underfunded universities have been able to keep going.
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Today's performative clampdown on migrants will gut our care homes of desperately needed staff.
We are *already* short of over 150k carers.
Banning foreign care workers will only exacerbate this - increasing suffering of society's most vulnerable members & pressures on the NHS.
It's madness.
We are *already* short of over 150k carers.
Banning foreign care workers will only exacerbate this - increasing suffering of society's most vulnerable members & pressures on the NHS.
It's madness.
May 12, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Today's performative clampdown on migrants will gut our care homes of desperately needed staff.
We are *already* short of over 150k carers.
Banning foreign care workers will only exacerbate this - increasing suffering of society's most vulnerable members & pressures on the NHS.
It's madness.
We are *already* short of over 150k carers.
Banning foreign care workers will only exacerbate this - increasing suffering of society's most vulnerable members & pressures on the NHS.
It's madness.
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Nigel Farage has released ReformUK’s “manifesto” via the Daily Mail, and it’s every bit as unhinged and unserious as you’d expect.
Let’s break it down—with facts.
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Let’s break it down—with facts.
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May 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Nigel Farage has released ReformUK’s “manifesto” via the Daily Mail, and it’s every bit as unhinged and unserious as you’d expect.
Let’s break it down—with facts.
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Let’s break it down—with facts.
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"whataboutism" is when someone deflects from an important question without answering it.
It's not when someone tells a Harpers Free Speech type "Trump's gestapo are snatching students for thought crime in the campus paper - your assessment of who the authoritarians are was *never* correct"
It's not when someone tells a Harpers Free Speech type "Trump's gestapo are snatching students for thought crime in the campus paper - your assessment of who the authoritarians are was *never* correct"
There is an epidemic of whataboutism—on the left and right. People can’t engage an issue on its own merits.
May 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"whataboutism" is when someone deflects from an important question without answering it.
It's not when someone tells a Harpers Free Speech type "Trump's gestapo are snatching students for thought crime in the campus paper - your assessment of who the authoritarians are was *never* correct"
It's not when someone tells a Harpers Free Speech type "Trump's gestapo are snatching students for thought crime in the campus paper - your assessment of who the authoritarians are was *never* correct"
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This is exactly right on what the government is getting badly wrong on the politics and policy of immigration:
May 5, 2025 at 10:41 AM
This is exactly right on what the government is getting badly wrong on the politics and policy of immigration: