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Lover of Dogs, Gin and Europe. Keen follower of politics - UK and worldwide. Not keen on Monarchy. Anger of the last 14 years starting to diminish now we at least have serious grown-ups in charge. Hoping for much progress over the coming years. #FBPE 🇪🇺
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I wonder if Laura Kuenssberg will talk about Nigel Farage blatantly avoiding tax on her show tomorrow? She loved quizzing Angela Rayner about tax avoidance on her house
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Nigel Farage said he’d ‘bought a house’ in Clacton – it’s actually owned by his girlfriend
Reform UK leader said he’d ‘exchanged contracts’ to buy property last November, but it’s in name of Laure Ferrari
www.theguardian.com
May 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I wonder if Laura Kuenssberg will talk about Nigel Farage blatantly avoiding tax on her show tomorrow? She loved quizzing Angela Rayner about tax avoidance on her house
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Starmer is wilfully blind to the obvious growth possibilities should he turn his gaze to the EU and has deserted the very people who voted him in. But it’s not too late. Labour has a powerful majority and change can and must happen. It’s a fool’s errand to chase the Reform vote.
May 2, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Starmer is wilfully blind to the obvious growth possibilities should he turn his gaze to the EU and has deserted the very people who voted him in. But it’s not too late. Labour has a powerful majority and change can and must happen. It’s a fool’s errand to chase the Reform vote.
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Very good news from our friends at @stopfundinghate.bsky.social who have forced The Telegraph to delete a particularly dishonest piece of journalism and pay their legal costs. stopfundinghate.info/2025/04/01/t...
Telegraph deletes latest misleading article about #StopFundingHate and agrees to pay legal costs – Stop Funding Hate
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April 1, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Very good news from our friends at @stopfundinghate.bsky.social who have forced The Telegraph to delete a particularly dishonest piece of journalism and pay their legal costs. stopfundinghate.info/2025/04/01/t...
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Some good news. Labour getting a grip of the water companies
The public however want to go further and want water re nationalised. Water is a right and it should not be for profit.
The public however want to go further and want water re nationalised. Water is a right and it should not be for profit.
BREAKING
After a debate in Parliament, the Government has accepted my Private Members’ Water Bill.
As of today:
• Above-inflation water bill hikes suspended
• Dividend payouts halted
• Citizens’ Assembly on water ownership confirmed
Democratic control of water is here!
After a debate in Parliament, the Government has accepted my Private Members’ Water Bill.
As of today:
• Above-inflation water bill hikes suspended
• Dividend payouts halted
• Citizens’ Assembly on water ownership confirmed
Democratic control of water is here!
April 1, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Some good news. Labour getting a grip of the water companies
The public however want to go further and want water re nationalised. Water is a right and it should not be for profit.
The public however want to go further and want water re nationalised. Water is a right and it should not be for profit.
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📢 UPDATE: the Home Office has signed ANOTHER contract with Fujitsu Services, this time worth £3.7m over the next 5 years.
Sub-postmasters are still waiting for compensation and the government had a choice of 32 other suppliers. So why choose Fujitsu again?
goodlawproject.org/it-firm-behi...
Sub-postmasters are still waiting for compensation and the government had a choice of 32 other suppliers. So why choose Fujitsu again?
goodlawproject.org/it-firm-behi...
IT firm behind Post Office scandal bags government contracts for £24.6m | Good Law Project
Labour MPs called for a block on new contracts for Fujitsu Services while in opposition. But while sub-postmasters wait for compensation, a Labour home secretary has signed-off on multimillion-pound d...
goodlawproject.org
April 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
📢 UPDATE: the Home Office has signed ANOTHER contract with Fujitsu Services, this time worth £3.7m over the next 5 years.
Sub-postmasters are still waiting for compensation and the government had a choice of 32 other suppliers. So why choose Fujitsu again?
goodlawproject.org/it-firm-behi...
Sub-postmasters are still waiting for compensation and the government had a choice of 32 other suppliers. So why choose Fujitsu again?
goodlawproject.org/it-firm-behi...
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How
📢 UPDATE: the Home Office has signed ANOTHER contract with Fujitsu Services, this time worth £3.7m over the next 5 years.
Sub-postmasters are still waiting for compensation and the government had a choice of 32 other suppliers. So why choose Fujitsu again?
goodlawproject.org/it-firm-behi...
Sub-postmasters are still waiting for compensation and the government had a choice of 32 other suppliers. So why choose Fujitsu again?
goodlawproject.org/it-firm-behi...
IT firm behind Post Office scandal bags government contracts for £24.6m | Good Law Project
Labour MPs called for a block on new contracts for Fujitsu Services while in opposition. But while sub-postmasters wait for compensation, a Labour home secretary has signed-off on multimillion-pound d...
goodlawproject.org
April 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
How
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55 Tufton Street, headquarters of the Brexit plotters, owned by a man who, according to The NY Times, both funds Farage's "Reform UK" party, and makes money selling equipment to the Russian military via an Indian broker.
Bedfellows, and all that.
Bedfellows, and all that.
Blimey. One of Nigel Farage's biggest donors, and the owner of 55 Tufton Street, is helping the Russian military effort www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/w...
March 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
55 Tufton Street, headquarters of the Brexit plotters, owned by a man who, according to The NY Times, both funds Farage's "Reform UK" party, and makes money selling equipment to the Russian military via an Indian broker.
Bedfellows, and all that.
Bedfellows, and all that.
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It stinks, #Badenoch
Kemi Badenoch accepted a £14,000 week-long "residential" for her family and shadow cabinet, courtesy of the chair of climate change denying lobbying group Net Zero Watch.
Weeks later she announced that she has ditched her party's commitment to reaching Net Zero bylinetimes.com/2025/03/18/k...
Weeks later she announced that she has ditched her party's commitment to reaching Net Zero bylinetimes.com/2025/03/18/k...
March 27, 2025 at 8:56 AM
It stinks, #Badenoch
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March 23, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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The Cabinet Office is *still* trying to shut down transparency about the PPE deals that happened under Michael Gove. open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
Government loses legal battle over Covid ‘VIP Lane’
Exclusive: Judge slams “most unsatisfactory” Cabinet Office and orders release of names of 'VIP' firms to Democracy for Sale reporter - after *four year* wait.
open.substack.com
March 22, 2025 at 8:24 AM
The Cabinet Office is *still* trying to shut down transparency about the PPE deals that happened under Michael Gove. open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
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Hello? Is this thing on?! 🎙️
A French scientist flew to the USA. Border Patrol seized his phone, read his social media comments, denied him entry, sent him back to France
They did not like his THOUGHTS and WORDS. They refused him entry to the USA. Because of his thoughts. Orwellian Thought Police
A French scientist flew to the USA. Border Patrol seized his phone, read his social media comments, denied him entry, sent him back to France
They did not like his THOUGHTS and WORDS. They refused him entry to the USA. Because of his thoughts. Orwellian Thought Police
March 22, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Hello? Is this thing on?! 🎙️
A French scientist flew to the USA. Border Patrol seized his phone, read his social media comments, denied him entry, sent him back to France
They did not like his THOUGHTS and WORDS. They refused him entry to the USA. Because of his thoughts. Orwellian Thought Police
A French scientist flew to the USA. Border Patrol seized his phone, read his social media comments, denied him entry, sent him back to France
They did not like his THOUGHTS and WORDS. They refused him entry to the USA. Because of his thoughts. Orwellian Thought Police
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“While drug shortages have become a problem globally in recent years, the UK is facing “a worsening situation” compared with the rest of Europe because of Brexit”
Excellent work, Brexiters.
Absolutely nailing our sovereign right to be self-harmingly idiotic.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Excellent work, Brexiters.
Absolutely nailing our sovereign right to be self-harmingly idiotic.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Brexit a key factor in worst UK medicine shortages in four years, report says
Nuffield Trust says supply chains have shifted, with medicines for epilepsy and cystic fibrosis among those now scarce
www.theguardian.com
March 22, 2025 at 8:18 AM
“While drug shortages have become a problem globally in recent years, the UK is facing “a worsening situation” compared with the rest of Europe because of Brexit”
Excellent work, Brexiters.
Absolutely nailing our sovereign right to be self-harmingly idiotic.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Excellent work, Brexiters.
Absolutely nailing our sovereign right to be self-harmingly idiotic.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Brexit a key factor in worst UK medicine shortages in four years.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Brexit a key factor in worst UK medicine shortages in four years, report says
Nuffield Trust says supply chains have shifted, with medicines for epilepsy and cystic fibrosis among those now scarce
www.theguardian.com
March 22, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Brexit a key factor in worst UK medicine shortages in four years.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Who could have predicted it?
Lord Darzi, who led the rapid review of the NHS, held $500k undeclared shares & $800k undeclared share options in private health companies - all missing from his House of Lords register of interests - when Streeting appointed him.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Lord Darzi, who led the rapid review of the NHS, held $500k undeclared shares & $800k undeclared share options in private health companies - all missing from his House of Lords register of interests - when Streeting appointed him.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Peer who led government NHS review failed to declare shares in health firms
Lord Darzi’s undeclared interests in four companies included $500,000 of shares in US-based healthcare venture
www.theguardian.com
March 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Who could have predicted it?
Lord Darzi, who led the rapid review of the NHS, held $500k undeclared shares & $800k undeclared share options in private health companies - all missing from his House of Lords register of interests - when Streeting appointed him.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Lord Darzi, who led the rapid review of the NHS, held $500k undeclared shares & $800k undeclared share options in private health companies - all missing from his House of Lords register of interests - when Streeting appointed him.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Because of Brexit, the U.K. is blocked from the €150bn EU defence fund.
Leaving the Single Market will go down in history as the greatest act of British self harm this century.
www.thetimes.com/article/baae...
Leaving the Single Market will go down in history as the greatest act of British self harm this century.
www.thetimes.com/article/baae...
British arms industry blocked from €150bn EU defence fund
The money must be spent on weapons from EU-based defence companies, ruling out suppliers in the UK, Turkey and the US
www.thetimes.com
March 19, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Because of Brexit, the U.K. is blocked from the €150bn EU defence fund.
Leaving the Single Market will go down in history as the greatest act of British self harm this century.
www.thetimes.com/article/baae...
Leaving the Single Market will go down in history as the greatest act of British self harm this century.
www.thetimes.com/article/baae...
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In a world of Matts, be a Derek.
March 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
In a world of Matts, be a Derek.
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When I want to shop online, I often go to Amazon, find the product and the company selling on Amazon. Then, I search the company online and purchase directly from them. And I usually save a few bucks too
March 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
When I want to shop online, I often go to Amazon, find the product and the company selling on Amazon. Then, I search the company online and purchase directly from them. And I usually save a few bucks too
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That's nuts.
No commercial organisation nor any state can now justify using Starlink for anything as it could simply be taken away at any moment and leave whatever project you were using it for utterly useless.
Is this Musk's Ratner moment?
No commercial organisation nor any state can now justify using Starlink for anything as it could simply be taken away at any moment and leave whatever project you were using it for utterly useless.
Is this Musk's Ratner moment?
March 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
That's nuts.
No commercial organisation nor any state can now justify using Starlink for anything as it could simply be taken away at any moment and leave whatever project you were using it for utterly useless.
Is this Musk's Ratner moment?
No commercial organisation nor any state can now justify using Starlink for anything as it could simply be taken away at any moment and leave whatever project you were using it for utterly useless.
Is this Musk's Ratner moment?
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I note with interest right-wing media's total absence of any concerns about prominent BBC presenter Armstrong expressing his highly political opinions. As was always perfectly clear to many of us, the problem was not that Lineker had views, but the fact they didn't approve of his views.
March 9, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I note with interest right-wing media's total absence of any concerns about prominent BBC presenter Armstrong expressing his highly political opinions. As was always perfectly clear to many of us, the problem was not that Lineker had views, but the fact they didn't approve of his views.
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BBC news, reporting changes to zero hour contracts: interviews some guy from the federation of small businesses making empty threats about how they'll all stop hiring people; neglects to ask any unions or workers whether having sick pay and minimum hours might be good, actually. Balance!
March 4, 2025 at 9:06 AM
BBC news, reporting changes to zero hour contracts: interviews some guy from the federation of small businesses making empty threats about how they'll all stop hiring people; neglects to ask any unions or workers whether having sick pay and minimum hours might be good, actually. Balance!
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Low-paid workers will finally get 80% of their wages in statutory sick pay from day one. It should be 95% of 100%, but let’s reflect on how far we’ve come—under the Tories, those earning under £123 a week got nothing.
The fact we’re now arguing over how much, not whether, is real progress.
The fact we’re now arguing over how much, not whether, is real progress.
March 3, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Low-paid workers will finally get 80% of their wages in statutory sick pay from day one. It should be 95% of 100%, but let’s reflect on how far we’ve come—under the Tories, those earning under £123 a week got nothing.
The fact we’re now arguing over how much, not whether, is real progress.
The fact we’re now arguing over how much, not whether, is real progress.
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Brexit died this weekend.
And Farage, by his craven silence, knows it.
And Farage, by his craven silence, knows it.
March 2, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Brexit died this weekend.
And Farage, by his craven silence, knows it.
And Farage, by his craven silence, knows it.
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Starmer has been very impressive in the last 48 hrs - calm and decisive, convening effectively and getting an agreed plan. It felt that Britain was back in its old role of leadership on European security. Many pitfalls between here and lasting peace. But crisis has become opportunity. Bravo team UK!
March 2, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Starmer has been very impressive in the last 48 hrs - calm and decisive, convening effectively and getting an agreed plan. It felt that Britain was back in its old role of leadership on European security. Many pitfalls between here and lasting peace. But crisis has become opportunity. Bravo team UK!
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After a decade of decline under the Tories and the disaster of Brexit, it’s an amazing feeling to see the UK under Sir Kier’s leadership, back at the centre, influential amongst our natural allies on the global stage.
March 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
After a decade of decline under the Tories and the disaster of Brexit, it’s an amazing feeling to see the UK under Sir Kier’s leadership, back at the centre, influential amongst our natural allies on the global stage.