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Anti-Tory/not pro-Labour/pro🇪🇺EU. 55 years: Chartered Accountant
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Live 1 mile from the English Channel.
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Hybrid Celt: in East Sussex from 1986.
Live 1 mile from the English Channel.
Welcomes informed debate.
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Well, this is quite a serious allegation. I do hope the BBC shows true impartiality and investigate whether or not some of its Board members are systemically biased. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC board member with Tory links ‘led charge’ in systemic bias claims, say insiders
Sources say Robbie Gibb amplified criticisms of Trump, Gaza and trans rights coverage, and had ‘a lot of oxygen in the room’
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Well, this is quite a serious allegation. I do hope the BBC shows true impartiality and investigate whether or not some of its Board members are systemically biased. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Does anyone in Starmer’s Government have a functioning brain?
The great God AI is close to snake oil exposed by this 🤡👇
The great God AI is close to snake oil exposed by this 🤡👇
November 11, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Does anyone in Starmer’s Government have a functioning brain?
The great God AI is close to snake oil exposed by this 🤡👇
The great God AI is close to snake oil exposed by this 🤡👇
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Many years ago I did a cultural awareness course and rule one was this: You can criticise your own country and you can do it as much as you like. But when someone else does it, you remember all the things you actually love about it and - it's enraging.
November 11, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Many years ago I did a cultural awareness course and rule one was this: You can criticise your own country and you can do it as much as you like. But when someone else does it, you remember all the things you actually love about it and - it's enraging.
It’s alarming that the glaring bias under Davie has not revealed how r/w propaganda has permeated all media & that a slip over the 🍊🤡Trump effected this.
The egregious stance of the BBC since 2015 has been appalling.
The egregious stance of the BBC since 2015 has been appalling.
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 AM
It’s alarming that the glaring bias under Davie has not revealed how r/w propaganda has permeated all media & that a slip over the 🍊🤡Trump effected this.
The egregious stance of the BBC since 2015 has been appalling.
The egregious stance of the BBC since 2015 has been appalling.
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That's weird. If Labour wants to cut 'red tape', maybe it should not be averse to the EU. How much red tape has been added as a result of Brexit? (That's rhetorical ofc).
Although 'paying' EU membership (which included fees for the bureaucracy), at least UK had considerable reciprocal benefits.
Although 'paying' EU membership (which included fees for the bureaucracy), at least UK had considerable reciprocal benefits.
1. Clampdown on benefit cheats!
2. Clampdown on benefit cheats doesn’t work.
3. Blitz on red tape!
4. Blitz on red tape doesn’t work.
5. Go to 1.
Currently we’re between 3 and 4. I’m confident we’ll be back at 1 by Christmas.
2. Clampdown on benefit cheats doesn’t work.
3. Blitz on red tape!
4. Blitz on red tape doesn’t work.
5. Go to 1.
Currently we’re between 3 and 4. I’m confident we’ll be back at 1 by Christmas.
November 9, 2025 at 12:42 PM
That's weird. If Labour wants to cut 'red tape', maybe it should not be averse to the EU. How much red tape has been added as a result of Brexit? (That's rhetorical ofc).
Although 'paying' EU membership (which included fees for the bureaucracy), at least UK had considerable reciprocal benefits.
Although 'paying' EU membership (which included fees for the bureaucracy), at least UK had considerable reciprocal benefits.
I guess the number of WWII veterans is greatly diminished given legal call-up was 18, rendering any who were that age in 1945 98.
There have been other campaigns such as Korea, Malaya, Falklands, Gulf I & II, Bosnia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Ulster, etc. with significantly less loss of life.
There have been other campaigns such as Korea, Malaya, Falklands, Gulf I & II, Bosnia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Ulster, etc. with significantly less loss of life.
Second world war veterans applauded as king leads Remembrance Sunday service
Second world war veterans applauded as king leads Remembrance Sunday service
Royals joined by senior politicians at Cenotaph in London and events are held across UK to pay tribute to war dead
Veterans of the second world war were applauded as they arrived at the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, before being joined by royals and senior politicians to honour those who have died in conflict.
King Charles laid the first wreath in recognition of those killed in wars and conflicts dating back to the first world war. He was followed by his son, the Prince of Wales. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I guess the number of WWII veterans is greatly diminished given legal call-up was 18, rendering any who were that age in 1945 98.
There have been other campaigns such as Korea, Malaya, Falklands, Gulf I & II, Bosnia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Ulster, etc. with significantly less loss of life.
There have been other campaigns such as Korea, Malaya, Falklands, Gulf I & II, Bosnia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Ulster, etc. with significantly less loss of life.
@paulbernal.bsky.social Forgive my early-morning ripostes.
It’s the sort of humour that makes my 50-year old older daughter groan.
Who btw has now spent 29 days in RSCH Brighton recovering from a critical brain haemorrhage - 1 critical op to resolve in prospect.
& btw I’m Colin Andrews FYI
It’s the sort of humour that makes my 50-year old older daughter groan.
Who btw has now spent 29 days in RSCH Brighton recovering from a critical brain haemorrhage - 1 critical op to resolve in prospect.
& btw I’m Colin Andrews FYI
November 9, 2025 at 5:34 AM
@paulbernal.bsky.social Forgive my early-morning ripostes.
It’s the sort of humour that makes my 50-year old older daughter groan.
Who btw has now spent 29 days in RSCH Brighton recovering from a critical brain haemorrhage - 1 critical op to resolve in prospect.
& btw I’m Colin Andrews FYI
It’s the sort of humour that makes my 50-year old older daughter groan.
Who btw has now spent 29 days in RSCH Brighton recovering from a critical brain haemorrhage - 1 critical op to resolve in prospect.
& btw I’m Colin Andrews FYI
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While visions of #EpsteinFiles danced through his head.
November 7, 2025 at 10:29 PM
While visions of #EpsteinFiles danced through his head.
Must have been a taxing tour of duty captaining a wooden naval minesweeper that engaged in so many fierce battles with seaweed!
Charles has an awful lot of medals for someone who was in the RN for just five years... in peacetime... largely on ships operating off Portsmouth and the Welsh coast...
Just a thought, but... what else was he likely to be doing tonight? Headline news, really?
November 9, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Must have been a taxing tour of duty captaining a wooden naval minesweeper that engaged in so many fierce battles with seaweed!
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How ever since Labour came to power, the British media has started to notice a whole series of problems they spent the previous 14 years completely ignoring
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...
The 'Great Noticing' Era
Ever since Labour came to power, the British media has started to notice a whole series of problems they spent the previous 14 years completely ignoring
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 12:23 PM
How ever since Labour came to power, the British media has started to notice a whole series of problems they spent the previous 14 years completely ignoring
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
Schoolboy error - tax on the total of the threshold 😂
only in the small print of this article do they make clear that the pensioners paying an extra £2,500 of tax would have to have
“earnings over £125,140”
I know many pensioners are asset rich but how many have income at that level?
“earnings over £125,140”
I know many pensioners are asset rich but how many have income at that level?
November 8, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Schoolboy error - tax on the total of the threshold 😂
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Aren’t they all? This is how Tories and Reform really think. Convinced of their own superiority and right to power, they’re quick to be sneering, racist and bitter when they fail. Always blaming. Never taking responsibility. Or feeling any shame. Cummings is nothing. But god he’s furious about that.
For anyone still tempted to take Dominic Cummings at all seriously, he's now an advocate of Donald Trump-style open racism.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Aren’t they all? This is how Tories and Reform really think. Convinced of their own superiority and right to power, they’re quick to be sneering, racist and bitter when they fail. Always blaming. Never taking responsibility. Or feeling any shame. Cummings is nothing. But god he’s furious about that.
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Yes AI and to hell with jobs for actual human beings. Progress is supposed to be about making lives better not sidelining real people so the rich can get even richer
November 3, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Yes AI and to hell with jobs for actual human beings. Progress is supposed to be about making lives better not sidelining real people so the rich can get even richer
Frank is NOT Rachel Reeves’ middle name.
For 24 months she had been far from frank with devious obfuscation& weasel words her hallmark. She & Starmer are actually worse than his 6 predecessors.
For 24 months she had been far from frank with devious obfuscation& weasel words her hallmark. She & Starmer are actually worse than his 6 predecessors.
Something we haven’t seen for a very long time: a major figure in government being frank about the trade-offs involved in governance!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reeves' pre-Budget speech fails to rule out tax rises
The chancellor says she will make 'necessary choices' in an unusual pre-Budget speech.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Frank is NOT Rachel Reeves’ middle name.
For 24 months she had been far from frank with devious obfuscation& weasel words her hallmark. She & Starmer are actually worse than his 6 predecessors.
For 24 months she had been far from frank with devious obfuscation& weasel words her hallmark. She & Starmer are actually worse than his 6 predecessors.
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As MPs finally start debate on the Hillsborough Law, I want to pay tribute to the families and survivors of Hillsborough and so many other tragedies and scandals. This wouldn't be happening without their courage and tenacity.
Now let's make the law as strong as it can be.
Now let's make the law as strong as it can be.
November 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
As MPs finally start debate on the Hillsborough Law, I want to pay tribute to the families and survivors of Hillsborough and so many other tragedies and scandals. This wouldn't be happening without their courage and tenacity.
Now let's make the law as strong as it can be.
Now let's make the law as strong as it can be.
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Absolutely. It is also being reported (by British Transport Police) that the most seriously injured casualty on the train was an LNER employee:
"Detectives have reviewed the CCTV from the train and it is clear his actions were nothing short of heroic and undoubtedly saved many people’s lives"
"Detectives have reviewed the CCTV from the train and it is clear his actions were nothing short of heroic and undoubtedly saved many people’s lives"
November 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Absolutely. It is also being reported (by British Transport Police) that the most seriously injured casualty on the train was an LNER employee:
"Detectives have reviewed the CCTV from the train and it is clear his actions were nothing short of heroic and undoubtedly saved many people’s lives"
"Detectives have reviewed the CCTV from the train and it is clear his actions were nothing short of heroic and undoubtedly saved many people’s lives"
Perfect summary of a debased & meaningless institution under KCIII
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Stupidity and royal self-entitlement sank Andrew, and it may not be over yet
Indulged by his mother and ignored for too long by his siblings, it is behaviour like Andrew’s that could ultimately kill the monarchy
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Perfect summary of a debased & meaningless institution under KCIII
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Gotta love Private Eye.
Always cuts through the crap.
Always cuts through the crap.
October 31, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Gotta love Private Eye.
Always cuts through the crap.
Always cuts through the crap.
And she did. 😥2011-2025
October 31, 2025 at 6:20 PM
And she did. 😥2011-2025
So utterly true - TBH I care little about the volume of asylum seekers other than to be aghast at homing a number of them at Crowborough Training Camp - on humanitarian AND extra cost grounds it’s appalling.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Want to know what’s really up with Britain? Take a look at our no-longer-chocolatey biscuits | Zoe Williams
Talk of ‘small boats’ may dominate politics and the media, but the cost of living crisis is what most adults spend their time worrying about, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:36 PM
So utterly true - TBH I care little about the volume of asylum seekers other than to be aghast at homing a number of them at Crowborough Training Camp - on humanitarian AND extra cost grounds it’s appalling.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Lots of people say the Government should significantly cut spending. Hardly any spell out how that could be achieved.
So kudos to the Policy Exchange for a serious-minded report proposing spending cuts taking the size of the state down to where it was before the pandemic.
So kudos to the Policy Exchange for a serious-minded report proposing spending cuts taking the size of the state down to where it was before the pandemic.
October 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Lots of people say the Government should significantly cut spending. Hardly any spell out how that could be achieved.
So kudos to the Policy Exchange for a serious-minded report proposing spending cuts taking the size of the state down to where it was before the pandemic.
So kudos to the Policy Exchange for a serious-minded report proposing spending cuts taking the size of the state down to where it was before the pandemic.
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My experience of Greens in the area 20 miles round me is that they live up to the description with a different connotation - utterly naive.
Polanski emulates it.
Polanski emulates it.
October 27, 2025 at 4:47 PM
My experience of Greens in the area 20 miles round me is that they live up to the description with a different connotation - utterly naive.
Polanski emulates it.
Polanski emulates it.
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Absolutely rammed? 4 people and a child.
Whatever you say, keep taking the pills.
But at least you've listened to the public & ditched those stupid flags.
Whatever you say, keep taking the pills.
But at least you've listened to the public & ditched those stupid flags.
October 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Absolutely rammed? 4 people and a child.
Whatever you say, keep taking the pills.
But at least you've listened to the public & ditched those stupid flags.
Whatever you say, keep taking the pills.
But at least you've listened to the public & ditched those stupid flags.