Den Howlett
@dahowlett.bsky.social
Retired enterprise tech media/analyst drama critic, Labour activist, cook, armour modeller.
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Den Howlett
@dahowlett.bsky.social
· Feb 3
Why the BBC can NEVER be trusted on Brexit - Laura Kuenssberg interview with Ed Davey
YouTube video by Femi
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The Big Lie re: Brexit - this needs to be reversed. Sign the petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
youtu.be/Aoxg5hBFytE?...
youtu.be/Aoxg5hBFytE?...
No surprise!!
🌹 BREAKING: exclusive @survation.bsky.social and LabourList polling shows Lucy Powell leads Bridget Phillipson in the race to be Labour deputy leader by 17 points. labourlist.org/2025/09/excl...
Labour deputy leader election: Powell leads by over 15 points in exclusive member poll - LabourList
Lucy Powell has taken a decisive early lead over Bridget Phillipson in our exclusive polling of Labour members done by Survation.
labourlist.org
September 15, 2025 at 8:36 PM
No surprise!!
Another genius.
Reform UK Councillor, Sam Journet has been arrested for stalking, harassment and public disorder in the council offices.
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September 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Another genius.
This should give Labour HQ a wake up call. Will it?
A bit behind schedule, but how voters moved in the year since the 2024 election.
Labour facing same splintering of the last govt: a significant bloc crossing floor to primary electoral opposition, with a numerically larger chunk moving to opponents on same side of spectrum, plus many 'don't knows'.
Labour facing same splintering of the last govt: a significant bloc crossing floor to primary electoral opposition, with a numerically larger chunk moving to opponents on same side of spectrum, plus many 'don't knows'.
August 10, 2025 at 2:15 AM
This should give Labour HQ a wake up call. Will it?
ReformUK controlled councils are bringing in DOGE style teams. They say (so far) they are working for free.
If ReformUK did form the next government, is it realistic for those same DOGE folk to be deployed for free across the whole UK civil service?
Asking for a friend..
If ReformUK did form the next government, is it realistic for those same DOGE folk to be deployed for free across the whole UK civil service?
Asking for a friend..
June 25, 2025 at 1:43 AM
ReformUK controlled councils are bringing in DOGE style teams. They say (so far) they are working for free.
If ReformUK did form the next government, is it realistic for those same DOGE folk to be deployed for free across the whole UK civil service?
Asking for a friend..
If ReformUK did form the next government, is it realistic for those same DOGE folk to be deployed for free across the whole UK civil service?
Asking for a friend..
Oops…that won’t go down well.
May 31, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Oops…that won’t go down well.
If it looks like a Tit, talks like a Tit…he’s definitely a Tit.
May 19, 2025 at 1:16 AM
If it looks like a Tit, talks like a Tit…he’s definitely a Tit.
Now I have a reform council. I expect to see all the pot holes fixed, children and elderly services properly funded, my bins collected more regularly, the streets properly cleaned and my council tax lowered.
May 5, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Now I have a reform council. I expect to see all the pot holes fixed, children and elderly services properly funded, my bins collected more regularly, the streets properly cleaned and my council tax lowered.
Paise for thought?
Last year's estimated benefit fraud: 7.4 bn
Benefit prosecutions last year: 655
Last year's tax fraud and tax 'failure to take reasonable care' combined: 33.2 bn
Tax fraud prosecutions last year: 344
Tax fraud and failure to take reasonable care by the wealthy 4 x higher, prosecutions half.
Benefit prosecutions last year: 655
Last year's tax fraud and tax 'failure to take reasonable care' combined: 33.2 bn
Tax fraud prosecutions last year: 344
Tax fraud and failure to take reasonable care by the wealthy 4 x higher, prosecutions half.
February 11, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Paise for thought?
The Big Lie re: Brexit - this needs to be reversed. Sign the petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
youtu.be/Aoxg5hBFytE?...
youtu.be/Aoxg5hBFytE?...
Why the BBC can NEVER be trusted on Brexit - Laura Kuenssberg interview with Ed Davey
YouTube video by Femi
youtu.be
February 3, 2025 at 7:14 AM
The Big Lie re: Brexit - this needs to be reversed. Sign the petition: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
youtu.be/Aoxg5hBFytE?...
youtu.be/Aoxg5hBFytE?...
This has put on 13 000 signatures in 3 days, thanks to a crack team who have worked tirelessly to restart the flywheel, when It had stopped adding numbers for a month.
Please keep it going - We need to reach 100 000
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Please keep it going - We need to reach 100 000
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
February 3, 2025 at 3:19 AM
What to do with a Russian tank? Why here’s your answer.
Nigel Farage unveiling a commemorative tank on the 5th anniversary of Brexit.
February 1, 2025 at 8:53 AM
What to do with a Russian tank? Why here’s your answer.
This takes an interesting, vaguely positive position. Can Starmer Deliver National Renewal? 99-percent.org/can-starmer-...
Can Starmer Deliver National Renewal? - 99%
Sir Keir Starmer promised a – badly needed – decade of national renewal. But unless he takes bold action, he may end up like Biden: a brief interlude in the […]
99-percent.org
January 14, 2025 at 1:06 AM
This takes an interesting, vaguely positive position. Can Starmer Deliver National Renewal? 99-percent.org/can-starmer-...
As Delboy might say: “You plonker.” x.com/implausibleb...
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January 8, 2025 at 11:41 AM
As Delboy might say: “You plonker.” x.com/implausibleb...
The latest load of misleading nonsense from the Torygraph. www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
Middle-class families face £8,000 Labour tax raid in 2025
‘Unacceptable’ figure shows a Government that is ‘completely out of touch’, says shadow business secretary
www.telegraph.co.uk
December 28, 2024 at 8:57 PM
The latest load of misleading nonsense from the Torygraph. www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
Ooooh. Interesting.
Every great ride starts with a paddle. 🏄♂️ Today, we’re swimming away from the tyranny of the For You feed to a place with better choice and control.
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Meet Surf, a new wave in social media: about.surf.social
December 26, 2024 at 4:41 PM
Ooooh. Interesting.
Hard to disagree with the substance although I think some are being way too kind to the No.10 operation: ftedit.ft.com/Ju3k/todl2cs8 ‘Waste of time’: how Starmer fumbled his first months of power
‘Waste of time’: how Keir Starmer fumbled his first months of power
Plunging poll ratings have sapped morale as UK Labour government crawls towards Christmas break
ftedit.ft.com
December 24, 2024 at 11:34 AM
Hard to disagree with the substance although I think some are being way too kind to the No.10 operation: ftedit.ft.com/Ju3k/todl2cs8 ‘Waste of time’: how Starmer fumbled his first months of power
Seriously important stuff
Flow of the vote, 2019-24, revised using @britishelectionstudy.com data.
Only a few minor alterations, but the shifts are still striking - without even getting onto non voters and demographic churn, over 10m voters voted for a different party in 2024 than in 2019.
Only a few minor alterations, but the shifts are still striking - without even getting onto non voters and demographic churn, over 10m voters voted for a different party in 2024 than in 2019.
December 23, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Seriously important stuff
Too good to ignore. As seen on Threads.
December 23, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Too good to ignore. As seen on Threads.
This is one of many reasons why it is important to hold Farage and Reform to account. They want a US style private healthcare system. This is where it goes.
December 19, 2024 at 4:33 PM
This is one of many reasons why it is important to hold Farage and Reform to account. They want a US style private healthcare system. This is where it goes.
This destroyed building os pretty much done.
December 17, 2024 at 5:00 PM
This destroyed building os pretty much done.
Yet another misleading headline that garners ONE line in the editorial. www.spectator.co.uk/article/rayn...
Rayner's revolution enrages Reform
This afternoon Angela Rayner will unveil potentially the biggest shake-up of local government since the 1970s. The Housing Secretary will speak at 1:50 p.m. on her plans for a devolution ‘revolution’....
www.spectator.co.uk
December 16, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Yet another misleading headline that garners ONE line in the editorial. www.spectator.co.uk/article/rayn...
December 11, 2024 at 10:23 AM