Derek Price
@degsyprice.bsky.social
From Liverpool. LFC supporter. Left of centre liberal. Blues rock enthusiast. Angler. An angry young man who has mellowed into a rather annoyed old man!
Well played PSG. Although they were the better team in both legs, I would like to remind everyone that they only beat us on penalties.
May 31, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Well played PSG. Although they were the better team in both legs, I would like to remind everyone that they only beat us on penalties.
Reposted by Derek Price
Thames Water’s CEO defends £195,000 bonus just three months into the job.
Shameless.
The cult of bonuses is nothing to do with performance. It is for boosting profits by fleecing customers.
Nothing will change until water is nationalised and customers vote on exec pay.
Shameless.
The cult of bonuses is nothing to do with performance. It is for boosting profits by fleecing customers.
Nothing will change until water is nationalised and customers vote on exec pay.
Thames Water apologises to customers but defends bonuses
Bonus payments were defended by company management as the chief executive can
receive up to 156% of their salary as a bonus, while frontline workers can only earn between 3% and 6%.
news.sky.com
May 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Thames Water’s CEO defends £195,000 bonus just three months into the job.
Shameless.
The cult of bonuses is nothing to do with performance. It is for boosting profits by fleecing customers.
Nothing will change until water is nationalised and customers vote on exec pay.
Shameless.
The cult of bonuses is nothing to do with performance. It is for boosting profits by fleecing customers.
Nothing will change until water is nationalised and customers vote on exec pay.
Reposted by Derek Price
Cutting winter fuel may have been Labour's 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 sin... but their 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 sin?
Ruling out tax rises, says @maitlis.bsky.social, a decision that bound them to a promise which could’ve quietly solved their problems, and still haunts them today.
Ruling out tax rises, says @maitlis.bsky.social, a decision that bound them to a promise which could’ve quietly solved their problems, and still haunts them today.
May 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Cutting winter fuel may have been Labour's 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 sin... but their 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 sin?
Ruling out tax rises, says @maitlis.bsky.social, a decision that bound them to a promise which could’ve quietly solved their problems, and still haunts them today.
Ruling out tax rises, says @maitlis.bsky.social, a decision that bound them to a promise which could’ve quietly solved their problems, and still haunts them today.
Reposted by Derek Price
From @theathleticfc.bsky.social: Liverpool, for the majority of the Premier League season, has played exciting attacking football based around getting the best from technical players, not on heavy spending, authoritarianism or ego, our columnist writes.
Four reasons why a Liverpool title win is good for English football
Arne Slot and his team should be admired for playing exciting football, empowering technical players and not spending heavily
nyti.ms
April 23, 2025 at 4:44 PM
From @theathleticfc.bsky.social: Liverpool, for the majority of the Premier League season, has played exciting attacking football based around getting the best from technical players, not on heavy spending, authoritarianism or ego, our columnist writes.
Zelensky should tell Trump they will continue fighting and if what Trump says will come to pass happens, then Putin will end up with the rare earth minerals. Is that what you want?
February 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Zelensky should tell Trump they will continue fighting and if what Trump says will come to pass happens, then Putin will end up with the rare earth minerals. Is that what you want?
Reposted by Derek Price
"Who is more responsible for the current state of the military? The party that was in gov't for 14 years or the party that's been in gov't for six months?"
Sad to see Conservatives slow & equivocal to support PM & using situation to attack him, given how he supported Johnson/Sunak on Ukraine. ~AA
Sad to see Conservatives slow & equivocal to support PM & using situation to attack him, given how he supported Johnson/Sunak on Ukraine. ~AA
February 18, 2025 at 11:12 AM
"Who is more responsible for the current state of the military? The party that was in gov't for 14 years or the party that's been in gov't for six months?"
Sad to see Conservatives slow & equivocal to support PM & using situation to attack him, given how he supported Johnson/Sunak on Ukraine. ~AA
Sad to see Conservatives slow & equivocal to support PM & using situation to attack him, given how he supported Johnson/Sunak on Ukraine. ~AA
Reposted by Derek Price
The president-elect’s second term will not only be more disruptive than his first; it will also undermine a vision of foreign policy that has dominated America since the second world war econ.st/4aiHls9
January 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The president-elect’s second term will not only be more disruptive than his first; it will also undermine a vision of foreign policy that has dominated America since the second world war econ.st/4aiHls9
Reposted by Derek Price
It’s interesting positioning from Davey - anti-Trump, pro-EU.
That position is a very popular one with at least half of the British public who are used to being sneered at as out of touch.
That position is a very popular one with at least half of the British public who are used to being sneered at as out of touch.
Making his speech, Davey says we are about to enter a four-year period where the US cannot be relied on as a partner. The UK must thus "step up", he says, and forge closer links with Europe. But, he adds, that does not mean Trump can or should be ignored.
January 16, 2025 at 10:55 AM
It’s interesting positioning from Davey - anti-Trump, pro-EU.
That position is a very popular one with at least half of the British public who are used to being sneered at as out of touch.
That position is a very popular one with at least half of the British public who are used to being sneered at as out of touch.
Another own goal by the Premier League. So instead of having the referee explain two decisions that would have been interesting, we had the obvious explanation that an offside was offside. They could only have made this worse by reading out the offside law. Why are they so hopelessly useless?
January 9, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Another own goal by the Premier League. So instead of having the referee explain two decisions that would have been interesting, we had the obvious explanation that an offside was offside. They could only have made this worse by reading out the offside law. Why are they so hopelessly useless?
Reposted by Derek Price
Brexit Curse
British food sales to Europe plummeted by a fifth since 2018.
In real terms exports down 20%; imports down 11%.
With divergence in environmental, animal care standards, this market won't be recovered.
UK isn't the 51st state. Must rejoin the EU.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
British food sales to Europe plummeted by a fifth since 2018.
In real terms exports down 20%; imports down 11%.
With divergence in environmental, animal care standards, this market won't be recovered.
UK isn't the 51st state. Must rejoin the EU.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Minister reveals alarming drop in British food exports to EU since Brexit
Exclusive: Food sales to the EU have crashed by a fifth since Brexit, a minister has revealed, as Sir Keir Starmer faces mounting pressure to slash red tape for UK firms selling in Europe
www.independent.co.uk
January 6, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Brexit Curse
British food sales to Europe plummeted by a fifth since 2018.
In real terms exports down 20%; imports down 11%.
With divergence in environmental, animal care standards, this market won't be recovered.
UK isn't the 51st state. Must rejoin the EU.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
British food sales to Europe plummeted by a fifth since 2018.
In real terms exports down 20%; imports down 11%.
With divergence in environmental, animal care standards, this market won't be recovered.
UK isn't the 51st state. Must rejoin the EU.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Reposted by Derek Price
Privatisation's thirst for profit will never be quenched. Time to take our water back.
England's water industry controlled by organizations with over 1,100 criminal convictions, 90% foreign-owned.
It dumps sewage, fleeces customers.
Must end privatisation scam
www.bigissue.com/opinion/wate...
England's water industry controlled by organizations with over 1,100 criminal convictions, 90% foreign-owned.
It dumps sewage, fleeces customers.
Must end privatisation scam
www.bigissue.com/opinion/wate...
It's time to take our water back
Privatised water represents the most unholy of business models – all the while, bills go up, and sewage spews into our rivers and seas.
www.bigissue.com
January 7, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Privatisation's thirst for profit will never be quenched. Time to take our water back.
England's water industry controlled by organizations with over 1,100 criminal convictions, 90% foreign-owned.
It dumps sewage, fleeces customers.
Must end privatisation scam
www.bigissue.com/opinion/wate...
England's water industry controlled by organizations with over 1,100 criminal convictions, 90% foreign-owned.
It dumps sewage, fleeces customers.
Must end privatisation scam
www.bigissue.com/opinion/wate...
Reposted by Derek Price
Loads of stuff being reposted from X. Why didn't you all just stay there?
January 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Loads of stuff being reposted from X. Why didn't you all just stay there?
Lots of requoted X posts on here with comments. Musk will be very happy with that.
January 4, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Lots of requoted X posts on here with comments. Musk will be very happy with that.
Watching Liverpool on Amazon is a bit strange. The goal alerts appear on my phone before they are scored.
December 26, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Watching Liverpool on Amazon is a bit strange. The goal alerts appear on my phone before they are scored.
Reposted by Derek Price
‘We’re getting poorer’ says Nigel Farage in his Beth Rigby interview.
I agree. The Brexit he championed is on course to cut UK trade by a staggering 15% - a huge reduction in the potential economic performance of the country at a time when every penny counts
youtu.be/jvo1JM6xZqQ?...
I agree. The Brexit he championed is on course to cut UK trade by a staggering 15% - a huge reduction in the potential economic performance of the country at a time when every penny counts
youtu.be/jvo1JM6xZqQ?...
The Bank of England governor says Brexit has undermined the UK economy. Hold onto your seats..
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
December 12, 2024 at 8:41 AM
‘We’re getting poorer’ says Nigel Farage in his Beth Rigby interview.
I agree. The Brexit he championed is on course to cut UK trade by a staggering 15% - a huge reduction in the potential economic performance of the country at a time when every penny counts
youtu.be/jvo1JM6xZqQ?...
I agree. The Brexit he championed is on course to cut UK trade by a staggering 15% - a huge reduction in the potential economic performance of the country at a time when every penny counts
youtu.be/jvo1JM6xZqQ?...
The current Gregg Wallace report is an alleged celebrity misbehaviour story. Important to investigate and be resolved but surely not top of the news.
December 1, 2024 at 10:10 PM
The current Gregg Wallace report is an alleged celebrity misbehaviour story. Important to investigate and be resolved but surely not top of the news.
Reposted by Derek Price
Kemi Badenoch at #PMQs: "We had a budget in March this year and tractors were not blockading the streets of Whitehall afterwards."
Here are the tractors blockading the streets of Whitehall in March this year. They were protesting - you really couldn't make this up - Badenoch's trade policies. 😂
Here are the tractors blockading the streets of Whitehall in March this year. They were protesting - you really couldn't make this up - Badenoch's trade policies. 😂
November 27, 2024 at 12:42 PM
Kemi Badenoch at #PMQs: "We had a budget in March this year and tractors were not blockading the streets of Whitehall afterwards."
Here are the tractors blockading the streets of Whitehall in March this year. They were protesting - you really couldn't make this up - Badenoch's trade policies. 😂
Here are the tractors blockading the streets of Whitehall in March this year. They were protesting - you really couldn't make this up - Badenoch's trade policies. 😂
This Labour Government is going to become even more unpopular with the general public if they don't stop the terrible communication. Starmer's response to the petition and Reeves' promises around tax are wrong and unnecessary. Do the right thing at the right time, rule nothing out and sort the comms
November 25, 2024 at 11:01 PM
This Labour Government is going to become even more unpopular with the general public if they don't stop the terrible communication. Starmer's response to the petition and Reeves' promises around tax are wrong and unnecessary. Do the right thing at the right time, rule nothing out and sort the comms
@savetheobs.bsky.social So should I stop buying the Guardian and Observer in protest and ignore Guardian appeals for support? Striking seems a strange course of action. By all means protest appropriately, but surely going on strike will only adversely impact the Guardian newspaper and your readers.
November 23, 2024 at 1:50 PM
@savetheobs.bsky.social So should I stop buying the Guardian and Observer in protest and ignore Guardian appeals for support? Striking seems a strange course of action. By all means protest appropriately, but surely going on strike will only adversely impact the Guardian newspaper and your readers.
Reposted by Derek Price
💬 "By the time we get to the next election, any political party that is serious about growth will have to address Brexit"
David Gauke for the New Statesman👏
David Gauke for the New Statesman👏
Labour can no longer hide from the cost of Brexit
Weak growth and a Trump trade war could force the party to change its Europe policy.
www.newstatesman.com
November 20, 2024 at 11:58 AM
💬 "By the time we get to the next election, any political party that is serious about growth will have to address Brexit"
David Gauke for the New Statesman👏
David Gauke for the New Statesman👏
Does Trent want to go on to be remembered as a Liverpool legend or just as a local lad that played for Liverpool?
November 15, 2024 at 7:12 AM
Does Trent want to go on to be remembered as a Liverpool legend or just as a local lad that played for Liverpool?
Stevie D pretending to be innocent.
November 14, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Stevie D pretending to be innocent.
Reposted by Derek Price
Again UK news shows telling viewers economic growth is the Prime Minister’s priority but none mention OBR report the government relies on says Brexit is on course to cut UK trade by a staggering 15% - a huge reduction in the potential economic performance of the country
youtu.be/0Wn4gusyHvk?...
youtu.be/0Wn4gusyHvk?...
Ed Davey questions Keir Starmer on impact of Brexit on UK trade at #PMQs - hold onto your seats
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
November 14, 2024 at 10:43 AM
Again UK news shows telling viewers economic growth is the Prime Minister’s priority but none mention OBR report the government relies on says Brexit is on course to cut UK trade by a staggering 15% - a huge reduction in the potential economic performance of the country
youtu.be/0Wn4gusyHvk?...
youtu.be/0Wn4gusyHvk?...
Reposted by Derek Price
As a journalist social media has become increasingly important. It’s a place where we share stories and also the way many people get in touch with us. The other place used to be vital for this but it’s rubbish now - so I am delighted to see this space taking off. Could be crucial for our industry.
November 13, 2024 at 6:18 PM
As a journalist social media has become increasingly important. It’s a place where we share stories and also the way many people get in touch with us. The other place used to be vital for this but it’s rubbish now - so I am delighted to see this space taking off. Could be crucial for our industry.