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🔴Conservative Government Left Behind £200 Billion of ‘Unachievable’ Infrastructure Projects
Hundreds of billions of pounds worth of projects were left for which “successful delivery… appears to be unachievable” reports @davidhencke.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/29/g...
Hundreds of billions of pounds worth of projects were left for which “successful delivery… appears to be unachievable” reports @davidhencke.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/29/g...
Conservative Government Left Behind £200 Billion of 'Unachievable' Infrastructure Projects
Hundreds of billions of pounds worth of projects were left for which "successful delivery... appears to be unachievable"
bylinetimes.com
September 29, 2025 at 8:28 AM
🔴Conservative Government Left Behind £200 Billion of ‘Unachievable’ Infrastructure Projects
Hundreds of billions of pounds worth of projects were left for which “successful delivery… appears to be unachievable” reports @davidhencke.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/29/g...
Hundreds of billions of pounds worth of projects were left for which “successful delivery… appears to be unachievable” reports @davidhencke.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/29/g...
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My latest story for @bylinetimes.bsky.social on the billions mispent on asylum accommodation by the last Tory government using flawed contracts which saw the cost soar from £4.5 billion to £15.3 billion for taxpayers.
🔴The Sheer Scale of Conservative Mismanagement of the Asylum System Revealed
Billions of pounds were wasted by successive Conservative Home Secretaries on a chaotic and costly system that left vulnerable people at risk, according to a new Parliamentary report
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/27/t...
Billions of pounds were wasted by successive Conservative Home Secretaries on a chaotic and costly system that left vulnerable people at risk, according to a new Parliamentary report
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/27/t...
The Sheer Scale of Conservative Mismanagement of the Asylum System Revealed
Billions of pounds were wasted by successive Conservative Home Secretaries on a chaotic and costly system that left vulnerable people at risk, according to a new Parliamentary report
bylinetimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:32 AM
My latest story for @bylinetimes.bsky.social on the billions mispent on asylum accommodation by the last Tory government using flawed contracts which saw the cost soar from £4.5 billion to £15.3 billion for taxpayers.
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My latest report for @bylinetimes.bsky.social is on a new report from the House of Lords on Britain's space industry. It warns the UK is too dependent on Elon Musk's Space -X company to launch our satellites and should diversify launch sites abroad and build new ones in the UK
🔴The UK Must Urgently Distance Itself From Elon Musk and Space X, Warns Parliamentary Report
The UK’s infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could ‘politicise’ our reliance upon his companies, the report warns
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/t...
The UK’s infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could ‘politicise’ our reliance upon his companies, the report warns
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/t...
The UK Must Urgently Distance Itself From Elon Musk and Space X, Warns Parliamentary Report
The UK's infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could 'politicise' our reliance upon his companies, the report warns
bylinetimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:38 AM
My latest report for @bylinetimes.bsky.social is on a new report from the House of Lords on Britain's space industry. It warns the UK is too dependent on Elon Musk's Space -X company to launch our satellites and should diversify launch sites abroad and build new ones in the UK
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🚨🚨 The EU is ratcheting up pressure on governments reluctant to agree on funding for war-ravaged #Ukraine — telling them if they don’t force #Russia to foot the bill, they’ll have to do it themselves. 🧵https://www.politico.eu/article/russian-assets-ukraine-loan-eurobonds/
EU plays hardball: If you won’t seize Russia’s cash, open your wallets
The idea of joint European borrowing is rejected by most of the bloc’s governments. That’s why the Commission is using it as leverage to get them to approve the use of Moscow’s as…
www.politico.eu
November 7, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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🚨🚨 Vg news: #NATO has now surpassed #Russia in ammunition production after a period when Moscow outpaced the entire alliance’s output according to NATO SG Mark Rutte. 🧵
kyivindependent.com/nato-has-rev...
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NATO has reversed Russia’s edge in ammunition production, Rutte says
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte urged member states and their defense industries to "outgun, outproduce, and outsmart those that seek to harm or diminish us."
kyivindependent.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
🚨🚨 Vg news: #NATO has now surpassed #Russia in ammunition production after a period when Moscow outpaced the entire alliance’s output according to NATO SG Mark Rutte. 🧵
kyivindependent.com/nato-has-rev...
kyivindependent.com/nato-has-rev...
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🚨🚨 Belgian court convicts two for EU funds misuse linked to #NigelFarage's Brexit group. Great report by @elisabraun.bsky.social on a decade-long probe into alleged misuse of EU funds by associates of top #Brexit campaigner. www.euractiv.com/news/belgian...
Belgian court convicts two for EU funds misuse linked to Nigel Farage's Brexit group | Euractiv
Verdict ends decade-long probe into alleged misuse of EU funds by associates of top Brexit campaigner
www.euractiv.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
🚨🚨 Belgian court convicts two for EU funds misuse linked to #NigelFarage's Brexit group. Great report by @elisabraun.bsky.social on a decade-long probe into alleged misuse of EU funds by associates of top #Brexit campaigner. www.euractiv.com/news/belgian...
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🚨🚨This is stellar investigative journalism by @kaitlintosh.bsky.social and @michelleinezsimon.bsky.social on how #elonmusk is boosting the #british right. 🧵 news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:51 AM
🚨🚨This is stellar investigative journalism by @kaitlintosh.bsky.social and @michelleinezsimon.bsky.social on how #elonmusk is boosting the #british right. 🧵 news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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Nigel Farage says Reform would “reduce the size of the bloated state” by seizing Brexit opportunities to deregulate
@jreland.bsky.social points out in @the-independent.com that this creates a dilemma - the more the UK does things differently to the EU, the more work there is for British bureaucrats
@jreland.bsky.social points out in @the-independent.com that this creates a dilemma - the more the UK does things differently to the EU, the more work there is for British bureaucrats
November 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Nigel Farage says Reform would “reduce the size of the bloated state” by seizing Brexit opportunities to deregulate
@jreland.bsky.social points out in @the-independent.com that this creates a dilemma - the more the UK does things differently to the EU, the more work there is for British bureaucrats
@jreland.bsky.social points out in @the-independent.com that this creates a dilemma - the more the UK does things differently to the EU, the more work there is for British bureaucrats
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November 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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The resignations of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness must be an opportunity for the BBC to turn a new leaf, rebuild trust and resist those like Nigel Farage who want to destroy it
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
November 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The resignations of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness must be an opportunity for the BBC to turn a new leaf, rebuild trust and resist those like Nigel Farage who want to destroy it
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
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Today’s fun tax tip…
(It’s a similarly daft situation that railways pay tax on fuel/energy but airlines don’t pay any tax on their aviation fuel, a huge hidden subsidy)
youtu.be/dr9MH0NuUtg?...
(It’s a similarly daft situation that railways pay tax on fuel/energy but airlines don’t pay any tax on their aviation fuel, a huge hidden subsidy)
youtu.be/dr9MH0NuUtg?...
Private jets don't pay fuel tax. Now I don't either.
YouTube video by Oli Frost
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Today’s fun tax tip…
(It’s a similarly daft situation that railways pay tax on fuel/energy but airlines don’t pay any tax on their aviation fuel, a huge hidden subsidy)
youtu.be/dr9MH0NuUtg?...
(It’s a similarly daft situation that railways pay tax on fuel/energy but airlines don’t pay any tax on their aviation fuel, a huge hidden subsidy)
youtu.be/dr9MH0NuUtg?...
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Important point being made by @jillongovt.bsky.social here
Hope Rachel Reeves reads this 👇
Hope Rachel Reeves reads this 👇
November 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Important point being made by @jillongovt.bsky.social here
Hope Rachel Reeves reads this 👇
Hope Rachel Reeves reads this 👇
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Might Brexit, by any teensy-weensy chance, have anything to do with 'the dire state of the financial sector'? And won't investors of all types flee from UK if Reform ever get into power? Just asking....
November 7, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Might Brexit, by any teensy-weensy chance, have anything to do with 'the dire state of the financial sector'? And won't investors of all types flee from UK if Reform ever get into power? Just asking....
Brexit bonus for Rosslare Europort has seen a more than six-fold increase in direct European sailings since Brexit, with many freight and delivery companies shifting from using the UK landbridge to more direct sea routes with the European Union.
www.rte.ie/news/regiona...
@grassrootsforeurope.org
www.rte.ie/news/regiona...
@grassrootsforeurope.org
New customs control facility opens at Rosslare Europort
A new customs control facility and border control post has been officially opened at Rosslare Europort in Co Wexford.
www.rte.ie
November 7, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Brexit bonus for Rosslare Europort has seen a more than six-fold increase in direct European sailings since Brexit, with many freight and delivery companies shifting from using the UK landbridge to more direct sea routes with the European Union.
www.rte.ie/news/regiona...
@grassrootsforeurope.org
www.rte.ie/news/regiona...
@grassrootsforeurope.org
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Pokrovsk: Where Putin Shattered His Teeth cepa.org/article/pokr...
Pokrovsk: Where Putin Shattered His Teeth
“Last November, I visited Pokrovsk and called it the farmhouse at Waterloo”, writes the former Ukrainian Marine, Shaun Pinner.
cepa.org
November 6, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Pokrovsk: Where Putin Shattered His Teeth cepa.org/article/pokr...
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What does Europe mean to you? Watch European Movement UK's video featuring Caroline Lucas: bsky.app/profile/euro...
To so many of us, Europe is more than a place, it’s a part of who we are. Hear what the public had to say when we went out and asked them what Europe means to them.
November 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
What does Europe mean to you? Watch European Movement UK's video featuring Caroline Lucas: bsky.app/profile/euro...
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Why isn't mainstream media all over this?
Previously on Bylines Scotland.
“Nathan Gill acted not in the interests of the people who had voted for him, or in those of the British and European taxpayers he was paid to represent, but in the interests of Russia.”
@cluthaman.bsky.social
“Nathan Gill acted not in the interests of the people who had voted for him, or in those of the British and European taxpayers he was paid to represent, but in the interests of Russia.”
@cluthaman.bsky.social
Nathan Gill’s treachery puts him in same league as the “Cambridge Five”
Reform’s Russia connections may endanger our security – time for a public inquiry
bylines.scot
November 6, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Why isn't mainstream media all over this?
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‘The poppy has been hijacked by the far-right. I can no longer wear it’
I’ve always worn a poppy to commemorate my family who fought and died defending democracy against Nazism. Not anymore now Nazis claim the symbol
My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
I’ve always worn a poppy to commemorate my family who fought and died defending democracy against Nazism. Not anymore now Nazis claim the symbol
My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
'The poppy has been hijacked – why I won’t wear it'
As Remembrance Day approaches, Neil Mackay reflects on a lifelong ritual disrupted by the far-right’s hijacking of the poppy — and the moral…
www.heraldscotland.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:39 AM
‘The poppy has been hijacked by the far-right. I can no longer wear it’
I’ve always worn a poppy to commemorate my family who fought and died defending democracy against Nazism. Not anymore now Nazis claim the symbol
My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
I’ve always worn a poppy to commemorate my family who fought and died defending democracy against Nazism. Not anymore now Nazis claim the symbol
My column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/politics/vie...
Guy Verhofstadt says "more Europe" is the route towards European competitiveness, security and protecting our freedoms and rights. I interviewed him for Bylines Scotland on his recent visit to Edinburgh.
bylines.scot/podcast/an-e...
bylines.scot/podcast/an-e...
An exclusive interview with Guy Verhofstadt
Bylines Scotland writer, Martin Roche, exclusively interviews former Belgium PM and senior European politician Guy Verhofstadt
bylines.scot
November 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Guy Verhofstadt says "more Europe" is the route towards European competitiveness, security and protecting our freedoms and rights. I interviewed him for Bylines Scotland on his recent visit to Edinburgh.
bylines.scot/podcast/an-e...
bylines.scot/podcast/an-e...
Why isn't mainstream media all over this?
Previously on Bylines Scotland.
“Nathan Gill acted not in the interests of the people who had voted for him, or in those of the British and European taxpayers he was paid to represent, but in the interests of Russia.”
@cluthaman.bsky.social
“Nathan Gill acted not in the interests of the people who had voted for him, or in those of the British and European taxpayers he was paid to represent, but in the interests of Russia.”
@cluthaman.bsky.social
Nathan Gill’s treachery puts him in same league as the “Cambridge Five”
Reform’s Russia connections may endanger our security – time for a public inquiry
bylines.scot
November 6, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Why isn't mainstream media all over this?
Hear Martin Roche's interview with Guy Verhofstadt. in Edinburgh for the annual dinner of the European Movement in Scotland. Scottish First Minister John Swinney also spoke. Image: David Roulston EMiS. Please forgive the variable sound. We had a technical issue.
bylines.scot/podcast/an-e...
bylines.scot/podcast/an-e...
An exclusive radio interview with former Belgium PM Guy Verhofstadt
An exclusive interview with Martin Roche from Bylines Scotland and European politician Guy Verhofstadt
bylines.scot
November 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Hear Martin Roche's interview with Guy Verhofstadt. in Edinburgh for the annual dinner of the European Movement in Scotland. Scottish First Minister John Swinney also spoke. Image: David Roulston EMiS. Please forgive the variable sound. We had a technical issue.
bylines.scot/podcast/an-e...
bylines.scot/podcast/an-e...