@factfindergeneral.bsky.social
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Peter will be joining me on air at 11.45.
“The claim that this is a recent invention born of political bias is categorically untrue.”
@mrjamesob.bsky.social reveals that Peter Ettedgui made identical accusations against Nigel Farage in private six years ago.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social reveals that Peter Ettedgui made identical accusations against Nigel Farage in private six years ago.
December 5, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Peter will be joining me on air at 11.45.
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Rising racism blamed for collapse in number of foreign nurses coming to UK.
UKIP/Reform/Farage damaged the economy with Brexit, now destroying the NHS.
The UK is an ageing society, without immigration the economy can't function. Will we ever get an honest debate?
UKIP/Reform/Farage damaged the economy with Brexit, now destroying the NHS.
The UK is an ageing society, without immigration the economy can't function. Will we ever get an honest debate?
Rising racism blamed for collapse in number of foreign nurses coming to UK
Number of overseas nurses and midwives registered between April and September was half that of a year ago
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Rising racism blamed for collapse in number of foreign nurses coming to UK.
UKIP/Reform/Farage damaged the economy with Brexit, now destroying the NHS.
The UK is an ageing society, without immigration the economy can't function. Will we ever get an honest debate?
UKIP/Reform/Farage damaged the economy with Brexit, now destroying the NHS.
The UK is an ageing society, without immigration the economy can't function. Will we ever get an honest debate?
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“In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker who arrived on a boat. Today we have 46,000 a year and do you know why? It was because of the botched Brexit deal pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage. Nigel Farage should be here apologising”
Daisy Cooper
Daisy Cooper
December 5, 2025 at 8:26 AM
“In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker who arrived on a boat. Today we have 46,000 a year and do you know why? It was because of the botched Brexit deal pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage. Nigel Farage should be here apologising”
Daisy Cooper
Daisy Cooper
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"This record-breaking donation shows how dependent our political parties have become on a super-rich few," says Transparency International
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
Crypto Investor Donates £9 Million to Reform UK After Nigel Farage Plugs His Company and Tells Industry 'I Am Your Champion'
The Reform leader recently used media interviews to back Christopher Harborne's company while promising to cut taxes and regulations on crypto firms
bylinetimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:46 AM
"This record-breaking donation shows how dependent our political parties have become on a super-rich few," says Transparency International
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
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Worth the watch.
🔥🔥🔥 Here's Emily Maitlis crucifying Farage for both breaking the UK and stabbing it in the back.
#FascistFarage
#FascistFarage
September 4, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Worth the watch.
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Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on £400,000 GB News earnings.
Poor attendance record in parliament, collects £94,000 salary+expenses.
Has used a trust fund in an offshore tax haven.
Previously described people who try to avoid tax as the “common enemy”.
Poor attendance record in parliament, collects £94,000 salary+expenses.
Has used a trust fund in an offshore tax haven.
Previously described people who try to avoid tax as the “common enemy”.
Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings
Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on £400,000 GB News earnings.
Poor attendance record in parliament, collects £94,000 salary+expenses.
Has used a trust fund in an offshore tax haven.
Previously described people who try to avoid tax as the “common enemy”.
Poor attendance record in parliament, collects £94,000 salary+expenses.
Has used a trust fund in an offshore tax haven.
Previously described people who try to avoid tax as the “common enemy”.
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Raskin's summation.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=reQa...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=reQa...
Nigel Farage absolutely destroyed by Democrat Congressman in Committee Hearing
YouTube video by PoliticsJOE
www.youtube.com
September 3, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Raskin's summation.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=reQa...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=reQa...
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The people screwing you over arrive in Britain in private jets. Not small boats.
August 26, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The people screwing you over arrive in Britain in private jets. Not small boats.
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Ask Reform how many boats there were before Farage took back control of the borders with his Brexit, for the record the answer is 0 #r4today
August 26, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Ask Reform how many boats there were before Farage took back control of the borders with his Brexit, for the record the answer is 0 #r4today
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Resident doctors pay hundreds of thousands of pounds for six years of medical school and then get below-inflation pay rises. Then television presenters on six-figure salaries tell them they're 'greedy'.
July 31, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Resident doctors pay hundreds of thousands of pounds for six years of medical school and then get below-inflation pay rises. Then television presenters on six-figure salaries tell them they're 'greedy'.
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Trump administration attempting to unmake virtually all climate US regulations.
Triumph for fossil fuels industry as millions facing sea level rise, extreme heat, floods, fires, crop failures, health problems, ecological disasters.
Will others follow? Planet/People sacrificed to profits.
Triumph for fossil fuels industry as millions facing sea level rise, extreme heat, floods, fires, crop failures, health problems, ecological disasters.
Will others follow? Planet/People sacrificed to profits.
Trump bids to scrap almost all pollution regulations – can anything stop this?
EPA tries to rescind ‘endangerment finding’ – part of ‘drill, baby, drill’ agenda that experts say poses grave threat
www.theguardian.com
August 1, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Trump administration attempting to unmake virtually all climate US regulations.
Triumph for fossil fuels industry as millions facing sea level rise, extreme heat, floods, fires, crop failures, health problems, ecological disasters.
Will others follow? Planet/People sacrificed to profits.
Triumph for fossil fuels industry as millions facing sea level rise, extreme heat, floods, fires, crop failures, health problems, ecological disasters.
Will others follow? Planet/People sacrificed to profits.
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The House of Lords gives peers £342 a day just for clocking on. A 10-hour shift as a resident doctor pays just £175.
July 26, 2025 at 10:50 AM
The House of Lords gives peers £342 a day just for clocking on. A 10-hour shift as a resident doctor pays just £175.
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Last time I checked, no striking resident doctor had ever ripped the NHS off for £200m of unusable PPE
July 26, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Last time I checked, no striking resident doctor had ever ripped the NHS off for £200m of unusable PPE
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For the period 1995 to 2015, finance industry made a negative contribution of £4,500bn to the UK economy.
Nearly two years GDP was wiped out and living standards have not recovered.
But UK govts are again deregulating. It won't end differently.
Nearly two years GDP was wiped out and living standards have not recovered.
But UK govts are again deregulating. It won't end differently.
Rachel Reeves’ Mansion House speech offered nothing for most people
'The state needs to be hands-on, and not leave it all to the pirates of City of London'
leftfootforward.org
July 23, 2025 at 7:44 PM
For the period 1995 to 2015, finance industry made a negative contribution of £4,500bn to the UK economy.
Nearly two years GDP was wiped out and living standards have not recovered.
But UK govts are again deregulating. It won't end differently.
Nearly two years GDP was wiped out and living standards have not recovered.
But UK govts are again deregulating. It won't end differently.
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“this £85 billion represents a direct transfer of value from the public to private owners — a sum extracted while storm overflows proliferated, leakage targets were missed, and river health declined”
July 21, 2025 at 7:29 AM
“this £85 billion represents a direct transfer of value from the public to private owners — a sum extracted while storm overflows proliferated, leakage targets were missed, and river health declined”
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England’s reservoirs at lowest level for a decade, experts call for hosepipe bans.
No new reservoirs built since 1989.
Over a trillion litres of water a year lost to leaks.
Water companies paid out £85bn in dividends. No regulator/Govt had a national plan.
Crisis created by privatisation.
No new reservoirs built since 1989.
Over a trillion litres of water a year lost to leaks.
Water companies paid out £85bn in dividends. No regulator/Govt had a national plan.
Crisis created by privatisation.
England’s reservoirs at lowest level for a decade as experts call for hosepipe bans
Levels even lower than in severe drought year of 2022, data shows, with water firms urged to ‘be proactive’
www.theguardian.com
July 12, 2025 at 6:08 AM
England’s reservoirs at lowest level for a decade, experts call for hosepipe bans.
No new reservoirs built since 1989.
Over a trillion litres of water a year lost to leaks.
Water companies paid out £85bn in dividends. No regulator/Govt had a national plan.
Crisis created by privatisation.
No new reservoirs built since 1989.
Over a trillion litres of water a year lost to leaks.
Water companies paid out £85bn in dividends. No regulator/Govt had a national plan.
Crisis created by privatisation.
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Italy court sends 11 executives at a chemical plant to jail terms of up to 17 years for polluting water, a total of more than 141 years.
Puts UK to shame.
UK buries corporate crimes - water, Post Office, Grenfell, infected blood, bank frauds.
Govts/Regulators serve corporations, not people.
Puts UK to shame.
UK buries corporate crimes - water, Post Office, Grenfell, infected blood, bank frauds.
Govts/Regulators serve corporations, not people.
Italy chemical plant execs jailed for pollution
An Italian court on Thursday sentenced executives at a chemical plant to jail terms of up to 17 years for polluting water used by hundreds of thousands of people with PFAS, or "forever chemicals".
www.france24.com
July 3, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Italy court sends 11 executives at a chemical plant to jail terms of up to 17 years for polluting water, a total of more than 141 years.
Puts UK to shame.
UK buries corporate crimes - water, Post Office, Grenfell, infected blood, bank frauds.
Govts/Regulators serve corporations, not people.
Puts UK to shame.
UK buries corporate crimes - water, Post Office, Grenfell, infected blood, bank frauds.
Govts/Regulators serve corporations, not people.
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New MSE Guide. Check now if you're due up to £70 from Mastercard - even if you've NEVER had one. Millions are in line for compensation after the card firm settled a landmark legal case against it out of court.
www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/mast...
www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/mast...
June 2, 2025 at 8:08 AM
New MSE Guide. Check now if you're due up to £70 from Mastercard - even if you've NEVER had one. Millions are in line for compensation after the card firm settled a landmark legal case against it out of court.
www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/mast...
www.moneysavingexpert.com/reclaim/mast...
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Govt confirms criminals control England water industry.
"Since the privatisation of water and sewerage companies in 1989, all ten Water and Sewerage companies which discharge into English waters have been convicted of criminal offences".
Still allowed to fleece people, no end to criminality.
"Since the privatisation of water and sewerage companies in 1989, all ten Water and Sewerage companies which discharge into English waters have been convicted of criminal offences".
Still allowed to fleece people, no end to criminality.
Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament
Information from UK Parliament on written questions & answers, written statements and daily reports.
questions-statements.parliament.uk
June 1, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Govt confirms criminals control England water industry.
"Since the privatisation of water and sewerage companies in 1989, all ten Water and Sewerage companies which discharge into English waters have been convicted of criminal offences".
Still allowed to fleece people, no end to criminality.
"Since the privatisation of water and sewerage companies in 1989, all ten Water and Sewerage companies which discharge into English waters have been convicted of criminal offences".
Still allowed to fleece people, no end to criminality.
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What a fantastic idea!
Deserves a much wider audience.
Deserves a much wider audience.
If instead of fining water companies money, they were fined shares, they'd either have to do the job they've been paid for or lose the company piece by piece.
Re-nationalisation at no cost to the public.
Re-nationalisation at no cost to the public.
If Thames Water can pay its "record fine" by passing the cost on to its customers, how is that a punishment?
(Presumably they'll just tack a few more quid onto every bill.)
(Presumably they'll just tack a few more quid onto every bill.)
May 29, 2025 at 9:56 AM
What a fantastic idea!
Deserves a much wider audience.
Deserves a much wider audience.
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May 28, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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HMRC admits not collecting £40bn tax last yr. Others say over £100bn.
Big accounting/law firms, banks mastermind tax dodges. Rarely prosecuted.
No big accounting firm prosecuted; get govt contracts.
Fewer than FIVE criminal cases brought in 2023-2024, 16 in 2018-2019.
Govts chase little people.
Big accounting/law firms, banks mastermind tax dodges. Rarely prosecuted.
No big accounting firm prosecuted; get govt contracts.
Fewer than FIVE criminal cases brought in 2023-2024, 16 in 2018-2019.
Govts chase little people.
Why the UK is a two-tier society where money wields power
Laws and policies are crafted to give the appearance of sternness and fairness, but are rarely fully enforced on corporations and the rich.
leftfootforward.org
May 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
HMRC admits not collecting £40bn tax last yr. Others say over £100bn.
Big accounting/law firms, banks mastermind tax dodges. Rarely prosecuted.
No big accounting firm prosecuted; get govt contracts.
Fewer than FIVE criminal cases brought in 2023-2024, 16 in 2018-2019.
Govts chase little people.
Big accounting/law firms, banks mastermind tax dodges. Rarely prosecuted.
No big accounting firm prosecuted; get govt contracts.
Fewer than FIVE criminal cases brought in 2023-2024, 16 in 2018-2019.
Govts chase little people.
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Half of ‘red wall’ voters disapprove of Labour’s handling of benefits, says poll.
Labour must declare war on poverty, not the poor.
Work doesn't pay enough. 37% of universal credit claimants are in work. 16m Britons live in poverty.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined.
Labour must declare war on poverty, not the poor.
Work doesn't pay enough. 37% of universal credit claimants are in work. 16m Britons live in poverty.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined.
Half of ‘red wall’ voters disapprove of Labour’s handling of benefits, says poll
Reform UK most trusted on benefits with Nigel Farage expected to say he would scrap two-child limit
www.theguardian.com
May 27, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Half of ‘red wall’ voters disapprove of Labour’s handling of benefits, says poll.
Labour must declare war on poverty, not the poor.
Work doesn't pay enough. 37% of universal credit claimants are in work. 16m Britons live in poverty.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined.
Labour must declare war on poverty, not the poor.
Work doesn't pay enough. 37% of universal credit claimants are in work. 16m Britons live in poverty.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined.
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UK public purse to make £10bn loss from £45bn bailout of NatWest bank in 2008.
Govt selling last of its shares, could have used it to fund SME/infrastructure investment.
Boss who crashed the bank gets £600k a year pension.
Bailouts for the City, benefit cuts for the poor.
Govt selling last of its shares, could have used it to fund SME/infrastructure investment.
Boss who crashed the bank gets £600k a year pension.
Bailouts for the City, benefit cuts for the poor.
Taxpayers set for £10bn loss on NatWest as disgraced ex-boss takes £600k-a-year pension
Government expected to sell last shares in banking group this week, drawing a line under 2008 financial crisis bailout
www.theguardian.com
May 26, 2025 at 6:41 AM
UK public purse to make £10bn loss from £45bn bailout of NatWest bank in 2008.
Govt selling last of its shares, could have used it to fund SME/infrastructure investment.
Boss who crashed the bank gets £600k a year pension.
Bailouts for the City, benefit cuts for the poor.
Govt selling last of its shares, could have used it to fund SME/infrastructure investment.
Boss who crashed the bank gets £600k a year pension.
Bailouts for the City, benefit cuts for the poor.
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The law used in this case was passed in 1986.
But if Johnson wants to look at more recent laws that have been used to arrest people for their social media use, he’ll be shocked when he discovered who was in government – or even Number 10 – when they were introduced, over liberal objections.
But if Johnson wants to look at more recent laws that have been used to arrest people for their social media use, he’ll be shocked when he discovered who was in government – or even Number 10 – when they were introduced, over liberal objections.
Wednesday's DAILY MAIL: Boris: Starmer's Britain is turning into police state
#TomorrowsPapersToday
#TomorrowsPapersToday
May 20, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The law used in this case was passed in 1986.
But if Johnson wants to look at more recent laws that have been used to arrest people for their social media use, he’ll be shocked when he discovered who was in government – or even Number 10 – when they were introduced, over liberal objections.
But if Johnson wants to look at more recent laws that have been used to arrest people for their social media use, he’ll be shocked when he discovered who was in government – or even Number 10 – when they were introduced, over liberal objections.