Hazel Roberts
@hazelrob75.bsky.social
Anti anything right-wing. Pro-Europe. Half German.
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Today's 70% fall in net migration to 205,000 was not one of the six stories in BBC ten o'clock news.
Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters
Down by 140k isn't thought to be.
Up by 140k undoubtedly would be.
Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters
Down by 140k isn't thought to be.
Up by 140k undoubtedly would be.
November 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Today's 70% fall in net migration to 205,000 was not one of the six stories in BBC ten o'clock news.
Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters
Down by 140k isn't thought to be.
Up by 140k undoubtedly would be.
Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters
Down by 140k isn't thought to be.
Up by 140k undoubtedly would be.
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Thank GOD for Andrew Fisher!! FINALLY we get to hear about Spain on #r4today
The fastest growing economy in Europe & outstripping the US as well & how?
Wealth tax, rent controls & a positive integration-focused approach to immigration & asylum!! 🙌👏👏👏
The fastest growing economy in Europe & outstripping the US as well & how?
Wealth tax, rent controls & a positive integration-focused approach to immigration & asylum!! 🙌👏👏👏
November 28, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Thank GOD for Andrew Fisher!! FINALLY we get to hear about Spain on #r4today
The fastest growing economy in Europe & outstripping the US as well & how?
Wealth tax, rent controls & a positive integration-focused approach to immigration & asylum!! 🙌👏👏👏
The fastest growing economy in Europe & outstripping the US as well & how?
Wealth tax, rent controls & a positive integration-focused approach to immigration & asylum!! 🙌👏👏👏
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“She is doing things that I think are letting this country down".
Labour peer Alf Dubs, who arrived in the UK on the Kindertransport, tells @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social that he is deeply disappointed in Shabana Mahmood and Keir Starmer's betrayal of child refugees
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/28/a...
Labour peer Alf Dubs, who arrived in the UK on the Kindertransport, tells @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social that he is deeply disappointed in Shabana Mahmood and Keir Starmer's betrayal of child refugees
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/28/a...
Alf Dubs Accuses Shabana Mahmood of 'Letting the Country Down' With Plans to Outdo Reform on Asylum
The veteran Labour peer and lifelong campaigner for child refugees, Alf Dubs, tells Byline Times that the Home Secretary's plans are "bitterly disappointing coming from a Labour Government"
bylinetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:05 AM
“She is doing things that I think are letting this country down".
Labour peer Alf Dubs, who arrived in the UK on the Kindertransport, tells @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social that he is deeply disappointed in Shabana Mahmood and Keir Starmer's betrayal of child refugees
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/28/a...
Labour peer Alf Dubs, who arrived in the UK on the Kindertransport, tells @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social that he is deeply disappointed in Shabana Mahmood and Keir Starmer's betrayal of child refugees
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/28/a...
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Ah… so THAT’S how I’m meant to play him! 😄
Cheers, @zackpolanski.bsky.social 🙌
#HopeIsHere
Join.GreenParty.org.uk
Cheers, @zackpolanski.bsky.social 🙌
#HopeIsHere
Join.GreenParty.org.uk
Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
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November 28, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Ah… so THAT’S how I’m meant to play him! 😄
Cheers, @zackpolanski.bsky.social 🙌
#HopeIsHere
Join.GreenParty.org.uk
Cheers, @zackpolanski.bsky.social 🙌
#HopeIsHere
Join.GreenParty.org.uk
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🔥 Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 7:04 AM
🔥 Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
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The black hole in Durham County Council’s budget has grown by £11.1mn in the past two months under the control of Reform UK.
Its cabinet has been forced to approve a £10mn list of cuts.
Its cabinet has been forced to approve a £10mn list of cuts.
Reform cabinet backs £10mn cuts to start filling Durham’s growing black hole
Reform is now learning that running a big council is not as easy as it probably thought
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 7:16 AM
The black hole in Durham County Council’s budget has grown by £11.1mn in the past two months under the control of Reform UK.
Its cabinet has been forced to approve a £10mn list of cuts.
Its cabinet has been forced to approve a £10mn list of cuts.
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'This isn't an opinion. This is counting.'
- A 100,000 drop in net migration costs us £7bn
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
November 27, 2025 at 11:29 AM
'This isn't an opinion. This is counting.'
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Nigel Farage has spent £1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
November 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Nigel Farage has spent £1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
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Fewer workers. Fewer international students. More people leaving.
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK net migration falls sharply with drop in arrivals for work and study
Provisional figures for net migration to the UK show levels dropped to 204,000 in the year to June 2025.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Fewer workers. Fewer international students. More people leaving.
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Ed Davey
I wish I was surprised. Buried in this Budget is a plan to slash the Digital Services Tax, giving a multi-billion tax cut to US tech giants and the likes of Elon Musk.
That's right, cutting taxes for the world's richest man while hiking them for millions of hard-working Brits.
I wish I was surprised. Buried in this Budget is a plan to slash the Digital Services Tax, giving a multi-billion tax cut to US tech giants and the likes of Elon Musk.
That's right, cutting taxes for the world's richest man while hiking them for millions of hard-working Brits.
November 27, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Ed Davey
I wish I was surprised. Buried in this Budget is a plan to slash the Digital Services Tax, giving a multi-billion tax cut to US tech giants and the likes of Elon Musk.
That's right, cutting taxes for the world's richest man while hiking them for millions of hard-working Brits.
I wish I was surprised. Buried in this Budget is a plan to slash the Digital Services Tax, giving a multi-billion tax cut to US tech giants and the likes of Elon Musk.
That's right, cutting taxes for the world's richest man while hiking them for millions of hard-working Brits.
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Disability Rebellion
@DRDisabilityReb
Once again for the idiots at the back of the room.
PIP IS NOT AN OUT OF WORK BENEFIT!
MOTABILITY CARS ARE NOT FREE!
DISABLED PEOPLE ARE UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO SHARE THEIR PRIVATE MEDICAL INFORMATION WITH YOU!
@DRDisabilityReb
Once again for the idiots at the back of the room.
PIP IS NOT AN OUT OF WORK BENEFIT!
MOTABILITY CARS ARE NOT FREE!
DISABLED PEOPLE ARE UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO SHARE THEIR PRIVATE MEDICAL INFORMATION WITH YOU!
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Disability Rebellion
@DRDisabilityReb
Once again for the idiots at the back of the room.
PIP IS NOT AN OUT OF WORK BENEFIT!
MOTABILITY CARS ARE NOT FREE!
DISABLED PEOPLE ARE UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO SHARE THEIR PRIVATE MEDICAL INFORMATION WITH YOU!
@DRDisabilityReb
Once again for the idiots at the back of the room.
PIP IS NOT AN OUT OF WORK BENEFIT!
MOTABILITY CARS ARE NOT FREE!
DISABLED PEOPLE ARE UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO SHARE THEIR PRIVATE MEDICAL INFORMATION WITH YOU!
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392,000 followers on X.
November 23, 2025 at 12:51 PM
392,000 followers on X.
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What about that bloke who became London Mayor and celebrated in the house of a son of a KGB officer?
November 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
What about that bloke who became London Mayor and celebrated in the house of a son of a KGB officer?
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Russia's ambassador to the UK, Yakovenko, boasted about Brexit to another diplomat:
“We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees and will not rise for a very long time”
Today, Farage’s close ally, leader of Reform in Wales, was sentenced to 10yrs for taking bribes from Russia.
“We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees and will not rise for a very long time”
Today, Farage’s close ally, leader of Reform in Wales, was sentenced to 10yrs for taking bribes from Russia.
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Russia's ambassador to the UK, Yakovenko, boasted about Brexit to another diplomat:
“We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees and will not rise for a very long time”
Today, Farage’s close ally, leader of Reform in Wales, was sentenced to 10yrs for taking bribes from Russia.
“We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees and will not rise for a very long time”
Today, Farage’s close ally, leader of Reform in Wales, was sentenced to 10yrs for taking bribes from Russia.
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The same people who convinced the British public to back a catastrophic Boris Johnson premiership are now pulling the same trick again with Nigel Farage
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
The Confidence Trick That Put Boris Johnson Into Power Is Now Being Used on Nigel Farage
The same people who convinced the British public to back a catastrophic Boris Johnson premiership are now pulling the same trick again with Nigel Farage
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The same people who convinced the British public to back a catastrophic Boris Johnson premiership are now pulling the same trick again with Nigel Farage
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
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Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
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Drowning in denial: one in five homes in Reform UK heartlands faces flooding in 25 years
Even as the party rolls back climate action, Reform-controlled councils sit on some of England’s worst rising flood risks
By Nafeez Ahmed
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Even as the party rolls back climate action, Reform-controlled councils sit on some of England’s worst rising flood risks
By Nafeez Ahmed
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Drowning in denial: one in five homes in Reform UK heartlands faces flooding in 25 years
Even as the party rolls back climate action, Reform-controlled councils sit on some of England’s worst rising flood risks
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Drowning in denial: one in five homes in Reform UK heartlands faces flooding in 25 years
Even as the party rolls back climate action, Reform-controlled councils sit on some of England’s worst rising flood risks
By Nafeez Ahmed
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Even as the party rolls back climate action, Reform-controlled councils sit on some of England’s worst rising flood risks
By Nafeez Ahmed
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
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Will UK Chancellor redistribute?
End two-child benefit cap, cost £3bn-£3.6bn.
Abolish VAT on domestic fuel, cost £2.5bn.
Increase income tax personal allowance by £1000, cost £8.4bn.
Taxing capital gains at same rate as wages, generates £14bn+ more in NIC.
Another world is possible.
End two-child benefit cap, cost £3bn-£3.6bn.
Abolish VAT on domestic fuel, cost £2.5bn.
Increase income tax personal allowance by £1000, cost £8.4bn.
Taxing capital gains at same rate as wages, generates £14bn+ more in NIC.
Another world is possible.
This is how Rachel Reeves could deliver a progressive budget
The chancellor has an opportunity to boost the public purpose and deliver redistribution
leftfootforward.org
November 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Will UK Chancellor redistribute?
End two-child benefit cap, cost £3bn-£3.6bn.
Abolish VAT on domestic fuel, cost £2.5bn.
Increase income tax personal allowance by £1000, cost £8.4bn.
Taxing capital gains at same rate as wages, generates £14bn+ more in NIC.
Another world is possible.
End two-child benefit cap, cost £3bn-£3.6bn.
Abolish VAT on domestic fuel, cost £2.5bn.
Increase income tax personal allowance by £1000, cost £8.4bn.
Taxing capital gains at same rate as wages, generates £14bn+ more in NIC.
Another world is possible.
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91.5 tonnes of the "Russian" gold the country is now selling to stay afloat is actually the Romanian national treasure, sent to Russia for safekeeping during WW1, which has never been returned.
November 22, 2025 at 10:16 PM
91.5 tonnes of the "Russian" gold the country is now selling to stay afloat is actually the Romanian national treasure, sent to Russia for safekeeping during WW1, which has never been returned.
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The Moscow Times reports Russia’s Central Bank has discovered a 10 TRILLION Ruble "black hole" in unpaid loans - that's 24% of the entire Russian budget gone.
Another reason Putin is pushing for a “peace” deal.
Russia is weaker and poorer than ever.
Another reason Putin is pushing for a “peace” deal.
Russia is weaker and poorer than ever.
November 22, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The Moscow Times reports Russia’s Central Bank has discovered a 10 TRILLION Ruble "black hole" in unpaid loans - that's 24% of the entire Russian budget gone.
Another reason Putin is pushing for a “peace” deal.
Russia is weaker and poorer than ever.
Another reason Putin is pushing for a “peace” deal.
Russia is weaker and poorer than ever.
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Then people will say gosh where has all the money gone?
And why don't businesses want to work in the UK? (with the highest energy prices in the world)
Well it's not a mystery is it?
And why don't businesses want to work in the UK? (with the highest energy prices in the world)
Well it's not a mystery is it?
November 22, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Then people will say gosh where has all the money gone?
And why don't businesses want to work in the UK? (with the highest energy prices in the world)
Well it's not a mystery is it?
And why don't businesses want to work in the UK? (with the highest energy prices in the world)
Well it's not a mystery is it?
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The UK has twice as many food banks as branches of McDonald's.
🍔 1,400 McDonald's
🍔 2,900 food banks
Sixth richest country in thw world, apparently
🍔 1,400 McDonald's
🍔 2,900 food banks
Sixth richest country in thw world, apparently
November 22, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The UK has twice as many food banks as branches of McDonald's.
🍔 1,400 McDonald's
🍔 2,900 food banks
Sixth richest country in thw world, apparently
🍔 1,400 McDonald's
🍔 2,900 food banks
Sixth richest country in thw world, apparently
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Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/13/trump-media-ultra-rich-democracy
Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back | Robert Reich
The Guardian has no billionaire or corporate owner: funded by readers, our fierce independence is guaranteed
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/13/trump-media-ultra-rich-democracy
The ECHR was Britain’s response to WW2 fascist regimes. With authoritarianism on the rise again, we’d be mad to give up the protections it provides. Tell your MP we won’t let that happen! actionstorm.org/petitions/pr...
actionstorm.org
October 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The ECHR was Britain’s response to WW2 fascist regimes. With authoritarianism on the rise again, we’d be mad to give up the protections it provides. Tell your MP we won’t let that happen! actionstorm.org/petitions/pr...
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UK govt to water down North Sea oil/gas drilling ban.
Following Trump/Farage agenda.
Energy won't necessarily be used in UK; boosts corporate profits.
One-dimensional policymaking appeases corporations; ignores impact on the environment, health, flooding, value of homes, life.
archive.ph/TCz6V
Following Trump/Farage agenda.
Energy won't necessarily be used in UK; boosts corporate profits.
One-dimensional policymaking appeases corporations; ignores impact on the environment, health, flooding, value of homes, life.
archive.ph/TCz6V
Labour looks to water down North Sea drilling ban
Ed Miliband is expected to allow exploration next to existing sites to increase fossil fuel production without breaking a manifesto pledge
www.thetimes.com
September 21, 2025 at 10:20 AM
UK govt to water down North Sea oil/gas drilling ban.
Following Trump/Farage agenda.
Energy won't necessarily be used in UK; boosts corporate profits.
One-dimensional policymaking appeases corporations; ignores impact on the environment, health, flooding, value of homes, life.
archive.ph/TCz6V
Following Trump/Farage agenda.
Energy won't necessarily be used in UK; boosts corporate profits.
One-dimensional policymaking appeases corporations; ignores impact on the environment, health, flooding, value of homes, life.
archive.ph/TCz6V