James Celis Jones 🇺🇦
@jamescelisjones.bsky.social
I’m in Romford today and I can confirm that hanging flags on lamp posts is f***ing lame
November 12, 2025 at 10:21 AM
I’m in Romford today and I can confirm that hanging flags on lamp posts is f***ing lame
We don’t have enough money to electrify our railways but we do to pay ‘compensation’ who spent twenty years ignoring clear public statements about their retirement date
November 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
We don’t have enough money to electrify our railways but we do to pay ‘compensation’ who spent twenty years ignoring clear public statements about their retirement date
Everyone looking at our budget and demographics is saying “the big problem is not enough spending on retired people and too low taxes on business and workers”
McFadden says decision not to pay compensation to Waspi women being reconsidered after new evidence emerged - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
November 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Everyone looking at our budget and demographics is saying “the big problem is not enough spending on retired people and too low taxes on business and workers”
Labour paying the waspi woman is basically the final evidence that there are no politicians in this country interested in working people
November 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Labour paying the waspi woman is basically the final evidence that there are no politicians in this country interested in working people
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John Le Carre was right about the British establishment and how the alumni of the best schools will sell out their own country for status and money and in particular a desperate desire for American attention
November 11, 2025 at 10:52 AM
John Le Carre was right about the British establishment and how the alumni of the best schools will sell out their own country for status and money and in particular a desperate desire for American attention
Is crazy that the bbc managed to misleadingly suggest that Trump incited a mob to the capitol based on lies that resulted in numerous deaths and injuries and almost the overturning of the constitutional order
November 11, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Is crazy that the bbc managed to misleadingly suggest that Trump incited a mob to the capitol based on lies that resulted in numerous deaths and injuries and almost the overturning of the constitutional order
Five guesses who he votes for
🤯 A 66-year-old man from Essex has been sentenced to seven years in prison after attempting to offer his services to Russian intelligence agents.
🔗 united24media.com/latest-news/...
🔗 united24media.com/latest-news/...
November 11, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Five guesses who he votes for
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"Research released this month by economists at the Bank of England, the Bundesbank, King’s College London and the universities of Stanford and Nottingham underscored the economic hit from leaving the EU. Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6-8%"
on.ft.com/4p1NoHv
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Rachel Reeves signals she will break manifesto pledge with Budget tax rises
Chancellor hopes to win support from Labour MPs by lifting two-child benefit cap
on.ft.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
"Research released this month by economists at the Bank of England, the Bundesbank, King’s College London and the universities of Stanford and Nottingham underscored the economic hit from leaving the EU. Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6-8%"
on.ft.com/4p1NoHv
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Any idea which firm lent their letterhead to this?
November 10, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Any idea which firm lent their letterhead to this?
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Headline from a serious and long working paper on the economic impact of Brexit. Possible that this has been feeding into OBR and HMT discussions?
November 10, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Headline from a serious and long working paper on the economic impact of Brexit. Possible that this has been feeding into OBR and HMT discussions?
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‘Our priorities are growth and climate’
Oh rly???
Oh rly???
Govt scraps all electrification investment. Midland Main Line to stay forever diesel Leicester Nottingham Derby Sheffield. Hugely embarrassing and inexplicable
www.ft.com/content/5ecd...
www.ft.com/content/5ecd...
UK transport secretary says full electrification of railways ‘not affordable right now’
Heidi Alexander says focus will be on other projects such as HS2
www.ft.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:27 AM
‘Our priorities are growth and climate’
Oh rly???
Oh rly???
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Until I die, I will never understand why so many motorists think that “having a car” should give you special protections from doing crimes.
Year one: "We can work it out as an estimate"
Year two: "Oh, look, lots of people are dodging the system!"
Year three: "We need to fit mandatory trackers to every car in the country."
Year four plus: "Why shouldn't tracker data be used in evidence? What have people got to hide?"
Year two: "Oh, look, lots of people are dodging the system!"
Year three: "We need to fit mandatory trackers to every car in the country."
Year four plus: "Why shouldn't tracker data be used in evidence? What have people got to hide?"
I don’t think think “estimated road use” is right approach - at the least drivers should have the *option* of getting a black box fitted that just tracks their EVs usage, but come on, Mel, impersonate a serious politician!
November 6, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Until I die, I will never understand why so many motorists think that “having a car” should give you special protections from doing crimes.
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Primary schools are closing across London, because families simply can't afford a home.
The housing crisis needs to be tackled urgently with much more house building to help cut prices.
The housing crisis needs to be tackled urgently with much more house building to help cut prices.
November 6, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Primary schools are closing across London, because families simply can't afford a home.
The housing crisis needs to be tackled urgently with much more house building to help cut prices.
The housing crisis needs to be tackled urgently with much more house building to help cut prices.
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We’re the party of people who went to college, and we should refuse to apologize for it.
November 5, 2025 at 12:58 AM
We’re the party of people who went to college, and we should refuse to apologize for it.
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The contempt the British state has held people in: a series. In 1966 after the Aberfan coal tip disaster killed 144 people including 116 children the National Coal Board denied wrongdoing & offered £50 compensation per dead child; raising this to £500. www.economist.com/britain/2025...
The idolatry of victimhood
An obsession with victims leads to bad policy, dire politics and more pain
www.economist.com
October 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The contempt the British state has held people in: a series. In 1966 after the Aberfan coal tip disaster killed 144 people including 116 children the National Coal Board denied wrongdoing & offered £50 compensation per dead child; raising this to £500. www.economist.com/britain/2025...
The number of people who seem to believe that supply and demand applies in every part of life other than housing continues to confused me. Social housing picks winners and drives up costs for everyone else. The only solution is more housing.
Private rent in UK now swallows 44% of the average wage.
Monthly cost jumps to record £1,385 outside London, £2,736 in the capital.
Lack of social and affordable housing, no rent controls, as govts appease corporations and the rich.
Profiteering creating poverty/despair, stifling economic growth.
Monthly cost jumps to record £1,385 outside London, £2,736 in the capital.
Lack of social and affordable housing, no rent controls, as govts appease corporations and the rich.
Profiteering creating poverty/despair, stifling economic growth.
Private rent in Britain now swallows 44% of the average wage
Monthly cost jumps to record £1,385 outside London, and £2,736 in the capital, with hotspots showing hefty rises
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:40 AM
The number of people who seem to believe that supply and demand applies in every part of life other than housing continues to confused me. Social housing picks winners and drives up costs for everyone else. The only solution is more housing.
I’m in Manchester and it’s pretty vibrant tbh @andyburnham.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 9:04 AM
I’m in Manchester and it’s pretty vibrant tbh @andyburnham.bsky.social
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(The logic of most anti-tourism or anti-gentrification arguments is virtually indistinguishable from that of anti-immigration politics.)
October 26, 2025 at 7:55 AM
(The logic of most anti-tourism or anti-gentrification arguments is virtually indistinguishable from that of anti-immigration politics.)
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Three years ago, Mark Remy decided he was fed up with the litter in his city. So, he started to do something about it and learned even small acts of service can have a real impact. n.pr/4ofLtyY
How an Oregon writer finds fulfillment in picking up litter
Three years ago, Mark Remy decided he was fed up with the litter in his city. So, he started to do something about it and learned even small acts of service can have a real impact.
n.pr
October 23, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Three years ago, Mark Remy decided he was fed up with the litter in his city. So, he started to do something about it and learned even small acts of service can have a real impact. n.pr/4ofLtyY
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Column on the government’s Buckaroo! strategy - keep piling obligations and charges on certain sectors and hope they don’t kick you in the head. Housing, energy, pharma, immigrants…
economist.com/britain/2025...
economist.com/britain/2025...
Buckaroo! The British government’s favourite game
Heaping burdens on business works. Until business begins to buck
economist.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Column on the government’s Buckaroo! strategy - keep piling obligations and charges on certain sectors and hope they don’t kick you in the head. Housing, energy, pharma, immigrants…
economist.com/britain/2025...
economist.com/britain/2025...
The SecDef should immediately start a people’s fundraiser to buy a Grippen for Ukraine. We can put a lion on it and it can shoot down drones.
We also met with the owner of the Swedish aerospace and defense company Saab AB. Gripen aircraft, anti-drone and reconnaissance systems, simulators for training military pilots - we saw the company's production facilities with our own eyes.
October 22, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The SecDef should immediately start a people’s fundraiser to buy a Grippen for Ukraine. We can put a lion on it and it can shoot down drones.
Now there’s two reasons to beat Reform! We don’t have to put up with their nonsense, and also they all then leave!
'Get rid of the migrants or I'll become a migrant' is quite the argument
October 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Now there’s two reasons to beat Reform! We don’t have to put up with their nonsense, and also they all then leave!
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"The idea of deporting people with settled status is disgusting, and anyone proposing it should be immediately drummed out of polite society. Breaking promises made in good faith to our friends and neighbours is racist, extremist and immoral."
I'm basically shouting at the sky here, but still.
I'm basically shouting at the sky here, but still.
It’s racist, it’s extremist and it’s immoral
The right is still calling for deportations, and the government is still being cowardly about it. Also: London’s first green belt; some notes on a shark; and some news, on my next book.
jonn.substack.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
"The idea of deporting people with settled status is disgusting, and anyone proposing it should be immediately drummed out of polite society. Breaking promises made in good faith to our friends and neighbours is racist, extremist and immoral."
I'm basically shouting at the sky here, but still.
I'm basically shouting at the sky here, but still.
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People who have come to the United Kingdom legally, played by the rules and made it their home do not need to “go home”. This is their home.
I've written to Kemi Badenoch to give her the chance to reject these divisive calls from her frontbencher Katie Lam.
I've written to Kemi Badenoch to give her the chance to reject these divisive calls from her frontbencher Katie Lam.
October 22, 2025 at 8:32 AM
People who have come to the United Kingdom legally, played by the rules and made it their home do not need to “go home”. This is their home.
I've written to Kemi Badenoch to give her the chance to reject these divisive calls from her frontbencher Katie Lam.
I've written to Kemi Badenoch to give her the chance to reject these divisive calls from her frontbencher Katie Lam.