James Hobbs
@jameswhobbs.bsky.social
Main interests: Environment, social justice, NUFC, brass bands, cycling, photography.
Sheffield, UK
Sheffield, UK
Just think of how Trump reacted when some people were critical of Charlie Kirk after his death.
one of the most unpleasant people in human history
utterly incapable of grace
December 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Just think of how Trump reacted when some people were critical of Charlie Kirk after his death.
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one of the most unpleasant people in human history
December 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
one of the most unpleasant people in human history
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The Conservatives are threatening to abandon the phaseout date for petrol and diesel cars should they win the next election
There are so many reasons this is an awful idea you wonder whether any thought has been involved
Let me run through them 🧵🧵 1/7
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
There are so many reasons this is an awful idea you wonder whether any thought has been involved
Let me run through them 🧵🧵 1/7
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Conservatives would end 2030 ban on new petrol and diesel cars
Party would also abolish zero-emission vehicle mandate, cutting legal requirement on carmakers to sell EVs
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The Conservatives are threatening to abandon the phaseout date for petrol and diesel cars should they win the next election
There are so many reasons this is an awful idea you wonder whether any thought has been involved
Let me run through them 🧵🧵 1/7
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
There are so many reasons this is an awful idea you wonder whether any thought has been involved
Let me run through them 🧵🧵 1/7
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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2 in 3 of Nigel Farage’s current and former partners do not speak English as their first language.
December 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
2 in 3 of Nigel Farage’s current and former partners do not speak English as their first language.
BBC News - Energy grid investment of £28bn to push up household bills
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
If the majority of the investment is going into the gas network, why is most of the cost going onto the electricity bill? Especially as everyone has electricity (cost shared by more people).
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
If the majority of the investment is going into the gas network, why is most of the cost going onto the electricity bill? Especially as everyone has electricity (cost shared by more people).
Energy grid investment of £28bn to push up household bills
Ofgem says the investment will help lower reliance on imported gas and make wholesale energy cheaper.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 9:51 AM
BBC News - Energy grid investment of £28bn to push up household bills
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
If the majority of the investment is going into the gas network, why is most of the cost going onto the electricity bill? Especially as everyone has electricity (cost shared by more people).
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
If the majority of the investment is going into the gas network, why is most of the cost going onto the electricity bill? Especially as everyone has electricity (cost shared by more people).
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Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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November 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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Fixed it for you. Idiots! If the exclusion is based on appearance then it will certainly impact cis folks as well as trans folks.
November 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Fixed it for you. Idiots! If the exclusion is based on appearance then it will certainly impact cis folks as well as trans folks.
BBC News - Trans people could be barred from services based on appearance
www.bbc.com/news/article...
And, of course, if it's just based on appearance, so could cis people.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
And, of course, if it's just based on appearance, so could cis people.
Trans people could be barred from services based on appearance
The new code of practice on access to single-sex services cannot gain legal force until it gets sign-off from ministers.
www.bbc.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
BBC News - Trans people could be barred from services based on appearance
www.bbc.com/news/article...
And, of course, if it's just based on appearance, so could cis people.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
And, of course, if it's just based on appearance, so could cis people.
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Wonder why this scene looks so familiar...
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
November 5, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Wonder why this scene looks so familiar...
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
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Elon Musk openly called for violence on our streets yesterday.
I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric.
Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.
I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric.
Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.
September 14, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Elon Musk openly called for violence on our streets yesterday.
I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric.
Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.
I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric.
Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.
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September 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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“Farage claimed last year to have “bought a house” in his constituency but the property is actually owned in the name of his partner, meaning he legally avoided higher-rate stamp duty on the purchase of an additional home – given he already owns other properties”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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 6:33 AM
“Farage claimed last year to have “bought a house” in his constituency but the property is actually owned in the name of his partner, meaning he legally avoided higher-rate stamp duty on the purchase of an additional home – given he already owns other properties”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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On the same day in the Telegraph:
![The Telegraph
Rayner tax scandal - £40k tax dodge - Statement
Angela Rayner dodges £40,000 stamp duty
Deputy Prime Minister reduces tax bill for Hove flat by declaring it as her main residence
[Photo: Angela Rayner pictured at the weekend in Hove, where she has just bought a flat Credit: Dan Charity/The Sun on Sunday]
Robert Mendick Chief Reporter. Amy Gibbons Political Correspondent
29 August 2025 8:57am BST](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreihe5mm7nwmwvzhtgadmsafyvsaxhrufuai2d2j2rju5zt6g2lytea@jpeg)
![The Telegraph
Money > Property > Second homes
How to avoid tax on your second home
From stamp duty to council tax, shield your wealth from Labour's tightening net
[Photo of houses around a bay - Areas such as Cornwall have added a premium to council tax bills for second homes Credit: iStockphoto]
Fran Ivens Senior Money Writer
29 August 2025 1:21pm BST](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreieuwgc2vsmyfcctmf4cnpcqckij2pqdk2gmzajpnihrsqyqmzyr5e@jpeg)
September 5, 2025 at 7:55 AM
On the same day in the Telegraph:
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This is vile. Local guy speaks to Sky News about the impact of asylum seekers protests. Watch what happens and share widely
September 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
This is vile. Local guy speaks to Sky News about the impact of asylum seekers protests. Watch what happens and share widely
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The failure of the government to denounce these thugs is completely fucking sickening.
This is vile. Local guy speaks to Sky News about the impact of asylum seekers protests. Watch what happens and share widely
September 4, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The failure of the government to denounce these thugs is completely fucking sickening.
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You wouldn’t think so from many news outlets but a recent study of 3k householders with heat pumps indicate they are more satisfied than those with gas boilers
94% satisfied or extremely satisfied v 85% for gas.
apple.news/A6NpS4w8YSCS...
94% satisfied or extremely satisfied v 85% for gas.
apple.news/A6NpS4w8YSCS...
Householders with heat pumps more satisfied than those with gas boilers – study — ITV News
Homeowners with heat pumps are more satisfied with their home heating system than those with gas boilers or any other technology, research suggests.
apple.news
July 25, 2025 at 6:56 AM
You wouldn’t think so from many news outlets but a recent study of 3k householders with heat pumps indicate they are more satisfied than those with gas boilers
94% satisfied or extremely satisfied v 85% for gas.
apple.news/A6NpS4w8YSCS...
94% satisfied or extremely satisfied v 85% for gas.
apple.news/A6NpS4w8YSCS...
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Photo of the Day
Widely shared but rarely credited to the photographer, Ahmed Jihad Ibrahim Al-arini.
Gaza is the most dangerous place that has ever existed for journalists. But they work on, documenting a genocide for a world desperately trying to look away.
May their images haunt us forever.
Widely shared but rarely credited to the photographer, Ahmed Jihad Ibrahim Al-arini.
Gaza is the most dangerous place that has ever existed for journalists. But they work on, documenting a genocide for a world desperately trying to look away.
May their images haunt us forever.
July 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Photo of the Day
Widely shared but rarely credited to the photographer, Ahmed Jihad Ibrahim Al-arini.
Gaza is the most dangerous place that has ever existed for journalists. But they work on, documenting a genocide for a world desperately trying to look away.
May their images haunt us forever.
Widely shared but rarely credited to the photographer, Ahmed Jihad Ibrahim Al-arini.
Gaza is the most dangerous place that has ever existed for journalists. But they work on, documenting a genocide for a world desperately trying to look away.
May their images haunt us forever.
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What is this?
It’s a political stunt from a fossil-fuel funded party, which will increase costs to British people, & through seeking to stop new renewable investment, lower energy security
In practical terms it is like behaviour of anti-British foreign agents
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
It’s a political stunt from a fossil-fuel funded party, which will increase costs to British people, & through seeking to stop new renewable investment, lower energy security
In practical terms it is like behaviour of anti-British foreign agents
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
Reform warns wind farm builders it would scrap their subsidies
Richard Tice writes to energy companies in attempt to sabotage renewables expansion
www.telegraph.co.uk
July 17, 2025 at 7:26 AM
What is this?
It’s a political stunt from a fossil-fuel funded party, which will increase costs to British people, & through seeking to stop new renewable investment, lower energy security
In practical terms it is like behaviour of anti-British foreign agents
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
It’s a political stunt from a fossil-fuel funded party, which will increase costs to British people, & through seeking to stop new renewable investment, lower energy security
In practical terms it is like behaviour of anti-British foreign agents
www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
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The NATO spending goal is a huge threat for the climate.
NATO military expenditure has surged by 25%in 2024 while the corresponding estimated military carbon footprint has increased nearly 40%. www.tni.org/en/publicati...
NATO military expenditure has surged by 25%in 2024 while the corresponding estimated military carbon footprint has increased nearly 40%. www.tni.org/en/publicati...
June 19, 2025 at 8:20 AM
The NATO spending goal is a huge threat for the climate.
NATO military expenditure has surged by 25%in 2024 while the corresponding estimated military carbon footprint has increased nearly 40%. www.tni.org/en/publicati...
NATO military expenditure has surged by 25%in 2024 while the corresponding estimated military carbon footprint has increased nearly 40%. www.tni.org/en/publicati...
Is this a record? 90% zero carbon in the GB generation matrix
May 29, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Is this a record? 90% zero carbon in the GB generation matrix
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It is truly stomach-churning that America is taking in white South Africans as refugees, with Trump saying they're facing a racist genocide.
Meanwhile they deport non-white refugees and greenlight Israel's actions in Gaza. Each day the mask slips more.
Meanwhile they deport non-white refugees and greenlight Israel's actions in Gaza. Each day the mask slips more.
White South Africans arrive at Dulles as refugees under Trump order
The arrival of 49 Afrikaners under an executive order that alleges they’ve faced racial discrimination restarts refugee admissions that were suspended for all other groups by the Trump administration.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 13, 2025 at 10:56 AM
It is truly stomach-churning that America is taking in white South Africans as refugees, with Trump saying they're facing a racist genocide.
Meanwhile they deport non-white refugees and greenlight Israel's actions in Gaza. Each day the mask slips more.
Meanwhile they deport non-white refugees and greenlight Israel's actions in Gaza. Each day the mask slips more.
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What’s left of Gaza?
January 20, 2025 at 11:07 AM
What’s left of Gaza?
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Very moving. In the past I have cycled through the areas worst affected, it's seemed like such a beautiful place to live. I still have friends who live in the area.
There is a gift link which allows you to read the story in the comments below. Please share.
There is a gift link which allows you to read the story in the comments below. Please share.
one of the best, most moving and galvanizing, pieces of climate writing I've ever read, by @climatehuman.bsky.social.
please read it, and then please share it with everyone you know.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/o...
Opinion | As a Climate Scientist, I Knew It Was Time to Leave Los Angeles
After the Bobcat Fire, L.A. no longer felt safe.
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Very moving. In the past I have cycled through the areas worst affected, it's seemed like such a beautiful place to live. I still have friends who live in the area.
There is a gift link which allows you to read the story in the comments below. Please share.
There is a gift link which allows you to read the story in the comments below. Please share.
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Opportunistic spin from the Lib Dems.
The IHT change is not a 'family farm tax'. It's an inherited wealth tax, on assets over £1.3m (x2 for a married couple). It's closing a loophole.
Actually, it's *still* a subsidy: the rate farmers pay is 1/2 that of non-farmers. And they get 10 years to pay it
The IHT change is not a 'family farm tax'. It's an inherited wealth tax, on assets over £1.3m (x2 for a married couple). It's closing a loophole.
Actually, it's *still* a subsidy: the rate farmers pay is 1/2 that of non-farmers. And they get 10 years to pay it
November 20, 2024 at 8:54 AM
Opportunistic spin from the Lib Dems.
The IHT change is not a 'family farm tax'. It's an inherited wealth tax, on assets over £1.3m (x2 for a married couple). It's closing a loophole.
Actually, it's *still* a subsidy: the rate farmers pay is 1/2 that of non-farmers. And they get 10 years to pay it
The IHT change is not a 'family farm tax'. It's an inherited wealth tax, on assets over £1.3m (x2 for a married couple). It's closing a loophole.
Actually, it's *still* a subsidy: the rate farmers pay is 1/2 that of non-farmers. And they get 10 years to pay it
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The US election result in a nutshell.
November 7, 2024 at 6:59 AM
The US election result in a nutshell.