John Bridson
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#NHS Ethicist
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#Heythrop
#dontbuythesun
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#Heythrop
#dontbuythesun
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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 26, 2025 at 6:49 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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“I’d never experienced antisemitism growing up, so the first time that this vicious verbal abuse came out of Farage’s mouth was deeply shocking.
But I wasn’t his only target. I’d hear him calling other students ‘Paki’ or ‘Wog’, and urging them to ‘go home’.”
But I wasn’t his only target. I’d hear him calling other students ‘Paki’ or ‘Wog’, and urging them to ‘go home’.”
‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:09 PM
“I’d never experienced antisemitism growing up, so the first time that this vicious verbal abuse came out of Farage’s mouth was deeply shocking.
But I wasn’t his only target. I’d hear him calling other students ‘Paki’ or ‘Wog’, and urging them to ‘go home’.”
But I wasn’t his only target. I’d hear him calling other students ‘Paki’ or ‘Wog’, and urging them to ‘go home’.”
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Dickens serialised "A Tale of two Cities" in two local newspapers and a cricket almanac
It was the Bicester Times
It was the Worcester Times
It was a page of Wisden
It was the Bicester Times
It was the Worcester Times
It was a page of Wisden
November 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Dickens serialised "A Tale of two Cities" in two local newspapers and a cricket almanac
It was the Bicester Times
It was the Worcester Times
It was a page of Wisden
It was the Bicester Times
It was the Worcester Times
It was a page of Wisden
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Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
November 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
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This should get a Pulitzer. It's going to be an all-time classic.
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 7, 2025 at 7:53 AM
This should get a Pulitzer. It's going to be an all-time classic.
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Rep Ansari set this up outside Little Johnson's office. 😆
November 7, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Rep Ansari set this up outside Little Johnson's office. 😆
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Farage has been consistent for 15+ years.
Opposing decent pay and conditions for ordinary hard-working young people and expectant parents.
Meanwhile, he makes a mint hawking bullion, presenting tv shows and flying to the USA to big up his interests - instead of serving his constituents.
Opposing decent pay and conditions for ordinary hard-working young people and expectant parents.
Meanwhile, he makes a mint hawking bullion, presenting tv shows and flying to the USA to big up his interests - instead of serving his constituents.
November 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Farage has been consistent for 15+ years.
Opposing decent pay and conditions for ordinary hard-working young people and expectant parents.
Meanwhile, he makes a mint hawking bullion, presenting tv shows and flying to the USA to big up his interests - instead of serving his constituents.
Opposing decent pay and conditions for ordinary hard-working young people and expectant parents.
Meanwhile, he makes a mint hawking bullion, presenting tv shows and flying to the USA to big up his interests - instead of serving his constituents.
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Our planet is on fire, and workers are being hit hard by the cost of living, but the super-rich couldn't care less.
BP pocketed £1.7 billion in profit, whilst our energy bills are rising and climate chaos intensifies.
It's time for climate action, it's time to tax the rich!
BP pocketed £1.7 billion in profit, whilst our energy bills are rising and climate chaos intensifies.
It's time for climate action, it's time to tax the rich!
November 4, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Our planet is on fire, and workers are being hit hard by the cost of living, but the super-rich couldn't care less.
BP pocketed £1.7 billion in profit, whilst our energy bills are rising and climate chaos intensifies.
It's time for climate action, it's time to tax the rich!
BP pocketed £1.7 billion in profit, whilst our energy bills are rising and climate chaos intensifies.
It's time for climate action, it's time to tax the rich!
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Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
November 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
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#BBC & other broadcasters have duty to set out ALL options, not just income tax / VAT / NI on the one hand and service cuts on the other.
Politicians must explain opposition to windfall taxes and wealth taxing the super rich if they plan to hammer low and middle income
#BBC & other broadcasters have duty to set out ALL options, not just income tax / VAT / NI on the one hand and service cuts on the other.
Politicians must explain opposition to windfall taxes and wealth taxing the super rich if they plan to hammer low and middle income
Reeves refuses to rule out tax rises in Budget as she says she will make 'necessary choices' - live updates
The chancellor says
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November 4, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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#BBC & other broadcasters have duty to set out ALL options, not just income tax / VAT / NI on the one hand and service cuts on the other.
Politicians must explain opposition to windfall taxes and wealth taxing the super rich if they plan to hammer low and middle income
#BBC & other broadcasters have duty to set out ALL options, not just income tax / VAT / NI on the one hand and service cuts on the other.
Politicians must explain opposition to windfall taxes and wealth taxing the super rich if they plan to hammer low and middle income
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As it is "World Sandwich Day" i am reminded of this corking Times headline
That's the last time you'll see me at Cheese and Pickle Infirmary or Ham and Mustard NHS Foundation Trust or Brie and Grape Royal, let me tell you
That's the last time you'll see me at Cheese and Pickle Infirmary or Ham and Mustard NHS Foundation Trust or Brie and Grape Royal, let me tell you
November 3, 2025 at 9:29 AM
As it is "World Sandwich Day" i am reminded of this corking Times headline
That's the last time you'll see me at Cheese and Pickle Infirmary or Ham and Mustard NHS Foundation Trust or Brie and Grape Royal, let me tell you
That's the last time you'll see me at Cheese and Pickle Infirmary or Ham and Mustard NHS Foundation Trust or Brie and Grape Royal, let me tell you
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This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
October 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This is how our government has been corrupted:
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office
2) Elected officials rewrite rules in the donors' favor
3) Donors make huge profit
4) Repeat
We must get big money out of politics.
It is the root of our dysfunction.
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October 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Prices are going up, not down.
If memory serves, we were promised lower prices on Day 1.
At least we’ll have a $300 million ballroom to look at through the fence.
If memory serves, we were promised lower prices on Day 1.
At least we’ll have a $300 million ballroom to look at through the fence.
October 26, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Prices are going up, not down.
If memory serves, we were promised lower prices on Day 1.
At least we’ll have a $300 million ballroom to look at through the fence.
If memory serves, we were promised lower prices on Day 1.
At least we’ll have a $300 million ballroom to look at through the fence.
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I apologise for my earlier comments. They were phrased poorly and unintentionally revealed what goes on in my head.
October 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I apologise for my earlier comments. They were phrased poorly and unintentionally revealed what goes on in my head.
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
October 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
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Updating my LEGO White House
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Updating my LEGO White House
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She lives in Dubai
October 18, 2025 at 11:36 AM
She lives in Dubai
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By some inexplicable miracle, the #Betfred chairman is described as a billionaire, in the same article in which he is complaining about tax rises and the absence of profit in the gambling industry 🤔
Maybe the billionaires should be taxed ....
By some inexplicable miracle, the #Betfred chairman is described as a billionaire, in the same article in which he is complaining about tax rises and the absence of profit in the gambling industry 🤔
Maybe the billionaires should be taxed ....
Betfred says all its shops may close if Reeves hikes gambling tax
The company's co-founder says it would be forced to close all its sites, putting 7,500 jobs at risk, if gambling taxes go up.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 19, 2025 at 12:56 AM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
By some inexplicable miracle, the #Betfred chairman is described as a billionaire, in the same article in which he is complaining about tax rises and the absence of profit in the gambling industry 🤔
Maybe the billionaires should be taxed ....
By some inexplicable miracle, the #Betfred chairman is described as a billionaire, in the same article in which he is complaining about tax rises and the absence of profit in the gambling industry 🤔
Maybe the billionaires should be taxed ....
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I was treated at an NHS hospital yesterday (just a few tests). All the staff that treated me were 'immigrants', and I literally thank God for them,
October 17, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I was treated at an NHS hospital yesterday (just a few tests). All the staff that treated me were 'immigrants', and I literally thank God for them,
Oh no! Imagine releasing this statement and forgetting to include the apology for lying about when he last contacted #Epstein 🙄
Prince Andrew gives up royal titles including Duke of York after 'discussion with King'
In a statement, the prince says:
www.bbc.co.uk
October 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Oh no! Imagine releasing this statement and forgetting to include the apology for lying about when he last contacted #Epstein 🙄
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This is a lie.
There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.
But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.
There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.
But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.
October 7, 2025 at 8:03 AM
This is a lie.
There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.
But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.
There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.
But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.