John B
@johnkb.bsky.social
Responding to comments in the spirit in which they’re made. Never posts without spelling misteaks. Tbe is my spelling of The🤷♂️ Making wine in Spain. The problem is inequality not growth FFS🤦♂️
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A bloke who should never have to buy another drink in his life ...
Video, I believe recorded off of local TV, of a bystander disarming one of the two killers.
December 14, 2025 at 9:24 AM
A bloke who should never have to buy another drink in his life ...
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This is wake-up call for Labour MPs. 👋
Vote for our EU customs union bill on Tuesday so we can start to undo the damage done by Brexit.
Vote for our EU customs union bill on Tuesday so we can start to undo the damage done by Brexit.
December 6, 2025 at 11:45 AM
This is wake-up call for Labour MPs. 👋
Vote for our EU customs union bill on Tuesday so we can start to undo the damage done by Brexit.
Vote for our EU customs union bill on Tuesday so we can start to undo the damage done by Brexit.
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Social media feeling like it's draining your life away? Same, fam. So we're building a free gardening forum that doesn't suck. Come check it out! 🌱
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December 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Social media feeling like it's draining your life away? Same, fam. So we're building a free gardening forum that doesn't suck. Come check it out! 🌱
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The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow
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Small sums for very wealthy people and about 150,000 homes are worth over £2 million so that's hundreds of millions for the exchequer.
But bear this in mind - King Charles won't pay a penny on his many homes which are mostly worth far more than that.
But bear this in mind - King Charles won't pay a penny on his many homes which are mostly worth far more than that.
what’s not to like? nice one Rachel Reeves for introducing the mansion tax ensuring the super-rich pay their way just like the rest of us 🙏💥
November 26, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Small sums for very wealthy people and about 150,000 homes are worth over £2 million so that's hundreds of millions for the exchequer.
But bear this in mind - King Charles won't pay a penny on his many homes which are mostly worth far more than that.
But bear this in mind - King Charles won't pay a penny on his many homes which are mostly worth far more than that.
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The great thing about this is the fearless interviewer. Imagine if all journalists were fearless seekers of truth instead of folding in the face of Farage's prickly blustering.
“I would never ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way”
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 6:14 AM
The great thing about this is the fearless interviewer. Imagine if all journalists were fearless seekers of truth instead of folding in the face of Farage's prickly blustering.
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The relentless stupidity is so totally exhausting.
i: Reeves to unveil £600m raid on foreign student
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 23, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The relentless stupidity is so totally exhausting.
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What does the left want? A wealth tax. What will that accomplish? Very little | Aditya Chakrabortty
What does the left want? A wealth tax. What will that accomplish? Very little | Aditya Chakrabortty
Imposing a 1% levy on the super-rich isn’t a policy, it’s pantomime. Tackling inequality in Britain will require much more far-reaching changes, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:34 AM
What does the left want? A wealth tax. What will that accomplish? Very little | Aditya Chakrabortty
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@darrenpjones.bsky.social please get this polling in front of Rachel Reeves, Morgan McSweaney & Keir Starmer. It should be a no brainer to follow the great Gordon Brown & *at least* do a windfall tax on wealth & the very rich. Inequality is a risk to society.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Most Reform UK voters would back wealth tax on very rich, poll suggests
Exclusive: Best for Britain thinktank says the figures show Nigel Farage is ‘out of step with his base’ on taxation
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
@darrenpjones.bsky.social please get this polling in front of Rachel Reeves, Morgan McSweaney & Keir Starmer. It should be a no brainer to follow the great Gordon Brown & *at least* do a windfall tax on wealth & the very rich. Inequality is a risk to society.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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The Danish party that inspired Labour’s hardline immigration policy is on course to lose Copenhagen for the first time in more than a hundred years.
Among the reasons cited: fatigue and frustration with its hardline immigration policy.
Among the reasons cited: fatigue and frustration with its hardline immigration policy.
Centre-left tipped to lose Copenhagen for first time in electoral history
Political rivals say PM’s divisive politics have encouraged voters to ditch the Social Democrats for the far right
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The Danish party that inspired Labour’s hardline immigration policy is on course to lose Copenhagen for the first time in more than a hundred years.
Among the reasons cited: fatigue and frustration with its hardline immigration policy.
Among the reasons cited: fatigue and frustration with its hardline immigration policy.
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Labour MP Brian Leishman: "The Government has surrendered to... the vile rhetoric of Reform. Does the Home Secretary not see that removing the legal obligation to support asylum seekers who will be otherwise destitute, is as far away from Labour Party principles and values as we can get?"
November 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Labour MP Brian Leishman: "The Government has surrendered to... the vile rhetoric of Reform. Does the Home Secretary not see that removing the legal obligation to support asylum seekers who will be otherwise destitute, is as far away from Labour Party principles and values as we can get?"
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Nick Timothy, Tory MP most responsible for the Windrush scandal, gives Mahmood his support
November 17, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Nick Timothy, Tory MP most responsible for the Windrush scandal, gives Mahmood his support
Desperate to vote against Labour. What a ridiculous situation.
November 17, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Desperate to vote against Labour. What a ridiculous situation.
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Green MP Carla Denyer accuses Shabana Mahmood of trying to "out Reform Reform" and says "toxic racist narratives and the scapegoating of migrants" are to blame for "tearing our country apart" not migrants.
Mahmood: "I couldn't care less what any other political party has to say about these matters"
Mahmood: "I couldn't care less what any other political party has to say about these matters"
November 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Green MP Carla Denyer accuses Shabana Mahmood of trying to "out Reform Reform" and says "toxic racist narratives and the scapegoating of migrants" are to blame for "tearing our country apart" not migrants.
Mahmood: "I couldn't care less what any other political party has to say about these matters"
Mahmood: "I couldn't care less what any other political party has to say about these matters"
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Reform MP Danny Kruger tells Shabana Mahmood that "I welcome [her] rhetoric" on asylum seekers, before telling her to "put in her application to join Reform UK"
November 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Reform MP Danny Kruger tells Shabana Mahmood that "I welcome [her] rhetoric" on asylum seekers, before telling her to "put in her application to join Reform UK"
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I simply do not understand how the govt can simultaneously believe (1) they don’t have enough political capital to breach the manifesto on tax and (2) they have enough to political capital to pick an unwinnable fight with their own MPs on immigration.
November 17, 2025 at 11:01 AM
I simply do not understand how the govt can simultaneously believe (1) they don’t have enough political capital to breach the manifesto on tax and (2) they have enough to political capital to pick an unwinnable fight with their own MPs on immigration.
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Some news: tomorrow at 9am, Ted Koppel + CBS Sunday Morning will air a two-part story on the devastating surge of full-time workers being pushed into homelessness.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
November 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Some news: tomorrow at 9am, Ted Koppel + CBS Sunday Morning will air a two-part story on the devastating surge of full-time workers being pushed into homelessness.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
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I do feel my decision to give up my Labour party membership has been vindicated. I’m a nobody but losing the support of people like me really isn’t good for Labour.
November 15, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I do feel my decision to give up my Labour party membership has been vindicated. I’m a nobody but losing the support of people like me really isn’t good for Labour.
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Two Cabinet ministers are now on the record attacking the Downing Street operation Keir Starmer allows Morgan McSweeney to run. God knows what they are saying behind closed doors! This is not sustainable.
Keir Starmer should sack person behind ‘self-defeating’ leadership briefings, says Ed Miliband
Energy secretary rules himself out as potential successor to prime minister
www.ft.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Two Cabinet ministers are now on the record attacking the Downing Street operation Keir Starmer allows Morgan McSweeney to run. God knows what they are saying behind closed doors! This is not sustainable.
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It was good to hear Ed Miliband making an explicit case on #Today this morning that reducing inequality should be a core objective of economic policy.
He's much the most persuasive advocate of the government's economic strategy, & of the philosophical case for things like the workers' rights bill.
He's much the most persuasive advocate of the government's economic strategy, & of the philosophical case for things like the workers' rights bill.
November 13, 2025 at 9:18 AM
It was good to hear Ed Miliband making an explicit case on #Today this morning that reducing inequality should be a core objective of economic policy.
He's much the most persuasive advocate of the government's economic strategy, & of the philosophical case for things like the workers' rights bill.
He's much the most persuasive advocate of the government's economic strategy, & of the philosophical case for things like the workers' rights bill.
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Fascinating that Nick Robinson names Robbie Gibb as the instigator of the coup at the BBC
He was promoted to ensure that Brexit went ahead
He is the sort of shadowy character who is essential to the unpicking of democracy
This should be the end of his time on the BBC board
He was promoted to ensure that Brexit went ahead
He is the sort of shadowy character who is essential to the unpicking of democracy
This should be the end of his time on the BBC board
November 10, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Fascinating that Nick Robinson names Robbie Gibb as the instigator of the coup at the BBC
He was promoted to ensure that Brexit went ahead
He is the sort of shadowy character who is essential to the unpicking of democracy
This should be the end of his time on the BBC board
He was promoted to ensure that Brexit went ahead
He is the sort of shadowy character who is essential to the unpicking of democracy
This should be the end of his time on the BBC board
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no amount of state propaganda will ever convince me this man is my enemy
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
no amount of state propaganda will ever convince me this man is my enemy
Anyway re tariffs if you really want to know how things pan out Google - Porters Five Forces.
November 6, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Anyway re tariffs if you really want to know how things pan out Google - Porters Five Forces.