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East of England. Cricket & Rugby Fan. Dog Lover.
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🚨 SCOOP: “I’m a Labour donor”

Ben Howlett is an ex-Tory MP, owner of influential PoliticsUK account, and the fixer we exposed selling access to Westminster

Turns out he's also involved in Labour fundraising, and discussing donations with Labour MPs

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“I’m a Labour donor”: ex-Tory MP exposed in cash-for-access sting
Exclusive: Details of Ben Howlett’s fundraising for Labour prompts Green leader Zack Polanski to call on Starmer's party to “come clean” about its relationship with him.
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Daniel Lismore: "I want to say something many will hate but it needs to be said. I have met Nigel Farage. I do not know him well but I know the world he moves in. We move in similar circles sometimes. The kind of private rooms and members clubs that most people in Britain will never see."
December 15, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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In 2026, the UK state pension age will rise to 67 from 66, fully implemented by 2028.

Rich retire whenever they want. The poor die at work, receive low pension, have shorter life.

Low wages = low private pension. Neoliberals want to cut state pension, inflict more misery on millions.
State pension age to increase to new threshold for millions of people
An increase in the age is on the horizon after it was announced more than a decade ago.
www.birminghammail.co.uk
December 14, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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🚨A Petition calling for a full, public inquiry into RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE IN UK POLITICS AND DEMOCRACY has hit the threshold for a debate, but a debate isn’t automatic. MPs need to show support.

Email your MP NOW & ask them to publicly support the call for a Commons debate
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Petition calling for a full, public inquiry into RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE IN UK DEMOCRACY hits threshold
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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December 14, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Human rights are universal - politicians may not always find them politically convenient but it shouldn’t fall to any government to say who those rights should & should not apply to. Because none of us then has rights, just privileges that can be taken away by those in power
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The government won’t achieve ‘decency’ over ‘division’ by trying to be Reform Lite
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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December 13, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Why do Republicans want unregulated AI and ban states from regulating it?

Answer - AI kills jobs, slashes labor costs, boosts profits, and centralizes power. Less accountability.
Unregulated AI Will Destroy 300 Million Jobs. Only Regulation Can Save Them
AI can be a detriment to our economy, and more specifically, the unemployment rate, so we cannot have uneducated officials controlling our fate.
www.newsweek.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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23,000 lives were lost due to Boris Johnson’s Covid decisions, yet he still gets £115,000 every year for life, funded by the public.

The thousands of families who lost loved ones deserve better. Politicians’ actions should have consequences.

Boris Johnson should lose his entitlement permanently.
December 13, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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The prime minister and his counterpart in Denmark want a concerted effort to weaken human rights across Europe. This isn’t pragmatism – it’s cruelty

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Starmer is lobbying Europe to join him in watering down the ECHR. This illiberalism will harm us all | Steve Valdez-Symonds
The prime minister and his counterpart in Denmark want a concerted effort to weaken human rights across Europe. This isn’t pragmatism – it’s cruelty, says Steve Valdez-Symonds, refugee and migrant rig...
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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The Indiana Lt. Gov. confirmed the #Trump regime threatened to withhold federal funding unless lawmakers gerrymandered the state—

Textbook quid pro quo extortion — In a normal administration this would be a national scandal
December 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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The government is letting the hunger strikers die.

This is a national scandal - and should be on the front-page of every newspaper in Britain.
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Government risks letting protesters on hunger strike die, Corbyn warns
JEREMY CORBYN warned today that the government risks letting jailed Palestine protesters on hunger strike die in prison.The former Labour leader and Your Party MP said that he had visited one of the h...
morningstaronline.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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‘Reforming’ or leaving the ECHR…A raising of false expectations, based on populist dishonesty.
A demonisation of immigrants to mask the failures of government.
Lies about sovereignty.
A cynical refusal by politicians and media to tell us the truth.
So very Brexit.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
‘Who’s it going to be next time?’: ECHR rethink is ‘moral retreat’, say rights experts
As 27 European countries urge changes to laws forged after second world war, human rights chief says politicians are playing into hands of populists
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 8:16 AM
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Danish intelligence accuses US of using economic power to ‘assert its will’ over allies.

Danes have it right. The US is not a reliable ally. It is using tariffs & military threats to secure dominance.

Europe needs closer economic & military cooperation.
Danish intelligence accuses US of using economic power to ‘assert its will’ over allies
The US also listed as a threat due to its growing interest in Greenland, which is vital to America’s national security
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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The government's climbdown on day one rights against unfair dismissal was sold to us as a way out of the impasse on the Employment Rights Bill. Pragmatism, eh? Well guess what? The business lobby (via the Lords) isn’t giving up & is pushing for more concessions. Funny that. 🤔
December 9, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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“when living standards are stalling and public services failing, society turns on a minority said to be having it easy at taxpayer expense”

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Disabled people driving luxury cars on your dime? Just the latest rightwing lie peddled by Labour | Frances Ryan
Starmer’s ailing government is happy to pursue ideas like cutting Motability, but all ministers will do is damage lives and themselves, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Thames Water is a test for the British economy.

It profits by ripping off customers.
Pays dividends, doesn't invest.
Since March TW borrowed £1.47bn.
Paid £900m in fees/interest for the emergency financing.

Can't address crisis without public ownership.
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Thames Water is a test for the British economy
It is a particularly British paradox that one of the country’s biggest companies can both generate hundreds of millions in profit and be at imminent risk of bankruptcy. This is the story of Thames Wat...
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December 8, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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Farage's protégés, colleagues & close friends.
Not sure shouting "Bernard Manning" like a closing time drunk will help much here.
Three more British MEPs in Nigel Farage’s bloc now alleged to have “followed the script” given to Nathan Gill by an alleged Russian asset, according to prosecutors.

At least eight UKIP and Brexit Party MPs were focus of efforts by Nathan Gill

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Three more Farage bloc MEPs alleged to have followed Russian asset’s script
At least eight MEPs elected for Ukip or Brexit party now known to have been focus of efforts by jailed Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Mr. Feldman Said This At Chump's
1st Impeachment Trial.......
December 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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No Reform representative on the Laura Kuenssberg show for two weeks running - that's a record! It's almost as though we didn't want to talk about the 28 witnesses to my teenage racism and antisemic abuse.
December 7, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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Our Co-Chair @drtonyosullivan.bsky.social said:

“Streeting throws around insults at resident doctors and the BMA, but compare his £225K donations from private health related sources with the pay of resident doctors starting at £19.91ph..."
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‘We’re ready to meet him any time’
HEALTH SECRETARY Wes Streeting put himself on the warpath with the BMA union today, saying he has “had it” while accusing doctors of “juvenile delinquency” and being “moaning minnies” as they prepare ...
morningstaronline.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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PolitlcsUK Twitter account has c 400k followers. Labour ministers often give exclusive interviews

But it's part-owned by an ex-Tory MP turned lobbyist - who bought it for £100

Ben Howlett:'I'm like that Nigerian guy on the internet, always working out who the stupid person is, except for politics'
December 6, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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The owner of Reform UK ltd - Farage, has accepted £9m from Thailand resident Harborne.

Dubai Dick Tice in 2018 on George Soros donating to UK organisations:

"He doesn't live here. He doesn't pay taxes here. What right has he got to interfere with our democracy?"

Vote Refuk - get crypto mafia
December 6, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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Rising racism blamed for collapse in number of foreign nurses coming to UK.

UKIP/Reform/Farage damaged the economy with Brexit, now destroying the NHS.

The UK is an ageing society, without immigration the economy can't function. Will we ever get an honest debate?
Rising racism blamed for collapse in number of foreign nurses coming to UK
Number of overseas nurses and midwives registered between April and September was half that of a year ago
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Very accurate
I totally understand Nigel Farage comparing himself to Bernard Manning back in the day.

Manning was a cunt then and Farage is still a cunt now.
December 5, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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The best way to demolish reform is to remind everyone what the Farage has bought us: Brexit busting Britain, lies, corruption, greed, and meanness. Is this a country you want to have like this?
December 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM