KGavin
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Animal lover, run for fitness, vegetarian and consumer of current affairs.
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Flagging my most recent column for @bylinetimes.bsky.social in which I expressed unfashionable sympathy for Rachel Reeves, whose "misfortune is to be the teller of hard truths in a country only interested in easy answers." If only her party listened to what the markets are saying about Britain
Political Economy - Between a Rock and a Hard Place – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition
It’s not a fashionable thing to say, but I have quite a lot of sympathy for Rachel Reeves. The Chancellor has endured a torrid first 11 months in office.
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July 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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"It's not really about the girl, it's not really about abuse. It's not really about a sense of what the victims are going through, that is a pretext."
Why anti-migrant riots in Northern Ireland are the result of online radicalisation and racism
Why anti-migrant riots in Northern Ireland are the result of online radicalisation and racism
Why people are rioting in Northern Ireland: 'It’s odious racism'
Migrants and their property have been targetted across Northern Ireland by rioters following the alleged sexual assault of a teenage girl in the town of Ballymena.
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June 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"It's not really about the girl, it's not really about abuse. It's not really about a sense of what the victims are going through, that is a pretext."
Why anti-migrant riots in Northern Ireland are the result of online radicalisation and racism
Why anti-migrant riots in Northern Ireland are the result of online radicalisation and racism
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Farage and the US Religious Right are celebrating policy wins here - and there's been a huge rise in prosecutions for abortion.
Please email your MP and ask them to support Stella Creasy's amendment to decriminalise abortion; we've made it so easy for you. action.goodlawproject.org/decriminalis...
Please email your MP and ask them to support Stella Creasy's amendment to decriminalise abortion; we've made it so easy for you. action.goodlawproject.org/decriminalis...
Ask your MP to put reproductive rights into law
The right to make decisions about our families and bodies is not protected by law. The 1967 Abortion Act allows people to seek abortion under certain circumstances but abortion otherwise remains a cri...
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June 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Farage and the US Religious Right are celebrating policy wins here - and there's been a huge rise in prosecutions for abortion.
Please email your MP and ask them to support Stella Creasy's amendment to decriminalise abortion; we've made it so easy for you. action.goodlawproject.org/decriminalis...
Please email your MP and ask them to support Stella Creasy's amendment to decriminalise abortion; we've made it so easy for you. action.goodlawproject.org/decriminalis...
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Reform is a Limited Company
Farage owns 53%
It was formed in 2019 to push for a “no-deal Brexit”
It wants to reintroduce the Liz Truss budget
It wants to privatise the NHS
& invest in fossil fuels
Close the BBC
& break International law
It’s a scam
Please retweet widely
Farage owns 53%
It was formed in 2019 to push for a “no-deal Brexit”
It wants to reintroduce the Liz Truss budget
It wants to privatise the NHS
& invest in fossil fuels
Close the BBC
& break International law
It’s a scam
Please retweet widely
May 16, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Reform is a Limited Company
Farage owns 53%
It was formed in 2019 to push for a “no-deal Brexit”
It wants to reintroduce the Liz Truss budget
It wants to privatise the NHS
& invest in fossil fuels
Close the BBC
& break International law
It’s a scam
Please retweet widely
Farage owns 53%
It was formed in 2019 to push for a “no-deal Brexit”
It wants to reintroduce the Liz Truss budget
It wants to privatise the NHS
& invest in fossil fuels
Close the BBC
& break International law
It’s a scam
Please retweet widely
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Ireland’s mother-and-baby homes are a stain on the Catholic church - but this latest refusal to atone is a new low | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
Ireland’s mother-and-baby homes are a stain on the Catholic church - but this latest refusal to atone is a new low | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
The reluctance of religious organisations to offer recompense for the lives ruined fits a pattern of denial and evasion, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
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April 13, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Ireland’s mother-and-baby homes are a stain on the Catholic church - but this latest refusal to atone is a new low | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
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Apparently Meta execs haven't heard of the Streisand Effect.
March 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Apparently Meta execs haven't heard of the Streisand Effect.
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Oh dear, Elon Musk learned how they do protests in France.
March 6, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Oh dear, Elon Musk learned how they do protests in France.
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Trump’s False and Misleading Ukraine Claims
www.factcheck.org/2025/02/trum...
#factcheck #DonaldTrump #Russia #Ukraine #Zelenskyy
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#factcheck #DonaldTrump #Russia #Ukraine #Zelenskyy
February 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Trump’s False and Misleading Ukraine Claims
www.factcheck.org/2025/02/trum...
#factcheck #DonaldTrump #Russia #Ukraine #Zelenskyy
www.factcheck.org/2025/02/trum...
#factcheck #DonaldTrump #Russia #Ukraine #Zelenskyy
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Left: Nadine Dorries says that child sexual abuse was never discussed the entire time she was serving in cabinet
Right: Boris Johnson criticised spending money on child sexual abuse inquiries, "£60 million spaffed up the wall"
Right: Boris Johnson criticised spending money on child sexual abuse inquiries, "£60 million spaffed up the wall"
January 8, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Left: Nadine Dorries says that child sexual abuse was never discussed the entire time she was serving in cabinet
Right: Boris Johnson criticised spending money on child sexual abuse inquiries, "£60 million spaffed up the wall"
Right: Boris Johnson criticised spending money on child sexual abuse inquiries, "£60 million spaffed up the wall"
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Make no mistake. Every politician, pundit & online grifter amplifying Musk's dangerous lies will be aware of this intervention by now. Make no mistake, they are choosing to mislead the public & politicise the suffering of victims in the shameful pursuit of political advantage, attention & clicks.
January 8, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Make no mistake. Every politician, pundit & online grifter amplifying Musk's dangerous lies will be aware of this intervention by now. Make no mistake, they are choosing to mislead the public & politicise the suffering of victims in the shameful pursuit of political advantage, attention & clicks.
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I can't qwhite understand why this 'grooming gang' story has little coverage. Is the media suppressing someing
Gang of men 'groomed' and sexually abused underage girl at 'party house', court hears www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/2469973...
Gang of men 'groomed' and sexually abused underage girl at 'party house', court hears www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/2469973...
Gang of men 'groomed' and sexually abused underage girl at 'party house', court hears
A gang of men “groomed” and sexually abused an underaged girl at a “party house” over several months, a court has heard
www.theboltonnews.co.uk
January 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I can't qwhite understand why this 'grooming gang' story has little coverage. Is the media suppressing someing
Gang of men 'groomed' and sexually abused underage girl at 'party house', court hears www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/2469973...
Gang of men 'groomed' and sexually abused underage girl at 'party house', court hears www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/2469973...
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This is important & necessary. I’d add only that a) It’s clear many of the political & media figures deliberately ignoring these facts are playing with the sort of fire we saw on our streets this summer & b) Laura Kuenssberg’s failure to point this out to Farage was an appalling dereliction of duty.
Some people in recent days have alleged a ‘cover-up’ over the grooming & rape of hundreds of young girls in predominantly northern UK towns, leading to calls for a ‘national’ public inquiry into child sexual exploitation
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
January 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This is important & necessary. I’d add only that a) It’s clear many of the political & media figures deliberately ignoring these facts are playing with the sort of fire we saw on our streets this summer & b) Laura Kuenssberg’s failure to point this out to Farage was an appalling dereliction of duty.
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What’s going to beat Reform at the next General Election?
I ask that as the person coordinating the campaign that I think will be doing it.
But I want to know what you think the answer is, if not us coordinating millions of voters like we did at the last election.
I ask that as the person coordinating the campaign that I think will be doing it.
But I want to know what you think the answer is, if not us coordinating millions of voters like we did at the last election.
December 28, 2024 at 12:58 AM
What’s going to beat Reform at the next General Election?
I ask that as the person coordinating the campaign that I think will be doing it.
But I want to know what you think the answer is, if not us coordinating millions of voters like we did at the last election.
I ask that as the person coordinating the campaign that I think will be doing it.
But I want to know what you think the answer is, if not us coordinating millions of voters like we did at the last election.
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Literally crying hearing how French women applaud Gisele Pelicot every day as she walks out of court. #r4today
Everywhere around the world women watch & applaud her bravery too. She stood up for all of us.
Because the shame has to switch sides.
Everywhere around the world women watch & applaud her bravery too. She stood up for all of us.
Because the shame has to switch sides.
December 19, 2024 at 8:18 AM
Literally crying hearing how French women applaud Gisele Pelicot every day as she walks out of court. #r4today
Everywhere around the world women watch & applaud her bravery too. She stood up for all of us.
Because the shame has to switch sides.
Everywhere around the world women watch & applaud her bravery too. She stood up for all of us.
Because the shame has to switch sides.
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Repeat after me, "They must make you hate other people so you don't hate them."
That is what is happening all day, every day.
That is what is happening all day, every day.
November 25, 2024 at 12:50 PM
Repeat after me, "They must make you hate other people so you don't hate them."
That is what is happening all day, every day.
That is what is happening all day, every day.
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Wow, at the weekend Bylines Network not only passed the 30K but also the 35K barriers on BlueSky. Now on Monday we are set to pass the 40K mark if you can share this we might just do this tonight!
November 18, 2024 at 10:13 PM
Wow, at the weekend Bylines Network not only passed the 30K but also the 35K barriers on BlueSky. Now on Monday we are set to pass the 40K mark if you can share this we might just do this tonight!
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Farmers and how only the super rich, less than 100 a year will be taxed, and still at only 20%.
November 17, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Farmers and how only the super rich, less than 100 a year will be taxed, and still at only 20%.