Lerrup
@lerrup.bsky.social
Cyclist, slack arse and Cornish in exile in England. Tired, in-house lawyer.
Like to pretend views my own, but are they really? What really is free will, etc.
Like to pretend views my own, but are they really? What really is free will, etc.
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Private companies operating care services in just three regions of England made £250m profits in 3 years,
£87.7m of profits went to care providers owned by private equity controlled from tax havens.
Profits mean money buys less. Higher taxes for less service.
Say NO to privatisation.
£87.7m of profits went to care providers owned by private equity controlled from tax havens.
Profits mean money buys less. Higher taxes for less service.
Say NO to privatisation.
Private care providers in three English regions make £250m in three years
More than third of profits analysed went to firms owned by private equity or based in tax havens, research finds
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Private companies operating care services in just three regions of England made £250m profits in 3 years,
£87.7m of profits went to care providers owned by private equity controlled from tax havens.
Profits mean money buys less. Higher taxes for less service.
Say NO to privatisation.
£87.7m of profits went to care providers owned by private equity controlled from tax havens.
Profits mean money buys less. Higher taxes for less service.
Say NO to privatisation.
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A reminder that Streeting is making 18,000 NHS staff redundant without any clear business case or purpose
November 12, 2025 at 8:47 AM
A reminder that Streeting is making 18,000 NHS staff redundant without any clear business case or purpose
It's hard to believe, but apparently, indeed is all I need!
November 11, 2025 at 12:37 PM
It's hard to believe, but apparently, indeed is all I need!
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It takes an obscene amount of hubris to lecture the BBC when you have The Telegraph’s record on truth-telling.
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy
A paper that knows a thing or two about editorial f*ck-ups...
writesbright.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:48 PM
It takes an obscene amount of hubris to lecture the BBC when you have The Telegraph’s record on truth-telling.
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
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The founder of Newsmax was just on the Today programme pontificating about bias. Boy, the BBC loves to submit itself to flagellation.
November 11, 2025 at 8:22 AM
The founder of Newsmax was just on the Today programme pontificating about bias. Boy, the BBC loves to submit itself to flagellation.
Just heard some Trump toady on R4 who seems to think that no one will care that he is suing the BBC for $1b as he has a good relationship with Charles...
Not sure he actually understands what the Beeb is
Not sure he actually understands what the Beeb is
Whole fucking thing makes me sick to my stomach. An abject fucking liar, a man who lies as easily as he fucking breathes, threatening an organisation which strives for truthfulness. And plastic patriots like the Mail and Farage urging him on. Jackels.
November 11, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Just heard some Trump toady on R4 who seems to think that no one will care that he is suing the BBC for $1b as he has a good relationship with Charles...
Not sure he actually understands what the Beeb is
Not sure he actually understands what the Beeb is
Democrats and anyone to the left of the Tories have to understand one thing.
Your opponents are trying to seize control of the country because they want power and money. Stop pretending they're sincere in saying they want to make it a better place.
It's a deep and pervasive category error
Your opponents are trying to seize control of the country because they want power and money. Stop pretending they're sincere in saying they want to make it a better place.
It's a deep and pervasive category error
November 10, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Democrats and anyone to the left of the Tories have to understand one thing.
Your opponents are trying to seize control of the country because they want power and money. Stop pretending they're sincere in saying they want to make it a better place.
It's a deep and pervasive category error
Your opponents are trying to seize control of the country because they want power and money. Stop pretending they're sincere in saying they want to make it a better place.
It's a deep and pervasive category error
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This looks rather meaningful.
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 AM
This looks rather meaningful.
The BBC crisis shows what happens if you come into power and don't clean out the bias of your right wing predecessors
November 10, 2025 at 8:20 AM
The BBC crisis shows what happens if you come into power and don't clean out the bias of your right wing predecessors
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FUN FACT: Sir Charles Curran was forced to resign as Director-General after Pyramids of Mars implied Sutekh, god of violence, was bad.
November 10, 2025 at 8:12 AM
FUN FACT: Sir Charles Curran was forced to resign as Director-General after Pyramids of Mars implied Sutekh, god of violence, was bad.
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Maybe these words don't belong there.
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Maybe these words don't belong there.
It is of course particularly infuriating that the BBC is in crisis over slightly questionable editing raised by king of liars Johnson in the daily mail
November 10, 2025 at 7:30 AM
It is of course particularly infuriating that the BBC is in crisis over slightly questionable editing raised by king of liars Johnson in the daily mail
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Yeah, but BBC, Donald Trump....
Revealed: The billion-pound PPE contractor with a Tory MP on site
Special report: Uniserve was paid £1.4bn for Covid contracts that included supply of £178.5m in never-used equipment
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Yeah, but BBC, Donald Trump....
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🚨🚨 Belgian court convicts two for EU funds misuse linked to #NigelFarage's Brexit group. Great report by @elisabraun.bsky.social on a decade-long probe into alleged misuse of EU funds by associates of top #Brexit campaigner. www.euractiv.com/news/belgian...
Belgian court convicts two for EU funds misuse linked to Nigel Farage's Brexit group | Euractiv
Verdict ends decade-long probe into alleged misuse of EU funds by associates of top Brexit campaigner
www.euractiv.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
🚨🚨 Belgian court convicts two for EU funds misuse linked to #NigelFarage's Brexit group. Great report by @elisabraun.bsky.social on a decade-long probe into alleged misuse of EU funds by associates of top #Brexit campaigner. www.euractiv.com/news/belgian...
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Plastic flowers and foliage picked up from Cornish beaches.
November 6, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Plastic flowers and foliage picked up from Cornish beaches.
Going with the theme of things that indicate what's wrong with the UK, this could be a top exhibit.
www.theregister.com/2025/11/05/u...
www.theregister.com/2025/11/05/u...
UK dept spent £312M moving to Win 10 as support D-day hits
: After a £312M upgrade to the retiring OS, Defra still has 24,000 devices to replace
www.theregister.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Going with the theme of things that indicate what's wrong with the UK, this could be a top exhibit.
www.theregister.com/2025/11/05/u...
www.theregister.com/2025/11/05/u...
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dpd couriers
Usually, they leave something at your door and run away
Now they park outside your house, partially blocking your driveway and making sure no pedestrians can use the pavement
There is a school down the road. Parents and children will have to walk in the road.
Usually, they leave something at your door and run away
Now they park outside your house, partially blocking your driveway and making sure no pedestrians can use the pavement
There is a school down the road. Parents and children will have to walk in the road.
November 5, 2025 at 10:54 PM
dpd couriers
Usually, they leave something at your door and run away
Now they park outside your house, partially blocking your driveway and making sure no pedestrians can use the pavement
There is a school down the road. Parents and children will have to walk in the road.
Usually, they leave something at your door and run away
Now they park outside your house, partially blocking your driveway and making sure no pedestrians can use the pavement
There is a school down the road. Parents and children will have to walk in the road.
As true a statement as you'll read this year
Nigel Farage was 18 years old when The Young Ones debuted on BBC2. He was 22 when Ben Elton started regularly fronting Saturday Live on Channel 4.
It isn't a generational thing to be a racist arsehole. It's a choice.
Many people have been waiting decades to reveal it was their choice all along.
It isn't a generational thing to be a racist arsehole. It's a choice.
Many people have been waiting decades to reveal it was their choice all along.
November 4, 2025 at 11:17 AM
As true a statement as you'll read this year
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There is a legal case for King Charles III to resume his status as monarch of the Americas—but it is strewn with obstacles
There is a legal case for a third term—but it is strewn with obstacles
Trump 2028
There is a legal case for a third term—but it is strewn with obstacles
econ.st
October 30, 2025 at 5:15 PM
There is a legal case for King Charles III to resume his status as monarch of the Americas—but it is strewn with obstacles
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New career path: Telling everyone that I use generative AI for everything (and then just half-assing it with my own brain) so people I don’t respect throw piles of money at me and are cool with the final product being bad.
October 29, 2025 at 10:58 PM
New career path: Telling everyone that I use generative AI for everything (and then just half-assing it with my own brain) so people I don’t respect throw piles of money at me and are cool with the final product being bad.
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The most insanely frustrating thing about the #ClimateCrisis is how the breakthrough we so clearly need isn’t technological. It’s just a collective willingness, a determination even, to change in ways that would clearly be SO MUCH BETTER than the clear and obvious consequences of NOT changing.
October 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The most insanely frustrating thing about the #ClimateCrisis is how the breakthrough we so clearly need isn’t technological. It’s just a collective willingness, a determination even, to change in ways that would clearly be SO MUCH BETTER than the clear and obvious consequences of NOT changing.
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Sometimes, I think it's worth remembering that Morgan McSweeney ran Liz Kendall's Labour leadership campaign in 2015.
Labour hits their lowest ever poll rating with YouGov, level with the Conservatives on 17%. Greens at their highest ever.
Labour, Conservatives, Lib Dems and Greens now all essentially within margin of error of each other
Labour, Conservatives, Lib Dems and Greens now all essentially within margin of error of each other
October 28, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Sometimes, I think it's worth remembering that Morgan McSweeney ran Liz Kendall's Labour leadership campaign in 2015.
Seems a shame that the Today programme is unable to find any Jamaicans with a mobile phone.
Seems only tourists have them
Seems only tourists have them
October 28, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Seems a shame that the Today programme is unable to find any Jamaicans with a mobile phone.
Seems only tourists have them
Seems only tourists have them
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The 2025 rule of law index reflects the ongoing destruction of legal systems
October 28, 2025 at 6:13 AM
The 2025 rule of law index reflects the ongoing destruction of legal systems