Llangoed Phil
@llangoedphil.bsky.social
Retired North Wales academic - agriculture, environment and international development. Fishing, rugby, motor sport, also good food and drink, walking. No unsolicited DMs please, you will be blocked
Blimey
BASH: We have seen these attacks from the president at other people. It's not new. And I haven't heard you speak out about it until it was directed at you.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
November 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Blimey
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It’s not talked about enough that an Epstein and Ghislaine maxwell associate who sat on the board of one of Ghislaine’s companies got America’s First Lady her visa…
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November 16, 2025 at 2:06 AM
It’s not talked about enough that an Epstein and Ghislaine maxwell associate who sat on the board of one of Ghislaine’s companies got America’s First Lady her visa…
x.com/AdameMedia/s...
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Llyfyr newydd gan Ruth Richards
Mae’r ysgrifau hyn yn dwyn i gof atgofion o fwyd a bwyta, o datws pum munud i gyrris Vesta, yn rhyfeddu at gynnwys gwych a gwallgof rhai o’r llyfrau coginio Cymraeg cynharaf, ac yn dathlu’r berthynas glòs sydd ganddon ni â’r hyn sy’n tyfu yn ein milltir sgwâr.
Mae’r ysgrifau hyn yn dwyn i gof atgofion o fwyd a bwyta, o datws pum munud i gyrris Vesta, yn rhyfeddu at gynnwys gwych a gwallgof rhai o’r llyfrau coginio Cymraeg cynharaf, ac yn dathlu’r berthynas glòs sydd ganddon ni â’r hyn sy’n tyfu yn ein milltir sgwâr.
November 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Llyfyr newydd gan Ruth Richards
Mae’r ysgrifau hyn yn dwyn i gof atgofion o fwyd a bwyta, o datws pum munud i gyrris Vesta, yn rhyfeddu at gynnwys gwych a gwallgof rhai o’r llyfrau coginio Cymraeg cynharaf, ac yn dathlu’r berthynas glòs sydd ganddon ni â’r hyn sy’n tyfu yn ein milltir sgwâr.
Mae’r ysgrifau hyn yn dwyn i gof atgofion o fwyd a bwyta, o datws pum munud i gyrris Vesta, yn rhyfeddu at gynnwys gwych a gwallgof rhai o’r llyfrau coginio Cymraeg cynharaf, ac yn dathlu’r berthynas glòs sydd ganddon ni â’r hyn sy’n tyfu yn ein milltir sgwâr.
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Company linked to Michelle Mone owes £39m in unpaid taxes
Company linked to Michelle Mone owes £39m in unpaid taxes
PPE Medpro breached 2020 contract to health department to supply sterile surgical gowns
The firm linked to former Conservative peer Michelle Mone, which was found last month to have supplied unusable personal protective equipment during the pandemic, owes £39m in unpaid taxes, according to company documents.
PPE Medpro – owned by Mone’s husband, the Isle of Man-based businessman Doug Barrowman – was put into administration on 30 September, the day before the high court judgment was made public. Mrs Justice Cockerill ruled that the company had breached its contract with the Department of Health and Social Care, awarded in June 2020, to supply 25m sterile surgical gowns, and must repay the full £122m it received. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Company linked to Michelle Mone owes £39m in unpaid taxes
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Why the IDF... Maccabi fans were banned.
No the UK does not want dangerous War Criminals walking the streets.
No the UK does not want dangerous War Criminals walking the streets.
November 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Why the IDF... Maccabi fans were banned.
No the UK does not want dangerous War Criminals walking the streets.
No the UK does not want dangerous War Criminals walking the streets.
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'What’s stunning is that the idea that the royal establishment has tacitly protected one of its own, intimidating the police and foreign administrations to keep a safe distance, is treated as a matter of bland reportage.'
@peatworrier.bsky.social, via The National
archive.is/dosH8
@peatworrier.bsky.social, via The National
archive.is/dosH8
November 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
'What’s stunning is that the idea that the royal establishment has tacitly protected one of its own, intimidating the police and foreign administrations to keep a safe distance, is treated as a matter of bland reportage.'
@peatworrier.bsky.social, via The National
archive.is/dosH8
@peatworrier.bsky.social, via The National
archive.is/dosH8
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The same applies to interviewing a Reform UK MP or spokesperson.
October 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The same applies to interviewing a Reform UK MP or spokesperson.
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This is what tolerance of anti-migrant political rhetoric leads to. A surge in racial abuse against nurses and care workers. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Racist incidents against UK nurses surge by 55%
Royal College of Nursing calls on government to stop using anti-migrant rhetoric, which it says emboldens racist behaviour
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:53 AM
This is what tolerance of anti-migrant political rhetoric leads to. A surge in racial abuse against nurses and care workers. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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To be clear: deportations to increase cultural homogeneity is the text book definition of ethnic cleansing. Demands that come even close to this are so far outside any democratic norm and the rule of law. What has happened to a country when this is not condemned in the strongest possible terms?
October 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
To be clear: deportations to increase cultural homogeneity is the text book definition of ethnic cleansing. Demands that come even close to this are so far outside any democratic norm and the rule of law. What has happened to a country when this is not condemned in the strongest possible terms?
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It's also funny how basically all royal regalia are a few centuries old at most. There's only one genuinely ancient bit of the British Crown Jewels left (the anointing spoon) because the rest of them either got lost by King John or flogged off by Cromwell.
October 19, 2025 at 10:33 AM
It's also funny how basically all royal regalia are a few centuries old at most. There's only one genuinely ancient bit of the British Crown Jewels left (the anointing spoon) because the rest of them either got lost by King John or flogged off by Cromwell.
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The fact that your politicians will stand up for Israel.
But not for Disabled People, Pensioners, Immigrants or against War Crimes.
Should disgust everyone.
But not for Disabled People, Pensioners, Immigrants or against War Crimes.
Should disgust everyone.
October 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The fact that your politicians will stand up for Israel.
But not for Disabled People, Pensioners, Immigrants or against War Crimes.
Should disgust everyone.
But not for Disabled People, Pensioners, Immigrants or against War Crimes.
Should disgust everyone.
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Letter to the editor:
In 2018 alone, the EU gave £5.9bn to help deprived UK regions.
Now the government calls £5bn over ten years “ambitious.”
Brexit really did take from the poor to give to a slogan.
In 2018 alone, the EU gave £5.9bn to help deprived UK regions.
Now the government calls £5bn over ten years “ambitious.”
Brexit really did take from the poor to give to a slogan.
Letter to the editor: £5bn over ten years isn’t ‘ambitious’ – it’s a fraction of what the EU once gave
Letter to the editor
eastangliabylines.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Letter to the editor:
In 2018 alone, the EU gave £5.9bn to help deprived UK regions.
Now the government calls £5bn over ten years “ambitious.”
Brexit really did take from the poor to give to a slogan.
In 2018 alone, the EU gave £5.9bn to help deprived UK regions.
Now the government calls £5bn over ten years “ambitious.”
Brexit really did take from the poor to give to a slogan.
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Oh no not again www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/ne...
October 14, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Oh no not again www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/ne...
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The poorest people spend every penny they get. Cut their income, and you cut spending in every local economy.
The Tory plan to cut £47 billion out of government budgets is £47 billion less in everyone’s pockets | Prof Richard Murphy
@richardjmurphy.bsky.social - with thanks
The Tory plan to cut £47 billion out of government budgets is £47 billion less in everyone’s pockets | Prof Richard Murphy
@richardjmurphy.bsky.social - with thanks
What happens when £47 billion disappears from Britain’s economy?
Tory Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride wants to take £47 billion out of the UK economy. That isn't prudence. It's managed decline
eastangliabylines.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The poorest people spend every penny they get. Cut their income, and you cut spending in every local economy.
The Tory plan to cut £47 billion out of government budgets is £47 billion less in everyone’s pockets | Prof Richard Murphy
@richardjmurphy.bsky.social - with thanks
The Tory plan to cut £47 billion out of government budgets is £47 billion less in everyone’s pockets | Prof Richard Murphy
@richardjmurphy.bsky.social - with thanks
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The flew the entire military leadership in so they could see for themselves that the Secretary of Defense is a mouthbreathing dipshit and the Commander in Chief is a senile, weak old man who might keel over at any moment.
September 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The flew the entire military leadership in so they could see for themselves that the Secretary of Defense is a mouthbreathing dipshit and the Commander in Chief is a senile, weak old man who might keel over at any moment.
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EU nurse registrations collapsed by 87% after the Brexit vote.
Since then, writes The Bear, 1,485 extra deaths a year have been linked to workforce gaps.
Sovereignty doesn’t keep people alive. Nurses do.
And then there's the issue of unavailable medication....
Since then, writes The Bear, 1,485 extra deaths a year have been linked to workforce gaps.
Sovereignty doesn’t keep people alive. Nurses do.
And then there's the issue of unavailable medication....
From promises to collapse: The measurable damage Brexit caused the NHS
Staffing gaps, medicine shortages and avoidable harm – the everyday reality of a broken Brexit promise
eastangliabylines.co.uk
September 15, 2025 at 11:42 AM
EU nurse registrations collapsed by 87% after the Brexit vote.
Since then, writes The Bear, 1,485 extra deaths a year have been linked to workforce gaps.
Sovereignty doesn’t keep people alive. Nurses do.
And then there's the issue of unavailable medication....
Since then, writes The Bear, 1,485 extra deaths a year have been linked to workforce gaps.
Sovereignty doesn’t keep people alive. Nurses do.
And then there's the issue of unavailable medication....
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“Ignoring Elon Musk and hoping he goes away hasn’t worked. X can mobilise violent mobs onto Britain’s streets, financially support its leaders, and radicalise casual users of the site – and its owner has made plain his agenda. The government has allowed a problem to turn into a crisis.”
It’s time for Starmer to confront Elon Musk’s extremism
Tesla’s owner wants a “fight back” to create regime change in the UK. The government must stop indulging him and using his platform
www.thenewworld.co.uk
September 15, 2025 at 2:02 PM
“Ignoring Elon Musk and hoping he goes away hasn’t worked. X can mobilise violent mobs onto Britain’s streets, financially support its leaders, and radicalise casual users of the site – and its owner has made plain his agenda. The government has allowed a problem to turn into a crisis.”
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Russians dropped a glide bomb on elderly people who were waiting in line for their pensions. More than 20 dead.
Please. Don’t look away and don’t be silent. This is all I could ask for
Please. Don’t look away and don’t be silent. This is all I could ask for
September 9, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Russians dropped a glide bomb on elderly people who were waiting in line for their pensions. More than 20 dead.
Please. Don’t look away and don’t be silent. This is all I could ask for
Please. Don’t look away and don’t be silent. This is all I could ask for
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Could we please stop pretending that the flags being hung from streetlamps or painted on roundabouts are innocent expressions of patriotic pride? This is the far right marking out its territory. It uses these flags to intimidate its traditional victims and opponents. 🧵1/3
September 9, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Could we please stop pretending that the flags being hung from streetlamps or painted on roundabouts are innocent expressions of patriotic pride? This is the far right marking out its territory. It uses these flags to intimidate its traditional victims and opponents. 🧵1/3
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There were no education events at Reform conference. Their only policies appear to be giving private schools their tax breaks back and changing the history curriculum to trumpet the benefits of empire.
September 7, 2025 at 11:19 AM
There were no education events at Reform conference. Their only policies appear to be giving private schools their tax breaks back and changing the history curriculum to trumpet the benefits of empire.
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On the same day in the Telegraph:
![The Telegraph
Rayner tax scandal - £40k tax dodge - Statement
Angela Rayner dodges £40,000 stamp duty
Deputy Prime Minister reduces tax bill for Hove flat by declaring it as her main residence
[Photo: Angela Rayner pictured at the weekend in Hove, where she has just bought a flat Credit: Dan Charity/The Sun on Sunday]
Robert Mendick Chief Reporter. Amy Gibbons Political Correspondent
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![The Telegraph
Money > Property > Second homes
How to avoid tax on your second home
From stamp duty to council tax, shield your wealth from Labour's tightening net
[Photo of houses around a bay - Areas such as Cornwall have added a premium to council tax bills for second homes Credit: iStockphoto]
Fran Ivens Senior Money Writer
29 August 2025 1:21pm BST](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreieuwgc2vsmyfcctmf4cnpcqckij2pqdk2gmzajpnihrsqyqmzyr5e@jpeg)
September 5, 2025 at 7:55 AM
On the same day in the Telegraph:
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Nigel Farage is claiming to Congress that the UK gov deliberately withheld details of the Southport attacker from the public.
This is dangerous and it’s false. The attacker was under 18, and so a court had to give express permission to release his name in exceptional circumstances, which it did.
This is dangerous and it’s false. The attacker was under 18, and so a court had to give express permission to release his name in exceptional circumstances, which it did.
September 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Nigel Farage is claiming to Congress that the UK gov deliberately withheld details of the Southport attacker from the public.
This is dangerous and it’s false. The attacker was under 18, and so a court had to give express permission to release his name in exceptional circumstances, which it did.
This is dangerous and it’s false. The attacker was under 18, and so a court had to give express permission to release his name in exceptional circumstances, which it did.