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🚨 Cary Mitchell, Director at B4B: “The Conservatives are cynically and deliberately misrepresenting this general trend of their making to increase division.”
“Studies show immigrants pay more into the public purse than they take out..."
“Studies show immigrants pay more into the public purse than they take out..."
Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives are 'Cynically Misrepresenting' Statistics With Plan to Ban Non-Brits From Claiming Disability Benefits
Experts suggest Conservative frontbenchers are deliberately misleading the public
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July 9, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🚨 Cary Mitchell, Director at B4B: “The Conservatives are cynically and deliberately misrepresenting this general trend of their making to increase division.”
“Studies show immigrants pay more into the public purse than they take out..."
“Studies show immigrants pay more into the public purse than they take out..."
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"Macron’s state visit underlines how far Starmer has gone from the nightmare cross-Channel relations of the #Brexit years. Boris Johnson was seen by French officials as a populist, France-bashing to numb the electorate to the impact of Brexit." ~AA
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Macron’s UK state visit underlines effort to move on from Brexit nightmare
Bitter rows had damaged trust and dialogue but UK-French relations have thawed amid new geopolitical landscape
www.theguardian.com
July 7, 2025 at 8:28 AM
"Macron’s state visit underlines how far Starmer has gone from the nightmare cross-Channel relations of the #Brexit years. Boris Johnson was seen by French officials as a populist, France-bashing to numb the electorate to the impact of Brexit." ~AA
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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June 19, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Remembering Jo Cox today, and despising that twisted riot-starter even more.
June 16, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Remembering Jo Cox today, and despising that twisted riot-starter even more.
When did my granddaughters get to be so cheeky?
June 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
When did my granddaughters get to be so cheeky?
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Don’t whisper it, but Reform UK and lügenpresse hate these numbers - in calm and sunny weather on the south coast for much of the week. #ukpolitics
June 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Don’t whisper it, but Reform UK and lügenpresse hate these numbers - in calm and sunny weather on the south coast for much of the week. #ukpolitics
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Please share this deleted tweet far and wide.
ABC News just suspended senior national correspondent Terry Moran for making it.
ABC News just suspended senior national correspondent Terry Moran for making it.
June 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Please share this deleted tweet far and wide.
ABC News just suspended senior national correspondent Terry Moran for making it.
ABC News just suspended senior national correspondent Terry Moran for making it.
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May 15, 2025 at 5:58 PM
@lordshortcake.bsky.social
Your live reporting from “inside” Westminster Abbey during the Royal Wedding were the funniest observations ever posted in the other place.
Still chuckle to myself in remembrance, even now.
Thank you Danny for all the joy you’ve brought to us over the years 😁
Your live reporting from “inside” Westminster Abbey during the Royal Wedding were the funniest observations ever posted in the other place.
Still chuckle to myself in remembrance, even now.
Thank you Danny for all the joy you’ve brought to us over the years 😁
May 7, 2025 at 5:20 AM
@lordshortcake.bsky.social
Your live reporting from “inside” Westminster Abbey during the Royal Wedding were the funniest observations ever posted in the other place.
Still chuckle to myself in remembrance, even now.
Thank you Danny for all the joy you’ve brought to us over the years 😁
Your live reporting from “inside” Westminster Abbey during the Royal Wedding were the funniest observations ever posted in the other place.
Still chuckle to myself in remembrance, even now.
Thank you Danny for all the joy you’ve brought to us over the years 😁
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If Palestinians were white Christians then Netanyahu would have been stopped thousands of dead kids ago and you know it.
May 6, 2025 at 1:16 PM
If Palestinians were white Christians then Netanyahu would have been stopped thousands of dead kids ago and you know it.
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This is the face of Britain I’m proud of.
May 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
This is the face of Britain I’m proud of.
This world snooker final is exactly like watching a Steve Davis / Jimmy White final.
Explains why I’m cheering on a Chinese amateur playing extraordinary snooker 🙂
#snooker
Explains why I’m cheering on a Chinese amateur playing extraordinary snooker 🙂
#snooker
May 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM
This world snooker final is exactly like watching a Steve Davis / Jimmy White final.
Explains why I’m cheering on a Chinese amateur playing extraordinary snooker 🙂
#snooker
Explains why I’m cheering on a Chinese amateur playing extraordinary snooker 🙂
#snooker
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UK media coverage of Reform winning a non zero amount of seats is predictable.
May 3, 2025 at 1:57 AM
UK media coverage of Reform winning a non zero amount of seats is predictable.
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Starmer is focused on fixing the epic failures left by years of Tory misrule and broken promises. I'm sure you know that, right?
May 1, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Starmer is focused on fixing the epic failures left by years of Tory misrule and broken promises. I'm sure you know that, right?
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Around 1.2 million of the poorest households – including 700,000 with children – will keep an extra £420 a year on average, due to Universal Credit change.
Around 1.2 million of the poorest households – including 700,000 with children – will keep an extra £420 a year on average, due to Universal Credit change.
Universal Credit change brings £420 boost to over a million households
More than one million households struggling with debt will get to keep an average £420 more of their benefits each year, under a change to Universal Credit coming into force today [30 April 2025].
www.gov.uk
April 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Around 1.2 million of the poorest households – including 700,000 with children – will keep an extra £420 a year on average, due to Universal Credit change.
Around 1.2 million of the poorest households – including 700,000 with children – will keep an extra £420 a year on average, due to Universal Credit change.
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Thanks to the Labour Government, around 1.2m households, 700k with children, will be £420 better off each year on average due to Universal Credit changes coming into force today.
The changes help those struggling with debt, with the new Fair Repayment Rate reducing debt deductions from 25% to 15%.
The changes help those struggling with debt, with the new Fair Repayment Rate reducing debt deductions from 25% to 15%.
Universal Credit change brings £420 boost to over a million households
More than one million households struggling with debt will get to keep an average £420 more of their benefits each year, under a change to Universal Credit coming into force today [30 April 2025].
www.gov.uk
April 30, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Thanks to the Labour Government, around 1.2m households, 700k with children, will be £420 better off each year on average due to Universal Credit changes coming into force today.
The changes help those struggling with debt, with the new Fair Repayment Rate reducing debt deductions from 25% to 15%.
The changes help those struggling with debt, with the new Fair Repayment Rate reducing debt deductions from 25% to 15%.
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It's been revealed that the Office for National Statistics, which prepares the UK's inflation data, has been using the wrong prices to estimate it. They have used list prices, not what most people pay. The result? Serious overstatement of inflation. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/04...
The UK’s inflation data has been seriously overstated
FT Alphaville has an article this morning that has the headline:
The UK’s inflation figures were wrong and now we just have to live with that
I won't quote it at length, although it is good investig...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
April 30, 2025 at 6:49 AM
It's been revealed that the Office for National Statistics, which prepares the UK's inflation data, has been using the wrong prices to estimate it. They have used list prices, not what most people pay. The result? Serious overstatement of inflation. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/04...
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100 DAYS...of lying, grifting, lawbreaking, division, incompetence, ignorance, illegal deportations, self-aggrandizement, vulgarity, self-pity, cruelty, ignoring the Supreme Court & due process while attacking: the Media, Universities, Law Firms, the Courts & Journalists.
1362 Days to go...
1362 Days to go...
April 29, 2025 at 9:31 PM
100 DAYS...of lying, grifting, lawbreaking, division, incompetence, ignorance, illegal deportations, self-aggrandizement, vulgarity, self-pity, cruelty, ignoring the Supreme Court & due process while attacking: the Media, Universities, Law Firms, the Courts & Journalists.
1362 Days to go...
1362 Days to go...
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For decades, water company bosses have been able to get away with illegal sewage dumps, obstructing official investigations & destroying evidence.
That all changes today as powers in Labour's new Water (Special Measures) Act come into effect.
A range of measures will hold bosses to account.
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That all changes today as powers in Labour's new Water (Special Measures) Act come into effect.
A range of measures will hold bosses to account.
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Polluting water bosses face up to two years in prison
New laws in force today mark the toughest sentencing powers against law-breaking water executives in history.
www.gov.uk
April 25, 2025 at 6:41 AM
For decades, water company bosses have been able to get away with illegal sewage dumps, obstructing official investigations & destroying evidence.
That all changes today as powers in Labour's new Water (Special Measures) Act come into effect.
A range of measures will hold bosses to account.
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That all changes today as powers in Labour's new Water (Special Measures) Act come into effect.
A range of measures will hold bosses to account.
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The first 750 free breakfast clubs are running in schools today.
They mean no child needs to start the school day hungry, while offering a supportive start to the day and chances to socialise with other children before learning begins.
Parents can also benefit from them...
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They mean no child needs to start the school day hungry, while offering a supportive start to the day and chances to socialise with other children before learning begins.
Parents can also benefit from them...
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Free breakfast clubs roll out as costs for families cut by £8,000
Thousands of children to attend free breakfast clubs across the country today, as government delivers its manifesto commitment and promise to working families
www.gov.uk
April 22, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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The joys of post-Brexit bureaucracy.
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April 21, 2025 at 11:24 AM
The joys of post-Brexit bureaucracy.
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"[UK is] currently negotiating a partial reset of the trade deal with the EU. Every shift towards Brussels is wildly denounced by Brexiters. Starmer must not let specious arguments distort government thinking on the UK’s larger economic priorities." ~AA
www.ft.com/content/dc23...
www.ft.com/content/dc23...
So much for the Trump Brexit dividend
The US president’s tariffs on UK cars and other exports reveal the hollow promise of global Britain
www.ft.com
April 15, 2025 at 9:27 AM
"[UK is] currently negotiating a partial reset of the trade deal with the EU. Every shift towards Brussels is wildly denounced by Brexiters. Starmer must not let specious arguments distort government thinking on the UK’s larger economic priorities." ~AA
www.ft.com/content/dc23...
www.ft.com/content/dc23...