Mike
@mikem51.bsky.social
Retired International Education Consultant,keen photographer, loves travel, dining out and the odd drink or two. #FBPE
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Another case of Reform saying one thing then doing the other:
A Reform-led council is planning to double council tax on second homes six months after party leader Nigel Farage denounced such policies as “madness” and “extortion”
By me, for Politics Home www.politicshome.com/news/article...
A Reform-led council is planning to double council tax on second homes six months after party leader Nigel Farage denounced such policies as “madness” and “extortion”
By me, for Politics Home www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Reform Council To Double Tax On Second Homes Despite Nigel Farage Calling The Idea 'Madness'
A Reform-led council is planning to double council tax on second homes six months after party leader Nigel Farage denounced such policies as “madne...
www.politicshome.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Another case of Reform saying one thing then doing the other:
A Reform-led council is planning to double council tax on second homes six months after party leader Nigel Farage denounced such policies as “madness” and “extortion”
By me, for Politics Home www.politicshome.com/news/article...
A Reform-led council is planning to double council tax on second homes six months after party leader Nigel Farage denounced such policies as “madness” and “extortion”
By me, for Politics Home www.politicshome.com/news/article...
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Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
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I'm old enough to remember David Cameron introducing the two child cap without the current clamour about scrapping it. If the policy is so unpopular now, where was your objection when it was introduced?
November 11, 2025 at 10:30 AM
I'm old enough to remember David Cameron introducing the two child cap without the current clamour about scrapping it. If the policy is so unpopular now, where was your objection when it was introduced?
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Anyone know who's paying for Farage's weekly press events, it can't be cheap. They're basically weekly Party Political Broadcasts, he's running rings round the media who turn up every week and in some cases breathlessly report his every word.
November 11, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Anyone know who's paying for Farage's weekly press events, it can't be cheap. They're basically weekly Party Political Broadcasts, he's running rings round the media who turn up every week and in some cases breathlessly report his every word.
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You may have missed this gem yesterday. From which we learn that:
1. Betting shops are really good for the mental health of isolated people.
2. Most drug-takers are not a problem.
3. Kids put tuppence in slot machines in the hope of getting rich.
4. Farage probably has a gambling industry donor.
1. Betting shops are really good for the mental health of isolated people.
2. Most drug-takers are not a problem.
3. Kids put tuppence in slot machines in the hope of getting rich.
4. Farage probably has a gambling industry donor.
November 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
You may have missed this gem yesterday. From which we learn that:
1. Betting shops are really good for the mental health of isolated people.
2. Most drug-takers are not a problem.
3. Kids put tuppence in slot machines in the hope of getting rich.
4. Farage probably has a gambling industry donor.
1. Betting shops are really good for the mental health of isolated people.
2. Most drug-takers are not a problem.
3. Kids put tuppence in slot machines in the hope of getting rich.
4. Farage probably has a gambling industry donor.
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Dominic Cummings, in an earlier incarnation, ran a secretly-funded 'think tank' dedicated to attacking the Beeb while Robbie Gibb glided effortlessly from GBNews to the BBC & started lecturing staff on impartiality. Imagine (cos you'll have to) how the 'left-wing' equivalent would be reported.
November 10, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Dominic Cummings, in an earlier incarnation, ran a secretly-funded 'think tank' dedicated to attacking the Beeb while Robbie Gibb glided effortlessly from GBNews to the BBC & started lecturing staff on impartiality. Imagine (cos you'll have to) how the 'left-wing' equivalent would be reported.
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This is disgusting that racism has been directed at school children who were visiting Parliament
Wes Streeting has taken the post down to protect the children but it's wrong that he had had to
SAY NO TO RACISM! (Farage & Reform will not win)
Wes Streeting has taken the post down to protect the children but it's wrong that he had had to
SAY NO TO RACISM! (Farage & Reform will not win)
November 11, 2025 at 10:06 AM
This is disgusting that racism has been directed at school children who were visiting Parliament
Wes Streeting has taken the post down to protect the children but it's wrong that he had had to
SAY NO TO RACISM! (Farage & Reform will not win)
Wes Streeting has taken the post down to protect the children but it's wrong that he had had to
SAY NO TO RACISM! (Farage & Reform will not win)
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www.theguardian.com
What Ed says!!!
What Ed says!!!
The first step towards saving our precious BBC: remove Robbie Gibb from the board | Ed Davey
The BBC belongs to all of us, and it is under attack as never before. The government must defend it from its enemies, within and without, says Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:05 AM
www.theguardian.com
What Ed says!!!
What Ed says!!!
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Trump visits the UK & is Royally welcomed but our national broadcaster the BBC make an error so Trump wants an apology + by Friday or he’ll sue for $1 billion. Trump is a buffoon, a senile demented old man, a bully, and all because his feelings are hurt. Oh dear America how low has he taken you.
November 11, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Trump visits the UK & is Royally welcomed but our national broadcaster the BBC make an error so Trump wants an apology + by Friday or he’ll sue for $1 billion. Trump is a buffoon, a senile demented old man, a bully, and all because his feelings are hurt. Oh dear America how low has he taken you.
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The Greens are not the antidote to Reform. Sadly Polanski is a left leaning version of Farage. Both are populists, both have great answers but neither is capable of the hard work needed to develop workable solutions to benefit Britain.
Look under the hood.
Look under the hood.
November 11, 2025 at 6:51 AM
The Greens are not the antidote to Reform. Sadly Polanski is a left leaning version of Farage. Both are populists, both have great answers but neither is capable of the hard work needed to develop workable solutions to benefit Britain.
Look under the hood.
Look under the hood.
Excellent news from the Labour government
Animal testing to be phased out faster
Working towards another manifesto promise, the Labour government will today reveal its strategy to phase out animal testing more quickly.
It will include dates for gradual bans and support researchers to use alternative methods, along with additional funding.
Working towards another manifesto promise, the Labour government will today reveal its strategy to phase out animal testing more quickly.
It will include dates for gradual bans and support researchers to use alternative methods, along with additional funding.
Animal testing to be phased out faster as UK unveils roadmap for alternative methods
New plan backs researchers to seize on new and developing opportunities to phase out animal tests with specific commitments for the coming years.
www.gov.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Excellent news from the Labour government
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"It wouldn't have crossed anybody's mind at the BBC that they'd have to defend themselves against accusations of undermining the idea that he incited an insurrection."
November 11, 2025 at 8:53 AM
"It wouldn't have crossed anybody's mind at the BBC that they'd have to defend themselves against accusations of undermining the idea that he incited an insurrection."
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“A sustained campaign of anti-migrant rhetoric is fuelling a growing cesspool of racism, including against international and ethnic minority nursing staff, without whom our health and care system would simply cease to function.”
How disgraceful.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
How disgraceful.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:00 AM
“A sustained campaign of anti-migrant rhetoric is fuelling a growing cesspool of racism, including against international and ethnic minority nursing staff, without whom our health and care system would simply cease to function.”
How disgraceful.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
How disgraceful.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
On Remembrance day Labour delivers for veterans not just fine words.
Labour have started on a plan for our armed forces and veterans. Still a long way to go but it’s a strong start and many will benefit.
November 11, 2025 at 9:03 AM
On Remembrance day Labour delivers for veterans not just fine words.
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Labour have started on a plan for our armed forces and veterans. Still a long way to go but it’s a strong start and many will benefit.
November 11, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Labour have started on a plan for our armed forces and veterans. Still a long way to go but it’s a strong start and many will benefit.
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Nothing says keep the BBC more strongly than Farage, Trump, Putin and Netanyahu saying it should go.
November 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Nothing says keep the BBC more strongly than Farage, Trump, Putin and Netanyahu saying it should go.
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Re BBC Right wing coup.. would love Nandy and Starmer to turn Reform and Tory delight into abject misery by using this opportunity to clear out the Tory toxic influencers and put some decent journalists in their place !!
November 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Re BBC Right wing coup.. would love Nandy and Starmer to turn Reform and Tory delight into abject misery by using this opportunity to clear out the Tory toxic influencers and put some decent journalists in their place !!
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This is superb.. please get it heard as much as possible !
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
This is superb.. please get it heard as much as possible !
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Ed Davey about traitorous Putin's pet Farage: He is basically teaming up with Trump to criticize the BBC, it's shocking & unpatriotic. It shows he wants Trump's America, with his attacks on free media, coming to the UK.. election interference has come from Farage's friend... Putin.. #ukpolitics
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Ed Davey about traitorous Putin's pet Farage: He is basically teaming up with Trump to criticize the BBC, it's shocking & unpatriotic. It shows he wants Trump's America, with his attacks on free media, coming to the UK.. election interference has come from Farage's friend... Putin.. #ukpolitics
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The Tories record from 2010 to 2024:
Food banks 2010 approx 35,
2024 approx 1,711
Homelessness 2010 approx 1,768, 2024 approx 327,940
NHS Waiting lists 2010 approx 4.34m,
2024 approx 7.4m
The Labour Government cannot fix this in 15 months, they inherited a huge mess. @lbc.co.uk
Food banks 2010 approx 35,
2024 approx 1,711
Homelessness 2010 approx 1,768, 2024 approx 327,940
NHS Waiting lists 2010 approx 4.34m,
2024 approx 7.4m
The Labour Government cannot fix this in 15 months, they inherited a huge mess. @lbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The Tories record from 2010 to 2024:
Food banks 2010 approx 35,
2024 approx 1,711
Homelessness 2010 approx 1,768, 2024 approx 327,940
NHS Waiting lists 2010 approx 4.34m,
2024 approx 7.4m
The Labour Government cannot fix this in 15 months, they inherited a huge mess. @lbc.co.uk
Food banks 2010 approx 35,
2024 approx 1,711
Homelessness 2010 approx 1,768, 2024 approx 327,940
NHS Waiting lists 2010 approx 4.34m,
2024 approx 7.4m
The Labour Government cannot fix this in 15 months, they inherited a huge mess. @lbc.co.uk
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Meanwhile, in Reform's Lancashire CC, the councillor in charge of care homes, owns a private care home, and is closing council care homes. 👀
A resident’s son, a Reform party member, said any move would “kill” his mother. ~AA
#NeverThoughtTheLeopards
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
A resident’s son, a Reform party member, said any move would “kill” his mother. ~AA
#NeverThoughtTheLeopards
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close care homes and day centres
Questions about potential conflict of interest as council’s cabinet member for social care owns private care company
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Meanwhile, in Reform's Lancashire CC, the councillor in charge of care homes, owns a private care home, and is closing council care homes. 👀
A resident’s son, a Reform party member, said any move would “kill” his mother. ~AA
#NeverThoughtTheLeopards
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
A resident’s son, a Reform party member, said any move would “kill” his mother. ~AA
#NeverThoughtTheLeopards
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
This weekend I walked around London both daytime and nighttime with no problems or worries despite the lies put out by Trump and Farage. A vibrant multicultural city full of wonderful eating places and shops. I also noticed how much fresher the air is compared to when I lived there years ago.
November 10, 2025 at 11:17 AM
This weekend I walked around London both daytime and nighttime with no problems or worries despite the lies put out by Trump and Farage. A vibrant multicultural city full of wonderful eating places and shops. I also noticed how much fresher the air is compared to when I lived there years ago.