Mike Taylor
@miketaylor9.bsky.social
Vegan father to 3 great feminists. Strong social values. Many years working for charities.
Sometimes write short stories:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0F1FRMTZQ?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title
Sometimes write short stories:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0F1FRMTZQ?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title
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Farage, Boris Johnson & Rees-Mogg apparently plotting assaults on UK democracy with Bannon, who was reporting back to Epstein. Nothing to see here, newspaper folk…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Emails highlight Jeffrey Epstein and Steve Bannon relationship
New documents show the pair discussing travel arrangements and UK politics in messages from 2018.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Farage, Boris Johnson & Rees-Mogg apparently plotting assaults on UK democracy with Bannon, who was reporting back to Epstein. Nothing to see here, newspaper folk…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Water company United Utilities enjoys 131% rise in profits after bills go up £112.
UU has 205+ criminal convictions.
Loses over 175bn litres of water to leaks. In 2024 dumped sewage 450,778 hours in rivers//akes. No exec prosecuted/fined
Rewarded with higher price and profit.
archive.ph/7aP8O
UU has 205+ criminal convictions.
Loses over 175bn litres of water to leaks. In 2024 dumped sewage 450,778 hours in rivers//akes. No exec prosecuted/fined
Rewarded with higher price and profit.
archive.ph/7aP8O
Water company enjoys 131% rise in profits after bills go up £112
United Utilities, whose executives are barred from receiving bonuses because of pollution record, will pay out most of the increase in dividends
www.thetimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Water company United Utilities enjoys 131% rise in profits after bills go up £112.
UU has 205+ criminal convictions.
Loses over 175bn litres of water to leaks. In 2024 dumped sewage 450,778 hours in rivers//akes. No exec prosecuted/fined
Rewarded with higher price and profit.
archive.ph/7aP8O
UU has 205+ criminal convictions.
Loses over 175bn litres of water to leaks. In 2024 dumped sewage 450,778 hours in rivers//akes. No exec prosecuted/fined
Rewarded with higher price and profit.
archive.ph/7aP8O
Tommy Robinson regards Labour as having been converted to his far right, nationalist cause.
That's where Keir Starmer, Morgan McSweeney and Shabana Mahmood have taken the party.
That's where Keir Starmer, Morgan McSweeney and Shabana Mahmood have taken the party.
Tommy Robinson is claiming credit for the language/policy being used by the Labour government (about deporting people found to be refugees once their home country is deemed safe)
November 16, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Tommy Robinson regards Labour as having been converted to his far right, nationalist cause.
That's where Keir Starmer, Morgan McSweeney and Shabana Mahmood have taken the party.
That's where Keir Starmer, Morgan McSweeney and Shabana Mahmood have taken the party.
Home secretary Shabana Mahmood vows to end the UK’s ‘golden ticket’ for asylum seekers, deliberately playing to the Tories, Reform and GB News.
But none of them will start to back Labour, while progressive people abandon the party ever more quickly.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
But none of them will start to back Labour, while progressive people abandon the party ever more quickly.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Home secretary vows to end UK’s ‘golden ticket’ for asylum seekers - live updates
Refugees to face 20-year wait to settle permanently under radical asylum reforms
www.independent.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Home secretary Shabana Mahmood vows to end the UK’s ‘golden ticket’ for asylum seekers, deliberately playing to the Tories, Reform and GB News.
But none of them will start to back Labour, while progressive people abandon the party ever more quickly.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
But none of them will start to back Labour, while progressive people abandon the party ever more quickly.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Marjorie Taylor Greene, once a loyal ally of Donald Trump, has been deemed a “traitor” by him for supporting the release of the #EpsteinFiles.
We can guess why Trump's desperate for them not to come out.
#TrumpEpsteinPedoFiles
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
We can guess why Trump's desperate for them not to come out.
#TrumpEpsteinPedoFiles
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
US President blasts ally Marjorie Taylor Greene as MAGA rift deepens - live
Trump called Greene – who is expected to vote next week on a proposal to force the government to release more Epstein files – a ‘ranting lunatic’
www.independent.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene, once a loyal ally of Donald Trump, has been deemed a “traitor” by him for supporting the release of the #EpsteinFiles.
We can guess why Trump's desperate for them not to come out.
#TrumpEpsteinPedoFiles
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
We can guess why Trump's desperate for them not to come out.
#TrumpEpsteinPedoFiles
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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November 15, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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BBC has a case against Trump. WhiteHouse Chief Press Officer called the BBC ‘100% fake news.’ Which is defamatory and untrue.
Trump says he will sue BBC for between $1 billion and $5 billion despite apology www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trump says he will sue BBC for at least $1bn over Panorama edit
The US president told reporters on Air Force One that he will take legal action against the broadcaster and will call Sir Keir Starmer over the weekend.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 8:45 AM
BBC has a case against Trump. WhiteHouse Chief Press Officer called the BBC ‘100% fake news.’ Which is defamatory and untrue.
Shabana Mahmood is now seen by many as the leader of Blue Labour, the reactionary clique at the centre of the government. She wants to make life harder not just for new but previous refugees in the UK.
This Reform-lite Labour only drives voters away.
This Reform-lite Labour only drives voters away.
This contribution to the volume of human misery is yet another policy from Labour based on a false premise, in this case that refugees are overly attracted to Britain. It will increase bureaucratic limbo, thus making worse the problem of "cohesion" it purports to solve.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Shabana Mahmood is now seen by many as the leader of Blue Labour, the reactionary clique at the centre of the government. She wants to make life harder not just for new but previous refugees in the UK.
This Reform-lite Labour only drives voters away.
This Reform-lite Labour only drives voters away.
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When Massachusetts passed a "millionaires tax" in 2023, conservatives claimed the rich would flee.
But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.
A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.
But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.
A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.
November 14, 2025 at 4:13 PM
When Massachusetts passed a "millionaires tax" in 2023, conservatives claimed the rich would flee.
But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.
A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.
But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.
A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.
The convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein served as an adviser to the former Trump official and Maga influencer Steve Bannon during an August 2018 media campaign to defend Trump and his agenda.
They're all linked.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
They're all linked.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon during 2018 pro-Trump media campaign
Text messages released by US House show convicted sex offender coaching Maga influencer on political messaging
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein served as an adviser to the former Trump official and Maga influencer Steve Bannon during an August 2018 media campaign to defend Trump and his agenda.
They're all linked.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
They're all linked.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Keir Starmer is under pressure from Labour MPs to sack Morgan McSweeney, his controversial chief of staff, after back-firing attempts to see off leadership rivals.
It's McSweeney who encourages the Reform-lite approach driving away so many Labour voters.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
It's McSweeney who encourages the Reform-lite approach driving away so many Labour voters.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Starmer aide is ‘toast’ as botched briefing ends in ‘epic own goal’
PM declines to back his right hand man after ‘epic own goal’ over coup plot rumours
www.independent.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Keir Starmer is under pressure from Labour MPs to sack Morgan McSweeney, his controversial chief of staff, after back-firing attempts to see off leadership rivals.
It's McSweeney who encourages the Reform-lite approach driving away so many Labour voters.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
It's McSweeney who encourages the Reform-lite approach driving away so many Labour voters.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
In newly released emails, Jeffrey Epstein wrote that Donald Trump “spent hours at my house” with a victim of sex trafficking, and that Trump “knew about the girls…”
How is he still President?
#EpsteinTrumpCoverUp
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
How is he still President?
#EpsteinTrumpCoverUp
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Trump-Epstein email bombshells: From ‘hours’ spent with a victim to blackmail
‘That dog that hasn’t barked is trump,’ Epstein wrote to associate Ghislaine Maxwell in 2011
www.independent.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 6:30 PM
In newly released emails, Jeffrey Epstein wrote that Donald Trump “spent hours at my house” with a victim of sex trafficking, and that Trump “knew about the girls…”
How is he still President?
#EpsteinTrumpCoverUp
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
How is he still President?
#EpsteinTrumpCoverUp
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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◾ >9 years since Tees Valley voted for supposed benefits of Brexit
◾ >8 since Houchen was elected Mayor of Tees Valley
◾ >6 since Johnson promised to level up left-behind areas
...Middlesbrough remains the local authority with the highest proportion of most deprived neighbourhoods in England.
◾ >8 since Houchen was elected Mayor of Tees Valley
◾ >6 since Johnson promised to level up left-behind areas
...Middlesbrough remains the local authority with the highest proportion of most deprived neighbourhoods in England.
Houchen’s deprivation failure exposed – official
Middlesbrough remains the local authority with the highest proportion of most deprived neighbourhoods in England
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 8:52 AM
◾ >9 years since Tees Valley voted for supposed benefits of Brexit
◾ >8 since Houchen was elected Mayor of Tees Valley
◾ >6 since Johnson promised to level up left-behind areas
...Middlesbrough remains the local authority with the highest proportion of most deprived neighbourhoods in England.
◾ >8 since Houchen was elected Mayor of Tees Valley
◾ >6 since Johnson promised to level up left-behind areas
...Middlesbrough remains the local authority with the highest proportion of most deprived neighbourhoods in England.
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Since the Paris Agreement, five oil and gas giants have caused $5 trillion in climate damage — while UK fossil fuel tax breaks still total £2.7 billion a year.
Small and medium-sized businesses want to act. Government policy must help them, not big polluters.
#COP30 #ClimateJustice
Small and medium-sized businesses want to act. Government policy must help them, not big polluters.
#COP30 #ClimateJustice
November 11, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Since the Paris Agreement, five oil and gas giants have caused $5 trillion in climate damage — while UK fossil fuel tax breaks still total £2.7 billion a year.
Small and medium-sized businesses want to act. Government policy must help them, not big polluters.
#COP30 #ClimateJustice
Small and medium-sized businesses want to act. Government policy must help them, not big polluters.
#COP30 #ClimateJustice
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"To ensure the BBC’s independence, impartiality and trust, Robbie Gibb should have no role in appointing the new director general"
Good call by @eddavey.libdems.org.uk:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Good call by @eddavey.libdems.org.uk:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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 10, 2025 at 6:02 PM
"To ensure the BBC’s independence, impartiality and trust, Robbie Gibb should have no role in appointing the new director general"
Good call by @eddavey.libdems.org.uk:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Good call by @eddavey.libdems.org.uk:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC has a right, not left, wing bias.
The editing of Trump's speech was poor but not misleading: he did incite the attack on Congress.
Equally, various detailed critiques show BBC bias in favour of Israel, not Palestinians.
And Reform goes unchallenged.
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
The editing of Trump's speech was poor but not misleading: he did incite the attack on Congress.
Equally, various detailed critiques show BBC bias in favour of Israel, not Palestinians.
And Reform goes unchallenged.
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
The BBC has bigger impartiality problems than its coverage of Trump
It is the BBC’s entire governance structure–rather than individual stories–that should cause most concern
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The BBC has a right, not left, wing bias.
The editing of Trump's speech was poor but not misleading: he did incite the attack on Congress.
Equally, various detailed critiques show BBC bias in favour of Israel, not Palestinians.
And Reform goes unchallenged.
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
The editing of Trump's speech was poor but not misleading: he did incite the attack on Congress.
Equally, various detailed critiques show BBC bias in favour of Israel, not Palestinians.
And Reform goes unchallenged.
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
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Should Gibb be sacked? yes, obviously. He's an abomination of basic journalistic standards. His GB News channel spreads conspiracy theory & disinformation. His Jewish Chronicle newspaper spreads invented stories. He is plainly trying to undermine the BBC so it's as bad as everything else he touches.
November 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Should Gibb be sacked? yes, obviously. He's an abomination of basic journalistic standards. His GB News channel spreads conspiracy theory & disinformation. His Jewish Chronicle newspaper spreads invented stories. He is plainly trying to undermine the BBC so it's as bad as everything else he touches.
Whatever the reasons for Tim Davie leaving, the BBC must take this chance to bring back neutrality. No more Tory appointments, no more pro Conservative and Reform bias.
It's time.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
It's time.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
BBC chair apologises for edit of Trump speech: Live
BBC chair says issue has led to over 500 complaints since memo publication
www.independent.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Whatever the reasons for Tim Davie leaving, the BBC must take this chance to bring back neutrality. No more Tory appointments, no more pro Conservative and Reform bias.
It's time.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
It's time.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
November 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
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Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
November 7, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Dear GOD if you want to save money in the asylum system
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
1. LET ASYLUM SEEKERS WORK
2. FAST TRACK STATUS FOR EVERYONE FROM CLEARLY UNDAFE COUNTRIES like Sudan, Syria, etc
3. Run an asylum accommodation system that is NOT FOR PROFIT #r4today
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"X – Marks the Spot: Russia’s Second Front
"Peter Jukes looks at the mounting evidence that Elon Musk is using his social media platform as a vector to attack Ukraine and support Putin’s murderous invasion"
bylinetimes.com/2024/10/25/e...
"Peter Jukes looks at the mounting evidence that Elon Musk is using his social media platform as a vector to attack Ukraine and support Putin’s murderous invasion"
bylinetimes.com/2024/10/25/e...
X - Marks the Spot: Russia’s Second Front
Peter Jukes looks at the mounting evidence that Elon Musk is using his social media platform as a vector to attack Ukraine and support Putin’s murderous invasion
bylinetimes.com
October 31, 2024 at 9:37 PM
"X – Marks the Spot: Russia’s Second Front
"Peter Jukes looks at the mounting evidence that Elon Musk is using his social media platform as a vector to attack Ukraine and support Putin’s murderous invasion"
bylinetimes.com/2024/10/25/e...
"Peter Jukes looks at the mounting evidence that Elon Musk is using his social media platform as a vector to attack Ukraine and support Putin’s murderous invasion"
bylinetimes.com/2024/10/25/e...
Labour’s immigration crackdown could leave the UK £4.4bn worse off, the Home Office’s own assessment admits.
That's the reality of Starmer and McSweeney's Blue Labour project, with its deliberate elements of Reform.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
That's the reality of Starmer and McSweeney's Blue Labour project, with its deliberate elements of Reform.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Labour’s immigration crackdown could cost the UK £4.4bn, Home Office admits
Starmer’s plan to make it harder for international students to stay in the UK will have a drastic impact on the economy, government assessment finds
www.independent.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Labour’s immigration crackdown could leave the UK £4.4bn worse off, the Home Office’s own assessment admits.
That's the reality of Starmer and McSweeney's Blue Labour project, with its deliberate elements of Reform.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
That's the reality of Starmer and McSweeney's Blue Labour project, with its deliberate elements of Reform.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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"Nations with well-integrated public health systems & preventative care achieve better outcomes for every pound spent, compared to those relying heavily on private healthcare."
So why does disastrous US model have such influence in the UK?
www.surrey.ac.uk/news/worlds-...
So why does disastrous US model have such influence in the UK?
www.surrey.ac.uk/news/worlds-...
The world’s healthiest countries aren’t the richest | University of Surrey
www.surrey.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
"Nations with well-integrated public health systems & preventative care achieve better outcomes for every pound spent, compared to those relying heavily on private healthcare."
So why does disastrous US model have such influence in the UK?
www.surrey.ac.uk/news/worlds-...
So why does disastrous US model have such influence in the UK?
www.surrey.ac.uk/news/worlds-...
We know that Elon Musk uses Twitter / X to promote right wing propaganda; now investigative journalists have proved it.
His platform is not his promised free speech town square but a tool for reactionary, divisive and dangerous politics.
It's time for politicians to act.
His platform is not his promised free speech town square but a tool for reactionary, divisive and dangerous politics.
It's time for politicians to act.
A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:11 AM
We know that Elon Musk uses Twitter / X to promote right wing propaganda; now investigative journalists have proved it.
His platform is not his promised free speech town square but a tool for reactionary, divisive and dangerous politics.
It's time for politicians to act.
His platform is not his promised free speech town square but a tool for reactionary, divisive and dangerous politics.
It's time for politicians to act.
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Belgian court convicts two for EU funds misuse linked to Nigel Farage's Brexit group 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 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Belgian court convicts two for EU funds misuse linked to Nigel Farage's Brexit group www.euractiv.com/news/belgian...