Michael Avery
@mikeyavery.bsky.social
First class English cousin in Stockport, dogs, beer, all the quality sports.
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The Labour Chancellor has delivered a Budget whose headroom is still small, and is based on a series of optimistic assumptions and tax rises in an election year, and your story is...litigating which one of the chess competitions in the 90s was the *real* under-14 champion? Really?
December 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The Labour Chancellor has delivered a Budget whose headroom is still small, and is based on a series of optimistic assumptions and tax rises in an election year, and your story is...litigating which one of the chess competitions in the 90s was the *real* under-14 champion? Really?
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Senior MPs including Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick and Darren Jones are claiming tens of thousands of pounds a year in taxpayer-funded rent expenses while either calling for or implementing benefit cuts on the poorest
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Revealed: MPs rack up huge rent expenses while pushing through cuts to benefits
MPs are allowed to rent a second home, but while they are simultaneously cutting benefits for the vulnerable, the cost feels hard to swallow.
www.bigissue.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Senior MPs including Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick and Darren Jones are claiming tens of thousands of pounds a year in taxpayer-funded rent expenses while either calling for or implementing benefit cuts on the poorest
By me, for the Big Issue www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
By me, for the Big Issue www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
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Having watch child poverty rise like a slow-motion car crash since the two-child limit was introduced, sat in meetings up and down the country, in foodbanks, in schools, to work out how to get child poverty down, the idea that this undoing this policy is 'PLP management' is a joke.
It's such a bizarre framing. Labour MPs think taking 450k kids out of poverty is putting the country first! That's why they wanted it to happen! It's not because they personally benefit.
Headline on The World at One just now:
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
November 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Having watch child poverty rise like a slow-motion car crash since the two-child limit was introduced, sat in meetings up and down the country, in foodbanks, in schools, to work out how to get child poverty down, the idea that this undoing this policy is 'PLP management' is a joke.
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beat rachel reeves - devalue your 2 million pound house by spraying PAEDO LIVES HERE on the front of it
November 27, 2025 at 11:45 AM
beat rachel reeves - devalue your 2 million pound house by spraying PAEDO LIVES HERE on the front of it
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And honestly I don't give a fuck if it's popular or not. It's going to make a lot of kids' lives better. That's the point of government. Not an opinion poll.
November 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
And honestly I don't give a fuck if it's popular or not. It's going to make a lot of kids' lives better. That's the point of government. Not an opinion poll.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Sometimes wonder if what the UK needs is a thinktank that doesn't do any new research, it just repeats obviously true statements that people try to ignore because they're inconvenient.
International students cross-subsidise home students. Your pension is paid for out of general taxation.
International students cross-subsidise home students. Your pension is paid for out of general taxation.
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Sometimes wonder if what the UK needs is a thinktank that doesn't do any new research, it just repeats obviously true statements that people try to ignore because they're inconvenient.
International students cross-subsidise home students. Your pension is paid for out of general taxation.
International students cross-subsidise home students. Your pension is paid for out of general taxation.
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"Roxxxxxxxxxxxxxxanne!"
November 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
"Roxxxxxxxxxxxxxxanne!"
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Today, Ukraine honors the memory of the millions of Ukrainians who perished during the Holodomor — a man-made famine engineered by the Soviet regime to destroy a nation.
It was not just a tragedy. It was a crime — calculated, ruthless, and meant to break the spirit of Ukraine forever.
It was not just a tragedy. It was a crime — calculated, ruthless, and meant to break the spirit of Ukraine forever.
November 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Today, Ukraine honors the memory of the millions of Ukrainians who perished during the Holodomor — a man-made famine engineered by the Soviet regime to destroy a nation.
It was not just a tragedy. It was a crime — calculated, ruthless, and meant to break the spirit of Ukraine forever.
It was not just a tragedy. It was a crime — calculated, ruthless, and meant to break the spirit of Ukraine forever.
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They line up perfectly.
November 22, 2025 at 2:32 AM
They line up perfectly.
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I could’ve sworn the Telegraph led accusations of the BBC skewing its news output but that can’t be right
Quite the correction by the Telegraph. The publication in question is @freemovement.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I could’ve sworn the Telegraph led accusations of the BBC skewing its news output but that can’t be right
That is not how you sum this man up.
The Mormon and family man received payment for making statements supporting pro-Russian media outlets in Ukraine
Nathan Gill, Reform’s ex-leader in Wales, jailed for Russian bribes
The Mormon and family man received payment for making statements supporting pro-Russian media outlets in Ukraine
www.thetimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
That is not how you sum this man up.
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BREAKING: The former leader of Reform in Wales, Nathan Gill, has been sentenced to ten and half years in prison for taking bribes to pump out Russian propaganda.
Gill was paid thousands to make pro-Russia speeches and TV interviews.
Gill was paid thousands to make pro-Russia speeches and TV interviews.
November 21, 2025 at 12:57 PM
BREAKING: The former leader of Reform in Wales, Nathan Gill, has been sentenced to ten and half years in prison for taking bribes to pump out Russian propaganda.
Gill was paid thousands to make pro-Russia speeches and TV interviews.
Gill was paid thousands to make pro-Russia speeches and TV interviews.
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Dear Grok, is Elon Musk a better bowler than Mitchell Starc and Jofra Archer?
November 21, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Dear Grok, is Elon Musk a better bowler than Mitchell Starc and Jofra Archer?
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steve smith, you scored 17 on your specialist subject, "getting hit by jofra archer"
November 21, 2025 at 7:52 AM
steve smith, you scored 17 on your specialist subject, "getting hit by jofra archer"
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All the rape, torture, and murder will be brushed under the carpet, a great lesson for any future war criminals.
November 21, 2025 at 7:08 AM
All the rape, torture, and murder will be brushed under the carpet, a great lesson for any future war criminals.
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When I arrive at the party
November 19, 2025 at 5:53 AM
When I arrive at the party
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Troy story 3
📸 Attila Kisbedenek
📸 Attila Kisbedenek
November 16, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Troy story 3
📸 Attila Kisbedenek
📸 Attila Kisbedenek
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The Prime Minister said in September that we are at a fork in the road. These asylum proposals suggest we have taken the wrong turning.
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum system in UK ‘out of control’ and dividing country, home secretary says
Shabana Mahmood to unveil new proposals modelled on Denmark’s controversial system
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The Prime Minister said in September that we are at a fork in the road. These asylum proposals suggest we have taken the wrong turning.
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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November 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM