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@mrdaveconroy0.bsky.social
· Jul 12
Personally, I think it's wrong that Starmer, with a Jewish family, family in Isreal and as a committed Zionist who receives donations from Labour Friends of Isreal, has any binding say, without extreme scrutiny, on the Isreal and Palestine issue. We need better.
He wants you to aspire to eat and not become homeless or ever be ill.
YOUNG PEOPLE. LISTEN UP.
Today Nigel Farage said the government should cut the minimum wage for young people
...to “raise aspiration” and “boost business"
It's £10ph FFS!
Lower your pay so you’ll dream bigger
DO YOU SEE IT NOW?
Spread far & wide.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...
Today Nigel Farage said the government should cut the minimum wage for young people
...to “raise aspiration” and “boost business"
It's £10ph FFS!
Lower your pay so you’ll dream bigger
DO YOU SEE IT NOW?
Spread far & wide.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...
Nigel Farage Says Minimum Wage Should Be Cut for Young People
The Reform leader said cutting the minimum wage for young people would boost business, as he attacked plans to raise taxes on the wealthy
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
He wants you to aspire to eat and not become homeless or ever be ill.
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Urgh. What a repulsive bunch of racist shit-stirrers. And, of course, Farage never far from the stink.
November 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Urgh. What a repulsive bunch of racist shit-stirrers. And, of course, Farage never far from the stink.
From the misc write ups about him he seems a right ****: the kind of guy a backstabbing **** like Boris Johnson would hang out with.
Politico: "Veteran BBC presenter David Dimbleby told Channel 4 last night that it is “one of the most violent assaults on the BBC’s independence that I’ve seen in my lifetime,” while Playbook is told staff have been voicing “a lot of anger towards [right wing BBC board member] Robbie Gibb.”
November 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
From the misc write ups about him he seems a right ****: the kind of guy a backstabbing **** like Boris Johnson would hang out with.
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It’s not surprising that unemployment has risen - it’s the intended consequence of the Bank of England’s sustained high interest rates.
What’s important is that people who are out of work or who can’t work because of ill-health aren’t punished as a result. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What’s important is that people who are out of work or who can’t work because of ill-health aren’t punished as a result. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK unemployment rate rises to 5% as jobs market weakens
Latest official data ahead of the Budget later this month shows it is the highest rate since 2021.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 11:48 AM
It’s not surprising that unemployment has risen - it’s the intended consequence of the Bank of England’s sustained high interest rates.
What’s important is that people who are out of work or who can’t work because of ill-health aren’t punished as a result. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What’s important is that people who are out of work or who can’t work because of ill-health aren’t punished as a result. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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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?
They're closer to the Organ McSweeney brand of Socialism than most Labour Party members ...
Robbie Gibb issue is just one case where Labour has left in place people appointed by the Tories : Arif Ahmed at OfS, Kishwer and Reindorf at EHRC. Real self-sabotage.
November 11, 2025 at 9:32 AM
They're closer to the Organ McSweeney brand of Socialism than most Labour Party members ...
Summary, done sweet FA of use and generally gone backwards
Have Reform UK Ltd’s county councils delivered on their promises?
A six-month review of Reform-led county councils explores how effectively they have delivered what they promised to their electors.
A six-month review of Reform-led county councils explores how effectively they have delivered what they promised to their electors.
Have Reform UK Ltd’s county councils delivered on their promises?
A six-month review of Reform-led county councils explores how effectively they have delivered what they promised to their electors
centralbylines.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Summary, done sweet FA of use and generally gone backwards
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Robbie Gibb issue is just one case where Labour has left in place people appointed by the Tories : Arif Ahmed at OfS, Kishwer and Reindorf at EHRC. Real self-sabotage.
November 11, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Robbie Gibb issue is just one case where Labour has left in place people appointed by the Tories : Arif Ahmed at OfS, Kishwer and Reindorf at EHRC. Real self-sabotage.
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"... it's tumbleweed from the government, even though Musk's behaviour constitutes overt interference in British politics that is corrosive of Labour's position."
Why Won't Labour Take on Elon Musk?
On how many occasions has Elon Musk used Twitter to declare war on Keir Starmer's government? How often has he stoked racism, intervened in ...
averypublicsociologist.blogspot.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
"... it's tumbleweed from the government, even though Musk's behaviour constitutes overt interference in British politics that is corrosive of Labour's position."
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Keir Starmer spoke yesterday to the UAE president "pushing all parties to cease hostilities" in Sudan.
Britain has exported over £417m worth of arms to the UAE in the past 3 years, some of which items are now showing up in Sudan's devastating war.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Britain has exported over £417m worth of arms to the UAE in the past 3 years, some of which items are now showing up in Sudan's devastating war.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
PM call with His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates: 10 November 2025
This morning the Prime Minister spoke to His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates.
www.gov.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Keir Starmer spoke yesterday to the UAE president "pushing all parties to cease hostilities" in Sudan.
Britain has exported over £417m worth of arms to the UAE in the past 3 years, some of which items are now showing up in Sudan's devastating war.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Britain has exported over £417m worth of arms to the UAE in the past 3 years, some of which items are now showing up in Sudan's devastating war.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Bacon isn’t just grade 1 carcinogen alongside tobacco, it’s the product of systemic animal abuse - pigs have the IQ of toddlers, farmers treat them as soulless, feelingless commodities - for their short brutal lifespan. Let's end Bacon - or start with a health warning - and then an ethical one..:)
November 11, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Bacon isn’t just grade 1 carcinogen alongside tobacco, it’s the product of systemic animal abuse - pigs have the IQ of toddlers, farmers treat them as soulless, feelingless commodities - for their short brutal lifespan. Let's end Bacon - or start with a health warning - and then an ethical one..:)
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Oh look. There really are "no go areas" in England.
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
And they're marked by St George's flags
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 8:00 AM
Oh look. There really are "no go areas" in England.
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Nigel Farage is proposing an “insurance based” profit driven health service in UK, where would that leave you and older members of your family?
Average healthcare costs in the US:
Giving birth? $18,000
Cancer treatment? $150,000
One month ICU stay? Between 30k and 150k.
That’s not including copays, deductibles, interest and all the other hoops you have to jump through.
Cost in Canada? $0.
Cost in the UK? $0.
Cost in Australia? $0.
Giving birth? $18,000
Cancer treatment? $150,000
One month ICU stay? Between 30k and 150k.
That’s not including copays, deductibles, interest and all the other hoops you have to jump through.
Cost in Canada? $0.
Cost in the UK? $0.
Cost in Australia? $0.
November 11, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Nigel Farage is proposing an “insurance based” profit driven health service in UK, where would that leave you and older members of your family?
Much easier to be absolute psycho ***** I imagine
“More and more cabinet members — Rubio, Miller, Noem — live on military bases now, & it's another parallel to Iraq, where the administration lived in the Green Zone. There’s something deeply unhealthy about a society where leaders are literally shut off from the communities that they govern.”
Don Moynihan on "Purge, Merge, and Surge"
"Instead of surging in Iraq, it’s happening here in American cities."
www.publicnotice.co
November 11, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Much easier to be absolute psycho ***** I imagine
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If I had a national institution I wanted to undermine, Hanover Communications are who I’d go to.
They’ve been undermining the NHS for years, successfully lobbying for firms to get NHS ££, including US giant United Health, & providing staff to pro-private politicians.
It’s just what they do.
They’ve been undermining the NHS for years, successfully lobbying for firms to get NHS ££, including US giant United Health, & providing staff to pro-private politicians.
It’s just what they do.
1/ Michael Prescott of Hanover Communications, whose leaked memo alleging left-wing bias led to the BBC meltdown.
You could be forgiven for thinking that a corporate lobbyist & former Murdoch press hack may not have the best interests of public-service broadcasting at heart.
You could be forgiven for thinking that a corporate lobbyist & former Murdoch press hack may not have the best interests of public-service broadcasting at heart.
November 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM
If I had a national institution I wanted to undermine, Hanover Communications are who I’d go to.
They’ve been undermining the NHS for years, successfully lobbying for firms to get NHS ££, including US giant United Health, & providing staff to pro-private politicians.
It’s just what they do.
They’ve been undermining the NHS for years, successfully lobbying for firms to get NHS ££, including US giant United Health, & providing staff to pro-private politicians.
It’s just what they do.
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For those wondering here is the post from Joyce Carol Oates that got under Musk's skin big time
November 11, 2025 at 5:49 AM
For those wondering here is the post from Joyce Carol Oates that got under Musk's skin big time
How is the government default position of privatisation enhancing the lives of citizens? I get how shareholders are creaming it.
7,261 elderly/vulnerable people in care homes given ‘notice to quit’.
Major reason: "revenge evictions’. people “threatened with eviction as a result of raising a complaint"
Care homes are mostly in the private sector, owned by corporations and private equity, profit margins of up to 40%.
Major reason: "revenge evictions’. people “threatened with eviction as a result of raising a complaint"
Care homes are mostly in the private sector, owned by corporations and private equity, profit margins of up to 40%.
Revealed: Thousands of elderly people evicted from care homes every year
Thousands of elderly and vulnerable people have received eviction notices from their care homes in the last year, the Big Issue has found.
www.bigissue.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:46 AM
How is the government default position of privatisation enhancing the lives of citizens? I get how shareholders are creaming it.
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Fascinating and disgusting about the entirely corrupted and corrupting world of Starmer, Mahmood, Reed, McSweeney.
Morgan McSweeney despises the left, this why Starmer’s Labour Party was ‘changed’, and why they are in hoc to corporate donations and corporate infiltration of government.
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The Dark Truth About Starmer’s Rise to Power | Ash Sarkar Meets Paul Holden
YouTube video by Novara Media
m.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Fascinating and disgusting about the entirely corrupted and corrupting world of Starmer, Mahmood, Reed, McSweeney.
Starmer's Labour wasn't prepared for government. Too busy rooting out the left amongst its ranks. Reeves did what she was told by the markets. Zero principles applied to policy. Now having to backtrack.
Rachel Reeves signals plan to remove two-child benefit cap in budget.
Welcome. Would lift 350,000 children out of poverty.
Why did Starmer/Reeves follow the Tory policy? Why did 7 MPs have their whip withdrawn for voting against the policy?
What was the point of making children suffer?
Welcome. Would lift 350,000 children out of poverty.
Why did Starmer/Reeves follow the Tory policy? Why did 7 MPs have their whip withdrawn for voting against the policy?
What was the point of making children suffer?
Rachel Reeves signals plan to remove two-child benefit cap in budget
Chancellor understood to be preparing to fully reverse measure, which would cost over £3bn but could lift 350,000 children out of poverty
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Starmer's Labour wasn't prepared for government. Too busy rooting out the left amongst its ranks. Reeves did what she was told by the markets. Zero principles applied to policy. Now having to backtrack.
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British media are very quiet on this?
Belgian court convicts two for EU funds misuse linked to Nigel Farage's Brexit group | Euractiv
Belgian court convicts two for EU funds misuse linked to Nigel Farage's Brexit group | Euractiv
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
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November 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
British media are very quiet on this?
Belgian court convicts two for EU funds misuse linked to Nigel Farage's Brexit group | Euractiv
Belgian court convicts two for EU funds misuse linked to Nigel Farage's Brexit group | Euractiv
S***house Starmer's Labour beating the #toxictories in UK unemployment as it rises to 5%, the highest level in four years www.theguardian.com/business/202...
UK unemployment rises to 5%, the highest level in four years
ONS says jobs market worsening before budget, as HMRC reports falling number of workers on firms’ payrolls
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:31 AM
S***house Starmer's Labour beating the #toxictories in UK unemployment as it rises to 5%, the highest level in four years www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Reform UK Ltd donor
Scotland Mr Branford has spare cash … he should pay his tax bill!
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Tory donors from JCB empire could face £500m bill to settle tax inquiry
Exclusive: HMRC investigation into peer Anthony Bamford and his brother focuses on offshore trusts that own business empire
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Reform UK Ltd donor
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Where the bias really lies at the BBC 👇
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Where the bias really lies at the BBC 👇
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