Mungo
@mungogrumpo.bsky.social
Environmentalist, humanitarian, woke, kite/ surfer, respect is earned, never a birthright
This thread is shocking 🤬🤬
1. The defendant not being produced at court from prison. 🚚
A classic. It happens due to the private contractors simply not bothering, knowing that the contracts negotiated by government include no meaningful penalty for failure.
Trials every day in every court are affected.
A classic. It happens due to the private contractors simply not bothering, knowing that the contracts negotiated by government include no meaningful penalty for failure.
Trials every day in every court are affected.
November 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
This thread is shocking 🤬🤬
Whaaaaat, more looting due to privatisation, surely not 🤬🤬
1. The defendant not being produced at court from prison. 🚚
A classic. It happens due to the private contractors simply not bothering, knowing that the contracts negotiated by government include no meaningful penalty for failure.
Trials every day in every court are affected.
A classic. It happens due to the private contractors simply not bothering, knowing that the contracts negotiated by government include no meaningful penalty for failure.
Trials every day in every court are affected.
November 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Whaaaaat, more looting due to privatisation, surely not 🤬🤬
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Budget 2025.
The wealthy hardly hit.
Minor tweaks on dividend and mansion tax.
No wealth tax.
No alignment of taxes on dividends & capital gains tax with taxation of wages.
Partnerships won't pay NIC on partners' share of profits
No financial transactions tax.
Lobbying and political donations pay
The wealthy hardly hit.
Minor tweaks on dividend and mansion tax.
No wealth tax.
No alignment of taxes on dividends & capital gains tax with taxation of wages.
Partnerships won't pay NIC on partners' share of profits
No financial transactions tax.
Lobbying and political donations pay
November 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Budget 2025.
The wealthy hardly hit.
Minor tweaks on dividend and mansion tax.
No wealth tax.
No alignment of taxes on dividends & capital gains tax with taxation of wages.
Partnerships won't pay NIC on partners' share of profits
No financial transactions tax.
Lobbying and political donations pay
The wealthy hardly hit.
Minor tweaks on dividend and mansion tax.
No wealth tax.
No alignment of taxes on dividends & capital gains tax with taxation of wages.
Partnerships won't pay NIC on partners' share of profits
No financial transactions tax.
Lobbying and political donations pay
Another opportunity for mates to loot taxes
PFI is just borrowing by another name, but with key differences in structure, cost, and accounting treatment that make it more expensive.
Starmer’s Labour…. repeating the mistakes of the past is NOT ‘change’.
Starmer’s Labour…. repeating the mistakes of the past is NOT ‘change’.
November 27, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Another opportunity for mates to loot taxes
Got to love this. Shame US, UK and other countries can’t stop criminals taking over their politics, and don’t prosecute them when they leave. Standards in Public Life should be law, not some wishy washy self regulation which is ignored when they leave office 🤬🤬
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Got to love this. Shame US, UK and other countries can’t stop criminals taking over their politics, and don’t prosecute them when they leave. Standards in Public Life should be law, not some wishy washy self regulation which is ignored when they leave office 🤬🤬
Do it, it’s about time these foreign shills get ousted from our politics 🤬
🚨The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 55,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 26, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Do it, it’s about time these foreign shills get ousted from our politics 🤬
Do whaaaat?
November 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Do whaaaat?
So now the BBC apologises for editing speeches, hardly a crime, especially as they’re only reporting the 🍊 🌮 inciting violence in his own words. Presumably they’ll also apologise to everyone they ever interviewed and edited. Give me strength 🤦🏼♀️🙄
Rather than accept an apology from the BBC, Trump appears determined to use the organization’s disarray to his own maximum financial and political advantage. After Davie and Turness resigned, he said they were gone “because they were caught ‘doctoring’ my very good (PERFECT!) speech of January 6th.”
Trump’s BBC Lawsuit Seeks to Bully International Newsrooms Into Servility
MAGA’s vision of journalism isn’t even remotely compatible with democracy.
buff.ly
November 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
So now the BBC apologises for editing speeches, hardly a crime, especially as they’re only reporting the 🍊 🌮 inciting violence in his own words. Presumably they’ll also apologise to everyone they ever interviewed and edited. Give me strength 🤦🏼♀️🙄
Suspended for corruption? Surely sacked would be more just, especially as they’re probably repeat offenders. If you don’t get caught, keep going eh??
Two peers suspended from House of Lords for breaking lobbying rules
Two peers suspended from House of Lords for breaking lobbying rules
Lord Evans of Watford and Lord Dannatt were filmed breaking rules in undercover footage recorded by Guardian
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UK politics live – latest updates
Two long-serving peers are to be suspended from the House of Lords after a parliamentary watchdog ruled that they had broken lobbying rules.
Richard Dannatt, the former head of the British army, and David Evans (Lord Evans of Watford), were filmed breaking the rules in undercover footage recorded by the Guardian. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Suspended for corruption? Surely sacked would be more just, especially as they’re probably repeat offenders. If you don’t get caught, keep going eh??
Now he’s a liability to Putin will he:
a. Fall out a high window
b. Commit suicide by improbable means
c. Get Shived
d. None of the above
a. Fall out a high window
b. Commit suicide by improbable means
c. Get Shived
d. None of the above
Pahaha. 'If you go on Nathan Gill’s social media it still says: “Love my God, my family and my country. Not ashamed or afraid to be patriotic.”'
Wild. Which country is he referring to?
open.substack.com/pub/willhayw...
Wild. Which country is he referring to?
open.substack.com/pub/willhayw...
Wales ignored again
Reform's former leader in Wales jailed
open.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Now he’s a liability to Putin will he:
a. Fall out a high window
b. Commit suicide by improbable means
c. Get Shived
d. None of the above
a. Fall out a high window
b. Commit suicide by improbable means
c. Get Shived
d. None of the above
And mostly have more money than they can ever spend. Shareholders loot profits, and never bail out the companies when they need support, they just syphon profits away, and leave our utilities debt ridden
Having Energy sold at cost would save the UK £1,000 per household and be a massive boon to the economy.
Instead you pay £30bn extra which goes almost entirely to people who don't live, pay tax or spend money in the UK.
Instead you pay £30bn extra which goes almost entirely to people who don't live, pay tax or spend money in the UK.
November 23, 2025 at 1:57 PM
And mostly have more money than they can ever spend. Shareholders loot profits, and never bail out the companies when they need support, they just syphon profits away, and leave our utilities debt ridden
Worth reading 👏🏽👏🏽
“People warned each other, and evacuated. Firefighters arrived and used their tools to put out the blaze.
In other words, everyone behaved in precisely the opposite way they’ve reacted to the fire that’s begun to consume the earth.” – @billmckibben.bsky.social
In other words, everyone behaved in precisely the opposite way they’ve reacted to the fire that’s begun to consume the earth.” – @billmckibben.bsky.social
World on fire
And the global climate talks, too
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Worth reading 👏🏽👏🏽
Who’d have thought a load of privileged old fuddy duddys who struggle with anything except subsidised food, drink and attendance fees, might worry about being euthanised. Self preservation maybe 😳🤦🏼♀️
Unelected Lords are blocking assisted dying – this is a democratic outrage | Simon Jenkins
Unelected Lords are blocking assisted dying – this is a democratic outrage | Simon Jenkins
Second chambers are a good idea, but they should not be able to overturn clear decisions reached by an elected body, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Who’d have thought a load of privileged old fuddy duddys who struggle with anything except subsidised food, drink and attendance fees, might worry about being euthanised. Self preservation maybe 😳🤦🏼♀️
Errrr, what happened 😳🤦🏼♀️
November 20, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Errrr, what happened 😳🤦🏼♀️
By taxing unearned income and targeting obscene wealth hoarders such as the squillionaires?
Rachel Reeves: "Inflation falling is good news for families and businesses, but there's more to do to get prices down.
That's why at the Budget next week I will make the fair choices to cut NHS waiting lists, cut national debt and cut the cost of living."
That's why at the Budget next week I will make the fair choices to cut NHS waiting lists, cut national debt and cut the cost of living."
November 20, 2025 at 10:33 AM
By taxing unearned income and targeting obscene wealth hoarders such as the squillionaires?
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In India, a dose of insulin costs about £1.50. US protectionism and “free market forces” kills US citizens, wonder how many need to die to make CEOs more wealthy?
November 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
In India, a dose of insulin costs about £1.50. US protectionism and “free market forces” kills US citizens, wonder how many need to die to make CEOs more wealthy?
What’s most interesting from this for me is that it’s less than 40,000
“How many refugees have been granted asylum in the UK?”
Most people overestimate the number - by a lot. With far-right figures spreading misinformation, it’s hard for the public to know the truth.
Watch the video to see just how wide the gap is between perception and reality.
Most people overestimate the number - by a lot. With far-right figures spreading misinformation, it’s hard for the public to know the truth.
Watch the video to see just how wide the gap is between perception and reality.
November 17, 2025 at 1:13 PM
What’s most interesting from this for me is that it’s less than 40,000
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“People who disown Trump are now back in his camp... Things they didn't accept as recently as four years ago, they now accept.”
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social and @owenjones.bsky.social discuss Trump’s efforts to sue the BBC for $1 billion.
Watch the full episode: zeteo.com/p/owen-jones...
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social and @owenjones.bsky.social discuss Trump’s efforts to sue the BBC for $1 billion.
Watch the full episode: zeteo.com/p/owen-jones...
November 16, 2025 at 7:26 PM
“People who disown Trump are now back in his camp... Things they didn't accept as recently as four years ago, they now accept.”
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social and @owenjones.bsky.social discuss Trump’s efforts to sue the BBC for $1 billion.
Watch the full episode: zeteo.com/p/owen-jones...
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social and @owenjones.bsky.social discuss Trump’s efforts to sue the BBC for $1 billion.
Watch the full episode: zeteo.com/p/owen-jones...
About time they investigated his funding, where is the money coming from? We should be told
While 10-job Reform millionaire Farage's wealth soars, Jaywick in his never-visited Clacton constituency is named by the Ministry of Housing as "most deprived area in England"
via Private Eye
"Farage faces questions over who funded £885,000 Clacton constituency home"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
via Private Eye
"Farage faces questions over who funded £885,000 Clacton constituency home"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nigel Farage faces questions over who funded £885,000 Clacton constituency home - BBC News
A BBC investigation raises questions about how the Reform UK leader's partner paid for a home in his constituency.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
About time they investigated his funding, where is the money coming from? We should be told
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This guy is a legend
Expressing the collective thoughts of the world.
Expressing the collective thoughts of the world.
November 5, 2025 at 10:50 PM
This guy is a legend
Expressing the collective thoughts of the world.
Expressing the collective thoughts of the world.
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WATCH: After Zohran's election, some asked us why the ADL — founded to keep Jews safe — is trying to keep Jews afraid with a “Mamdani Monitor.
We made a video about how the same group that excused Elon Musk’s Nazi salute is helping Trump and capitulating to authoritarianism.
We made a video about how the same group that excused Elon Musk’s Nazi salute is helping Trump and capitulating to authoritarianism.
November 14, 2025 at 6:08 PM
WATCH: After Zohran's election, some asked us why the ADL — founded to keep Jews safe — is trying to keep Jews afraid with a “Mamdani Monitor.
We made a video about how the same group that excused Elon Musk’s Nazi salute is helping Trump and capitulating to authoritarianism.
We made a video about how the same group that excused Elon Musk’s Nazi salute is helping Trump and capitulating to authoritarianism.
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Zack Polanski on President Trump, "It's difficult to call him anything other than a fool"
"This is sociopathic behaviour"
"He is toxic, misogynistic, racist"
"I'm not a fan of Trump"
Christiane Amanpour, "It's pretty clear"
"This is sociopathic behaviour"
"He is toxic, misogynistic, racist"
"I'm not a fan of Trump"
Christiane Amanpour, "It's pretty clear"
November 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Zack Polanski on President Trump, "It's difficult to call him anything other than a fool"
"This is sociopathic behaviour"
"He is toxic, misogynistic, racist"
"I'm not a fan of Trump"
Christiane Amanpour, "It's pretty clear"
"This is sociopathic behaviour"
"He is toxic, misogynistic, racist"
"I'm not a fan of Trump"
Christiane Amanpour, "It's pretty clear"
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Private companies operating care services in just three regions of England made £250m profits in 3 years,
£87.7m of profits went to care providers owned by private equity controlled from tax havens.
Profits mean money buys less. Higher taxes for less service.
Say NO to privatisation.
£87.7m of profits went to care providers owned by private equity controlled from tax havens.
Profits mean money buys less. Higher taxes for less service.
Say NO to privatisation.
Private care providers in three English regions make £250m in three years
More than third of profits analysed went to firms owned by private equity or based in tax havens, research finds
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Private companies operating care services in just three regions of England made £250m profits in 3 years,
£87.7m of profits went to care providers owned by private equity controlled from tax havens.
Profits mean money buys less. Higher taxes for less service.
Say NO to privatisation.
£87.7m of profits went to care providers owned by private equity controlled from tax havens.
Profits mean money buys less. Higher taxes for less service.
Say NO to privatisation.