@njgard.bsky.social
Husband of Bath in pursuit of cultivation & relaxation. Flowers are never wild, merely misunderstood.
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Failing to pursue closer integration with the EU creates tension with the Government’s growth ambitions.
The Brexit impact on GDP per person may be bigger than feared; the impact on GDP per person may well sit above 4 per cent already.
Read more ➡️ buff.ly/VWHNFCb
The Brexit impact on GDP per person may be bigger than feared; the impact on GDP per person may well sit above 4 per cent already.
Read more ➡️ buff.ly/VWHNFCb
February 9, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Failing to pursue closer integration with the EU creates tension with the Government’s growth ambitions.
The Brexit impact on GDP per person may be bigger than feared; the impact on GDP per person may well sit above 4 per cent already.
Read more ➡️ buff.ly/VWHNFCb
The Brexit impact on GDP per person may be bigger than feared; the impact on GDP per person may well sit above 4 per cent already.
Read more ➡️ buff.ly/VWHNFCb
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Regressive Taxation.
Wages taxed at marginal rates of 20% to 45% + National Insurance.
Capital gains taxed at 18% to 32%: dividends taxed at 8.75% to 39.35%; No NIC levied.
Successive govts appease the rich. Difference in rates/NIC fuels tax abuse industry, public purse robbed of billions.
Wages taxed at marginal rates of 20% to 45% + National Insurance.
Capital gains taxed at 18% to 32%: dividends taxed at 8.75% to 39.35%; No NIC levied.
Successive govts appease the rich. Difference in rates/NIC fuels tax abuse industry, public purse robbed of billions.
National Insurance is a regressive tax that hits the less well-off hardest
Compared to income tax, national insurance contributions attract little sustained scrutiny even though they provide large amounts to the public purse.
leftfootforward.org
February 9, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Regressive Taxation.
Wages taxed at marginal rates of 20% to 45% + National Insurance.
Capital gains taxed at 18% to 32%: dividends taxed at 8.75% to 39.35%; No NIC levied.
Successive govts appease the rich. Difference in rates/NIC fuels tax abuse industry, public purse robbed of billions.
Wages taxed at marginal rates of 20% to 45% + National Insurance.
Capital gains taxed at 18% to 32%: dividends taxed at 8.75% to 39.35%; No NIC levied.
Successive govts appease the rich. Difference in rates/NIC fuels tax abuse industry, public purse robbed of billions.
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Before Labour gets blamed for this (as Mandelson is connected) this huge NHS data contract went to US billionaire-funded Palantir. Under Sunak in 2023. The US can’t even look after their own, no business should be given to them by the UK.
www.theguardian.com/society/2023...
www.theguardian.com/society/2023...
Everything you need to know about NHS England’s biggest ever IT contract
What is the contract for? And why are there privacy concerns about the deal?
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Before Labour gets blamed for this (as Mandelson is connected) this huge NHS data contract went to US billionaire-funded Palantir. Under Sunak in 2023. The US can’t even look after their own, no business should be given to them by the UK.
www.theguardian.com/society/2023...
www.theguardian.com/society/2023...
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McSweeney has resigned
Source: Sky News 🚨 Breaking News
Source: Sky News 🚨 Breaking News
February 8, 2026 at 2:18 PM
McSweeney has resigned
Source: Sky News 🚨 Breaking News
Source: Sky News 🚨 Breaking News
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I warned Starmer about Mandelson.
My wife Bunty did
So did Dean our paperboy
Ramrod our Lab did.
Jill in the village shop baked some warning baps for him & Simple Sally, who helps Jill, warned him using dance & spit.
Ronnie Pickering warned him.
So did Chaka Demus.
And Pliers.
Why didn’t he LISTEN?🤦🏻♂️
My wife Bunty did
So did Dean our paperboy
Ramrod our Lab did.
Jill in the village shop baked some warning baps for him & Simple Sally, who helps Jill, warned him using dance & spit.
Ronnie Pickering warned him.
So did Chaka Demus.
And Pliers.
Why didn’t he LISTEN?🤦🏻♂️
February 8, 2026 at 12:03 PM
I warned Starmer about Mandelson.
My wife Bunty did
So did Dean our paperboy
Ramrod our Lab did.
Jill in the village shop baked some warning baps for him & Simple Sally, who helps Jill, warned him using dance & spit.
Ronnie Pickering warned him.
So did Chaka Demus.
And Pliers.
Why didn’t he LISTEN?🤦🏻♂️
My wife Bunty did
So did Dean our paperboy
Ramrod our Lab did.
Jill in the village shop baked some warning baps for him & Simple Sally, who helps Jill, warned him using dance & spit.
Ronnie Pickering warned him.
So did Chaka Demus.
And Pliers.
Why didn’t he LISTEN?🤦🏻♂️
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Posted on my FB feed, without attribution. If you did this, let me know so I can credit / thank you properly...
February 8, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Posted on my FB feed, without attribution. If you did this, let me know so I can credit / thank you properly...
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Dominic Dyer: @number10cat.bsky.social Larry the Cat will have been in Downing Street 15 years next week, he is the most stable thing about British politics these days
February 6, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Dominic Dyer: @number10cat.bsky.social Larry the Cat will have been in Downing Street 15 years next week, he is the most stable thing about British politics these days
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I deleted my post from before…
I thought it was fake
So I went to WH Smith and here it is
An unbelievable attempt to sanitise this man and normalise what’s he’s done.
I thought it was fake
So I went to WH Smith and here it is
An unbelievable attempt to sanitise this man and normalise what’s he’s done.
February 7, 2026 at 10:19 AM
I deleted my post from before…
I thought it was fake
So I went to WH Smith and here it is
An unbelievable attempt to sanitise this man and normalise what’s he’s done.
I thought it was fake
So I went to WH Smith and here it is
An unbelievable attempt to sanitise this man and normalise what’s he’s done.
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People will continue to cycle in the rain if you provide the infrastructure to make it safe and comfortable for them to do so. The greenery alongside cuts the risk of flooding, as well as improving the look of the street.
February 4, 2026 at 6:10 PM
People will continue to cycle in the rain if you provide the infrastructure to make it safe and comfortable for them to do so. The greenery alongside cuts the risk of flooding, as well as improving the look of the street.
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Mass reports of Russian operations paralyzed at the front in the aftermath of losing Starlink.
"Command and control of troops at the front is virtually paralyzed.
"Command and control of troops at the front is virtually paralyzed.
February 5, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Mass reports of Russian operations paralyzed at the front in the aftermath of losing Starlink.
"Command and control of troops at the front is virtually paralyzed.
"Command and control of troops at the front is virtually paralyzed.
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I present the most interesting graph ever made.
HUMAN ON BICYCLE beats every other living thing.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...
HUMAN ON BICYCLE beats every other living thing.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...
February 5, 2026 at 5:49 AM
I present the most interesting graph ever made.
HUMAN ON BICYCLE beats every other living thing.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...
HUMAN ON BICYCLE beats every other living thing.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...
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Zack Polanski, "Ultimately it does come down to Keir Starmer"
"This sort of chaos is not a good thing for the country"
"You learn as politician that you have to take responsibility for the decisions that you make"
"This is above politics, it is about protecting our democratic institutions"
"This sort of chaos is not a good thing for the country"
"You learn as politician that you have to take responsibility for the decisions that you make"
"This is above politics, it is about protecting our democratic institutions"
February 4, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Zack Polanski, "Ultimately it does come down to Keir Starmer"
"This sort of chaos is not a good thing for the country"
"You learn as politician that you have to take responsibility for the decisions that you make"
"This is above politics, it is about protecting our democratic institutions"
"This sort of chaos is not a good thing for the country"
"You learn as politician that you have to take responsibility for the decisions that you make"
"This is above politics, it is about protecting our democratic institutions"
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This is Nigel Farage with Nick Candy, the treasurer of Reform UK 👇
Candy appears numerous times in the Epstein files over more than a decade, The National has uncovered.
The Scottish Greens are putting pressure on Reform to explain the links.
Candy appears numerous times in the Epstein files over more than a decade, The National has uncovered.
The Scottish Greens are putting pressure on Reform to explain the links.
February 4, 2026 at 10:57 AM
This is Nigel Farage with Nick Candy, the treasurer of Reform UK 👇
Candy appears numerous times in the Epstein files over more than a decade, The National has uncovered.
The Scottish Greens are putting pressure on Reform to explain the links.
Candy appears numerous times in the Epstein files over more than a decade, The National has uncovered.
The Scottish Greens are putting pressure on Reform to explain the links.
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Breaking News!
Code Yikes!
Current global sea surface temperatures now rank 3rd hottest on record, as of Feb. 4, 2026, or about 4.36 standard deviations above the 1982-2011 mean (first 30 years of data).
The Climate 8-ball says, "F&%kery ahead!"
Code Yikes!
Current global sea surface temperatures now rank 3rd hottest on record, as of Feb. 4, 2026, or about 4.36 standard deviations above the 1982-2011 mean (first 30 years of data).
The Climate 8-ball says, "F&%kery ahead!"
February 5, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Breaking News!
Code Yikes!
Current global sea surface temperatures now rank 3rd hottest on record, as of Feb. 4, 2026, or about 4.36 standard deviations above the 1982-2011 mean (first 30 years of data).
The Climate 8-ball says, "F&%kery ahead!"
Code Yikes!
Current global sea surface temperatures now rank 3rd hottest on record, as of Feb. 4, 2026, or about 4.36 standard deviations above the 1982-2011 mean (first 30 years of data).
The Climate 8-ball says, "F&%kery ahead!"
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Everybody knows it was an Israeli operation.
But they aren't allowed to say that.
But they aren't allowed to say that.
February 5, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Everybody knows it was an Israeli operation.
But they aren't allowed to say that.
But they aren't allowed to say that.
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icymi here’s the story from last Sunday of how FT revealed the money trail from Epstein to Mandelson’s husband and then to the former ambassador himself
February 5, 2026 at 8:15 AM
icymi here’s the story from last Sunday of how FT revealed the money trail from Epstein to Mandelson’s husband and then to the former ambassador himself
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "Was Epstein a Russian agent?"
Andrei Kelin, "I have no information"
Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "Perhaps you benefit?"
Andrei Kelin, "Why? We are serious people"
*His smirk at the end says it all*
Andrei Kelin, "I have no information"
Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "Perhaps you benefit?"
Andrei Kelin, "Why? We are serious people"
*His smirk at the end says it all*
February 4, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "Was Epstein a Russian agent?"
Andrei Kelin, "I have no information"
Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "Perhaps you benefit?"
Andrei Kelin, "Why? We are serious people"
*His smirk at the end says it all*
Andrei Kelin, "I have no information"
Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "Perhaps you benefit?"
Andrei Kelin, "Why? We are serious people"
*His smirk at the end says it all*
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Snowdrops are not indigenous to Britain, & likely introduced around the 1500s, but now fully naturalised
They likely began their life here in monastery herb gardens, perhaps used medicinally
They have long been linked to celebrating light's victory over darkness
They likely began their life here in monastery herb gardens, perhaps used medicinally
They have long been linked to celebrating light's victory over darkness
February 3, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Snowdrops are not indigenous to Britain, & likely introduced around the 1500s, but now fully naturalised
They likely began their life here in monastery herb gardens, perhaps used medicinally
They have long been linked to celebrating light's victory over darkness
They likely began their life here in monastery herb gardens, perhaps used medicinally
They have long been linked to celebrating light's victory over darkness
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Footage from a residential district of Zaporizhzhia that was struck by the Russians.
February 3, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Footage from a residential district of Zaporizhzhia that was struck by the Russians.
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"I admire Ukraine": EU Ambassador Maternowa on Russia's night attack
"Today, I slept in the bathroom. Again. It was a very noisy night. Russia attacked heat and electricity facilities. This is not a side effect of the war.
"Today, I slept in the bathroom. Again. It was a very noisy night. Russia attacked heat and electricity facilities. This is not a side effect of the war.
February 3, 2026 at 12:07 PM
"I admire Ukraine": EU Ambassador Maternowa on Russia's night attack
"Today, I slept in the bathroom. Again. It was a very noisy night. Russia attacked heat and electricity facilities. This is not a side effect of the war.
"Today, I slept in the bathroom. Again. It was a very noisy night. Russia attacked heat and electricity facilities. This is not a side effect of the war.
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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte:
Putin has long thought he could wait us out, that Ukraine was weak, that your supporters would grow weary, that our will would falter. He was gravely mistaken. Ukraine is strong, and our support is unwavering.
Putin has long thought he could wait us out, that Ukraine was weak, that your supporters would grow weary, that our will would falter. He was gravely mistaken. Ukraine is strong, and our support is unwavering.
February 3, 2026 at 11:20 AM
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte:
Putin has long thought he could wait us out, that Ukraine was weak, that your supporters would grow weary, that our will would falter. He was gravely mistaken. Ukraine is strong, and our support is unwavering.
Putin has long thought he could wait us out, that Ukraine was weak, that your supporters would grow weary, that our will would falter. He was gravely mistaken. Ukraine is strong, and our support is unwavering.
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Evidence from recent Russian missile attacks points toward mostly new missiles being used, implying that the Kremlin has finally burned through stockpiles.
February 3, 2026 at 7:56 AM
Evidence from recent Russian missile attacks points toward mostly new missiles being used, implying that the Kremlin has finally burned through stockpiles.