@orkneyinga.bsky.social
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I'm not kidding: I reported on this FOUR YEARS AGO in "The Decade In Tory"
It also contained the entire COVID Inquiry (cost: £200m). And every single Brexit mistake (£140bn per year).
And it's £2.50 on Amazon.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
It also contained the entire COVID Inquiry (cost: £200m). And every single Brexit mistake (£140bn per year).
And it's £2.50 on Amazon.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Tory governments spent £325m on free schools that failed or disappeared
More than £10bn was committed to building new schools between 2014-15 and 2023-24, compared with £6.8bn for rebuilding existing schools
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I'm not kidding: I reported on this FOUR YEARS AGO in "The Decade In Tory"
It also contained the entire COVID Inquiry (cost: £200m). And every single Brexit mistake (£140bn per year).
And it's £2.50 on Amazon.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
It also contained the entire COVID Inquiry (cost: £200m). And every single Brexit mistake (£140bn per year).
And it's £2.50 on Amazon.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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An important opinion piece, because it lays out the facts.
www.mediaite.com/opinion/trum...
www.mediaite.com/opinion/trum...
December 9, 2025 at 9:49 PM
An important opinion piece, because it lays out the facts.
www.mediaite.com/opinion/trum...
www.mediaite.com/opinion/trum...
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Racist crowd start chanting 'send her back' when President Trump attacks Ilhan Omar, who is both a US citizen and a House Representative
December 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Racist crowd start chanting 'send her back' when President Trump attacks Ilhan Omar, who is both a US citizen and a House Representative
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And here it is. Kushner is working with the Saudis to grab CNN and make them a propaganda channel for both them and tDumpster. If we do not start doing something now, we are going to belong to all the wrong people.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Jared Kushner is investor in Paramount’s hostile takeover bid of Warner Bros
Jared Kushner’s Affinity Capital, along with the sovereign wealth funds from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Abu Dhabi, have ‘agreed to forgo any governance rights – including board representation – associate...
www.independent.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 11:19 AM
And here it is. Kushner is working with the Saudis to grab CNN and make them a propaganda channel for both them and tDumpster. If we do not start doing something now, we are going to belong to all the wrong people.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Ex-Tory candidate accused of sending unsolicited image of his 'private parts'
Jaymey McIvor, Reform UK's first Essex councillor, was suspended from Conservatives last year amid claims.
Jaymey McIvor, Reform UK's first Essex councillor, was suspended from Conservatives last year amid claims.
December 9, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Ex-Tory candidate accused of sending unsolicited image of his 'private parts'
Jaymey McIvor, Reform UK's first Essex councillor, was suspended from Conservatives last year amid claims.
Jaymey McIvor, Reform UK's first Essex councillor, was suspended from Conservatives last year amid claims.
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We remember
forgot to mention.
the UK also turned down an special visa offer from the EU for artists & musicians.
"Something....something...freedom of movement, innit?" I think was the name of the song.
the UK also turned down an special visa offer from the EU for artists & musicians.
"Something....something...freedom of movement, innit?" I think was the name of the song.
UK ‘rejected offer’ of visa-free tours by musicians in EU, despite blaming Brussels for permit blow
Exclusive: ‘Standard’ proposal to exempt performers for 90 days was proposed, but ‘the UK said no’
www.independent.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 11:01 AM
We remember
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Videos viewed hundreds of thousands of times online claim that from 2 January 2026, a new £90 deduction, called the “Debt Recovery Contribution”, will appear automatically on people’s payslips.
But this isn’t true.
But this isn’t true.
The government won’t be taking £90 from people’s payslips to tackle the national debt – Full Fact
Videos widely shared online claim that workers will see a £90 “debt recovery contribution” on their payslips from January 2026. But this isn’t true.
fullfact.org
December 10, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Videos viewed hundreds of thousands of times online claim that from 2 January 2026, a new £90 deduction, called the “Debt Recovery Contribution”, will appear automatically on people’s payslips.
But this isn’t true.
But this isn’t true.
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"Intelligence sources believe Russia is mapping the complex weave of underwater cables that connect the UK to the global telecommunications highway and bring electricity onto the mainland from remote wind farms and other countries."
#Russia
#Security
#Defence
#Scotland🏴
#Russia
#Security
#Defence
#Scotland🏴
Russia is eating away at our democracy
With the conviction of Nathan Gill the question is ever more urgent; how deep is Russian interference in our society? How big is the threat?
bylines.scot
December 10, 2025 at 8:12 AM
"Intelligence sources believe Russia is mapping the complex weave of underwater cables that connect the UK to the global telecommunications highway and bring electricity onto the mainland from remote wind farms and other countries."
#Russia
#Security
#Defence
#Scotland🏴
#Russia
#Security
#Defence
#Scotland🏴
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Indiana Republicans are under significant pressure to do something they know is wrong: rig the maps and silence voters.
Washington Republicans are demanding a "9–0 map." That’s not democracy - that’s cheating. They know it, and they’re ashamed, which is why they’re hesitating.
Washington Republicans are demanding a "9–0 map." That’s not democracy - that’s cheating. They know it, and they’re ashamed, which is why they’re hesitating.
December 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Indiana Republicans are under significant pressure to do something they know is wrong: rig the maps and silence voters.
Washington Republicans are demanding a "9–0 map." That’s not democracy - that’s cheating. They know it, and they’re ashamed, which is why they’re hesitating.
Washington Republicans are demanding a "9–0 map." That’s not democracy - that’s cheating. They know it, and they’re ashamed, which is why they’re hesitating.
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That's because you're in Dubai.
December 9, 2025 at 10:08 AM
That's because you're in Dubai.
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I would beg to differ on the not breaking any laws part. They’ve broken plenty.
I am hoping that eventually this will affect enough people that they will realize what they’ve done … and it won’t be too late.
From @allenanalysis.bsky.social (I wish he’d post more here)
I am hoping that eventually this will affect enough people that they will realize what they’ve done … and it won’t be too late.
From @allenanalysis.bsky.social (I wish he’d post more here)
December 9, 2025 at 10:54 AM
I would beg to differ on the not breaking any laws part. They’ve broken plenty.
I am hoping that eventually this will affect enough people that they will realize what they’ve done … and it won’t be too late.
From @allenanalysis.bsky.social (I wish he’d post more here)
I am hoping that eventually this will affect enough people that they will realize what they’ve done … and it won’t be too late.
From @allenanalysis.bsky.social (I wish he’d post more here)
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Musk and Trump hate the EU for the same reasons Farage and Putin hate it. It stands for civil rights, the rule of law, and regulation of oligarchs
December 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Musk and Trump hate the EU for the same reasons Farage and Putin hate it. It stands for civil rights, the rule of law, and regulation of oligarchs
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Elon Musk Has Made X a Threat to Democracy and His War on the EU Proves It – Byline Times
Elon Musk Has Made X a Threat to Democracy and His War on the EU Proves It
Caroline Orr Bueno reports on how the billionaire X owner has turned Twitter into a tool for foreign interference which monetises and weaponises a global network of disinformation
bylinetimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Elon Musk Has Made X a Threat to Democracy and His War on the EU Proves It – Byline Times
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Farage is in the mud again: police reports over £9k dodgy spending - a refurbished HQ he “forgot” to declare, an armoured Land Rover shoved into “national” costs, and missing receipts everywhere. Add it to the pile: Russian cash, extremist bile, antisemitic bullying - now alleged fraud too.
December 8, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Farage is in the mud again: police reports over £9k dodgy spending - a refurbished HQ he “forgot” to declare, an armoured Land Rover shoved into “national” costs, and missing receipts everywhere. Add it to the pile: Russian cash, extremist bile, antisemitic bullying - now alleged fraud too.
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Zack Polanski & Gary Stevenson are now get everything thrown at them from Labour, Reform & the media
The same happened to Corbyn, to Tony Benn, Nye Bevan & in 10/20 years the next people who pose a threat to the status quo will get the same treatment
It's how the system works
The same happened to Corbyn, to Tony Benn, Nye Bevan & in 10/20 years the next people who pose a threat to the status quo will get the same treatment
It's how the system works
December 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Zack Polanski & Gary Stevenson are now get everything thrown at them from Labour, Reform & the media
The same happened to Corbyn, to Tony Benn, Nye Bevan & in 10/20 years the next people who pose a threat to the status quo will get the same treatment
It's how the system works
The same happened to Corbyn, to Tony Benn, Nye Bevan & in 10/20 years the next people who pose a threat to the status quo will get the same treatment
It's how the system works
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Only one flag removed by the county council despite over 130 complains. Hundreds left to residents. And now a man in his sixties has been severely beaten by a mob for taking one down. Read the full story here ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @owensennitt.bsky.social
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @owensennitt.bsky.social
Left to danger: Norfolk council inaction leads to flag-related violence
As Norfolk refused to act on flag complaints, locals removing them instead found themselves threatened and violently attacked
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Only one flag removed by the county council despite over 130 complains. Hundreds left to residents. And now a man in his sixties has been severely beaten by a mob for taking one down. Read the full story here ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @owensennitt.bsky.social
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @owensennitt.bsky.social
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my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
December 7, 2025 at 8:59 AM
my great-grandparents arrived in the UK in the 1890s with nothing.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
they sold pickles from the front room window, took in laundry, worked as tailors.
their children were nurses, teachers, salesmen.
their grandchildren were professors, designers, opticians, doctors, magistrates, entrepreneurs.
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This is insanity, and the Republicans know it. Republicans can and should join Democrats to impeach, convict and remove Trump and his entire administration to save our country and the world from this madman. @ec.europa.eu #Insanity
December 6, 2025 at 10:56 AM
This is insanity, and the Republicans know it. Republicans can and should join Democrats to impeach, convict and remove Trump and his entire administration to save our country and the world from this madman. @ec.europa.eu #Insanity
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Time to DEFINITELY NOT buy the F-35 @mark-carney.bsky.social @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social @melaniejolycan.bsky.social @liberalca.bsky.social
December 7, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Time to DEFINITELY NOT buy the F-35 @mark-carney.bsky.social @anitaoakvilleeast.bsky.social @melaniejolycan.bsky.social @liberalca.bsky.social
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The real point here is that everything that this regime, the GOP, and all of it's fascist lackeys say are just fear mongering talking points.
Nazis gonna Nazi.
#TheAlliedForces
Nazis gonna Nazi.
#TheAlliedForces
December 6, 2025 at 6:57 AM
The real point here is that everything that this regime, the GOP, and all of it's fascist lackeys say are just fear mongering talking points.
Nazis gonna Nazi.
#TheAlliedForces
Nazis gonna Nazi.
#TheAlliedForces
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I mean, we only have to look back a few years to understand why Farage won’t apologise for his Neo Nazi school days
Nigel Farage given standing ovation at German far-right AfD election rally in 2017
news.sky.com/story/farage...
Nigel Farage given standing ovation at German far-right AfD election rally in 2017
news.sky.com/story/farage...
Nigel Farage given standing ovation at German far-right AfD election rally
The former UKIP leader says the key poll challengers are refusing to discuss Brexit as it is a "huge embarrassment" to the EU.
news.sky.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:14 AM
I mean, we only have to look back a few years to understand why Farage won’t apologise for his Neo Nazi school days
Nigel Farage given standing ovation at German far-right AfD election rally in 2017
news.sky.com/story/farage...
Nigel Farage given standing ovation at German far-right AfD election rally in 2017
news.sky.com/story/farage...
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Oh look. They’ve actually drawn a diagram for all the people stupid enough to need a bloody diagram.
Elon Musk and his Russian friends call for the abolishment of the EU
December 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Oh look. They’ve actually drawn a diagram for all the people stupid enough to need a bloody diagram.