Red Dave
@reddave63.bsky.social
Born again cynic with a healthy dose of sarcasm. More like Kier Hardie than Kier Starmer.
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"Why is anti-semitism tolerated in the UK?" asks Suella Braverman, shortly before defending man accused of saying "Hitler was right" and telling Jewish people they should be sent to the gas chamber
December 4, 2025 at 9:06 AM
"Why is anti-semitism tolerated in the UK?" asks Suella Braverman, shortly before defending man accused of saying "Hitler was right" and telling Jewish people they should be sent to the gas chamber
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“UK Government racks up £100m bill responding to Covid inquiry”
- by contrast,
Australian “Robo-debt” Royal Commission took under a year to produce devastating findings, refer 7 top officials to police and auditors, & force federal govt to reply $1.4 bn. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- by contrast,
Australian “Robo-debt” Royal Commission took under a year to produce devastating findings, refer 7 top officials to police and auditors, & force federal govt to reply $1.4 bn. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Government racks up £100m bill responding to Covid inquiry
BBC analysis shows cost to taxpayer is 50% higher than thought, with inquiry's own costs at £192m.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 10:46 AM
“UK Government racks up £100m bill responding to Covid inquiry”
- by contrast,
Australian “Robo-debt” Royal Commission took under a year to produce devastating findings, refer 7 top officials to police and auditors, & force federal govt to reply $1.4 bn. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- by contrast,
Australian “Robo-debt” Royal Commission took under a year to produce devastating findings, refer 7 top officials to police and auditors, & force federal govt to reply $1.4 bn. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Nigel Farage’s Legacy — Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’
The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)… confirms the Treasury’s 2016 analysis, claiming a relative fall in GDP of between 6% and 8%.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/opinion/brex...
The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)… confirms the Treasury’s 2016 analysis, claiming a relative fall in GDP of between 6% and 8%.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/opinion/brex...
Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’
The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Nigel Farage’s Legacy — Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’
The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)… confirms the Treasury’s 2016 analysis, claiming a relative fall in GDP of between 6% and 8%.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/opinion/brex...
The National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)… confirms the Treasury’s 2016 analysis, claiming a relative fall in GDP of between 6% and 8%.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/opinion/brex...
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The plot thickens ...
meme via Sandy Mount
meme via Sandy Mount
December 2, 2025 at 9:33 AM
The plot thickens ...
meme via Sandy Mount
meme via Sandy Mount
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UK budget Effects:
Economy to grow by 1.5% this year, down from 1.9%.
Productivity to rise by 1%, down from 1.3%.
Disposable income could rise by 0.5% a year.
Can't get economic growth when 24m people can't attain minimum living standard.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined.
Economy to grow by 1.5% this year, down from 1.9%.
Productivity to rise by 1%, down from 1.3%.
Disposable income could rise by 0.5% a year.
Can't get economic growth when 24m people can't attain minimum living standard.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined.
The government’s budget is simply managing decline
The budget does little to improve living standards or facilitate sustained economic growth
leftfootforward.org
December 2, 2025 at 9:33 AM
UK budget Effects:
Economy to grow by 1.5% this year, down from 1.9%.
Productivity to rise by 1%, down from 1.3%.
Disposable income could rise by 0.5% a year.
Can't get economic growth when 24m people can't attain minimum living standard.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined.
Economy to grow by 1.5% this year, down from 1.9%.
Productivity to rise by 1%, down from 1.3%.
Disposable income could rise by 0.5% a year.
Can't get economic growth when 24m people can't attain minimum living standard.
1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined.
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I often speak at schools for their politics events and even at GCSE level you wouldn’t encounter something this dumb. It’s embarrassing that she’s in parliament at all, let alone leading a party.
Zarah Sultana apparently wants to nationalise the entire economy including the Internet.
December 2, 2025 at 8:26 AM
I often speak at schools for their politics events and even at GCSE level you wouldn’t encounter something this dumb. It’s embarrassing that she’s in parliament at all, let alone leading a party.
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Juries are one of our most important safeguards against authoritarianism.
There is an emergency in our courts which needs tackling – but addressing that doesn’t require ripping up rights.
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec/02/david-lammy-proposals-jury-trials
There is an emergency in our courts which needs tackling – but addressing that doesn’t require ripping up rights.
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec/02/david-lammy-proposals-jury-trials
David Lammy expected to water down plans to scrap most jury trials
Justice secretary suggests he will stick to Leveson’s recommended three-year sentence threshold, after ‘cabinet feedback’
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Juries are one of our most important safeguards against authoritarianism.
There is an emergency in our courts which needs tackling – but addressing that doesn’t require ripping up rights.
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec/02/david-lammy-proposals-jury-trials
There is an emergency in our courts which needs tackling – but addressing that doesn’t require ripping up rights.
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec/02/david-lammy-proposals-jury-trials
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Billionaire wealth keeps piling up. Everyone else is left with less and less.
With this mountain of pasta, I show why we need to tax the Billionaires.
With this mountain of pasta, I show why we need to tax the Billionaires.
December 1, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Billionaire wealth keeps piling up. Everyone else is left with less and less.
With this mountain of pasta, I show why we need to tax the Billionaires.
With this mountain of pasta, I show why we need to tax the Billionaires.
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Reform’s former leader in Wales Nathan Gill has been jailed for 10 years after accepting pro-Russia bribes of tens of thousands of pounds.
Reform spokespeople previously suggested their leaders didn't really know Gill.
Despite all these pictures of him with Nigel Farage.
Reform spokespeople previously suggested their leaders didn't really know Gill.
Despite all these pictures of him with Nigel Farage.
November 21, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Reform’s former leader in Wales Nathan Gill has been jailed for 10 years after accepting pro-Russia bribes of tens of thousands of pounds.
Reform spokespeople previously suggested their leaders didn't really know Gill.
Despite all these pictures of him with Nigel Farage.
Reform spokespeople previously suggested their leaders didn't really know Gill.
Despite all these pictures of him with Nigel Farage.
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Theirs is not to reason why;
Theirs but to do and buy
Ode to capitalism
Theirs but to do and buy
Ode to capitalism
December 2, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Theirs is not to reason why;
Theirs but to do and buy
Ode to capitalism
Theirs but to do and buy
Ode to capitalism
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Opinion | Trump denies there was a 'kill everybody' order. But he's never looked more deranged
The US President's actions are making less and less sense, even to many of his most loyal supporters
🖋 Andrew Buncombe
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The US President's actions are making less and less sense, even to many of his most loyal supporters
🖋 Andrew Buncombe
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December 2, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Opinion | Trump denies there was a 'kill everybody' order. But he's never looked more deranged
The US President's actions are making less and less sense, even to many of his most loyal supporters
🖋 Andrew Buncombe
trib.al/0WLmcdH
The US President's actions are making less and less sense, even to many of his most loyal supporters
🖋 Andrew Buncombe
trib.al/0WLmcdH
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BOE Cuts Banks’ Benchmark Capital Requirements.
Just as the AI bubble readies to burst, and shadow banking is running amok.
Lower buffers will reduce bank ability to absorb shocks.
Guess who will bail out banks? We haven't recovered from the last crash.
archive.ph/ivAJV
Just as the AI bubble readies to burst, and shadow banking is running amok.
Lower buffers will reduce bank ability to absorb shocks.
Guess who will bail out banks? We haven't recovered from the last crash.
archive.ph/ivAJV
BOE Cuts Banks’ Benchmark Capital Requirements Ahead of Review
The Bank of England has cut its estimate of how much capital the UK’s banking sector needs for the first time in a decade, and signaled a consultation that could free up extra lending and higher payou...
www.bloomberg.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:14 AM
BOE Cuts Banks’ Benchmark Capital Requirements.
Just as the AI bubble readies to burst, and shadow banking is running amok.
Lower buffers will reduce bank ability to absorb shocks.
Guess who will bail out banks? We haven't recovered from the last crash.
archive.ph/ivAJV
Just as the AI bubble readies to burst, and shadow banking is running amok.
Lower buffers will reduce bank ability to absorb shocks.
Guess who will bail out banks? We haven't recovered from the last crash.
archive.ph/ivAJV
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𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗦𝗔 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝘅 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴.
𝑾𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆
𝑾𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆
December 2, 2025 at 8:02 AM
𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗦𝗔 𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘆𝗲𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝘅 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴.
𝑾𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆
𝑾𝒂𝒕𝒄𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆
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People living along polluted Thames file legal complaint to force water firm to act.
Sewage dumping creating health hazards, bills soar, profits multiply.
Possible buyers want no penalties for dumping until after 2040.
Crisis deepened by govt refusal to nationalise, end profit motive.
Sewage dumping creating health hazards, bills soar, profits multiply.
Possible buyers want no penalties for dumping until after 2040.
Crisis deepened by govt refusal to nationalise, end profit motive.
People living along polluted Thames file legal complaint to force water firm to act
Residents claim raw sewage and poorly treated effluent as result of Thames Water’s failings are threat to health
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:44 AM
People living along polluted Thames file legal complaint to force water firm to act.
Sewage dumping creating health hazards, bills soar, profits multiply.
Possible buyers want no penalties for dumping until after 2040.
Crisis deepened by govt refusal to nationalise, end profit motive.
Sewage dumping creating health hazards, bills soar, profits multiply.
Possible buyers want no penalties for dumping until after 2040.
Crisis deepened by govt refusal to nationalise, end profit motive.
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Btw where are the Epstein files?
December 1, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Btw where are the Epstein files?
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“Okay, I know what vinyl is, and a record player – but what’s a shop?”
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
December 2, 2025 at 9:57 AM
“Okay, I know what vinyl is, and a record player – but what’s a shop?”
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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Cutting benefits doesn't 'incentivise work'. But it does penalise and humiliate people on benefits, and that's the real point.
December 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Cutting benefits doesn't 'incentivise work'. But it does penalise and humiliate people on benefits, and that's the real point.
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The only meaningful definition of 'making working pay' is increasing the minimum wage. Cutting benefits is just cutting benefits.
December 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The only meaningful definition of 'making working pay' is increasing the minimum wage. Cutting benefits is just cutting benefits.
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Support for Reform NOSEDIVES across several major polls www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/vot...
Support for Reform NOSEDIVES across several major polls
Blimey, this should set some alarm bells ringing. After a rough few weeks, Reform now find their advantage in the polls slipping.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Support for Reform NOSEDIVES across several major polls www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/vot...
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The absolute state of the BBC news just now - which seems determined to drag the government down over the budget.
Where was all this attention to minute detail and concern for absolute accuracy when the Tories were lying their way through their chaotic reign for 14 years? It's frankly absurd.
Where was all this attention to minute detail and concern for absolute accuracy when the Tories were lying their way through their chaotic reign for 14 years? It's frankly absurd.
For all the focus on its supposed “left wing bias”, the BBC’s heavy coverage of Rachel Reeves Budget "lies" shows how its political coverage is still largely led by the right-wing press
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/01/r...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/01/r...
Rachel Reeves and the Daily Mailification of the BBC
For all the focus on its supposed "left wing bias", the BBC's heavy coverage of Conservative allegations of dishonesty against Rachel Reeves shows how its political coverage is still largely led by th...
bylinetimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The absolute state of the BBC news just now - which seems determined to drag the government down over the budget.
Where was all this attention to minute detail and concern for absolute accuracy when the Tories were lying their way through their chaotic reign for 14 years? It's frankly absurd.
Where was all this attention to minute detail and concern for absolute accuracy when the Tories were lying their way through their chaotic reign for 14 years? It's frankly absurd.
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Latest Open Access release in the Collected Writings on Jeremy Bentham issued by @uclpress.bsky.social
for the Bentham Project
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for the Bentham Project
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Essays on Logic, Ethics, and Universal Grammar
This new volume of Bentham’s philosophical writings deals with his most fundamental ideas concerning logic, language, ethics, and grammar. It includes four major essays written between 1814 and 1816, ...
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December 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Latest Open Access release in the Collected Writings on Jeremy Bentham issued by @uclpress.bsky.social
for the Bentham Project
@transcribe-bentham.bsky.social
uclpress.co.uk/book/essays-...
for the Bentham Project
@transcribe-bentham.bsky.social
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I am consistently amazed the Building Safety Regulator isn’t a much bigger story. It’s brought house building in London to a total halt, but it’s also brought cladding remedy works to a halt, too. Which is costing leaseholders FORTUNES, halting sales, and leaving people living in unsafe buildings.
... at the Building Safety Regulator - which has lead to 9 month delays at this stage alone:
www.building.co.uk/news/nine-mo...
www.building.co.uk/news/nine-mo...
Nine month wait to get building safety sign-off for new builds, regulator admits
When new regulations were introduced 18 months, planned target was to get decisions made with 12 weeks
www.building.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 9:28 AM
I am consistently amazed the Building Safety Regulator isn’t a much bigger story. It’s brought house building in London to a total halt, but it’s also brought cladding remedy works to a halt, too. Which is costing leaseholders FORTUNES, halting sales, and leaving people living in unsafe buildings.
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Can't believe there weren't budget lines called "woke nonsense" and "free stuff for scary immigrants" they could cut to fully fund the rest of government.
Reform UK went into Durham Council promising to find huge savings. They have managed to GROW the authority's deficit by over £11m *in the last two months*.
Grimes recommends “serious consideration” to increasing council tax “by the maximum 5%.” ~AA
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
Grimes recommends “serious consideration” to increasing council tax “by the maximum 5%.” ~AA
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
Reform cabinet backs £10mn cuts to start filling Durham’s growing black hole
Reform is now learning that running a big council is not as easy as it probably thought
northeastbylines.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Can't believe there weren't budget lines called "woke nonsense" and "free stuff for scary immigrants" they could cut to fully fund the rest of government.
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David Davis said there wouldn't be a single downside to Brexit.
Yorkshire Bylines recorded >2,000 of them from 2021-4.
Yorkshire Bylines recorded >2,000 of them from 2021-4.
The Davis Downside Dossier
David Davis famously said there would be no downsides to Brexit only considerable upsides - so we started recording them.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 10:26 AM
David Davis said there wouldn't be a single downside to Brexit.
Yorkshire Bylines recorded >2,000 of them from 2021-4.
Yorkshire Bylines recorded >2,000 of them from 2021-4.