Richard Atkins
@richardatkins.bsky.social
Bemused retiree. Former e-commerce business owner and drummer. Happily married family man with growing left leaning tendencies.
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Samir Zitouni a Muslim Immigrant from Algeria left hospital today, 2 weeks after being the first person to try stop the attack in Huntingdon train attack.
They won't want to talk about this immigrant.
They won't want to talk about this immigrant.
November 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Samir Zitouni a Muslim Immigrant from Algeria left hospital today, 2 weeks after being the first person to try stop the attack in Huntingdon train attack.
They won't want to talk about this immigrant.
They won't want to talk about this immigrant.
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Yes, it is!
What's really happening at the BBC? Is it suffering a far-right attack?
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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November 13, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Yes, it is!
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2008 Thanks to the financial crash on Labour's watch I lost my job in animation.
2010 I lost my "temp job" at Camden PCT when the coalition scrapped PCTs.
2013 I lost my admin job at a GP practice when GP funding is frozen by the coalition.
2025 Now I face redundancy thanks to Wes Streeting.
2010 I lost my "temp job" at Camden PCT when the coalition scrapped PCTs.
2013 I lost my admin job at a GP practice when GP funding is frozen by the coalition.
2025 Now I face redundancy thanks to Wes Streeting.
November 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
2008 Thanks to the financial crash on Labour's watch I lost my job in animation.
2010 I lost my "temp job" at Camden PCT when the coalition scrapped PCTs.
2013 I lost my admin job at a GP practice when GP funding is frozen by the coalition.
2025 Now I face redundancy thanks to Wes Streeting.
2010 I lost my "temp job" at Camden PCT when the coalition scrapped PCTs.
2013 I lost my admin job at a GP practice when GP funding is frozen by the coalition.
2025 Now I face redundancy thanks to Wes Streeting.
The edit made by the BBC of Trump’s speech prior to the Capitol riot did not materially make any difference. Trump did incite the incident.
November 10, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The edit made by the BBC of Trump’s speech prior to the Capitol riot did not materially make any difference. Trump did incite the incident.
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They now see a green surge headed by @zackpolanski.bsky.social that's going to make them redundant .
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 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
They now see a green surge headed by @zackpolanski.bsky.social that's going to make them redundant .
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The party who claim to be patriots literally had a Reform leadership member caught red handed taking bribes from Russia.
This article details the speeches Nathan Gill gave that he was paid to give.
How are Reform getting away with this?
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
This article details the speeches Nathan Gill gave that he was paid to give.
How are Reform getting away with this?
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Reform UK, the Russian spy and rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill
How did a former Mormon bishop end up pleading guilty to taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia in the European parliament?
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The party who claim to be patriots literally had a Reform leadership member caught red handed taking bribes from Russia.
This article details the speeches Nathan Gill gave that he was paid to give.
How are Reform getting away with this?
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
This article details the speeches Nathan Gill gave that he was paid to give.
How are Reform getting away with this?
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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Nigel Farage to promise business deregulation.
Translation - Human, employment, consumer, environmental rights will be thrashed. Real wage cuts. Corporate abuses, profiteering unchecked.
Pledge to cut govt spending - cut pensions/benefits. impose austerity. Don't be old, poor, sick, disabled.
Translation - Human, employment, consumer, environmental rights will be thrashed. Real wage cuts. Corporate abuses, profiteering unchecked.
Pledge to cut govt spending - cut pensions/benefits. impose austerity. Don't be old, poor, sick, disabled.
Nigel Farage to promise business deregulation in economic policy speech
Reform UK leader to set out ‘pro-entrepreneurship’ agenda while rowing back on tax cuts pledge
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Nigel Farage to promise business deregulation.
Translation - Human, employment, consumer, environmental rights will be thrashed. Real wage cuts. Corporate abuses, profiteering unchecked.
Pledge to cut govt spending - cut pensions/benefits. impose austerity. Don't be old, poor, sick, disabled.
Translation - Human, employment, consumer, environmental rights will be thrashed. Real wage cuts. Corporate abuses, profiteering unchecked.
Pledge to cut govt spending - cut pensions/benefits. impose austerity. Don't be old, poor, sick, disabled.
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Stop
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Stop… bloody well STOP the slaughter!!!
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Stop… bloody well STOP the slaughter!!!
The resumption of genocide (it never stopped) gets third billing on the BBC home page because it's 'an ally' doing the killing...
www.bbc.co.uk/news
www.bbc.co.uk/news
Home - BBC News
Visit BBC News for up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. BBC News provides trusted World and UK news as well as local and regional perspectives. Also entertainment, b...
www.bbc.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Stop
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Stop… bloody well STOP the slaughter!!!
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Stop… bloody well STOP the slaughter!!!
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In the NHS, staffing levels are unsafe and workers regularly face aggression.
As UNISON’s General Secretary, I will fight for all healthcare workers.
Voting opens today. Make sure to check your post for your ballot.
As UNISON’s General Secretary, I will fight for all healthcare workers.
Voting opens today. Make sure to check your post for your ballot.
October 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
In the NHS, staffing levels are unsafe and workers regularly face aggression.
As UNISON’s General Secretary, I will fight for all healthcare workers.
Voting opens today. Make sure to check your post for your ballot.
As UNISON’s General Secretary, I will fight for all healthcare workers.
Voting opens today. Make sure to check your post for your ballot.
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So let's just stand back for a moment and consider what the facts are here. Politicians still pretend that tax funds public spending in the UK. It doesn't, and they still pretend that we must balance the books of the government, and we don't need to.
October 28, 2025 at 9:15 AM
So let's just stand back for a moment and consider what the facts are here. Politicians still pretend that tax funds public spending in the UK. It doesn't, and they still pretend that we must balance the books of the government, and we don't need to.
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the idle wealthy hoarding cash and assets that do nothing for growth, do need to pay more tax so that their wealth can be redistributed to those who will spend it. But that's it. That's the only tax increase that we need.
October 28, 2025 at 9:14 AM
the idle wealthy hoarding cash and assets that do nothing for growth, do need to pay more tax so that their wealth can be redistributed to those who will spend it. But that's it. That's the only tax increase that we need.
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Private rent in UK now swallows 44% of the average wage.
Monthly cost jumps to record £1,385 outside London, £2,736 in the capital.
Lack of social and affordable housing, no rent controls, as govts appease corporations and the rich.
Profiteering creating poverty/despair, stifling economic growth.
Monthly cost jumps to record £1,385 outside London, £2,736 in the capital.
Lack of social and affordable housing, no rent controls, as govts appease corporations and the rich.
Profiteering creating poverty/despair, stifling economic growth.
Private rent in Britain now swallows 44% of the average wage
Monthly cost jumps to record £1,385 outside London, and £2,736 in the capital, with hotspots showing hefty rises
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Private rent in UK now swallows 44% of the average wage.
Monthly cost jumps to record £1,385 outside London, £2,736 in the capital.
Lack of social and affordable housing, no rent controls, as govts appease corporations and the rich.
Profiteering creating poverty/despair, stifling economic growth.
Monthly cost jumps to record £1,385 outside London, £2,736 in the capital.
Lack of social and affordable housing, no rent controls, as govts appease corporations and the rich.
Profiteering creating poverty/despair, stifling economic growth.
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Reform member and failed candidate Andy Dawber appears to have thought Caerphilly was in the bag. Oops!
October 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Reform member and failed candidate Andy Dawber appears to have thought Caerphilly was in the bag. Oops!
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October 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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Israeli settler mobs attacked Palestinian farmers in Al-Nazla Al-Sharqiya, north of Tulkarm, stealing their harvested olives and detaining them for hours by force, another act of settler violence against Palestinian farmers during the olive harvest season.
October 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Israeli settler mobs attacked Palestinian farmers in Al-Nazla Al-Sharqiya, north of Tulkarm, stealing their harvested olives and detaining them for hours by force, another act of settler violence against Palestinian farmers during the olive harvest season.
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Tory MP Katie Lam demands that legally settled families be deported.
Barely concealed racism as Tories copy Reform. What next - special badges and camps for minorities.
A line in political discourse has been crossed.
Will the next road to Auschwitz and Treblinka go through Clacton?
Barely concealed racism as Tories copy Reform. What next - special badges and camps for minorities.
A line in political discourse has been crossed.
Will the next road to Auschwitz and Treblinka go through Clacton?
Tory MP criticised after demanding legally settled families be deported
Katie Lam said move would make UK ‘culturally coherent’ and that a large number of people ‘need to go home’
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Tory MP Katie Lam demands that legally settled families be deported.
Barely concealed racism as Tories copy Reform. What next - special badges and camps for minorities.
A line in political discourse has been crossed.
Will the next road to Auschwitz and Treblinka go through Clacton?
Barely concealed racism as Tories copy Reform. What next - special badges and camps for minorities.
A line in political discourse has been crossed.
Will the next road to Auschwitz and Treblinka go through Clacton?
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The two Israelis killed today were killed when their bulldozer hit an unexploded bomb, which had been dropped by Israel.
The only side that killed, 44 people today, was Israel.
Please RT to get the message out, over all of the lies.
The only side that killed, 44 people today, was Israel.
Please RT to get the message out, over all of the lies.
October 19, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The two Israelis killed today were killed when their bulldozer hit an unexploded bomb, which had been dropped by Israel.
The only side that killed, 44 people today, was Israel.
Please RT to get the message out, over all of the lies.
The only side that killed, 44 people today, was Israel.
Please RT to get the message out, over all of the lies.
@marcusbrig.bsky.social really enjoyed your gig in Cranleigh on Friday. I feel you overstated the neurodiversity issue and in my experience..……. is that a squirrel?
October 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
@marcusbrig.bsky.social really enjoyed your gig in Cranleigh on Friday. I feel you overstated the neurodiversity issue and in my experience..……. is that a squirrel?
“AI IS THE BIGGEST THREAT TO MEN. IT’LL TALK ON ANY GIVEN SUBJECT WITHOUT KNOWING WHETHER THE INFORMATION IS TRUE OR WHERE THE INFORMATION HAS COME FROM. IF IT LEARNS TO LEAN ON A BAR AND INTERRUPT WOMEN, IT’S OVER FOR US.”
Marcus Brigstocke
Marcus Brigstocke
October 18, 2025 at 9:16 AM
“AI IS THE BIGGEST THREAT TO MEN. IT’LL TALK ON ANY GIVEN SUBJECT WITHOUT KNOWING WHETHER THE INFORMATION IS TRUE OR WHERE THE INFORMATION HAS COME FROM. IF IT LEARNS TO LEAN ON A BAR AND INTERRUPT WOMEN, IT’S OVER FOR US.”
Marcus Brigstocke
Marcus Brigstocke
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"No-one is a bigger t*t than him": Zack Polanski hits back at Richard Tice with a zinger
The personal attacks have started coming for Zack Polanski - but the Green Party leader seems to have a few of his own lined up.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/zac...
The personal attacks have started coming for Zack Polanski - but the Green Party leader seems to have a few of his own lined up.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/zac...
'No-one is a bigger t*t than him': Zack Polanski hits back at Richard Tice with a zinger
The personal attacks have started coming for Zack Polanski - but the Green Party leader seems to have a few of his own lined up.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
October 13, 2025 at 9:18 PM
"No-one is a bigger t*t than him": Zack Polanski hits back at Richard Tice with a zinger
The personal attacks have started coming for Zack Polanski - but the Green Party leader seems to have a few of his own lined up.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/zac...
The personal attacks have started coming for Zack Polanski - but the Green Party leader seems to have a few of his own lined up.
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/zac...
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"My children were killed,"
This was the reaction of a freed detainee from the Gaza Strip after he was told that his wife and children had been killed in an Israeli strike on the Gaza Strip. After a long wait, he came out and found that none of his family were there to meet him.
This was the reaction of a freed detainee from the Gaza Strip after he was told that his wife and children had been killed in an Israeli strike on the Gaza Strip. After a long wait, he came out and found that none of his family were there to meet him.
October 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
"My children were killed,"
This was the reaction of a freed detainee from the Gaza Strip after he was told that his wife and children had been killed in an Israeli strike on the Gaza Strip. After a long wait, he came out and found that none of his family were there to meet him.
This was the reaction of a freed detainee from the Gaza Strip after he was told that his wife and children had been killed in an Israeli strike on the Gaza Strip. After a long wait, he came out and found that none of his family were there to meet him.
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Most media are glossing over Israel soon releasing 1,700 Palestinians it abducted and held without charge--in other words, hostages they kidnapped. And they're not releasing all of them.
Double Standard for Israeli and Palestinian Hostages
Most media are glossing over Israel soon releasing 1,700 Palestinians it abducted and held without charge--in other words, hostages they kidnapped. And they're not releasing all of them.
mitchellplitnick.substack.com
October 12, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Most media are glossing over Israel soon releasing 1,700 Palestinians it abducted and held without charge--in other words, hostages they kidnapped. And they're not releasing all of them.
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I’m going to ask you a very simple question. Please think about your response before asking:
Why do you work?
Why do you work?
October 11, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I’m going to ask you a very simple question. Please think about your response before asking:
Why do you work?
Why do you work?