Rich
@richtann.bsky.social
Front end dev, UX enthusiast, LFC fan. Disliker of centrism. He/him
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It is essential to remember that Sensible centrists got everything they wanted in the UK.
The left smashed, their Competent Sensible politicians won by a landslide last year and have a huge majority and the policies they dreamed of implemented.
And the result is endless horror.
The left smashed, their Competent Sensible politicians won by a landslide last year and have a huge majority and the policies they dreamed of implemented.
And the result is endless horror.
December 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
It is essential to remember that Sensible centrists got everything they wanted in the UK.
The left smashed, their Competent Sensible politicians won by a landslide last year and have a huge majority and the policies they dreamed of implemented.
And the result is endless horror.
The left smashed, their Competent Sensible politicians won by a landslide last year and have a huge majority and the policies they dreamed of implemented.
And the result is endless horror.
Maybe this, or maybe @zackpolanski.bsky.social can see "wealth tax" is a slightly more effective story than "equalise capital gains and income tax wooo" idk.
What does the left want? A wealth tax. What will that accomplish? Very little | Aditya Chakrabortty
What does the left want? A wealth tax. What will that accomplish? Very little | Aditya Chakrabortty
Imposing a 1% levy on the super-rich isn’t a policy, it’s pantomime. Tackling inequality in Britain will require much more far-reaching changes, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Maybe this, or maybe @zackpolanski.bsky.social can see "wealth tax" is a slightly more effective story than "equalise capital gains and income tax wooo" idk.
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A good start
Misleading UK adverts for ’very low emission’ wood-burning stoves banned
Misleading UK adverts for ’very low emission’ wood-burning stoves banned
ASA action won approval of clean air campaigners, who said some ‘seriously misleading myths’ had been debunked
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
A good start
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We will fight them on the quiches
October 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
We will fight them on the quiches
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October 27, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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London is proud to host Japan's Grand Sumo Tournament this week - it's fantastic to see the the teams using our cycling infrastructure to get around.
October 15, 2025 at 11:10 AM
London is proud to host Japan's Grand Sumo Tournament this week - it's fantastic to see the the teams using our cycling infrastructure to get around.
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Rattled, much?
A speech about unity, community and cohesion.
About the 99% Vs the 1%.
I'm not surprised the Labour Party didn't quite get that....
Join.greenparty.org.uk
A speech about unity, community and cohesion.
About the 99% Vs the 1%.
I'm not surprised the Labour Party didn't quite get that....
Join.greenparty.org.uk
October 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Rattled, much?
A speech about unity, community and cohesion.
About the 99% Vs the 1%.
I'm not surprised the Labour Party didn't quite get that....
Join.greenparty.org.uk
A speech about unity, community and cohesion.
About the 99% Vs the 1%.
I'm not surprised the Labour Party didn't quite get that....
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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arsenal vs forest? what is this, the vietnam war?
September 13, 2025 at 11:20 AM
arsenal vs forest? what is this, the vietnam war?
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No other party says the basic truth: migration is good for Britain.
The real problem? Inequality, soaring bills, underfunded public services.
That’s driven by the greed of the super rich and the Labour government who serve them - not by migrants.
The real problem? Inequality, soaring bills, underfunded public services.
That’s driven by the greed of the super rich and the Labour government who serve them - not by migrants.
September 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
No other party says the basic truth: migration is good for Britain.
The real problem? Inequality, soaring bills, underfunded public services.
That’s driven by the greed of the super rich and the Labour government who serve them - not by migrants.
The real problem? Inequality, soaring bills, underfunded public services.
That’s driven by the greed of the super rich and the Labour government who serve them - not by migrants.
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This gets progressively funnier with every use of the term "floppy".
![One of Britain’s most senior police officers has launched an angry tirade against Extinction Rebellion protesters going “all floppy” when they get arrested.
Sir Stephen House, the deputy commissioner of the Metropolitan police, said the tactic of going limp was a “flipping nuisance” as it required extra officers to drag protesters away.
House told a London assembly police and crime committee hearing: “We have asked them to stop being floppy. And that might seem like a silly thing to say, but when we arrest them and pick them up, they go all floppy, which is why you see four or five officers carrying them away. It’s a complete waste of officers’ time, and a complete pain in the neck.”
Extinction Rebellion: how successful were the latest protests?
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House also expressed annoyance at how the tactic made the police look heavy-handed. He said: “The problem with them going floppy and four offices carrying them away [is that it] looks to the general public like police are overreacting here. We’re not making them go floppy. They’re just sort of being a nuisance.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7uvcqt45oqlutlrtgx7bpodq/bafkreie7yqxb4cj2t4gxftiqsno5wgk2kczb5vbtj7wh2b2u5sjtqtdrku@jpeg)
September 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
This gets progressively funnier with every use of the term "floppy".
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For thousands of years, we have been parasitised, exploited and destroyed by elites. Our survival depends on overthrowing them.
Fascinating article by @dpcarrington.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fascinating article by @dpcarrington.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse
An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished
www.theguardian.com
August 2, 2025 at 7:17 AM
For thousands of years, we have been parasitised, exploited and destroyed by elites. Our survival depends on overthrowing them.
Fascinating article by @dpcarrington.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fascinating article by @dpcarrington.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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"now shut migrant protest hotel"
the tug-of-war over the lionesses' legacy has already begun
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
the tug-of-war over the lionesses' legacy has already begun
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
‘Proper England’: perfect unity that shows how Lionesses triumphed over the odds | Jonathan Liew
Playing an entire tournament with a fractured tibia is the type of undiluted commitment and individual sacrifice which carried team to glory
www.theguardian.com
July 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM
"now shut migrant protest hotel"
the tug-of-war over the lionesses' legacy has already begun
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
the tug-of-war over the lionesses' legacy has already begun
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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How about providing transport alternatives rather than subsidising fuel costs for people who can pay £800 a month to rent their Land Rovers?
July 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
How about providing transport alternatives rather than subsidising fuel costs for people who can pay £800 a month to rent their Land Rovers?
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This is maddening! For £3,750 the government could buy them a very decent e-bike, capable of replacing the majority of car trips. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Electric cars: Drivers offered up to £3,750 discount
Government will subsidise prices cuts to encourage a shift away from petrol and diesel.
www.bbc.com
July 15, 2025 at 6:46 AM
This is maddening! For £3,750 the government could buy them a very decent e-bike, capable of replacing the majority of car trips. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Yet again, the UK gov chooses to subsidise the least effective way of reaching net zero. Imagine if did this for cargo bikes instead, effectively halving the price of bikes that can replace the majority of these cars - especially 2nd cars - and funding car sharing schemes instead for longer journeys
July 15, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Yet again, the UK gov chooses to subsidise the least effective way of reaching net zero. Imagine if did this for cargo bikes instead, effectively halving the price of bikes that can replace the majority of these cars - especially 2nd cars - and funding car sharing schemes instead for longer journeys
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I’m petrified about today’s science news. Genetically modifying crabs to have cheetah genes? This could go sideways fast.
July 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I’m petrified about today’s science news. Genetically modifying crabs to have cheetah genes? This could go sideways fast.
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NEW: Big study of low-traffic neighbourhoods in London suggest they cut road injuries and deaths by more than a third within their boundaries with no apparent negative safety effect on nearby roads. This feels a *major* boost for proponents of such schemes.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
London’s low-traffic zones ‘cut deaths and injuries by more than a third’
Exclusive: Study also finds no change in number of casualties on roads just outside low-traffic neighbourhoods
www.theguardian.com
July 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
NEW: Big study of low-traffic neighbourhoods in London suggest they cut road injuries and deaths by more than a third within their boundaries with no apparent negative safety effect on nearby roads. This feels a *major* boost for proponents of such schemes.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Raise fuel duty.
Raise fuel duty.
Raise fuel duty.
Raise fuel duty.
Raise fuel duty.
Reeves expected to freeze income tax thresholds to raise funds after welfare U-turn
Reeves expected to freeze income tax thresholds to raise funds after welfare U-turn
Government’s concessions over welfare cuts leave chancellor with a growing hole in her budget
Rachel Reeves is expected to extend a freeze on income tax thresholds to raise fresh funds after the government’s U-turn on welfare cuts left her with a growing budget hole.
The chancellor was already facing pressure to backtrack on pledges not to increase taxes further as she attempted to fix public services and grow the economy while meeting her fiscal rules. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Raise fuel duty.
Raise fuel duty.
Raise fuel duty.
Raise fuel duty.
Raise fuel duty.
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Western leaders call for diplomacy, but they won’t stop this war – they refuse to even name its cause | Nesrine Malik
Western leaders call for diplomacy, but they won’t stop this war – they refuse to even name its cause | Nesrine Malik
The political centre sees the US and Israel’s war on Iran as a crisis to be managed, while the gap between their detached politics and bloody rhetoric widens, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
June 23, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Western leaders call for diplomacy, but they won’t stop this war – they refuse to even name its cause | Nesrine Malik
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🧵In the late-90s I got obsessed with cars. Not Ferraris and Porsches, ALL cars currently in production in Britain. I'd buy What Car magazine and I used to carry around a copy of Parkers guide. I dreamed of presenting Top Gear.
March 29, 2025 at 8:23 AM
🧵In the late-90s I got obsessed with cars. Not Ferraris and Porsches, ALL cars currently in production in Britain. I'd buy What Car magazine and I used to carry around a copy of Parkers guide. I dreamed of presenting Top Gear.
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Use Signal. We promise, no AI clutter, and no surveillance ads, whatever the rest of the industry does. <3
June 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Use Signal. We promise, no AI clutter, and no surveillance ads, whatever the rest of the industry does. <3
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Petrol prices are the lowest they’ve been since *2001*, after adjusting for inflation.
Excess supply and a strong pound have helped. But so too have 14 years of cuts to fuel duty. There’s just one problem: voters don’t seem to have noticed…
@thetimes.com
1/3
Excess supply and a strong pound have helped. But so too have 14 years of cuts to fuel duty. There’s just one problem: voters don’t seem to have noticed…
@thetimes.com
1/3
June 15, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Petrol prices are the lowest they’ve been since *2001*, after adjusting for inflation.
Excess supply and a strong pound have helped. But so too have 14 years of cuts to fuel duty. There’s just one problem: voters don’t seem to have noticed…
@thetimes.com
1/3
Excess supply and a strong pound have helped. But so too have 14 years of cuts to fuel duty. There’s just one problem: voters don’t seem to have noticed…
@thetimes.com
1/3
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Luis Enrique’s greatest moment is still D/M/F (R/L/C)
May 31, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Luis Enrique’s greatest moment is still D/M/F (R/L/C)
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the fundamental disconnect between the manosphere and reality is that they are incapable of understanding that this is - according to every woman I’ve ever met - the sexiest thing a man has ever done
eight years ago today we all watched the glory of zendaya falling madly in love with tom holland and the internet was never the same
May 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
the fundamental disconnect between the manosphere and reality is that they are incapable of understanding that this is - according to every woman I’ve ever met - the sexiest thing a man has ever done