Susan Friel
@susanfriel.bsky.social
(UK) Retired NHS Nurse Director. Loving life. Left leaning Scot, politics junky - Labour supporter. Love a laugh 😄
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‘Of course he abused pupils’: ex-Dulwich teacher speaks out about Farage racism claims
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‘Of course he abused pupils’: ex-Dulwich teacher speaks out about Farage racism claims
Exclusive: Chloë Deakin tells how she wrote to Dulwich college master to argue against Farage’s nomination as prefect
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January 3, 2026 at 7:40 PM
‘Of course he abused pupils’: ex-Dulwich teacher speaks out about Farage racism claims
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A contempt of court investigation after publicly declaring someone guilty before trial:
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Warwickshire Police respond to George Finch's 'rape cover-up' claim
The Chief Constable says he has asked the Home Office to confirm the men's immigration status.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 7:30 PM
A contempt of court investigation after publicly declaring someone guilty before trial:
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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George Finch, Reform UK Leader of Warwickshire Council.
He was elected leader after the previous Reform UK leader quit after just 41 days, and squeezed in as winner after a split vote.
Here’s his achievements:
He was elected leader after the previous Reform UK leader quit after just 41 days, and squeezed in as winner after a split vote.
Here’s his achievements:
January 3, 2026 at 7:30 PM
George Finch, Reform UK Leader of Warwickshire Council.
He was elected leader after the previous Reform UK leader quit after just 41 days, and squeezed in as winner after a split vote.
Here’s his achievements:
He was elected leader after the previous Reform UK leader quit after just 41 days, and squeezed in as winner after a split vote.
Here’s his achievements:
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https://nation.cymru/opinion/farages-latest-response-to-allegations-of-racism-paints-an-ugly-picture/
t.co
January 3, 2026 at 7:34 PM
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Breaking: Reform are considering shutting down the OBR after having discussions with Liz Truss.
Remember how that went? More chaos. More austerity. More debt. Recession.
Tories and Reform are the same (Reform is just the worst of the tories)
Remember how that went? More chaos. More austerity. More debt. Recession.
Tories and Reform are the same (Reform is just the worst of the tories)
January 3, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Breaking: Reform are considering shutting down the OBR after having discussions with Liz Truss.
Remember how that went? More chaos. More austerity. More debt. Recession.
Tories and Reform are the same (Reform is just the worst of the tories)
Remember how that went? More chaos. More austerity. More debt. Recession.
Tories and Reform are the same (Reform is just the worst of the tories)
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Reform UK won’t say ‘private’ when talking about the NHS. Richard Tice is calling it ‘independent’:
"Instead of giving £26bn to the already bloated wasteful NHS, we proposed easing pressure on the health service by incentivising those who can afford to pay more to go independent with a tax break."
"Instead of giving £26bn to the already bloated wasteful NHS, we proposed easing pressure on the health service by incentivising those who can afford to pay more to go independent with a tax break."
January 3, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Reform UK won’t say ‘private’ when talking about the NHS. Richard Tice is calling it ‘independent’:
"Instead of giving £26bn to the already bloated wasteful NHS, we proposed easing pressure on the health service by incentivising those who can afford to pay more to go independent with a tax break."
"Instead of giving £26bn to the already bloated wasteful NHS, we proposed easing pressure on the health service by incentivising those who can afford to pay more to go independent with a tax break."
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Just what did the Labour government do in 2025?
Well here we look at over 2700 things they did do last year in Parliament.
From 865 written statements to 174 ministerial statements in the Commons
And 103 debates of Government bills in the Commons to 32 Government bills gained Royal Assent.
Well here we look at over 2700 things they did do last year in Parliament.
From 865 written statements to 174 ministerial statements in the Commons
And 103 debates of Government bills in the Commons to 32 Government bills gained Royal Assent.
Just what did the Labour government do in 2025?
A review of UK Government Business in Parliament in 2025
open.substack.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Just what did the Labour government do in 2025?
Well here we look at over 2700 things they did do last year in Parliament.
From 865 written statements to 174 ministerial statements in the Commons
And 103 debates of Government bills in the Commons to 32 Government bills gained Royal Assent.
Well here we look at over 2700 things they did do last year in Parliament.
From 865 written statements to 174 ministerial statements in the Commons
And 103 debates of Government bills in the Commons to 32 Government bills gained Royal Assent.
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Might I add, they are not all the same. Grow up.
January 3, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Might I add, they are not all the same. Grow up.
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Goodness what a day for good economic news. 1/5th more first time buyers last year than 2024. S&P say manufacturing up again in December. The FTSE passed 10,000 today.
Applause for Rachel Reeves.
Applause for Rachel Reeves.
January 2, 2026 at 8:09 PM
Goodness what a day for good economic news. 1/5th more first time buyers last year than 2024. S&P say manufacturing up again in December. The FTSE passed 10,000 today.
Applause for Rachel Reeves.
Applause for Rachel Reeves.
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Man who had national riots named after him says he’ll restore law & order in London as Tabloid Telegraph perpetuates right wing narrative
Figs from City Hall compared 12 months ending in Aug 2025 with previous 12, showed 9,000 fewer crimes resulting in injury across London - a drop of nearly 12%❗️🤷🏼♂️
Figs from City Hall compared 12 months ending in Aug 2025 with previous 12, showed 9,000 fewer crimes resulting in injury across London - a drop of nearly 12%❗️🤷🏼♂️
Farage promises to restore law and order to London
Reform leader says party campaign will also focus on cost of living and mass migration ahead of May local elections
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 2, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Man who had national riots named after him says he’ll restore law & order in London as Tabloid Telegraph perpetuates right wing narrative
Figs from City Hall compared 12 months ending in Aug 2025 with previous 12, showed 9,000 fewer crimes resulting in injury across London - a drop of nearly 12%❗️🤷🏼♂️
Figs from City Hall compared 12 months ending in Aug 2025 with previous 12, showed 9,000 fewer crimes resulting in injury across London - a drop of nearly 12%❗️🤷🏼♂️
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Is it patriotic to regularly talk down your country and your Capital City, shouldn’t Farage highlight all the positives as a sitting MP..
Yes of course he should, I would, you would, but he’s not a patriot l, he’s a malignant narcissist eating away at UK from the inside out❗️
Yes of course he should, I would, you would, but he’s not a patriot l, he’s a malignant narcissist eating away at UK from the inside out❗️
Man who had national riots named after him says he’ll restore law & order in London as Tabloid Telegraph perpetuates right wing narrative
Figs from City Hall compared 12 months ending in Aug 2025 with previous 12, showed 9,000 fewer crimes resulting in injury across London - a drop of nearly 12%❗️🤷🏼♂️
Figs from City Hall compared 12 months ending in Aug 2025 with previous 12, showed 9,000 fewer crimes resulting in injury across London - a drop of nearly 12%❗️🤷🏼♂️
Farage promises to restore law and order to London
Reform leader says party campaign will also focus on cost of living and mass migration ahead of May local elections
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 2, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Is it patriotic to regularly talk down your country and your Capital City, shouldn’t Farage highlight all the positives as a sitting MP..
Yes of course he should, I would, you would, but he’s not a patriot l, he’s a malignant narcissist eating away at UK from the inside out❗️
Yes of course he should, I would, you would, but he’s not a patriot l, he’s a malignant narcissist eating away at UK from the inside out❗️
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Reform UK won’t say ‘private’ when talking about healthcare. Richard Tice uses ‘independent’:
"Instead of giving £26bn to the already bloated wasteful NHS, we proposed easing pressure on the health service by incentivising those who can afford to pay more to go independent with a tax break."
"Instead of giving £26bn to the already bloated wasteful NHS, we proposed easing pressure on the health service by incentivising those who can afford to pay more to go independent with a tax break."
January 3, 2026 at 6:34 AM
Reform UK won’t say ‘private’ when talking about healthcare. Richard Tice uses ‘independent’:
"Instead of giving £26bn to the already bloated wasteful NHS, we proposed easing pressure on the health service by incentivising those who can afford to pay more to go independent with a tax break."
"Instead of giving £26bn to the already bloated wasteful NHS, we proposed easing pressure on the health service by incentivising those who can afford to pay more to go independent with a tax break."
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The Express is today whining about 'dirty tricks' being used to attack Farage / Refuk, whilst at the same time publishing badly researched junk from a Refukker-linked so-called think tank, as part of their relentless dirty tricks campaign against Labour.
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January 2, 2026 at 11:03 AM
The Express is today whining about 'dirty tricks' being used to attack Farage / Refuk, whilst at the same time publishing badly researched junk from a Refukker-linked so-called think tank, as part of their relentless dirty tricks campaign against Labour.
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The milestone marks a stellar 12 months for the “Footsie”, which rose by 21.5% over the course of 2025.
January 2, 2026 at 9:33 AM
The milestone marks a stellar 12 months for the “Footsie”, which rose by 21.5% over the course of 2025.
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THIS is a wealth tax,direct and collectible with no delays.
Polanski’s wealth tax wouldn’t give you this,oh no but he won’t tell you this.
Sounds good shouting ’wealth tax’ but shit when he can’t explain how.
THIS is a wealth tax in action and how it should be done.
Polanski do one.
Polanski’s wealth tax wouldn’t give you this,oh no but he won’t tell you this.
Sounds good shouting ’wealth tax’ but shit when he can’t explain how.
THIS is a wealth tax in action and how it should be done.
Polanski do one.
Seems VAT on private school fees delivers £1.4bn considerably more than estimated. IPaper reports today. That’s great news. Thanks Rachel. More money for the 93% of kids attending State Schools.
January 2, 2026 at 12:43 PM
THIS is a wealth tax,direct and collectible with no delays.
Polanski’s wealth tax wouldn’t give you this,oh no but he won’t tell you this.
Sounds good shouting ’wealth tax’ but shit when he can’t explain how.
THIS is a wealth tax in action and how it should be done.
Polanski do one.
Polanski’s wealth tax wouldn’t give you this,oh no but he won’t tell you this.
Sounds good shouting ’wealth tax’ but shit when he can’t explain how.
THIS is a wealth tax in action and how it should be done.
Polanski do one.
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The first List of Labour’s achievements and pledges for 2026. This is the year it all comes together and Britain starts to feel better.
Well done Keir and Rachel. 👏👏
Well done Keir and Rachel. 👏👏
January 2, 2026 at 7:02 AM
The first List of Labour’s achievements and pledges for 2026. This is the year it all comes together and Britain starts to feel better.
Well done Keir and Rachel. 👏👏
Well done Keir and Rachel. 👏👏
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Start as you mean to go on.
The first List of Labour’s achievements and pledges for 2026. This is the year it all comes together and Britain starts to feel better.
Well done Keir and Rachel. 👏👏
Well done Keir and Rachel. 👏👏
January 2, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Start as you mean to go on.
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Water and waste have never been part of business rates.
A music licence is paid to a non-govt organisation.
Outside seating is paid to local govt.
None of these things are anything to do with Rachel Reeves.
A music licence is paid to a non-govt organisation.
Outside seating is paid to local govt.
None of these things are anything to do with Rachel Reeves.
January 2, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Water and waste have never been part of business rates.
A music licence is paid to a non-govt organisation.
Outside seating is paid to local govt.
None of these things are anything to do with Rachel Reeves.
A music licence is paid to a non-govt organisation.
Outside seating is paid to local govt.
None of these things are anything to do with Rachel Reeves.
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Not true though is it, running small businesses is always difficult. Our local shopping street has 4 pubs, 4 cafes and a couple of restaurants. Most are doing well but one restaurant is always empty because the menu is not best suited for a small local high street.
January 2, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Not true though is it, running small businesses is always difficult. Our local shopping street has 4 pubs, 4 cafes and a couple of restaurants. Most are doing well but one restaurant is always empty because the menu is not best suited for a small local high street.
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Farage ridiculed with brutal joke about timing of New Year message Farage, who released a rambling New Year video message this morning was ridiculed on social media with a brutal joke about Reform UK's possible Russia links
In a snappy fourword joke Labour MP Jonathan Brash wrote GMT or Moscow time?
In a snappy fourword joke Labour MP Jonathan Brash wrote GMT or Moscow time?
January 2, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Farage ridiculed with brutal joke about timing of New Year message Farage, who released a rambling New Year video message this morning was ridiculed on social media with a brutal joke about Reform UK's possible Russia links
In a snappy fourword joke Labour MP Jonathan Brash wrote GMT or Moscow time?
In a snappy fourword joke Labour MP Jonathan Brash wrote GMT or Moscow time?
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Help me understand. In 2025 the FTSE rose over 20%. Why would people/businesses be investing in British companies if our Country were not destined to thrive. That the view of our economy and the management thereof must be positive.
So why are the media only sharing doom and gloom predictions?
So why are the media only sharing doom and gloom predictions?
January 2, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Help me understand. In 2025 the FTSE rose over 20%. Why would people/businesses be investing in British companies if our Country were not destined to thrive. That the view of our economy and the management thereof must be positive.
So why are the media only sharing doom and gloom predictions?
So why are the media only sharing doom and gloom predictions?
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March 2017 Farage pledged “If Brexit is a disaster, I will go and live abroad. I will go and live somewhere else” and he grifts on
So don’t hold your breath on this pledge👇🏼
Fun fact - he failed to report that his campaign in Clacton went over the spending limit of £20k & £5 million spend is huge❗️🥴
So don’t hold your breath on this pledge👇🏼
Fun fact - he failed to report that his campaign in Clacton went over the spending limit of £20k & £5 million spend is huge❗️🥴
Nigel Farage vows to go 'double or quits' with £5m local elections spending blitz
The Reform UK leader has described the May local elections as "the single most important event between now and the general election"
news.sky.com
January 1, 2026 at 10:14 PM
March 2017 Farage pledged “If Brexit is a disaster, I will go and live abroad. I will go and live somewhere else” and he grifts on
So don’t hold your breath on this pledge👇🏼
Fun fact - he failed to report that his campaign in Clacton went over the spending limit of £20k & £5 million spend is huge❗️🥴
So don’t hold your breath on this pledge👇🏼
Fun fact - he failed to report that his campaign in Clacton went over the spending limit of £20k & £5 million spend is huge❗️🥴
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Another of Farage’s friends has pro-Putin views
David Coburn, a former MEP and leader of UKIP in Scotland, has a long history of speaking out in support of the Kremlin
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David Coburn, a former MEP and leader of UKIP in Scotland, has a long history of speaking out in support of the Kremlin
t.co/0K03rm63kn
https://www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sack-another-of-farages-friends-has-pro-putin-views/
t.co
January 1, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Another of Farage’s friends has pro-Putin views
David Coburn, a former MEP and leader of UKIP in Scotland, has a long history of speaking out in support of the Kremlin
t.co/0K03rm63kn
David Coburn, a former MEP and leader of UKIP in Scotland, has a long history of speaking out in support of the Kremlin
t.co/0K03rm63kn
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Seems VAT on private school fees delivers £1.4bn considerably more than estimated. IPaper reports today. That’s great news. Thanks Rachel. More money for the 93% of kids attending State Schools.
January 1, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Seems VAT on private school fees delivers £1.4bn considerably more than estimated. IPaper reports today. That’s great news. Thanks Rachel. More money for the 93% of kids attending State Schools.