Anthony
@tonybohan.bsky.social
Bloke, European, a refugee from X. Living in France. A very fortunate man.
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I once got elected as my country's opposition leader and the only thing I was noticed for in my first six weeks in office was having a go at sandwiches
December 12, 2024 at 5:28 PM
I once got elected as my country's opposition leader and the only thing I was noticed for in my first six weeks in office was having a go at sandwiches
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Ever wondered where the dozens of supposedly independent gourmet burger outlets in your local area suddenly sprung up from?
Well it turns out many of them are being run out of the exact same pub kitchens, using the exact same food, under entirely different names.
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/12/b...
Well it turns out many of them are being run out of the exact same pub kitchens, using the exact same food, under entirely different names.
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/12/b...
Burgers and Lies: The Corporate ‘Ghost Kitchen’ Food Delivery Outlets Posing as Independent Restaurants
A Byline Times investigation reveals how consumers are being offered the illusion of choice, while being sold the same food, from the same kitchens, under entirely different brands
bylinetimes.com
December 12, 2024 at 11:04 AM
Ever wondered where the dozens of supposedly independent gourmet burger outlets in your local area suddenly sprung up from?
Well it turns out many of them are being run out of the exact same pub kitchens, using the exact same food, under entirely different names.
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/12/b...
Well it turns out many of them are being run out of the exact same pub kitchens, using the exact same food, under entirely different names.
bylinetimes.com/2024/12/12/b...
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We’ve updated our Clacton billboard to tell voters their MP just took £40k from a US firm that advises clients how to offshore their money and pay less tax. For the full story see video below 👇
December 5, 2024 at 2:24 PM
We’ve updated our Clacton billboard to tell voters their MP just took £40k from a US firm that advises clients how to offshore their money and pay less tax. For the full story see video below 👇
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But of course. Trump's pick to head the Department of Defense, Pete Hegseth, was kicked out of two conservative veterans groups due to his drunken, sexual predatory behavior. www.cnn.com/2024/12/02/p...
The New Yorker: Pete Hegseth forced out of veterans’ advocacy groups over misconduct allegations | CNN Politics
Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Defense, was pushed out as the head of two veterans’ advocacy organizations amid internal allegations of mismanagement and p...
www.cnn.com
December 2, 2024 at 6:15 PM
But of course. Trump's pick to head the Department of Defense, Pete Hegseth, was kicked out of two conservative veterans groups due to his drunken, sexual predatory behavior. www.cnn.com/2024/12/02/p...
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So it turns out they spent £715 million on sending a grand total of FOUR volunteers to Rwanda.
For comparison, this is more than you could expect to spend on building an entire brand new hospital in the UK
For comparison, this is more than you could expect to spend on building an entire brand new hospital in the UK
In July, I FOI'd the Home Office for the full breakdown of spending on the Rwanda scheme
I was refused because the government planned to publish the data in future, and today is the day. These numbers are in millions
www.gov.uk/government/p...
I was refused because the government planned to publish the data in future, and today is the day. These numbers are in millions
www.gov.uk/government/p...
December 2, 2024 at 6:05 PM
So it turns out they spent £715 million on sending a grand total of FOUR volunteers to Rwanda.
For comparison, this is more than you could expect to spend on building an entire brand new hospital in the UK
For comparison, this is more than you could expect to spend on building an entire brand new hospital in the UK
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The Tories Spent £715 Million Sending No Asylum Seekers To Rwanda
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/the-to...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/the-to...
The Tories Spent £715 Million Sending No Asylum Seekers To Rwanda
Home secretary Yvette Cooper called it "a grotesque waste of money".
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
December 2, 2024 at 6:16 PM
The Tories Spent £715 Million Sending No Asylum Seekers To Rwanda
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/the-to...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/the-to...
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There was an old perve called Gregg
With a head like a hard boiled eggg
Whilst whipping Chantilly
He took out his willy
His career is now on its last legg
With a head like a hard boiled eggg
Whilst whipping Chantilly
He took out his willy
His career is now on its last legg
December 1, 2024 at 6:47 PM
There was an old perve called Gregg
With a head like a hard boiled eggg
Whilst whipping Chantilly
He took out his willy
His career is now on its last legg
With a head like a hard boiled eggg
Whilst whipping Chantilly
He took out his willy
His career is now on its last legg
Brilliant 👏👏👏👏👏
The Mail hasn’t failed! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Wow. This Boris Johnson column about Gregg Wallace is absolutely wild.
December 2, 2024 at 5:05 PM
Brilliant 👏👏👏👏👏
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- a quarter of all England’s farmland belongs to just 2,500 owners
- 20 dukes own a million acres of Britain
"most of this country is owned by people like the Duke of Westminster, who has 129,000 acres and a £10billion fortune", says @guyshrubsole.bsky.social
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
- 20 dukes own a million acres of Britain
"most of this country is owned by people like the Duke of Westminster, who has 129,000 acres and a £10billion fortune", says @guyshrubsole.bsky.social
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Quarter of England's farmland owned by just 2,500 toffs and fatcats
There are more than 100,000 farm holdings in England, covering 22 million acres in total. But the Defra data show just 2,568 very large farms own or manage 5.6 million acres
www.mirror.co.uk
December 2, 2024 at 11:53 AM
- a quarter of all England’s farmland belongs to just 2,500 owners
- 20 dukes own a million acres of Britain
"most of this country is owned by people like the Duke of Westminster, who has 129,000 acres and a £10billion fortune", says @guyshrubsole.bsky.social
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
- 20 dukes own a million acres of Britain
"most of this country is owned by people like the Duke of Westminster, who has 129,000 acres and a £10billion fortune", says @guyshrubsole.bsky.social
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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I mean this obviously can't stand. You can't have a foreign extremist, who used social media to encourage & facilitate far-right violence, plough huge donations to his favoured British political party.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/is-elo...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/is-elo...
Is Elon Musk Planning To Make A 'F*** You Starmer' $100 Million Donation To Reform UK?
The tech billionaire has been at war with the PM for months.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
December 1, 2024 at 2:32 PM
I mean this obviously can't stand. You can't have a foreign extremist, who used social media to encourage & facilitate far-right violence, plough huge donations to his favoured British political party.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/is-elo...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/is-elo...
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Nigel Farage is so strongly opposed to a smoking ban that he couldn’t be bothered to vote on it, because his contract with GBNews is more important.
uk.news.yahoo.com/nigel-farage...
uk.news.yahoo.com/nigel-farage...
Nigel Farage Admits He Missed Smoking Ban Vote To Present GB News Show
The Reform UK leader admitted he would get "a lot of stick" for the decision.
uk.news.yahoo.com
November 28, 2024 at 9:08 AM
Nigel Farage is so strongly opposed to a smoking ban that he couldn’t be bothered to vote on it, because his contract with GBNews is more important.
uk.news.yahoo.com/nigel-farage...
uk.news.yahoo.com/nigel-farage...
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“Defects” – from not being an MP in one cesspool of a party to not being an MP in an even murkier cesspool of a party, one that technically isn’t even a party.
“Irrelevant bint pays £25 to join far right group”
And this is news why? 🤷🏻♂️
“Irrelevant bint pays £25 to join far right group”
And this is news why? 🤷🏻♂️
November 28, 2024 at 4:29 PM
“Defects” – from not being an MP in one cesspool of a party to not being an MP in an even murkier cesspool of a party, one that technically isn’t even a party.
“Irrelevant bint pays £25 to join far right group”
And this is news why? 🤷🏻♂️
“Irrelevant bint pays £25 to join far right group”
And this is news why? 🤷🏻♂️
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Left: Kemi Badenoch says British citizenship should be "a privilege to be earned" and not an "automatic right"
Right: A Nigerian TV channel points out that Kemi Badenoch's mum flew to London to give birth to Kemi, then flew back to Nigeria, where Kemi was raised till the age of 16
Right: A Nigerian TV channel points out that Kemi Badenoch's mum flew to London to give birth to Kemi, then flew back to Nigeria, where Kemi was raised till the age of 16
November 27, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Left: Kemi Badenoch says British citizenship should be "a privilege to be earned" and not an "automatic right"
Right: A Nigerian TV channel points out that Kemi Badenoch's mum flew to London to give birth to Kemi, then flew back to Nigeria, where Kemi was raised till the age of 16
Right: A Nigerian TV channel points out that Kemi Badenoch's mum flew to London to give birth to Kemi, then flew back to Nigeria, where Kemi was raised till the age of 16
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Strange how that wasn't mentioned at the time.
November 27, 2024 at 10:37 AM
Strange how that wasn't mentioned at the time.
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Today's biggest self own comes once again from Kemi Badenoch
November 27, 2024 at 2:43 PM
Today's biggest self own comes once again from Kemi Badenoch
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Important context here:
● over half of farms are less than 49 acres (20 hectares)
● "a big farm" is 217 acres.
Now let's see who's angry:
● Clarkson farm is 1,000 acres
● Lloyd Webber farms 4,000 acres
● Viscount Rothermere (Mail owner) 4,700 acres
● Dyson owns 36,000 acres
● over half of farms are less than 49 acres (20 hectares)
● "a big farm" is 217 acres.
Now let's see who's angry:
● Clarkson farm is 1,000 acres
● Lloyd Webber farms 4,000 acres
● Viscount Rothermere (Mail owner) 4,700 acres
● Dyson owns 36,000 acres
A message from a REAL farmer who hasn’t been brainwashed by the Tories, wealthy landowners and the right wing media👇🏽
#FarmersProtest
#FarmersProtest
November 20, 2024 at 7:36 AM
Important context here:
● over half of farms are less than 49 acres (20 hectares)
● "a big farm" is 217 acres.
Now let's see who's angry:
● Clarkson farm is 1,000 acres
● Lloyd Webber farms 4,000 acres
● Viscount Rothermere (Mail owner) 4,700 acres
● Dyson owns 36,000 acres
● over half of farms are less than 49 acres (20 hectares)
● "a big farm" is 217 acres.
Now let's see who's angry:
● Clarkson farm is 1,000 acres
● Lloyd Webber farms 4,000 acres
● Viscount Rothermere (Mail owner) 4,700 acres
● Dyson owns 36,000 acres
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If you can read things like this without a) laughing and b) thinking of North Korea, I salute you.
November 23, 2024 at 11:09 AM
If you can read things like this without a) laughing and b) thinking of North Korea, I salute you.
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If passed Lord Woodley’s Bill will end one of the most shocking & monumental injustices of the past half century - the #IPPscandal & head off the medium-term prison capacity crisis at the same time.
Let’s not wait for the next ITV drama to do what’s right
youtu.be/nkBs2D0Wz_g?...
Let’s not wait for the next ITV drama to do what’s right
youtu.be/nkBs2D0Wz_g?...
🚨 No one should spend 12 yrs in jail for stealing a mobile phone! It’s unthinkable! #IPPscandal
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
November 23, 2024 at 8:09 AM
If passed Lord Woodley’s Bill will end one of the most shocking & monumental injustices of the past half century - the #IPPscandal & head off the medium-term prison capacity crisis at the same time.
Let’s not wait for the next ITV drama to do what’s right
youtu.be/nkBs2D0Wz_g?...
Let’s not wait for the next ITV drama to do what’s right
youtu.be/nkBs2D0Wz_g?...
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All hail @vicderbyshire.bsky.social
“So it’s not about you, it’s not about your farm and the fact you bought a farm to avoid inheritance tax?”
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social speaks to Jeremy Clarkson at the farmers’ protest in Westminster where thousands of farmers are protesting the government’s inheritance tax plans.
#Newsnight
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social speaks to Jeremy Clarkson at the farmers’ protest in Westminster where thousands of farmers are protesting the government’s inheritance tax plans.
#Newsnight
November 20, 2024 at 7:44 PM
All hail @vicderbyshire.bsky.social
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Tax due if parents hand on £3m house: £940k
Tax due if parents hand on a £3m farm: £0
A reminder of significant tax advantage to farmers vs everyone else AFTER these changes
Tax due if parents hand on a £3m farm: £0
A reminder of significant tax advantage to farmers vs everyone else AFTER these changes
November 19, 2024 at 1:28 PM
Tax due if parents hand on £3m house: £940k
Tax due if parents hand on a £3m farm: £0
A reminder of significant tax advantage to farmers vs everyone else AFTER these changes
Tax due if parents hand on a £3m farm: £0
A reminder of significant tax advantage to farmers vs everyone else AFTER these changes
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They can’t bring themselves to say Food Banks. Calling them food distribution centres sanitises them - when they shouldn’t even be needed in the sixth richest country in the world.
And an unelected millionaire aristocrat arriving at a Foodbank in a chauffeured limousine is just obscene
And an unelected millionaire aristocrat arriving at a Foodbank in a chauffeured limousine is just obscene
November 18, 2024 at 11:03 AM
They can’t bring themselves to say Food Banks. Calling them food distribution centres sanitises them - when they shouldn’t even be needed in the sixth richest country in the world.
And an unelected millionaire aristocrat arriving at a Foodbank in a chauffeured limousine is just obscene
And an unelected millionaire aristocrat arriving at a Foodbank in a chauffeured limousine is just obscene
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And why is Farage able to wander about in a crowd of thousands of people but not able to meet his constituents for face-to-face meetings?
After a day in which a farmers protest was hijacked by the usual far right leeches, the most important question is… are Farage’s two henchmen being payed with with your taxes…?
November 19, 2024 at 7:37 PM
And why is Farage able to wander about in a crowd of thousands of people but not able to meet his constituents for face-to-face meetings?
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Month after month we fought to stop Brexit. No farmers joined us
Most voted for Brexit ~ lured by the prospect of more money/ laxer rules
Rich nobs like Clarkson, Dyson, hoovered up land to offset against tax
The enemy is Johnson/the supermarkets/ the FTAs with Australia. Not Starmer
#farmers
Month after month we fought to stop Brexit. No farmers joined us
Most voted for Brexit ~ lured by the prospect of more money/ laxer rules
Rich nobs like Clarkson, Dyson, hoovered up land to offset against tax
The enemy is Johnson/the supermarkets/ the FTAs with Australia. Not Starmer
#farmers
November 19, 2024 at 4:27 PM
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Month after month we fought to stop Brexit. No farmers joined us
Most voted for Brexit ~ lured by the prospect of more money/ laxer rules
Rich nobs like Clarkson, Dyson, hoovered up land to offset against tax
The enemy is Johnson/the supermarkets/ the FTAs with Australia. Not Starmer
#farmers
Month after month we fought to stop Brexit. No farmers joined us
Most voted for Brexit ~ lured by the prospect of more money/ laxer rules
Rich nobs like Clarkson, Dyson, hoovered up land to offset against tax
The enemy is Johnson/the supermarkets/ the FTAs with Australia. Not Starmer
#farmers
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If you bring central London to a halt in order to campaign against catastrophic climate change then you're a "barmy" eco "fanatic" who deserves to be locked up.
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
November 19, 2024 at 10:22 AM
If you bring central London to a halt in order to campaign against catastrophic climate change then you're a "barmy" eco "fanatic" who deserves to be locked up.
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds