This is labours biggest betrayal to date. The basic tax threshold should never be frozen. That transfers tax burden onto the poor! The top level needs to be increased. Probably to 60%…
November 26, 2025 at 12:06 PM
This is labours biggest betrayal to date. The basic tax threshold should never be frozen. That transfers tax burden onto the poor! The top level needs to be increased. Probably to 60%…
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I'd like the BBC to explain why, even from his UKIP days, Farage was one of the most regular contributors on #BBCQuestionTime if not *the* most regular. The BBC has done a lot to build his political career. Why?
November 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I'd like the BBC to explain why, even from his UKIP days, Farage was one of the most regular contributors on #BBCQuestionTime if not *the* most regular. The BBC has done a lot to build his political career. Why?
“Coalition of the willing” is pathetic. “Willing” peace isn’t enough.
We need a coalition of decisive action, that imposes real sanctions on Russia with a backbone to join Ukraine in standing up against an invading dictator.
What exactly were we trying to remember two weeks ago?
Appeasement?
We need a coalition of decisive action, that imposes real sanctions on Russia with a backbone to join Ukraine in standing up against an invading dictator.
What exactly were we trying to remember two weeks ago?
Appeasement?
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
“Coalition of the willing” is pathetic. “Willing” peace isn’t enough.
We need a coalition of decisive action, that imposes real sanctions on Russia with a backbone to join Ukraine in standing up against an invading dictator.
What exactly were we trying to remember two weeks ago?
Appeasement?
We need a coalition of decisive action, that imposes real sanctions on Russia with a backbone to join Ukraine in standing up against an invading dictator.
What exactly were we trying to remember two weeks ago?
Appeasement?
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The only reason Gill stopped being the Reform UK leader in Wales was because he failed to win a seat in the 2021 Senedd election.
Zia Yusuf keeps trying to make this sound like this is ancient history, and Reform washed their hands of him, but nothing is further from the truth.
Zia Yusuf keeps trying to make this sound like this is ancient history, and Reform washed their hands of him, but nothing is further from the truth.
November 24, 2025 at 9:55 AM
The only reason Gill stopped being the Reform UK leader in Wales was because he failed to win a seat in the 2021 Senedd election.
Zia Yusuf keeps trying to make this sound like this is ancient history, and Reform washed their hands of him, but nothing is further from the truth.
Zia Yusuf keeps trying to make this sound like this is ancient history, and Reform washed their hands of him, but nothing is further from the truth.
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"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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The Conservatives & Johnson were compromised by Russian money & influence over years.
Reform obviously are.
Is Labour too? Could that be why Starmer won’t investigate?
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/news/2022/ju...
Reform obviously are.
Is Labour too? Could that be why Starmer won’t investigate?
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/news/2022/ju...
The Moscow moves: how Mandelson’s firm helped Uber reach Russian elite
Leak shows how the former Labour minister used his access to pro-Kremlin oligarchs, including some now under sanctions
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:04 AM
The Conservatives & Johnson were compromised by Russian money & influence over years.
Reform obviously are.
Is Labour too? Could that be why Starmer won’t investigate?
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/news/2022/ju...
Reform obviously are.
Is Labour too? Could that be why Starmer won’t investigate?
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/news/2022/ju...
This should be front and centre of every news media as outlet. But it’ll be migration and boats on the menu again. And again. And again…
New #EpsteinFiles @bylinetimes.bsky.social investigation: how Steve Bannon’s planned “European revolution” ran through Nigel Farage’s network – with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein quietly helping in the background. 🧵 1/12
Dinner with Mr Brexit: Bannon’s European Revolution – Planned with Farage, Backed by Epstein
Nigel Farage was the figurehead and his partner Laure Ferrari started it. Steve Bannon and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were providing almost daily support
bylinetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:28 AM
This should be front and centre of every news media as outlet. But it’ll be migration and boats on the menu again. And again. And again…
Science doesn’t give a fuck if you believe in science. And everything that everyone trusts and relies on in their daily lives is a product of science. From switching on a light bulb to flushing a toilet. Never mind your tv, phone, microwave, car, watch, specs, fridge, hifi, computer, heating…
I really hate it when scientists keep saying that “we need to rebuild trust in science,” because it implies that scientists are to blame for the mistrust rather than the millions of dollars of dark money that have funded political attacks on science in order to advance a far right agenda.
November 20, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Science doesn’t give a fuck if you believe in science. And everything that everyone trusts and relies on in their daily lives is a product of science. From switching on a light bulb to flushing a toilet. Never mind your tv, phone, microwave, car, watch, specs, fridge, hifi, computer, heating…
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On repeat 🏴
November 18, 2025 at 10:26 PM
On repeat 🏴
If John Gordon Sinclair had dreamed that goal he’d be needing a new lamp shade in the bedroom…
November 18, 2025 at 11:01 PM
If John Gordon Sinclair had dreamed that goal he’d be needing a new lamp shade in the bedroom…
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One small(!) point. The way the debate has been engaged in over the last decade, asylum seekers have been conflated with illegal immigrants, illegal immigrants conflated with legal immigrants, and immigrants conflated with all ethnic minorities, you can’t attack one group without attacking all.
November 18, 2025 at 2:23 PM
One small(!) point. The way the debate has been engaged in over the last decade, asylum seekers have been conflated with illegal immigrants, illegal immigrants conflated with legal immigrants, and immigrants conflated with all ethnic minorities, you can’t attack one group without attacking all.
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BBC
Bias is often in the eye of the beholder
So let’s stick to measurable facts
During 10 yrs of debate about Brexit, BBC QuestionTime had Britain’s Members of the European Parliament on the show 50 times
Every single one was from the pro Brexit minority
47 were from UKIP/BP
23 times Farage
Bias is often in the eye of the beholder
So let’s stick to measurable facts
During 10 yrs of debate about Brexit, BBC QuestionTime had Britain’s Members of the European Parliament on the show 50 times
Every single one was from the pro Brexit minority
47 were from UKIP/BP
23 times Farage
November 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
BBC
Bias is often in the eye of the beholder
So let’s stick to measurable facts
During 10 yrs of debate about Brexit, BBC QuestionTime had Britain’s Members of the European Parliament on the show 50 times
Every single one was from the pro Brexit minority
47 were from UKIP/BP
23 times Farage
Bias is often in the eye of the beholder
So let’s stick to measurable facts
During 10 yrs of debate about Brexit, BBC QuestionTime had Britain’s Members of the European Parliament on the show 50 times
Every single one was from the pro Brexit minority
47 were from UKIP/BP
23 times Farage
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"Dear President,
We're sorry you feel misrepresented by us taking 2 things you said & editing them together to accurately represent your views.
We trust this apology settles your overblown tantrum and you get back to your golf course and denying the contents of the Epstein Files.
Sincerely,
The BBC"
We're sorry you feel misrepresented by us taking 2 things you said & editing them together to accurately represent your views.
We trust this apology settles your overblown tantrum and you get back to your golf course and denying the contents of the Epstein Files.
Sincerely,
The BBC"
November 12, 2025 at 9:23 AM
"Dear President,
We're sorry you feel misrepresented by us taking 2 things you said & editing them together to accurately represent your views.
We trust this apology settles your overblown tantrum and you get back to your golf course and denying the contents of the Epstein Files.
Sincerely,
The BBC"
We're sorry you feel misrepresented by us taking 2 things you said & editing them together to accurately represent your views.
We trust this apology settles your overblown tantrum and you get back to your golf course and denying the contents of the Epstein Files.
Sincerely,
The BBC"
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An energy rich nation having the piss ripped right out of them for decades
The average domestic electricity bill in southern Scotland has risen from £436 in 2008 to £1115 in 2024, while northern Scotland experienced an even sharper increase from £423 to £1140
www.thenational.scot/news/2561067...
The average domestic electricity bill in southern Scotland has risen from £436 in 2008 to £1115 in 2024, while northern Scotland experienced an even sharper increase from £423 to £1140
www.thenational.scot/news/2561067...
Scots face some of the steepest energy bill hikes in the UK, analysis finds
SCOTS have seen some of the sharpest energy bill hikes across the UK over recent years, new analysis has shown.
www.thenational.scot
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
An energy rich nation having the piss ripped right out of them for decades
The average domestic electricity bill in southern Scotland has risen from £436 in 2008 to £1115 in 2024, while northern Scotland experienced an even sharper increase from £423 to £1140
www.thenational.scot/news/2561067...
The average domestic electricity bill in southern Scotland has risen from £436 in 2008 to £1115 in 2024, while northern Scotland experienced an even sharper increase from £423 to £1140
www.thenational.scot/news/2561067...
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Let's stop pretending that the billionaire media, endlessly attacking the BBC, has the slightest interest in balance, impartiality and accuracy. They won't be happy until the BBC is more rightwing than Vlad the Impaler. And then it still won't be enough.
November 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Let's stop pretending that the billionaire media, endlessly attacking the BBC, has the slightest interest in balance, impartiality and accuracy. They won't be happy until the BBC is more rightwing than Vlad the Impaler. And then it still won't be enough.
Variation on a sob story…
November 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Variation on a sob story…
When the far right director of the BBC has to resign for not being far right enough…
November 10, 2025 at 9:29 AM
When the far right director of the BBC has to resign for not being far right enough…
Time to put Gary Lineker in charge of the BBC…
November 10, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Time to put Gary Lineker in charge of the BBC…
Govs used to protect consumers. But they “deregulated” to “encourage business”. Exploitation and poverty is the new norm. “Wealth creators” only make wealth for themselves and their shareholders.
Labour, Tories and Reform will all make it worse.
Capitalism is a cult.
Labour, Tories and Reform will all make it worse.
Capitalism is a cult.
UK electricity bills up 163% since 2008. Wages haven't.
6.1m households in fuel poverty, £4.43bn debt
Profiteering: Energy sector average profit margin 23%, grid sector 38%, gas extraction 58%.
Profit last year £30bn. 128,000 a year die in fuel poverty.
No govt checks profiteering.
6.1m households in fuel poverty, £4.43bn debt
Profiteering: Energy sector average profit margin 23%, grid sector 38%, gas extraction 58%.
Profit last year £30bn. 128,000 a year die in fuel poverty.
No govt checks profiteering.
Electricity bills increased 163 per cent since 2008 as energy price cap rises - research - Insider Media
New analysis of UK energy costs showed that the average annual household electricity bill increased by 163 per cent between 2008 and 2024, reflecting a steep rise in household energy costs…
www.insidermedia.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Govs used to protect consumers. But they “deregulated” to “encourage business”. Exploitation and poverty is the new norm. “Wealth creators” only make wealth for themselves and their shareholders.
Labour, Tories and Reform will all make it worse.
Capitalism is a cult.
Labour, Tories and Reform will all make it worse.
Capitalism is a cult.
A trillion quid is a year’s salary for thirty three million nurses. Or fifteen grand each for every man woman and child in the UK.
The scales are broken.
The scales are broken.
November 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
A trillion quid is a year’s salary for thirty three million nurses. Or fifteen grand each for every man woman and child in the UK.
The scales are broken.
The scales are broken.
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People complaining about Socialism always use Capitalism as the example.
November 5, 2025 at 11:16 PM
People complaining about Socialism always use Capitalism as the example.
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Did you know? The latest GERS report on Scotland's public sector funding omits the £755m raised by ScotWind in the latest offshore wind options sale. This goes to our Government.
Why? Because Westminster hasn't assimilated it into its UK-wide figures.
Another reason to ignore GERS misinformation.
Why? Because Westminster hasn't assimilated it into its UK-wide figures.
Another reason to ignore GERS misinformation.
November 6, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Did you know? The latest GERS report on Scotland's public sector funding omits the £755m raised by ScotWind in the latest offshore wind options sale. This goes to our Government.
Why? Because Westminster hasn't assimilated it into its UK-wide figures.
Another reason to ignore GERS misinformation.
Why? Because Westminster hasn't assimilated it into its UK-wide figures.
Another reason to ignore GERS misinformation.
Rangers think kicking a keeper in the head is a red card. Jim Leighton and Theo Snelders have some questions…
November 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Rangers think kicking a keeper in the head is a red card. Jim Leighton and Theo Snelders have some questions…