Mrs M
@babsbythesea.bsky.social
EU citizen in UK #FBPE
Escaped from the dark place.
Escaped from the dark place.
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Musk is inciting violence on London's streets.Tommy Robinson is financed by US tech bros. These are all very direct attempts to destabilise the British state.
Starmer needs to stand up to this. A government that doesn't defend its country's values against these blatant attacks is not doing its job.
Starmer needs to stand up to this. A government that doesn't defend its country's values against these blatant attacks is not doing its job.
My colleague @thejohnsimpson.bsky.social has done a terrific deep dive into the financial links between US tech billionaires and Tommy Robinson
Well worth a read
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Well worth a read
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
US cash turned Tommy Robinson into the poster boy of UK f...
Outside the Old Bailey in 2018, a reinvented Tommy Robinson flashed his perfect new teeth to 2,000 diehard supporters at a “free Tommy” rally on a stage ...
observer.co.uk
September 14, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Musk is inciting violence on London's streets.Tommy Robinson is financed by US tech bros. These are all very direct attempts to destabilise the British state.
Starmer needs to stand up to this. A government that doesn't defend its country's values against these blatant attacks is not doing its job.
Starmer needs to stand up to this. A government that doesn't defend its country's values against these blatant attacks is not doing its job.
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On the same day in the Telegraph:
![The Telegraph
Rayner tax scandal - £40k tax dodge - Statement
Angela Rayner dodges £40,000 stamp duty
Deputy Prime Minister reduces tax bill for Hove flat by declaring it as her main residence
[Photo: Angela Rayner pictured at the weekend in Hove, where she has just bought a flat Credit: Dan Charity/The Sun on Sunday]
Robert Mendick Chief Reporter. Amy Gibbons Political Correspondent
29 August 2025 8:57am BST](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreihe5mm7nwmwvzhtgadmsafyvsaxhrufuai2d2j2rju5zt6g2lytea@jpeg)
![The Telegraph
Money > Property > Second homes
How to avoid tax on your second home
From stamp duty to council tax, shield your wealth from Labour's tightening net
[Photo of houses around a bay - Areas such as Cornwall have added a premium to council tax bills for second homes Credit: iStockphoto]
Fran Ivens Senior Money Writer
29 August 2025 1:21pm BST](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreieuwgc2vsmyfcctmf4cnpcqckij2pqdk2gmzajpnihrsqyqmzyr5e@jpeg)
September 5, 2025 at 7:55 AM
On the same day in the Telegraph:
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My wife shared this with me and I’m tellin you… it’s worth the read.
August 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
My wife shared this with me and I’m tellin you… it’s worth the read.
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Keir Starmer is my MP. This is the letter I wrote to him today.
Subject: Island of Strangers?
Mr Starmer,
Let me tell you about this ‘stranger’.
Subject: Island of Strangers?
Mr Starmer,
Let me tell you about this ‘stranger’.
May 14, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Keir Starmer is my MP. This is the letter I wrote to him today.
Subject: Island of Strangers?
Mr Starmer,
Let me tell you about this ‘stranger’.
Subject: Island of Strangers?
Mr Starmer,
Let me tell you about this ‘stranger’.
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We uncovered a council fraud team styled like police – uniforms, badges, even a police email domain and published the story.
Now?
That branding has vanished.
No more police-like jackets. No more police domain.
#TruthToPower
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Now?
That branding has vanished.
No more police-like jackets. No more police domain.
#TruthToPower
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
How East Anglia Bylines exposed a council’s impersonation of police and triggered change
East Anglia Bylines exposed a local council fraud unit using police-style uniforms – prompting shutdowns and reforms
eastangliabylines.co.uk
April 16, 2025 at 5:12 PM
We uncovered a council fraud team styled like police – uniforms, badges, even a police email domain and published the story.
Now?
That branding has vanished.
No more police-like jackets. No more police domain.
#TruthToPower
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Now?
That branding has vanished.
No more police-like jackets. No more police domain.
#TruthToPower
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
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ICYMI: New analysis has revealed the "devastating" cost of Brexit to UK business at £37 billion per year
House of Commons Library research, commissioned by SNP MP Stephen Gethins, has confirmed the annual total, which the SNP has branded "obscene" and "eye watering"
House of Commons Library research, commissioned by SNP MP Stephen Gethins, has confirmed the annual total, which the SNP has branded "obscene" and "eye watering"
March 28, 2025 at 11:34 AM
ICYMI: New analysis has revealed the "devastating" cost of Brexit to UK business at £37 billion per year
House of Commons Library research, commissioned by SNP MP Stephen Gethins, has confirmed the annual total, which the SNP has branded "obscene" and "eye watering"
House of Commons Library research, commissioned by SNP MP Stephen Gethins, has confirmed the annual total, which the SNP has branded "obscene" and "eye watering"
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Thames Water prices will be hiked by £19 a month from April.
Sewage will be dumped in rivers, leaks will go unplugged, dividends will be paid, cost of servicing,£17bn debt passed to customers, execs will be rewarded for fleecing people.
Predatory capitalism.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Sewage will be dumped in rivers, leaks will go unplugged, dividends will be paid, cost of servicing,£17bn debt passed to customers, execs will be rewarded for fleecing people.
Predatory capitalism.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Thames Water confirm it WILL hike customers' prices by £19 a month
Thames Water has announced plans to increase its prices by £19 a month in a move which it says is to invest in infrastructure over the next five years amid a spike in sewage pollution incidents.
www.dailymail.co.uk
January 28, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Thames Water prices will be hiked by £19 a month from April.
Sewage will be dumped in rivers, leaks will go unplugged, dividends will be paid, cost of servicing,£17bn debt passed to customers, execs will be rewarded for fleecing people.
Predatory capitalism.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Sewage will be dumped in rivers, leaks will go unplugged, dividends will be paid, cost of servicing,£17bn debt passed to customers, execs will be rewarded for fleecing people.
Predatory capitalism.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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“That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary. There wasn't even any rioting in the streets. People stayed home at night, watching television, looking for some direction. There wasn't even an enemy you could put your finger on” ― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale
January 27, 2025 at 7:16 AM
“That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary. There wasn't even any rioting in the streets. People stayed home at night, watching television, looking for some direction. There wasn't even an enemy you could put your finger on” ― Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale
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Massive celebrations sweep across Syria as the nation ushers in 2025, marking the start of a new era free from the former Assad regime. This footage captures the jubilant atmosphere in Damascus.
December 31, 2024 at 11:39 PM
Massive celebrations sweep across Syria as the nation ushers in 2025, marking the start of a new era free from the former Assad regime. This footage captures the jubilant atmosphere in Damascus.
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NEW: Meet Sergei Cristo, a Russian-born Conservative party activist turned whistleblower.
Episode 1 is out today: A meeting at the Carlton Club.
And the start of efforts to uncover the biggest Russian intelligence operation since the Cambridge Spy Ring.
1/
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Episode 1 is out today: A meeting at the Carlton Club.
And the start of efforts to uncover the biggest Russian intelligence operation since the Cambridge Spy Ring.
1/
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Episode 1: A Meeting at the Carlton Club
Podcast Episode · Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring · EP1 · 24m
podcasts.apple.com
December 31, 2024 at 1:34 PM
NEW: Meet Sergei Cristo, a Russian-born Conservative party activist turned whistleblower.
Episode 1 is out today: A meeting at the Carlton Club.
And the start of efforts to uncover the biggest Russian intelligence operation since the Cambridge Spy Ring.
1/
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Episode 1 is out today: A meeting at the Carlton Club.
And the start of efforts to uncover the biggest Russian intelligence operation since the Cambridge Spy Ring.
1/
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
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Severn Trent Water used accounting tricks to boost investment by £1.68bn.
OFWAT uses investment to decide customer charges.
Such tricks enabled company to pay higher dividends.
Financial engineering rife at all water companies. OFWAT does nothing to curb it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
OFWAT uses investment to decide customer charges.
Such tricks enabled company to pay higher dividends.
Financial engineering rife at all water companies. OFWAT does nothing to curb it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Major water company uses accounting trick to inflate balance sheet by £1.68bn
A substantial Severn Trent Water investment is based on IOU notes - BBC Panorama finds.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 10, 2024 at 7:25 AM
Severn Trent Water used accounting tricks to boost investment by £1.68bn.
OFWAT uses investment to decide customer charges.
Such tricks enabled company to pay higher dividends.
Financial engineering rife at all water companies. OFWAT does nothing to curb it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
OFWAT uses investment to decide customer charges.
Such tricks enabled company to pay higher dividends.
Financial engineering rife at all water companies. OFWAT does nothing to curb it.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The Brexit Curse
British food exports to EU ‘have fallen £3bn a year since Brexit’.
Border checks, lower standards on pesticides, veterinary drugs, animal welfare make UK exports harder.
Brexit costing UK economy about £100bn a year.
Rejoin EU.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
British food exports to EU ‘have fallen £3bn a year since Brexit’.
Border checks, lower standards on pesticides, veterinary drugs, animal welfare make UK exports harder.
Brexit costing UK economy about £100bn a year.
Rejoin EU.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
British food exports to EU ‘have fallen £3bn a year since Brexit’
Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy report finds trade flows have shown no signs of returning to previous levels
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2024 at 8:00 AM
The Brexit Curse
British food exports to EU ‘have fallen £3bn a year since Brexit’.
Border checks, lower standards on pesticides, veterinary drugs, animal welfare make UK exports harder.
Brexit costing UK economy about £100bn a year.
Rejoin EU.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
British food exports to EU ‘have fallen £3bn a year since Brexit’.
Border checks, lower standards on pesticides, veterinary drugs, animal welfare make UK exports harder.
Brexit costing UK economy about £100bn a year.
Rejoin EU.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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So here’s the update. The billionaire owner of the Guardian preparing to get rid of a core part of the news org + 100 journalists.
If you’re a Guardian or Observer reader, please share this. The need for a strong, free & independent press couldn’t be greater. Yet, here it is.
If you’re a Guardian or Observer reader, please share this. The need for a strong, free & independent press couldn’t be greater. Yet, here it is.
November 25, 2024 at 10:30 PM
So here’s the update. The billionaire owner of the Guardian preparing to get rid of a core part of the news org + 100 journalists.
If you’re a Guardian or Observer reader, please share this. The need for a strong, free & independent press couldn’t be greater. Yet, here it is.
If you’re a Guardian or Observer reader, please share this. The need for a strong, free & independent press couldn’t be greater. Yet, here it is.