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Permanently inquisitive student of Social Policy,
Desperate for engaging repartee and thought provoking ideas to mull over. 😁
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Toilet duck in a suit
December 6, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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A gentle reminder:
www.gov.uk/government/p...
In 2025 to 2026 the government is forecast to spend £316.1 billion on the social security system in Great Britain. Total GB welfare spending is forecast to be 10.6% of GDP and 23.5% of the total amount the government spends in 2025 to 2026. Around 55% of social security expenditure goes to pensioners; in 2025 to 2026 we will spend £174.9 billion on benefits for pensioners in GB. This includes spending on the State Pension which is forecast to be £145.6 billion in 2025 to 2026. In 2025 to 2026 we will spend £141.2 billion on working age and children welfare. This includes spending on Universal Credit and its predecessors, and non-DWP welfare spending. In 2025 to 2026 we will spend £75.3 billion on benefits to support disabled people and people with health conditions, and £35.3 billion on housing benefits.
November 30, 2025 at 7:05 AM
beefair.bsky.social
The infant mortality rate of the USA is pretty abysmal too
Infant mortality rate of USA, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Australia in 2023 from OECD data.
November 21, 2025 at 6:02 AM
beefair.bsky.social
Not sure what report she was reading?
How representative are adverts of the British population? Channel 4’s Mirror On The Industry audit reveals all | Channel 4 share.google/cmD9EWE5O9fQ...
October 26, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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US taxes aren't really that high ...
tax-database-update-note.pdf share.google/443jSh10nGFR...
Taxation on work across OECD countries in 2023
October 26, 2025 at 6:32 AM
beefair.bsky.social
So at which point does she want us to stop at?
Skin tones
October 25, 2025 at 7:37 PM
beefair.bsky.social
Very little has changed, I would argue, is down to embedded cultural norms around class and status.
Proportion of top roles filled by privately educated people ranging from 47% to over 60% while just 7% are privately educated nationally.
September 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Dear #R4today #skynews #itvnews #newscast
Please take note!
"I'll take Nigel Farage's position on violence on women and girls seriously when he and his MPs no longer vote against legislation to tackle stalking, to tackle harassment, to tackle upskirting, to tackle spiking of drinks, [and] posting personal photos of women without theirconsent online. When he takes seriously the online safety of young people and votes to make sure they cannot get material on suicide, self harm, eating disorders or pornography. He has voted against all such legislation in parliament. So the idea he has a track record to be proud of is profoundly mistaken, and the same goes for every single Reform MP.They voted against that legislation." -BARRY GARDINER MP
September 2, 2025 at 6:19 AM
beefair.bsky.social
Where does she stand the Oz and NZ then?
August 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
beefair.bsky.social
I don't suppose many of the 'concerned citizens' are all that interested in facts...
www.davidsonmorris.com/immigrants-e...
Table of economic impact of immigrants to the UK £20 billion annual tax revenue
August 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM
beefair.bsky.social
Poor guy, doesn't seem to realise that he IS president..
Incoherent rambling of DJT: I've settled 6 wars in 6 months. One of them a possible nuclear disaster, and yet I have to read and listen to the wall street journal and many others who truly don't have a clue, tell me everything that I am doing wrong on the Russia/Ukraine MESS, that is sleepy Joe Biden's war, bit mine. I'm only here to stop it, not to prosecute it further. It would NEVER have happened if I was president. I know exactly what I'm doing and I don't need the advice of all the people who have been working on all of the conflicts for years.and were never able to stop them. They are STUPID people, with no common sense, intelligence or understanding and they only make the current R/U disaster more difficult to FIX. Despite all of my lightweight and very jealous critics.
August 18, 2025 at 5:31 PM
beefair.bsky.social
This was from the secret barrister I thought I'd copied the whole post I can't claim this as me Secret barrister - worth following
August 5, 2025 at 5:31 AM
beefair.bsky.social
If this ever reaches the ICC, (which I doubt) the right wing commentators should join them in the dock.
“We are not for the death of Jews, Arabs, or any other race or group of people. We are for the dismantling of a violent military machine — a machine whose own soldiers were told to use ‘unnecessary lethal force’ against innocent civilians waiting for aid. A machine that has destroyed much of Gaza. We are a distraction from the story. And whatever sanctions we receive will be a distraction. The government doesn’t want us to ask why they remain silent in the face of this atrocity. To ask why they aren’t doing more to stop the killing. To feed the starving. The more time they talk about Bob Vylan, the less time they spend answering for their criminal inaction.”
July 1, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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July 1, 2025 at 3:16 AM
beefair.bsky.social
Child poverty was in decline, until the austerity years ramped it up and it now stands as the greatest scourge on our political landscape
May 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
beefair.bsky.social
Feels rather appropriate to watch the latest series now...
Picture of iconic red caped figure with white wings from a Handmaid's tale. Text "dystopian fiction not instruction manual"
May 15, 2025 at 11:21 AM
beefair.bsky.social
It's probably also useful to compare wealth and income inequality across the time periods.
Inequality was beginning to decline after WW1 and it was post 1980's that we have seen a rapid increase in inequality, and the desire to keep the status quo?
Wealth and income inequality in UK from 1780 to present day
May 9, 2025 at 9:47 AM
beefair.bsky.social
Probably...
Reform voters reason for voting 1. Immigration
May 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
beefair.bsky.social
It really is that basic...stop pretending there's some deeper concerns...
Reform policies that's driving reform voters 1. Immigration 81 2. Like the leader 31 Everything else...(Lower)
May 3, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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I'm not sure how much we can attribute geography to these results, but very worrying nonetheless.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3...
Mayoral race in west of England results showing labour win on a very thin lead over reform.
May 2, 2025 at 4:38 AM
beefair.bsky.social
Quite comical when the high vote leave areas correlated to low ethnic diversity and generally higher EU subsidies...
Turkey voting for Santa Claus
May 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
beefair.bsky.social
These were the costs 10 years ago..can you imagine what it's going to cost once Farage and friends are done with it?
Costs of NHS treatments in 2016 ranging from £350 for nursing care to £2390 for a heart attack.
May 1, 2025 at 6:40 AM
beefair.bsky.social
Wonder why 30p isn't shouting about a national inquiry about this 'gang'???
April 28, 2025 at 8:05 PM
beefair.bsky.social
'Asleep at the wheel' perfectly describes the Trump#2 administration
Trump asleep at the funeral Post from X showing Trump asleep at the Funeral of the Pope
April 27, 2025 at 6:00 AM
beefair.bsky.social
We came close... remember this????
Daily mail headline from 2019 showing judges who blocked the illegal acts of parliament.
April 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM