Billy Ruffian
@captainbilly.bsky.social
Old sea dog. War pensioner, LFC, old lefty, more 'woke' every day. Way left of Starmer.Broken and grumpy. Bah humbug!
Excellent! 😂
‘I once planned to sue the bbc for suggesting I encouraged an insurrection the time I encouraged an insurrection on live tv’
November 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Excellent! 😂
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Have taken this down. I was thinking only of the UK where he'd lose. No one in full possession of their senses makes predictions about what a US court might do.
November 11, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Have taken this down. I was thinking only of the UK where he'd lose. No one in full possession of their senses makes predictions about what a US court might do.
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Take a look at our MIRO Boards mapping the full extent of govt and corporate partnerships in the nationwide rollout of deregulated freeports and SEZs across the UK. All subsidised with State aid.
Tories and Labour +corporate reps sitting on the free zones boards consortia.
miro.com/app/board/uX...
Tories and Labour +corporate reps sitting on the free zones boards consortia.
miro.com/app/board/uX...
Locus Economic & CPS
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miro.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Take a look at our MIRO Boards mapping the full extent of govt and corporate partnerships in the nationwide rollout of deregulated freeports and SEZs across the UK. All subsidised with State aid.
Tories and Labour +corporate reps sitting on the free zones boards consortia.
miro.com/app/board/uX...
Tories and Labour +corporate reps sitting on the free zones boards consortia.
miro.com/app/board/uX...
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Defamation supremo - with expertise in the UK and US - Mark Stephens on whether Donald Trump has any real prospect successfully of suing the BBC. video.snapstream.net/Play/3TA70Va...
What We Know With Max Foster - Mark
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November 11, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Defamation supremo - with expertise in the UK and US - Mark Stephens on whether Donald Trump has any real prospect successfully of suing the BBC. video.snapstream.net/Play/3TA70Va...
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“A sustained campaign of anti-migrant rhetoric is fuelling a growing cesspool of racism, including against international and ethnic minority nursing staff, without whom our health and care system would simply cease to function.”
How disgraceful.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
How disgraceful.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:00 AM
“A sustained campaign of anti-migrant rhetoric is fuelling a growing cesspool of racism, including against international and ethnic minority nursing staff, without whom our health and care system would simply cease to function.”
How disgraceful.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
How disgraceful.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Awfly good! ❤️
November 11, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Awfly good! ❤️
This makes me physically sick. 💙
November 11, 2025 at 9:28 AM
This makes me physically sick. 💙
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Laws are bent for the rich.
Wages taxed at marginal rates of 20% – 45% plus national insurance contributions (NIC).
Capital gains taxed at 18% to 32%, no NIC .
Dividends taxed at 8.75% to 39.35%, no NIC.
All income must be taxed at the same rate.
Wages taxed at marginal rates of 20% – 45% plus national insurance contributions (NIC).
Capital gains taxed at 18% to 32%, no NIC .
Dividends taxed at 8.75% to 39.35%, no NIC.
All income must be taxed at the same rate.
Nothing will change until the political system is freed from the clutches of corporations and the super-rich
The law is being used to enforce existing power structures for the benefit of the few
leftfootforward.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Laws are bent for the rich.
Wages taxed at marginal rates of 20% – 45% plus national insurance contributions (NIC).
Capital gains taxed at 18% to 32%, no NIC .
Dividends taxed at 8.75% to 39.35%, no NIC.
All income must be taxed at the same rate.
Wages taxed at marginal rates of 20% – 45% plus national insurance contributions (NIC).
Capital gains taxed at 18% to 32%, no NIC .
Dividends taxed at 8.75% to 39.35%, no NIC.
All income must be taxed at the same rate.
Farridge is a slimy rectal parasite.
November 11, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Farridge is a slimy rectal parasite.
I'm a disabled veteran and I agree with every word he says.
"Brexit was the most cowardly thing our country has ever done."
- Veteran Stuart Thomson
#armisticeday
- Veteran Stuart Thomson
#armisticeday
November 11, 2025 at 9:24 AM
I'm a disabled veteran and I agree with every word he says.
Am I the only that hears John Lennon?
November 11, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Am I the only that hears John Lennon?
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Reform UK Leicestershire are crooks.
They announced consultants Newton would do a £1.4m savings review.
That’s ballooned to £30m in 6 just days.
Leader Dan Harrison is a con man.
Leicestershire you’ve been had.
leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-n...
#ReformLies
They announced consultants Newton would do a £1.4m savings review.
That’s ballooned to £30m in 6 just days.
Leader Dan Harrison is a con man.
Leicestershire you’ve been had.
leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-n...
#ReformLies
Firm leading council savings review could receive £30m
The county council currently needs to plug an expected £90 million gap in its day-to-day spending
leicestermercury.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Reform UK Leicestershire are crooks.
They announced consultants Newton would do a £1.4m savings review.
That’s ballooned to £30m in 6 just days.
Leader Dan Harrison is a con man.
Leicestershire you’ve been had.
leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-n...
#ReformLies
They announced consultants Newton would do a £1.4m savings review.
That’s ballooned to £30m in 6 just days.
Leader Dan Harrison is a con man.
Leicestershire you’ve been had.
leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-n...
#ReformLies
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"I do feel like what we’re doing now, what Oilfield Witness is doing, is making a difference.” Still, for Wilson, the ultimate goal isn’t tighter methane rules—it’s an end to the age of combustion itself. “We have to stop burning things. We just don’t need to burn things for energy anymore.”
This Former Oil Worker Is Now Exposing Its Dirty Methane Emissions | Atmos
After fracking fouled her air and water, Sharon Wilson devoted her life to documenting the emissions fueling the climate crisis.
atmos.earth
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
"I do feel like what we’re doing now, what Oilfield Witness is doing, is making a difference.” Still, for Wilson, the ultimate goal isn’t tighter methane rules—it’s an end to the age of combustion itself. “We have to stop burning things. We just don’t need to burn things for energy anymore.”
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Oh look. There really are "no go areas" in England.
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
NHS staff who visit patients at home say St George’s flags can mean ‘no-go zones’
Black and Asian staff left feeling ‘deliberately intimidated’, according to chief executive of one NHS trust
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Oh look. There really are "no go areas" in England.
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
And they're marked by St George's flags
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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No point in compromising with people who want to destroy you. Time for BBC to return to proper balance and insist on interviews reflecting votes at the last election instead of always having Farage on and rarely a Green or a Lib Dem. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC board member with Tory links ‘led charge’ in systemic bias claims, say insiders
Sources say Robbie Gibb amplified criticisms of Trump, Gaza and trans rights coverage, and had ‘a lot of oxygen in the room’
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:05 AM
No point in compromising with people who want to destroy you. Time for BBC to return to proper balance and insist on interviews reflecting votes at the last election instead of always having Farage on and rarely a Green or a Lib Dem. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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The real special relationship between the US and UK is the competition over whose politicians have the most moral cowardice
November 10, 2025 at 7:54 AM
The real special relationship between the US and UK is the competition over whose politicians have the most moral cowardice
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A 2% wealth tax on assets over £10 million is reasonable - that's why 75% of the public support it along with 80% of millionaires.
Our member @stephenstroud.bsky.social chats to GB News.
Our member @stephenstroud.bsky.social chats to GB News.
November 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
A 2% wealth tax on assets over £10 million is reasonable - that's why 75% of the public support it along with 80% of millionaires.
Our member @stephenstroud.bsky.social chats to GB News.
Our member @stephenstroud.bsky.social chats to GB News.
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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.
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Modern morality. She stole £5bn from pensioners. Product of a culture that values nothing except money. Either we control oligarchs or they will completely dominate every aspect of our lives & leave us morally & financially bankrupt facing mounting climate chaos
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cryptoqueen who fled China for London mansion to be sentenced over £5bn Bitcoin stash
Qian Zhimin bought cryptocurrency using funds stolen from thousands of Chinese pensioners, say police.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Modern morality. She stole £5bn from pensioners. Product of a culture that values nothing except money. Either we control oligarchs or they will completely dominate every aspect of our lives & leave us morally & financially bankrupt facing mounting climate chaos
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Journalist, "Farage accused the BBC of election interference"
Ed Davey, "The interference we've seen is from Farage's friend, Putin"
"We've seen Russian interference in the most appalling way"
Ed Davey, "The interference we've seen is from Farage's friend, Putin"
"We've seen Russian interference in the most appalling way"
November 10, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Journalist, "Farage accused the BBC of election interference"
Ed Davey, "The interference we've seen is from Farage's friend, Putin"
"We've seen Russian interference in the most appalling way"
Ed Davey, "The interference we've seen is from Farage's friend, Putin"
"We've seen Russian interference in the most appalling way"
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Why the 1970s stagflation myth still misleads our politics youtu.be/OcrGuICZUWc?... In this video, I unpack what really caused stagflation — and why repeating those mistakes today risks another lost decade for Britain.
Why the 1970s stagflation myth still misleads our politics
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Why the 1970s stagflation myth still misleads our politics youtu.be/OcrGuICZUWc?... In this video, I unpack what really caused stagflation — and why repeating those mistakes today risks another lost decade for Britain.
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7,261 elderly/vulnerable people in care homes given ‘notice to quit’.
Major reason: "revenge evictions’. people “threatened with eviction as a result of raising a complaint"
Care homes are mostly in the private sector, owned by corporations and private equity, profit margins of up to 40%.
Major reason: "revenge evictions’. people “threatened with eviction as a result of raising a complaint"
Care homes are mostly in the private sector, owned by corporations and private equity, profit margins of up to 40%.
Revealed: Thousands of elderly people evicted from care homes every year
Thousands of elderly and vulnerable people have received eviction notices from their care homes in the last year, the Big Issue has found.
www.bigissue.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:43 AM
7,261 elderly/vulnerable people in care homes given ‘notice to quit’.
Major reason: "revenge evictions’. people “threatened with eviction as a result of raising a complaint"
Care homes are mostly in the private sector, owned by corporations and private equity, profit margins of up to 40%.
Major reason: "revenge evictions’. people “threatened with eviction as a result of raising a complaint"
Care homes are mostly in the private sector, owned by corporations and private equity, profit margins of up to 40%.
So trump is suing our BBC. They (BBC) made it look like he told the crowd to "fight! Fight like hell", and made it look like incitement to violence? The idiot incited sedition, his own words.
BBC made an idiot look like a moron!
Guilty as charged but who's the moron?
BBC made an idiot look like a moron!
Guilty as charged but who's the moron?
November 11, 2025 at 8:14 AM
So trump is suing our BBC. They (BBC) made it look like he told the crowd to "fight! Fight like hell", and made it look like incitement to violence? The idiot incited sedition, his own words.
BBC made an idiot look like a moron!
Guilty as charged but who's the moron?
BBC made an idiot look like a moron!
Guilty as charged but who's the moron?
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John McAndrew. Editorial Director & Director of News and Programmes at GB news should've absolutely precluded him from being director of BBC News programmes for an "impartial" BBC imo.
November 10, 2025 at 9:32 AM
John McAndrew. Editorial Director & Director of News and Programmes at GB news should've absolutely precluded him from being director of BBC News programmes for an "impartial" BBC imo.