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“The UK has a system in which a TV channel can pay a political leader almost half a million pounds a year and give him an hour an evening to react to his rivals without breaking a single rule.”
You might think controlling GB News gives you huge influence over UK politics – especially on the right. But that's just the tip of the iceberg, as we reveal in this week's issue of @thenewworldmag.bsky.social
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October 19, 2025 at 9:09 AM
“The UK has a system in which a TV channel can pay a political leader almost half a million pounds a year and give him an hour an evening to react to his rivals without breaking a single rule.”
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2016: Nigel Farage, "The worst case scenario, economically, is better off than where we are today"
2025: The Independent, "Five years on, the true cost of Brexit"
➡️ £27 billion drop in exports to the EU in 2022
➡️ 15% long term hit to UK trade (OBR)
➡️ 3.6 million more migrants after Brexit
2025: The Independent, "Five years on, the true cost of Brexit"
➡️ £27 billion drop in exports to the EU in 2022
➡️ 15% long term hit to UK trade (OBR)
➡️ 3.6 million more migrants after Brexit
January 4, 2025 at 11:13 PM
2016: Nigel Farage, "The worst case scenario, economically, is better off than where we are today"
2025: The Independent, "Five years on, the true cost of Brexit"
➡️ £27 billion drop in exports to the EU in 2022
➡️ 15% long term hit to UK trade (OBR)
➡️ 3.6 million more migrants after Brexit
2025: The Independent, "Five years on, the true cost of Brexit"
➡️ £27 billion drop in exports to the EU in 2022
➡️ 15% long term hit to UK trade (OBR)
➡️ 3.6 million more migrants after Brexit
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"Some 56% of farmland bought in 2023 was sold to landowners who were not working farmers.” 💰🧐
Whose land? Tax avoidance and the broken economics of British farming
Noise in the billionaire press about inheritance tax changes hides a basic fact: the non-farming rich own too much land
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 29, 2024 at 7:29 AM
"Some 56% of farmland bought in 2023 was sold to landowners who were not working farmers.” 💰🧐
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I am generally quite good at keeping my inner Trot under control but sometimes I do feel the overwhelming need to burn capitalism down.
November 21, 2024 at 1:09 PM
I am generally quite good at keeping my inner Trot under control but sometimes I do feel the overwhelming need to burn capitalism down.