@claregall.bsky.social
Living in the East Midlands. Interested in politics, pop/rock music and Leeds Utd.
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Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
November 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
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Like, doesn’t this sound sort of offensive?
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Like, doesn’t this sound sort of offensive?
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🚨The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has already passed 40,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
🚨The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has already passed 40,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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It's that time of year
November 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
It's that time of year
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Labour MP says only way to unite UK over immigration is by leaning into Reform narrative.
November 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Labour MP says only way to unite UK over immigration is by leaning into Reform narrative.
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
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The BBC can retrieve something from this mess (and show US broadcasters what a spine is) by sending Donald Trump a four letter response: “See you in court!” www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
The four-word message the BBC should send Trump about his $1bn lawsuit
The corporation must show it will not be cowed, unlike American broadcast media, and call the president’s bluff
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The BBC can retrieve something from this mess (and show US broadcasters what a spine is) by sending Donald Trump a four letter response: “See you in court!” www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
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Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
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So New York billionaires are going to flock to UK to escape wealth tax, says The Times despite The Times saying repeatedly that billionaires are fleeing Britain to escape wealth tax. It’s almost like they’re just making this shite up! 🤡 www.thetimes.com/uk/london/ar...
Rich New Yorkers eye London as Zohran Mamdani plots wealth tax
Estate agents have reported an increase in inquiries from affluent Americans considering a move across the Pond, but warn that Rachel Reeves’s budget may deter them
www.thetimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:36 AM
So New York billionaires are going to flock to UK to escape wealth tax, says The Times despite The Times saying repeatedly that billionaires are fleeing Britain to escape wealth tax. It’s almost like they’re just making this shite up! 🤡 www.thetimes.com/uk/london/ar...
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The Observer view: political interference at the BBC | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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There are no words to describe the pain of Claire Throssell - whose two beautiful boys were murdered by their father after he was allowed contact despite her warnings - or her bravery at helping change the law. If only women like her had been believed sooner. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘No more children are going to die like you’: how Sheffield mother kept her promise to boys killed by father 11 years ago
Claire Throssell has been central to the campaign to repeal parental contact laws following the deaths of her two sons at the hands of their father in 2014
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
There are no words to describe the pain of Claire Throssell - whose two beautiful boys were murdered by their father after he was allowed contact despite her warnings - or her bravery at helping change the law. If only women like her had been believed sooner. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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The Great Contortionist: Nigel Farage explains that while you shouldn’t say there are too many black faces on TV, it’s actually OK to say it, because there are. My SKETCH.
thecritic.co.uk/the-...
thecritic.co.uk/the-...
October 28, 2025 at 7:38 AM
The Great Contortionist: Nigel Farage explains that while you shouldn’t say there are too many black faces on TV, it’s actually OK to say it, because there are. My SKETCH.
thecritic.co.uk/the-...
thecritic.co.uk/the-...
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Freddie Mercury came to the UK as a kid because people that looked like him were being killed back home in Zanzibar.
In the UK, he formed Queen.
In the UK, he became a global icon.
📍 Liverpool, where Freddie Mercury met Brian May
In the UK, he formed Queen.
In the UK, he became a global icon.
📍 Liverpool, where Freddie Mercury met Brian May
October 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Freddie Mercury came to the UK as a kid because people that looked like him were being killed back home in Zanzibar.
In the UK, he formed Queen.
In the UK, he became a global icon.
📍 Liverpool, where Freddie Mercury met Brian May
In the UK, he formed Queen.
In the UK, he became a global icon.
📍 Liverpool, where Freddie Mercury met Brian May
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Nothing on the BBC Radio news this morning. Nothing I could find on their website. This is an MP from the party whose lead in the opinion polls normally ensures them wall-to-wall coverage. She spouts racist nonsense for which even she feels obliged to apologise. What on earth are they playing at?
Reform’s Sarah Pochin forced to apologise after claiming adverts 'full of black people' drive her 'mad’ | LBC
The Runcorn and Helsby MP was responding to a viewer live on air who complained about the demographics of advertising.
www.lbc.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Nothing on the BBC Radio news this morning. Nothing I could find on their website. This is an MP from the party whose lead in the opinion polls normally ensures them wall-to-wall coverage. She spouts racist nonsense for which even she feels obliged to apologise. What on earth are they playing at?
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Reform council in Nottingham decide that the best way to save money is to spend £75,000 on... flags. Still, I'm sure they can cut social care of children's services to make up for it.
October 25, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Reform council in Nottingham decide that the best way to save money is to spend £75,000 on... flags. Still, I'm sure they can cut social care of children's services to make up for it.
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How has the government got itself into the position of standing up for Israeli football hooligans, while criminalising peaceful supporters of Palestine Action?
October 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
How has the government got itself into the position of standing up for Israeli football hooligans, while criminalising peaceful supporters of Palestine Action?
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Is he the Messiah? Maybe he is. A lot of people are saying it. A lot. Maybe it's true.
thecritic.co.uk/bles...
thecritic.co.uk/bles...
October 13, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Is he the Messiah? Maybe he is. A lot of people are saying it. A lot. Maybe it's true.
thecritic.co.uk/bles...
thecritic.co.uk/bles...
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Help your local LOSER:
A special charity appeal
A special charity appeal
Help your local LOSER | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
We interrupt this sketch to bring you a charity appeal on behalf of the League Of Special Elected RepresentativeS. To many people, politics looks like a game of rough and tumble…
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October 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Help your local LOSER:
A special charity appeal
A special charity appeal
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Yep, that's great. Just fantastic. We were told that Starmer would lay out the patriotic case for diversity today. What we got was an article in the Telegraph, behind a paywall, about how the left failed to tackle immigration and now we all have to have ID cards www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09...
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September 26, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Yep, that's great. Just fantastic. We were told that Starmer would lay out the patriotic case for diversity today. What we got was an article in the Telegraph, behind a paywall, about how the left failed to tackle immigration and now we all have to have ID cards www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09...
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How can you be legally required to have something on a device you are not legally required to have?
September 25, 2025 at 6:35 PM
How can you be legally required to have something on a device you are not legally required to have?
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“A bad escalator and a bad teleprompter” — Trump implies UN tried to sabotage First Lady, while he saved millions.
September 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
“A bad escalator and a bad teleprompter” — Trump implies UN tried to sabotage First Lady, while he saved millions.
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Another week, another shouty Reform announcement followed by an angry Farage climbdown. It's almost as though it was a strategy.
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September 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Another week, another shouty Reform announcement followed by an angry Farage climbdown. It's almost as though it was a strategy.
thecritic.co.uk/f-i-...
thecritic.co.uk/f-i-...
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"Speech... it ain't free no more... If you wanna say something nice about the president's thick, yellow hair, or that he can do his makeup better than any broad? That's free. But if you wanna do a joke like, he's so fat he needs two seats on the Epstein jet? That's gonna cost ya."
September 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"Speech... it ain't free no more... If you wanna say something nice about the president's thick, yellow hair, or that he can do his makeup better than any broad? That's free. But if you wanna do a joke like, he's so fat he needs two seats on the Epstein jet? That's gonna cost ya."
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We have exported our greatest domestic product: stupidity
September 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
We have exported our greatest domestic product: stupidity
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Nice fellow, Kruger. Possibly a touch naive, but nice.
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thecritic.co.uk/divo...
September 15, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Nice fellow, Kruger. Possibly a touch naive, but nice.
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