Ian Mack
@eddieriff.bsky.social
From the East End of Newcastle. Pro-Europe, Tory hater with a passion. Stroke survivor/Coffin Dodger, so far. Granddad of six. Not a fan of bullies. Newcastle United.
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"We can take back control and actually mean it...
Public ownership of water and energy are not just a policy choice
They're a survival strategy"
🎯 @labourlewis.bsky.social at @autonomy-institute.bsky.social event this evening #forum2029
Public ownership of water and energy are not just a policy choice
They're a survival strategy"
🎯 @labourlewis.bsky.social at @autonomy-institute.bsky.social event this evening #forum2029
June 18, 2025 at 7:10 PM
"We can take back control and actually mean it...
Public ownership of water and energy are not just a policy choice
They're a survival strategy"
🎯 @labourlewis.bsky.social at @autonomy-institute.bsky.social event this evening #forum2029
Public ownership of water and energy are not just a policy choice
They're a survival strategy"
🎯 @labourlewis.bsky.social at @autonomy-institute.bsky.social event this evening #forum2029
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Wilfred Frost to Philp: Labour took 6 months to launch the grooming gangs inquiry. You must admit the Tories are guilty too - they had 14 years and did nothing.
Philp: No.
Classic Tory sewage. #ukpolitics
Philp: No.
Classic Tory sewage. #ukpolitics
June 16, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Wilfred Frost to Philp: Labour took 6 months to launch the grooming gangs inquiry. You must admit the Tories are guilty too - they had 14 years and did nothing.
Philp: No.
Classic Tory sewage. #ukpolitics
Philp: No.
Classic Tory sewage. #ukpolitics
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How stupid can this person be, earning hundreds of thousands?
Kuenssberg: You're sending jets to the region?
Rachel Reeves: We’ve got bases there, we’ve got people to protect. It’d be a disgrace if we didn’t do what’s needed. This government actually does its job - shocking, I know. #ukpolitics
Kuenssberg: You're sending jets to the region?
Rachel Reeves: We’ve got bases there, we’ve got people to protect. It’d be a disgrace if we didn’t do what’s needed. This government actually does its job - shocking, I know. #ukpolitics
June 15, 2025 at 9:28 AM
How stupid can this person be, earning hundreds of thousands?
Kuenssberg: You're sending jets to the region?
Rachel Reeves: We’ve got bases there, we’ve got people to protect. It’d be a disgrace if we didn’t do what’s needed. This government actually does its job - shocking, I know. #ukpolitics
Kuenssberg: You're sending jets to the region?
Rachel Reeves: We’ve got bases there, we’ve got people to protect. It’d be a disgrace if we didn’t do what’s needed. This government actually does its job - shocking, I know. #ukpolitics
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The Guardian is discussing a supposed crisis for Rachael Reeves today, when no such crisis exists. Whether she meets her fiscal rules is irrelevant. Poverty, poor housing, and suffering children are the realities they should be talking about. Why aren't they? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/06...
The Guardian is part of the problem
As The Guardian notes this morning:
Rachel Reeves is braced for revised forecasts by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) to blow a £20bn hole in her tax and spending plans before the autumn bu...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
June 15, 2025 at 7:49 AM
The Guardian is discussing a supposed crisis for Rachael Reeves today, when no such crisis exists. Whether she meets her fiscal rules is irrelevant. Poverty, poor housing, and suffering children are the realities they should be talking about. Why aren't they? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/06...
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Another Reform Party Ltd racist candidate dropped. She’s now got a “something went wrong” twitter account.
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
Merseyside Reform candidate removed over social media posts
A spokesperson for the party called the posts "unacceptable"
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
June 13, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Another Reform Party Ltd racist candidate dropped. She’s now got a “something went wrong” twitter account.
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
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By almost every economic and financial measure the Brexit he championed has been disastrous for the UK - who on earth voted in this poll?
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Farage more trusted than Starmer on economy
The new data will set Government pulses racing as Rachel Reeves sets out plans to slash spending
inews.co.uk
June 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
By almost every economic and financial measure the Brexit he championed has been disastrous for the UK - who on earth voted in this poll?
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
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Thames Water bosses should be in jail, now they are trying to blackmail the Government.
They just need to be behind bars don't they?
Fly tippers can get 5 years, they should get 5000.
They just need to be behind bars don't they?
Fly tippers can get 5 years, they should get 5000.
June 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Thames Water bosses should be in jail, now they are trying to blackmail the Government.
They just need to be behind bars don't they?
Fly tippers can get 5 years, they should get 5000.
They just need to be behind bars don't they?
Fly tippers can get 5 years, they should get 5000.
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Rough sleeping to be decriminalised in England and Wales. 1824 law to be repealed.
About time.
Must attend to causes of homelessness - poverty, power of landlords, low benefits.
Must provide public shelters for those on hard times, reintegrate people on hard times.
About time.
Must attend to causes of homelessness - poverty, power of landlords, low benefits.
Must provide public shelters for those on hard times, reintegrate people on hard times.
Rough sleeping to be decriminalised in England and Wales
The government plans to scrap the Vagrancy Act and bring in laws to focus on crimes like organised begging by gangs.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 11, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Rough sleeping to be decriminalised in England and Wales. 1824 law to be repealed.
About time.
Must attend to causes of homelessness - poverty, power of landlords, low benefits.
Must provide public shelters for those on hard times, reintegrate people on hard times.
About time.
Must attend to causes of homelessness - poverty, power of landlords, low benefits.
Must provide public shelters for those on hard times, reintegrate people on hard times.
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Surely I've got this wrong. BBC say they're pandering to Reform voters to win their trust. Is that right? Well BBC I think you'll find thousands & thousands of none Reform people don't trust you. What a state for a national broadcaster. Where's Nandy? Next BBC confirm Muffin the Mule voted Reform.
June 10, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Surely I've got this wrong. BBC say they're pandering to Reform voters to win their trust. Is that right? Well BBC I think you'll find thousands & thousands of none Reform people don't trust you. What a state for a national broadcaster. Where's Nandy? Next BBC confirm Muffin the Mule voted Reform.
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Despite how it has been reported list of achievements from this deal is substantial, & goes further than the very Ltd ambition set out in Labour’s manifesto
Govt can sell the deal as a win for Britain in three big ways
Much more needs to be done but this is a welcome step @bylinetimes.bsky.social
Govt can sell the deal as a win for Britain in three big ways
Much more needs to be done but this is a welcome step @bylinetimes.bsky.social
'Keir Starmer's EU Deal Is Far Better Than the Media Is Telling You'
Much more needs to be done to repair the damage of Brexit, but this is a welcome step in the right direction, argues the Director of the Independent Commission on UK-EU Relations
bylinetimes.com
June 8, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Despite how it has been reported list of achievements from this deal is substantial, & goes further than the very Ltd ambition set out in Labour’s manifesto
Govt can sell the deal as a win for Britain in three big ways
Much more needs to be done but this is a welcome step @bylinetimes.bsky.social
Govt can sell the deal as a win for Britain in three big ways
Much more needs to be done but this is a welcome step @bylinetimes.bsky.social
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"Minutes of a meeting of the BBC’s Editorial Guidelines and Standards Committee in March, seen by Byline Times, show [...] plans to alter “story selection” and “other types of output, such as drama” in order to win the trust of Reform voters.": bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
BBC Bosses Draw Up Plans to Win Over Reform Voters by Changing News and Drama Output
The Director General Tim Davie and other executives discussed altering BBC “story selection” in order to secure the "trust" of supporters of Nigel Farage’s party
bylinetimes.com
June 9, 2025 at 10:08 AM
"Minutes of a meeting of the BBC’s Editorial Guidelines and Standards Committee in March, seen by Byline Times, show [...] plans to alter “story selection” and “other types of output, such as drama” in order to win the trust of Reform voters.": bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
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Thread on solving the 90-in-180 day problem 🧵
The solutions to the 90-in-180 day problem are many and varied. Politicians really have **no** excuse for inaction.
Any of the following provide models for solutions or are solutions in themselves…
The solutions to the 90-in-180 day problem are many and varied. Politicians really have **no** excuse for inaction.
Any of the following provide models for solutions or are solutions in themselves…
May 16, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Thread on solving the 90-in-180 day problem 🧵
The solutions to the 90-in-180 day problem are many and varied. Politicians really have **no** excuse for inaction.
Any of the following provide models for solutions or are solutions in themselves…
The solutions to the 90-in-180 day problem are many and varied. Politicians really have **no** excuse for inaction.
Any of the following provide models for solutions or are solutions in themselves…
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Reform….
Douglas Carswell gone
Diane James gone
Patrick O'Flynn gone
Godfrey Bloom gone
Suzanne Evans gone
Ben Habib gone
Rupert Lowe gone
Zia Yusuf gone
Nathanial Fried gone
Not exactly committed to the Reform cause or to its leader are they?
Wonder who’ll be next?
Douglas Carswell gone
Diane James gone
Patrick O'Flynn gone
Godfrey Bloom gone
Suzanne Evans gone
Ben Habib gone
Rupert Lowe gone
Zia Yusuf gone
Nathanial Fried gone
Not exactly committed to the Reform cause or to its leader are they?
Wonder who’ll be next?
June 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Reform….
Douglas Carswell gone
Diane James gone
Patrick O'Flynn gone
Godfrey Bloom gone
Suzanne Evans gone
Ben Habib gone
Rupert Lowe gone
Zia Yusuf gone
Nathanial Fried gone
Not exactly committed to the Reform cause or to its leader are they?
Wonder who’ll be next?
Douglas Carswell gone
Diane James gone
Patrick O'Flynn gone
Godfrey Bloom gone
Suzanne Evans gone
Ben Habib gone
Rupert Lowe gone
Zia Yusuf gone
Nathanial Fried gone
Not exactly committed to the Reform cause or to its leader are they?
Wonder who’ll be next?
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Reform UK has uncovered the scandal of a “wasteful” £350m contract.
Small problem: it’s not a contract. Or £350m. Or a scandal.
Here’s how they got it completely wrong.
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Small problem: it’s not a contract. Or £350m. Or a scandal.
Here’s how they got it completely wrong.
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Exposed: Reform UK doesn’t know how government spending works
Reform UK just confused a procurement framework with a spending scandal – and revealed they don’t understand government
eastangliabylines.co.uk
June 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Reform UK has uncovered the scandal of a “wasteful” £350m contract.
Small problem: it’s not a contract. Or £350m. Or a scandal.
Here’s how they got it completely wrong.
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Small problem: it’s not a contract. Or £350m. Or a scandal.
Here’s how they got it completely wrong.
👇👇
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Graeme Souness rips into 'chancer' Farage in Hamilton by-election
Farage will "show up for the cameras, then disappear when it matters".
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politic...
Farage will "show up for the cameras, then disappear when it matters".
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politic...
Graeme Souness rips into 'chancer' Farage as he backs Labour in by-election
EXCLUSIVE: In a withering attack on the Reform UK leader, the Rangers legend said Farage will "show up for the cameras, then disappear when it matters".
www.dailyrecord.co.uk
June 4, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Graeme Souness rips into 'chancer' Farage in Hamilton by-election
Farage will "show up for the cameras, then disappear when it matters".
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politic...
Farage will "show up for the cameras, then disappear when it matters".
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politic...
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Thames Water's in crisis AGAIN! 🚨
The way to end this crisis doom-loop is public ownership. And most MPs don’t know the facts about how to get this done.
Wherever you live, take 1min to email your MP - ask them to read and sign our open letter now. 👇
The way to end this crisis doom-loop is public ownership. And most MPs don’t know the facts about how to get this done.
Wherever you live, take 1min to email your MP - ask them to read and sign our open letter now. 👇
Thames Water is back in crisis - It's time for MPs to take action | We Own It
With Thames Water once again in crisis, it is time for MPs to stand up and demand a permanent fix from the government.
weownit.org.uk
June 4, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Thames Water's in crisis AGAIN! 🚨
The way to end this crisis doom-loop is public ownership. And most MPs don’t know the facts about how to get this done.
Wherever you live, take 1min to email your MP - ask them to read and sign our open letter now. 👇
The way to end this crisis doom-loop is public ownership. And most MPs don’t know the facts about how to get this done.
Wherever you live, take 1min to email your MP - ask them to read and sign our open letter now. 👇
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"Billionaires will leave if you tax them."
Please explain how the Energy Companies, Supermarkets, Landlord Empires and Water Companies are going to get up and leave?
They can't, it is a lie.
Please explain how the Energy Companies, Supermarkets, Landlord Empires and Water Companies are going to get up and leave?
They can't, it is a lie.
June 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
"Billionaires will leave if you tax them."
Please explain how the Energy Companies, Supermarkets, Landlord Empires and Water Companies are going to get up and leave?
They can't, it is a lie.
Please explain how the Energy Companies, Supermarkets, Landlord Empires and Water Companies are going to get up and leave?
They can't, it is a lie.
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Tory legacy.
Fire stations in England “falling apart”,
Funding down by £1bn, call outs up by a fifth. Firefighter numbers down by a quarter in seven years, 11,000 full-time staff.
Population increased but lack of investment in infrastructure, tax cuts for the rich.
Readying for privatisation?
Fire stations in England “falling apart”,
Funding down by £1bn, call outs up by a fifth. Firefighter numbers down by a quarter in seven years, 11,000 full-time staff.
Population increased but lack of investment in infrastructure, tax cuts for the rich.
Readying for privatisation?
Fire stations in England ‘falling apart’ amid £1bn funding cut, chiefs say
Exclusive: National Fire Chiefs Council warns of pressures, with callouts up 20% in a decade as firefighter numbers fall
www.theguardian.com
June 4, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Tory legacy.
Fire stations in England “falling apart”,
Funding down by £1bn, call outs up by a fifth. Firefighter numbers down by a quarter in seven years, 11,000 full-time staff.
Population increased but lack of investment in infrastructure, tax cuts for the rich.
Readying for privatisation?
Fire stations in England “falling apart”,
Funding down by £1bn, call outs up by a fifth. Firefighter numbers down by a quarter in seven years, 11,000 full-time staff.
Population increased but lack of investment in infrastructure, tax cuts for the rich.
Readying for privatisation?
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So which MPs are receiving all of these donations from people and companies linked to the private healthcare sector….? We’ve made a graph to show you🚨👇
This is not OK- click here to call for these MP donations to be BANNED: everydoctor.eaction.org.uk/ban-donation...
This is not OK- click here to call for these MP donations to be BANNED: everydoctor.eaction.org.uk/ban-donation...
June 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
So which MPs are receiving all of these donations from people and companies linked to the private healthcare sector….? We’ve made a graph to show you🚨👇
This is not OK- click here to call for these MP donations to be BANNED: everydoctor.eaction.org.uk/ban-donation...
This is not OK- click here to call for these MP donations to be BANNED: everydoctor.eaction.org.uk/ban-donation...
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As Margaret Thatcher forced the sale of Public Assets at about 20% of their value, we should force their renationalisation at 20% of their value.
Fair is fair.
Fair is fair.
June 3, 2025 at 4:20 PM
As Margaret Thatcher forced the sale of Public Assets at about 20% of their value, we should force their renationalisation at 20% of their value.
Fair is fair.
Fair is fair.
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On a visit to Aberdeen today, Nigel Farage admitted that he wants to cut Scotland’s budget.
That would mean less money for doctors, nurses & our NHS.
He has previously said that he wants an insurance based system for healthcare.
Don’t let Farage & his band privatise our NHS
That would mean less money for doctors, nurses & our NHS.
He has previously said that he wants an insurance based system for healthcare.
Don’t let Farage & his band privatise our NHS
June 2, 2025 at 8:43 PM
On a visit to Aberdeen today, Nigel Farage admitted that he wants to cut Scotland’s budget.
That would mean less money for doctors, nurses & our NHS.
He has previously said that he wants an insurance based system for healthcare.
Don’t let Farage & his band privatise our NHS
That would mean less money for doctors, nurses & our NHS.
He has previously said that he wants an insurance based system for healthcare.
Don’t let Farage & his band privatise our NHS
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Thames Water should be made an example of, arrest all their executives, let the company go bankrupt dissolving all their debts.
Nationalise with no debt.
It will teach the criminal bosses, the irresponsible lenders and the greedy shareholders all at once.
And you pay nothing.
Nationalise with no debt.
It will teach the criminal bosses, the irresponsible lenders and the greedy shareholders all at once.
And you pay nothing.
June 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Thames Water should be made an example of, arrest all their executives, let the company go bankrupt dissolving all their debts.
Nationalise with no debt.
It will teach the criminal bosses, the irresponsible lenders and the greedy shareholders all at once.
And you pay nothing.
Nationalise with no debt.
It will teach the criminal bosses, the irresponsible lenders and the greedy shareholders all at once.
And you pay nothing.
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We’ve pressed the Brexit reset button. It's a start. But we need to go further to reboot Britain
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
We’ve pressed the Brexit reset button. Now let’s reboot Britain | The Observer
Last week’s easing of EU trade restrictions should be just the first step towards re-entry to the customs union and single market
observer.co.uk
May 31, 2025 at 9:27 AM
We’ve pressed the Brexit reset button. It's a start. But we need to go further to reboot Britain
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...