Cllr Dave, EHDC
@ehdc-cllr-dave.bsky.social
I am a Labour councillor on East Herts District Council.
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That Reform councillor who told @lbc.co.uk that young people are paid too much? Turns out his companies have tribunal judgments against them for unpaid wages
Story by @mellino.bsky.social for @tbij.bsky.social
Story by @mellino.bsky.social for @tbij.bsky.social
George Madgwick: Portsmouth councillor failed to pay tribunal awards
George Madgwick has multiple tribunal rulings against him for unpaid wages
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:45 AM
That Reform councillor who told @lbc.co.uk that young people are paid too much? Turns out his companies have tribunal judgments against them for unpaid wages
Story by @mellino.bsky.social for @tbij.bsky.social
Story by @mellino.bsky.social for @tbij.bsky.social
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This investigation by @skynewsrss.bsky.social, using an LLM to show how X's algorithm pushes right-wing posts on its users, is an excellent piece of data journalism. Particularly impressed by how they've visualised the data to make it easier to understand news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:19 PM
This investigation by @skynewsrss.bsky.social, using an LLM to show how X's algorithm pushes right-wing posts on its users, is an excellent piece of data journalism. Particularly impressed by how they've visualised the data to make it easier to understand news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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X, Grok, Musk cannot be trusted to provide reliable, accurate information. British government and MPs should not be on the platform.
I know this won't surprise anyone here but Musk's reprogrammed artificial intelligence is spreading misinformation about yesterday's attack on a train
November 2, 2025 at 10:21 PM
X, Grok, Musk cannot be trusted to provide reliable, accurate information. British government and MPs should not be on the platform.
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A woman is killed by a man every 3 days in the UK...
78% are murdered by a partner/ex
Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this
Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety
In fact, they voted against them...
78% are murdered by a partner/ex
Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this
Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety
In fact, they voted against them...
October 31, 2025 at 10:22 AM
A woman is killed by a man every 3 days in the UK...
78% are murdered by a partner/ex
Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this
Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety
In fact, they voted against them...
78% are murdered by a partner/ex
Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this
Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety
In fact, they voted against them...
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Betting firm threatens to end its entire High St presence if it has to pay any more tax bit.ly/4qhaL1j yet another in the too rich and too important to pay tax series
If gambling tax rises, we’ll shut all our 1,300 shops, warns Betfred
Increased levies expected to be imposed in next month’s budget could cost the company 7,000 jobs, according to Joanne Whittaker, the chief executive
bit.ly
October 19, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Betting firm threatens to end its entire High St presence if it has to pay any more tax bit.ly/4qhaL1j yet another in the too rich and too important to pay tax series
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Every day is a good day to point out that 92% of Reform's donations were found to come from figures and groups linked to the fossil fuel industry. @desmog.com
Nigel Farage’s Reform Party Has Accepted £2.3 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests, Climate Deniers, and Polluters Since 2019 Election
Reform UK has received more than £2.3 million from oil and gas interests, highly polluting industries, and climate science deniers since December 2019, amounting to 92 percent of the party’s donations...
www.desmog.com
October 12, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Every day is a good day to point out that 92% of Reform's donations were found to come from figures and groups linked to the fossil fuel industry. @desmog.com
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Who benefits from the abolition of stamp duty land tax?
The first answer: people buying very expensive homes. Average saving for someone buying a £10m+ home is £1.7m. Average saving for someone buying a £250k-£500k home is £5k.
The first answer: people buying very expensive homes. Average saving for someone buying a £10m+ home is £1.7m. Average saving for someone buying a £250k-£500k home is £5k.
October 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Who benefits from the abolition of stamp duty land tax?
The first answer: people buying very expensive homes. Average saving for someone buying a £10m+ home is £1.7m. Average saving for someone buying a £250k-£500k home is £5k.
The first answer: people buying very expensive homes. Average saving for someone buying a £10m+ home is £1.7m. Average saving for someone buying a £250k-£500k home is £5k.
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Under UK law, a company can make £200m+ in sales and still hide its profit & loss by calling itself “small”.
That’s how PPE Medpro kept its finances secret.
A short thread on one of Britain’s daftest loopholes, the 1970s EU compromise that created it — and how to fix it.
That’s how PPE Medpro kept its finances secret.
A short thread on one of Britain’s daftest loopholes, the 1970s EU compromise that created it — and how to fix it.
October 4, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Under UK law, a company can make £200m+ in sales and still hide its profit & loss by calling itself “small”.
That’s how PPE Medpro kept its finances secret.
A short thread on one of Britain’s daftest loopholes, the 1970s EU compromise that created it — and how to fix it.
That’s how PPE Medpro kept its finances secret.
A short thread on one of Britain’s daftest loopholes, the 1970s EU compromise that created it — and how to fix it.
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In other news, Kemi Badenoch's party has taken at least £7 million in donations from funders and directors of climate change denial lobby groups bylinetimes.com/2025/03/18/k...
October 2, 2025 at 6:01 AM
In other news, Kemi Badenoch's party has taken at least £7 million in donations from funders and directors of climate change denial lobby groups bylinetimes.com/2025/03/18/k...
Tice on tv again for some reason. Claims crime is out of control in London. Reporter points out serious
violent crime and murder are down. Tice’s answer is that nobody reports crime anymore.
I’m fairly sure murder and serious violent crime are reported quite well.
violent crime and murder are down. Tice’s answer is that nobody reports crime anymore.
I’m fairly sure murder and serious violent crime are reported quite well.
September 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Tice on tv again for some reason. Claims crime is out of control in London. Reporter points out serious
violent crime and murder are down. Tice’s answer is that nobody reports crime anymore.
I’m fairly sure murder and serious violent crime are reported quite well.
violent crime and murder are down. Tice’s answer is that nobody reports crime anymore.
I’m fairly sure murder and serious violent crime are reported quite well.
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What you hear a lot from sympathetic politicians and commentators is that these protestors have valid grievances and need to be listened to. Tell me, what is to be gained from listening to thugs who chase someone around while calling him a paedophile?
This is vile. Local guy speaks to Sky News about the impact of asylum seekers protests. Watch what happens and share widely
September 4, 2025 at 3:27 PM
What you hear a lot from sympathetic politicians and commentators is that these protestors have valid grievances and need to be listened to. Tell me, what is to be gained from listening to thugs who chase someone around while calling him a paedophile?
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This also isn’t true.
Raskin literally said: “there’s no free speech crisis in Britain”
Raskin literally said: “there’s no free speech crisis in Britain”
September 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This also isn’t true.
Raskin literally said: “there’s no free speech crisis in Britain”
Raskin literally said: “there’s no free speech crisis in Britain”
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Nigel Farage has, inevitably, said that this ruling means “Illegal migrants have more rights than the British people under Starmer”.
The court’s short summary makes it explicit in two separate places that didn’t even enter into its reasoning, which centred on criteria for injunction.
The court’s short summary makes it explicit in two separate places that didn’t even enter into its reasoning, which centred on criteria for injunction.
"We should say at the outset what this appeal hearing is not about: it is not concerned with the merits of Government policy in relation to the provision of accommodation for asylum seekers, in hotels or otherwise."
(The "not" is underlined in the original)
(The "not" is underlined in the original)
August 29, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Nigel Farage has, inevitably, said that this ruling means “Illegal migrants have more rights than the British people under Starmer”.
The court’s short summary makes it explicit in two separate places that didn’t even enter into its reasoning, which centred on criteria for injunction.
The court’s short summary makes it explicit in two separate places that didn’t even enter into its reasoning, which centred on criteria for injunction.
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CEO-to-worker pay gap surges to 632 to 1 at US’s lowest-paying large firms.
Starbucks CEO collected $95.8m, 6,666 times as much as the company’s $14,674 median pay.
Workers rely on food banks and charity for survival whilst company engaged in union busting.
Starbucks CEO collected $95.8m, 6,666 times as much as the company’s $14,674 median pay.
Workers rely on food banks and charity for survival whilst company engaged in union busting.
CEO-to-worker pay gap surges to 632 to 1 at US’s lowest-paying large firms, study shows
At 100 firms in S&P 500 with lowest median pay, executives’ comp increased by average of nearly 35% over five years
www.theguardian.com
August 22, 2025 at 6:52 AM
CEO-to-worker pay gap surges to 632 to 1 at US’s lowest-paying large firms.
Starbucks CEO collected $95.8m, 6,666 times as much as the company’s $14,674 median pay.
Workers rely on food banks and charity for survival whilst company engaged in union busting.
Starbucks CEO collected $95.8m, 6,666 times as much as the company’s $14,674 median pay.
Workers rely on food banks and charity for survival whilst company engaged in union busting.
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Good visual showing the churn of UK voters since last year’s General Election.
May 26, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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I know residents in Hertford are concerned about the fire-damaged barge on the River Lea.
I’ve also heard reports of a possible oil leak into the river and understand the worry this is causing.
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I’ve also heard reports of a possible oil leak into the river and understand the worry this is causing.
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May 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I know residents in Hertford are concerned about the fire-damaged barge on the River Lea.
I’ve also heard reports of a possible oil leak into the river and understand the worry this is causing.
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I’ve also heard reports of a possible oil leak into the river and understand the worry this is causing.
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Thousands more victims of domestic abuse, sexual violence, ‘honour’-based abuse and stalking will have access to specialist support services thanks to a boost of nearly £20 million announced by the Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips today.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Vital support for victims in £20 million funding boost
Thousands more victims to access life-saving support through a £19.9 million investment in specialist services.
www.gov.uk
May 12, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Thousands more victims of domestic abuse, sexual violence, ‘honour’-based abuse and stalking will have access to specialist support services thanks to a boost of nearly £20 million announced by the Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips today.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
My dad was 15 when he joined the Royal Navy. I never asked him what it was like during the war, and he never talked about it, but I still have his medals and photos.
Remembering the millions who died fighting fascism.
Remembering the millions who died fighting fascism.
May 8, 2025 at 4:28 PM
My dad was 15 when he joined the Royal Navy. I never asked him what it was like during the war, and he never talked about it, but I still have his medals and photos.
Remembering the millions who died fighting fascism.
Remembering the millions who died fighting fascism.
Reform on LK now starting as they mean to go on. Give a soundbite, make up a figure and then attack and abuse. Politics of division directly from the Trump playbook.
May 4, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Reform on LK now starting as they mean to go on. Give a soundbite, make up a figure and then attack and abuse. Politics of division directly from the Trump playbook.
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Perfect
May 3, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Perfect
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Nigel Farage defends allowing US chlorinated chicken into UK as part of trade deal
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage defends allowing US chlorinated chicken into UK as part of trade deal
Reform UK leader on campaign trail as poll predicts rightwing party could be on course to win in a general election
www.theguardian.com
April 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Nigel Farage defends allowing US chlorinated chicken into UK as part of trade deal
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Our next #cycling event is on Sunday 27th April at 10am starting and finishing at The Terrace Cafe in Castle Park.
This family friendly 12 mile circular route is free to join. A donation to our 2025 nominated charity @HelpingHerts is encouraged.
greatbigcycleforherts.heroes.help/campaigns/Cy...
This family friendly 12 mile circular route is free to join. A donation to our 2025 nominated charity @HelpingHerts is encouraged.
greatbigcycleforherts.heroes.help/campaigns/Cy...
Great Big Cycle for Herts 2025
Cycle Stortford is proud to be supporting the Great Big Cycle for Herts 2025 with a family cycle ride on Sunday 27th April at 10am. Start at the Terrace Cafe in Castle Park. All welcome.
This event i...
greatbigcycleforherts.heroes.help
April 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Our next #cycling event is on Sunday 27th April at 10am starting and finishing at The Terrace Cafe in Castle Park.
This family friendly 12 mile circular route is free to join. A donation to our 2025 nominated charity @HelpingHerts is encouraged.
greatbigcycleforherts.heroes.help/campaigns/Cy...
This family friendly 12 mile circular route is free to join. A donation to our 2025 nominated charity @HelpingHerts is encouraged.
greatbigcycleforherts.heroes.help/campaigns/Cy...
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Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
April 9, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
Anyone thinking of voting Reform in the council elections should look at their performance in the European Parliament. Collecting their expenses while embarrassing our country on the world stage with petty theatrics and offering no solutions.
April 9, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Anyone thinking of voting Reform in the council elections should look at their performance in the European Parliament. Collecting their expenses while embarrassing our country on the world stage with petty theatrics and offering no solutions.