@glenjones.bsky.social
Former HMPS turned school caretaker — still keeping things in order, just with fewer keys 🔑🏴🇪🇺
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Monaco based tax-exile Jim Ratcliffe businesses received up to £70m UK subsidy in last 4 years. More promised.
Free cash, not repayable, no means-testing, no equity stake taken.
Sunday Times Rich List estimated his wealth to be £17bn.
Benefit cuts for the poor, free cash for corporations/Rich.
Free cash, not repayable, no means-testing, no equity stake taken.
Sunday Times Rich List estimated his wealth to be £17bn.
Benefit cuts for the poor, free cash for corporations/Rich.
Jim Ratcliffe chemical firms received up to £70m of UK state aid in last four years
The government is preparing a £50m bailout for Ineos’s Grangemouth plant, after Jim Ratcliffe asked for help in October
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Monaco based tax-exile Jim Ratcliffe businesses received up to £70m UK subsidy in last 4 years. More promised.
Free cash, not repayable, no means-testing, no equity stake taken.
Sunday Times Rich List estimated his wealth to be £17bn.
Benefit cuts for the poor, free cash for corporations/Rich.
Free cash, not repayable, no means-testing, no equity stake taken.
Sunday Times Rich List estimated his wealth to be £17bn.
Benefit cuts for the poor, free cash for corporations/Rich.
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BREAKING: Hundreds of foreign prison staff 'offered emergency extension to visa' to stop the prison system collapsing
Sources suggest Home Secretary had previously been reluctant to make the exemption as part of her drive to reduce net migration
news.sky.com/story/hundre...
Sources suggest Home Secretary had previously been reluctant to make the exemption as part of her drive to reduce net migration
news.sky.com/story/hundre...
Hundreds of foreign prison staff 'offered emergency extension to visa' to stop the prison system collapsing
Sources suggest Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood had previously been reluctant to make the exemption as part of her drive to reduce net migration.
news.sky.com
December 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
BREAKING: Hundreds of foreign prison staff 'offered emergency extension to visa' to stop the prison system collapsing
Sources suggest Home Secretary had previously been reluctant to make the exemption as part of her drive to reduce net migration
news.sky.com/story/hundre...
Sources suggest Home Secretary had previously been reluctant to make the exemption as part of her drive to reduce net migration
news.sky.com/story/hundre...
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#Petition
Apply to Rejoin the EU as soon as possible to increase growth in the UK
👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
petition.parliament.uk/signatures/1...
Apply to Rejoin the EU as soon as possible to increase growth in the UK
👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
petition.parliament.uk/signatures/1...
Petition: Apply to Rejoin the EU as soon as possible to increase growth in the UK
We believe Brexit's not working. The OBR judges that the UK economy is smaller and trade is weaker because of Brexit, and it will just get worse. 10 years after the Brexit vote, let's apply to rejoin ...
petition.parliament.uk
December 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
#Petition
Apply to Rejoin the EU as soon as possible to increase growth in the UK
👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
petition.parliament.uk/signatures/1...
Apply to Rejoin the EU as soon as possible to increase growth in the UK
👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
petition.parliament.uk/signatures/1...
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Daisy Cooper is correct that Brexit is the cause of the rise in small boat crossings. Many experts and reports link Brexit to the rise in small boat crossings, primarily because leaving the EU ended the UK's participation in the Dublin Regulation.
December 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Daisy Cooper is correct that Brexit is the cause of the rise in small boat crossings. Many experts and reports link Brexit to the rise in small boat crossings, primarily because leaving the EU ended the UK's participation in the Dublin Regulation.
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“A petition demanding a full inquiry into Russian influence in UK politics has surged past 100,000 signatures after being shared at remarkable speed across social media.”
Russian influence petition surges past 100,000 signatures
A petition demanding a full inquiry into Russian influence in UK politics has passed 100,000 signatures
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 11:01 AM
“A petition demanding a full inquiry into Russian influence in UK politics has surged past 100,000 signatures after being shared at remarkable speed across social media.”
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🚨WOW! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 75,000 signatures! 🙏
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 27, 2025 at 9:38 PM
🚨WOW! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 75,000 signatures! 🙏
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Seems to be going well…
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Seems to be going well…
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Now over 61,000 🚀
🔥 Highly recommended that you all sign and share.
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Now over 61,000 🚀
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🚨The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 55,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 26, 2025 at 8:41 AM
🚨The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 55,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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On this day in 1897 Nye Bevan, the founder of our NHS, was born in South Wales.
Today let's remind ourselves of the struggle to create our NHS and reinvigorate our determination to defend it 👏
Today let's remind ourselves of the struggle to create our NHS and reinvigorate our determination to defend it 👏
November 15, 2025 at 9:21 AM
On this day in 1897 Nye Bevan, the founder of our NHS, was born in South Wales.
Today let's remind ourselves of the struggle to create our NHS and reinvigorate our determination to defend it 👏
Today let's remind ourselves of the struggle to create our NHS and reinvigorate our determination to defend it 👏
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Private equity wrecked UK high street, says Iceland Foods boss
PE model - low wages, cut staff/investment, high debt, profiteering, tax abuse.
PE devoured Debenhams, Maplin, Byron Burger, Cath Kidson, Comet, Flybe, Poundworld, Toys R Us.
Controls care homes, vets, supermarkets.
archive.ph/tJVkV
PE model - low wages, cut staff/investment, high debt, profiteering, tax abuse.
PE devoured Debenhams, Maplin, Byron Burger, Cath Kidson, Comet, Flybe, Poundworld, Toys R Us.
Controls care homes, vets, supermarkets.
archive.ph/tJVkV
Private equity has wrecked the high street, says Iceland boss
Richard Walker says private buyers take out costs and fail to invest then sell to the highest bidder in a cycle that makes retailers steadily worse
www.thetimes.com
October 12, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Private equity wrecked UK high street, says Iceland Foods boss
PE model - low wages, cut staff/investment, high debt, profiteering, tax abuse.
PE devoured Debenhams, Maplin, Byron Burger, Cath Kidson, Comet, Flybe, Poundworld, Toys R Us.
Controls care homes, vets, supermarkets.
archive.ph/tJVkV
PE model - low wages, cut staff/investment, high debt, profiteering, tax abuse.
PE devoured Debenhams, Maplin, Byron Burger, Cath Kidson, Comet, Flybe, Poundworld, Toys R Us.
Controls care homes, vets, supermarkets.
archive.ph/tJVkV
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Nigel Farage & Alex Phillips have been awfully quiet about Nathan Gill pleading guilty to eight counts of bribery relating to pro-Russia statements made in European parliament and articles.
Just wanted to refresh their memories about how they were all a team through that period.
Just wanted to refresh their memories about how they were all a team through that period.
September 27, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Nigel Farage & Alex Phillips have been awfully quiet about Nathan Gill pleading guilty to eight counts of bribery relating to pro-Russia statements made in European parliament and articles.
Just wanted to refresh their memories about how they were all a team through that period.
Just wanted to refresh their memories about how they were all a team through that period.
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Musk is inciting violence on London's streets.Tommy Robinson is financed by US tech bros. These are all very direct attempts to destabilise the British state.
Starmer needs to stand up to this. A government that doesn't defend its country's values against these blatant attacks is not doing its job.
Starmer needs to stand up to this. A government that doesn't defend its country's values against these blatant attacks is not doing its job.
My colleague @thejohnsimpson.bsky.social has done a terrific deep dive into the financial links between US tech billionaires and Tommy Robinson
Well worth a read
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Well worth a read
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
US cash turned Tommy Robinson into the poster boy of UK f...
Outside the Old Bailey in 2018, a reinvented Tommy Robinson flashed his perfect new teeth to 2,000 diehard supporters at a “free Tommy” rally on a stage ...
observer.co.uk
September 14, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Musk is inciting violence on London's streets.Tommy Robinson is financed by US tech bros. These are all very direct attempts to destabilise the British state.
Starmer needs to stand up to this. A government that doesn't defend its country's values against these blatant attacks is not doing its job.
Starmer needs to stand up to this. A government that doesn't defend its country's values against these blatant attacks is not doing its job.
🚨 Nigel Farage’s Reform UK just opened the floodgates to dark money in our politics by becoming the first UK party to accept untraceable crypto donations. That's why I've signed the petition to stop shady crypto donations flooding our politics. Will you join me?
August 7, 2025 at 8:17 AM
🚨 Nigel Farage’s Reform UK just opened the floodgates to dark money in our politics by becoming the first UK party to accept untraceable crypto donations. That's why I've signed the petition to stop shady crypto donations flooding our politics. Will you join me?
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We cannot heal the open wound of Brexit until we tackle the serious issues (rigged political system, corrupt media, foreign/corporate interference) that caused us to self harm in the first place. Other countries can see that, yet we can't?
Brexit referendum’s 10th anniversary: time to think again?
With 10 years of the Brexit referendum on the horizon, should a second referendum be in our sights?
@nick1webb.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
With 10 years of the Brexit referendum on the horizon, should a second referendum be in our sights?
@nick1webb.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
Brexit referendum’s 10th anniversary: time to think again?
With 10 years of the Brexit referendum on the horizon, should a second referendum be in our sights?
centralbylines.co.uk
August 6, 2025 at 7:52 AM
We cannot heal the open wound of Brexit until we tackle the serious issues (rigged political system, corrupt media, foreign/corporate interference) that caused us to self harm in the first place. Other countries can see that, yet we can't?
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The depressing, awful reality of where we are as a society.
People are made to feel guilty for literally saving human lives.
People are made to feel guilty for literally saving human lives.
Lifeboat crew members who are called out to migrants crossing the Channel in small boats have told the BBC they make no apologies for saving lives at sea.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
RNLI crew makes no apologies for saving migrants' lives in English Channel
It says it has saved the lives of 58 people crossing the Channel
www.bbc.co.uk
July 29, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The depressing, awful reality of where we are as a society.
People are made to feel guilty for literally saving human lives.
People are made to feel guilty for literally saving human lives.
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Reform has lost 11 councillors and 2 MPs in a matter of months… and when I say ‘lost’ I mean, they’ve quit following rows, impropriety or inability to do their jobs.
So, if Brexit weren’t proof enough, then this barrelling shitshow should confirm forever that they should be nowhere near govt.
So, if Brexit weren’t proof enough, then this barrelling shitshow should confirm forever that they should be nowhere near govt.
July 8, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Reform has lost 11 councillors and 2 MPs in a matter of months… and when I say ‘lost’ I mean, they’ve quit following rows, impropriety or inability to do their jobs.
So, if Brexit weren’t proof enough, then this barrelling shitshow should confirm forever that they should be nowhere near govt.
So, if Brexit weren’t proof enough, then this barrelling shitshow should confirm forever that they should be nowhere near govt.
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"Young people said they had experienced not having enough water to shower, rats biting through their walls, and mouldy bedrooms, among a number of examples in a report on the 'crisis of hardship' gripping the country." www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Children in England ‘living in almost Dickensian levels of poverty’
Children’s commissioner says any Labour strategy to tackle deprivation must scrap the two-child benefit cap
www.theguardian.com
July 8, 2025 at 6:34 AM
"Young people said they had experienced not having enough water to shower, rats biting through their walls, and mouldy bedrooms, among a number of examples in a report on the 'crisis of hardship' gripping the country." www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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One in four 16-24 olds in England have mental health condition.
Rates higher in young women.
Depression, insecurity, anxiety created by low incomes, insecure jobs, poor housing, loss of public services.
Futures blighted by neoliberal policies.
Govts talk about hot wars instead of war on poverty.
Rates higher in young women.
Depression, insecurity, anxiety created by low incomes, insecure jobs, poor housing, loss of public services.
Futures blighted by neoliberal policies.
Govts talk about hot wars instead of war on poverty.
One in four young people in England have mental health condition, NHS survey finds
Rates are higher in young women as in young men and mental ill health up across age groups, study shows
www.theguardian.com
June 27, 2025 at 6:26 AM
One in four 16-24 olds in England have mental health condition.
Rates higher in young women.
Depression, insecurity, anxiety created by low incomes, insecure jobs, poor housing, loss of public services.
Futures blighted by neoliberal policies.
Govts talk about hot wars instead of war on poverty.
Rates higher in young women.
Depression, insecurity, anxiety created by low incomes, insecure jobs, poor housing, loss of public services.
Futures blighted by neoliberal policies.
Govts talk about hot wars instead of war on poverty.
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UK to host Donald Trump for full state visit this year, says Buckingham Palace.
That felon should not be given a state visit, stands against all ethical values.
King Donald wants to takeover Gaza, Greenland, Panama, Canada, a threat to world peace.
Protests are certain.
That felon should not be given a state visit, stands against all ethical values.
King Donald wants to takeover Gaza, Greenland, Panama, Canada, a threat to world peace.
Protests are certain.
UK to host Donald Trump for full state visit this year, says Buckingham Palace
Official visit confirmed but diary issues appear to have scuppered plans for initial informal meeting with king
www.theguardian.com
June 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
UK to host Donald Trump for full state visit this year, says Buckingham Palace.
That felon should not be given a state visit, stands against all ethical values.
King Donald wants to takeover Gaza, Greenland, Panama, Canada, a threat to world peace.
Protests are certain.
That felon should not be given a state visit, stands against all ethical values.
King Donald wants to takeover Gaza, Greenland, Panama, Canada, a threat to world peace.
Protests are certain.
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Big fall in support for struggling families in England.
Family hubs and children’s centres down by a third since 2009. 2010/11 -2023/24: spending on centres cut by £1.4bn.
Child poverty levels up by more than 15%.
25% of children in England needed social care services.
Austerity blights futures.
Family hubs and children’s centres down by a third since 2009. 2010/11 -2023/24: spending on centres cut by £1.4bn.
Child poverty levels up by more than 15%.
25% of children in England needed social care services.
Austerity blights futures.
Big fall in support for struggling families in England, charity says
Exclusive: Barnardo’s says number of family hubs and children’s centres has plummeted – with ‘postcode lottery of support’
www.theguardian.com
June 24, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Big fall in support for struggling families in England.
Family hubs and children’s centres down by a third since 2009. 2010/11 -2023/24: spending on centres cut by £1.4bn.
Child poverty levels up by more than 15%.
25% of children in England needed social care services.
Austerity blights futures.
Family hubs and children’s centres down by a third since 2009. 2010/11 -2023/24: spending on centres cut by £1.4bn.
Child poverty levels up by more than 15%.
25% of children in England needed social care services.
Austerity blights futures.