GTReading
@gtreading.bsky.social
Radiation ☢️ dose-buster and part-time local politician 🌹 Purveyor of memes and any views expressed are my own and not representative of any organisation.
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Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
November 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Give a man a fish and someone with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about people getting free handouts. Teach a man to fish? Yeah, that person with a thousand fishes is going to bitch about that too.
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In the UK, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's friendship with Epstein has led to total disgrace.
He's been stripped of his titles, reduced to the status of a pariah.
Nobody is defending him.
He's a TOTAL disgrace.
In America, Jeffrey Epstein's close mate, Donald Trump, remains the president.
Insane.
He's been stripped of his titles, reduced to the status of a pariah.
Nobody is defending him.
He's a TOTAL disgrace.
In America, Jeffrey Epstein's close mate, Donald Trump, remains the president.
Insane.
November 13, 2025 at 9:58 PM
In the UK, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's friendship with Epstein has led to total disgrace.
He's been stripped of his titles, reduced to the status of a pariah.
Nobody is defending him.
He's a TOTAL disgrace.
In America, Jeffrey Epstein's close mate, Donald Trump, remains the president.
Insane.
He's been stripped of his titles, reduced to the status of a pariah.
Nobody is defending him.
He's a TOTAL disgrace.
In America, Jeffrey Epstein's close mate, Donald Trump, remains the president.
Insane.
Crikey - not even halfway through November and I’ve just heard “All I Want For Christmas” in the town centre. Won’t be long before I’m sent to Whamhalla at that rate.
November 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Crikey - not even halfway through November and I’ve just heard “All I Want For Christmas” in the town centre. Won’t be long before I’m sent to Whamhalla at that rate.
I won’t be shedding a tear over this decision. I’m in a minority in knowing the name of my PCC but I’m frankly unaware of him having made any impact where I live.
Police and crime commissioners to be abolished, government to announce
Police and crime commissioners to be abolished, government to announce
System introduced in 2012 across England and Wales has faced criticism from police chiefs
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UK politics live – latest updates
The controversial system of police and crime commissioners is to be abolished by the government, the Guardian has learned.
Under the system, introduced under the Conservatives, all 43 police forces covering local areas across England and Wales had to answer to an elected official. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I won’t be shedding a tear over this decision. I’m in a minority in knowing the name of my PCC but I’m frankly unaware of him having made any impact where I live.
I was back in the picket line again this morning in London where my employer has imposed another real-terms pay cut. We’ve had real-terms cuts for the last nine years. #ICLStrike
November 13, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I was back in the picket line again this morning in London where my employer has imposed another real-terms pay cut. We’ve had real-terms cuts for the last nine years. #ICLStrike
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I think the guy who came to fix our lift today had a lisp.
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I think the guy who came to fix our lift today had a lisp.
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Nigel Farage: "Small businesses shouldn't trust politicians who get freebies from big corporations."
*3 MINUTES LATER*
Nigel Farage: Lord Bamford and JCB, the Tories' old donors, are giving Reform UK £200,000!
*3 MINUTES LATER*
Nigel Farage: Lord Bamford and JCB, the Tories' old donors, are giving Reform UK £200,000!
Farage admits Big Business funding during Small Business launch!
YouTube video by Femi - F Politics!
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November 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Nigel Farage: "Small businesses shouldn't trust politicians who get freebies from big corporations."
*3 MINUTES LATER*
Nigel Farage: Lord Bamford and JCB, the Tories' old donors, are giving Reform UK £200,000!
*3 MINUTES LATER*
Nigel Farage: Lord Bamford and JCB, the Tories' old donors, are giving Reform UK £200,000!
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I think the new body scanners at security might need some fine tuning.
November 4, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I think the new body scanners at security might need some fine tuning.
Sometimes, you see the oddest things from the train.
November 4, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Sometimes, you see the oddest things from the train.
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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...
Was this the inspiration for the name?
October 31, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Was this the inspiration for the name?
It was a dramatic sunrise this morning.
October 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
It was a dramatic sunrise this morning.
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Reform UK Councils
Council Tax increases
Durham: 4.9%
Worcestershire: 5-10%
Warwickshire: ~5%
Leicestershire: 3%
Kent: 5%
Lincolnshire: 2%+
Staffordshire: ~5%
West Northamptonshire: 5%
Derbyshire: 4.9%
North Northamptonshire: amount TBD
Nottinghamshire: amount TBD
Lancashire: amount TBD
Council Tax increases
Durham: 4.9%
Worcestershire: 5-10%
Warwickshire: ~5%
Leicestershire: 3%
Kent: 5%
Lincolnshire: 2%+
Staffordshire: ~5%
West Northamptonshire: 5%
Derbyshire: 4.9%
North Northamptonshire: amount TBD
Nottinghamshire: amount TBD
Lancashire: amount TBD
October 25, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Reform UK Councils
Council Tax increases
Durham: 4.9%
Worcestershire: 5-10%
Warwickshire: ~5%
Leicestershire: 3%
Kent: 5%
Lincolnshire: 2%+
Staffordshire: ~5%
West Northamptonshire: 5%
Derbyshire: 4.9%
North Northamptonshire: amount TBD
Nottinghamshire: amount TBD
Lancashire: amount TBD
Council Tax increases
Durham: 4.9%
Worcestershire: 5-10%
Warwickshire: ~5%
Leicestershire: 3%
Kent: 5%
Lincolnshire: 2%+
Staffordshire: ~5%
West Northamptonshire: 5%
Derbyshire: 4.9%
North Northamptonshire: amount TBD
Nottinghamshire: amount TBD
Lancashire: amount TBD
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I'm in my fifties and have just had my first Botox treatment. I cannot express how I feel about it. Or anything else, for that matter.
October 24, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I'm in my fifties and have just had my first Botox treatment. I cannot express how I feel about it. Or anything else, for that matter.
Trump’s new ball room is taking shape.
October 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Trump’s new ball room is taking shape.
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1 month to go until Reform UK Welsh Leader Nathan Gill is sentenced on 8 charges of accepting Russian Bribes.
Nigel Farage thinks he can distance himself from his ‘loyal’ colleague of 20 years.
Let’s not forget that Farage was pushing the same Pro-Russian agenda.
#ReformRussianBribes
Nigel Farage thinks he can distance himself from his ‘loyal’ colleague of 20 years.
Let’s not forget that Farage was pushing the same Pro-Russian agenda.
#ReformRussianBribes
October 21, 2025 at 6:50 AM
1 month to go until Reform UK Welsh Leader Nathan Gill is sentenced on 8 charges of accepting Russian Bribes.
Nigel Farage thinks he can distance himself from his ‘loyal’ colleague of 20 years.
Let’s not forget that Farage was pushing the same Pro-Russian agenda.
#ReformRussianBribes
Nigel Farage thinks he can distance himself from his ‘loyal’ colleague of 20 years.
Let’s not forget that Farage was pushing the same Pro-Russian agenda.
#ReformRussianBribes
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Good explainer here on how free movement allowed our economy to breathe without any of the prejudice and cruelty now masquerading as an immigration policy. We threw away real control to put in place the most incoherently ruinous system imaginable. www.thelondoneconomic.com/opinion/peop...
People are just realising that we had a better grip on immigration within the EU
They gave us bar staff and builders - we gave them sunburnt pensioners and seaside property booms. It was win-win.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Good explainer here on how free movement allowed our economy to breathe without any of the prejudice and cruelty now masquerading as an immigration policy. We threw away real control to put in place the most incoherently ruinous system imaginable. www.thelondoneconomic.com/opinion/peop...