Nicky
@haystackgirl.bsky.social
I have a microscopic patch of this planet. It’s enough. Binned off the other place. So far this looks better. The natural world rules. Don’t argue with it.
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"The latest update from the Office for Budget Responsibility moved in a better direction due to the strength of receipts and stronger wage performance. As well as filling the £20 billion gap, Reeves is still expected to deliver headroom against her fiscal rules
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British Pound jumps on UK improved fiscal forecast from Reeve's budget watchdog | investingLive
Bloomberg with the scoop
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November 14, 2025 at 12:37 PM
"The latest update from the Office for Budget Responsibility moved in a better direction due to the strength of receipts and stronger wage performance. As well as filling the £20 billion gap, Reeves is still expected to deliver headroom against her fiscal rules
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Succinctly put by Pete 👏
This from Pete should be everyone’s mantra .. it’s perfect!
British media lied and or conspired over Hillsborough, Brexit, austerity, the Farage riots, and Gibb turning the BBC into GB News.
But trust us on evidence-free anti-Labour stories.
Fuck that and them.
But trust us on evidence-free anti-Labour stories.
Fuck that and them.
November 14, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Succinctly put by Pete 👏
I like having a dull government. Rather than pandering to the frankly deranged press they just continue to get on with the bloody job.
So my second List this week. 10 this time. A total of 21 announcements or pieces of positive information by our Labour Government in 1 week. Some big news next week and more info on a better than expected OBR analysis. Well done Labour #FixingBritain
November 14, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I like having a dull government. Rather than pandering to the frankly deranged press they just continue to get on with the bloody job.
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So seems Labour’s budget plans have changed because the OBR forecasts have improved e.g. the U.K. economy has improved.
This is positive news.
Too many rushed out negative hot takes this morning.
This is positive news.
Too many rushed out negative hot takes this morning.
November 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
So seems Labour’s budget plans have changed because the OBR forecasts have improved e.g. the U.K. economy has improved.
This is positive news.
Too many rushed out negative hot takes this morning.
This is positive news.
Too many rushed out negative hot takes this morning.
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@pippacrerar.bsky.social and chums..
Thus is how it works Write 20 speculative budget articles. When one turns out to be right tell everyone "we told you so" and ignore the other 19. If feeling particularly malevolent claim the 19 are "U Turns". Our press are a disease.
November 14, 2025 at 9:55 AM
@pippacrerar.bsky.social and chums..
@pippacrerar.bsky.social Here’s an actual example of news that people want to hear. Try it.
New today: Labour have cut waiting lists by 16,000 this month – meaning faster care and less worry for patients.
The past year is the first time in 15 years that waiting lists have fallen.
There's a way to go, but Labour are getting our NHS on the road to recovery.
The past year is the first time in 15 years that waiting lists have fallen.
There's a way to go, but Labour are getting our NHS on the road to recovery.
November 14, 2025 at 12:25 PM
@pippacrerar.bsky.social Here’s an actual example of news that people want to hear. Try it.
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Drip, drip, drip. More and more good news and positivity coming into the public domain. So much of it for our young people and families. This really matters. And no other Party can achieve this because they don’t look after our young. They look after their donors.
November 14, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Drip, drip, drip. More and more good news and positivity coming into the public domain. So much of it for our young people and families. This really matters. And no other Party can achieve this because they don’t look after our young. They look after their donors.
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🚨 NEW: The Government has announced no fault evictions will be illegal from May 2026
Some other reforms from the Renters' Rights Act that will come into effect in May include:
- Rent capped at one rise per year with challenges allowed on excessive hikes
Some other reforms from the Renters' Rights Act that will come into effect in May include:
- Rent capped at one rise per year with challenges allowed on excessive hikes
November 14, 2025 at 10:12 AM
🚨 NEW: The Government has announced no fault evictions will be illegal from May 2026
Some other reforms from the Renters' Rights Act that will come into effect in May include:
- Rent capped at one rise per year with challenges allowed on excessive hikes
Some other reforms from the Renters' Rights Act that will come into effect in May include:
- Rent capped at one rise per year with challenges allowed on excessive hikes
Well, well, well. Hence the desperate article by Rigby this morning.
November 14, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Well, well, well. Hence the desperate article by Rigby this morning.
Bloody Red Tories Pt. 237.
November 13, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Bloody Red Tories Pt. 237.
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Starmer and Reeves have a 10 yr plan. I like their plan. I don’t expect it to materialise in 16 months. And I don’t expect it to be without its challenges. I also accept external factors will play a part. That’s why it’s a 10 year plan.
50+ manifesto pledges achieved/on course
50+ manifesto pledges achieved/on course
November 13, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Starmer and Reeves have a 10 yr plan. I like their plan. I don’t expect it to materialise in 16 months. And I don’t expect it to be without its challenges. I also accept external factors will play a part. That’s why it’s a 10 year plan.
50+ manifesto pledges achieved/on course
50+ manifesto pledges achieved/on course
The net is closing in.
November 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The net is closing in.
Yes Wes. That’s exactly what it is.
Streeting this morning compared the ‘civil war in Labour’ to an episode of Celebrity Traitors, saying “this is the worst attack on a faithful" since rugby star Joe Marler was banished in last week's BBC final. He backed the PM and said he was completely behind him.
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Wes Streeting's brilliant Traitors reply as he denies plot to oust Keir Starmer
'I think whoever's been briefing this has been watching too many episodes of Celebrity Traitors. This is just about the worst attack on a faithful since Joe Marler was kicked out and banished in the f...
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November 12, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Yes Wes. That’s exactly what it is.
Unacceptable. Horrific. Intolerable. Time to put racism back in its box.
The news that nearly 80% of NHS managers are concerned that their staff face discrimination from patients and the public is very troubling. Staff are now reporting feeling intimidated by the presence of flags, especially when visiting patients in their homes. (1/3)
St George’s flags 'are creating no go zones' as NHS staff 'feel intimidated'
Staff feel intimidated by the presence of flags across the country, including when they visit people in their own homes to provide treatment, according to several NHS trust chief executives and…
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November 11, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Unacceptable. Horrific. Intolerable. Time to put racism back in its box.
The populist at it again. It’s all Labour’s fault Rupert Lowe is a fascist. The gullible lapping it all up in the comments.
Our entire political conversation - under a labour government - has taken a huge shift to the right.
We can't let this be normalised.
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We can't let this be normalised.
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EXCLUSIVE: Zack Polanski and Jeremy Corbyn slam Rupert Lowe’s ‘utterly repulsive’, and ‘deeply un-British’ social media comments
'Beyond disgusting'
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November 11, 2025 at 8:40 AM
The populist at it again. It’s all Labour’s fault Rupert Lowe is a fascist. The gullible lapping it all up in the comments.
I’d be asking for my money back. All sounds a bit dodgy to me.
November 11, 2025 at 7:14 AM
I’d be asking for my money back. All sounds a bit dodgy to me.
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This Government has introduced free breakfast clubs, additional free childcare hours and increased the minimum wage, it'll be great news if they remove the 2 child cap but let's not pretend they've done nothing for the less well off.
November 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This Government has introduced free breakfast clubs, additional free childcare hours and increased the minimum wage, it'll be great news if they remove the 2 child cap but let's not pretend they've done nothing for the less well off.
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Want to know why the prisons system seems to be suddenly falling apart?
Well, it's not sudden. It's just suddenly being REPORTED. This rot was a deliberate policy choice, and I kept the receipts. Because I'm not the BBC.
(A note on what Tories did to cause this, from The Decade In Tory)
Well, it's not sudden. It's just suddenly being REPORTED. This rot was a deliberate policy choice, and I kept the receipts. Because I'm not the BBC.
(A note on what Tories did to cause this, from The Decade In Tory)
November 10, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Want to know why the prisons system seems to be suddenly falling apart?
Well, it's not sudden. It's just suddenly being REPORTED. This rot was a deliberate policy choice, and I kept the receipts. Because I'm not the BBC.
(A note on what Tories did to cause this, from The Decade In Tory)
Well, it's not sudden. It's just suddenly being REPORTED. This rot was a deliberate policy choice, and I kept the receipts. Because I'm not the BBC.
(A note on what Tories did to cause this, from The Decade In Tory)
It seems some people have forgotten or refuse to acknowledge this shit. They all need to have a cognitive test.
The Tories record from 2010 to 2024:
Food banks 2010 approx 35,
2024 approx 1,711
Homelessness 2010 approx 1,768, 2024 approx 327,940
NHS Waiting lists 2010 approx 4.34m,
2024 approx 7.4m
The Labour Government cannot fix this in 15 months, they inherited a huge mess. @lbc.co.uk
Food banks 2010 approx 35,
2024 approx 1,711
Homelessness 2010 approx 1,768, 2024 approx 327,940
NHS Waiting lists 2010 approx 4.34m,
2024 approx 7.4m
The Labour Government cannot fix this in 15 months, they inherited a huge mess. @lbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 PM
It seems some people have forgotten or refuse to acknowledge this shit. They all need to have a cognitive test.
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Read the thread 🧵 👇🏼
A national newspaper journalist went on a British TV channel to claim police stats showed asylum-seekers committed 44% of sex crimes in Dorset.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
This shocking claim was treated as fact by the channel which promoted the clip on social media where it was amplified by AI.
Except... it's bollocks.
November 10, 2025 at 8:44 AM
@ofcom.bsky.social -anything ?
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Starmer can't say this publicly but it's what he and Labour should be telling the BBC very clearly and aggressively in private.
The resignations of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness must be an opportunity for the BBC to turn a new leaf, rebuild trust and resist those like Nigel Farage who want to destroy it
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
November 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Starmer can't say this publicly but it's what he and Labour should be telling the BBC very clearly and aggressively in private.
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Reform leader branded “captain chaos” as Kent fire authority in disarray
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Reform leader branded “captain chaos” as Kent fire authority in disarray
The Fire Brigades Union has slammed the record of Reform’s ‘flagship council’ as it emerged that Kent and Medway Fire Authority was in disarray following the removal of five councillors, including its...
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November 9, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Reform leader branded “captain chaos” as Kent fire authority in disarray
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Polanski doing the populist thing again. He’ll be writing Tax The Rich on the side of a bus soon.
Share this with every single person who thinks that Rachel Reeves can use only a wealth tax to fill fiscal gaps. The Treasury would be unlikely to see a penny until 2029. In short, we cannot fund November's budget with a wealth tax.
November 9, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Polanski doing the populist thing again. He’ll be writing Tax The Rich on the side of a bus soon.
I’ll leave this here. You know who you are.
AMEN!!!!!!!
One day people will realize true progressivism is *protecting* incremental wins which added up becomes transformative progress. Demanding everything and the moon while not actually doing anything personally to move an inch forward isn’t progressive. It’s ignorant, whining and expecting to be babied.
November 9, 2025 at 8:58 AM
I’ll leave this here. You know who you are.
Labour showing the country that Farage is nothing but a traitor to this country. Backed by foreign money.
This is DEFINITELY worth watching !
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Keir versus Farage. Labour Party Channel. YouTube.
Keir versus Farage. Labour Party Channel. YouTube.
November 8, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Labour showing the country that Farage is nothing but a traitor to this country. Backed by foreign money.