Hugh Williams
@hugh69williams.bsky.social
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There will be a lot of nonsense talked about government borrowing today www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...
There will be a lot of nonsense talked about government borrowing today
The Guardian published this at 7.20 this morning:
Newsflash: UK government borrowing has hit its highest level since the Covid-19 pandemic in the first half of this tax year, eating into chancellor R...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
October 21, 2025 at 7:38 AM
There will be a lot of nonsense talked about government borrowing today www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...
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Einstein said socialism is the way for humanity to move beyond the predatory stage.
October 20, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Einstein said socialism is the way for humanity to move beyond the predatory stage.
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I don’t believe in dukedoms. I believe in democracy. inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Starmer faces fight with Jeremy Corbyn over Prince Andrew's titles
MPs, including former Labour left-winger Jeremy Corbyn and the Westminster leaders of the SNP and Plaid Cymru, want Parliament to pass legislation to formally remove Andrew’s titles
inews.co.uk
October 21, 2025 at 7:49 AM
I don’t believe in dukedoms. I believe in democracy. inews.co.uk/news/politic...
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In the last 30 minutes Israel has bombed a community kitchen where people were queuing up for food. 5 people have been killed.
Tareq Abu Azzoum reporting
Tareq Abu Azzoum reporting
March 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
In the last 30 minutes Israel has bombed a community kitchen where people were queuing up for food. 5 people have been killed.
Tareq Abu Azzoum reporting
Tareq Abu Azzoum reporting
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Disability benefit cuts will push over 250,000 people, including 50,000 children, into poverty.
So I asked the Chancellor — who earns over £150,000, accepted £7,500 in free clothes & took freebie tickets to see Sabrina Carpenter — if Austerity 2.0 is the "change" people voted for?
So I asked the Chancellor — who earns over £150,000, accepted £7,500 in free clothes & took freebie tickets to see Sabrina Carpenter — if Austerity 2.0 is the "change" people voted for?
March 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Disability benefit cuts will push over 250,000 people, including 50,000 children, into poverty.
So I asked the Chancellor — who earns over £150,000, accepted £7,500 in free clothes & took freebie tickets to see Sabrina Carpenter — if Austerity 2.0 is the "change" people voted for?
So I asked the Chancellor — who earns over £150,000, accepted £7,500 in free clothes & took freebie tickets to see Sabrina Carpenter — if Austerity 2.0 is the "change" people voted for?
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The Palestinian girl, an aspiring journalist, who had previously expressed admiration for Hossam Shabat in a viral clip, was interviewed once again today by @sahatenglish.bsky.social She reflects on the profound impact Hossam had on her.
March 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
The Palestinian girl, an aspiring journalist, who had previously expressed admiration for Hossam Shabat in a viral clip, was interviewed once again today by @sahatenglish.bsky.social She reflects on the profound impact Hossam had on her.
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"A lot of my colleagues have been chosen for loyalty"
Clive Lewis making the connection between the Labour right leadership stitching up selection processes before the election with Labour MPs not opposing the govts social security cuts now.
Clive Lewis making the connection between the Labour right leadership stitching up selection processes before the election with Labour MPs not opposing the govts social security cuts now.
March 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"A lot of my colleagues have been chosen for loyalty"
Clive Lewis making the connection between the Labour right leadership stitching up selection processes before the election with Labour MPs not opposing the govts social security cuts now.
Clive Lewis making the connection between the Labour right leadership stitching up selection processes before the election with Labour MPs not opposing the govts social security cuts now.
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Reeves justifying taking freebies: "Some of the things I might have been able to do in my life in the past are not so easy now"
Try not being able to use the toilet on your own & not being able to dress yourself & having a chancellor decide you can't get PIP.
Try not being able to use the toilet on your own & not being able to dress yourself & having a chancellor decide you can't get PIP.
March 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Reeves justifying taking freebies: "Some of the things I might have been able to do in my life in the past are not so easy now"
Try not being able to use the toilet on your own & not being able to dress yourself & having a chancellor decide you can't get PIP.
Try not being able to use the toilet on your own & not being able to dress yourself & having a chancellor decide you can't get PIP.
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A Palestinian ambulance worker: "I was sent to a place where the Israelis targeted a lady and her baby... the scenes and horrors of the war are always on my mind, to the extent that when I play with my son I remember all the injured children and dead ones I've recovered"
March 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
A Palestinian ambulance worker: "I was sent to a place where the Israelis targeted a lady and her baby... the scenes and horrors of the war are always on my mind, to the extent that when I play with my son I remember all the injured children and dead ones I've recovered"
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Thursday in London
March 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Thursday in London
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... and so the genocide continues
... and so the arms supplies
from US, EU & UK
for genocide continue
... and so the arms supplies
from US, EU & UK
for genocide continue
March 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
... and so the genocide continues
... and so the arms supplies
from US, EU & UK
for genocide continue
... and so the arms supplies
from US, EU & UK
for genocide continue
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In under 24 hours, Israel has massacred over 400 people in Gaza — including 174 children.
Words of condemnation ring hollow.
The UK government must end ALL arms sales, trade & diplomatic ties with a state facing genocide charges at the ICJ & leaders under ICC arrest warrants.
Words of condemnation ring hollow.
The UK government must end ALL arms sales, trade & diplomatic ties with a state facing genocide charges at the ICJ & leaders under ICC arrest warrants.
March 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
In under 24 hours, Israel has massacred over 400 people in Gaza — including 174 children.
Words of condemnation ring hollow.
The UK government must end ALL arms sales, trade & diplomatic ties with a state facing genocide charges at the ICJ & leaders under ICC arrest warrants.
Words of condemnation ring hollow.
The UK government must end ALL arms sales, trade & diplomatic ties with a state facing genocide charges at the ICJ & leaders under ICC arrest warrants.
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Today, Gaza’s one million children have been plunged back into a world of fear and death.
We appeal for the ceasefire to be reinstated immediately.
Full statement from UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell: unicef.link/43SB19i
We appeal for the ceasefire to be reinstated immediately.
Full statement from UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell: unicef.link/43SB19i
March 18, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Today, Gaza’s one million children have been plunged back into a world of fear and death.
We appeal for the ceasefire to be reinstated immediately.
Full statement from UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell: unicef.link/43SB19i
We appeal for the ceasefire to be reinstated immediately.
Full statement from UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell: unicef.link/43SB19i
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How any Labour MP with an ounce of integrity could vote for this is beyond me
The Health and Disability Green paper will deliver tiny income gains at the cost of major losses for those with health problems or a disability.
Restricting PIP qualification to save £5bn would mean between 800,000 & 1.2 million people losing support of between £4,200 & £6,300 per year by 2029-30.
Restricting PIP qualification to save £5bn would mean between 800,000 & 1.2 million people losing support of between £4,200 & £6,300 per year by 2029-30.
March 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
How any Labour MP with an ounce of integrity could vote for this is beyond me
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BREAKING: Abubaker Abed reports bombing in the north of Deir Al-Balah. Drones and quadcopters can be seen in the area, with an airstrike hitting a home near Al Aqsa Hospital. More details to follow.
March 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
BREAKING: Abubaker Abed reports bombing in the north of Deir Al-Balah. Drones and quadcopters can be seen in the area, with an airstrike hitting a home near Al Aqsa Hospital. More details to follow.
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At least 410 Palestinians have been reported killed by hospitals. The breakdown by age group is as follows:
➤ 174 children killed
➤ 89 women killed
➤ 32 elderly individuals killed
➤ 109 men killed
➤ 174 children killed
➤ 89 women killed
➤ 32 elderly individuals killed
➤ 109 men killed
March 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
At least 410 Palestinians have been reported killed by hospitals. The breakdown by age group is as follows:
➤ 174 children killed
➤ 89 women killed
➤ 32 elderly individuals killed
➤ 109 men killed
➤ 174 children killed
➤ 89 women killed
➤ 32 elderly individuals killed
➤ 109 men killed
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REPORT: Information from the Ministry of Health database reveals that 73% of those killed in Israeli strikes today are children, women, or the elderly.
WATCH | Australian medic Muhammad Mustafa describes the aftermath of last night’s attacks at Baptist Hospital in Gaza City:
“It was just mostly women and children burned head to toe, limbs missing, heads missing…”
“It was just mostly women and children burned head to toe, limbs missing, heads missing…”
March 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
REPORT: Information from the Ministry of Health database reveals that 73% of those killed in Israeli strikes today are children, women, or the elderly.
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Yet somehow this obvious fact escapes the gaze of the American press
March 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Yet somehow this obvious fact escapes the gaze of the American press
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Brilliant column by @nesrinemalik.bsky.social, which everyone in the UK should read. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Many said the Starmer era would be just Tory-lite – now it’s worse than that. Time to stop the pretence
He’ll be radical, the PM’s allies claimed. Well, look now, as the poor are targeted and ministers boast of wearing Tory clothes better than the Tories, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
March 17, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Brilliant column by @nesrinemalik.bsky.social, which everyone in the UK should read. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Starmer and Lammy have shown no concern for the 48000 slaughtered Palestinians yet I am expected to believe they are concerned for the plight of Ukrainians
Why is that?
Why is that?
March 17, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Starmer and Lammy have shown no concern for the 48000 slaughtered Palestinians yet I am expected to believe they are concerned for the plight of Ukrainians
Why is that?
Why is that?
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Starmer has got a cheek to talk about people receiving benefits.
March 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Starmer has got a cheek to talk about people receiving benefits.
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"At some point you've got to ask, what does the Labour Party stand for?"
Well said Taj Ali.
Well said Taj Ali.
March 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"At some point you've got to ask, what does the Labour Party stand for?"
Well said Taj Ali.
Well said Taj Ali.
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5/ The UN’s Independent International Commission of Inquiry has characterized these actions as potential war crimes and crimes against humanity.
March 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
5/ The UN’s Independent International Commission of Inquiry has characterized these actions as potential war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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4/ Reports document acts such as rape, sexualized torture, forced nudity, and other abuses, which have been described as systematic and part of broader strategies to dominate and subjugate Palestinians.
March 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
4/ Reports document acts such as rape, sexualized torture, forced nudity, and other abuses, which have been described as systematic and part of broader strategies to dominate and subjugate Palestinians.