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I have written several posts that related to various political issues, ideas and topics that have interested me. This is not aimed to be a comprehensive collection of analysis, but rather a single persons haphazard journey of discovery.
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🚨 NEW: The US has imposed sanctions on British citizen Claire Melford for being an "agent of the global censorship-industrial complex"

Melford, who leads the monitoring website Global Disinformation Index, is now banned from entering the US
December 23, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Got to say Trent had it -
youtu.be/f6-rwHc5MZY?...
December 23, 2025 at 9:58 PM
You forgot

Tories: sold of your social housing and stopped councils from building more.

Tories: sold of our national assets to enrich their friends, now 58.5% of Uk shares are held by overseas organisations and individuals.

Tories: STOLE MY MILK.

anyone got anymore?
Tories: *jacked your taxes 25 times*
Tories: *doubled your mortg payments*
Tories: *allow your friends' rents to explode*
Tories: *wank over your energy bills soaring*

Tories: u won't believe how much of a disaster Reeves' budget has been for Christmas Shopping.
December 23, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Give @aidthompsin.bsky.social a watch, he's an entertaining and informative commentator on those involved with the far right. If you can also join his patroen as unlike certain groups we don't have mysterious oversea backers offering to support work like his.
One week left to find three Patreons or Channel Members to reach the 2025 goal of 100 by the end of the year.

Do you know a person that loves satirical piss takey content/podcasts etc?

Share me around like the cheap tart that I am, or SO HELP ME GOD I will cry about it
December 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Another worthwhile read from full fact, it is a shame that there appears to be a group of organised bad faith actors that are attempting to undermine our society by trying to breed dissent against our govt. They have a hard enough job trying to turn our economy and country.
A new wave of fake stories about curbs on personal freedoms and bogus taxes has had millions of views on social media.

In the three months since we first wrote about this trend, we’ve fact checked a further 45 claims.

Our new investigation 👇
New wave of fake stories about curbs on personal freedoms and bogus taxes rack up millions of views on social media – Full Fact
In the three months since we first covered the problem, we’ve fact checked a further 45 false and misleading claims, about everything from nighttime curfews to a “Christmas decorations tax”.
fullfact.org
December 22, 2025 at 7:46 PM
“Spend £100bn more on schools and GDP will explode!” or “Raise taxes and everything dies!”
Both are wrong. Lets dig into the boring-but-crucial bit: what really happens to the economy if we do this.

#Rethink #UKPolitics #Education
Lets Rethink Education: What Happens when you spend 5% more on Education?
Now that we’ve mapped the raw cost of funding state education at private-school levels, it’s time to answer the inevitable question: What does this do to the economy? Do we spark a boom? Cause a recession? Redistribute things a bit and move on? Or — as usually happens — a messy combination of all three? This section walks through the economic plumbing behind a 5%-of-GDP shift toward education: why GDP doesn’t suddenly explode just because government spending rises why the short-run effect is a small dip rather than a catastrophe why private-school GDP doesn’t “vanish” in the process and most importantly, why the long-run human-capital payoff dwarfs everything else If Part I dealt with simple arithmetic, Part II deals with the thermostat and electrics of the entire house. It’s where the short-term story gets mildly boring — and the long-term story gets extremely interesting. Onwards.
hysnapsmusicandmentalhealth.wordpress.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:11 AM
This is the result of a systemic failure to invest in uk services and infrastructure for decades.. please remember which party has mainly been in power and has overseen and compounded this.
There is a crisis facing our NHS. For far too many people, there is a real danger that an ambulance won’t come on time, or that they may spend hours waiting in A&E because our NHS has been pushed to breaking point.

Only an emergency package of support can shore up our NHS through the months ahead
December 22, 2025 at 10:06 AM
An interesting read
December 22, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Absolutely.. the system should be designed to support those thar need it.
Reform to SEND must “start from a principle about nothing being taken away”, according to Andy Burnham

The Greater Manchester Mayor sat down with PolHome's @matildamartin.bsky.social to discuss how re-designing the under-pressure system “cannot clearly be cost-driven”
SEND Reforms Must Not Be About 'Taking Away', Warns Andy Burnham
Exclusive: Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham has said that reforms to the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system must “start ...
www.politicshome.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:47 AM
I know its a bit late - but just found this - and I have to say the investigations I've been undertaking, end up finding the same..

give Jimmy a watch youtu.be/cOWSpdqVaKA?...
How the Elite Engineered Britain's Collapse (And Blamed You)
YouTube video by JimmyTheGiant
youtu.be
December 20, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The UK doesn’t have a spending crisis — it has a secrecy crisis.
Every year we lose £7.5–£14.5 billion to political secrecy:
That’s £266–£514 per household, every single year.

#LetsRethink #UkPolitics #Secrecy
Lets Rethink Secrecy: Shouldn’t Legally required Information be public domain?
The UK loses an estimated £7.5–£14.5 billion every year through political secrecy: VIP lanes, undisclosed lobbying, overseas donations, and suppressed corruption inquiries. Brexit only promised £18 billion a year in benefit .. this would deliver .. with more guarantee a lot of that. Evidence from Scandinavia shows that public tax and finance transparency reduces fraud, lowers inequality, and saves billions. The real crisis isn’t spending — it’s secrecy.
hysnapsmusicandmentalhealth.wordpress.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:09 AM
What if I told you there’s a reform that makes the courts fairer, raises over a billion a year, and actually reduces reoffending — without creating a single new offence?
I’ve been digging into the evidence. The numbers are… eye-opening.

#UKPolitics #LetsRethink #Inequality #PublicPolicy
Lets Rethink Fines: Shouldn’t We Base them on how much you have?
The UK’s fine system hasn’t kept pace with inflation or income, leading to unfair penalties and huge losses in uncollected revenue. This post explores how index-linking fines and adopting income-based penalties could raise £1.6–£2bn a year, improve court performance, cut reoffending, and strengthen trust in the justice system.
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December 19, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Ok so a step away from politics - err not actually - I would like to give the great, the wonderful, #PWEI, #PopWillEatItself the voice of middle england with #PreachingToThePerverted - I believe a song written for the far right..

music.amazon.co.uk/albums/B001G...
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music.amazon.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Full of good Korean food. Ready for Meryl Streek and the Bobbys 💕 #BobVylanAreAMajorThreat
November 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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JUST IN! '796 - The Instrumentals' by Meryl Streek

Instrumental versions of the Irish post-punk meets spoken word songwriter’s debut, bringing the noise, beats, and volatile production to the fore.

www.normanrecords.com/records/2121...
December 18, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Ever wondered why UK laws feel outdated the moment they’re written? I’ve been exploring a surprisingly simple fix: write laws around the harm to the victim, not the exact action. It’s a lot less crazy than it sounds…
Lets Rethink Laws: Should We Focus on the Harm Instead of the Method?
Ever wondered why UK laws feel outdated the moment they’re written? I’ve been exploring a surprisingly simple fix: write laws around the harm to the victim, not the exact action. It’s a lot less crazy than it sounds…
hysnapsmusicandmentalhealth.wordpress.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:10 AM
The UK’s political system isn’t broken.

It’s working exactly as intended, just not for the benefit of you or me.

My radical request — is for BORING POLITICS … In this post I outline why what the UK really needs is not show and outrage but dull predictability.
#Politics #Rethink #UKPolitics #FPTP
Why Boring Politics Might Save Us All
After over 27 days of digging through inequality, privatisation, democratic distortions, collapsing social care, slashed education budgets, chronic underinvestment, donor capture, and the small matter of Brexit, the conclusion is painfully obvious: The UK’s political system isn’t broken. It’s working exactly as designed — just not for most of us. Yet ask any business leader, economist, or investor what they want and they’ll tell you the same thing: “Please, stop swinging wildly between ideological extremes and give us something predictable.” Please give us BORING politics Boring politics is how countries become wealthy. Boring politics is how crises are prevented. Boring politics is how you attract investment. Boring politics is how you rebuild trust. Yes so at the end of this No wild solutions, just a plea for stability and long term thinking.
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December 17, 2025 at 9:30 AM
What if British politics didn’t depend on billionaire donors?

In my latest post, I look at how public funding actually works, what happens when donor influence collapses, why free speech isn’t harmed, and why our ancient “loss of deposits” rule still warps who can stand for office.

If we want…
What Happens When We Stop Letting Money Run Our Politics?
Britain is increasingly an outlier in how it funds political parties and election campaigns. While other democracies use public grants, matching funds, donation caps, or voter-controlled democracy vouchers, the UK still relies heavily on private wealth — creating distortions, donor influence, and barriers to participation. This post explores how international public funding models work, how they reduce donor leverage, why they don’t restrict free speech, and what would happen if Britain adopted similar reforms. It also examines the overlooked “loss of deposits” rule, a financial barrier that disproportionately affects smaller parties and independent candidates.
hysnapsmusicandmentalhealth.wordpress.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:24 AM