@ianr17.bsky.social
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Much of the £10.9bn UK Covid scheme fraud 'beyond recovery', report says.
Lack of checks on Eat Out, Bounce back loans, furlough support & more.
£13.6bn spent on 38bn PPE items, 11bn unused. £10bn loss from over-ordering, £324m fraud.
Organized looting. Will anyone be held to account?
Lack of checks on Eat Out, Bounce back loans, furlough support & more.
£13.6bn spent on 38bn PPE items, 11bn unused. £10bn loss from over-ordering, £324m fraud.
Organized looting. Will anyone be held to account?
Covid scheme fraud hit almost £11bn but much 'beyond recovery', report says
The response to the pandemic led to
www.bbc.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Much of the £10.9bn UK Covid scheme fraud 'beyond recovery', report says.
Lack of checks on Eat Out, Bounce back loans, furlough support & more.
£13.6bn spent on 38bn PPE items, 11bn unused. £10bn loss from over-ordering, £324m fraud.
Organized looting. Will anyone be held to account?
Lack of checks on Eat Out, Bounce back loans, furlough support & more.
£13.6bn spent on 38bn PPE items, 11bn unused. £10bn loss from over-ordering, £324m fraud.
Organized looting. Will anyone be held to account?
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Disabled people driving luxury cars on your dime? Just the latest rightwing lie peddled by Labour.
Govts stigmatize people claiming benefits as scroungers, claim fraud is rife.
Silence on corporate welfare, tax abuse by corporations/rich. HMRC failed to collect over £500bn tax since 2010.
Govts stigmatize people claiming benefits as scroungers, claim fraud is rife.
Silence on corporate welfare, tax abuse by corporations/rich. HMRC failed to collect over £500bn tax since 2010.
Disabled people driving luxury cars on your dime? Just the latest rightwing lie peddled by Labour | Frances Ryan
Starmer’s ailing government is happy to pursue ideas like cutting Motability, but all ministers will do is damage lives and themselves, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Disabled people driving luxury cars on your dime? Just the latest rightwing lie peddled by Labour.
Govts stigmatize people claiming benefits as scroungers, claim fraud is rife.
Silence on corporate welfare, tax abuse by corporations/rich. HMRC failed to collect over £500bn tax since 2010.
Govts stigmatize people claiming benefits as scroungers, claim fraud is rife.
Silence on corporate welfare, tax abuse by corporations/rich. HMRC failed to collect over £500bn tax since 2010.
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It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
November 22, 2025 at 10:05 PM
It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over.
We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution.
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Powerful piece by @drrachelclarke.com on the COVID inquiry. Those who say it’s easy to be wise in hindsight are being utterly disingenuous. Many of us spoke out at the time, and it’s in the public record.
@independentsage.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
@independentsage.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Powerful piece by @drrachelclarke.com on the COVID inquiry. Those who say it’s easy to be wise in hindsight are being utterly disingenuous. Many of us spoke out at the time, and it’s in the public record.
@independentsage.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
@independentsage.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances. A new decade-long Brexit study explains it: a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else.
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances. A new decade-long Brexit study explains it: a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else.
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
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So, #r4today reports on the Covid inquiry and the “too little, too late” Tory govt, then says they’ll be talking to *Lord* Gove about it. Ugh.
That just sums up so much that’s so very wrong with our politics and media.
Rewarding, rather than punishing, those responsible for failing us all.
That just sums up so much that’s so very wrong with our politics and media.
Rewarding, rather than punishing, those responsible for failing us all.
November 21, 2025 at 7:10 AM
So, #r4today reports on the Covid inquiry and the “too little, too late” Tory govt, then says they’ll be talking to *Lord* Gove about it. Ugh.
That just sums up so much that’s so very wrong with our politics and media.
Rewarding, rather than punishing, those responsible for failing us all.
That just sums up so much that’s so very wrong with our politics and media.
Rewarding, rather than punishing, those responsible for failing us all.
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Nearly there!
We need around 50 signatures to push my petition calling for transparency and a review of deregulated free zones to 10,000.
Please sign and share across your social media platforms.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
We need around 50 signatures to push my petition calling for transparency and a review of deregulated free zones to 10,000.
Please sign and share across your social media platforms.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
November 7, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Nearly there!
We need around 50 signatures to push my petition calling for transparency and a review of deregulated free zones to 10,000.
Please sign and share across your social media platforms.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
We need around 50 signatures to push my petition calling for transparency and a review of deregulated free zones to 10,000.
Please sign and share across your social media platforms.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
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Proud to be on the Science Advisory Board for DecodeME, a peripheral role but a fantastic vantage point from which to witness such outstanding work by Chris Ponting @cgatist.bsky.social and colleagues
#MECFS #pwME
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
#MECFS #pwME
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Scientists find link between genes and ME/chronic fatigue syndrome
Large study suggests people’s genetics could ‘tip the balance’ on whether they would develop the illness
www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Proud to be on the Science Advisory Board for DecodeME, a peripheral role but a fantastic vantage point from which to witness such outstanding work by Chris Ponting @cgatist.bsky.social and colleagues
#MECFS #pwME
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
#MECFS #pwME
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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To say this is somewhat at odds with the news and social media narrative would be the understatement of the year.
Also if Ed Davey is that popular vis Farage why is the mainstream media practically ignoring him?
Also if Ed Davey is that popular vis Farage why is the mainstream media practically ignoring him?
August 7, 2025 at 10:45 AM
To say this is somewhat at odds with the news and social media narrative would be the understatement of the year.
Also if Ed Davey is that popular vis Farage why is the mainstream media practically ignoring him?
Also if Ed Davey is that popular vis Farage why is the mainstream media practically ignoring him?
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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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Heathrow Airport's expansion plans to cost £49bn.
Previous plans abandoned as passenger numbers dropped.
Expansion of foreign-owned airport would release millions of tonnes of CO2 while benefiting a few rich flyers.
How about cutting rail fares?
Previous plans abandoned as passenger numbers dropped.
Expansion of foreign-owned airport would release millions of tonnes of CO2 while benefiting a few rich flyers.
How about cutting rail fares?
Heathrow Airport's expansion plans to cost £49bn, plans reveal
Heathrow says expansion is
www.bbc.co.uk
August 1, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Heathrow Airport's expansion plans to cost £49bn.
Previous plans abandoned as passenger numbers dropped.
Expansion of foreign-owned airport would release millions of tonnes of CO2 while benefiting a few rich flyers.
How about cutting rail fares?
Previous plans abandoned as passenger numbers dropped.
Expansion of foreign-owned airport would release millions of tonnes of CO2 while benefiting a few rich flyers.
How about cutting rail fares?
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Teesside Freeport: A Blueprint for Corporate Plundering of the UK
How the UK's "flagship" Brexit freeport became a corporate goldmine at taxpayers' expense.
My latest article zooms in on the corporate excesses of Teesside Freeport.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
How the UK's "flagship" Brexit freeport became a corporate goldmine at taxpayers' expense.
My latest article zooms in on the corporate excesses of Teesside Freeport.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
Teesside Freeport: A Blueprint for Corporate Plundering of the UK
How the UK's "flagship" Brexit freeport became a corporate goldmine at taxpayers' expense
open.substack.com
July 28, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Teesside Freeport: A Blueprint for Corporate Plundering of the UK
How the UK's "flagship" Brexit freeport became a corporate goldmine at taxpayers' expense.
My latest article zooms in on the corporate excesses of Teesside Freeport.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
How the UK's "flagship" Brexit freeport became a corporate goldmine at taxpayers' expense.
My latest article zooms in on the corporate excesses of Teesside Freeport.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
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This will probably come as no surprise to anyone but..
www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
Majority of Brits think Brexit has been a failure
www.independent.co.uk
June 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
This will probably come as no surprise to anyone but..
www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
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Brexit has paved the way for the carving up of the UK into corporate sovereignties aka free zones, 86 in total.
These are deregulated fiefdoms, tax havens, Ponzi schemes for the asset classes.
Thread
These are deregulated fiefdoms, tax havens, Ponzi schemes for the asset classes.
Thread
June 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Brexit has paved the way for the carving up of the UK into corporate sovereignties aka free zones, 86 in total.
These are deregulated fiefdoms, tax havens, Ponzi schemes for the asset classes.
Thread
These are deregulated fiefdoms, tax havens, Ponzi schemes for the asset classes.
Thread
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Lives are at risk like never before, Chair of the National Pharmacy Association tells LBC - with the loss of EU-wide medicine safety checks fuelling online sales.
Brexit has unleashed ‘backstreet medicine’ across Britain, warns leading pharmacist
Lives are at risk like never before, Chair of the National Pharmacy Association tells LBC - with the loss of EU-wide medicine safety checks fuelling online sales
www.lbc.co.uk
June 19, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Lives are at risk like never before, Chair of the National Pharmacy Association tells LBC - with the loss of EU-wide medicine safety checks fuelling online sales.
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What a total waste of time and money.
Government considers sale of Brexit border checkpoint in Kent – reports
New trade deal with EU could make 41 border control posts built after Brexit redundant
www.theguardian.com
May 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
What a total waste of time and money.
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The more you know about economics, the more you know that what we need is the EU.
A case in point:
A case in point:
Bank of England boss: UK must 'do everything' to rebuild trade with EU
Andrew Bailey says he does not take a view on Brexit, but reversing the post-Brexit hit to UK-EU trade would be
www.bbc.co.uk
May 9, 2025 at 9:27 AM
The more you know about economics, the more you know that what we need is the EU.
A case in point:
A case in point:
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Happy Europe Day! 🇪🇺
May 9, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Happy Europe Day! 🇪🇺
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Hey British media,
It’s no surprise that if you give Farage the run of the place, he’ll start winning.
Time to do your actual jobs and start interrogating him on his Brexit shitshow, his funding, his Trumpiness, his idiotic manifesto, his real plans for the NHS… instead of drumrolling him into No.10
It’s no surprise that if you give Farage the run of the place, he’ll start winning.
Time to do your actual jobs and start interrogating him on his Brexit shitshow, his funding, his Trumpiness, his idiotic manifesto, his real plans for the NHS… instead of drumrolling him into No.10
May 4, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Hey British media,
It’s no surprise that if you give Farage the run of the place, he’ll start winning.
Time to do your actual jobs and start interrogating him on his Brexit shitshow, his funding, his Trumpiness, his idiotic manifesto, his real plans for the NHS… instead of drumrolling him into No.10
It’s no surprise that if you give Farage the run of the place, he’ll start winning.
Time to do your actual jobs and start interrogating him on his Brexit shitshow, his funding, his Trumpiness, his idiotic manifesto, his real plans for the NHS… instead of drumrolling him into No.10
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It's long past time to ban insider trading in Congress.
April 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
It's long past time to ban insider trading in Congress.
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You're not meant to know anything about deregulated Special Economic Zones and Freeports until it's all too late.
April 10, 2025 at 9:25 PM
You're not meant to know anything about deregulated Special Economic Zones and Freeports until it's all too late.
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The French would like to thank the UK for funding to them.
2020 - 2024: EDF owned by the French state made £91bn operating profit in the UK, subsidises French households/industry.
UK govts oppose public ownership but happy to let foreign govts own UK infrastructure, export billions of profits.
2020 - 2024: EDF owned by the French state made £91bn operating profit in the UK, subsidises French households/industry.
UK govts oppose public ownership but happy to let foreign govts own UK infrastructure, export billions of profits.
With bills having gone up, it’s time to take energy back into public ownership
The obscene profits of the energy industry show the sector is broken
leftfootforward.org
April 8, 2025 at 8:20 AM
The French would like to thank the UK for funding to them.
2020 - 2024: EDF owned by the French state made £91bn operating profit in the UK, subsidises French households/industry.
UK govts oppose public ownership but happy to let foreign govts own UK infrastructure, export billions of profits.
2020 - 2024: EDF owned by the French state made £91bn operating profit in the UK, subsidises French households/industry.
UK govts oppose public ownership but happy to let foreign govts own UK infrastructure, export billions of profits.
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I cannot remind Americans about this enough, you had a revolution because you didn't want to pay Tariffs on Tea.
April 8, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I cannot remind Americans about this enough, you had a revolution because you didn't want to pay Tariffs on Tea.