@iansephton.bsky.social
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Nigel Farage, who uses a private company to deliberately reduce his tax bill on non-parliamentary income from 40% to 25%, says Angela Rayner mistakenly paying less tax "screams entitlement".
September 5, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Nigel Farage, who uses a private company to deliberately reduce his tax bill on non-parliamentary income from 40% to 25%, says Angela Rayner mistakenly paying less tax "screams entitlement".
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Nigel Farage is about to give evidence to the US Congress on threats to free speech in the UK.
So here's one for him: Reform UK has just banned me (and @thenewworldmag.bsky.social) from attending its party conference this weekend. www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-w...
So here's one for him: Reform UK has just banned me (and @thenewworldmag.bsky.social) from attending its party conference this weekend. www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-w...
Chicken Farage bans The New World
It claims to be the party of free speech, but this last-minute decision to stop me attending tells a very different story
www.thenewworld.co.uk
September 3, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Nigel Farage is about to give evidence to the US Congress on threats to free speech in the UK.
So here's one for him: Reform UK has just banned me (and @thenewworldmag.bsky.social) from attending its party conference this weekend. www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-w...
So here's one for him: Reform UK has just banned me (and @thenewworldmag.bsky.social) from attending its party conference this weekend. www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-w...
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This week on PMQs unpacked we were joined by Chris Ward MP, who most other weeks helps Keir Starmer prepare for the showdown. Utterly fascinating and surprisingly candid. pod.fo/e/2e7d70
Politics Unpacked: PMQs: Keir Starmer's 'Bag Carrier' Lifts The Lid
It's deputy PMQs this week while the prime minister is away, and we're joined by a special guest. Chris Ward is Keir Starmer's close aide and parliamentary private secretary, known in Westminster a...
pod.fo
June 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
This week on PMQs unpacked we were joined by Chris Ward MP, who most other weeks helps Keir Starmer prepare for the showdown. Utterly fascinating and surprisingly candid. pod.fo/e/2e7d70
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What do we think?🤔
Hmm…. A Daily Mail headline so clearly designed to make you furious.
Being shared by salivating Tory MPs who love a good rage farming story!
So, what’s going on here?
Let’s take a look!👀
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1/13
Hmm…. A Daily Mail headline so clearly designed to make you furious.
Being shared by salivating Tory MPs who love a good rage farming story!
So, what’s going on here?
Let’s take a look!👀
🧵
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June 8, 2025 at 12:30 PM
What do we think?🤔
Hmm…. A Daily Mail headline so clearly designed to make you furious.
Being shared by salivating Tory MPs who love a good rage farming story!
So, what’s going on here?
Let’s take a look!👀
🧵
1/13
Hmm…. A Daily Mail headline so clearly designed to make you furious.
Being shared by salivating Tory MPs who love a good rage farming story!
So, what’s going on here?
Let’s take a look!👀
🧵
1/13
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Reform UK has uncovered the scandal of a “wasteful” £350m contract.
Small problem: it’s not a contract. Or £350m. Or a scandal.
Here’s how they got it completely wrong.
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Small problem: it’s not a contract. Or £350m. Or a scandal.
Here’s how they got it completely wrong.
👇👇
Exposed: Reform UK doesn’t know how government spending works
Reform UK just confused a procurement framework with a spending scandal – and revealed they don’t understand government
eastangliabylines.co.uk
June 7, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Reform UK has uncovered the scandal of a “wasteful” £350m contract.
Small problem: it’s not a contract. Or £350m. Or a scandal.
Here’s how they got it completely wrong.
👇👇
Small problem: it’s not a contract. Or £350m. Or a scandal.
Here’s how they got it completely wrong.
👇👇
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A council, a £350m contract, and a Twitter scandal.
Except... it’s not really a contract, or a scandal. 🙄
The Bear explains the very basic mistake Reform UK just made ⤵️
Except... it’s not really a contract, or a scandal. 🙄
The Bear explains the very basic mistake Reform UK just made ⤵️
Exposed: Reform UK doesn’t know how government spending works
Reform UK just confused a procurement framework with a spending scandal – and revealed they don’t understand government
eastangliabylines.co.uk
June 7, 2025 at 6:25 AM
A council, a £350m contract, and a Twitter scandal.
Except... it’s not really a contract, or a scandal. 🙄
The Bear explains the very basic mistake Reform UK just made ⤵️
Except... it’s not really a contract, or a scandal. 🙄
The Bear explains the very basic mistake Reform UK just made ⤵️
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On Trump v Musk
“Don’t be fooled into taking sides. Because neither of these men has the voter's best interests at heart
It's a battle of the rich trampling on the rights of everyone else”
V good on the profound harm these monstrous egos do
@maitlis.bsky.social
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/ful...
“Don’t be fooled into taking sides. Because neither of these men has the voter's best interests at heart
It's a battle of the rich trampling on the rights of everyone else”
V good on the profound harm these monstrous egos do
@maitlis.bsky.social
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/ful...
June 7, 2025 at 7:53 AM
On Trump v Musk
“Don’t be fooled into taking sides. Because neither of these men has the voter's best interests at heart
It's a battle of the rich trampling on the rights of everyone else”
V good on the profound harm these monstrous egos do
@maitlis.bsky.social
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/ful...
“Don’t be fooled into taking sides. Because neither of these men has the voter's best interests at heart
It's a battle of the rich trampling on the rights of everyone else”
V good on the profound harm these monstrous egos do
@maitlis.bsky.social
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/ful...
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Labour seems to be getting attacked daily by the Media, so I thought I'd draw your attention to the #FullFact Government tracker.
It shows that in 11 months Labour have already delivered or are on track with 42 of 59 Manifesto pledges.
Tories barely did 3 in 5 years
fullfact.org/government-t...
It shows that in 11 months Labour have already delivered or are on track with 42 of 59 Manifesto pledges.
Tories barely did 3 in 5 years
fullfact.org/government-t...
June 5, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Labour seems to be getting attacked daily by the Media, so I thought I'd draw your attention to the #FullFact Government tracker.
It shows that in 11 months Labour have already delivered or are on track with 42 of 59 Manifesto pledges.
Tories barely did 3 in 5 years
fullfact.org/government-t...
It shows that in 11 months Labour have already delivered or are on track with 42 of 59 Manifesto pledges.
Tories barely did 3 in 5 years
fullfact.org/government-t...
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This is a welcoming account. 🏳️⚧️
June 3, 2025 at 2:40 AM
This is a welcoming account. 🏳️⚧️
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Some more 'background' to this Guardian article.
1. The 5251 sites 'at risk' is simply a count of all protected sites in the UK (of which Labour are doing things to actively protect and made more).
2. They pick 10 they say are particularly at risk - but don't say how or why.
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1. The 5251 sites 'at risk' is simply a count of all protected sites in the UK (of which Labour are doing things to actively protect and made more).
2. They pick 10 they say are particularly at risk - but don't say how or why.
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Revealed: 5,000 English nature sites at risk under Labour’s planning proposals
Exclusive: Planning bill includes mechanism for developers to ‘pay to pollute’ valuable ecosystems, experts warn
www.theguardian.com
June 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Some more 'background' to this Guardian article.
1. The 5251 sites 'at risk' is simply a count of all protected sites in the UK (of which Labour are doing things to actively protect and made more).
2. They pick 10 they say are particularly at risk - but don't say how or why.
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1. The 5251 sites 'at risk' is simply a count of all protected sites in the UK (of which Labour are doing things to actively protect and made more).
2. They pick 10 they say are particularly at risk - but don't say how or why.
1/5
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Superb graphic sent to us, help share it.
May 29, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Superb graphic sent to us, help share it.
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Meanwhile All Boris Johnson’s Most Infamous Lies That We Know Of 👉 graziadaily.co.uk/life/real-li...
May 24, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Meanwhile All Boris Johnson’s Most Infamous Lies That We Know Of 👉 graziadaily.co.uk/life/real-li...
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Everyone Like And Repost 💯
March 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Everyone Like And Repost 💯
I’ve been trying all morning but I still can’t get the letters P E A C and E to spell CAPITULATION. Must by a Trump thing.
March 1, 2025 at 8:05 AM
I’ve been trying all morning but I still can’t get the letters P E A C and E to spell CAPITULATION. Must by a Trump thing.
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Former Capitol police officer Michael Fanone when confronting Proud Boys insurrectionist Enrique Tarrio: “You are a traitor to this country.”
RETWEET if you stand with Officer Fanone!
RETWEET if you stand with Officer Fanone!
February 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Former Capitol police officer Michael Fanone when confronting Proud Boys insurrectionist Enrique Tarrio: “You are a traitor to this country.”
RETWEET if you stand with Officer Fanone!
RETWEET if you stand with Officer Fanone!
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Musk's censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by about 95% since he bought it.
So we moved over to blue sky.
Help us build another great following right here where the skies are clear and the water is fine ;-)
Please do
Follow
Retweet & repeat
So we moved over to blue sky.
Help us build another great following right here where the skies are clear and the water is fine ;-)
Please do
Follow
Retweet & repeat
February 11, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Musk's censorship algorithm on Twitter reduced our audience by about 95% since he bought it.
So we moved over to blue sky.
Help us build another great following right here where the skies are clear and the water is fine ;-)
Please do
Follow
Retweet & repeat
So we moved over to blue sky.
Help us build another great following right here where the skies are clear and the water is fine ;-)
Please do
Follow
Retweet & repeat
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd... What did NGN not want to be heard in open court? 😳
Prince Harry settles case against Sun publisher after long-running legal battle
The prince has agreed to receive a settlement from the paper's owner, bringing a long-running legal battle to an end.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 22, 2025 at 10:56 AM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cd... What did NGN not want to be heard in open court? 😳
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Liz Truss crashed the economy.
January 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Liz Truss crashed the economy.
An excellent summary of why this ‘letter’ce shouldn’t be ‘Truss’ted.
~ A close look at Truss’s legal threat to Starmer – a glorious but seemingly hopeless cease-and-desist letter – The Law and Policy Blog ~
https://davidallengreen.com/2025/01/a-close-look-at-trusss-legal-threat-to-starmer-a-glorious-but-seemingly-hopeless-cease-and-desist-letter/
https://davidallengreen.com/2025/01/a-close-look-at-trusss-legal-threat-to-starmer-a-glorious-but-seemingly-hopeless-cease-and-desist-letter/
A close look at Truss’s legal threat to Starmer – a glorious but seemingly hopeless cease-and-desist letter – The Law and Policy Blog
9th January 2025 This post is about a “cease-and-desist” letter that has reportedly been sent on behalf of the former Prime Minister Elizabeth Truss to the current Prime Minister Keir Starmer. For …
davidallengreen.com
January 9, 2025 at 9:56 PM
An excellent summary of why this ‘letter’ce shouldn’t be ‘Truss’ted.
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Lawyers for Liz Truss have asked me to stop saying Liz Truss crashed the economy. I only said Liz Truss crashed the economy because Liz Truss did crash the economy. If she wanted me to not say Liz Truss crashed the economy, she shouldn’t have crashed the economy.
Please don’t share.
Please don’t share.
January 9, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Lawyers for Liz Truss have asked me to stop saying Liz Truss crashed the economy. I only said Liz Truss crashed the economy because Liz Truss did crash the economy. If she wanted me to not say Liz Truss crashed the economy, she shouldn’t have crashed the economy.
Please don’t share.
Please don’t share.
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Not a single Reform MP has bothered to turn up to today's House of Commons debate on tackling violence against women and girls
January 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Not a single Reform MP has bothered to turn up to today's House of Commons debate on tackling violence against women and girls
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We can’t let Elon Musk do to British politics what he’s done to X. His financial influence over our elections must be prevented, with tough rules against obscene foreign donations.
Sign our petition today if you agree: secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/163807/...
Sign our petition today if you agree: secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/163807/...
Stop Billionaires Meddling in UK Politics ❌
Foreign billionaires like Elon Musk shouldn’t have the power to shape our democracy. Let’s change the law.
secure.hopenothate.org.uk
January 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
We can’t let Elon Musk do to British politics what he’s done to X. His financial influence over our elections must be prevented, with tough rules against obscene foreign donations.
Sign our petition today if you agree: secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/163807/...
Sign our petition today if you agree: secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/163807/...