Just listened to @newsagents.bsky.social interview with Rupert Lowe.
Why do journalists waste so much time asking populists to repeat the vile things they have said previously? It changes nobody’s opinion of them.
Push these people on policy - ignore their performative bigotry/xenophobia
Why do journalists waste so much time asking populists to repeat the vile things they have said previously? It changes nobody’s opinion of them.
Push these people on policy - ignore their performative bigotry/xenophobia
May 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Just listened to @newsagents.bsky.social interview with Rupert Lowe.
Why do journalists waste so much time asking populists to repeat the vile things they have said previously? It changes nobody’s opinion of them.
Push these people on policy - ignore their performative bigotry/xenophobia
Why do journalists waste so much time asking populists to repeat the vile things they have said previously? It changes nobody’s opinion of them.
Push these people on policy - ignore their performative bigotry/xenophobia
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This country went to the dogs the day we started permitting the building of castles with pilfered wood.
Liz speaks the truth.
Liz speaks the truth.
February 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM
This country went to the dogs the day we started permitting the building of castles with pilfered wood.
Liz speaks the truth.
Liz speaks the truth.
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This is the colleague that the likes of Cleverly, Badenoch & Jenrick are refusing to defend...
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Please watch this speech by Jess Phillips in the HoC to guage how pationate she is about the victims of Child Sex Abuse.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0C6...
Please watch this speech by Jess Phillips in the HoC to guage how pationate she is about the victims of Child Sex Abuse.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0C6...
Jess Phillips is a Legend
YouTube video by Max Brockbank
www.youtube.com
January 7, 2025 at 11:16 AM
This is the colleague that the likes of Cleverly, Badenoch & Jenrick are refusing to defend...
The best way of preventing vulnerable girls from being abused is by ensuring they are no longer vulnerable.
Vulnerability stems from poverty. Eradicate poverty and predators won’t have anyone to prey upon.
Musk isn’t interested in that; just weaponising racism to divide us & protect his wealth
Vulnerability stems from poverty. Eradicate poverty and predators won’t have anyone to prey upon.
Musk isn’t interested in that; just weaponising racism to divide us & protect his wealth
January 6, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The best way of preventing vulnerable girls from being abused is by ensuring they are no longer vulnerable.
Vulnerability stems from poverty. Eradicate poverty and predators won’t have anyone to prey upon.
Musk isn’t interested in that; just weaponising racism to divide us & protect his wealth
Vulnerability stems from poverty. Eradicate poverty and predators won’t have anyone to prey upon.
Musk isn’t interested in that; just weaponising racism to divide us & protect his wealth
It’s still Christmas. Just sayin’
January 3, 2025 at 11:13 PM
It’s still Christmas. Just sayin’
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Let me tell you what has 'kept Britain in a chokehold' for three decades: rightwing media billionaires, stagnant wages, dishonest politicians, austerity, Brexit, housing crisis, hungry kids and skyhigh NHS waiting lists. Not ASLEF and RMT.
December 29, 2024 at 12:40 PM
Let me tell you what has 'kept Britain in a chokehold' for three decades: rightwing media billionaires, stagnant wages, dishonest politicians, austerity, Brexit, housing crisis, hungry kids and skyhigh NHS waiting lists. Not ASLEF and RMT.
This is a whole different level of stupid
This would amount to a massive tax cut for the highest paid people in Britain, paid for by higher taxes for low earners and big cuts to public services
December 16, 2024 at 9:05 PM
This is a whole different level of stupid
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This would amount to a massive tax cut for the highest paid people in Britain, paid for by higher taxes for low earners and big cuts to public services
December 16, 2024 at 8:24 PM
This would amount to a massive tax cut for the highest paid people in Britain, paid for by higher taxes for low earners and big cuts to public services
How confusing it must be for those who are convinced that there are no refugees, only “economic migrants”, to see the thousands of displaced Syrians rushing to return home, now that the despotic regime from which they fled, has been deposed.
December 10, 2024 at 2:53 PM
How confusing it must be for those who are convinced that there are no refugees, only “economic migrants”, to see the thousands of displaced Syrians rushing to return home, now that the despotic regime from which they fled, has been deposed.
Can someone please remix this, swapping out “awesome” with @mrjamesob.bsky.social’s favourite word.
It would be extraordinary 😉
It would be extraordinary 😉
Everything Is AWESOME!!! -- The LEGO® Movie -- Tegan and Sara feat. The Lonely Island
YouTube video by Warner Bros. Pictures
youtu.be
December 2, 2024 at 12:37 PM
Can someone please remix this, swapping out “awesome” with @mrjamesob.bsky.social’s favourite word.
It would be extraordinary 😉
It would be extraordinary 😉
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With Haigh's departure from the cabinet, for the first time in our political history, the cabinet is 100% state educated. Quite the moment.
November 29, 2024 at 4:36 PM
With Haigh's departure from the cabinet, for the first time in our political history, the cabinet is 100% state educated. Quite the moment.
A lot of wining at the CBI from people who don’t get that if you want to move your goods around the country, you’ve got to have roads & railways; if you want staff to work for you, you need schools & healthcare; and if you want customers, you can’t hoard all of the money.
Money has to move, to grow!
Money has to move, to grow!
November 25, 2024 at 7:21 PM
A lot of wining at the CBI from people who don’t get that if you want to move your goods around the country, you’ve got to have roads & railways; if you want staff to work for you, you need schools & healthcare; and if you want customers, you can’t hoard all of the money.
Money has to move, to grow!
Money has to move, to grow!
Over 4m people voted for Reform Ltd in July. Not even half of them want a rerun
"General Election Now" petition signatures vs Reform vote by parliamentary constituency
November 25, 2024 at 9:46 AM
Over 4m people voted for Reform Ltd in July. Not even half of them want a rerun
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Can never understand the logic of "slippery slope" arguments when we have a system where the House of Commons decides nearly everything. It's only a slippery slope if in the future the Commons changes its mind on something- which guess what, it can do at any time.
November 24, 2024 at 8:35 AM
Can never understand the logic of "slippery slope" arguments when we have a system where the House of Commons decides nearly everything. It's only a slippery slope if in the future the Commons changes its mind on something- which guess what, it can do at any time.
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No farmers’ march over the ruinous Australia deal nor the calamitous withdrawal of EU benefits… but propose that farmers pay half the Inheritance Tax that everyone else does, spread over a period of ten years, and suddenly it’s 1968 in wellies.
November 19, 2024 at 12:24 PM
No farmers’ march over the ruinous Australia deal nor the calamitous withdrawal of EU benefits… but propose that farmers pay half the Inheritance Tax that everyone else does, spread over a period of ten years, and suddenly it’s 1968 in wellies.
Good to see.
As described by @barristersecret.bsky.social, justice fails when an under-resourced police service is unable to provide the evidence needed for successful prosecutions.
Refunding U.K. police will restore our justice system & public faith therein
As described by @barristersecret.bsky.social, justice fails when an under-resourced police service is unable to provide the evidence needed for successful prosecutions.
Refunding U.K. police will restore our justice system & public faith therein
Home secretary to announce extra £500m for neighbourhood policing
Yvette Cooper says there needs to be a "fundamental reset" in the relationship between the public and the police.
news.sky.com
November 19, 2024 at 8:02 AM
Good to see.
As described by @barristersecret.bsky.social, justice fails when an under-resourced police service is unable to provide the evidence needed for successful prosecutions.
Refunding U.K. police will restore our justice system & public faith therein
As described by @barristersecret.bsky.social, justice fails when an under-resourced police service is unable to provide the evidence needed for successful prosecutions.
Refunding U.K. police will restore our justice system & public faith therein
Changes to the national minimum wage, announced in the budget, will mean approximately 1:5 workers on the Isle of Wight will be getting a pay rise.
November 18, 2024 at 9:27 PM
Changes to the national minimum wage, announced in the budget, will mean approximately 1:5 workers on the Isle of Wight will be getting a pay rise.
As soon as someone uses the phrase “assisted suicide”, I lose all respect for them.
It demonstrates that they do not believe in the strength of their argument and are resorting to appealing to base emotions - forcing guilt on those wanting to enable people to end their lives with minimal suffering
It demonstrates that they do not believe in the strength of their argument and are resorting to appealing to base emotions - forcing guilt on those wanting to enable people to end their lives with minimal suffering
November 12, 2024 at 7:38 PM
As soon as someone uses the phrase “assisted suicide”, I lose all respect for them.
It demonstrates that they do not believe in the strength of their argument and are resorting to appealing to base emotions - forcing guilt on those wanting to enable people to end their lives with minimal suffering
It demonstrates that they do not believe in the strength of their argument and are resorting to appealing to base emotions - forcing guilt on those wanting to enable people to end their lives with minimal suffering
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@mrjamesob.bsky.social Listening back to the opening of today's show and I am reminded of a passage from Charles Dickens' Hard Times, published 170 years ago about business owners pitching their properties into the Atlantic. Plus ca change
November 11, 2024 at 5:38 PM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Listening back to the opening of today's show and I am reminded of a passage from Charles Dickens' Hard Times, published 170 years ago about business owners pitching their properties into the Atlantic. Plus ca change
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📣 @hopenothate.bsky.social is hiring!
We are looking for:
3 x Local Campaign Organisers
1 x Campaigns Officer
Salaries, locations and more details can be found👇
hopenothate.org.uk/about-us/car...
We are looking for:
3 x Local Campaign Organisers
1 x Campaigns Officer
Salaries, locations and more details can be found👇
hopenothate.org.uk/about-us/car...
Careers – HOPE not hate
hopenothate.org.uk
November 11, 2024 at 12:40 PM
📣 @hopenothate.bsky.social is hiring!
We are looking for:
3 x Local Campaign Organisers
1 x Campaigns Officer
Salaries, locations and more details can be found👇
hopenothate.org.uk/about-us/car...
We are looking for:
3 x Local Campaign Organisers
1 x Campaigns Officer
Salaries, locations and more details can be found👇
hopenothate.org.uk/about-us/car...
@mrjamesob.bsky.social there were a record number of business closures in 2022 (when the Tories increased Employer NICs to 15.05%) but the hospitality & leisure sector was only the third most affected, and in none of the analysis did anyone suggest it was down to the rise in NICs.
Record number of businesses close across the UK – ONS
ONS data shows 345,000 firms across the UK shut their doors in 2022, up 5% on the previous year and the highest figure since records began in 2002.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2024 at 11:05 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social there were a record number of business closures in 2022 (when the Tories increased Employer NICs to 15.05%) but the hospitality & leisure sector was only the third most affected, and in none of the analysis did anyone suggest it was down to the rise in NICs.
How much more expensive would they have to make every other EV before you would consider buying a Cybertruck?
November 8, 2024 at 7:32 PM
How much more expensive would they have to make every other EV before you would consider buying a Cybertruck?
Netanyahu does not want peace.
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
Alleged Netanyahu leak may have harmed Gaza hostage deal, says court
Doctored intelligence files allegedly leaked by Israeli PM’s office ‘harmed the achievement of Israel’s war aims’
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Netanyahu does not want peace.
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...