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Senior MPs including Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick and Darren Jones are claiming tens of thousands of pounds a year in taxpayer-funded rent expenses while either calling for or implementing benefit cuts on the poorest

By me, for the Big Issue www.bigissue.com/news/politic...
Revealed: MPs rack up huge rent expenses while pushing through cuts to benefits
MPs are allowed to rent a second home, but while they are simultaneously cutting benefits for the vulnerable, the cost feels hard to swallow.
www.bigissue.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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All of us: Why, in our judgement, Chris Mason is misleading on most political points, all the time.

Because he’s incapable of political commentary that isn’t marinated in his own rightwing bias. Allegations for Labour. Free passes for Tories/Reform. Every Single Time.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Chris Mason: Why, in my judgement, Reeves was misleading on one specific point
The Chancellor chose not to share some information on tax receipts in an unusual press conference, given before the Budget.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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The government handed an NHS data contract to Palantir – a spy-tech firm with links to war crimes and deportations.

We’re demanding that the NHS stops using Palantir’s toxic tech.

Find out if your local NHS Trust is using the software and say no to Palantir 👇
https://goodlaw.social/658abc
Say no to Palantir in the NHS - No to Palantir
goodlaw.social
December 1, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Here's a long shot.

Does anyone have a contact for a nice friend human at Discogs HQ please?

Yours in hope x
December 1, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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For context this "independent voice" is a former Conservative candidate and the sister-in-law of David Cameron
December 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Jonathan Gullis defects to Reform saying his former party has "lost touch with the people it was meant to serve".

He should know. When he was in Government he took a five-figure donation from JCB, then stayed silent when it axed hundreds of his constituents' jobs just two weeks later
Conservatives Promote JCB's 'Revolutionary' Pothole Machine While Taking Millions of Pounds in Donations from the Company
Senior Conservatives have repeatedly promoted a pothole repair machine made by a company which has donated huge sums to the party and its MPs
bylinetimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Keir Starmer, "Tax rises do make life harder for people, I understand that, it's obvious"

It's also obvious that a wealth tax of 1% on those with £10m+ would NOT make life harder for the rich - thats also obvious 🤷‍♂️
December 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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Oh wow, that's awkward. #Gullis
December 1, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Britain's first community-operated pub on a housing estate, the Bevy in Brighton, is looking for a new owner for the building: thebevypub.co.uk/bevy-is-goin...
Bevy is going Back to Basics – The Bevy Pub
thebevypub.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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I must have missed the wall-to-wall coverage of demands for an investigation into Nigel Farage's lies about being a racist

Or about whether he knew Nathan Gill

Or about who bought his house in Frinton
November 30, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Our media has become the story. What they decide is newsworthy, what they scream about, who they accuse, who they excuse, who they blame…

They have an agenda entirely of their own. Not one rooted in public interest or national responsibility. But one that is deeply rightwing and undemocratic.
I must have missed the wall-to-wall coverage of demands for an investigation into Nigel Farage's lies about being a racist

Or about whether he knew Nathan Gill

Or about who bought his house in Frinton
December 1, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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Nigel Farage pockets £140k from up to 2,000 Cameo videos as constituents 'furious'

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
'Shameless' Farage pockets £140k from fan videos as constituents 'furious'
A Mirror probe shows the Reform MP has made £140,000 from the Cameo messaging platform - but spoken in Parliament 22 times and mentioning his Clacton constituents on just three occassions
www.mirror.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Sorry, what now? So not only is Labour creating one of the most anti-asylum systems going, but they're now ending the unit which helps monitor and address situations related to emerging refugee crises and displacement. What could possibly go wrong with that plan?

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Fears for UK security as Foreign Office moves to scrap unit on conflict and refugee crises
MPs warn axing FCDO’s migration and conflict directorate amid staff cuts risks undermining peace work and expertise
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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“Enough. Enough bloodshed”.
Irene, the mother of murdered Bristol teen Eddie Kinuthia, calls for an end to the violence between two rival gangs.
Read more here👇🏼
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
'Enough bloodshed' says mum of murdered Bristol teen
"Carrying knives that it costs so much. Nothing is worth a life, nothing is worth taking a life for"
www.bristolpost.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Santa Claus has been arrested under the Terrorism Act in Norwich after it turns out Santa oppo-ho-ho-ses genocide and supports Palestine Action.

These four officers will be having their names checked twice this year.

Lift The Ban on Palestine Action.
wedonotcomply.org
November 29, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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Some odd double standards on antisemitism going on from the Jewish Chronicle’s Stephen Pollard…
www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sa...
The man who took down Corbyn over antisemitism gives Farage a free pass
Former Jewish Chronicle editor Stephen Pollard seems to have changed his tune despite revelations about Reform’s leader
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Not the Brexit deal.
Brexit.
A prejudiced moronathon that will continue to damage our country until we’re brave/sane enough to admit it, demand accountability from those who insisted upon it and then, finally, start to fix it.
The tide is turning. Even the Telegraph is now admitting the damage the Brexit deal has done to the economy.
November 29, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Well done to @benquinn75.bsky.social for writing a story asking why an open and unapologetic racist is allowed to be a pundit on GB News and Talk TV.

www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
GB News urged to cut ties with contributor accused of racism
Rightwing activist claimed Commons deputy speaker Nusrat Ghani should be barred because she was born in Pakistan
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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This is the moment 75-year-old environmentalist Sir Jonathon Porritt is arrested by police on College Green in Bristol, for holding a sign saying 'I oppose genocide I support Palestine Action' as part of a @defendourjuries.bsky.social protest
Latest updates:
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
November 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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The sheer scale of media outrage this week about plans to lift hundreds of thousands children out of poverty, by taxing millionaire homeowners, tells you everything you need to know about the real priorities of the British press
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
The Real 'Benefits Street' Protecting Britain's Wealthiest
The sheer scale of outrage about plans to lift children out of poverty, by taxing millionaire homeowners, tells you everything you need to know about the priorities of the British press
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Just because it's reached the 100,000 threshold, doesn't mean anything will happen.

So keep signing and sharing, because we need to show MPs that there's a huge demand.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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In Bristol, police have formed a line between sign-holders and their supporters. This is a tactic often used to make it difficult for photographers to get better quality photos, especially when police are involved in something embarrassing…

Jonathon Porritt CBE joins the sign holders in Bristol.
November 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Lying in politics is wrong and should never be rewarded, says newspaper which pays Boris Johnson £1 million a year to be its star columnist
November 29, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Radcliffe and Maconie on BBC 6 music is one of my favourite things

Having it interrupted by breathless news bulletin telling me ‘government has banned taxis for asylum seekers’ *really isn’t*

New lines like ‘Home Office spent £1k over weekend on taxis’ would struggle to make a local newspaper
November 29, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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Sounds to me like someone has just booked themselves a place in court.
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all — The Washington Post
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
apple.news
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM