Jeff Swales
@jeffs63.bsky.social
Yorkshire based criminal and regulatory solicitor. Liberal, left-ish and apparently a bit woke. Likes dogs, real ale and rugby league (Hull FC). Treat others as you would wish to be treated. Personal account. Views are my own. No DMs please.
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If you want to find some inner peace, just sit down and spend 5 minutes looking out to sea.
August 31, 2025 at 3:44 PM
If you want to find some inner peace, just sit down and spend 5 minutes looking out to sea.
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Reform UK’s “DOLGE” wants to “cut waste” in councils – starting with a misunderstanding of a scheme to provide services across England. Their lead efficiency expert? A 29-year-old with a failed company and £834 in assets. Here’s what you need to know ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
DOLGE and DOGE: Reform UK’s new plans for government spending
Nigel Farage’s Reform aims to imitate Elon Musk’s DOGE drive for ‘government efficiency’. But there are worrying lessons from the US
eastangliabylines.co.uk
June 15, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Reform UK’s “DOLGE” wants to “cut waste” in councils – starting with a misunderstanding of a scheme to provide services across England. Their lead efficiency expert? A 29-year-old with a failed company and £834 in assets. Here’s what you need to know ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
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The top aide to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Ali Asghar Hejazi, is negotiating with Russia for a possible escape route for regime leaders if Iran’s situation worsens, Iran International reports.
Moscow has promised a secure evacuation.
Moscow has promised a secure evacuation.
June 15, 2025 at 9:58 AM
The top aide to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, Ali Asghar Hejazi, is negotiating with Russia for a possible escape route for regime leaders if Iran’s situation worsens, Iran International reports.
Moscow has promised a secure evacuation.
Moscow has promised a secure evacuation.
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Danger from older drivers is a massive problem. Driving is not a human right. There should be basic mandatory re-tests at age 76 & every year from age 80. If this disqualified many people from driving that might help concentrate minds on the need for alternatives. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
June 15, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Danger from older drivers is a massive problem. Driving is not a human right. There should be basic mandatory re-tests at age 76 & every year from age 80. If this disqualified many people from driving that might help concentrate minds on the need for alternatives. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Just waiting for Trump to announce he's going to deport Musk
June 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Just waiting for Trump to announce he's going to deport Musk
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What odds on the 'I hardly know him' comment?
May 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
What odds on the 'I hardly know him' comment?
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“Corrupt leaders promise change, but their only change is in the size of their bank accounts.” — Anonymous
May 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
“Corrupt leaders promise change, but their only change is in the size of their bank accounts.” — Anonymous
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This is staggering.
Real wages have grown more in the first 10 months of this Labour government than during the first ten years of Tory governments since 2010.
And not one apology from Conservative MPs for the mess they left us in today - shameful.
Real wages have grown more in the first 10 months of this Labour government than during the first ten years of Tory governments since 2010.
And not one apology from Conservative MPs for the mess they left us in today - shameful.
May 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This is staggering.
Real wages have grown more in the first 10 months of this Labour government than during the first ten years of Tory governments since 2010.
And not one apology from Conservative MPs for the mess they left us in today - shameful.
Real wages have grown more in the first 10 months of this Labour government than during the first ten years of Tory governments since 2010.
And not one apology from Conservative MPs for the mess they left us in today - shameful.
I see Trump and Musk are doing their best to drive South Africa into the arms of Russia and China
May 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I see Trump and Musk are doing their best to drive South Africa into the arms of Russia and China
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Richard Littlejohn mostly lives in a gated mansion in Florida.
Andrew Neil mostly lives in Grasse in the South of France.
Andrew Neil mostly lives in Grasse in the South of France.
May 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Richard Littlejohn mostly lives in a gated mansion in Florida.
Andrew Neil mostly lives in Grasse in the South of France.
Andrew Neil mostly lives in Grasse in the South of France.
Completely disingenuous of BBC News to interview June Mummery as a representative of the fishing industry and not mention that she was a Brexit Party MEP and has been Reform's fisheries spokesperson since 2023
May 20, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Completely disingenuous of BBC News to interview June Mummery as a representative of the fishing industry and not mention that she was a Brexit Party MEP and has been Reform's fisheries spokesperson since 2023
Who is this US fool being interviewed on the World at One on Radio 4?
May 13, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Who is this US fool being interviewed on the World at One on Radio 4?
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Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Tuesday renaming the airport in Volgograd as Stalingrad. How soon before St Petersburg becomes Leningrad again?
Will Moscow be renamed Putingrad?
Will Moscow be renamed Putingrad?
May 2, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Tuesday renaming the airport in Volgograd as Stalingrad. How soon before St Petersburg becomes Leningrad again?
Will Moscow be renamed Putingrad?
Will Moscow be renamed Putingrad?
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The USA is running out of patience with Ukraine for being bombed by Russia.
April 18, 2025 at 10:40 AM
The USA is running out of patience with Ukraine for being bombed by Russia.
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Richard Tice has a recent history of support for British Steel.
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-worl...
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-worl...
British Steel shut site after Richard Tice's firm threatened to hike rent
Richard Tice has called for the government to save British Steel but the former boss of the firm is a director of Quidnet REIT, which bought the firm's site in Darlington in 2022
www.dailyrecord.co.uk
April 13, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Richard Tice has a recent history of support for British Steel.
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-worl...
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-worl...
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What a state we’re in when most of the world is rooting for China over the U.S. in the trade war.
April 8, 2025 at 9:25 PM
What a state we’re in when most of the world is rooting for China over the U.S. in the trade war.
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If the first Trump term was Boris Johnson, his second term is pure Liz Truss
April 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
If the first Trump term was Boris Johnson, his second term is pure Liz Truss
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It looks as though Trump saw us shoot ourselves in the foot with Brexit and thought "We should do that, but with a much bigger gun and in both feet"
April 4, 2025 at 7:04 AM
It looks as though Trump saw us shoot ourselves in the foot with Brexit and thought "We should do that, but with a much bigger gun and in both feet"
Can't wait to hear what J D Vance has to say about the Marine Le Pen verdict
March 31, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Can't wait to hear what J D Vance has to say about the Marine Le Pen verdict
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UK Reporter: "Should the Defense Secretary.."
US Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene: "Wait what country are you from?"
"From the UK"
"OK we don't give a crap about your opinion and your reporting. Why don't you go back to your country"
They really despise us, don't they...?
US Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene: "Wait what country are you from?"
"From the UK"
"OK we don't give a crap about your opinion and your reporting. Why don't you go back to your country"
They really despise us, don't they...?
March 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
UK Reporter: "Should the Defense Secretary.."
US Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene: "Wait what country are you from?"
"From the UK"
"OK we don't give a crap about your opinion and your reporting. Why don't you go back to your country"
They really despise us, don't they...?
US Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene: "Wait what country are you from?"
"From the UK"
"OK we don't give a crap about your opinion and your reporting. Why don't you go back to your country"
They really despise us, don't they...?
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Brexit a key factor in worst UK medicine shortages in four years.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Brexit a key factor in worst UK medicine shortages in four years, report says
Nuffield Trust says supply chains have shifted, with medicines for epilepsy and cystic fibrosis among those now scarce
www.theguardian.com
March 22, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Brexit a key factor in worst UK medicine shortages in four years.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...