Squeezy John
@johnspiers.co.uk
John Spiers. Squeezebox player with Gigspanner Big Band, Bellowhead, Spiers & Boden, Peter Knight & John Spiers, Jackie Oates & John Spiers …
Folk music, allotmenteer, socialist, half a century old.
Folk music, allotmenteer, socialist, half a century old.
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Labour's strategy of telling its supporters to back Reform-style policies, or get a Reform Government, is the politics of the protection racket.
Here's why it's not going to work
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Here's why it's not going to work
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Shabana Mahmood and the Politics of Extortion
Labour's strategy of telling its supporters to back Reform-style policies, or get a Reform Government, is the politics of the protection racket and it is not going to work
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Labour's strategy of telling its supporters to back Reform-style policies, or get a Reform Government, is the politics of the protection racket.
Here's why it's not going to work
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Here's why it's not going to work
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
At least Tony Blair was looking for a “third way” … a compromise … true centrism.
Starmer’s tactic seems to be to watch what the far-right is saying and then say that.
That’s not centrism. That’s populism … very dangerous … and doomed to failure.
Starmer’s tactic seems to be to watch what the far-right is saying and then say that.
That’s not centrism. That’s populism … very dangerous … and doomed to failure.
November 15, 2025 at 9:21 AM
At least Tony Blair was looking for a “third way” … a compromise … true centrism.
Starmer’s tactic seems to be to watch what the far-right is saying and then say that.
That’s not centrism. That’s populism … very dangerous … and doomed to failure.
Starmer’s tactic seems to be to watch what the far-right is saying and then say that.
That’s not centrism. That’s populism … very dangerous … and doomed to failure.
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This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform.
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 6:43 AM
This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform.
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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If one assumes Starmer will be gone after May, then the more they try to appeal to the right now, the more that leadership election is going to be about tacking back. (Especially if the Greens do well in London and other cities).
November 15, 2025 at 8:57 AM
If one assumes Starmer will be gone after May, then the more they try to appeal to the right now, the more that leadership election is going to be about tacking back. (Especially if the Greens do well in London and other cities).
This is a Labour government in name only … fiscally to the right of David Cameron … and now as horribly cruel and morally repugnant as well as they bend over backwards trying to out-populist Reform.
Good luck to the Starmer apologists on here trying to tie themselves in knots defending this one!
Good luck to the Starmer apologists on here trying to tie themselves in knots defending this one!
"The era of permanent protection is over"
Is this Labour government really saying it was wrong in principle to let these refugees of the last 75 years to stay, settle and become British - and they believe that should NEVER happen again in principle or practice?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiuR...
Is this Labour government really saying it was wrong in principle to let these refugees of the last 75 years to stay, settle and become British - and they believe that should NEVER happen again in principle or practice?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiuR...
Refugees from 7 decades gather to commemorate 70 years of refugee in protection in the UK
YouTube video by Refugee Council
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:12 AM
This is a Labour government in name only … fiscally to the right of David Cameron … and now as horribly cruel and morally repugnant as well as they bend over backwards trying to out-populist Reform.
Good luck to the Starmer apologists on here trying to tie themselves in knots defending this one!
Good luck to the Starmer apologists on here trying to tie themselves in knots defending this one!
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I repeat myself but
Fuck Wes Streeting
Fuck Wes Streeting
Health Secretary Wes Streeting says that the British Medical Association, which represents Britain's doctors, is a threat to the NHS. Streeting took a record £225k from private healthcare-related donors in just two years.
British Medical Association ‘threat to future of NHS’, says Streeting ahead of doctors’ strike
Health secretary accuses doctors’ union of ‘cartel-like behaviour’ and tells it to ‘get real’ over pay demands
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I repeat myself but
Fuck Wes Streeting
Fuck Wes Streeting
Any government which bases its policies on which direction the wind is blowing is not a serious government and is doomed to failure.
Starmer and Reeves ditch plans to raise income tax in budget
Starmer and Reeves ditch plans to raise income tax in budget
Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves have scrapped plans to break their manifesto pledge and raise income tax rates in a massive U-turn less than two weeks from the budget.
news.sky.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Any government which bases its policies on which direction the wind is blowing is not a serious government and is doomed to failure.
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They've taken all the political pain of raising income tax, and now they're not going to do it.
Absolute shitshow.
Now what are they going to do instead?
#r4today #Budget25
Absolute shitshow.
Now what are they going to do instead?
#r4today #Budget25
Starmer and Reeves ditch plans to raise income tax in budget
Starmer and Reeves ditch plans to raise income tax in budget
Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves have scrapped plans to break their manifesto pledge and raise income tax rates in a massive U-turn less than two weeks from the budget.
news.sky.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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As I was saying way back in May, the idea of Morgan McSweeney being some kind of political and tactical genius has always been a myth www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-foundi...
The Founding Myth of Morgan McSweeney
Reports of Keir Starmer's chief adviser's supposed campaigning genius do not appear to match up with the facts
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 9:39 AM
As I was saying way back in May, the idea of Morgan McSweeney being some kind of political and tactical genius has always been a myth www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-foundi...
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Last few tickets! 🎟
14/11 Riverhouse Barn Arts Centre/ Walton on Thames
15/11 Stables Theatre / Hastings
"This adventure takes in musical detours you'd be mad to ignore"
Tradfolk
14/11 Riverhouse Barn Arts Centre/ Walton on Thames
15/11 Stables Theatre / Hastings
"This adventure takes in musical detours you'd be mad to ignore"
Tradfolk
November 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Last few tickets! 🎟
14/11 Riverhouse Barn Arts Centre/ Walton on Thames
15/11 Stables Theatre / Hastings
"This adventure takes in musical detours you'd be mad to ignore"
Tradfolk
14/11 Riverhouse Barn Arts Centre/ Walton on Thames
15/11 Stables Theatre / Hastings
"This adventure takes in musical detours you'd be mad to ignore"
Tradfolk
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Says the dude swimming in donations - or are they investments - from private healthcare interests. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
British Medical Association ‘threat to future of NHS’, says Streeting ahead of doctors’ strike
Health secretary accuses doctors’ union of ‘cartel-like behaviour’ and tells it to ‘get real’ over pay demands
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Says the dude swimming in donations - or are they investments - from private healthcare interests. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
“Any other Labour leader would be 20 points ahead in the polls”
Keir Starmer under pressure from ministers & MPs to sack Morgan McSweeney
“If it was an orchestrated campaign to shore up the PM, then it’s had the opposite effect; it’s spectacularly backfired. I don’t see how Morgan can survive when Keir has ended up in a weaker position than before.”
“If it was an orchestrated campaign to shore up the PM, then it’s had the opposite effect; it’s spectacularly backfired. I don’t see how Morgan can survive when Keir has ended up in a weaker position than before.”
November 13, 2025 at 7:54 AM
“Any other Labour leader would be 20 points ahead in the polls”
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He mentions Epstein twice in this post. Lmao. It's like that scene from Fawlty Towers when he keeps saying DON'T MENTION THE WAR and ends up goose stepping around the lobby
Did not take Trump long to try to rectify that briefing via Truth Social
November 12, 2025 at 7:09 PM
He mentions Epstein twice in this post. Lmao. It's like that scene from Fawlty Towers when he keeps saying DON'T MENTION THE WAR and ends up goose stepping around the lobby
Imagine having the amazing career Keir Starmer had in law, and then pivoting his career to politics ... getting control of the Labour Party and then winning a huge majority
How bad would you have to be at your job to then haemorrhage that lead in the polls such that Nigel fucking Farage could win?
How bad would you have to be at your job to then haemorrhage that lead in the polls such that Nigel fucking Farage could win?
November 12, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Imagine having the amazing career Keir Starmer had in law, and then pivoting his career to politics ... getting control of the Labour Party and then winning a huge majority
How bad would you have to be at your job to then haemorrhage that lead in the polls such that Nigel fucking Farage could win?
How bad would you have to be at your job to then haemorrhage that lead in the polls such that Nigel fucking Farage could win?
I mean ... he's gone already isn't he? All of this is just putting off the inevitable.
The right of Labour used the unelectability of Corbyn as the main mainstream excuse for their disloyalty to the party's democratically elected leader.
Starmer's current polling is significantly lower.
The right of Labour used the unelectability of Corbyn as the main mainstream excuse for their disloyalty to the party's democratically elected leader.
Starmer's current polling is significantly lower.
EXCL: Downing Street has launched an extraordinary operation to protect Keir Starmer amid fears among PM’s closest allies he is vulnerable to leadership challenge in wake of budget.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Starmer allies issue warning to PM’s rivals as fears grow over leadership challenge
No 10 said to be in ‘full bunker mode’ over fears of attempt to oust him after budget or May local elections
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I mean ... he's gone already isn't he? All of this is just putting off the inevitable.
The right of Labour used the unelectability of Corbyn as the main mainstream excuse for their disloyalty to the party's democratically elected leader.
Starmer's current polling is significantly lower.
The right of Labour used the unelectability of Corbyn as the main mainstream excuse for their disloyalty to the party's democratically elected leader.
Starmer's current polling is significantly lower.
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BBC impartiality: A full list of all the British MEPs who appeared on BBC Question Time.
November 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
BBC impartiality: A full list of all the British MEPs who appeared on BBC Question Time.
I’m old enough to remember when the Director General of the BBC categorically didn’t resign after one of its flagship politics shows literally photoshopped Jeremy Corbyn with a Soviet hat and painted red with the Kremlin in the background like some kind of Cold War-era communist mural.
November 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I’m old enough to remember when the Director General of the BBC categorically didn’t resign after one of its flagship politics shows literally photoshopped Jeremy Corbyn with a Soviet hat and painted red with the Kremlin in the background like some kind of Cold War-era communist mural.
GIG UPDATE:Regarding the Knight & Spiers gig at Cecil Sharp House in London on Thu 13th Nov. Cecil Sharp House have made the decision to postpone this until another date can be found. Ticket holders have already been contacted, but we wanted to minimise the chance of people turning up on the day ...
November 8, 2025 at 11:25 AM
GIG UPDATE:Regarding the Knight & Spiers gig at Cecil Sharp House in London on Thu 13th Nov. Cecil Sharp House have made the decision to postpone this until another date can be found. Ticket holders have already been contacted, but we wanted to minimise the chance of people turning up on the day ...
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Even I thought this was one of mine!
November 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Even I thought this was one of mine!
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Pssst! Don’t tell anybody, but I reckon I’m in with a chance of the Nobel Champions League trophy this year!
FIFA awarding a "peace prize" to Trump would be so absolutely on-brand, a truly genius innovation.
November 5, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Pssst! Don’t tell anybody, but I reckon I’m in with a chance of the Nobel Champions League trophy this year!
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Elon Musk was right. This is the scene in the Cotswolds right now.
November 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Elon Musk was right. This is the scene in the Cotswolds right now.
I don’t think they’ve noticed that I’ve been two-timing them … phew!
November 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
I don’t think they’ve noticed that I’ve been two-timing them … phew!
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From 2019 onwards, you say. How mysterious.
The number of people aged between 16 and 34 who are out of work due to long-term sickness increased by 76% between 2019 and 2024
UK ‘sliding into avoidable crisis’, major review into workplace sickness warns
The number of people aged between 16 and 34 who are out of work due to long-term sickness increased by 76% between 2019 and 2024
www.independent.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 9:16 AM
From 2019 onwards, you say. How mysterious.
If God had wanted humans to wear leather trousers, he would have given us non-stick legs.
It looks ridiculous … always!
It looks ridiculous … always!
November 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
If God had wanted humans to wear leather trousers, he would have given us non-stick legs.
It looks ridiculous … always!
It looks ridiculous … always!