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NEW: Strong evidence has emerged that the DWP hid the true reasons for its planned cuts to disability benefits
Documents disclosed in a legal challenge also suggest up to 100,000 disabled people could be pushed into poverty by the changes
By me, for @bigissue.com
www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
Documents disclosed in a legal challenge also suggest up to 100,000 disabled people could be pushed into poverty by the changes
By me, for @bigissue.com
www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
DWP wants to reform benefits to cut costs, not help disabled people into work
The High Court has heard a legal challenge against a Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) plan to reform disability benefits.
www.bigissue.com
December 19, 2024 at 12:27 PM
NEW: Strong evidence has emerged that the DWP hid the true reasons for its planned cuts to disability benefits
Documents disclosed in a legal challenge also suggest up to 100,000 disabled people could be pushed into poverty by the changes
By me, for @bigissue.com
www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
Documents disclosed in a legal challenge also suggest up to 100,000 disabled people could be pushed into poverty by the changes
By me, for @bigissue.com
www.bigissue.com/news/social-...
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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says the public want to leave the ECHR
Let him know he’s wrong by sharing this widely
Let him know he’s wrong by sharing this widely
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says
“We need to leave the ECHR so we can deport people that come illegally & take back control of our borders & that’s what the public wants”
Share if you disagree with his populist boll**** the UK should join Russia & Belarus outside the ECHR
youtu.be/iSTN-h8NoyY
“We need to leave the ECHR so we can deport people that come illegally & take back control of our borders & that’s what the public wants”
Share if you disagree with his populist boll**** the UK should join Russia & Belarus outside the ECHR
youtu.be/iSTN-h8NoyY
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says public want to leave the ECHR - let’s put the record straight
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
December 6, 2024 at 5:23 PM
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage says the public want to leave the ECHR
Let him know he’s wrong by sharing this widely
Let him know he’s wrong by sharing this widely
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We need an urgent inquiry in the UK into foreign interference in our politics & media.
…one which needs to advise rules for Parliament to enact before the next General Election hits.
…one which needs to advise rules for Parliament to enact before the next General Election hits.
December 1, 2024 at 11:04 AM
We need an urgent inquiry in the UK into foreign interference in our politics & media.
…one which needs to advise rules for Parliament to enact before the next General Election hits.
…one which needs to advise rules for Parliament to enact before the next General Election hits.
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A terifying possibility we need to be ready to fight back against. Part of that fight back will include making @bsky.app the biggest social media platform in the world. We CAN do it
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Will Elon Musk give Nigel Farage $100m to make him PM?
The Tesla boss, who used his immense fortune to help Donald Trump’s campaign, is turning his attention to Britain
www.thetimes.com
December 1, 2024 at 10:32 AM
A terifying possibility we need to be ready to fight back against. Part of that fight back will include making @bsky.app the biggest social media platform in the world. We CAN do it
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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I wonder what a man with more wealth than anyone can fathom..
an unhealthy power lust..
And a freefall-failing soXial media site might do to disrupt a wildly popular new rival?
Don't fall for the influx of trolls and bots.
Bluesky options: block; mute; mute for everyone; remove from repost, etc.
an unhealthy power lust..
And a freefall-failing soXial media site might do to disrupt a wildly popular new rival?
Don't fall for the influx of trolls and bots.
Bluesky options: block; mute; mute for everyone; remove from repost, etc.
The insult incels are slowly arriving… this is maybe my second or third, but the first that really fits that old school pattern to a T. A few real people who follow me follow this account—not sure why (it only follows 4 people, and has no substantive posts)
December 1, 2024 at 12:23 PM
I wonder what a man with more wealth than anyone can fathom..
an unhealthy power lust..
And a freefall-failing soXial media site might do to disrupt a wildly popular new rival?
Don't fall for the influx of trolls and bots.
Bluesky options: block; mute; mute for everyone; remove from repost, etc.
an unhealthy power lust..
And a freefall-failing soXial media site might do to disrupt a wildly popular new rival?
Don't fall for the influx of trolls and bots.
Bluesky options: block; mute; mute for everyone; remove from repost, etc.
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The Guardian's long-time Argentinian correspondent speaks. He knows.
November 29, 2024 at 8:58 AM
The Guardian's long-time Argentinian correspondent speaks. He knows.
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US govt is screwed for controlling US tech billionaires.
EU has, by contrast, been doing a great job on that front - putting citizens’ consumer protections forcefully first.
The UK needs to stand with the EU on this front… especially with the threat of Musk, Thiel, etc.
EU has, by contrast, been doing a great job on that front - putting citizens’ consumer protections forcefully first.
The UK needs to stand with the EU on this front… especially with the threat of Musk, Thiel, etc.
November 29, 2024 at 8:59 AM
US govt is screwed for controlling US tech billionaires.
EU has, by contrast, been doing a great job on that front - putting citizens’ consumer protections forcefully first.
The UK needs to stand with the EU on this front… especially with the threat of Musk, Thiel, etc.
EU has, by contrast, been doing a great job on that front - putting citizens’ consumer protections forcefully first.
The UK needs to stand with the EU on this front… especially with the threat of Musk, Thiel, etc.
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The "open web" has clearly failed - at least as the idealists of the 90s/00s saw it. Meaningful regulation is sorely needed. Democratically-elected governments need to do this (while they still can). Because the mercurial tech bro billionaires have shown they're utterly incapable/unwilling.
November 28, 2024 at 8:15 PM
The "open web" has clearly failed - at least as the idealists of the 90s/00s saw it. Meaningful regulation is sorely needed. Democratically-elected governments need to do this (while they still can). Because the mercurial tech bro billionaires have shown they're utterly incapable/unwilling.
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Poster's prayer:
God grant me the serenity to scroll past the opinions I cannot change, the courage to respond to the ones I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
God grant me the serenity to scroll past the opinions I cannot change, the courage to respond to the ones I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
November 27, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Poster's prayer:
God grant me the serenity to scroll past the opinions I cannot change, the courage to respond to the ones I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
God grant me the serenity to scroll past the opinions I cannot change, the courage to respond to the ones I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
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Left: Kemi Badenoch, "The whole system is broken"
Right: Sky News observe that the Conservative party have been running the country for the past 14 years
If anything is broken, it's down to the Conservative party
Right: Sky News observe that the Conservative party have been running the country for the past 14 years
If anything is broken, it's down to the Conservative party
November 27, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Left: Kemi Badenoch, "The whole system is broken"
Right: Sky News observe that the Conservative party have been running the country for the past 14 years
If anything is broken, it's down to the Conservative party
Right: Sky News observe that the Conservative party have been running the country for the past 14 years
If anything is broken, it's down to the Conservative party
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Kemi Badenoch calling on Keir Starmer to resign and hold an election after just four months in office, after her own party just suffered its worst election defeat in history, feels incredibly desperate
November 27, 2024 at 12:11 PM
Kemi Badenoch calling on Keir Starmer to resign and hold an election after just four months in office, after her own party just suffered its worst election defeat in history, feels incredibly desperate
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If we’ve learned anything about how people consume information and construct internal narratives, it’s that it usually takes repeating something (could be news, or a lie, whatever) over and over for people to internalize it as the truth.
November 27, 2024 at 11:58 AM
If we’ve learned anything about how people consume information and construct internal narratives, it’s that it usually takes repeating something (could be news, or a lie, whatever) over and over for people to internalize it as the truth.
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This from the co-owners of GB News says what many have suspected ....GB News is a political project
To be an Ofcom regulated broadcaster the station is specifically not allowed to be politically biased. It can have shows which lean one way or another, but the balance must exist across a schedule.
To be an Ofcom regulated broadcaster the station is specifically not allowed to be politically biased. It can have shows which lean one way or another, but the balance must exist across a schedule.
The CEO of Legatum, co-owners of GB News, saying the quiet part out loud...
November 27, 2024 at 6:00 AM
This from the co-owners of GB News says what many have suspected ....GB News is a political project
To be an Ofcom regulated broadcaster the station is specifically not allowed to be politically biased. It can have shows which lean one way or another, but the balance must exist across a schedule.
To be an Ofcom regulated broadcaster the station is specifically not allowed to be politically biased. It can have shows which lean one way or another, but the balance must exist across a schedule.
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“I have noticed that when all the lights are on, people tend to talk about what they are doing – their outer lives. Sitting round in candlelight or firelight, people start to talk about how they are feeling – their inner lives”
― Jeanette Winterson
― Jeanette Winterson
November 26, 2024 at 5:19 PM
“I have noticed that when all the lights are on, people tend to talk about what they are doing – their outer lives. Sitting round in candlelight or firelight, people start to talk about how they are feeling – their inner lives”
― Jeanette Winterson
― Jeanette Winterson
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Good thing Trump’s new HHS Secretary RFK Jr is an advocate for raw milk. That pasteurization stuff that saved hundreds of thousands of kids from bovine tuberculosis and other diseases is all deep state nonsense. 🙄
November 24, 2024 at 11:58 PM
Good thing Trump’s new HHS Secretary RFK Jr is an advocate for raw milk. That pasteurization stuff that saved hundreds of thousands of kids from bovine tuberculosis and other diseases is all deep state nonsense. 🙄
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This is a very important point. Please let everyone know.
November 24, 2024 at 11:11 PM
This is a very important point. Please let everyone know.
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Word of the day is ‘librocubicularist’: one who loves nothing better than reading in bed.
(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).
(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).
November 24, 2024 at 10:47 AM
Word of the day is ‘librocubicularist’: one who loves nothing better than reading in bed.
(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).
(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).
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November 23, 2024 at 2:34 PM
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I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget
November 22, 2024 at 1:12 PM
I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget
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MPs have launched a review into pensioner poverty after the government admitted the cut to winter fuel payments could force 100,000 people into poverty
Surely this is exactly the sort of review which should have taken place before MP’s were asked to vote?
news.sky.com/story/mps-to...
Surely this is exactly the sort of review which should have taken place before MP’s were asked to vote?
news.sky.com/story/mps-to...
MPs to review pensioner poverty after winter fuel payment cut
Sir Keir Starmer remained insistent the cut needed to happen to help fund the £22bn black hole he says was left by the Conservative government.
news.sky.com
November 23, 2024 at 7:44 AM
MPs have launched a review into pensioner poverty after the government admitted the cut to winter fuel payments could force 100,000 people into poverty
Surely this is exactly the sort of review which should have taken place before MP’s were asked to vote?
news.sky.com/story/mps-to...
Surely this is exactly the sort of review which should have taken place before MP’s were asked to vote?
news.sky.com/story/mps-to...
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“Handing vital infrastructure to private investment companies will generate windfalls for investors and leave the rest of us worse off. We need a better plan.”
A stark warning about BlackRock… they’re not here to help. They are here to seize control. That’s what they do.
A stark warning about BlackRock… they’re not here to help. They are here to seize control. That’s what they do.
Labour is putting its plans for Britain in the hands of private finance. It could end badly | Daniela Gabor
Handing vital infrastructure to big finance will generate windfalls for investors and leave the rest of us worse off. We need a better plan, says Daniela Gabor, a professor of economics and macrofinan...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2024 at 10:18 AM
“Handing vital infrastructure to private investment companies will generate windfalls for investors and leave the rest of us worse off. We need a better plan.”
A stark warning about BlackRock… they’re not here to help. They are here to seize control. That’s what they do.
A stark warning about BlackRock… they’re not here to help. They are here to seize control. That’s what they do.
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Just horrible, that this government hasn’t simply scrapped the *entirety* of the sanctions regime, that has repeatedly been shown to make it *less* likely that people return to work, let alone the devastating effects mentioned in Liam’s report www.theguardian.com/society/2023...
November 23, 2024 at 9:13 AM
Just horrible, that this government hasn’t simply scrapped the *entirety* of the sanctions regime, that has repeatedly been shown to make it *less* likely that people return to work, let alone the devastating effects mentioned in Liam’s report www.theguardian.com/society/2023...
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I love Ian Hislop but it’s worth noting that most of us would balk at the prospect of publicly admonishing a wrongdoer whose conduct you condemn in this way. I did it once to the UKIP/Reform/Brexit twerp Richard Tice but that took exactly zero guts.
This is speaking truth to actual power…
This is speaking truth to actual power…
November 22, 2024 at 8:23 PM
I love Ian Hislop but it’s worth noting that most of us would balk at the prospect of publicly admonishing a wrongdoer whose conduct you condemn in this way. I did it once to the UKIP/Reform/Brexit twerp Richard Tice but that took exactly zero guts.
This is speaking truth to actual power…
This is speaking truth to actual power…