On a slight tangent, did I miss the MPs hanging around food banks day this year? I thought it was a predominantly Tory celebration but I'm beginning to wonder.
'In the budget next week I'll be taking targeted action to bring down inflation to address the cost of living'
Chancellor Rachel Reeves said she 'welcomed' the latest inflation data which slowed to 3.6% in the 12 months to October
Chancellor Rachel Reeves said she 'welcomed' the latest inflation data which slowed to 3.6% in the 12 months to October
November 19, 2025 at 8:12 AM
On a slight tangent, did I miss the MPs hanging around food banks day this year? I thought it was a predominantly Tory celebration but I'm beginning to wonder.
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Deep breath, once more for those at the back, seeking asylum is not illegal. No matter route used, which considering Labour has closed pretty much all the last remaining alternatives means irregular ones.
Anti-immigration sentiments are stoked by politicians like Mahmood, not people seeking safety.
Anti-immigration sentiments are stoked by politicians like Mahmood, not people seeking safety.
November 16, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Deep breath, once more for those at the back, seeking asylum is not illegal. No matter route used, which considering Labour has closed pretty much all the last remaining alternatives means irregular ones.
Anti-immigration sentiments are stoked by politicians like Mahmood, not people seeking safety.
Anti-immigration sentiments are stoked by politicians like Mahmood, not people seeking safety.
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So the solution is… to join in?
I'm afraid the “dark forces” are calling from inside the house at this point.
I'm afraid the “dark forces” are calling from inside the house at this point.
November 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
So the solution is… to join in?
I'm afraid the “dark forces” are calling from inside the house at this point.
I'm afraid the “dark forces” are calling from inside the house at this point.
Leaving the racist flags up while putting Christmas lights on the same lampposts is quite jarring.
November 16, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Leaving the racist flags up while putting Christmas lights on the same lampposts is quite jarring.
"Racism is tearing our country apart." 💯
November 16, 2025 at 10:09 AM
"Racism is tearing our country apart." 💯
Sadly my PCC, who should have resigned after her comments on the #FarageRiots, is likely to just move to the potentially equally pointless elected Mayor gravy train. Oh well, it's still good news.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Police and crime commissioners to be scrapped in England and Wales
The government says it will save £100m over this Parliament and less than 20% of voters can name their PCC.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Sadly my PCC, who should have resigned after her comments on the #FarageRiots, is likely to just move to the potentially equally pointless elected Mayor gravy train. Oh well, it's still good news.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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'... legislation is now needed to restore Parliament’s original intent for how the EA2010 should strike a balance between women’s rights to privacy, dignity and safety and the rights of trans people to live their lives free of discrimination and harassment, in compliance with the Convention'
Apologies for the LinkedIn link, but this from my former colleague Melanie Field, who was also the lead civil servant on the Equality Act 2010, is very good on the post-FWS context.
Does the Equality Act ban trans women from women's services?
Following the Supreme Court’s ruling in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers (FWS) on 16 April this year that “sex” in the Equality Act 2010 (EA2010) means biological sex, there has been si...
www.linkedin.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:42 PM
'... legislation is now needed to restore Parliament’s original intent for how the EA2010 should strike a balance between women’s rights to privacy, dignity and safety and the rights of trans people to live their lives free of discrimination and harassment, in compliance with the Convention'
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This. A thousand times this.
Print it on posters and flyers. Pin it above the desk of every pro-democracy politician, staffer and strategist. Make memes and insta stories of it. Do Tik-Tok dance routines to it. Use it as a rallying cry and make it the accepted norm, not a lost epitaph of failure.
Print it on posters and flyers. Pin it above the desk of every pro-democracy politician, staffer and strategist. Make memes and insta stories of it. Do Tik-Tok dance routines to it. Use it as a rallying cry and make it the accepted norm, not a lost epitaph of failure.
This is yet another example of how you beat the far right. By beating them, not trying to be them. By having your own agenda, not aping theirs. With courage and conviction - and humour - not fear and timidity.
November 5, 2025 at 7:33 AM
This. A thousand times this.
Print it on posters and flyers. Pin it above the desk of every pro-democracy politician, staffer and strategist. Make memes and insta stories of it. Do Tik-Tok dance routines to it. Use it as a rallying cry and make it the accepted norm, not a lost epitaph of failure.
Print it on posters and flyers. Pin it above the desk of every pro-democracy politician, staffer and strategist. Make memes and insta stories of it. Do Tik-Tok dance routines to it. Use it as a rallying cry and make it the accepted norm, not a lost epitaph of failure.
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I hope Starmer as much as Farage is watching this.
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 7:34 AM
I hope Starmer as much as Farage is watching this.
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There was a rumour of a second classic American sandwich being thrown, but that turned out to be baloney
November 4, 2025 at 7:41 PM
There was a rumour of a second classic American sandwich being thrown, but that turned out to be baloney
I see my Tory MP voted to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights because he's a danger to himself and others, and has learned nothing from his party's ongoing mission to appease Farage 🤦♂️
#HambleValley
www.theyworkforyou.com/divisions/pw...
#HambleValley
www.theyworkforyou.com/divisions/pw...
November 4, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I see my Tory MP voted to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights because he's a danger to himself and others, and has learned nothing from his party's ongoing mission to appease Farage 🤦♂️
#HambleValley
www.theyworkforyou.com/divisions/pw...
#HambleValley
www.theyworkforyou.com/divisions/pw...
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This is the "demographic time-bomb" ticking under the UK economy.
@oxfordforeurope.bsky.social
news.sky.com/story/money-...
@oxfordforeurope.bsky.social
news.sky.com/story/money-...
Why is Britain off work sick? | Money blog
Nearly three million people are off work long-term sick in the UK. There's a general sense something's changed since COVID, which is holding individuals - and the economy - back. Our Money feature wri...
news.sky.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM
This is the "demographic time-bomb" ticking under the UK economy.
@oxfordforeurope.bsky.social
news.sky.com/story/money-...
@oxfordforeurope.bsky.social
news.sky.com/story/money-...
November 2, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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just one outstanding costume in an excellent thread of mundane Halloween costumes in Japan
November 2, 2025 at 10:11 AM
just one outstanding costume in an excellent thread of mundane Halloween costumes in Japan
I guess L̶o̶r̶d̶ ̶B̶e̶a̶v̶e̶r̶b̶r̶o̶o̶k̶Elon Musk's U̶n̶i̶t̶e̶d̶ ̶E̶m̶p̶i̶r̶e̶America Party is over now that he's made up with the K̶i̶n̶g̶King?
October 31, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I guess L̶o̶r̶d̶ ̶B̶e̶a̶v̶e̶r̶b̶r̶o̶o̶k̶Elon Musk's U̶n̶i̶t̶e̶d̶ ̶E̶m̶p̶i̶r̶e̶America Party is over now that he's made up with the K̶i̶n̶g̶King?
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3 things Starmer could do instead of camps in old barracks that would actually WORK👇
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
Keir Starmer tries to look tough - and exposes himself as a coward
The government's immigration policy is in desperate need of a bold change in direction.
metro.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 8:13 AM
3 things Starmer could do instead of camps in old barracks that would actually WORK👇
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
1. Create safe, regulated routes to apply for asylum in the UK
2. Let asylum seekers WORK & support themselves
3. Fast track status for people from obviously unsafe countries
metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
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Standards in British journalism 101
October 30, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Standards in British journalism 101
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Well, have they tried undeclaring pot holes?
Reform has “undeclared the climate crisis” to try to find savings.
Wow. If only we’d known it was that easy. Don’t like it? Just “undeclare” it. Simples.
The thought of clowns like this in government is just beyond anything remotely sane. Let’s not go there.
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/399...
Wow. If only we’d known it was that easy. Don’t like it? Just “undeclare” it. Simples.
The thought of clowns like this in government is just beyond anything remotely sane. Let’s not go there.
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/399...
October 23, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Well, have they tried undeclaring pot holes?
It's not even really a thing yet but the Consent or Pay mark of shame has already received its first nomination! #copmark
codeberg.org/jtonline/cop...
codeberg.org/jtonline/cop...
copmark
Consent or pay mark of shame
codeberg.org
October 28, 2025 at 9:10 AM
It's not even really a thing yet but the Consent or Pay mark of shame has already received its first nomination! #copmark
codeberg.org/jtonline/cop...
codeberg.org/jtonline/cop...
What's going on in #HambleValley?! 🤯
(And, since the Conservative council approved the gravel pit he's been campaigning against, why hasn't Paul Holmes MP defected to Reform UK yet? He wouldn't look at all out of place in that photo! 😁)
(And, since the Conservative council approved the gravel pit he's been campaigning against, why hasn't Paul Holmes MP defected to Reform UK yet? He wouldn't look at all out of place in that photo! 😁)
Double quilted jackets and identical smiles
Reform UK Hamble Valley standing *very* close together.
How tall are the ones at the back in that flat land beside the River Hamble?
Reform UK Hamble Valley standing *very* close together.
How tall are the ones at the back in that flat land beside the River Hamble?
October 28, 2025 at 9:07 AM
What's going on in #HambleValley?! 🤯
(And, since the Conservative council approved the gravel pit he's been campaigning against, why hasn't Paul Holmes MP defected to Reform UK yet? He wouldn't look at all out of place in that photo! 😁)
(And, since the Conservative council approved the gravel pit he's been campaigning against, why hasn't Paul Holmes MP defected to Reform UK yet? He wouldn't look at all out of place in that photo! 😁)
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Always fascinating watching people underestimate the size of London vs other UK ciries.
On an average weekday, more journeys are made on JUST the Elizabeth line than the ENTIRE population of Liverpool.
If the Tube was a city, its average daily passengers would make it the 2nd largest in the UK.
On an average weekday, more journeys are made on JUST the Elizabeth line than the ENTIRE population of Liverpool.
If the Tube was a city, its average daily passengers would make it the 2nd largest in the UK.
October 28, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Always fascinating watching people underestimate the size of London vs other UK ciries.
On an average weekday, more journeys are made on JUST the Elizabeth line than the ENTIRE population of Liverpool.
If the Tube was a city, its average daily passengers would make it the 2nd largest in the UK.
On an average weekday, more journeys are made on JUST the Elizabeth line than the ENTIRE population of Liverpool.
If the Tube was a city, its average daily passengers would make it the 2nd largest in the UK.
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A reminder of what intentional racism looks like.
October 27, 2025 at 7:17 PM
A reminder of what intentional racism looks like.
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If the US constitution were changed to allow a President to serve a third term, does it mean Obama could stand against Trump? Just asking. ~AA
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
Trump on seeking a third term: ‘I would love to do it’
President Trump on Monday once again teased an attempt to run for a third-term, telling reporters while en route to Japan that he “would love to do it.” “I haven’t really thought about it. We…
thehill.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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