AlexK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🇬🇷
@kidner.bsky.social
I dabble in IT and follow Arsenal F.C. Occasionally UK and world politics cross my path and I voice my concerns. Oil and gas kill people in wars, I'm doing my best to be less reliant on it.
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Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
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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...
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November 29, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
Approaching 100,000
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Electrification could save Europe €250 billion annually to reinvest in the energy transition
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Using electrification to boost European competitiveness
To boost the energy transition, electrification can cut emissions, support future demand and drive competitiveness, if paired with flexible regulation.
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November 29, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Electrification could save Europe €250 billion annually to reinvest in the energy transition
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"We blow up ‘alleged’ drug boats in the Caribbean but pardon actually convicted drug traffickers in the U.S. Someone help me make sense of this.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Trump Announces Pardon for Honduran Ex-President Convicted in Drug Case
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:24 AM
"We blow up ‘alleged’ drug boats in the Caribbean but pardon actually convicted drug traffickers in the U.S. Someone help me make sense of this.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/w...
Banking giant to build tower at Canary Wharf.
Who is going to fill these offices? The AI bots currently replacing the 'cutbacks' in jobs made by billionaires to make even more money?
Who is going to fill these offices? The AI bots currently replacing the 'cutbacks' in jobs made by billionaires to make even more money?
'Bigger than the Shard': Banking giant announces new office
One of the world's largest banking firms announces plans to build a new HQ "bigger than the Shard".
www.bbc.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Banking giant to build tower at Canary Wharf.
Who is going to fill these offices? The AI bots currently replacing the 'cutbacks' in jobs made by billionaires to make even more money?
Who is going to fill these offices? The AI bots currently replacing the 'cutbacks' in jobs made by billionaires to make even more money?
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You just cannot take the iPaper seriously when it wheels out Kwasi ‘mini budget’ Kwarteng to comment on the budget.
We don’t *ever* want to hear from this arrogant clown again.
“No prudence”
FML.
We don’t *ever* want to hear from this arrogant clown again.
“No prudence”
FML.
November 27, 2025 at 8:05 AM
You just cannot take the iPaper seriously when it wheels out Kwasi ‘mini budget’ Kwarteng to comment on the budget.
We don’t *ever* want to hear from this arrogant clown again.
“No prudence”
FML.
We don’t *ever* want to hear from this arrogant clown again.
“No prudence”
FML.
FFS watching the commons is like watching 9yr olds 'losing it' after eating a bag of gummy bears.
November 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
FFS watching the commons is like watching 9yr olds 'losing it' after eating a bag of gummy bears.
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New analysis by the politically neutral House of Commons library says that Brexit:
- cost the average Briton between £2,700 and £3,700
- lost the Treasury up to £90bn a year tax revenue.
Rachel Reeves budget options could have been very different!
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
- cost the average Briton between £2,700 and £3,700
- lost the Treasury up to £90bn a year tax revenue.
Rachel Reeves budget options could have been very different!
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue , new analysis shows
Exclusive: Britons also up to £3,700 worse off, leading to calls for the Labour government to improve relations with the EU
www.independent.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 7:08 AM
New analysis by the politically neutral House of Commons library says that Brexit:
- cost the average Briton between £2,700 and £3,700
- lost the Treasury up to £90bn a year tax revenue.
Rachel Reeves budget options could have been very different!
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
- cost the average Briton between £2,700 and £3,700
- lost the Treasury up to £90bn a year tax revenue.
Rachel Reeves budget options could have been very different!
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Former classmate insists Farage repeatedly told him "Hitler was right" and "gas them" when they were teenagers at Dulwich College - and that the Reform leader's denials are dishonest.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nigel Farage's racism denials are dishonest, says ex-classmate
Peter Ettedgui tells the BBC Nigel Farage targeted antisemitic abuse at him when they were teenagers.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Former classmate insists Farage repeatedly told him "Hitler was right" and "gas them" when they were teenagers at Dulwich College - and that the Reform leader's denials are dishonest.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Every machine in a Hospital that diagnoses your body without cutting you open is based on a principle of Physics, discovered by a Physicist who had no interest in Medicine.
If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.
#sciencematters
If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.
#sciencematters
November 25, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Every machine in a Hospital that diagnoses your body without cutting you open is based on a principle of Physics, discovered by a Physicist who had no interest in Medicine.
If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.
#sciencematters
If you think the world doesn’t need Basic Science, or that somehow Science has failed you, think again.
#sciencematters
Just been watching BBCs 'Civilisations: Rse and fall of Rome' and all I could think of is how Shabana Mahmood, Suella Braverman and Priti Patel are Stilicho. Humanity, sadly we never learn. #history
November 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Just been watching BBCs 'Civilisations: Rse and fall of Rome' and all I could think of is how Shabana Mahmood, Suella Braverman and Priti Patel are Stilicho. Humanity, sadly we never learn. #history
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Much of the world gets this.
America doesn't. And the rest of the planet wonders why.
America doesn't. And the rest of the planet wonders why.
November 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Much of the world gets this.
America doesn't. And the rest of the planet wonders why.
America doesn't. And the rest of the planet wonders why.
"As I walk these streets alone, through this borough I call home
Upon the baron fields of Highbury 'neath the stadiums of stone..."
Upon the baron fields of Highbury 'neath the stadiums of stone..."
November 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
"As I walk these streets alone, through this borough I call home
Upon the baron fields of Highbury 'neath the stadiums of stone..."
Upon the baron fields of Highbury 'neath the stadiums of stone..."
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Get In ......EZeeeee!
November 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Get In ......EZeeeee!
EZE! ...again COYG!
November 23, 2025 at 5:36 PM
EZE! ...again COYG!
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Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Scientists achieve stunning breakthrough that could unlock limitless energy source: 'A landmark achievement' by UK Tokamak
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Scientists achieve stunning breakthrough that could unlock limitless energy source: 'A landmark achievement'
Scientists achieved a major breakthrough in fusion energy research, making a key step in unlocking greener, nearly limitless energy.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Scientists achieve stunning breakthrough that could unlock limitless energy source: 'A landmark achievement' by UK Tokamak
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It shouldn't surprise people.
Can you get a job at Tesco, no they are firing people.
Can you get a job at Amazon, no they are firing people.
Can you get a job at the Banks, no they are firing people.
Can you get a job at a Small Business, no they are all firing people.
Can you get a job at Tesco, no they are firing people.
Can you get a job at Amazon, no they are firing people.
Can you get a job at the Banks, no they are firing people.
Can you get a job at a Small Business, no they are all firing people.
November 17, 2025 at 4:06 PM
It shouldn't surprise people.
Can you get a job at Tesco, no they are firing people.
Can you get a job at Amazon, no they are firing people.
Can you get a job at the Banks, no they are firing people.
Can you get a job at a Small Business, no they are all firing people.
Can you get a job at Tesco, no they are firing people.
Can you get a job at Amazon, no they are firing people.
Can you get a job at the Banks, no they are firing people.
Can you get a job at a Small Business, no they are all firing people.
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Human rights are universal - if we start stripping away basic human rights from any section of society then none of us has rights – just privileges that can be taken away by people in power whenever they want
November 16, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Human rights are universal - if we start stripping away basic human rights from any section of society then none of us has rights – just privileges that can be taken away by people in power whenever they want
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The UK tax system punishes work more than wealth. Will Reeves dare to rebalance it? Stephen McNair reports
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/rac...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/rac...
Rachel Reeves’ budget options: nothing popular
Reeves inherited a nightmare: austerity, Brexit, Covid, ageing population. Now she must balance the books. Here are some of the options.
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The UK tax system punishes work more than wealth. Will Reeves dare to rebalance it? Stephen McNair reports
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/rac...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/rac...