Colin Baldy 🇪🇺 🇮🇹 🇬🇧 🌈 🔶#FBPE
@maestroc.bsky.social
Brexit refugee living in Italy. Singer, writer, teacher, director and Italophile.
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£26 billion tax rise announced today in Labour's budget
£90 billon, how much tax revenue is lost because of Brexit EVERY Year
The reason taxes are going up and spending is being cut is because we can't afford stuff because of Brexit!
£90 billon, how much tax revenue is lost because of Brexit EVERY Year
The reason taxes are going up and spending is being cut is because we can't afford stuff because of Brexit!
November 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
£26 billion tax rise announced today in Labour's budget
£90 billon, how much tax revenue is lost because of Brexit EVERY Year
The reason taxes are going up and spending is being cut is because we can't afford stuff because of Brexit!
£90 billon, how much tax revenue is lost because of Brexit EVERY Year
The reason taxes are going up and spending is being cut is because we can't afford stuff because of Brexit!
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PFI is just borrowing by another name, but with key differences in structure, cost, and accounting treatment that make it more expensive.
Starmer’s Labour…. repeating the mistakes of the past is NOT ‘change’.
Starmer’s Labour…. repeating the mistakes of the past is NOT ‘change’.
November 26, 2025 at 1:20 PM
PFI is just borrowing by another name, but with key differences in structure, cost, and accounting treatment that make it more expensive.
Starmer’s Labour…. repeating the mistakes of the past is NOT ‘change’.
Starmer’s Labour…. repeating the mistakes of the past is NOT ‘change’.
Nothing that we didn't already know or suspect but I'm glad this story isn't going away. Farage is a nasty piece of work; a bully of the first order. It would be karma if his inability to be honest about his past was the thing which finally brought him down.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Three more ex-pupils at school with Nigel Farage reject ‘banter’ claims
Exclusive: Dulwich college contemporaries ‘rubbish’ Reform UK leader’s suggestion alleged racist taunts not intended to hurt
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Nothing that we didn't already know or suspect but I'm glad this story isn't going away. Farage is a nasty piece of work; a bully of the first order. It would be karma if his inability to be honest about his past was the thing which finally brought him down.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The National Bureau of Economic Research published research this month showing that Brexit has reduced the UK economy by 6-8% far worse than originally thought. Investment has reduced by 12-18% and employment by 3-4%. Useful info to throw at cloth eared Brexiters.
November 21, 2025 at 9:15 AM
The National Bureau of Economic Research published research this month showing that Brexit has reduced the UK economy by 6-8% far worse than originally thought. Investment has reduced by 12-18% and employment by 3-4%. Useful info to throw at cloth eared Brexiters.
Another racist Reform suspension. What with this, Laura Jones being suspended from the Senedd and questions about Farage's past, I really hope the message about just how vile and racist this party is finally starts cutting through.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform UK councillor suspended over WhatsApp group featuring extremist posts
Tom Pickup confirms he was member of group in which one participant allegedly called for ‘mass Islam genocide’
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Another racist Reform suspension. What with this, Laura Jones being suspended from the Senedd and questions about Farage's past, I really hope the message about just how vile and racist this party is finally starts cutting through.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Good morning BlueSky. On the bus to go and collect my car. Every time I take the bus here in Italy I'm struck by the fact that they're all part of BusItalia; part of Trenitalia, the national railways. How sensible is that? So different from broken Britain (thanks Thatcher).
November 20, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Good morning BlueSky. On the bus to go and collect my car. Every time I take the bus here in Italy I'm struck by the fact that they're all part of BusItalia; part of Trenitalia, the national railways. How sensible is that? So different from broken Britain (thanks Thatcher).
I'm managing to get out on my bike, exercising my new knees these days. Lovely to enjoy these vistas which one doesn't notice when the trees are in leaf. I'm so lucky to live in such a beautiful place.
November 19, 2025 at 11:07 AM
I'm managing to get out on my bike, exercising my new knees these days. Lovely to enjoy these vistas which one doesn't notice when the trees are in leaf. I'm so lucky to live in such a beautiful place.
I'm not a fan of Owen Jones but it's hard not to agree with him here.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A question to the few remaining Labour supporters: is this refugee-bashing what you voted for? | Owen Jones
The government’s callousness has won it respect – from Tommy Robinson and the hard right, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I'm not a fan of Owen Jones but it's hard not to agree with him here.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Just let it close down. The world would be a better place with one fewer right wing hate rags.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
‘We’re sick of being the story’: what next for the Telegraph after takeover collapses?
Media group’s future is again in limbo – and it faces questions over the asking price as well as regulatory hurdles
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Just let it close down. The world would be a better place with one fewer right wing hate rags.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Finally. Something good may come out of this shit show. Of course political appointments to the BBC should be banned. After this, the newsroom needs a clear out of Tories.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Lisa Nandy: BBC review will examine political appointments to board
Culture secretary says she shares concerns that such appointments have damaged trust, amid calls for Robbie Gibb to go
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Finally. Something good may come out of this shit show. Of course political appointments to the BBC should be banned. After this, the newsroom needs a clear out of Tories.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
I always thought PCCs were a ridiculous idea. Rather like parliamentary petitions, they seemed a way for Cameron to give the impression that he was on the side of democracy whereas, in reality, he just wanted to continue the patrician upper class's control of everything. He was a disastrous PM.
November 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
I always thought PCCs were a ridiculous idea. Rather like parliamentary petitions, they seemed a way for Cameron to give the impression that he was on the side of democracy whereas, in reality, he just wanted to continue the patrician upper class's control of everything. He was a disastrous PM.
The Guardian says this should be the BBC's response to Trump. I tend to agree!
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Arkell v Pressdram [1971]
In April 1971, Private Eye carried the story of how James Arkell, a retail credit manager, had dispensed with the services of two bailiffs who were on bail on charges of conspiracy to create a publ…
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November 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
The Guardian says this should be the BBC's response to Trump. I tend to agree!
proftomcrick.com/2014/04/29/a...
proftomcrick.com/2014/04/29/a...
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The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The fact that the BBC has made serious culpable errors does not negate the point that there is a real and concerted right-wing media campaign to destroy it. Both points can be true at the same time and the campaign would not end even if the errors did.
Remembering the sacrifice made by South Asians in WW2 seems particularly important in these times of division and hatred.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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British Asian families urged to share stories of ‘greatest generation’ who fought for Britain
Half of UK public unaware of contribution made by 2.5m British Asian members of armed forces who served in second world war
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Remembering the sacrifice made by South Asians in WW2 seems particularly important in these times of division and hatred.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
This was one of the effigies blown up at the Lewes bonfire celebrations this week. If they're already making effigies of Starmer just one year into his government it gives you a pretty good indication of just how unpopular he and his government are.
November 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This was one of the effigies blown up at the Lewes bonfire celebrations this week. If they're already making effigies of Starmer just one year into his government it gives you a pretty good indication of just how unpopular he and his government are.
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Which one is more English?
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Which one is more English?
What a fabulous "up yours" to Trump! The world feels a little better today.
November 5, 2025 at 9:03 AM
What a fabulous "up yours" to Trump! The world feels a little better today.
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Christ, he is supernaturally good at this.
November 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Christ, he is supernaturally good at this.
How inconvenient for the fascists and Reform politicians, who were quick to portray Saturday's appalling knife attack as Islamist extremism.
1st the perpetrator turns out to be a black Briton and then we discover the heroic LNER worker is of arab extraction, and very likely Muslim.
Well done Samir!
1st the perpetrator turns out to be a black Briton and then we discover the heroic LNER worker is of arab extraction, and very likely Muslim.
Well done Samir!
November 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
How inconvenient for the fascists and Reform politicians, who were quick to portray Saturday's appalling knife attack as Islamist extremism.
1st the perpetrator turns out to be a black Briton and then we discover the heroic LNER worker is of arab extraction, and very likely Muslim.
Well done Samir!
1st the perpetrator turns out to be a black Briton and then we discover the heroic LNER worker is of arab extraction, and very likely Muslim.
Well done Samir!
Some useful information with which to bash those knuckle draggers who, despite all evidence to the contrary, still seem to think that Brexit and Farage was/is the answer.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
‘The money machine is misfiring’: City blames Brexit for UK’s £20bn productivity headache
Poor output since the leave vote has landed Rachel Reeves with a bigger-than-forecast budget spending gap
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Some useful information with which to bash those knuckle draggers who, despite all evidence to the contrary, still seem to think that Brexit and Farage was/is the answer.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
So much for Trump's "peace."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Fears Gaza ‘temporary’ ceasefire line could become permanent new border
Yellow markers installed by IDF entrench divide that cuts strip in two, as hopes of moving to next phase of truce fade
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
So much for Trump's "peace."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
This is fun. We can vote Farage down in popularity. He's currently on 74% popular, as opposed to 24% unpopular. I'm sure we can turn that around!
#LucyPowell, #Labour Deputy Leader, says Labour had let #NigelFarage “and his ilk run away” with the political agenda.
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Show what you think of Farage by voting him up or down MP League.
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October 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
This is fun. We can vote Farage down in popularity. He's currently on 74% popular, as opposed to 24% unpopular. I'm sure we can turn that around!