@mikel-snapper.bsky.social
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Great idea not to mention that the entire saving was made in the year ending March 2025, two months before Reform took over.
December 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Great idea not to mention that the entire saving was made in the year ending March 2025, two months before Reform took over.
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🇬🇧 🇺🇸 WATCH — @mrjamesob.bsky.social: “I’m going to say this slowly… The President of The United States of America has sided with Putin against the United Kingdom. He has put the whole of Europe in the crosshairs.”
December 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
🇬🇧 🇺🇸 WATCH — @mrjamesob.bsky.social: “I’m going to say this slowly… The President of The United States of America has sided with Putin against the United Kingdom. He has put the whole of Europe in the crosshairs.”
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If Russia is banned because it contradicted Eurovision’s mission of peace and cultural unity…
Then why isn’t Israel?
Then why isn’t Israel?
December 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
If Russia is banned because it contradicted Eurovision’s mission of peace and cultural unity…
Then why isn’t Israel?
Then why isn’t Israel?
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With your current discussion right now, I do hope this helps. @mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk 👍🏽
December 4, 2025 at 10:21 AM
With your current discussion right now, I do hope this helps. @mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk 👍🏽
Sounds like it's time for a pro-EU campaign so that @uklabour.bsky.social have a mandate to drop this manifesto farce.
Cathy Newman, "Can you see a time when a Labour government will advocate joining the EU Single Market and Customs Union?"
Stephen Kinnock, "Brexit has been a huge act of economic self harm"
"But we had red lines in our manifesto around the EU Single Market and the Customs Union"
Stephen Kinnock, "Brexit has been a huge act of economic self harm"
"But we had red lines in our manifesto around the EU Single Market and the Customs Union"
December 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Sounds like it's time for a pro-EU campaign so that @uklabour.bsky.social have a mandate to drop this manifesto farce.
.......and the solution is.......?
👏 Keir Starmer PM: "How Brexit was sold and delivered was wrong. Wild promises were made to the British people and not fulfilled."
"The idea that leaving the EU was the answer to all our cares and concerns has clearly been proved wrong."
"The idea that leaving the EU was the answer to all our cares and concerns has clearly been proved wrong."
December 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
.......and the solution is.......?
So why hasn't Labour been trumpeting this over the rooftops?
After the disastrous Truss mini-budget, the FTSE 100 LOST about 2.3%.
After Rachel Reeves budget last week, the FTSE 100 CLIMBED about 0.9%.
The markets don’t aren't listening to opposition and media distortions.
After Rachel Reeves budget last week, the FTSE 100 CLIMBED about 0.9%.
The markets don’t aren't listening to opposition and media distortions.
December 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
So why hasn't Labour been trumpeting this over the rooftops?
It's bad enough if you just look down the left column but the right one adds a different perspective.
Bridget Phillipson - care to comment?
Bridget Phillipson - care to comment?
November 30, 2025 at 10:10 PM
It's bad enough if you just look down the left column but the right one adds a different perspective.
Bridget Phillipson - care to comment?
Bridget Phillipson - care to comment?
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'If this was a Muslim cult moving children across borders under cover of religion, it would be front-page news, a permanent talking point for “civilisation versus barbarism”. When it’s a Jewish ultra-Orthodox cult, the story is treated as a local curiosity, quickly buried.'
via Norman Finkelstein
via Norman Finkelstein
November 30, 2025 at 9:17 AM
'If this was a Muslim cult moving children across borders under cover of religion, it would be front-page news, a permanent talking point for “civilisation versus barbarism”. When it’s a Jewish ultra-Orthodox cult, the story is treated as a local curiosity, quickly buried.'
via Norman Finkelstein
via Norman Finkelstein
When is the right time to draft a UK Constitution?
How long would the process take - given its importance?
How long would the process take - given its importance?
There is a serious, principled case for a codified constitution, for some of the reasons George sets out.
But botching together a constitution to stop Farage - a constitution that could not command widespread support and that was widely seen as rigged - would deepen our problems, not resolve them.🧵
But botching together a constitution to stop Farage - a constitution that could not command widespread support and that was widely seen as rigged - would deepen our problems, not resolve them.🧵
We're facing a political emergency: a high likelihood of an shamelessly authoritarian government in 2029. So we urgently need this basic safeguard: a codified constitution.
This week's column explains what we're missing and why it's so important.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column explains what we're missing and why it's so important.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
When is the right time to draft a UK Constitution?
How long would the process take - given its importance?
How long would the process take - given its importance?
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The reason the top 10% of income earners pay more than half of all tax revenue is NOT because they are taxed more than ever.
Their tax rate has been cut FIVE times in the last 25 years.
They are paying more because their INCOME has increased astronomically, where the income of the bottom half has
Their tax rate has been cut FIVE times in the last 25 years.
They are paying more because their INCOME has increased astronomically, where the income of the bottom half has
November 29, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The reason the top 10% of income earners pay more than half of all tax revenue is NOT because they are taxed more than ever.
Their tax rate has been cut FIVE times in the last 25 years.
They are paying more because their INCOME has increased astronomically, where the income of the bottom half has
Their tax rate has been cut FIVE times in the last 25 years.
They are paying more because their INCOME has increased astronomically, where the income of the bottom half has
I've signed.
Will you?
Will you?
🚨Now on 86,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 90,000 tonight!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 28, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I've signed.
Will you?
Will you?
Ex-Twitter seems to have gone full on white, mysoganistic, Christian fundamentalist.
Could have been my mistake in telling some to be tolerant and love their fellow man.
I should know better.......
Could have been my mistake in telling some to be tolerant and love their fellow man.
I should know better.......
November 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Ex-Twitter seems to have gone full on white, mysoganistic, Christian fundamentalist.
Could have been my mistake in telling some to be tolerant and love their fellow man.
I should know better.......
Could have been my mistake in telling some to be tolerant and love their fellow man.
I should know better.......
Now I'm no economist nor politician but isn't there a simple, pragmatic solution to this?
The negotiations won't be simple nor easy of course but it would seem to be in the UK's best interests.
And recent polls would suggest it is also "the will of the people".
The negotiations won't be simple nor easy of course but it would seem to be in the UK's best interests.
And recent polls would suggest it is also "the will of the people".
Are you a Brit struggling to pay your bills? Know that Brexit has made every sovereign Brit between £2,700 and £3,700 poorer, every year, year after year.
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‘Struggling to pay the bills’: Britons under pressure react to budget 2025
As they struggle with the cost of living, people weigh up whether Rachel Reeves’s measures will help them
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Now I'm no economist nor politician but isn't there a simple, pragmatic solution to this?
The negotiations won't be simple nor easy of course but it would seem to be in the UK's best interests.
And recent polls would suggest it is also "the will of the people".
The negotiations won't be simple nor easy of course but it would seem to be in the UK's best interests.
And recent polls would suggest it is also "the will of the people".
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Probably won’t see this in mainstream media - aka the right wing press - coz it’s against their narrative. Wind energy in Britain broke a new record last week with nearly 23GW on the grid one cold windy evening. That was 56% of all electricity on Britain’s grid.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Probably won’t see this in mainstream media - aka the right wing press - coz it’s against their narrative. Wind energy in Britain broke a new record last week with nearly 23GW on the grid one cold windy evening. That was 56% of all electricity on Britain’s grid.
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This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 30,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.
Please sign and share 🙏
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Please sign and share 🙏
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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 25, 2025 at 7:32 AM
This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 30,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.
Please sign and share 🙏
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Please sign and share 🙏
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As the Budget approaches I am thinking the Chancellor and their spokespeople should have just said "no comment" to any questions relating to the budget.
Stop feeding the beast that is 24 hours media.
Stop feeding the beast that is 24 hours media.
November 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
As the Budget approaches I am thinking the Chancellor and their spokespeople should have just said "no comment" to any questions relating to the budget.
Stop feeding the beast that is 24 hours media.
Stop feeding the beast that is 24 hours media.
When you look at it like this.....
November 23, 2025 at 12:59 PM
When you look at it like this.....
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If there is a serious gap between revenues in the UK and tax paid the Inland Revenue should be given the power to refer the issue to a jury and let them decide how much tax it is reasonable for the company to pay. Companies like Starbucks need fierce rules that can't be dodged.
But if the government start taxing the likes of Starbucks & they leave, Are we seriously saying that Britain will stop drinking coffee?
£3 billion in UK sales & they don't want to pay tax?
It's time to get of the merry-go-round & use our smaller, local retailers who will pay their taxes.
£3 billion in UK sales & they don't want to pay tax?
It's time to get of the merry-go-round & use our smaller, local retailers who will pay their taxes.
November 20, 2025 at 8:19 AM
If there is a serious gap between revenues in the UK and tax paid the Inland Revenue should be given the power to refer the issue to a jury and let them decide how much tax it is reasonable for the company to pay. Companies like Starbucks need fierce rules that can't be dodged.
So the image is believed to have been taken during a Tory Gvmnt.
But the headline suggests it's news and therefore current.
"Reputational Damage" springs to mind.
Certainly a mis-leading article.
But the headline suggests it's news and therefore current.
"Reputational Damage" springs to mind.
Certainly a mis-leading article.
Also they're not criminals! They're human beings who are allowed to have fun while in a difficult situation
There is so much messed up about this front page Express story today.
There's no suggestion or evidence ANY alcohol or drugs was consumed. This is literally just people dancing.
And buried in the piece: "The footage is believed to have been filmed just before Labour took power in July last year."
There's no suggestion or evidence ANY alcohol or drugs was consumed. This is literally just people dancing.
And buried in the piece: "The footage is believed to have been filmed just before Labour took power in July last year."
November 20, 2025 at 8:52 AM
So the image is believed to have been taken during a Tory Gvmnt.
But the headline suggests it's news and therefore current.
"Reputational Damage" springs to mind.
Certainly a mis-leading article.
But the headline suggests it's news and therefore current.
"Reputational Damage" springs to mind.
Certainly a mis-leading article.
Just had a look at ex-Twitter.
I suspect he's tweaked the algorithms and rallied the bots.
It's certainly reading like a far-right get together.
I suspect he's tweaked the algorithms and rallied the bots.
It's certainly reading like a far-right get together.
November 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Just had a look at ex-Twitter.
I suspect he's tweaked the algorithms and rallied the bots.
It's certainly reading like a far-right get together.
I suspect he's tweaked the algorithms and rallied the bots.
It's certainly reading like a far-right get together.
Seems an open and shut case.
Doesn't it?
Doesn't it?
November 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Seems an open and shut case.
Doesn't it?
Doesn't it?
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Come on, @channel4news.bsky.social - great opportunity for you to repeat your compilation of Trump’s lies!
BBC News - BBC apologises to Trump over Panorama edit but refuses to pay compensation
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Good.
Sue and be damned.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Good.
Sue and be damned.
BBC apologises to Trump over Panorama edit but refuses to pay compensation
Lawyers for the US president have threatened to sue the corporation for $1bn (£759m).
www.bbc.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Come on, @channel4news.bsky.social - great opportunity for you to repeat your compilation of Trump’s lies!
The Torygraph siding with a foreigner - who'd have thought?!
The Telegraph sides with Trump against the BBC and, so, the country.
Private Eye sums up its feeble-minded, fawning betrayal beautifully.
Private Eye sums up its feeble-minded, fawning betrayal beautifully.
November 14, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The Torygraph siding with a foreigner - who'd have thought?!
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When I started reading this, I assumed it was a MAGAt attacking a person of colour receiving SNAP.
I was delighted with the ending, the last line…..
November 9, 2025 at 7:22 AM
When I started reading this, I assumed it was a MAGAt attacking a person of colour receiving SNAP.
I was delighted with the ending, the last line…..