Neil
@neiljl.bsky.social
Interested in politics and polling, dislike Musk, correction I despise him for what he's done to political discourse and twitter
Madness fan, but in the group sense!
Madness fan, but in the group sense!
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EXCLUSIVE - Yinka Bankole compelled to speak out after Reform leader’s attempts to dismiss hurt of alleged targets
Yinka says 17yo Farage targeted him when he had just joined Dulwich at 9 and told him "that's the way back to Africa"
from Dan Boffey, @drblacklock.bsky.social and me
Yinka says 17yo Farage targeted him when he had just joined Dulwich at 9 and told him "that's the way back to Africa"
from Dan Boffey, @drblacklock.bsky.social and me
Former Dulwich college pupil alleges Farage told him ‘that’s the way back to Africa’
Exclusive: Yinka Bankole compelled to speak out after Reform leader’s attempts to dismiss hurt of alleged targets
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
EXCLUSIVE - Yinka Bankole compelled to speak out after Reform leader’s attempts to dismiss hurt of alleged targets
Yinka says 17yo Farage targeted him when he had just joined Dulwich at 9 and told him "that's the way back to Africa"
from Dan Boffey, @drblacklock.bsky.social and me
Yinka says 17yo Farage targeted him when he had just joined Dulwich at 9 and told him "that's the way back to Africa"
from Dan Boffey, @drblacklock.bsky.social and me
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This government will drive the biggest reduction of child poverty in a single Parliament. This is how we get there.
Over half a million children to be lifted out of poverty as government unveils historic child poverty strategy
Around 550,000 children will be lifted out of poverty by 2030 – the biggest reduction in a single parliament since records began – as the Government launches its Child Poverty Strategy today (Friday…
www.gov.uk
December 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This government will drive the biggest reduction of child poverty in a single Parliament. This is how we get there.
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I’m sorry but this hysterical nonsense is completely indistinguishable from the insane US right wingers who said they’d be hunted and killed by Joe Biden if he won in 2020
I joined the Green Party, because if Zack Polanski isn't our next Prime Minister...
I'll probably be dead within 10 years.
I'll probably be dead within 10 years.
How Zack Polanski got me to join the Green Party
YouTube video by Femi - F Politics!
youtu.be
December 5, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I’m sorry but this hysterical nonsense is completely indistinguishable from the insane US right wingers who said they’d be hunted and killed by Joe Biden if he won in 2020
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The Child Poverty Strategy has been published, which includes the lifting of the two-child benefit cap - set to benefit 2050 children in the constituency. I am immensely proud that the government will drive the biggest reduction of child poverty in a single Parliament.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Our Children, Our Future: Tackling Child Poverty
Strategy document setting out the government’s ambitious decade long mission to tackle the drivers of child poverty across the UK.
www.gov.uk
December 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The Child Poverty Strategy has been published, which includes the lifting of the two-child benefit cap - set to benefit 2050 children in the constituency. I am immensely proud that the government will drive the biggest reduction of child poverty in a single Parliament.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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NEW: My interview with Natural England chair Tony Juniper, who tells me, on the infamous HS2 'bat tunnel':
"We could have finished up with a much better outcome for the bats, without having to spend that money"
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
"We could have finished up with a much better outcome for the bats, without having to spend that money"
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Natural England's Tony Juniper: Money Spent On Bat Tunnel 'Could Have Been Put To Better Use'
Natural England wants to cast off its ‘blocker’ image and reframe its mission as one that enhances national infrastructure. Noah Vickers speaks to ...
www.politicshome.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:06 AM
NEW: My interview with Natural England chair Tony Juniper, who tells me, on the infamous HS2 'bat tunnel':
"We could have finished up with a much better outcome for the bats, without having to spend that money"
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
"We could have finished up with a much better outcome for the bats, without having to spend that money"
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
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I love the fact that the Telegraph tried to cover the Rachel Reeves chess 'truth' story, and had to include the fact that even their own chess correspondent thinks it is utter bollocks.
I think if i won the under-14 title for the British Women’s Chess Association (BWCA) Girls Championship, you would probably hear me say quite a bit i was the champion. The Telegraph's own chess correspondent points out here why Reeves's is quite right to do so www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
December 4, 2025 at 10:31 AM
I love the fact that the Telegraph tried to cover the Rachel Reeves chess 'truth' story, and had to include the fact that even their own chess correspondent thinks it is utter bollocks.
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Overall, the combination of tax rises and giveaways since last year’s Budget is progressive.
Incomes for households in the bottom half of the distribution have increased by 1.0 per cent and incomes for households in the top half fell by 0.7 per cent.
Incomes for households in the bottom half of the distribution have increased by 1.0 per cent and incomes for households in the top half fell by 0.7 per cent.
December 4, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Overall, the combination of tax rises and giveaways since last year’s Budget is progressive.
Incomes for households in the bottom half of the distribution have increased by 1.0 per cent and incomes for households in the top half fell by 0.7 per cent.
Incomes for households in the bottom half of the distribution have increased by 1.0 per cent and incomes for households in the top half fell by 0.7 per cent.
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I see @zackpolanski.bsky.social and his party are so committed to taxing the wealthy that last night a majority of his MPs voted to exempt major landowners from paying the same taxes the rest of us do.
He's just a Lib Dem in drag.
He's just a Lib Dem in drag.
December 3, 2025 at 8:59 AM
I see @zackpolanski.bsky.social and his party are so committed to taxing the wealthy that last night a majority of his MPs voted to exempt major landowners from paying the same taxes the rest of us do.
He's just a Lib Dem in drag.
He's just a Lib Dem in drag.
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Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 31% (-1)
CON: 20% (+1)
LAB: 19% (+2)
LDM: 15% (=)
GRN: 12% (-1)
SNP: 2% (-1)
Via Freshwater Strategy, 28-30 Nov.
Changes w/ 7-9 Nov.
RFM: 31% (-1)
CON: 20% (+1)
LAB: 19% (+2)
LDM: 15% (=)
GRN: 12% (-1)
SNP: 2% (-1)
Via Freshwater Strategy, 28-30 Nov.
Changes w/ 7-9 Nov.
December 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 31% (-1)
CON: 20% (+1)
LAB: 19% (+2)
LDM: 15% (=)
GRN: 12% (-1)
SNP: 2% (-1)
Via Freshwater Strategy, 28-30 Nov.
Changes w/ 7-9 Nov.
RFM: 31% (-1)
CON: 20% (+1)
LAB: 19% (+2)
LDM: 15% (=)
GRN: 12% (-1)
SNP: 2% (-1)
Via Freshwater Strategy, 28-30 Nov.
Changes w/ 7-9 Nov.
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The Green party: We should tax wealth!
Also the Green Party: No! Not like that!
The eternal story
Also the Green Party: No! Not like that!
The eternal story
December 3, 2025 at 9:45 AM
The Green party: We should tax wealth!
Also the Green Party: No! Not like that!
The eternal story
Also the Green Party: No! Not like that!
The eternal story
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This is how Chris Mason, like a child filled with wonder, described "the choreography and theatre that surrounds a Budget" in Feb 2024, when a male Tory Chancellor was in post.
"Plans, or even just options, can be floated... Reaction to them can be tested. Opponents can be teased or wrongfooted." 👀
"Plans, or even just options, can be floated... Reaction to them can be tested. Opponents can be teased or wrongfooted." 👀
December 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This is how Chris Mason, like a child filled with wonder, described "the choreography and theatre that surrounds a Budget" in Feb 2024, when a male Tory Chancellor was in post.
"Plans, or even just options, can be floated... Reaction to them can be tested. Opponents can be teased or wrongfooted." 👀
"Plans, or even just options, can be floated... Reaction to them can be tested. Opponents can be teased or wrongfooted." 👀
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This headline will not be repeated by most other newspapers, neither will it lead the TV news. Our agenda-driven, bad faith media is one of the major reasons why we’re in the fix we’re in and why the government is terrified of taking the steps needed to change things. More fool them.
OBR board member says Reeves did not mislead public on Budget on.ft.com/3Ka0h3H
OBR board member says Reeves did not mislead public on Budget
UK chancellor’s fiscal warnings backed by David Miles a day after economic watchdog’s chair resigns
on.ft.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:38 PM
This headline will not be repeated by most other newspapers, neither will it lead the TV news. Our agenda-driven, bad faith media is one of the major reasons why we’re in the fix we’re in and why the government is terrified of taking the steps needed to change things. More fool them.
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Chris Mason owes Reeves an apology, as do a lot of journalists, doubt she'll get one though
She didn't even mislead, let alone lie
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
She didn't even mislead, let alone lie
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reeves did not mislead on challenges facing UK ahead of Budget, says OBR official
Prof David Miles tells MPs the messaging given by the chancellor was
www.bbc.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Chris Mason owes Reeves an apology, as do a lot of journalists, doubt she'll get one though
She didn't even mislead, let alone lie
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
She didn't even mislead, let alone lie
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Chris Mason owes Reeves an apology, as do a lot of journalists, doubt she'll get one though
She didn't even mislead, let alone lie
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
She didn't even mislead, let alone lie
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reeves did not mislead on challenges facing UK ahead of Budget, says OBR official
Prof David Miles tells MPs the messaging given by the chancellor was
www.bbc.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Chris Mason owes Reeves an apology, as do a lot of journalists, doubt she'll get one though
She didn't even mislead, let alone lie
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
She didn't even mislead, let alone lie
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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There has been a distinct change in tone, if not direction and a lot of pitch rolling by Labour in recent weeks
I wouldn't be surprised if the Labour manifesto going into the next election, at the least, mentioned the UK returning to the Customs Union and or Single market
I wouldn't be surprised if the Labour manifesto going into the next election, at the least, mentioned the UK returning to the Customs Union and or Single market
December 2, 2025 at 7:21 AM
There has been a distinct change in tone, if not direction and a lot of pitch rolling by Labour in recent weeks
I wouldn't be surprised if the Labour manifesto going into the next election, at the least, mentioned the UK returning to the Customs Union and or Single market
I wouldn't be surprised if the Labour manifesto going into the next election, at the least, mentioned the UK returning to the Customs Union and or Single market
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It takes a special kind of messed up to be pro-EU and decide to attack Starmer for what he said tonight rather than to welcome his words.
2025: Keir Starmer, "The Brexit vote was a fair democratic expression"
2020: Stewart Hosie, "The UK gov actively avoided looking for evidence that Russia interfered in Brexit" - UK's Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament
Keir Starmer now telling lies like Boris Johnson, sad
2020: Stewart Hosie, "The UK gov actively avoided looking for evidence that Russia interfered in Brexit" - UK's Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament
Keir Starmer now telling lies like Boris Johnson, sad
December 1, 2025 at 10:52 PM
It takes a special kind of messed up to be pro-EU and decide to attack Starmer for what he said tonight rather than to welcome his words.
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Are you by chance the same Emily Sheffield who was a former Conservative candidate and also the sister-in-law to David Cameron (ex Conservative PM)?
Surely you should think the readers should be told this?
Surely you should think the readers should be told this?
a man sitting on a couch with the words you are so biased above him
ALT: a man sitting on a couch with the words you are so biased above him
media.tenor.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Are you by chance the same Emily Sheffield who was a former Conservative candidate and also the sister-in-law to David Cameron (ex Conservative PM)?
Surely you should think the readers should be told this?
Surely you should think the readers should be told this?
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Wages are up more in the first year of this Government than the first decade under the Conservatives. We’ve seen private investment commitments worth over £250bn secured since July, supporting 45,000 jobs.
November 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Wages are up more in the first year of this Government than the first decade under the Conservatives. We’ve seen private investment commitments worth over £250bn secured since July, supporting 45,000 jobs.
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If Kemi Badenoch carries on like this she’ll be elected prime minister | Emily Sheffield
www.independent.co.uk/voices/kemi-...
www.independent.co.uk/voices/kemi-...
If Kemi Badenoch carries on like this she’ll be elected prime minister
The leader of the Conservative Party has rediscovered a clarity and verve that will have Keir Starmer, Rachel Reeves – and Nigel Farage – worried, says Emily Sheffield
www.independent.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
If Kemi Badenoch carries on like this she’ll be elected prime minister | Emily Sheffield
www.independent.co.uk/voices/kemi-...
www.independent.co.uk/voices/kemi-...
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According to the BBC, the poorer will gain most from the budget; isn't that how it should be?
#UKBudget2025
#UKBudget2025
December 1, 2025 at 1:24 PM
According to the BBC, the poorer will gain most from the budget; isn't that how it should be?
#UKBudget2025
#UKBudget2025
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Trusted, independent Resolution Foundation put into an easy to understand chart why Labour are despised by the Media and their bosses. It’s time to stop listening to them.
December 1, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Trusted, independent Resolution Foundation put into an easy to understand chart why Labour are despised by the Media and their bosses. It’s time to stop listening to them.
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Nasty, hate-spreading, Robinson trying to typically stir up trouble by posting an image of Lineker with a mystery woman. The vile cnut looked stupid when it was revealed that he was with his daughter in law on the way to the pharmacy.
Gary Lineker hits out at Tommy Robinson for sharing video of him in Mexico
Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, shared a video of the former Match of the Day presenter walking on a street abroad with a young girl.
metro.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Nasty, hate-spreading, Robinson trying to typically stir up trouble by posting an image of Lineker with a mystery woman. The vile cnut looked stupid when it was revealed that he was with his daughter in law on the way to the pharmacy.
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I must have missed the wall-to-wall coverage of demands for an investigation into Nigel Farage's lies about being a racist
Or about whether he knew Nathan Gill
Or about who bought his house in Frinton
Or about whether he knew Nathan Gill
Or about who bought his house in Frinton
November 30, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I must have missed the wall-to-wall coverage of demands for an investigation into Nigel Farage's lies about being a racist
Or about whether he knew Nathan Gill
Or about who bought his house in Frinton
Or about whether he knew Nathan Gill
Or about who bought his house in Frinton
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If you look at the ridiculous case studies they dredged up & the desperate attempts to hang Reeves for ‘lying’ about the rationale behind a policy she *did not introduce*, you might work out why right-wing media is straining *not* to talk about the finer detail of her (unremarkable) budget.
November 30, 2025 at 9:52 AM
If you look at the ridiculous case studies they dredged up & the desperate attempts to hang Reeves for ‘lying’ about the rationale behind a policy she *did not introduce*, you might work out why right-wing media is straining *not* to talk about the finer detail of her (unremarkable) budget.
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Do you really think the constant 'Rachel from Accounts jibes would happen if she was a man?
Can't ever remember a previous Chancellor as being described this way or suffer the attacks she's had
Even the worse Chancellor in the last few years, Kwasi Kwarteng wasn't described as 'Kwasi from accounts'
Can't ever remember a previous Chancellor as being described this way or suffer the attacks she's had
Even the worse Chancellor in the last few years, Kwasi Kwarteng wasn't described as 'Kwasi from accounts'
November 30, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Do you really think the constant 'Rachel from Accounts jibes would happen if she was a man?
Can't ever remember a previous Chancellor as being described this way or suffer the attacks she's had
Even the worse Chancellor in the last few years, Kwasi Kwarteng wasn't described as 'Kwasi from accounts'
Can't ever remember a previous Chancellor as being described this way or suffer the attacks she's had
Even the worse Chancellor in the last few years, Kwasi Kwarteng wasn't described as 'Kwasi from accounts'