Helen Murphy
@nelmurph24.bsky.social
Linguist, love music (try to play my violin!), love good food & wonderful company, long for Uk to rejoin the EU.
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Things I like:
Lifting 2 child cap
Min Wage uplifts
Gambling tax
Surcharge on £2m+ houses
Salary sacrifice cap
EV road charges (they use roads)
£400m clawed back in COVID payments (more plz)
Borrowing will be down
Markets happy
More Russian sanctions (Farage?)
Energy ⬇️
And more
Lifting 2 child cap
Min Wage uplifts
Gambling tax
Surcharge on £2m+ houses
Salary sacrifice cap
EV road charges (they use roads)
£400m clawed back in COVID payments (more plz)
Borrowing will be down
Markets happy
More Russian sanctions (Farage?)
Energy ⬇️
And more
November 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Things I like:
Lifting 2 child cap
Min Wage uplifts
Gambling tax
Surcharge on £2m+ houses
Salary sacrifice cap
EV road charges (they use roads)
£400m clawed back in COVID payments (more plz)
Borrowing will be down
Markets happy
More Russian sanctions (Farage?)
Energy ⬇️
And more
Lifting 2 child cap
Min Wage uplifts
Gambling tax
Surcharge on £2m+ houses
Salary sacrifice cap
EV road charges (they use roads)
£400m clawed back in COVID payments (more plz)
Borrowing will be down
Markets happy
More Russian sanctions (Farage?)
Energy ⬇️
And more
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This is such important news. Hundreds of thousands of children taken out of poverty with the stroke of a pen.
Two-child benefit limit is officially scrapped in Budget 2025
Rachel Reeves confirms policy that restricts what benefits families can receive will be removed
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 12:46 PM
This is such important news. Hundreds of thousands of children taken out of poverty with the stroke of a pen.
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Proven:
Tory Boris Johnson’s Incompetence = 20,000 unnecessary deaths
Proven:
Reform would be even worse. Just look at Kent County Council.
Next time it could be you or your loved one. Don’t vote for another incompetent. Those poor families hearing this today 🥲🥲.
Tory Boris Johnson’s Incompetence = 20,000 unnecessary deaths
Proven:
Reform would be even worse. Just look at Kent County Council.
Next time it could be you or your loved one. Don’t vote for another incompetent. Those poor families hearing this today 🥲🥲.
November 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Proven:
Tory Boris Johnson’s Incompetence = 20,000 unnecessary deaths
Proven:
Reform would be even worse. Just look at Kent County Council.
Next time it could be you or your loved one. Don’t vote for another incompetent. Those poor families hearing this today 🥲🥲.
Tory Boris Johnson’s Incompetence = 20,000 unnecessary deaths
Proven:
Reform would be even worse. Just look at Kent County Council.
Next time it could be you or your loved one. Don’t vote for another incompetent. Those poor families hearing this today 🥲🥲.
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So reading about Johnson’s incompetence today makes me super pleased we have Starmer. He might not make sexy headlines for the media. Or be a laugh a minute. But you’d never see him hiding in a fridge or not understanding what the country needs in a crisis.
November 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
So reading about Johnson’s incompetence today makes me super pleased we have Starmer. He might not make sexy headlines for the media. Or be a laugh a minute. But you’d never see him hiding in a fridge or not understanding what the country needs in a crisis.
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The pariah formerly known as Prince
October 30, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The pariah formerly known as Prince
Watching #bbclaurakuensberg
#Gaza how could anyone deny this evidence of total destruction & genocide
#Gaza how could anyone deny this evidence of total destruction & genocide
October 12, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Watching #bbclaurakuensberg
#Gaza how could anyone deny this evidence of total destruction & genocide
#Gaza how could anyone deny this evidence of total destruction & genocide
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“I would gently point out to Nigel Farage that before we left the EU we had a returns agreement with every country in the EU. He told the country it would make no difference if we left. He was wrong about that. These are Farage boats in many senses coming across the channel” 👏
PM Keir Starmer
PM Keir Starmer
October 1, 2025 at 7:05 AM
“I would gently point out to Nigel Farage that before we left the EU we had a returns agreement with every country in the EU. He told the country it would make no difference if we left. He was wrong about that. These are Farage boats in many senses coming across the channel” 👏
PM Keir Starmer
PM Keir Starmer
#NickRobinson on Radio 4 now interviewing Keir Starmer - would he have given Farage such a grilling?
October 1, 2025 at 7:32 AM
#NickRobinson on Radio 4 now interviewing Keir Starmer - would he have given Farage such a grilling?
I’m reading #YouAreHere by David Nicholls & I don’t want it to end. I just love everything he’s ever written
September 28, 2025 at 8:49 AM
I’m reading #YouAreHere by David Nicholls & I don’t want it to end. I just love everything he’s ever written
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So, Sunday Times runs with latest poll showing Farage winning if there was an election now. But makes NO mention of Reform’s collusion with Russia. And this is how democracy gets beaten to death in the dark. Voters are not being told the truth. Reform is given the stage but is NEVER held to account.
September 28, 2025 at 7:59 AM
So, Sunday Times runs with latest poll showing Farage winning if there was an election now. But makes NO mention of Reform’s collusion with Russia. And this is how democracy gets beaten to death in the dark. Voters are not being told the truth. Reform is given the stage but is NEVER held to account.
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Big pharma threatens the UK govt.
Want higher drugs prices/profits, squeezing the NHS budget, forcing higher taxes.
Trump wants lower drugs prices in the US, uses Europe as reference point. So companies threaten UK govt.
Corporate power used to bully govts.
UK Govt must produce generic drugs.
Want higher drugs prices/profits, squeezing the NHS budget, forcing higher taxes.
Trump wants lower drugs prices in the US, uses Europe as reference point. So companies threaten UK govt.
Corporate power used to bully govts.
UK Govt must produce generic drugs.
Britain is ‘a terrible place’ to sell medicines, says drug firm executive
Sanofi’s market access chief urges ministers to come up with a roadmap to raise spending on new treatments
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Big pharma threatens the UK govt.
Want higher drugs prices/profits, squeezing the NHS budget, forcing higher taxes.
Trump wants lower drugs prices in the US, uses Europe as reference point. So companies threaten UK govt.
Corporate power used to bully govts.
UK Govt must produce generic drugs.
Want higher drugs prices/profits, squeezing the NHS budget, forcing higher taxes.
Trump wants lower drugs prices in the US, uses Europe as reference point. So companies threaten UK govt.
Corporate power used to bully govts.
UK Govt must produce generic drugs.
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I’m not surprised at the large turn out yesterday. Our media ecosystem - as @carolecadwalla.bsky.social has often pointed — has completely collapsed, and people are motivated by outright inflammatory lies on social media. It’s a crisis of information and the dark side of the digital revolution
September 14, 2025 at 11:34 AM
I’m not surprised at the large turn out yesterday. Our media ecosystem - as @carolecadwalla.bsky.social has often pointed — has completely collapsed, and people are motivated by outright inflammatory lies on social media. It’s a crisis of information and the dark side of the digital revolution
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Tesla boss Elon Musk wants to overthrow UK govt.
Big pharma wants the NHS to pay higher drugs prices or else.
Banks warn govt not to levy higher taxes on them, cut worker wages they say.
People bear cost of corporate pollution, abuses.
Choice - Curb corporate power and slavery or democracy.
Big pharma wants the NHS to pay higher drugs prices or else.
Banks warn govt not to levy higher taxes on them, cut worker wages they say.
People bear cost of corporate pollution, abuses.
Choice - Curb corporate power and slavery or democracy.
September 15, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Tesla boss Elon Musk wants to overthrow UK govt.
Big pharma wants the NHS to pay higher drugs prices or else.
Banks warn govt not to levy higher taxes on them, cut worker wages they say.
People bear cost of corporate pollution, abuses.
Choice - Curb corporate power and slavery or democracy.
Big pharma wants the NHS to pay higher drugs prices or else.
Banks warn govt not to levy higher taxes on them, cut worker wages they say.
People bear cost of corporate pollution, abuses.
Choice - Curb corporate power and slavery or democracy.
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Until the government is willing have an honest discussion about the negative impact of Brexit - Britain’s growth, productivity & living standards will continue to be weighed down by the structural handicap it has inflicted on the country & economy
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
No prospect of UK rejoining EU in my lifetime, says Starmer’s reset negotiator
Comments by Nick Thomas-Symonds underline view in top government circles despite thaw in relations with Brussels
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Until the government is willing have an honest discussion about the negative impact of Brexit - Britain’s growth, productivity & living standards will continue to be weighed down by the structural handicap it has inflicted on the country & economy
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Journalists questioning Nigel Farage should be pointing out Brexit has been a primary factor in the sky rocketing number of small boat crossings. How hard can this be?
youtu.be/cKXFjbxSBBI?...
youtu.be/cKXFjbxSBBI?...
Imagine the shock when he finds out Brexit is a primary factor in sky rocketing small boat crossings
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
September 7, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Journalists questioning Nigel Farage should be pointing out Brexit has been a primary factor in the sky rocketing number of small boat crossings. How hard can this be?
youtu.be/cKXFjbxSBBI?...
youtu.be/cKXFjbxSBBI?...
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Shein UK accused of moving ‘vast bulk of income’ to Singapore to cut UK tax.
£9.6m corporation tax on £2bn sales.
Profit hard to know, 84% or the sales transferred to a Singapore company as a “purchasing” cost.
UK loses billions due to profit shifting. HMRC poorly equipped to challenge it.
£9.6m corporation tax on £2bn sales.
Profit hard to know, 84% or the sales transferred to a Singapore company as a “purchasing” cost.
UK loses billions due to profit shifting. HMRC poorly equipped to challenge it.
Shein UK accused of moving ‘vast bulk of income’ to Singapore to cut British tax
Fast-fashion retailer rejects accusations as Fair Tax Foundation questions its tax arrangements
www.theguardian.com
September 6, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Shein UK accused of moving ‘vast bulk of income’ to Singapore to cut UK tax.
£9.6m corporation tax on £2bn sales.
Profit hard to know, 84% or the sales transferred to a Singapore company as a “purchasing” cost.
UK loses billions due to profit shifting. HMRC poorly equipped to challenge it.
£9.6m corporation tax on £2bn sales.
Profit hard to know, 84% or the sales transferred to a Singapore company as a “purchasing” cost.
UK loses billions due to profit shifting. HMRC poorly equipped to challenge it.
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South West Water sued over a parasite infecting the water supply.
People told not to drink tap water without boiling it.
Company has more than 174 criminal convictions.
Paid over £4.5bn in dividend since privatisation.
Criminal organizations out profits before people, threaten health/life.
People told not to drink tap water without boiling it.
Company has more than 174 criminal convictions.
Paid over £4.5bn in dividend since privatisation.
Criminal organizations out profits before people, threaten health/life.
South West Water taken to court over cryptosporidium outbreak in Devon
Inspectorate issues summons after water supply infected 140 people with diarrhoea-type disease in Brixham last year
www.theguardian.com
September 7, 2025 at 8:37 AM
South West Water sued over a parasite infecting the water supply.
People told not to drink tap water without boiling it.
Company has more than 174 criminal convictions.
Paid over £4.5bn in dividend since privatisation.
Criminal organizations out profits before people, threaten health/life.
People told not to drink tap water without boiling it.
Company has more than 174 criminal convictions.
Paid over £4.5bn in dividend since privatisation.
Criminal organizations out profits before people, threaten health/life.
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🔴 Brexiteers hate the world they created
They claim that Britain is broken, while still clutching the hammer.
📝 New post 👇🏻
They claim that Britain is broken, while still clutching the hammer.
📝 New post 👇🏻
Brexiteers hate the world they created
A rant...
writesbright.substack.com
August 30, 2025 at 9:07 AM
🔴 Brexiteers hate the world they created
They claim that Britain is broken, while still clutching the hammer.
📝 New post 👇🏻
They claim that Britain is broken, while still clutching the hammer.
📝 New post 👇🏻
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Leaving the ECHR won’t “Take Back Control” – it will hand your rights to politicians
“The myths are seductive, the reality is very different – without the ECHR your freedoms rest on whichever Home Secretary wakes up grumpy”
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/jus...
“The myths are seductive, the reality is very different – without the ECHR your freedoms rest on whichever Home Secretary wakes up grumpy”
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/jus...
Leaving the ECHR won’t “Take Back Control” – it will hand your rights to politicians
The myths are seductive, the reality is very different – without the ECHR your freedoms rest on whichever Home Secretary wakes up grumpy
eastangliabylines.co.uk
August 31, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Leaving the ECHR won’t “Take Back Control” – it will hand your rights to politicians
“The myths are seductive, the reality is very different – without the ECHR your freedoms rest on whichever Home Secretary wakes up grumpy”
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/jus...
“The myths are seductive, the reality is very different – without the ECHR your freedoms rest on whichever Home Secretary wakes up grumpy”
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/jus...
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Brexit - championed by Farage - has been a significant factor in many of the UK’s problems - it’s time UK news shows and Labour started pointing that out
youtu.be/be3b8RkMqvs?...
youtu.be/be3b8RkMqvs?...
Brexit - championed by Farage - has been a significant factor in creating this mess
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
August 31, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Brexit - championed by Farage - has been a significant factor in many of the UK’s problems - it’s time UK news shows and Labour started pointing that out
youtu.be/be3b8RkMqvs?...
youtu.be/be3b8RkMqvs?...
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The Mirror's Kevin Maguire argues the only way for Britain to return to its former prosperity is with a plan to return to the EU after Brexit proved to be a giant con that only leaves us poorer and weaker
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
'Brexit was a giant con by plastic patriots – we need a plan to get back in EU'
The Mirror's Kevin Maguire argues the only way for Britain to return to its former prosperity is with a plan to return to the EU after Brexit proved to be a giant con that only leaves us poorer and we...
www.mirror.co.uk
August 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The Mirror's Kevin Maguire argues the only way for Britain to return to its former prosperity is with a plan to return to the EU after Brexit proved to be a giant con that only leaves us poorer and weaker
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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