Peter Baxter
@peterjb.bsky.social
Retired IT worker, mostly programming. Started drawing again. Living in Northumberland, UK.
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The UK will celebrate net emigration and depopulation come 2027.
And by 2028 it will start to realise, with an ageing society and low growth, what a really silly thing it has done.
The right will go "pro-natalist", the centre-left will be completely stuck.
And by 2028 it will start to realise, with an ageing society and low growth, what a really silly thing it has done.
The right will go "pro-natalist", the centre-left will be completely stuck.
December 22, 2025 at 7:28 AM
The UK will celebrate net emigration and depopulation come 2027.
And by 2028 it will start to realise, with an ageing society and low growth, what a really silly thing it has done.
The right will go "pro-natalist", the centre-left will be completely stuck.
And by 2028 it will start to realise, with an ageing society and low growth, what a really silly thing it has done.
The right will go "pro-natalist", the centre-left will be completely stuck.
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OK, strap in….
Here is part 2 of the “Tesco/(insert other brand) are cancelling Christmas” claims!
🎄🎅🤶🎄
TL:DR? Christmas is alive and well everywhere you look.
And so too, sadly, is manufactured Christmas rage baiting.
Here is just 7 day’s worth of Daily Mail Christmas Rage bait
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1/31
Here is part 2 of the “Tesco/(insert other brand) are cancelling Christmas” claims!
🎄🎅🤶🎄
TL:DR? Christmas is alive and well everywhere you look.
And so too, sadly, is manufactured Christmas rage baiting.
Here is just 7 day’s worth of Daily Mail Christmas Rage bait
🧵
1/31
December 13, 2025 at 12:41 PM
OK, strap in….
Here is part 2 of the “Tesco/(insert other brand) are cancelling Christmas” claims!
🎄🎅🤶🎄
TL:DR? Christmas is alive and well everywhere you look.
And so too, sadly, is manufactured Christmas rage baiting.
Here is just 7 day’s worth of Daily Mail Christmas Rage bait
🧵
1/31
Here is part 2 of the “Tesco/(insert other brand) are cancelling Christmas” claims!
🎄🎅🤶🎄
TL:DR? Christmas is alive and well everywhere you look.
And so too, sadly, is manufactured Christmas rage baiting.
Here is just 7 day’s worth of Daily Mail Christmas Rage bait
🧵
1/31
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- A 100,000 drop in net migration costs us £7bn
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
November 27, 2025 at 11:11 AM
- A 100,000 drop in net migration costs us £7bn
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
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If you give through @crowdfunderuk you can set the automatic ‘tip’ of 20% of what you give to zero by clicking ‘enter custom amount’ and putting in £0. This is a private profitable company which takes 1.9%+20p+VAT of what you give from the charity and 2.4%+20p+VAT from others
October 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
If you give through @crowdfunderuk you can set the automatic ‘tip’ of 20% of what you give to zero by clicking ‘enter custom amount’ and putting in £0. This is a private profitable company which takes 1.9%+20p+VAT of what you give from the charity and 2.4%+20p+VAT from others
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Stephen Bush on the extraordinary draft legislation which Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp, Matt Vickers, Katie Lam and backbench colleagues have proposed in parliament
It is a proposal that would seek to deport around 5% of the resident population, including over a quarter of a million with ILR
It is a proposal that would seek to deport around 5% of the resident population, including over a quarter of a million with ILR
October 23, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Stephen Bush on the extraordinary draft legislation which Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp, Matt Vickers, Katie Lam and backbench colleagues have proposed in parliament
It is a proposal that would seek to deport around 5% of the resident population, including over a quarter of a million with ILR
It is a proposal that would seek to deport around 5% of the resident population, including over a quarter of a million with ILR
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Videos claiming that a new rule will ban pensioners from driving at night have been shared thousands of times online.
But this is completely false - and the videos also feature fake audio of the PM.
But this is completely false - and the videos also feature fake audio of the PM.
Fake nighttime pensioner driving ban rumour spreads online – Full Fact
A spokesperson from the Department for Transport confirmed this is not true.
fullfact.org
October 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Videos claiming that a new rule will ban pensioners from driving at night have been shared thousands of times online.
But this is completely false - and the videos also feature fake audio of the PM.
But this is completely false - and the videos also feature fake audio of the PM.
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Lots of people asking about the Government's prospects for recovering the £120m from Barrowman/Mone/their companies
Short answer: I don't know. I'm not an insolvency specialist. No clue how the £120m was paid out to them from PPE Medpro
So I have no technical answer
But...
Short answer: I don't know. I'm not an insolvency specialist. No clue how the £120m was paid out to them from PPE Medpro
So I have no technical answer
But...
October 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Lots of people asking about the Government's prospects for recovering the £120m from Barrowman/Mone/their companies
Short answer: I don't know. I'm not an insolvency specialist. No clue how the £120m was paid out to them from PPE Medpro
So I have no technical answer
But...
Short answer: I don't know. I'm not an insolvency specialist. No clue how the £120m was paid out to them from PPE Medpro
So I have no technical answer
But...
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The very uncharitable profits of JustGiving which takes fees, a cut of gift aid, and then asks donors for a tip! bit.ly/4nzZpDV much better to give directly to the charity, but if you do use JG always set tip to zero. But you can’t stop it snaffling some of the Gift Aid
JustGiving pays £25.8m dividend to American owner
The charity platform made the payment to the Nasdaq-listed Blackbaud after revenues rose by 9.7 per cent to £64.5m
bit.ly
October 2, 2025 at 6:19 AM
The very uncharitable profits of JustGiving which takes fees, a cut of gift aid, and then asks donors for a tip! bit.ly/4nzZpDV much better to give directly to the charity, but if you do use JG always set tip to zero. But you can’t stop it snaffling some of the Gift Aid
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Superb news showcasing the wonder of medical science.
Huntingdon's is a brutal terminal disease.
This new gene therapy slows the disease's advance by 75%.
One medically retired patient has now returned to work.
Others, expected to need wheelchairs, are walking.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Huntingdon's is a brutal terminal disease.
This new gene therapy slows the disease's advance by 75%.
One medically retired patient has now returned to work.
Others, expected to need wheelchairs, are walking.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 24, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Superb news showcasing the wonder of medical science.
Huntingdon's is a brutal terminal disease.
This new gene therapy slows the disease's advance by 75%.
One medically retired patient has now returned to work.
Others, expected to need wheelchairs, are walking.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Huntingdon's is a brutal terminal disease.
This new gene therapy slows the disease's advance by 75%.
One medically retired patient has now returned to work.
Others, expected to need wheelchairs, are walking.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The artist Banksy acknowledges his work by publishing photographs of it on his website. So we know that this is his latest work. But look more closely at the images.
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rozenberg.substack.com/p/more-damag...
More damage to the courts
But Banksy’s greatest offence is to coarsen public debate
rozenberg.substack.com
September 9, 2025 at 5:08 AM
The artist Banksy acknowledges his work by publishing photographs of it on his website. So we know that this is his latest work. But look more closely at the images.
rozenberg.substack.com/p/more-damag...
rozenberg.substack.com/p/more-damag...
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Current state of UK political discourse.
September 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Current state of UK political discourse.
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Sick of BBC continuously promoting Reform U.K. and ignoring other parties with far more representation? Please sign the petition
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Petition: Ensure plurality of political coverage across UK broadcast media at all times
We want to ensure that a plurality of views from all political parties in Westminster are represented and the nations parliaments are heard all year round, not just election times. The rules for coverage during elections should apply at all times.
petition.parliament.uk
August 30, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Sick of BBC continuously promoting Reform U.K. and ignoring other parties with far more representation? Please sign the petition
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
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While the mainstream discussions are depressingly about *how* best to remove and stop immigrants, it’s a revolutionary act nowadays to say that immigration is actually a positive thing and an essential component of a thriving country, so please join me in doing so!
August 28, 2025 at 9:17 AM
While the mainstream discussions are depressingly about *how* best to remove and stop immigrants, it’s a revolutionary act nowadays to say that immigration is actually a positive thing and an essential component of a thriving country, so please join me in doing so!
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The replies to this post, even on here, even moreso on X, are so depressing to me. We live in a world where cities have never been safer and a minority of people are denying themselves a lot of delightful experiences because they’ve gone mad online.
Crime and the perception of crime: @jburnmurdoch.ft.com via @stephenkb.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/9623...
August 2, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The replies to this post, even on here, even moreso on X, are so depressing to me. We live in a world where cities have never been safer and a minority of people are denying themselves a lot of delightful experiences because they’ve gone mad online.
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In the recent interim judgment on the proscription order, the judge helpfully summarised the govt’s position.
It is not obviously stupid to call this terrorist.
www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/u...
It is not obviously stupid to call this terrorist.
www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/u...
July 20, 2025 at 8:19 AM
In the recent interim judgment on the proscription order, the judge helpfully summarised the govt’s position.
It is not obviously stupid to call this terrorist.
www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/u...
It is not obviously stupid to call this terrorist.
www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/u...
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It is getting harder to spot the usual warning signs with scams
The five most convincing scams of 2025
It is getting harder to spot the usual warning signs with scams
northeastbylines.co.uk
July 19, 2025 at 11:02 AM
It is getting harder to spot the usual warning signs with scams
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This post by @lewisgoodall.com on the Afghan super-injunction should be read - and read *very* carefully - by all with any interest in law and policy in the UK.
And he is spot-on about Mr Justice Chamberlain.
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/my-two-yea...
And he is spot-on about Mr Justice Chamberlain.
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/my-two-yea...
My two years in secret court: How UK governments hid a national scandal
The government put 100,000 Afghans at risk of death. Then used the force of law in a constitutionally unprecedented way to prevent anyone finding out.
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com
July 17, 2025 at 8:49 AM
This post by @lewisgoodall.com on the Afghan super-injunction should be read - and read *very* carefully - by all with any interest in law and policy in the UK.
And he is spot-on about Mr Justice Chamberlain.
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/my-two-yea...
And he is spot-on about Mr Justice Chamberlain.
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/my-two-yea...
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In an effort that will no doubt torch my follower base, I have laid out some basic numbers around our fiscal situation. Obvious, but still a little sobering for me.
freethinkecon.wordpress.com/2025/07/15/t...
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There really is no getting out of this fiscal corner
It is something of a cliche to argue that Britain is running out of money, living beyond its means, wandering through a fiscal fool’s paradise – but no less true for that. The trend of …
freethinkecon.wordpress.com
July 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
In an effort that will no doubt torch my follower base, I have laid out some basic numbers around our fiscal situation. Obvious, but still a little sobering for me.
freethinkecon.wordpress.com/2025/07/15/t...
freethinkecon.wordpress.com/2025/07/15/t...
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‘The bombers may have been bound together by a conviction they were working “in the name of Allah”, but they did not heed the second half of the prayer.’
In a 2005 Diary piece, Sameer Rahim explores the reactions of British Muslims to the 7/7 Tube bombings:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v2...
In a 2005 Diary piece, Sameer Rahim explores the reactions of British Muslims to the 7/7 Tube bombings:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v2...
Sameer Rahim · Diary: British Muslims react to the London bombings
www.lrb.co.uk
July 7, 2025 at 11:10 AM
‘The bombers may have been bound together by a conviction they were working “in the name of Allah”, but they did not heed the second half of the prayer.’
In a 2005 Diary piece, Sameer Rahim explores the reactions of British Muslims to the 7/7 Tube bombings:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v2...
In a 2005 Diary piece, Sameer Rahim explores the reactions of British Muslims to the 7/7 Tube bombings:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v2...
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This is most definitely a valid way to run a company.
July 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
This is most definitely a valid way to run a company.
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International investors back the UK ahead of USA and Japan bit.ly/406tTDM not a headline you might expect to see in some parts of the press but it is what this Deloitte survey found
UK is now a top investment destination, Deloitte survey reveals
Deloitte’s latest survey of chief financial officers shows the UK has overtaken the United States and Japan as a more attractive country in which to invest
bit.ly
July 7, 2025 at 10:18 AM
International investors back the UK ahead of USA and Japan bit.ly/406tTDM not a headline you might expect to see in some parts of the press but it is what this Deloitte survey found
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OK, some more considered thoughts on the Industrial Strategy published on Monday and my comment on it.
The first, inescapable point to make about this thing is that it is *huge*. Not "Bidenomics" huge, which translated to £ would have meant £100bns. But in detail 1/
www.gov.uk/government/p...
The first, inescapable point to make about this thing is that it is *huge*. Not "Bidenomics" huge, which translated to £ would have meant £100bns. But in detail 1/
www.gov.uk/government/p...
June 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
OK, some more considered thoughts on the Industrial Strategy published on Monday and my comment on it.
The first, inescapable point to make about this thing is that it is *huge*. Not "Bidenomics" huge, which translated to £ would have meant £100bns. But in detail 1/
www.gov.uk/government/p...
The first, inescapable point to make about this thing is that it is *huge*. Not "Bidenomics" huge, which translated to £ would have meant £100bns. But in detail 1/
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Article 8 of the human rights convention does not prevent the United Kingdom from expelling foreign criminals, a former president of the European Court of Human Rights said at the weekend. Robert Spano was responding to a call from a Times columnist.
rozenberg.substack.com/p/rights-and...
rozenberg.substack.com/p/rights-and...
Rights and wrongs
No knots and the extraordinary allegation of an attempted Mennonite kidnapping
rozenberg.substack.com
June 30, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Article 8 of the human rights convention does not prevent the United Kingdom from expelling foreign criminals, a former president of the European Court of Human Rights said at the weekend. Robert Spano was responding to a call from a Times columnist.
rozenberg.substack.com/p/rights-and...
rozenberg.substack.com/p/rights-and...
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I don't want to hear "we can't afford it" one more time from Labour.
Not while they continue to reinforce their Brexit red lines.
The amount of money being left on the table by not seeking to rejoin the EU is eye-watering.
The tax lost to Brexit would have paid for everything Labour needed.
Not while they continue to reinforce their Brexit red lines.
The amount of money being left on the table by not seeking to rejoin the EU is eye-watering.
The tax lost to Brexit would have paid for everything Labour needed.
June 27, 2025 at 6:57 AM
I don't want to hear "we can't afford it" one more time from Labour.
Not while they continue to reinforce their Brexit red lines.
The amount of money being left on the table by not seeking to rejoin the EU is eye-watering.
The tax lost to Brexit would have paid for everything Labour needed.
Not while they continue to reinforce their Brexit red lines.
The amount of money being left on the table by not seeking to rejoin the EU is eye-watering.
The tax lost to Brexit would have paid for everything Labour needed.