Philip Creegan
@philipcreegan.bsky.social
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School pupils are to be taught how to tackle conspiracy theories, spot 'fake news' & root out misinformation. The Daily Mail, ajudged by Wikipedia to be an unreliable new source, is furious. You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to work out why.
November 5, 2025 at 9:05 AM
School pupils are to be taught how to tackle conspiracy theories, spot 'fake news' & root out misinformation. The Daily Mail, ajudged by Wikipedia to be an unreliable new source, is furious. You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to work out why.
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I'm quite happy to "take" a small contribution to stopping Ukrainian citizens being slaughtered in their hundreds of thousands.
There is always money for war, never for the poor.
Every penny spent on bombs, tanks and missiles is stolen from our homes, schools and hospitals.
We are not going to take it anymore.
Every penny spent on bombs, tanks and missiles is stolen from our homes, schools and hospitals.
We are not going to take it anymore.
October 28, 2025 at 8:12 AM
I'm quite happy to "take" a small contribution to stopping Ukrainian citizens being slaughtered in their hundreds of thousands.
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The private sector is supposed to be better value for money because it has a profit incentive. But if not regulated properly - and often it's impossible to regulate properly - the profit incentive makes it less efficient to the state.
October 27, 2025 at 8:52 AM
The private sector is supposed to be better value for money because it has a profit incentive. But if not regulated properly - and often it's impossible to regulate properly - the profit incentive makes it less efficient to the state.
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Journalists should not be looking at this and going 'Ooh yeah, but look there was a nice lady called Doris on the march which disproves the far right theory.' They should be chastising Doris for being naive or much worse.
September 17, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Journalists should not be looking at this and going 'Ooh yeah, but look there was a nice lady called Doris on the march which disproves the far right theory.' They should be chastising Doris for being naive or much worse.
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In the 1930s Mosley and his rank and file BUF were careful not to outwardly portray themselves as racists.
They weren't antisemitic... far from it... they were just concerned about "bad principles" and "international bankers" and the influx of foreigners
Everyone knew what they meant.
They weren't antisemitic... far from it... they were just concerned about "bad principles" and "international bankers" and the influx of foreigners
Everyone knew what they meant.
September 16, 2025 at 6:36 AM
In the 1930s Mosley and his rank and file BUF were careful not to outwardly portray themselves as racists.
They weren't antisemitic... far from it... they were just concerned about "bad principles" and "international bankers" and the influx of foreigners
Everyone knew what they meant.
They weren't antisemitic... far from it... they were just concerned about "bad principles" and "international bankers" and the influx of foreigners
Everyone knew what they meant.
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Christopher Hitchens did not just accept a sliding Overton window. He kicked it f***ing hard in the other direction, taking no prisoners and making no apology for doing so. Awesome stuff.
Remember that while the media sanitises the Tommy Robinson marchers.
Remember that while the media sanitises the Tommy Robinson marchers.
September 16, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Christopher Hitchens did not just accept a sliding Overton window. He kicked it f***ing hard in the other direction, taking no prisoners and making no apology for doing so. Awesome stuff.
Remember that while the media sanitises the Tommy Robinson marchers.
Remember that while the media sanitises the Tommy Robinson marchers.
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The whole right-wing ecosystem is a disgusting human centipede that keeps feeding itself on ever-more-toxic bullshit and somehow progressives are to blame. Leave us out of it! It's a closed system!
September 12, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The whole right-wing ecosystem is a disgusting human centipede that keeps feeding itself on ever-more-toxic bullshit and somehow progressives are to blame. Leave us out of it! It's a closed system!
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Lucy Connolly was convicted of inciting racial hatred, and her tweet was part of the tinder that lit violence, intimidation, looting, and thuggery across England last year.
The fact Reform conference gave her a standing ovation says everything about that movement.
bylinetimes.com/2025/08/27/l...
The fact Reform conference gave her a standing ovation says everything about that movement.
bylinetimes.com/2025/08/27/l...
The Martyrdom of Saint Lucy
The right is desperately seeking to make a martyr out of Lucy Connolly in order to distract from the real victims of the hate she helped to spread, argues Otto English
bylinetimes.com
September 7, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Lucy Connolly was convicted of inciting racial hatred, and her tweet was part of the tinder that lit violence, intimidation, looting, and thuggery across England last year.
The fact Reform conference gave her a standing ovation says everything about that movement.
bylinetimes.com/2025/08/27/l...
The fact Reform conference gave her a standing ovation says everything about that movement.
bylinetimes.com/2025/08/27/l...
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LOL. Nighty night.
September 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
LOL. Nighty night.
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Nazis should never fly the flags of the countries that won a world war to defeat fascism
Tonight, my 77-year-old mother ripped this flag off a dual carriageway bridge near Birmingham. Note the swastika. My dad's dad died fighting the Nazis.
September 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Nazis should never fly the flags of the countries that won a world war to defeat fascism
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I get that she had to go once the ministerial code was broken, but that's the context of it, for all those elsewhere hoiking up bile while trying to exploit every tax wheeze going
September 5, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I get that she had to go once the ministerial code was broken, but that's the context of it, for all those elsewhere hoiking up bile while trying to exploit every tax wheeze going
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Instead it was an oversight in the midst of being deputy Prime Minister, secretary of state for housing communities and local government, leading on multiple key Bills, being Labour deputy leader, a constituency MP and raising a family.
September 5, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Instead it was an oversight in the midst of being deputy Prime Minister, secretary of state for housing communities and local government, leading on multiple key Bills, being Labour deputy leader, a constituency MP and raising a family.
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If Rayner had set out to minimise her tax bill, she could have waited til her son turned 18 before buying the Hove house. She didn't because she wasn't trying to minimise her tax bill.
September 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
If Rayner had set out to minimise her tax bill, she could have waited til her son turned 18 before buying the Hove house. She didn't because she wasn't trying to minimise her tax bill.
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oh fucking christ no
Sources: Pat McFadden will take over a new "super ministry" including the DWP and the skills bit of Education, with a "focus on growth". Unclear yet who will take over his Duchy of Lancaster role.
September 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
oh fucking christ no
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Breaks his heart, IT REALLY DOES.
Zahawi, who claimed thousands from the public purse to heat his stables, attended men-only events where female staff were groped, was fined seven-figure sum for tax irregularities and breaches the ministerial code by failing to disclose it, suggests EQUIVALENCE.
Zahawi, who claimed thousands from the public purse to heat his stables, attended men-only events where female staff were groped, was fined seven-figure sum for tax irregularities and breaches the ministerial code by failing to disclose it, suggests EQUIVALENCE.
September 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Breaks his heart, IT REALLY DOES.
Zahawi, who claimed thousands from the public purse to heat his stables, attended men-only events where female staff were groped, was fined seven-figure sum for tax irregularities and breaches the ministerial code by failing to disclose it, suggests EQUIVALENCE.
Zahawi, who claimed thousands from the public purse to heat his stables, attended men-only events where female staff were groped, was fined seven-figure sum for tax irregularities and breaches the ministerial code by failing to disclose it, suggests EQUIVALENCE.
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At what point will the gammons begin to notice that, having destroyed the Conservative Party brand, the Tories basically exited then returned two minutes later wearing a Groucho Marx glasses-nose-moustache combo, saying: "Hello! We are Reform. Let's smash the elites!"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Former Conservative minister Nadine Dorries defects to Reform UK
The ex-MP told the Daily Mail the Tory Party was dead and its members now
www.bbc.co.uk
September 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
At what point will the gammons begin to notice that, having destroyed the Conservative Party brand, the Tories basically exited then returned two minutes later wearing a Groucho Marx glasses-nose-moustache combo, saying: "Hello! We are Reform. Let's smash the elites!"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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On the same day in the Telegraph:
![The Telegraph
Rayner tax scandal - £40k tax dodge - Statement
Angela Rayner dodges £40,000 stamp duty
Deputy Prime Minister reduces tax bill for Hove flat by declaring it as her main residence
[Photo: Angela Rayner pictured at the weekend in Hove, where she has just bought a flat Credit: Dan Charity/The Sun on Sunday]
Robert Mendick Chief Reporter. Amy Gibbons Political Correspondent
29 August 2025 8:57am BST](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreihe5mm7nwmwvzhtgadmsafyvsaxhrufuai2d2j2rju5zt6g2lytea@jpeg)
![The Telegraph
Money > Property > Second homes
How to avoid tax on your second home
From stamp duty to council tax, shield your wealth from Labour's tightening net
[Photo of houses around a bay - Areas such as Cornwall have added a premium to council tax bills for second homes Credit: iStockphoto]
Fran Ivens Senior Money Writer
29 August 2025 1:21pm BST](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreieuwgc2vsmyfcctmf4cnpcqckij2pqdk2gmzajpnihrsqyqmzyr5e@jpeg)
September 5, 2025 at 7:55 AM
On the same day in the Telegraph:
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He’s always so shit in the face of decent questioning. Absolutely amazing how rarely it happens.
Democrat @raskin.house.gov excoriates Nigel Farage for banning journalists from Reform UK events:
"I'm asking you a direct question. Why do you ban journalists who oppose your views from coming to your events? Why did you tell local government not to do interviews with your local newspaper?"
"I'm asking you a direct question. Why do you ban journalists who oppose your views from coming to your events? Why did you tell local government not to do interviews with your local newspaper?"
September 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
He’s always so shit in the face of decent questioning. Absolutely amazing how rarely it happens.
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I know both the Labour and Tory leadership want to conspire in drawing a veil over it, but today will be yet another reminder that Hunt and Sunak's decision to push through completely unaffordable pre-election tax cuts was the most blatant act of fiscal vandalism.
March 26, 2025 at 10:04 AM
I know both the Labour and Tory leadership want to conspire in drawing a veil over it, but today will be yet another reminder that Hunt and Sunak's decision to push through completely unaffordable pre-election tax cuts was the most blatant act of fiscal vandalism.
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Reminded of that Neil Kinnock conference speech - ‘a LABOUR government’ (council in his case you get my point)
March 26, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Reminded of that Neil Kinnock conference speech - ‘a LABOUR government’ (council in his case you get my point)
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When they said 'change', I didn't think they meant 'for the (even) worse'
In terms of *absolute* poverty after housing costs, the DWP assesses that its measures will push 150,000 adults (all working age) and 50,000 children into absolute poverty by 2029/30
March 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
When they said 'change', I didn't think they meant 'for the (even) worse'
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Xavier transitioned and became Vivian Jenna Wilson. She is alive and well and lives in Japan.
No loving parent would ever write such a disgusting thing as this, and it speaks volumes.
No loving parent would ever write such a disgusting thing as this, and it speaks volumes.
March 23, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Xavier transitioned and became Vivian Jenna Wilson. She is alive and well and lives in Japan.
No loving parent would ever write such a disgusting thing as this, and it speaks volumes.
No loving parent would ever write such a disgusting thing as this, and it speaks volumes.
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I see Andrew Neil has decided - probably from his seven bedroom villa in the south of France - that only 1.2 million people being immiserated is nowhere near enough.
March 18, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I see Andrew Neil has decided - probably from his seven bedroom villa in the south of France - that only 1.2 million people being immiserated is nowhere near enough.
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Lots of very cross Labour MPs after a meeting with Stephen Timms and Liz Kendall this afternoon. About 80 MPs and v few of them speaking in support.
Anger on no impact assessments of the welfare changes and a lack of detail on how DWP intends to get employers to take on new disabled applicants.
Anger on no impact assessments of the welfare changes and a lack of detail on how DWP intends to get employers to take on new disabled applicants.
March 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Lots of very cross Labour MPs after a meeting with Stephen Timms and Liz Kendall this afternoon. About 80 MPs and v few of them speaking in support.
Anger on no impact assessments of the welfare changes and a lack of detail on how DWP intends to get employers to take on new disabled applicants.
Anger on no impact assessments of the welfare changes and a lack of detail on how DWP intends to get employers to take on new disabled applicants.
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If they were doing this plus supporting more people on incapacity benefit into work it would be a great package.
Ruined by the HMT imposed PIP cuts that have nothing to do with work and will put huge numbers into poverty.
Ruined by the HMT imposed PIP cuts that have nothing to do with work and will put huge numbers into poverty.
Liz Kendall announces that she will consult on a new system of "unemployment insurance" – a shift towards a more contributory model.
Her adviser Graeme Cooke wrote on this idea in the NS back in 2013. www.newstatesman.com/politics/201...
Her adviser Graeme Cooke wrote on this idea in the NS back in 2013. www.newstatesman.com/politics/201...
March 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
If they were doing this plus supporting more people on incapacity benefit into work it would be a great package.
Ruined by the HMT imposed PIP cuts that have nothing to do with work and will put huge numbers into poverty.
Ruined by the HMT imposed PIP cuts that have nothing to do with work and will put huge numbers into poverty.