RichardTh #FBPE
@richardth.bsky.social
Grumpy old lefty. Ex Armed Forces. Ex aerospace CEO. Retired. Hates Brexit. Rejoin EU. Anti fascist. Slava Ukraini. Loves F1, politics & good wine. No DMs
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The government is announcing a raft of animal welfare measures that include a ban on trail hunting, claiming they're just a smokescreen that masks the hunting of real animals.
Chris Packam talks to Good Morning Britain 👏
Chris Packam talks to Good Morning Britain 👏
December 22, 2025 at 7:50 AM
The government is announcing a raft of animal welfare measures that include a ban on trail hunting, claiming they're just a smokescreen that masks the hunting of real animals.
Chris Packam talks to Good Morning Britain 👏
Chris Packam talks to Good Morning Britain 👏
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BRENNAN: What are you going to do to force DOJ to comply?
MASSIE: The quickest way and most expeditious way to get justice for these victims is to bring inherent contempt against Pam Bondi. That doesn't require going through the courts. We're drafting that right now.
MASSIE: The quickest way and most expeditious way to get justice for these victims is to bring inherent contempt against Pam Bondi. That doesn't require going through the courts. We're drafting that right now.
December 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
BRENNAN: What are you going to do to force DOJ to comply?
MASSIE: The quickest way and most expeditious way to get justice for these victims is to bring inherent contempt against Pam Bondi. That doesn't require going through the courts. We're drafting that right now.
MASSIE: The quickest way and most expeditious way to get justice for these victims is to bring inherent contempt against Pam Bondi. That doesn't require going through the courts. We're drafting that right now.
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Fox hunting is a revolting sport. It's only survived in any form because it's done by ghastly, entitled, influential and aristocratic people who feel it's the God given right to charge about the place in silly costumes tearing animals apart for no good reason.
December 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Fox hunting is a revolting sport. It's only survived in any form because it's done by ghastly, entitled, influential and aristocratic people who feel it's the God given right to charge about the place in silly costumes tearing animals apart for no good reason.
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Pam Bondi just released a new batch of Epstein files.
December 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Pam Bondi just released a new batch of Epstein files.
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I know it’s a low bar & I have a pretty terrible memory but I cannot remember any leader coming out with such racist, ignorant comments?
It doesn’t even register with the mainstream media. Twenty yrs ago, Badenoch would’ve be thrown out of the Tory party. These days they make them leader.
It doesn’t even register with the mainstream media. Twenty yrs ago, Badenoch would’ve be thrown out of the Tory party. These days they make them leader.
December 19, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I know it’s a low bar & I have a pretty terrible memory but I cannot remember any leader coming out with such racist, ignorant comments?
It doesn’t even register with the mainstream media. Twenty yrs ago, Badenoch would’ve be thrown out of the Tory party. These days they make them leader.
It doesn’t even register with the mainstream media. Twenty yrs ago, Badenoch would’ve be thrown out of the Tory party. These days they make them leader.
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Putin has started his annual four-hour long end of year address. His aim: to show Russians everything is just fine despite a collapsing economy, failing infrastructure and rising prices.
December 19, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Putin has started his annual four-hour long end of year address. His aim: to show Russians everything is just fine despite a collapsing economy, failing infrastructure and rising prices.
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Michelle Mone-linked PPE Medpro wound up after order to repay £148m for faulty goods.
Company has £600,000 assets. Govt is unsecured creditor, won't recover anything.
Hard to trace money in offshore bank accounts.
Govt could sue directors for fraud, will take years, what will it recover?
Company has £600,000 assets. Govt is unsecured creditor, won't recover anything.
Hard to trace money in offshore bank accounts.
Govt could sue directors for fraud, will take years, what will it recover?
Michelle Mone-linked PPE Medpro wound up after being ordered to repay £148m
In a ruling, Insolvency and Companies Court Judge Sebastian Prentis placed the company into liquidation
www.independent.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Michelle Mone-linked PPE Medpro wound up after order to repay £148m for faulty goods.
Company has £600,000 assets. Govt is unsecured creditor, won't recover anything.
Hard to trace money in offshore bank accounts.
Govt could sue directors for fraud, will take years, what will it recover?
Company has £600,000 assets. Govt is unsecured creditor, won't recover anything.
Hard to trace money in offshore bank accounts.
Govt could sue directors for fraud, will take years, what will it recover?
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German prosecutors bring criminal charges against three Greensill Bank officials for role in the 2021 collapse of the lender.
UK would have given them public honours, crony contracts, buried prosecutions; just like the Post Office and Grenfell scandals.
UK would have given them public honours, crony contracts, buried prosecutions; just like the Post Office and Grenfell scandals.
German prosecutors bring charges against Greensill officials over role in bank’s collapse
Bremen lawyers say three unnamed people charged with crimes relating to bankruptcy and misrepresentation of bank’s finances
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:49 AM
German prosecutors bring criminal charges against three Greensill Bank officials for role in the 2021 collapse of the lender.
UK would have given them public honours, crony contracts, buried prosecutions; just like the Post Office and Grenfell scandals.
UK would have given them public honours, crony contracts, buried prosecutions; just like the Post Office and Grenfell scandals.
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Wrong about, everything.
December 17, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Wrong about, everything.
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If we lose an imaginary war with Russia, Gary Lineker and the woke left will be to blame - well that's a perfectly sane take Allison
December 17, 2025 at 9:12 AM
If we lose an imaginary war with Russia, Gary Lineker and the woke left will be to blame - well that's a perfectly sane take Allison
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Keir Starmer: "I have a Christmas message for Reform. If mysterious men from the east come bearing gifts...this time, report it to the police."
December 17, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Keir Starmer: "I have a Christmas message for Reform. If mysterious men from the east come bearing gifts...this time, report it to the police."
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I understand the doctors frustration after 14 years of Tory cruelty toward them.
Labour has given them a 30% pay rise with more rises to come and they are ongoing discussions with regards other grievances they have with regards training and working conditions.
I cannot support this strike.
Labour has given them a 30% pay rise with more rises to come and they are ongoing discussions with regards other grievances they have with regards training and working conditions.
I cannot support this strike.
December 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I understand the doctors frustration after 14 years of Tory cruelty toward them.
Labour has given them a 30% pay rise with more rises to come and they are ongoing discussions with regards other grievances they have with regards training and working conditions.
I cannot support this strike.
Labour has given them a 30% pay rise with more rises to come and they are ongoing discussions with regards other grievances they have with regards training and working conditions.
I cannot support this strike.
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Feverishly working on this
December 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Feverishly working on this
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Amazing!! Women Help Women (womenhelp.org) is manufacturing their own abortion pills in order to make abortion safer, simpler and more accessible across borders. They designed an eco-friendly combi-pack that's easier to mail discreetly and centred around women’s experiences and needs.
A Global Telehealth First: Women Help Women Begins Producing Abortion Pill Combipack
The feminist telehealth provider Women Help Women cuts out pharma middlemen to make its new mifepristone-misprostol abortion pill combo pack.
msmagazine.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Amazing!! Women Help Women (womenhelp.org) is manufacturing their own abortion pills in order to make abortion safer, simpler and more accessible across borders. They designed an eco-friendly combi-pack that's easier to mail discreetly and centred around women’s experiences and needs.
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And all without painting any roundabouts…
"Migrants who came to the UK on skilled work visas in 2022-23 will make a net contribution of £47bn to the public finances over their lifetime, according to new estimates from the government’s Migration Advisory Committee."
Not surprising, but some observations (1/n)
www.ft.com/content/10da...
Not surprising, but some observations (1/n)
www.ft.com/content/10da...
December 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
And all without painting any roundabouts…
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🚨 “Can I tell you how many times in the last 45 years the European Court of Human Rights has ruled against the UK when it comes to deporting people from this country - only 13 times - in 45 years”
Hugely important point made by @vicderbyshire.bsky.social 👏
Hugely important point made by @vicderbyshire.bsky.social 👏
December 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
🚨 “Can I tell you how many times in the last 45 years the European Court of Human Rights has ruled against the UK when it comes to deporting people from this country - only 13 times - in 45 years”
Hugely important point made by @vicderbyshire.bsky.social 👏
Hugely important point made by @vicderbyshire.bsky.social 👏
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Thames Water half-year profits leap to £386m after bills rose by nearly a third.
Leaks and sewage dumping will continue for years.
£20bn+debt. A third of the bill covers interest payments.
Captive customers have no choice.
End the scam. Nationalise water.
Leaks and sewage dumping will continue for years.
£20bn+debt. A third of the bill covers interest payments.
Captive customers have no choice.
End the scam. Nationalise water.
Thames Water half-year profit leaps to nearly £400m after it raises bills by third
Revenues jumped 40% to nearly £2bn after debt-ridden utility hiked water bills sharply in April
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Thames Water half-year profits leap to £386m after bills rose by nearly a third.
Leaks and sewage dumping will continue for years.
£20bn+debt. A third of the bill covers interest payments.
Captive customers have no choice.
End the scam. Nationalise water.
Leaks and sewage dumping will continue for years.
£20bn+debt. A third of the bill covers interest payments.
Captive customers have no choice.
End the scam. Nationalise water.
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Agree or disagree?
November 30, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Agree or disagree?
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Cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social.
November 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Cartoon by @mluckovich.bsky.social.
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Big news, income tax is being charged this year.
(It has to be renewed each year or it ceases to apply. Because it's a temporary tax, introduced to fund the Napoleonic wars)
(It has to be renewed each year or it ceases to apply. Because it's a temporary tax, introduced to fund the Napoleonic wars)
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Big news, income tax is being charged this year.
(It has to be renewed each year or it ceases to apply. Because it's a temporary tax, introduced to fund the Napoleonic wars)
(It has to be renewed each year or it ceases to apply. Because it's a temporary tax, introduced to fund the Napoleonic wars)
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If an autocrat tells you
to lick their butthole,
you have to do it.
This has never suited
American tastes.
to lick their butthole,
you have to do it.
This has never suited
American tastes.
November 24, 2025 at 6:29 PM
If an autocrat tells you
to lick their butthole,
you have to do it.
This has never suited
American tastes.
to lick their butthole,
you have to do it.
This has never suited
American tastes.
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New polling data shows Tories could be left with just 14 SEATS at next election
The Tories could end up coming to the next Parliament in a minibus...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/tor...
The Tories could end up coming to the next Parliament in a minibus...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/tor...
New polling data shows Tories could be left with just 14 SEATS at next election
If this doesn't set a few alarm bells ringing, nothing will. The Tories could end up coming to the next Parliament in a minibus...
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
New polling data shows Tories could be left with just 14 SEATS at next election
The Tories could end up coming to the next Parliament in a minibus...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/tor...
The Tories could end up coming to the next Parliament in a minibus...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/tor...