Richard S
@richies.bsky.social
Happily Retired. Former Sales Director, Liberal, pro EU.YCCC , HTAFC and Giants RL supporter.
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“Reform UK…A party that promised to be ‘different’ seems instead to be collecting ex-Tories like Panini stickers, except instead of legends you’re mostly getting the ones that never made the starting team”
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion...
Reform’s poll numbers are slipping because Yorkshire folk are not daft - Yorkshire Post Letters
From: David Ingham, Ripon.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk
December 28, 2025 at 9:04 AM
“Reform UK…A party that promised to be ‘different’ seems instead to be collecting ex-Tories like Panini stickers, except instead of legends you’re mostly getting the ones that never made the starting team”
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion...
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Apartheid state
Farage would restrict child benefit to "working British people, meaning a couple who both work 37.5 hours a week”. 450,000 children would plunge into poverty.
Tories plan to restore the two child benefit cap.
Children and poor punished. Silence on redistribution, corporate welfare
Farage would restrict child benefit to "working British people, meaning a couple who both work 37.5 hours a week”. 450,000 children would plunge into poverty.
Tories plan to restore the two child benefit cap.
Children and poor punished. Silence on redistribution, corporate welfare
Farage’s child benefit policy ‘would plunge 450,000 into poverty’
Exclusive: New analysis by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has led charities to warn about the impact of Farage’s plans on the two child benefit cap
www.independent.co.uk
December 28, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Apartheid state
Farage would restrict child benefit to "working British people, meaning a couple who both work 37.5 hours a week”. 450,000 children would plunge into poverty.
Tories plan to restore the two child benefit cap.
Children and poor punished. Silence on redistribution, corporate welfare
Farage would restrict child benefit to "working British people, meaning a couple who both work 37.5 hours a week”. 450,000 children would plunge into poverty.
Tories plan to restore the two child benefit cap.
Children and poor punished. Silence on redistribution, corporate welfare
Force the government to meet with the Palestine Action hunger strikers NOW
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Force the government to meet with the Palestine Action hunger strikers NOW
Palestine Action activists are in the middle of their hunger strike, and their situation is desperate. Some of them have not eaten for 46 days. They have been refused medical attention, their communic...
goodlaw.social
December 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Force the government to meet with the Palestine Action hunger strikers NOW
goodlaw.social/8f6640
goodlaw.social/8f6640
A small handful of unaccountable peers trying to torpedo a bill backed by MPs and the public is not democracy. Please sign the letter.
secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/183631/...
secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/183631/...
A small handful of peers
A small handful of unaccountable peers trying to torpedo a bill backed by MPs and the public is not democracy. Please sign the letter.
secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk
December 16, 2025 at 9:20 AM
A small handful of unaccountable peers trying to torpedo a bill backed by MPs and the public is not democracy. Please sign the letter.
secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/183631/...
secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/183631/...
GB News’ recent Trump interview was outrageous - completely biased and full of lies. And GB News didn't challenge him ONCE. Ofcom MUST investigate them for breaching its rules. Sign now if you agree: 38d.gs/l_kt
OFCOM: INVESTIGATE GB NEWS’ SHOCKING TRUMP INTERVIEW
GB News’ recent Trump interview was outrageous - completely biased and full of lies. And GB News didn't challenge him ONCE. Ofcom MUST investigate them for breaching its rules. Sign now if you agree.
38d.gs
December 10, 2025 at 11:22 AM
GB News’ recent Trump interview was outrageous - completely biased and full of lies. And GB News didn't challenge him ONCE. Ofcom MUST investigate them for breaching its rules. Sign now if you agree: 38d.gs/l_kt
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/co...
WASPI scandal: Pay out compensation to the women affected
The Government has announced it will reconsider whether to compensate the WASPI women, following growing pressure and undisclosed "evidence"
Last December, the Government announced women born in the ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
November 16, 2025 at 6:17 AM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/co...
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This is the politics of blackmail. The alternative is not a Reform government. The alternative is maintaining our international commitments to being a compassionate nation
November 15, 2025 at 6:50 AM
This is the politics of blackmail. The alternative is not a Reform government. The alternative is maintaining our international commitments to being a compassionate nation
While the NHS is at breaking point, Britain's biggest pharmaceutical companies are receiving BILLIONS in tax breaks - enough is enough, sign the petition calling for Rachel Reeves to end the tax breaks for Big pharma: 38d.gs/5urg
Sign the petition: End the tax break for big pharma like GlaxoSmithKline at the Autumn budget
While the NHS is at breaking point, Britain's biggest pharmaceutical companies are receiving BILLIONS in tax breaks - enough is enough, sign the petition calling for Rachel Reeves to end the tax break...
38d.gs
November 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
While the NHS is at breaking point, Britain's biggest pharmaceutical companies are receiving BILLIONS in tax breaks - enough is enough, sign the petition calling for Rachel Reeves to end the tax breaks for Big pharma: 38d.gs/5urg
While the NHS is at breaking point, Britain's biggest pharmaceutical companies are receiving BILLIONS in tax breaks - enough is enough, sign the petition calling for Rachel Reeves to end the tax breaks for Big pharma: 38d.gs/5urg
Sign the petition: End the tax break for big pharma like GlaxoSmithKline at the Autumn budget
While the NHS is at breaking point, Britain's biggest pharmaceutical companies are receiving BILLIONS in tax breaks - enough is enough, sign the petition calling for Rachel Reeves to end the tax break...
38d.gs
November 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM
While the NHS is at breaking point, Britain's biggest pharmaceutical companies are receiving BILLIONS in tax breaks - enough is enough, sign the petition calling for Rachel Reeves to end the tax breaks for Big pharma: 38d.gs/5urg
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Since 2000, the richest 1% of the world's population has taken 41% of new wealth, the poorest half has received only 1%.
Rich buy political parties, media, means of production, cause corruption, climate crisis, make mockery of democracy. Poor die early.
Must redistribute or risk social disorder.
Rich buy political parties, media, means of production, cause corruption, climate crisis, make mockery of democracy. Poor die early.
Must redistribute or risk social disorder.
We cannot continue letting billionaires keep the world's money while the poorest suffer
Since 2000, the richest 1% of the world's population has taken 41% of all new wealth. The poorest half of the world has received only 1%.
www.bigissue.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Since 2000, the richest 1% of the world's population has taken 41% of new wealth, the poorest half has received only 1%.
Rich buy political parties, media, means of production, cause corruption, climate crisis, make mockery of democracy. Poor die early.
Must redistribute or risk social disorder.
Rich buy political parties, media, means of production, cause corruption, climate crisis, make mockery of democracy. Poor die early.
Must redistribute or risk social disorder.
Clean, affordable water belongs to all of us. I’ve told the new Environment Secretary to act on real evidence for public ownership and put people first. Join me:https://actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-emma-reynolds-to-base-water-policy-on-facts-not-water-industry-fake-maths?source=bluesky
October 20, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Clean, affordable water belongs to all of us. I’ve told the new Environment Secretary to act on real evidence for public ownership and put people first. Join me:https://actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-emma-reynolds-to-base-water-policy-on-facts-not-water-industry-fake-maths?source=bluesky
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Judge the next UK budget by how much it improves the purchasing power of the bottom 50%.
Can't revive economy without that.
16m live in poverty. 34% of universal credit claimants are in work. Millions rely on food banks.
Bottom 50% of population has 5% of wealth; the bottom fifth has only 0.5%.
Can't revive economy without that.
16m live in poverty. 34% of universal credit claimants are in work. Millions rely on food banks.
Bottom 50% of population has 5% of wealth; the bottom fifth has only 0.5%.
Rachel Reeves’ budget must reduce inequalities and increase spending capacity of the masses
This is how to secure sustained economic growth
leftfootforward.org
October 19, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Judge the next UK budget by how much it improves the purchasing power of the bottom 50%.
Can't revive economy without that.
16m live in poverty. 34% of universal credit claimants are in work. Millions rely on food banks.
Bottom 50% of population has 5% of wealth; the bottom fifth has only 0.5%.
Can't revive economy without that.
16m live in poverty. 34% of universal credit claimants are in work. Millions rely on food banks.
Bottom 50% of population has 5% of wealth; the bottom fifth has only 0.5%.
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Ofwat are a bloody joke! Return it all to public ownership, experiment failed due to incompetence, greed and government stupidity.
October 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Ofwat are a bloody joke! Return it all to public ownership, experiment failed due to incompetence, greed and government stupidity.
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Why are the American president's claims about autism the first item on British news bulletins?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
September 23, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Why are the American president's claims about autism the first item on British news bulletins?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.
So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?
There’s an Elon Musk shaped hole in the Government’s new plans to improve elections: shady billionaires can still donate massive amounts of money with no cap - effectively buying our democracy. Add your name to the petition for a cap on donations today: 38d.gs/hy28
Take Big Money Out of Our Politics
British politics is awash with money from super rich donors. In 2023, two-thirds of all private donations came from just 19 people. These so-called ‘mega donors’ enjoy privileged access to political p...
38d.gs
September 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
There’s an Elon Musk shaped hole in the Government’s new plans to improve elections: shady billionaires can still donate massive amounts of money with no cap - effectively buying our democracy. Add your name to the petition for a cap on donations today: 38d.gs/hy28
Please sign the urgent petition to Keir Starmer - don't offer Donald Trump more giveaways to US Big Tech companies: www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/ke...
Keir Starmer - don't promise Trump more giveaways for US Big Tech
We the undersigned call on Keir Starmer to resist Trump’s pressure, and put the interests of the UK before those of US Big Tech.
www.foxglove.org.uk
September 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Please sign the urgent petition to Keir Starmer - don't offer Donald Trump more giveaways to US Big Tech companies: www.foxglove.org.uk/campaigns/ke...
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The lack of short term memory in British politics at the moment is quite something. Was everyone in Number 10 in a coma for the last five years or have they genuinely forgotten how this exact same strategy worked out for the last Government?
“I believe Nigel Farage is right but don’t vote for him” seems a strange strategy for a Labour government to follow.
August 28, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The lack of short term memory in British politics at the moment is quite something. Was everyone in Number 10 in a coma for the last five years or have they genuinely forgotten how this exact same strategy worked out for the last Government?
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Keir Starmer's Govt is blindly embracing the so-called AI revolution.
Govt ministers are showing a complete lack of responsibility in safeguarding the public interest by not duly investigating the downright sinister right-wing ideology of the CEOs running corporations such as ChatGPT and Palantir.
Govt ministers are showing a complete lack of responsibility in safeguarding the public interest by not duly investigating the downright sinister right-wing ideology of the CEOs running corporations such as ChatGPT and Palantir.
August 24, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Keir Starmer's Govt is blindly embracing the so-called AI revolution.
Govt ministers are showing a complete lack of responsibility in safeguarding the public interest by not duly investigating the downright sinister right-wing ideology of the CEOs running corporations such as ChatGPT and Palantir.
Govt ministers are showing a complete lack of responsibility in safeguarding the public interest by not duly investigating the downright sinister right-wing ideology of the CEOs running corporations such as ChatGPT and Palantir.
Nearly a year after Keir Starmer promised it, the Hillsborough Law is yet to be introduced. Families deserve honesty and accountability. Can you join me today and sign the petition? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ke...
Keir Starmer: Don't Break Your Promise, Introduce the Hillsborough Law NOW!
The new Hillsborough Law is aimed at improving transparency and accountability of public bodies in the aftermath of major disasters. Keir Starmer promised last year, the new law would be introduced be...
you.38degrees.org.uk
August 22, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Nearly a year after Keir Starmer promised it, the Hillsborough Law is yet to be introduced. Families deserve honesty and accountability. Can you join me today and sign the petition? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ke...
Israel plans to take over Gaza City. Starmer says their plan is wrong & they must rethink it, but the UK is still supporting Israel with arms sales, training, RAF surveillance flights & more. Sign the petition: tell Keir he MUST end this support: 38d.gs/hwpb?utm_cam...
Sign the petition: Stop all UK support for the Israeli military in Gaza
I've signed a petition calling for Keir Starmer to end all UK military support in Israel.
38d.gs
August 21, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Israel plans to take over Gaza City. Starmer says their plan is wrong & they must rethink it, but the UK is still supporting Israel with arms sales, training, RAF surveillance flights & more. Sign the petition: tell Keir he MUST end this support: 38d.gs/hwpb?utm_cam...
Israel plans to take over Gaza City. Starmer says their plan is wrong & they must rethink it, but the UK is still supporting Israel with arms sales, training, RAF surveillance flights & more. Sign the petition: tell Keir he MUST end this support: 38d.gs/hwpb?utm_cam...
Sign the petition: Stop all UK support for the Israeli military in Gaza
I've signed a petition calling for Keir Starmer to end all UK military support in Israel.
38d.gs
August 21, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Israel plans to take over Gaza City. Starmer says their plan is wrong & they must rethink it, but the UK is still supporting Israel with arms sales, training, RAF surveillance flights & more. Sign the petition: tell Keir he MUST end this support: 38d.gs/hwpb?utm_cam...
84% of Labour Party members want the government to end the two-child benefit limit.
In a country as wealthy as the UK, allowing child poverty to deepen is a political choice. Labour must choose differently.
@compassoffice.bsky.social polling & motion in LabourList: labourlist.org/2025/08/end-...
In a country as wealthy as the UK, allowing child poverty to deepen is a political choice. Labour must choose differently.
@compassoffice.bsky.social polling & motion in LabourList: labourlist.org/2025/08/end-...
More than eight in ten Labour members support end to two-child benefit cap - LabourList
More than eight in ten Labour members support ending the two-child benefit limit, according to a new poll.
labourlist.org
August 20, 2025 at 8:06 AM
84% of Labour Party members want the government to end the two-child benefit limit.
In a country as wealthy as the UK, allowing child poverty to deepen is a political choice. Labour must choose differently.
@compassoffice.bsky.social polling & motion in LabourList: labourlist.org/2025/08/end-...
In a country as wealthy as the UK, allowing child poverty to deepen is a political choice. Labour must choose differently.
@compassoffice.bsky.social polling & motion in LabourList: labourlist.org/2025/08/end-...
84% of Labour Party members want the government to end the two-child benefit limit.
In a country as wealthy as the UK, allowing child poverty to deepen is a political choice. Labour must choose differently.
@compassoffice.bsky.social polling & motion in LabourList: labourlist.org/2025/08/end-...
In a country as wealthy as the UK, allowing child poverty to deepen is a political choice. Labour must choose differently.
@compassoffice.bsky.social polling & motion in LabourList: labourlist.org/2025/08/end-...
More than eight in ten Labour members support end to two-child benefit cap - LabourList
More than eight in ten Labour members support ending the two-child benefit limit, according to a new poll.
labourlist.org
August 20, 2025 at 8:02 AM
84% of Labour Party members want the government to end the two-child benefit limit.
In a country as wealthy as the UK, allowing child poverty to deepen is a political choice. Labour must choose differently.
@compassoffice.bsky.social polling & motion in LabourList: labourlist.org/2025/08/end-...
In a country as wealthy as the UK, allowing child poverty to deepen is a political choice. Labour must choose differently.
@compassoffice.bsky.social polling & motion in LabourList: labourlist.org/2025/08/end-...