@richvivv.bsky.social
Maybe don't chase Starc outside the off stump? Just a thought...
December 4, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Maybe don't chase Starc outside the off stump? Just a thought...
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The Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research has published a paper on the impact of Brexit siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
December 1, 2025 at 6:10 AM
The Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research has published a paper on the impact of Brexit siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
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I fully appreciate this is quite an open ended question, but what the actual f**k is wrong with the Home Office? How devoid of the most basic humanity do you have to be to do this?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK rejects visa for girl left destitute in Jamaica by Hurricane Melissa
Lati-Yana Brown’s parents had asked for application to be expedited so she could join them in UK after house ruined
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I fully appreciate this is quite an open ended question, but what the actual f**k is wrong with the Home Office? How devoid of the most basic humanity do you have to be to do this?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
X is not above the law goodlawproject.org/s/b85130
X is not above the law
goodlawproject.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
X is not above the law goodlawproject.org/s/b85130
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We should stop the boats because it's dangerous, and we should stop the scapegoating of immigrants because it's wrong and cruel.
Controlled migration is good for the country, helps build our economy and diversity strengthens our communities. (1/6) 🧵
Controlled migration is good for the country, helps build our economy and diversity strengthens our communities. (1/6) 🧵
November 17, 2025 at 11:03 AM
We should stop the boats because it's dangerous, and we should stop the scapegoating of immigrants because it's wrong and cruel.
Controlled migration is good for the country, helps build our economy and diversity strengthens our communities. (1/6) 🧵
Controlled migration is good for the country, helps build our economy and diversity strengthens our communities. (1/6) 🧵
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A great way to fight back against AI taking away work from creatives is to buy art by actual humans.
(Reply to this post with your own art/website etc. But only if you’re an organic life-form).
www.worldofmoose.com
(Reply to this post with your own art/website etc. But only if you’re an organic life-form).
www.worldofmoose.com
Website of artist, cartoonist & tweeter Moose Allain
Welcome to the website of artist, cartoonist and prolific tweeter Moose Allain. Please fell free to have a poke about.
www.worldofmoose.com
March 28, 2025 at 7:50 AM
A great way to fight back against AI taking away work from creatives is to buy art by actual humans.
(Reply to this post with your own art/website etc. But only if you’re an organic life-form).
www.worldofmoose.com
(Reply to this post with your own art/website etc. But only if you’re an organic life-form).
www.worldofmoose.com
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Elon Musk is deliberately using his platform to poison our politics and divide our country.
It's time for the government to wake up to the threat he poses to our democracy.
It's time for the government to wake up to the threat he poses to our democracy.
November 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Elon Musk is deliberately using his platform to poison our politics and divide our country.
It's time for the government to wake up to the threat he poses to our democracy.
It's time for the government to wake up to the threat he poses to our democracy.
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a century of glaciers melting 🧪🌐
November 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
a century of glaciers melting 🧪🌐
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Who benefits from the abolition of stamp duty land tax?
The first answer: people buying very expensive homes. Average saving for someone buying a £10m+ home is £1.7m. Average saving for someone buying a £250k-£500k home is £5k.
The first answer: people buying very expensive homes. Average saving for someone buying a £10m+ home is £1.7m. Average saving for someone buying a £250k-£500k home is £5k.
October 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Who benefits from the abolition of stamp duty land tax?
The first answer: people buying very expensive homes. Average saving for someone buying a £10m+ home is £1.7m. Average saving for someone buying a £250k-£500k home is £5k.
The first answer: people buying very expensive homes. Average saving for someone buying a £10m+ home is £1.7m. Average saving for someone buying a £250k-£500k home is £5k.
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We flounced out of the EU on the say-so of politicians who lied to us. And what a total shitshow that’s turned out to be. The polar opposite of what they promised. Now the call to flounce out of the ECHR. By the same people. Telling the same lies. Has the country been kicked in the head by a horse?
October 5, 2025 at 7:04 AM
We flounced out of the EU on the say-so of politicians who lied to us. And what a total shitshow that’s turned out to be. The polar opposite of what they promised. Now the call to flounce out of the ECHR. By the same people. Telling the same lies. Has the country been kicked in the head by a horse?
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Just had time to properly read this brilliant piece by @benansell.bsky.social. It left me even more convinced than I already was that what he calls Labour's (and indeed the Conservative's) "prole-whisperers" are horribly mistaken if they genuinely think chasing after Reform voters is the way to go.
British Politics' Midlife Crisis
Why British Parties Can't Make Peace with Their Actual Voters
benansell.substack.com
October 4, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Just had time to properly read this brilliant piece by @benansell.bsky.social. It left me even more convinced than I already was that what he calls Labour's (and indeed the Conservative's) "prole-whisperers" are horribly mistaken if they genuinely think chasing after Reform voters is the way to go.
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Uggh I can here Fartage now :
"Don't be ridiculous! A huge poll in the Express showed that over 90% of people don't think our plans are remotely racist"
Get on it guys!!
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"Don't be ridiculous! A huge poll in the Express showed that over 90% of people don't think our plans are remotely racist"
Get on it guys!!
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The express poll asking whether reforms migrangt visa plan is racist is about 91% "no" so it REALLY needs your help - this is a direct link to poll
xd.wayin.com/display/cont...
xd.wayin.com/display/cont...
POLL: Is Reform's migrant visa plan racist?
xd.wayin.com
October 1, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Uggh I can here Fartage now :
"Don't be ridiculous! A huge poll in the Express showed that over 90% of people don't think our plans are remotely racist"
Get on it guys!!
👇
"Don't be ridiculous! A huge poll in the Express showed that over 90% of people don't think our plans are remotely racist"
Get on it guys!!
👇
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Privatisation of UK industries is driving cost of living crisis, says Greens’ leader
Privatisation of UK industries is driving cost of living crisis, says Greens’ leader
Zack Polanski calls mass privatisation a ‘failed experiment’ as report finds it has cost UK households £250 a year more
The privatisation of the UK’s key industries is driving the cost of living crisis, damaging critical public services and making life harder for millions of people, the leader of the Green party, Zack Polanski, has said.
Speaking after the Guardian revealed the British public have been paying a “privatisation premium” of £250 per household per year since 2010, he described the mass privatisation of UK industry as a “failed experiment”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Privatisation of UK industries is driving cost of living crisis, says Greens’ leader
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Since this is apparently a resigning matter, I’ll just leave this here…
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings
Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Since this is apparently a resigning matter, I’ll just leave this here…
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform will have to reselect in Croydon, as their initial candidate for Mayor had been dead for 6 months when they selected her, Inside Croydon report
Being dead is one way to pass the social media vetting but was likely to get noticed eventually
insidecroydon.com/2025/08/27/f...
Being dead is one way to pass the social media vetting but was likely to get noticed eventually
insidecroydon.com/2025/08/27/f...
Farage party picked a dead woman to run for Croydon Mayor
EXCLUSIVE: Sharon Carby, aged 70, from Bradford, sadly died in July 2024. But that didn’t stop Reform UK six months later picking her as their Croydon mayoral candidate. By our Political Edit…
insidecroydon.com
August 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Reform will have to reselect in Croydon, as their initial candidate for Mayor had been dead for 6 months when they selected her, Inside Croydon report
Being dead is one way to pass the social media vetting but was likely to get noticed eventually
insidecroydon.com/2025/08/27/f...
Being dead is one way to pass the social media vetting but was likely to get noticed eventually
insidecroydon.com/2025/08/27/f...
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Look, this is not a new issue, but people really need to get a grip and grow up. If you think an additional 73 people per 10,000 are why services are fecked you are living in a fantasy world. It isn't people coming to the UK seeking safety who are the issue.
news.sky.com/story/home-o...
news.sky.com/story/home-o...
August 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Look, this is not a new issue, but people really need to get a grip and grow up. If you think an additional 73 people per 10,000 are why services are fecked you are living in a fantasy world. It isn't people coming to the UK seeking safety who are the issue.
news.sky.com/story/home-o...
news.sky.com/story/home-o...
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Good on the Mirror for having the bravery to strike out against this bullshit
🚨An important reminder of the trauma faced by asylum seekers.
Not just in fleeing persecution abroad.
Not just in the perilous and desperate journey to these shores.
But by the hatred and vitriol put on them by the right wing in this country for callous political gain.
Not just in fleeing persecution abroad.
Not just in the perilous and desperate journey to these shores.
But by the hatred and vitriol put on them by the right wing in this country for callous political gain.
August 22, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Good on the Mirror for having the bravery to strike out against this bullshit
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Immigration is absolutely plunging, falling off a cliff to the extent I think policy will overcorrect and the UK may end up with very little inflow at all. Yet the public are being told, and seem to think, they're being hit with endless higher 'waves' of migrants. In those circs you can't do much.
August 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Immigration is absolutely plunging, falling off a cliff to the extent I think policy will overcorrect and the UK may end up with very little inflow at all. Yet the public are being told, and seem to think, they're being hit with endless higher 'waves' of migrants. In those circs you can't do much.
Every time I'm offered a new improved version of something or other with a whizzy built-in AI assistant my heart sinks... I'd much rather rely on CH. (Competent Humans).
August 21, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Every time I'm offered a new improved version of something or other with a whizzy built-in AI assistant my heart sinks... I'd much rather rely on CH. (Competent Humans).
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There is a dangerous disconnect: on Gaza, politics no longer speaks for the people | Gaby Hinsliff
There is a dangerous disconnect: on Gaza, politics no longer speaks for the people | Gaby Hinsliff
The government now faces a daunting task to show that society’s concerns can be reflected. It will need to do better than this, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
July 24, 2025 at 7:01 PM
There is a dangerous disconnect: on Gaza, politics no longer speaks for the people | Gaby Hinsliff
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Couldn’t have said it better
Three stunning and shaming paragraphs, by Rachel Wolf of Public First, in @theobserveruk.bsky.social
July 20, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Couldn’t have said it better
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When a government designates groups as terrorists when they are clearly not and have never participated in anything remotely resembling terrorism, then the legitimacy of that government has to be seriously questioned. We are reaching an inflection point.
July 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
When a government designates groups as terrorists when they are clearly not and have never participated in anything remotely resembling terrorism, then the legitimacy of that government has to be seriously questioned. We are reaching an inflection point.
Shouldn't 'Show Less Like This' be 'Show Fewer Like This?'
July 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Shouldn't 'Show Less Like This' be 'Show Fewer Like This?'
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Spread the love and acceptance #pridemonth
June 3, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Spread the love and acceptance #pridemonth
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As widely predicted. These poorly thought through populist moves by centrist governments do more damage to liberal democracies than anything else.
I sincerely hope Merz and his ministers will learn from this.
I sincerely hope Merz and his ministers will learn from this.
A Berlin court ruled that the German government’s push to turn away asylum-seekers at the country’s borders is unlawful, upending a key feature of conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s promised crackdown on migration.
German court rejects key pillar of Merz’s asylum crackdown
Under pressure from the far right, Germany’s conservative chancellor had vowed to turn away asylum-seekers at the country’s borders.
www.politico.eu
June 2, 2025 at 6:37 PM
As widely predicted. These poorly thought through populist moves by centrist governments do more damage to liberal democracies than anything else.
I sincerely hope Merz and his ministers will learn from this.
I sincerely hope Merz and his ministers will learn from this.