Rob Brotherstone
@robbrotherstone.bsky.social
Born 6 days before the NHS and I don't want it to die before me. One of those very old people who didn't vote for brexit. Spent most of my working life as a Probation Officer, then a reviewing officer for children in care. Very happy to be very woke.
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'When Keir Starmer and Mette Frederiksen, the Danish prime minister, argue that asylum protections must be rewritten for a new “era”, they are not simply adjusting policy. They are reshaping the moral ground our societies stand on.'
A former Human Rights lawyer. I have lost all hope.
A former Human Rights lawyer. I have lost all hope.
“It is the Brexit playbook:…
It did not work then and it will not work now. Because once you agree that rights are the real obstacle, you have already handed victory to those who want rid of them altogether.”
Important read on blaming the ECHR for govt failure.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It did not work then and it will not work now. Because once you agree that rights are the real obstacle, you have already handed victory to those who want rid of them altogether.”
Important read on blaming the ECHR for govt failure.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Starmer is lobbying Europe to join him in watering down the ECHR. This illiberalism will harm us all | Steve Valdez-Symonds
The prime minister and his counterpart in Denmark want a concerted effort to weaken human rights across Europe. This isn’t pragmatism – it’s cruelty, says Steve Valdez-Symonds, refugee and migrant rig...
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:09 AM
'When Keir Starmer and Mette Frederiksen, the Danish prime minister, argue that asylum protections must be rewritten for a new “era”, they are not simply adjusting policy. They are reshaping the moral ground our societies stand on.'
A former Human Rights lawyer. I have lost all hope.
A former Human Rights lawyer. I have lost all hope.
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A white British father and son BOTH raped the same child and pled guilty to multiple counts of Sexual assault.
This has been in the press for 2 days.
The Mirror is the only National newspaper to report on it…
And THAT’s why people have such a skewed perception of the links between race and SA🤷🏼♀️
This has been in the press for 2 days.
The Mirror is the only National newspaper to report on it…
And THAT’s why people have such a skewed perception of the links between race and SA🤷🏼♀️
December 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A white British father and son BOTH raped the same child and pled guilty to multiple counts of Sexual assault.
This has been in the press for 2 days.
The Mirror is the only National newspaper to report on it…
And THAT’s why people have such a skewed perception of the links between race and SA🤷🏼♀️
This has been in the press for 2 days.
The Mirror is the only National newspaper to report on it…
And THAT’s why people have such a skewed perception of the links between race and SA🤷🏼♀️
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Spot on, Mr. Rather. 🎯 💯
December 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Spot on, Mr. Rather. 🎯 💯
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The Trump administration sinks to a new low – opening fire on drowning men | Jonathan Freedland
The Trump administration sinks to a new low – opening fire on drowning men | Jonathan Freedland
These deadly US boat strikes are the latest example of a president corrupting both the law and morality, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The Trump administration sinks to a new low – opening fire on drowning men | Jonathan Freedland
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Keystone Kash, his girlfriend, and her friends having the time of their lives using and abusing taxpayer funded resources and civil servants. www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...
December 5, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Keystone Kash, his girlfriend, and her friends having the time of their lives using and abusing taxpayer funded resources and civil servants. www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...
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The British press poses a genuine and profound threat to our democracy and our shared prosperity. They howl out their right wing, wealth-protecting agenda and want Farage as PM. We will all pay a very high price for their selfish greed and their utter indifference to social inequality.
November 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The British press poses a genuine and profound threat to our democracy and our shared prosperity. They howl out their right wing, wealth-protecting agenda and want Farage as PM. We will all pay a very high price for their selfish greed and their utter indifference to social inequality.
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The sheer scale of media outrage this week about plans to lift hundreds of thousands children out of poverty, by taxing millionaire homeowners, tells you everything you need to know about the real priorities of the British press
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
The Real 'Benefits Street' Protecting Britain's Wealthiest
The sheer scale of outrage about plans to lift children out of poverty, by taxing millionaire homeowners, tells you everything you need to know about the priorities of the British press
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The sheer scale of media outrage this week about plans to lift hundreds of thousands children out of poverty, by taxing millionaire homeowners, tells you everything you need to know about the real priorities of the British press
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
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November 30, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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For context the 'Middle England' referred to here is the 0.5% of households living in homes worth more than £2 million
November 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
For context the 'Middle England' referred to here is the 0.5% of households living in homes worth more than £2 million
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"Trump's peace plan is not a plan, but a list of Putin's wishes."
Kaja Kallas
Kaja Kallas
November 23, 2025 at 2:46 AM
"Trump's peace plan is not a plan, but a list of Putin's wishes."
Kaja Kallas
Kaja Kallas
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All the people screaming at how awful the budget is… as the markets and pound rally behind it, as children are taken out of poverty, wages and pensions increased…
Funny how the complete narrative is set by so very few and even more so how many millions believe it.
Staggering
Funny how the complete narrative is set by so very few and even more so how many millions believe it.
Staggering
November 27, 2025 at 7:08 AM
All the people screaming at how awful the budget is… as the markets and pound rally behind it, as children are taken out of poverty, wages and pensions increased…
Funny how the complete narrative is set by so very few and even more so how many millions believe it.
Staggering
Funny how the complete narrative is set by so very few and even more so how many millions believe it.
Staggering
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Robert Garcia - ICE is terrorizing LA. All people have a right to due process.
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Robert Garcia - ICE is terrorizing LA. All people have a right to due process.
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When U.S. Senator Mark Kelly tells service members to follow the law—not illegal commands—and the President calls for his death, that is authoritarianism.
November 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
When U.S. Senator Mark Kelly tells service members to follow the law—not illegal commands—and the President calls for his death, that is authoritarianism.
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Badenoch proves she’s the perfect Tory leader for their Party.. petty, small minded, immature, zero presence, unprofessional and monumentally stupid 🤷🏼♂️
She ticks every box of prerequisite qualities for a Tory MP❗️🙄
She ticks every box of prerequisite qualities for a Tory MP❗️🙄
Utterly juvenile and unparliamentary antics from Kemi Badenoch during her response to the budget.
Desperate, undignified and ineffective.
Desperate, undignified and ineffective.
November 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Badenoch proves she’s the perfect Tory leader for their Party.. petty, small minded, immature, zero presence, unprofessional and monumentally stupid 🤷🏼♂️
She ticks every box of prerequisite qualities for a Tory MP❗️🙄
She ticks every box of prerequisite qualities for a Tory MP❗️🙄
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Under Tory Govt in 2024, child poverty in UK reached a record high, with 4.5 million children (31%) living in relative poverty
So of course they’d go ape over starving UK children being helped by Labour’s budget..
It doesn’t fit with Tories keeping the poor in their place.. what what❗️😡
So of course they’d go ape over starving UK children being helped by Labour’s budget..
It doesn’t fit with Tories keeping the poor in their place.. what what❗️😡
"It's amazing what people get so angry about and on that side it's lifting children out of poverty," says Rachel Reeves as Conservative MPs try to shout down her announcement that she is scrapping the two child benefit cap which has pushed hundreds of thousands of children below the poverty line
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Under Tory Govt in 2024, child poverty in UK reached a record high, with 4.5 million children (31%) living in relative poverty
So of course they’d go ape over starving UK children being helped by Labour’s budget..
It doesn’t fit with Tories keeping the poor in their place.. what what❗️😡
So of course they’d go ape over starving UK children being helped by Labour’s budget..
It doesn’t fit with Tories keeping the poor in their place.. what what❗️😡
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"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
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Left: Shabana Mahmood as Lord Chancellor, "It is right that we have an independent judiciary in this country"
Right: Labour have removed a judge who was due to hear and rule over the legality of the proscription of Palestine Action
Labour are interfering in the independence of our judiciary
Right: Labour have removed a judge who was due to hear and rule over the legality of the proscription of Palestine Action
Labour are interfering in the independence of our judiciary
November 25, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Left: Shabana Mahmood as Lord Chancellor, "It is right that we have an independent judiciary in this country"
Right: Labour have removed a judge who was due to hear and rule over the legality of the proscription of Palestine Action
Labour are interfering in the independence of our judiciary
Right: Labour have removed a judge who was due to hear and rule over the legality of the proscription of Palestine Action
Labour are interfering in the independence of our judiciary
I think i need to let the times, sun, torygraph, the rest of the gutter press and bbc news know that I'm going to take not the slightest bit of notice about their right wing diatribes about the budget. I would prefer to pay more tax and invest in public services.
November 26, 2025 at 8:44 AM
I think i need to let the times, sun, torygraph, the rest of the gutter press and bbc news know that I'm going to take not the slightest bit of notice about their right wing diatribes about the budget. I would prefer to pay more tax and invest in public services.
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UK GDP reduced by 6% to 8%, investment reduced by 12% to 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%. They are huge numbers in an advanced economy. Brexit is not the UK’s only problem, but bloody hell it’s a big one.
November 18, 2025 at 7:29 AM
UK GDP reduced by 6% to 8%, investment reduced by 12% to 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%. They are huge numbers in an advanced economy. Brexit is not the UK’s only problem, but bloody hell it’s a big one.
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‘The chill wind from the White House is already rippling through New Broadcasting House.’
@lewisgoodall.com reacts after the BBC edited out an anti-Trump line from a historian’s lecture.
@lewisgoodall.com reacts after the BBC edited out an anti-Trump line from a historian’s lecture.
November 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
‘The chill wind from the White House is already rippling through New Broadcasting House.’
@lewisgoodall.com reacts after the BBC edited out an anti-Trump line from a historian’s lecture.
@lewisgoodall.com reacts after the BBC edited out an anti-Trump line from a historian’s lecture.
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Farage's racism denials are dishonest, says ex-classmate
Well I know who I believe..
In fact if Farage said my house was on fire I’d want a second opinion before I dialled 999❗️
Well I know who I believe..
In fact if Farage said my house was on fire I’d want a second opinion before I dialled 999❗️
Nigel Farage's racism denials are dishonest, says ex-classmate - BBC News
Peter Ettedgui tells the BBC Nigel Farage targeted antisemitic abuse at him when they were teenagers.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Farage's racism denials are dishonest, says ex-classmate
Well I know who I believe..
In fact if Farage said my house was on fire I’d want a second opinion before I dialled 999❗️
Well I know who I believe..
In fact if Farage said my house was on fire I’d want a second opinion before I dialled 999❗️