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Things to acknowledge about Labour.
- I won’t be voting for them again. I also don’t know yet who I’ll be voting for in the next GE.
- I will happily acknowledge that the Worker’s Rights Bill, the Breakfast Club programme, the VAWG work and quite a few other points are good work.
However.
Things to acknowledge about Labour.
- I won’t be voting for them again. I also don’t know yet who I’ll be voting for in the next GE.
- I will happily acknowledge that the Worker’s Rights Bill, the Breakfast Club programme, the VAWG work and quite a few other points are good work.
However.
December 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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Things to acknowledge about Labour.
- I won’t be voting for them again. I also don’t know yet who I’ll be voting for in the next GE.
- I will happily acknowledge that the Worker’s Rights Bill, the Breakfast Club programme, the VAWG work and quite a few other points are good work.
However.
Things to acknowledge about Labour.
- I won’t be voting for them again. I also don’t know yet who I’ll be voting for in the next GE.
- I will happily acknowledge that the Worker’s Rights Bill, the Breakfast Club programme, the VAWG work and quite a few other points are good work.
However.
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It's a sad day when patriotic hero Tommy Robinson can't visit a Muslim country and get his arse handed to him and publicly shit himself.
December 20, 2025 at 6:13 PM
It's a sad day when patriotic hero Tommy Robinson can't visit a Muslim country and get his arse handed to him and publicly shit himself.
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Farage’s Reform !!
December 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Farage’s Reform !!
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Monaco based tax-exile Jim Ratcliffe businesses received up to £70m UK subsidy in last 4 years. More promised.
Free cash, not repayable, no means-testing, no equity stake taken.
Sunday Times Rich List estimated his wealth to be £17bn.
Benefit cuts for the poor, free cash for corporations/Rich.
Free cash, not repayable, no means-testing, no equity stake taken.
Sunday Times Rich List estimated his wealth to be £17bn.
Benefit cuts for the poor, free cash for corporations/Rich.
Jim Ratcliffe chemical firms received up to £70m of UK state aid in last four years
The government is preparing a £50m bailout for Ineos’s Grangemouth plant, after Jim Ratcliffe asked for help in October
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Monaco based tax-exile Jim Ratcliffe businesses received up to £70m UK subsidy in last 4 years. More promised.
Free cash, not repayable, no means-testing, no equity stake taken.
Sunday Times Rich List estimated his wealth to be £17bn.
Benefit cuts for the poor, free cash for corporations/Rich.
Free cash, not repayable, no means-testing, no equity stake taken.
Sunday Times Rich List estimated his wealth to be £17bn.
Benefit cuts for the poor, free cash for corporations/Rich.
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For all of Farage’s bombast and bravado, Reform is basically just a retirement home for disgraced Tories - and the media should be reporting it as such
Farage’s Tory recycling scheme
And why it will surely backfire...
writesbright.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 11:16 AM
For all of Farage’s bombast and bravado, Reform is basically just a retirement home for disgraced Tories - and the media should be reporting it as such
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"For the first time, Reform voters are getting the chance to compare
what their new councillors promised – including council tax cuts – with what they’re actually getting, which for many looks likely to be the opposite”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
what their new councillors promised – including council tax cuts – with what they’re actually getting, which for many looks likely to be the opposite”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My lesson from 2025: Reform is much more vulnerable than it appears | Gaby Hinsliff
The party’s astonishingly speedy growth disguised shallow roots – and its success has brought a level of scrutiny for which it simply isn’t ready, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 10:18 AM
"For the first time, Reform voters are getting the chance to compare
what their new councillors promised – including council tax cuts – with what they’re actually getting, which for many looks likely to be the opposite”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
what their new councillors promised – including council tax cuts – with what they’re actually getting, which for many looks likely to be the opposite”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Jim Ratcliffe chemical firms received up to £70m of UK state aid in last four years
Jim Ratcliffe chemical firms received up to £70m of UK state aid in last four years
The government is preparing a £50m bailout for Ineos’s Grangemouth plant, after Jim Ratcliffe asked for help in October
Chemical companies owned by the billionaire Jim Ratcliffe had already been granted as much as £70m in UK state aid in the past four years, before this week’s £50m government bailout for its Grangemouth plant in Scotland.
State aid to Ineos in the last year alone was between £16m and £38m, according to government disclosures published this week. Since August 2022 the company has received between £28m and £70m. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Jim Ratcliffe chemical firms received up to £70m of UK state aid in last four years
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In which Tim Stanley experiences the "find out" phase of his arrant fuck wittering.
December 20, 2025 at 9:20 AM
In which Tim Stanley experiences the "find out" phase of his arrant fuck wittering.
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How showbusiness 'journalism' really works
December 20, 2025 at 11:08 AM
How showbusiness 'journalism' really works
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The managing director of Teesside airport is running the publicly owned business while holding a remarkable conflict of interest: he’s also on the books of an investor who tried to buy the airport and has snaffled up a large swathe of adjacent land.
Full story in the new Private Eye, out now.
Full story in the new Private Eye, out now.
December 20, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The managing director of Teesside airport is running the publicly owned business while holding a remarkable conflict of interest: he’s also on the books of an investor who tried to buy the airport and has snaffled up a large swathe of adjacent land.
Full story in the new Private Eye, out now.
Full story in the new Private Eye, out now.
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In 1970 the UK and Norway were roughly equal, almost no debt, and owned all their Public Services.
Now the UK owns nothing and has £3tn of debt.
While Norway still owns everything and has the equivalent of £10tn.
That's how privatisation 'works'.
Now the UK owns nothing and has £3tn of debt.
While Norway still owns everything and has the equivalent of £10tn.
That's how privatisation 'works'.
December 19, 2025 at 5:59 PM
In 1970 the UK and Norway were roughly equal, almost no debt, and owned all their Public Services.
Now the UK owns nothing and has £3tn of debt.
While Norway still owns everything and has the equivalent of £10tn.
That's how privatisation 'works'.
Now the UK owns nothing and has £3tn of debt.
While Norway still owns everything and has the equivalent of £10tn.
That's how privatisation 'works'.
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Tommy Robinson gets embarrassed in Dubai.
It's so funny, he gets banged to rights.
It's so funny, he gets banged to rights.
December 19, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Tommy Robinson gets embarrassed in Dubai.
It's so funny, he gets banged to rights.
It's so funny, he gets banged to rights.
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The worst, most dishonest prime minister we’ve ever had, rocks back and forth in his Daily Mail cubbyhole spewing out idiotic bilge to kid himself that he and his disastrous Brexit weren’t an almighty national fuck-up.
A deeply pathetic threat from an abject failure of a man.
A deeply pathetic threat from an abject failure of a man.
December 20, 2025 at 8:34 AM
The worst, most dishonest prime minister we’ve ever had, rocks back and forth in his Daily Mail cubbyhole spewing out idiotic bilge to kid himself that he and his disastrous Brexit weren’t an almighty national fuck-up.
A deeply pathetic threat from an abject failure of a man.
A deeply pathetic threat from an abject failure of a man.
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Ah yes, I well remember our hard work on behalf of the fishing industry. Out of 42 Fisheries meetings while I was an MEP I could only be arsed to attend 1. Then we screwed the whole fishing industry with Brexit, so well done us.
December 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Ah yes, I well remember our hard work on behalf of the fishing industry. Out of 42 Fisheries meetings while I was an MEP I could only be arsed to attend 1. Then we screwed the whole fishing industry with Brexit, so well done us.
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Since David Frost has NEVER been right about anything at any point when it comes to Brexit, this feels like a strong endorsement for our participation in Erasmus.
December 19, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Since David Frost has NEVER been right about anything at any point when it comes to Brexit, this feels like a strong endorsement for our participation in Erasmus.
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The idea of “imported” violence against women and girls is a deeply comforting fiction - one that allows people to avoid looking at where it actually happens: within our homes and behind closed doors.
The Violence Isn’t Imported. It’s Domestic.
Kemi Badenoch’s attempt to blame violence against women on migrants doesn’t just collapse under scrutiny - it actively distracts us from where the harm really happens, and who is actually responsible.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The idea of “imported” violence against women and girls is a deeply comforting fiction - one that allows people to avoid looking at where it actually happens: within our homes and behind closed doors.
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Yorkshire Water boss said "not being transparent" about receiving £1.3m payments from the parent company was a "mistake".
They carefully planned to circumvent the rules, civil society exposed it. No retribution
Customer fleecing, sewage dumping continues for bigger profits and exec bonuses
They carefully planned to circumvent the rules, civil society exposed it. No retribution
Customer fleecing, sewage dumping continues for bigger profits and exec bonuses
Yorkshire Water boss 'mistaken' to keep £1.3m payment secret
Nicola Shaw says she was wrong in
www.bbc.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Yorkshire Water boss said "not being transparent" about receiving £1.3m payments from the parent company was a "mistake".
They carefully planned to circumvent the rules, civil society exposed it. No retribution
Customer fleecing, sewage dumping continues for bigger profits and exec bonuses
They carefully planned to circumvent the rules, civil society exposed it. No retribution
Customer fleecing, sewage dumping continues for bigger profits and exec bonuses
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It’s exactly this kind of dismal, prejudiced bollox from the Daily Mail that’s got us into the ruinous Brexit mess we’re in. What a moronic response to us rejoining Erasmus and all the benefits that brings. If they’re really worried about cost, they should push to cancel Brexit altogether.
December 18, 2025 at 7:21 AM
It’s exactly this kind of dismal, prejudiced bollox from the Daily Mail that’s got us into the ruinous Brexit mess we’re in. What a moronic response to us rejoining Erasmus and all the benefits that brings. If they’re really worried about cost, they should push to cancel Brexit altogether.
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This is obscene. Why can't other politicians say that?
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
December 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
This is obscene. Why can't other politicians say that?
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
The 25 richest families are collectively $358.7 billion richer than a year ago, with a combined fortune totaling $2.9 trillion.
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Hear hear! Put down the phone before bed and pick up a book! #BookSky
Stephen Fry launches campaign to boost reading for pleasure
The Hay festival president is asking readers for book recommendations that will ‘entice the most reluctant reader’ to help combat the decline in leisure reading
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Hear hear! Put down the phone before bed and pick up a book! #BookSky
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Never forget that the main purpose of a vigil for people who have died in tragic circumstances is to take a selfie and make it all about you.
December 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Never forget that the main purpose of a vigil for people who have died in tragic circumstances is to take a selfie and make it all about you.
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Labour are launching an investigation into historical foreign interference in UK politics. But they are explicitly excluding the Brexit referendum from the investigation.
That's like pledging to investigate instances of arson while ignoring the wall of flames spanning the horizon.
That's like pledging to investigate instances of arson while ignoring the wall of flames spanning the horizon.
December 17, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Labour are launching an investigation into historical foreign interference in UK politics. But they are explicitly excluding the Brexit referendum from the investigation.
That's like pledging to investigate instances of arson while ignoring the wall of flames spanning the horizon.
That's like pledging to investigate instances of arson while ignoring the wall of flames spanning the horizon.
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Thames Water has deferred £2.5m bonus, disguised as retention payments, to execs.
First tranche of £2.5m already paid, millions more promised
Bonus for what - fleecing customers, dumping sewage in ruvers, not investing, boosting profits?
Let customers vote on exec pay/bonuses.
First tranche of £2.5m already paid, millions more promised
Bonus for what - fleecing customers, dumping sewage in ruvers, not investing, boosting profits?
Let customers vote on exec pay/bonuses.
Thames Water defers controversial £2.5m in bonuses to bosses
Heavily indebted utility puts back ‘retention payments’ for 21 executives until new year amid search for rescue deal
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Thames Water has deferred £2.5m bonus, disguised as retention payments, to execs.
First tranche of £2.5m already paid, millions more promised
Bonus for what - fleecing customers, dumping sewage in ruvers, not investing, boosting profits?
Let customers vote on exec pay/bonuses.
First tranche of £2.5m already paid, millions more promised
Bonus for what - fleecing customers, dumping sewage in ruvers, not investing, boosting profits?
Let customers vote on exec pay/bonuses.
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📢 This petition reflects what many of us already feel about Brexit’s impact. If you haven’t signed yet, here’s the link:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Apply to Rejoin the EU as soon as possible to increase growth in the UK
We believe Brexit's not working. The OBR judges that the UK economy is smaller and trade is weaker because of Brexit, and it will just get worse. 10 years after the Brexit vote, let's apply to rejoin ...
petition.parliament.uk
December 16, 2025 at 7:58 AM
📢 This petition reflects what many of us already feel about Brexit’s impact. If you haven’t signed yet, here’s the link:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...