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Brilliant news. I'm quite emotional. Govt has agreed to investigate Council Tax rapid debt collection escalation that is catastrophic for millions. Miss one MONTH'S payment and within six weeks you can have baliffs forcing you to pay for the YEAR plus £100s admin charges.
Martin Lewis reacts to campaign win on changing "hideous Council Tax debt collection processes"
YouTube video by MoneySavingExpert.com
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May 14, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Brilliant news. I'm quite emotional. Govt has agreed to investigate Council Tax rapid debt collection escalation that is catastrophic for millions. Miss one MONTH'S payment and within six weeks you can have baliffs forcing you to pay for the YEAR plus £100s admin charges.
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UK politics at the moment
May 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
UK politics at the moment
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The world needs more of this and less of most other things
May 12, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The world needs more of this and less of most other things
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Starmer is currently announcing this week's new Great British Immigration Policy. It might as well be called "Britain : A Local Country for Local People".
#NFN
#NFN
May 12, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Starmer is currently announcing this week's new Great British Immigration Policy. It might as well be called "Britain : A Local Country for Local People".
#NFN
#NFN
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Well I’m out. I tried. But I’m not having this.
May 12, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Well I’m out. I tried. But I’m not having this.
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The plan appears to be to offer you and other Labour voters absolutely nothing, other than a leaflet saying ‘we’re not Reform’ at the next GE.
This seems… brave.
This seems… brave.
May 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
The plan appears to be to offer you and other Labour voters absolutely nothing, other than a leaflet saying ‘we’re not Reform’ at the next GE.
This seems… brave.
This seems… brave.
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Number crunching: Cuts to health and disability benefit, and reduction in financial support for carers v unpaid care carried out every year.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
April 3, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Number crunching: Cuts to health and disability benefit, and reduction in financial support for carers v unpaid care carried out every year.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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Lewelyn has lived in the U.S. for 50 years. She’s a green card holder, a lab technician at UW Medicine, and a trusted pillar in her family. Now, she’s in ICE detention while trying to come home after visiting loved ones in the Philippines.
March 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Lewelyn has lived in the U.S. for 50 years. She’s a green card holder, a lab technician at UW Medicine, and a trusted pillar in her family. Now, she’s in ICE detention while trying to come home after visiting loved ones in the Philippines.
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Roald Dahl wrote this letter about losing his daughter *39 years ago*. RFK, and the politics he promotes, will inflict this unimaginable pain on many parents, if they get their way.
March 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Roald Dahl wrote this letter about losing his daughter *39 years ago*. RFK, and the politics he promotes, will inflict this unimaginable pain on many parents, if they get their way.
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Over on Twitter, the usual racists have been screaming about the fact that Stephen Graham started writing Adolescence after hearing about a schoolboy who stabbed his girlfriend in Croydon, and that boy was not white so it's AGENDA!
How quickly they forgot poor Holly.
news.sky.com/story/holly-...
How quickly they forgot poor Holly.
news.sky.com/story/holly-...
Holly Newton murder: Teenager who killed 15-year-old ex-girlfriend in knife attack jailed for life
Logan MacPhail inflicted 36 knife wounds during the attack in January. Holly was taken to Newcastle's Royal Victoria Infirmary but couldn't be saved.
news.sky.com
March 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Over on Twitter, the usual racists have been screaming about the fact that Stephen Graham started writing Adolescence after hearing about a schoolboy who stabbed his girlfriend in Croydon, and that boy was not white so it's AGENDA!
How quickly they forgot poor Holly.
news.sky.com/story/holly-...
How quickly they forgot poor Holly.
news.sky.com/story/holly-...
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Now do the UK.
Ahead of Germany’s election, with anti-immigrant sentiment rising, they released viral videos showing life without immigrants.
History proves that when a country starts erasing certain people, it doesn’t end well.
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History proves that when a country starts erasing certain people, it doesn’t end well.
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March 19, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Now do the UK.
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"Ukrainians have shown Sisu in their fight against Russia…Finland will continue its strong support for Ukraine until the end…We are in this together”
President of Finland, Alexander Stubb 👏
President of Finland, Alexander Stubb 👏
March 19, 2025 at 10:13 AM
"Ukrainians have shown Sisu in their fight against Russia…Finland will continue its strong support for Ukraine until the end…We are in this together”
President of Finland, Alexander Stubb 👏
President of Finland, Alexander Stubb 👏
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Deeply concerning news about our friend and former BF teammate Rebecca Burke whose backpacking trip to the US has ended with her being detained by ICE for over ten days, with no clear timeline for her release. Please read her father's statement here: www.facebook.com/paulrburke
March 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Deeply concerning news about our friend and former BF teammate Rebecca Burke whose backpacking trip to the US has ended with her being detained by ICE for over ten days, with no clear timeline for her release. Please read her father's statement here: www.facebook.com/paulrburke
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You've got to hand it to Elon Musk - getting 71% of British people to agree on anything is impressive
January 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
You've got to hand it to Elon Musk - getting 71% of British people to agree on anything is impressive
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Help us #EndDetention while gaining hands-on legal casework experience.
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We need volunteers to join our casework team helping to get people out of detention.
Help us #EndDetention while gaining hands-on legal casework experience.
Find out more: www.biduk.org/pages/volunt...
January 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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I forgot to post her on Bluesky, but here for your viewing pleasure is a very rotund robin
December 12, 2024 at 3:08 PM
I forgot to post her on Bluesky, but here for your viewing pleasure is a very rotund robin
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If you’re afraid that books might change someone’s thinking, you’re not afraid of books, you’re afraid of thinking.
December 3, 2024 at 9:02 PM
If you’re afraid that books might change someone’s thinking, you’re not afraid of books, you’re afraid of thinking.
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Will the detective investigating your murder be sad?
October 7, 2023 at 5:22 PM
Will the detective investigating your murder be sad?