@stephendk.bsky.social
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📺 Fantastic to see @spotlightcorruption.org’s research included in the brilliant ITV documentary ‘The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money’, which was screened on Sunday night. Here’s @suehawley.bsky.social explaining how much of the PPE sourced from the VIP Lane turned out to be unusable.
September 23, 2025 at 8:37 AM
📺 Fantastic to see @spotlightcorruption.org’s research included in the brilliant ITV documentary ‘The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money’, which was screened on Sunday night. Here’s @suehawley.bsky.social explaining how much of the PPE sourced from the VIP Lane turned out to be unusable.
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And then use the tax you've raised in those 2-3 years to build thousands and thousands of social homes. Thatcher gutting the council house system caused house prices to skyrocket - not immigrants.
September 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
And then use the tax you've raised in those 2-3 years to build thousands and thousands of social homes. Thatcher gutting the council house system caused house prices to skyrocket - not immigrants.
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via David Raymond Dayus
September 10, 2025 at 9:10 AM
via David Raymond Dayus
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Our research combined quantitative research examining trends of families' debts, savings and arrears with qualitative research asking low-income families about their experiences of these issues. Here's a selection of what they told us. More in the report! www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
September 10, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Our research combined quantitative research examining trends of families' debts, savings and arrears with qualitative research asking low-income families about their experiences of these issues. Here's a selection of what they told us. More in the report! www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...
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On time and on budget? Whaaat? Make this man prime minister immediately www.ft.com/content/639a...
September 10, 2025 at 10:57 AM
On time and on budget? Whaaat? Make this man prime minister immediately www.ft.com/content/639a...
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“I just exchanged contracts on a house that [sic] I’ll be living there.”
Repeats, “I’ve bought a house in Clacton.”
Farage clearly stated he has a beneficiary interest in the property. If he provided the purchase costs, then he is the deemed owner - _exactly_ as Rayner was - and owes stamp duty.
Repeats, “I’ve bought a house in Clacton.”
Farage clearly stated he has a beneficiary interest in the property. If he provided the purchase costs, then he is the deemed owner - _exactly_ as Rayner was - and owes stamp duty.
September 8, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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After all the bollocks of claiming (wrongly) that the UK has two tier justice system, Farage is planning exactly that.
August 27, 2025 at 9:37 AM
After all the bollocks of claiming (wrongly) that the UK has two tier justice system, Farage is planning exactly that.
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Yes, let’s follow Nigel Farage, the guy who brought us Brexit because we all know how well that worked out for Britain.
bsky.app/profile/lizw...
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9 years on from the Brexit vote, the verdict is in and predictions correct:
🕳️£40 billion hole in public finances
📉4% hit to UK productivity
📦15% drop in trade
💷 £100bn in tax rises—40% of which Brexit made necessary
Happy Brexitversary! 🇬🇧🎉
www.thetimes.com/article/346e...
🕳️£40 billion hole in public finances
📉4% hit to UK productivity
📦15% drop in trade
💷 £100bn in tax rises—40% of which Brexit made necessary
Happy Brexitversary! 🇬🇧🎉
www.thetimes.com/article/346e...
Predictions of £40bn hit to public finances from Brexit ‘correct’
Office for Budget Responsibility’s forecast of a 4 per cent productivity loss from leaving the EU has been largely borne out, says top economist
www.thetimes.com
August 27, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Yes, let’s follow Nigel Farage, the guy who brought us Brexit because we all know how well that worked out for Britain.
bsky.app/profile/lizw...
bsky.app/profile/lizw...
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The UK is being governed for 30%
👉 30% still back Brexit
👉 30% want to leave the ECHR
Yet govt, Tories & Reform all rule as if that’s a mandate.
The 60% majority who want sanity, rights & Europe? Silenced.
👉 30% still back Brexit
👉 30% want to leave the ECHR
Yet govt, Tories & Reform all rule as if that’s a mandate.
The 60% majority who want sanity, rights & Europe? Silenced.
August 27, 2025 at 10:21 AM
The UK is being governed for 30%
👉 30% still back Brexit
👉 30% want to leave the ECHR
Yet govt, Tories & Reform all rule as if that’s a mandate.
The 60% majority who want sanity, rights & Europe? Silenced.
👉 30% still back Brexit
👉 30% want to leave the ECHR
Yet govt, Tories & Reform all rule as if that’s a mandate.
The 60% majority who want sanity, rights & Europe? Silenced.
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I checked the claim of the DOE report that sea level is rising at a lower rate than predicted by IPCC: it is false.
For 2030, the IPCC AR6 predicts a best estimate 9-10 cm relative to 1995-2014 (Table 9.9).
The satellite data show a rise of 74 mm until 2025. At this rate that will be 93 mm by 2030.
For 2030, the IPCC AR6 predicts a best estimate 9-10 cm relative to 1995-2014 (Table 9.9).
The satellite data show a rise of 74 mm until 2025. At this rate that will be 93 mm by 2030.
August 13, 2025 at 7:58 AM
I checked the claim of the DOE report that sea level is rising at a lower rate than predicted by IPCC: it is false.
For 2030, the IPCC AR6 predicts a best estimate 9-10 cm relative to 1995-2014 (Table 9.9).
The satellite data show a rise of 74 mm until 2025. At this rate that will be 93 mm by 2030.
For 2030, the IPCC AR6 predicts a best estimate 9-10 cm relative to 1995-2014 (Table 9.9).
The satellite data show a rise of 74 mm until 2025. At this rate that will be 93 mm by 2030.
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Medical graduates are facing a daunting reality: more than half of those finishing their foundation training have no job lined up next month. Swipe to see the numbers, consequences, and what’s being done—or not—about it.
Read the full article via Pulse Today📖
www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/pulse-c...
Read the full article via Pulse Today📖
www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/pulse-c...
August 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Medical graduates are facing a daunting reality: more than half of those finishing their foundation training have no job lined up next month. Swipe to see the numbers, consequences, and what’s being done—or not—about it.
Read the full article via Pulse Today📖
www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/pulse-c...
Read the full article via Pulse Today📖
www.pulsetoday.co.uk/news/pulse-c...
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The special relationship that wasn’t, by Steve Richards. British prime ministers keep putting faith in Washington, and it keeps letting them down.
The special relationship that wasn’t
British prime ministers keep putting faith in Washington, and it keeps letting them down.
www.newstatesman.com
August 13, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The special relationship that wasn’t, by Steve Richards. British prime ministers keep putting faith in Washington, and it keeps letting them down.
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How depressing - but worth a read
🔴 Starmer & The Sun: An Appointment that Shows Everything that Is Wrong with Power & the Press in Britain
The PM has signalled the direction of his Government by hiring a former Sun Editor – who has a criminal conviction under the Sexual Offences Act – as a communications advisor, writes Emma Jones
The PM has signalled the direction of his Government by hiring a former Sun Editor – who has a criminal conviction under the Sexual Offences Act – as a communications advisor, writes Emma Jones
Starmer and The Sun: An Appointment that Shows Everything that Is Wrong with Power and the Press in Britain
Keir Starmer has signalled the direction of his Government by appointing a former Editor of The Sun newspaper – who has a criminal conviction under the Sexual Offences Act – as a communications adviso...
bylinetimes.com
August 1, 2025 at 12:49 PM
How depressing - but worth a read
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The starfish delusion: why care, not strategy, is the real driver of change
Care is the ground all systems stand on: it is the refusal to be paralysed by the size of the problem, but to act in spite of it
By Mike Chitty
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Care is the ground all systems stand on: it is the refusal to be paralysed by the size of the problem, but to act in spite of it
By Mike Chitty
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
The starfish delusion: why care, not strategy, is the real driver of change
Care is the ground all systems stand on: it is the refusal to be paralysed by the size of the problem, but to act in spite of it
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
July 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The starfish delusion: why care, not strategy, is the real driver of change
Care is the ground all systems stand on: it is the refusal to be paralysed by the size of the problem, but to act in spite of it
By Mike Chitty
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Care is the ground all systems stand on: it is the refusal to be paralysed by the size of the problem, but to act in spite of it
By Mike Chitty
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
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In 1215, Magna Carta declared: "We will not sell, or deny, or delay right or justice to anyone."
In 2025, that promise is being broken as the courts are overwhelmed and prisons are full. Justice can wait years.
In 2025, that promise is being broken as the courts are overwhelmed and prisons are full. Justice can wait years.
The right to trial by jury is under threat
As the law courts struggle with delays in hearing cases and pressure on prisons rise, is modernisation the answer?
eastangliabylines.co.uk
July 20, 2025 at 7:09 AM
In 1215, Magna Carta declared: "We will not sell, or deny, or delay right or justice to anyone."
In 2025, that promise is being broken as the courts are overwhelmed and prisons are full. Justice can wait years.
In 2025, that promise is being broken as the courts are overwhelmed and prisons are full. Justice can wait years.
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"I have been teaching classes on genocide for a quarter of a century. I can recognize one when I see one."
Omar Bartov, professor of Holocaust and genocide studies at Brown University.
archive.ph/0dpn2
Omar Bartov, professor of Holocaust and genocide studies at Brown University.
archive.ph/0dpn2
July 15, 2025 at 7:04 AM
"I have been teaching classes on genocide for a quarter of a century. I can recognize one when I see one."
Omar Bartov, professor of Holocaust and genocide studies at Brown University.
archive.ph/0dpn2
Omar Bartov, professor of Holocaust and genocide studies at Brown University.
archive.ph/0dpn2
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The police (wrongly) inform a peaceful protestor that holding a Palestinian flag and signs deploring genocide is an offence under the Terrorism Act. This is the deranged policing environment the government has created.
Police in Canterbury today informed a protestor that the phrase "Israel is committing genocide in Gaza" could be considered a declaration of support for Palestine Action and therefore a terrorism offence.
July 16, 2025 at 6:58 AM
The police (wrongly) inform a peaceful protestor that holding a Palestinian flag and signs deploring genocide is an offence under the Terrorism Act. This is the deranged policing environment the government has created.
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Our image of the week is of Saharan dust moving west out over the Atlantic Ocean.
💨The particles can be transported thousands of kilometres
😷They can reduce air quality and impact health
🌱But can act as a fertiliser
Learn more: www.eumetsat.int/image-week-s...
Captured by Meteosat-12 on 15 July. 🛰️
💨The particles can be transported thousands of kilometres
😷They can reduce air quality and impact health
🌱But can act as a fertiliser
Learn more: www.eumetsat.int/image-week-s...
Captured by Meteosat-12 on 15 July. 🛰️
July 16, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Our image of the week is of Saharan dust moving west out over the Atlantic Ocean.
💨The particles can be transported thousands of kilometres
😷They can reduce air quality and impact health
🌱But can act as a fertiliser
Learn more: www.eumetsat.int/image-week-s...
Captured by Meteosat-12 on 15 July. 🛰️
💨The particles can be transported thousands of kilometres
😷They can reduce air quality and impact health
🌱But can act as a fertiliser
Learn more: www.eumetsat.int/image-week-s...
Captured by Meteosat-12 on 15 July. 🛰️
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Want to see more? Check out @CommonsPAC’s full report:
publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cm...
5/5
publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cm...
5/5
Collecting the right tax from wealthy individuals
publications.parliament.uk
July 16, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Want to see more? Check out @CommonsPAC’s full report:
publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cm...
5/5
publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5901/cm...
5/5
How could Donald Trump avoid justice in the US? (His mother was a UK citizen.) britishbusinessexcellenceawards.co.uk/from-the-awa...
Record number of Americans apply for UK citizenship as Trump begins second term
A record number of Americans applied for British citizenship in the first quarter of 2025, coinciding with the start of Donald Trump’s second term as US President, according to new data from the UK Ho...
britishbusinessexcellenceawards.co.uk
July 15, 2025 at 11:35 AM
How could Donald Trump avoid justice in the US? (His mother was a UK citizen.) britishbusinessexcellenceawards.co.uk/from-the-awa...
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❗️ Israeli fighter pilots are being trained with UK equipment.
www.declassifieduk.org/israeli-figh...
www.declassifieduk.org/israeli-figh...
Israeli fighter pilots training with UK equipment
Exclusive: The UK government suspended fighter jet exports to Israel but still allows the sale of parts which help Israeli pilots learn to fly F-35s and F-16s.
www.declassifieduk.org
July 12, 2025 at 9:15 AM
❗️ Israeli fighter pilots are being trained with UK equipment.
www.declassifieduk.org/israeli-figh...
www.declassifieduk.org/israeli-figh...
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I contributed footage to this extremely important investigation. Mapping out the scale of the raids in California has been on many folks’ minds since they ramped up in January. Fantastic reporting from everyone involved
Armed officers, frequent use of force and people grabbed on the street or at their places of work. Working with @evidentmedia.org and @calmatters.org we have monitored the LA raids, discovering recurring trends and tactics used by officers. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/07...
Masked, Armed and Forceful: Finding Patterns in Los Angeles Immigration Raids - bellingcat
Bellingcat collected videos and images from recent immigration raids in Los Angeles, analysing trends and apparent tactics used by law enforcement.
www.bellingcat.com
July 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I contributed footage to this extremely important investigation. Mapping out the scale of the raids in California has been on many folks’ minds since they ramped up in January. Fantastic reporting from everyone involved
The UK's new trade strategy says it will continue inserting controversial corporate courts into its trade deals.
Sign the petition: Call time on corporate courts. #StopISDS
act.globaljustice.org.uk/petition-cal...
Sign the petition: Call time on corporate courts. #StopISDS
act.globaljustice.org.uk/petition-cal...
Petition: Call time on corporate courts
The UK's new trade strategy says it will continue inserting controversial corporate courts into its trade deals. At this very moment, the government is negotiating an investment treaty with India that...
act.globaljustice.org.uk
July 8, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The UK's new trade strategy says it will continue inserting controversial corporate courts into its trade deals.
Sign the petition: Call time on corporate courts. #StopISDS
act.globaljustice.org.uk/petition-cal...
Sign the petition: Call time on corporate courts. #StopISDS
act.globaljustice.org.uk/petition-cal...
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🔥 "The Reform company, sorry party, has already seen four of their new cohort announce that they can’t or won’t represent them in the council chamber, decisions that in some cases will cost local government tens of thousands of pounds."
Ineligible, inept and unspeakable
Reform UK Ltd’s councillors, are already proving they are unfit or unwilling to serve
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
May 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM
🔥 "The Reform company, sorry party, has already seen four of their new cohort announce that they can’t or won’t represent them in the council chamber, decisions that in some cases will cost local government tens of thousands of pounds."
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Entry qualifications
Training requirements
Grades of registration
Independent/dependent practice
Post-qualification training paths
Revalidation
In summary, doctors and associates belong to fundamentally different professions
#AUvsGMC
Training requirements
Grades of registration
Independent/dependent practice
Post-qualification training paths
Revalidation
In summary, doctors and associates belong to fundamentally different professions
#AUvsGMC
May 3, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Entry qualifications
Training requirements
Grades of registration
Independent/dependent practice
Post-qualification training paths
Revalidation
In summary, doctors and associates belong to fundamentally different professions
#AUvsGMC
Training requirements
Grades of registration
Independent/dependent practice
Post-qualification training paths
Revalidation
In summary, doctors and associates belong to fundamentally different professions
#AUvsGMC