Steve Telfer
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Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
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Labour's proposed Brexit reforms are like chucking a glass of water on a house fire. A tiny flash of steam then the flames roar back.
Only a sustained intense fire-fighting effort can put the inferno out.
And that means going humbly cap in hand to the EU and opening negotiations on rejoining.
Only a sustained intense fire-fighting effort can put the inferno out.
And that means going humbly cap in hand to the EU and opening negotiations on rejoining.
November 26, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Labour's proposed Brexit reforms are like chucking a glass of water on a house fire. A tiny flash of steam then the flames roar back.
Only a sustained intense fire-fighting effort can put the inferno out.
And that means going humbly cap in hand to the EU and opening negotiations on rejoining.
Only a sustained intense fire-fighting effort can put the inferno out.
And that means going humbly cap in hand to the EU and opening negotiations on rejoining.
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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So much winning...
"By 2025, the UK economy is 6%–8% smaller than it would have been had we stayed in the EU"
"Business investment is down 12%–18%"
"Fewer tax receipts mean less money for public services, less for investment"
Brexit impact study by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
"By 2025, the UK economy is 6%–8% smaller than it would have been had we stayed in the EU"
"Business investment is down 12%–18%"
"Fewer tax receipts mean less money for public services, less for investment"
Brexit impact study by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer | East Anglia Bylines
New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 7:24 AM
So much winning...
"By 2025, the UK economy is 6%–8% smaller than it would have been had we stayed in the EU"
"Business investment is down 12%–18%"
"Fewer tax receipts mean less money for public services, less for investment"
Brexit impact study by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
"By 2025, the UK economy is 6%–8% smaller than it would have been had we stayed in the EU"
"Business investment is down 12%–18%"
"Fewer tax receipts mean less money for public services, less for investment"
Brexit impact study by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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The UK Government failed the people during the COVID emergency. We now know as fact what we all suspected: thousands died due to their delay, dithering & incompetence. When will Boris Johnson, Dominic Cummings & Kemi Badenoch apologise unreserved for these failings?
November 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The UK Government failed the people during the COVID emergency. We now know as fact what we all suspected: thousands died due to their delay, dithering & incompetence. When will Boris Johnson, Dominic Cummings & Kemi Badenoch apologise unreserved for these failings?
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NEW: Labour inherited public services in crisis. Performance had fallen, investment had been cut + spending plans were undeliverable.
It's made some progress, providing stability and positive long-term plans. But it has been undermined by poor prep in opposition and lack of co-ordination in govt 🧵
It's made some progress, providing stability and positive long-term plans. But it has been undermined by poor prep in opposition and lack of co-ordination in govt 🧵
November 19, 2025 at 7:03 AM
NEW: Labour inherited public services in crisis. Performance had fallen, investment had been cut + spending plans were undeliverable.
It's made some progress, providing stability and positive long-term plans. But it has been undermined by poor prep in opposition and lack of co-ordination in govt 🧵
It's made some progress, providing stability and positive long-term plans. But it has been undermined by poor prep in opposition and lack of co-ordination in govt 🧵
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Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
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November 6, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
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Just like he did to his businesses and the White House, Trump is degrading our National Parks.
October 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Just like he did to his businesses and the White House, Trump is degrading our National Parks.
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There were 115 prisoners mistakenly released in the final year of the last Conservative Government alone.
Interesting that it only becomes a major national scandal the second these releases can be blamed on a Labour government
Interesting that it only becomes a major national scandal the second these releases can be blamed on a Labour government
November 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
There were 115 prisoners mistakenly released in the final year of the last Conservative Government alone.
Interesting that it only becomes a major national scandal the second these releases can be blamed on a Labour government
Interesting that it only becomes a major national scandal the second these releases can be blamed on a Labour government
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a must watch
The far right and Islamic extremists radicalise their base in the same way and fuel each other.
It is a cycle of hate and only punishing or focusing on one side will just make it worse.
Send this to your fash relative.
The facts will probably upset them.
youtu.be/fMpqD8qODqM
It is a cycle of hate and only punishing or focusing on one side will just make it worse.
Send this to your fash relative.
The facts will probably upset them.
youtu.be/fMpqD8qODqM
Tommy Needs Other Extremists To Stay Minted: The Hate Cycle Explained (Show This To Your Fash Dad)
YouTube video by Supertanskiii
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October 28, 2025 at 11:03 PM
a must watch
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Having spent over 7 weeks in a wonderful hospice caring for my terminally ill wife, I am both sad & angry that this is happening!
Having spent over 7 weeks in a wonderful hospice caring for my terminally ill wife, I am both sad & angry that this is happening!
Hundreds of hospice beds and staff cut in England amid funding crisis
National Audit Office reports nearly two-thirds of independent hospices in deficit in 2023-24 as demand increases
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:22 AM
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Having spent over 7 weeks in a wonderful hospice caring for my terminally ill wife, I am both sad & angry that this is happening!
Having spent over 7 weeks in a wonderful hospice caring for my terminally ill wife, I am both sad & angry that this is happening!
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why did this take two fucking days though? did the Prime Minister have his notifications switched off? was he stuck in the bath? why, exactly, is this obviously true thing something that apparently needs running past the boss anyway? what is *wrong* with their comms operation?
NEW: Labour condemn Tory plan to strip people of indefinite leave to remain:
“It’s utterly grotesque that Tories want to deport people with the lawful right to be here to achieve ‘cultural coherence’.
“This policy would mean tearing families apart and ripping out our neighbours from communities."
“It’s utterly grotesque that Tories want to deport people with the lawful right to be here to achieve ‘cultural coherence’.
“This policy would mean tearing families apart and ripping out our neighbours from communities."
October 22, 2025 at 6:12 PM
why did this take two fucking days though? did the Prime Minister have his notifications switched off? was he stuck in the bath? why, exactly, is this obviously true thing something that apparently needs running past the boss anyway? what is *wrong* with their comms operation?
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Reforms immigration plans make absolutely zero economic sense- further proof they don't live in the same world as me and you
They bloody love a gimmick though don't they!
They bloody love a gimmick though don't they!
September 23, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Reforms immigration plans make absolutely zero economic sense- further proof they don't live in the same world as me and you
They bloody love a gimmick though don't they!
They bloody love a gimmick though don't they!
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German diplomat at Versailles: 'I wonder what future historians will say about all this.' Clemenceau: 'Well they won't say Belgium invaded Germany.'
Trump: "People go into war, think they're gonna win the war, then they get their asses kicked & they lose their country and lose millions of lives. Nobody goes into a war thinking they're gonna lose. I'm sure Ukraine thought they were gonna win. You're gonna beat somebody that's 15 times your size"
August 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
German diplomat at Versailles: 'I wonder what future historians will say about all this.' Clemenceau: 'Well they won't say Belgium invaded Germany.'
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Norwegian home invasion.
August 17, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Norwegian home invasion.
Felt compelled to watch the tv prog about Henry Marsh the brain surgeon but I’ve pulled out after watching for about 90 seconds…
August 18, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Felt compelled to watch the tv prog about Henry Marsh the brain surgeon but I’ve pulled out after watching for about 90 seconds…
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So, you mean 80% of graduates have benefited financially from it?
And, whisper it quietly, but *UNIVERSITY EDUCATION ISN’T JUST ABOUT SALARY*
And, whisper it quietly, but *UNIVERSITY EDUCATION ISN’T JUST ABOUT SALARY*
August 16, 2025 at 8:34 PM
So, you mean 80% of graduates have benefited financially from it?
And, whisper it quietly, but *UNIVERSITY EDUCATION ISN’T JUST ABOUT SALARY*
And, whisper it quietly, but *UNIVERSITY EDUCATION ISN’T JUST ABOUT SALARY*
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Why running a country isn’t like running a household youtu.be/sAKr55O7qaU?... Politicians love to say the government must “live within its means” – just like a household. But this analogy is completely wrong. In this video, I explain why.
Why running a country isn’t like running a household
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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August 13, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Why running a country isn’t like running a household youtu.be/sAKr55O7qaU?... Politicians love to say the government must “live within its means” – just like a household. But this analogy is completely wrong. In this video, I explain why.
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The #BBC seems unable to deal with the shrunken state of the Conservative Party. A party which won its lowest vote ever: 23.7% in 2024 & its lowest number of MPs: 121. Combine that with the BBC's infatuation with Farage & right-wing politics get a disproportionate share & coverage. #wato
August 12, 2025 at 12:27 PM
www.theguardian.com/environment/....
Must be those bloody wind turbines off the Ayrshire coast again…
Must be those bloody wind turbines off the Ayrshire coast again…
Experts baffled as rarely seen beaked whales involved in series of strandings
Incidents across northern Europe on 26 and 27 July have left scientists trying to understand why so many of the deep-diving whales have appeared
www.theguardian.com
July 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
www.theguardian.com/environment/....
Must be those bloody wind turbines off the Ayrshire coast again…
Must be those bloody wind turbines off the Ayrshire coast again…
In a coffee shop. Two seats free at my table. Two men sit down. Fine, so far. Then they get out hard copies of their newspapers…The Telegraph & the Daily Mail. 🤦♂️
July 30, 2025 at 12:04 PM
In a coffee shop. Two seats free at my table. Two men sit down. Fine, so far. Then they get out hard copies of their newspapers…The Telegraph & the Daily Mail. 🤦♂️
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Doubling of Southern Water boss pay 'outrageous', says Minister.
Fake rage PR. Govts have done nothing to check rewards for failure.
SW has 119 criminal convictions, dumps sewage, leaks unplugged, customers fleeced, bosses rewarded.
Fake rage is no substitute for action.
Fake rage PR. Govts have done nothing to check rewards for failure.
SW has 119 criminal convictions, dumps sewage, leaks unplugged, customers fleeced, bosses rewarded.
Fake rage is no substitute for action.
Southern Water boss pay rise 'outrageous', says environment secretary
Southern Water's Lawrence Gosden was awarded an extra £691,000 as part of a long-term incentive plan.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 21, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Doubling of Southern Water boss pay 'outrageous', says Minister.
Fake rage PR. Govts have done nothing to check rewards for failure.
SW has 119 criminal convictions, dumps sewage, leaks unplugged, customers fleeced, bosses rewarded.
Fake rage is no substitute for action.
Fake rage PR. Govts have done nothing to check rewards for failure.
SW has 119 criminal convictions, dumps sewage, leaks unplugged, customers fleeced, bosses rewarded.
Fake rage is no substitute for action.
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a short walk to the pub
A Short Walk to the Pub
YouTube video by Michael Spicer
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July 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
a short walk to the pub
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The economics of benefits: why paying them makes us richer youtu.be/m14VXvel3l4?... Politicians keep telling us that benefits are a black hole draining the economy. The truth? They’re one of the best ways to grow it.
The economics of benefits: why paying them makes us richer
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
July 7, 2025 at 6:08 AM
The economics of benefits: why paying them makes us richer youtu.be/m14VXvel3l4?... Politicians keep telling us that benefits are a black hole draining the economy. The truth? They’re one of the best ways to grow it.