Tim Atkins #JoinAUnion
@timbassman.bsky.social
Political & economic left winger, Pro-PR.
Anti-racist & straight ally. He/him.
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#glawsfamily
#lufc
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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...
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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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My health insurance premiums will more than double in January. I pay a little less than $500/month for my current silver plan.
I just reapplied and my new premium will be $1062/month.
And don’t forget: I still have a co-pay for every visit and pay for prescriptions.
I just reapplied and my new premium will be $1062/month.
And don’t forget: I still have a co-pay for every visit and pay for prescriptions.
November 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Can’t remember budget ‘case studies’ ever being quite so funny. Especially in newspapers that recently anointed Liz Truss a fiscal genius.
Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
November 29, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Can’t remember budget ‘case studies’ ever being quite so funny. Especially in newspapers that recently anointed Liz Truss a fiscal genius.
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Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
November 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
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I think £5 million upfront for 125 years amounts to £40k a year.
120 rooms. About £333 per room per year. About £30 per room per month.
No wonder they are smiling!
120 rooms. About £333 per room per year. About £30 per room per month.
No wonder they are smiling!
The King’s brother, Prince Edward, enjoys his Surrey mansion at a peppercorn rent, it can be revealed, after The Times forced the disclosure of documents held by the Crown Estate.
www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-fam...
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Prince Edward pays peppercorn rent for 120-room Surrey mansion
Campaigners have questioned whether the royal family can justify Edward’s occupation of Bagshot Park, which could otherwise be leased for taxpayer benefit
www.thetimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:29 AM
I think £5 million upfront for 125 years amounts to £40k a year.
120 rooms. About £333 per room per year. About £30 per room per month.
No wonder they are smiling!
120 rooms. About £333 per room per year. About £30 per room per month.
No wonder they are smiling!
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"Do you remember the figure that was on the side of the Brexit Bus?
Did that make you angry>
The same amount of money is added to Billionaire's wealth every 10 days according to a recent report produced by Oxfam.
We really do need to tax them properly."
via David Williams
Did that make you angry>
The same amount of money is added to Billionaire's wealth every 10 days according to a recent report produced by Oxfam.
We really do need to tax them properly."
via David Williams
November 29, 2025 at 9:42 AM
"Do you remember the figure that was on the side of the Brexit Bus?
Did that make you angry>
The same amount of money is added to Billionaire's wealth every 10 days according to a recent report produced by Oxfam.
We really do need to tax them properly."
via David Williams
Did that make you angry>
The same amount of money is added to Billionaire's wealth every 10 days according to a recent report produced by Oxfam.
We really do need to tax them properly."
via David Williams
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🚨BREAKING: “With fire and rehire and zero hours contracts not being banned, the Employment Rights Bill is already unrecognisable.
These constant row backs will only damage workers’ confidence that the protections promised will be worth the wait” @unitesharon.bsky.social
These constant row backs will only damage workers’ confidence that the protections promised will be worth the wait” @unitesharon.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM
🚨BREAKING: “With fire and rehire and zero hours contracts not being banned, the Employment Rights Bill is already unrecognisable.
These constant row backs will only damage workers’ confidence that the protections promised will be worth the wait” @unitesharon.bsky.social
These constant row backs will only damage workers’ confidence that the protections promised will be worth the wait” @unitesharon.bsky.social
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Labour immigration policy explained:
✅ Net immigration rising: CRACKDOWN REQUIRED
✅ Net immigration plummeting: CRACKDOWN REQUIRED
✅ Net immigration rising: CRACKDOWN REQUIRED
✅ Net immigration plummeting: CRACKDOWN REQUIRED
November 27, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Labour immigration policy explained:
✅ Net immigration rising: CRACKDOWN REQUIRED
✅ Net immigration plummeting: CRACKDOWN REQUIRED
✅ Net immigration rising: CRACKDOWN REQUIRED
✅ Net immigration plummeting: CRACKDOWN REQUIRED
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‘The rise of prejudice is what’s shocking to me.’
Salman Rushdie tells Andrew Marr that ‘casual racism’ from the 1970s is coming back.
Salman Rushdie tells Andrew Marr that ‘casual racism’ from the 1970s is coming back.
November 27, 2025 at 5:52 PM
‘The rise of prejudice is what’s shocking to me.’
Salman Rushdie tells Andrew Marr that ‘casual racism’ from the 1970s is coming back.
Salman Rushdie tells Andrew Marr that ‘casual racism’ from the 1970s is coming back.
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13. The abysmal system for pre-recording cross-examinations of vulnerable witnesses (up until this year supplied by Vodafone) crashing, freezing and even failing to record. www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymout...
Judge calls Vodafone 'clowns' in exasperated court outburst
A Plymouth Crown Court jury have been told by a judge the delays to their trial over last few days were down to phone company and whoever gave the firm the contract to pre-record cross-examination of ...
www.plymouthherald.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
13. The abysmal system for pre-recording cross-examinations of vulnerable witnesses (up until this year supplied by Vodafone) crashing, freezing and even failing to record. www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymout...
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10. Not enough barristers to cover cases. Often - especially in serious, specialised and difficult work such as Rape and Serious Sexual Offences - the CPS will not be able to find an available barrister, due to so many having quit. www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/barrist...
Barristers to quit RASSO work, survey suggests
Barristers cite poor pay and emotional exhaustion for wanting to quit rape and serious sexual offences work.
www.lawgazette.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
10. Not enough barristers to cover cases. Often - especially in serious, specialised and difficult work such as Rape and Serious Sexual Offences - the CPS will not be able to find an available barrister, due to so many having quit. www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/barrist...
As usual,an excellent thread from @barristersecret.bsky.social, on some of the real reasons behind the backlog in our courts that don't include juries.
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 11:18 PM
As usual,an excellent thread from @barristersecret.bsky.social, on some of the real reasons behind the backlog in our courts that don't include juries.
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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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No wifi on my Avanti train between the UK’s two biggest cities and extremely patchy phone signal for 80% of the journey.
We talk about boosting productivity, yet…
We talk about boosting productivity, yet…
November 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
No wifi on my Avanti train between the UK’s two biggest cities and extremely patchy phone signal for 80% of the journey.
We talk about boosting productivity, yet…
We talk about boosting productivity, yet…
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It's such a bizarre framing. Labour MPs think taking 450k kids out of poverty is putting the country first! That's why they wanted it to happen! It's not because they personally benefit.
Headline on The World at One just now:
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
November 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
It's such a bizarre framing. Labour MPs think taking 450k kids out of poverty is putting the country first! That's why they wanted it to happen! It's not because they personally benefit.
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"The allegations that I used to use hammers to murder rabbits are only being made because people don't like my policy of killing rabbits with hammers."
November 27, 2025 at 6:59 AM
"The allegations that I used to use hammers to murder rabbits are only being made because people don't like my policy of killing rabbits with hammers."
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A solicitor, Andrew Milne has been bullying leaseholders across Sheffield into paying him extraordinary sums, with no legal basis.
Why hasn't the SRA stopped him? Because he's conducted an extraordinary campaign against the SRA. 180 complaints. Two judicial reviews.
More here: buff.ly/LmLVegM
Why hasn't the SRA stopped him? Because he's conducted an extraordinary campaign against the SRA. 180 complaints. Two judicial reviews.
More here: buff.ly/LmLVegM
SRA urged to take action as we reveal solicitor has ‘purposely frustrated’ investigation
Solicitor Andrew Jonathan Milne delayed an official investigation into his alleged professional misconduct by overwhelming the regulator with complaints and threatening them with two injunctions se…
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November 27, 2025 at 9:51 AM
A solicitor, Andrew Milne has been bullying leaseholders across Sheffield into paying him extraordinary sums, with no legal basis.
Why hasn't the SRA stopped him? Because he's conducted an extraordinary campaign against the SRA. 180 complaints. Two judicial reviews.
More here: buff.ly/LmLVegM
Why hasn't the SRA stopped him? Because he's conducted an extraordinary campaign against the SRA. 180 complaints. Two judicial reviews.
More here: buff.ly/LmLVegM
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New net migration figures at 930am.
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
November 27, 2025 at 7:54 AM
New net migration figures at 930am.
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
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1/5 It was entirely predictable that The Telegraph would jump on @DavidOlusoga’s Empire series to fight its right wing culture war for control of our public history. Let’s see what they’ve done:
November 27, 2025 at 8:28 AM
1/5 It was entirely predictable that The Telegraph would jump on @DavidOlusoga’s Empire series to fight its right wing culture war for control of our public history. Let’s see what they’ve done:
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- A 100,000 drop in net migration costs us £7bn
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
November 27, 2025 at 11:11 AM
- A 100,000 drop in net migration costs us £7bn
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
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Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
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Today we’ll get latest net immigration figures - They’ll show immigration for work is plummeting.
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
November 27, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Today we’ll get latest net immigration figures - They’ll show immigration for work is plummeting.
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
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Nigel Farage asked about Reform MS Laura Anne Jones (who the Senedd Commissioner found had used a racist term in a staff WhatsApp chat in August 2023 while discussing TikTok writing: “No chinky spies for me.”)
"Well, she used a word that colloquially, probably was meant in a nice way 20 years ago."
"Well, she used a word that colloquially, probably was meant in a nice way 20 years ago."
November 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Nigel Farage asked about Reform MS Laura Anne Jones (who the Senedd Commissioner found had used a racist term in a staff WhatsApp chat in August 2023 while discussing TikTok writing: “No chinky spies for me.”)
"Well, she used a word that colloquially, probably was meant in a nice way 20 years ago."
"Well, she used a word that colloquially, probably was meant in a nice way 20 years ago."