Tim
@timetogo.bsky.social
Cornwall resident, camper-vanner, walker, love cooking, NCFC fan
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Critics argue that the ECHR stops us from being able to deport illegal migrants. In reality, in 75 years the ECHR has only ruled against the UK in 13 cases out of 500k: 0.000026%. The ECHR is being used a scapegoat for domestic challenges, and we must defend it.
Starmer urges European leaders to reform human rights laws to tackle immigration
The ECHR is seen by its critics as a major barrier to attempts to deport illegal migrants from the country.
www.independent.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Critics argue that the ECHR stops us from being able to deport illegal migrants. In reality, in 75 years the ECHR has only ruled against the UK in 13 cases out of 500k: 0.000026%. The ECHR is being used a scapegoat for domestic challenges, and we must defend it.
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Sign our petition to keep the UK in the ECHR here:
Act now to protect the UK's place in the ECHR
Sign the European Movement UK's petition now if you agree: Britain must remain in the ECHR
www.europeanmovement.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Sign our petition to keep the UK in the ECHR here:
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New Home Office impact assessment finds that cutting skilled and social care visas will cost the UK up to £10 billion with a central estimate of -£5.4 billion.
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
December 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
New Home Office impact assessment finds that cutting skilled and social care visas will cost the UK up to £10 billion with a central estimate of -£5.4 billion.
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
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this is insane
New Home Office impact assessment finds that cutting skilled and social care visas will cost the UK up to £10 billion with a central estimate of -£5.4 billion.
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
December 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
this is insane
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You know what not to buy…
#Germany, the owner of #Müller supports neo-Nazis: yogurt boycotted.
German billionaire #TheoMüller now openly boasts about being friends with the Nazi #AliceWeidel, leader of the #AfD.
#FBR #NoAfD
#Germany, the owner of #Müller supports neo-Nazis: yogurt boycotted.
German billionaire #TheoMüller now openly boasts about being friends with the Nazi #AliceWeidel, leader of the #AfD.
#FBR #NoAfD
Müllermilch Boss with Fringe Friends: A German Dairy Billionaire's Links to the Far Right
The dairy billionaire Theo Müller is friends with Alice Weidel, the co-leader of the right-wing extremist party Alternative for Germany. She and other fringe figures were invited to his extravagant bi...
www.spiegel.de
December 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
You know what not to buy…
#Germany, the owner of #Müller supports neo-Nazis: yogurt boycotted.
German billionaire #TheoMüller now openly boasts about being friends with the Nazi #AliceWeidel, leader of the #AfD.
#FBR #NoAfD
#Germany, the owner of #Müller supports neo-Nazis: yogurt boycotted.
German billionaire #TheoMüller now openly boasts about being friends with the Nazi #AliceWeidel, leader of the #AfD.
#FBR #NoAfD
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I like writing. I also like numbers. Both can tell us so much. This is a particularly good example and well put together, but it's a stark picture of what has been taken away.
On budget day, here's a timely reminder of the vital public services we've lost over the past 15 years through government cuts.
December 1, 2025 at 11:38 AM
I like writing. I also like numbers. Both can tell us so much. This is a particularly good example and well put together, but it's a stark picture of what has been taken away.
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Even under the lower estimate of 6%, the annual hit to tax revenues would be around £65 billion.
The analysis also estimates that the average Brit is thousands of pounds worse off due to the Conservative Brexit deal. The hit to UK GDP per capita from Brexit is between £2,700 and £3,700
The analysis also estimates that the average Brit is thousands of pounds worse off due to the Conservative Brexit deal. The hit to UK GDP per capita from Brexit is between £2,700 and £3,700
Revealed: Brexit costing the UK £250m a day in lost tax revenue
The UK is losing £250m a day in lost tax revenue due to the economic impact of Brexit, House of Commons Library analysis commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has revealed.
www.libdems.org.uk
December 1, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Even under the lower estimate of 6%, the annual hit to tax revenues would be around £65 billion.
The analysis also estimates that the average Brit is thousands of pounds worse off due to the Conservative Brexit deal. The hit to UK GDP per capita from Brexit is between £2,700 and £3,700
The analysis also estimates that the average Brit is thousands of pounds worse off due to the Conservative Brexit deal. The hit to UK GDP per capita from Brexit is between £2,700 and £3,700
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What we're seeing is exactly what we saw in the late 1940s, the late 1960s and the mid- to late 1970s: a concerted and hysterical campaign to delegitimise a Labour government, and indeed the very idea of Labour governments at all.
December 1, 2025 at 8:44 AM
What we're seeing is exactly what we saw in the late 1940s, the late 1960s and the mid- to late 1970s: a concerted and hysterical campaign to delegitimise a Labour government, and indeed the very idea of Labour governments at all.
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It's amazing how many aspects of modern life seem to have passed their peak:
Windows, iOS, Twitter, LinkedIn, chocolate, civility, Word, Outlook, web browsers, political discourse, peace, compassion, journalism, public debate, search engines, air travel, consumer product durability, privacy etc...
Windows, iOS, Twitter, LinkedIn, chocolate, civility, Word, Outlook, web browsers, political discourse, peace, compassion, journalism, public debate, search engines, air travel, consumer product durability, privacy etc...
November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
It's amazing how many aspects of modern life seem to have passed their peak:
Windows, iOS, Twitter, LinkedIn, chocolate, civility, Word, Outlook, web browsers, political discourse, peace, compassion, journalism, public debate, search engines, air travel, consumer product durability, privacy etc...
Windows, iOS, Twitter, LinkedIn, chocolate, civility, Word, Outlook, web browsers, political discourse, peace, compassion, journalism, public debate, search engines, air travel, consumer product durability, privacy etc...
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Who among these critics of immigration is not descended from immigrants? Who among their American heroes are not? Who among those ancestors were not a product of cultural conflict or the search for something better and different? And who did not bring some of their traditions with them.
November 28, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Who among these critics of immigration is not descended from immigrants? Who among their American heroes are not? Who among those ancestors were not a product of cultural conflict or the search for something better and different? And who did not bring some of their traditions with them.
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The Sergei Podcast...
"Stood out for its sophistication and breadth of tone, combining rigorous investigation with gravity, precision, warmth and wit. It was ambitious absorbing and beautifully executed; managing to be both serious and entertaining, and all achieved without big-budget backing."
"Stood out for its sophistication and breadth of tone, combining rigorous investigation with gravity, precision, warmth and wit. It was ambitious absorbing and beautifully executed; managing to be both serious and entertaining, and all achieved without big-budget backing."
November 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The Sergei Podcast...
"Stood out for its sophistication and breadth of tone, combining rigorous investigation with gravity, precision, warmth and wit. It was ambitious absorbing and beautifully executed; managing to be both serious and entertaining, and all achieved without big-budget backing."
"Stood out for its sophistication and breadth of tone, combining rigorous investigation with gravity, precision, warmth and wit. It was ambitious absorbing and beautifully executed; managing to be both serious and entertaining, and all achieved without big-budget backing."
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The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
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On Truss & Kwarteng in ‘22. Allister Heath, Telegraph: “the best budget I have ever heard a British chancellor deliver". Alex Brummer, Mail: “a genuine Tory package elbowing to one side the Treasury's fiscal conservatism".
These men will now be paid actual money for their analysis of today’s budget.
These men will now be paid actual money for their analysis of today’s budget.
November 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
On Truss & Kwarteng in ‘22. Allister Heath, Telegraph: “the best budget I have ever heard a British chancellor deliver". Alex Brummer, Mail: “a genuine Tory package elbowing to one side the Treasury's fiscal conservatism".
These men will now be paid actual money for their analysis of today’s budget.
These men will now be paid actual money for their analysis of today’s budget.
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Tory front benches equally furious at a tax on mansions and hundreds of thousands of kids being pulled out of poverty. Shameful stuff.
November 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Tory front benches equally furious at a tax on mansions and hundreds of thousands of kids being pulled out of poverty. Shameful stuff.
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It’s not juries that are causing the decay in court buildings, the delay in court cases, the low pay of criminal lawyers, the shambles in court IT. Juries are the citizens’ protection against judicial and legislative over-reach.
November 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
It’s not juries that are causing the decay in court buildings, the delay in court cases, the low pay of criminal lawyers, the shambles in court IT. Juries are the citizens’ protection against judicial and legislative over-reach.
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Just yesterday, when covering a story regarding sugar in milkshake drinks, the BBC platformed the Institute of Economic Affairs, unsurprisingly without asking who funds them.
It's absolutely woeful journalism.
It's absolutely woeful journalism.
November 26, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Just yesterday, when covering a story regarding sugar in milkshake drinks, the BBC platformed the Institute of Economic Affairs, unsurprisingly without asking who funds them.
It's absolutely woeful journalism.
It's absolutely woeful journalism.
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every time someone goes on the Beeb, no matter what topic they’re there to talk about, they should add, ‘oh, and Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history’
November 25, 2025 at 11:26 AM
every time someone goes on the Beeb, no matter what topic they’re there to talk about, they should add, ‘oh, and Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history’
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On Bregman, I was there in the audience and I can’t see what the BBC have gained by removing this line except more bad publicity. I will say that no such edits or censorship occurred when I gave the Reith Lectures and free-speech defenders might want think about whether this is the world they want.
November 25, 2025 at 12:11 PM
On Bregman, I was there in the audience and I can’t see what the BBC have gained by removing this line except more bad publicity. I will say that no such edits or censorship occurred when I gave the Reith Lectures and free-speech defenders might want think about whether this is the world they want.
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Apple is anti-union.
Tesla is anti-union.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
These mega-corporations aren’t on workers’ side and their actions make it painfully clear.
Tesla is anti-union.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
These mega-corporations aren’t on workers’ side and their actions make it painfully clear.
November 24, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Apple is anti-union.
Tesla is anti-union.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
These mega-corporations aren’t on workers’ side and their actions make it painfully clear.
Tesla is anti-union.
Amazon is anti-union.
McDonald's is anti-union.
Starbucks is anti-union.
Google is anti-union.
Walmart is anti-union.
These mega-corporations aren’t on workers’ side and their actions make it painfully clear.
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The UK is losing up to £250m a day in lost tax revenue due to the economic impact of Brexit, House of Commons Library analysis for the Lib Dems suggests.
Brexit has blown a "black hole of [up to] £90 billion a year in the public finances" the party says. Even under lower estimates the hit is ~£65bn
Brexit has blown a "black hole of [up to] £90 billion a year in the public finances" the party says. Even under lower estimates the hit is ~£65bn
November 25, 2025 at 10:33 AM
The UK is losing up to £250m a day in lost tax revenue due to the economic impact of Brexit, House of Commons Library analysis for the Lib Dems suggests.
Brexit has blown a "black hole of [up to] £90 billion a year in the public finances" the party says. Even under lower estimates the hit is ~£65bn
Brexit has blown a "black hole of [up to] £90 billion a year in the public finances" the party says. Even under lower estimates the hit is ~£65bn
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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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Mr Bono is to be forgiven if he supposes Donald Trump a new “idea” that nefarious individuals have just concocted recently. From slavery to the systematic genocide of Native Americans to the exploitation of labor to the maltreatment of women & children, the evil of rich men is core to our history.
November 23, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Mr Bono is to be forgiven if he supposes Donald Trump a new “idea” that nefarious individuals have just concocted recently. From slavery to the systematic genocide of Native Americans to the exploitation of labor to the maltreatment of women & children, the evil of rich men is core to our history.
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This is a small, rocky planet where three dictators are fighting to become the most powerful of them all.
Meanwhile, the inhabitants are exterminating other species and making their world uninhabitable – but they are too narrow-minded and greedy to take that into account.
@NASA/JPL - Caltech SSI
Meanwhile, the inhabitants are exterminating other species and making their world uninhabitable – but they are too narrow-minded and greedy to take that into account.
@NASA/JPL - Caltech SSI
November 24, 2025 at 9:49 AM
This is a small, rocky planet where three dictators are fighting to become the most powerful of them all.
Meanwhile, the inhabitants are exterminating other species and making their world uninhabitable – but they are too narrow-minded and greedy to take that into account.
@NASA/JPL - Caltech SSI
Meanwhile, the inhabitants are exterminating other species and making their world uninhabitable – but they are too narrow-minded and greedy to take that into account.
@NASA/JPL - Caltech SSI