@truenecessarykind.bsky.social
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Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
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Today, the energy price cap set by Ofgem goes up yet again.
¼ of your bill was taken as profit by energy companies in 2024 — an average of £416 per household.
Families are squeezed to pad the pockets of shareholders.
🧵 Here’s how the public has been turned into a cash machine.
¼ of your bill was taken as profit by energy companies in 2024 — an average of £416 per household.
Families are squeezed to pad the pockets of shareholders.
🧵 Here’s how the public has been turned into a cash machine.
October 1, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Today, the energy price cap set by Ofgem goes up yet again.
¼ of your bill was taken as profit by energy companies in 2024 — an average of £416 per household.
Families are squeezed to pad the pockets of shareholders.
🧵 Here’s how the public has been turned into a cash machine.
¼ of your bill was taken as profit by energy companies in 2024 — an average of £416 per household.
Families are squeezed to pad the pockets of shareholders.
🧵 Here’s how the public has been turned into a cash machine.
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What on Earth is this? An "in depth" BBC article about free speech in the UK that only cites examples of right-wing/ 'anti-woke' speech being suppressed. How can you mention Lucy Connolly but completely ignore Palestine Action / Just Stop Oil? Gob-smacking. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How the simmering UK freedom of speech row reached boiling point
How did we reach a point where the UK is being compared to a 'tin pot Third World dictatorship'?
www.bbc.co.uk
September 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
What on Earth is this? An "in depth" BBC article about free speech in the UK that only cites examples of right-wing/ 'anti-woke' speech being suppressed. How can you mention Lucy Connolly but completely ignore Palestine Action / Just Stop Oil? Gob-smacking. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Written by a doctor at St Thomas' Hospital, London after the Tommy Robinson march on 13/9.
September 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Written by a doctor at St Thomas' Hospital, London after the Tommy Robinson march on 13/9.
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There's no better poster child for the mess the UK is now in than the fact that the Financial Times - home to the "how to spend it" supplement on luxury geegaws - is now one of the most left-wing media channels in the country simply because it's still interested in reality.
August 27, 2025 at 10:41 AM
There's no better poster child for the mess the UK is now in than the fact that the Financial Times - home to the "how to spend it" supplement on luxury geegaws - is now one of the most left-wing media channels in the country simply because it's still interested in reality.
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3 Rolling Stock Operating Companies own most of the 15,200 vehicles that run on Britain’s railways, making huge profits for their overseas shareholders.
They are the gravy train - and they have to go.
Read our new report on the future of our railways today👇
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They are the gravy train - and they have to go.
Read our new report on the future of our railways today👇
vist.ly/4499u
August 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
3 Rolling Stock Operating Companies own most of the 15,200 vehicles that run on Britain’s railways, making huge profits for their overseas shareholders.
They are the gravy train - and they have to go.
Read our new report on the future of our railways today👇
vist.ly/4499u
They are the gravy train - and they have to go.
Read our new report on the future of our railways today👇
vist.ly/4499u
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When business groups judge a government has firmly decided to do something they don't like, they often cut their losses and stop criticising it because their cost-benefit analysis says that speaking out won't stop it but could piss off the government, get them frozen out, or worse.
See: Brexit.
See: Brexit.
August 2, 2025 at 9:43 AM
When business groups judge a government has firmly decided to do something they don't like, they often cut their losses and stop criticising it because their cost-benefit analysis says that speaking out won't stop it but could piss off the government, get them frozen out, or worse.
See: Brexit.
See: Brexit.
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Three stunning and shaming paragraphs, by Rachel Wolf of Public First, in @theobserveruk.bsky.social
July 20, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Three stunning and shaming paragraphs, by Rachel Wolf of Public First, in @theobserveruk.bsky.social
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Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
July 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Not really an overstatement to say that the test of a free society is whether or not comedians can make fun of the country's leader on TV without repurcussions.
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Farage cries betrayal over access to fish stocks. But NEVER FORGET he stood down hundreds of Brexit Party PPCs to help Johnson win big in 2019 and it was Johnson who negotiated the access. There's no change to access, just an extension on existing deal for 12 years. If it's on anyone, it's Farage
May 19, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Farage cries betrayal over access to fish stocks. But NEVER FORGET he stood down hundreds of Brexit Party PPCs to help Johnson win big in 2019 and it was Johnson who negotiated the access. There's no change to access, just an extension on existing deal for 12 years. If it's on anyone, it's Farage
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May 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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@hcrichardson.bsky.social please post this video of Springsteen’s inspiring words at his Manchester concert:
youtu.be/6ZHWIYHlXOs?...
youtu.be/6ZHWIYHlXOs?...
Land of Hope and Dreams
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
May 15, 2025 at 2:41 AM
@hcrichardson.bsky.social please post this video of Springsteen’s inspiring words at his Manchester concert:
youtu.be/6ZHWIYHlXOs?...
youtu.be/6ZHWIYHlXOs?...
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A couple of things.
Asylum Seekers can't claim benefits, the money for their accommodation goes straight to the rich Conservative Hotel owners, they can't get Council Houses, and they WANT to work.
Good day.
Asylum Seekers can't claim benefits, the money for their accommodation goes straight to the rich Conservative Hotel owners, they can't get Council Houses, and they WANT to work.
Good day.
May 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
A couple of things.
Asylum Seekers can't claim benefits, the money for their accommodation goes straight to the rich Conservative Hotel owners, they can't get Council Houses, and they WANT to work.
Good day.
Asylum Seekers can't claim benefits, the money for their accommodation goes straight to the rich Conservative Hotel owners, they can't get Council Houses, and they WANT to work.
Good day.
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Here is a radical suggestion.Perhaps party strategists all over the UK should step back from their focus groups for two minutes and think less about how to campaign, and more why they want to win. What is your plan for the country? Make up your mind, then try to sell it.
Old-fashioned, I know.
Old-fashioned, I know.
May 2, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Here is a radical suggestion.Perhaps party strategists all over the UK should step back from their focus groups for two minutes and think less about how to campaign, and more why they want to win. What is your plan for the country? Make up your mind, then try to sell it.
Old-fashioned, I know.
Old-fashioned, I know.
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The rule of law is democracy's last shield, that's why would-be strongmen or women - from Trump to Le Pen, Orban and Erdogan to Netanyahu, work so hard to undermine it
www.ft.com/content/85c8...
www.ft.com/content/85c8...
April 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The rule of law is democracy's last shield, that's why would-be strongmen or women - from Trump to Le Pen, Orban and Erdogan to Netanyahu, work so hard to undermine it
www.ft.com/content/85c8...
www.ft.com/content/85c8...
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Sanders: I'm not a mathematician but I do know that 99% is a hell of a lot bigger number than 1%. I do know that if we stand together, we are the vast majority of people. We can defeat trumpism
March 22, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Sanders: I'm not a mathematician but I do know that 99% is a hell of a lot bigger number than 1%. I do know that if we stand together, we are the vast majority of people. We can defeat trumpism
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Lord Bamford owes £500,000,000 to HMRC he has retired from the House of Lords and fled.
He expects his debt just like Michelle Mone's £232,000,000 debt to be written off.
We must recover every penny from these thieves, and toss them in jail.
He expects his debt just like Michelle Mone's £232,000,000 debt to be written off.
We must recover every penny from these thieves, and toss them in jail.
March 18, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Lord Bamford owes £500,000,000 to HMRC he has retired from the House of Lords and fled.
He expects his debt just like Michelle Mone's £232,000,000 debt to be written off.
We must recover every penny from these thieves, and toss them in jail.
He expects his debt just like Michelle Mone's £232,000,000 debt to be written off.
We must recover every penny from these thieves, and toss them in jail.
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“I was hungry” and you cut $1 Billion in funding to schools and food banks.
“I was sick” and you worked to gut medicaid, depriving me of healthcare.
“I was a stranger” and you defined my humanity by legal status.
“What ever you do to the least of these, you do unto me.”-Jesus
“I was sick” and you worked to gut medicaid, depriving me of healthcare.
“I was a stranger” and you defined my humanity by legal status.
“What ever you do to the least of these, you do unto me.”-Jesus
March 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
“I was hungry” and you cut $1 Billion in funding to schools and food banks.
“I was sick” and you worked to gut medicaid, depriving me of healthcare.
“I was a stranger” and you defined my humanity by legal status.
“What ever you do to the least of these, you do unto me.”-Jesus
“I was sick” and you worked to gut medicaid, depriving me of healthcare.
“I was a stranger” and you defined my humanity by legal status.
“What ever you do to the least of these, you do unto me.”-Jesus
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Hats off to the genius behind this.
London does indeed rock.
London does indeed rock.
Outside the American Embassy in London....
London rocks......✊🏼
London rocks......✊🏼
March 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Hats off to the genius behind this.
London does indeed rock.
London does indeed rock.
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Local cheese shop offers unmissable deal this weekend.
March 15, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Local cheese shop offers unmissable deal this weekend.
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THE FASTEST GROWING HEAT PUMP MARKET IN THE WORLD:
The UK heat pump market grew by 63% in 2024.
As far as I know it is currently the fastest growing heat pump market in the world.
The UK heat pump market grew by 63% in 2024.
As far as I know it is currently the fastest growing heat pump market in the world.
March 4, 2025 at 10:11 AM
THE FASTEST GROWING HEAT PUMP MARKET IN THE WORLD:
The UK heat pump market grew by 63% in 2024.
As far as I know it is currently the fastest growing heat pump market in the world.
The UK heat pump market grew by 63% in 2024.
As far as I know it is currently the fastest growing heat pump market in the world.
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Time to use Amazon like they used to use brick-and-mortar book stores!
March 3, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Time to use Amazon like they used to use brick-and-mortar book stores!
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Donald Trump says stopping military aid is the best way to get peace, except in the middle East where apparently it's best to keep arming Israel
March 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Donald Trump says stopping military aid is the best way to get peace, except in the middle East where apparently it's best to keep arming Israel
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I’ve visited the US multiple times, have loved it and the lovely people
I won’t be visiting for the next 4 years or so
I’m sure they won’t miss me or my family
But they might miss everyone else
Trump tax!
I won’t be visiting for the next 4 years or so
I’m sure they won’t miss me or my family
But they might miss everyone else
Trump tax!
March 3, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I’ve visited the US multiple times, have loved it and the lovely people
I won’t be visiting for the next 4 years or so
I’m sure they won’t miss me or my family
But they might miss everyone else
Trump tax!
I won’t be visiting for the next 4 years or so
I’m sure they won’t miss me or my family
But they might miss everyone else
Trump tax!