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I love LFC. I'm a socialist, anti racist, retired trade unionist. I like reading, films, food, paddle boarding, animals. I used to enjoy a cig and a glass of wine but had to quit both for health reasons (sigh).
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£10m public money spent on subsidies for former UK PMs to run their offices.
Many abuse it to run private businesses, serve corporations/rich, enrich themselves.
All cut benefits to the people but no means-testing for their allowance, no public interest test, no public accountability.
Many abuse it to run private businesses, serve corporations/rich, enrich themselves.
All cut benefits to the people but no means-testing for their allowance, no public interest test, no public accountability.
Almost £10m of public money spent on subsidies for former PMs
Annual cost of allowance has more than doubled in recent years because of quick turnover of prime ministers
www.theguardian.com
September 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
£10m public money spent on subsidies for former UK PMs to run their offices.
Many abuse it to run private businesses, serve corporations/rich, enrich themselves.
All cut benefits to the people but no means-testing for their allowance, no public interest test, no public accountability.
Many abuse it to run private businesses, serve corporations/rich, enrich themselves.
All cut benefits to the people but no means-testing for their allowance, no public interest test, no public accountability.
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Nigel Farage is not working class, he went to one of the most expensive schools in the UK, even more expensive than Eton and the only job he ever had was buying and selling stocks.
He hasn't been a working man for a single second of his life.
He hasn't been a working man for a single second of his life.
September 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Nigel Farage is not working class, he went to one of the most expensive schools in the UK, even more expensive than Eton and the only job he ever had was buying and selling stocks.
He hasn't been a working man for a single second of his life.
He hasn't been a working man for a single second of his life.
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'This country needs migrants'
Zack Polanski, the new leader of the Green Party in England and Wales, speaks to #BBCBreakfast about his views on immigration
Zack Polanski, the new leader of the Green Party in England and Wales, speaks to #BBCBreakfast about his views on immigration
September 3, 2025 at 6:47 AM
'This country needs migrants'
Zack Polanski, the new leader of the Green Party in England and Wales, speaks to #BBCBreakfast about his views on immigration
Zack Polanski, the new leader of the Green Party in England and Wales, speaks to #BBCBreakfast about his views on immigration
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Did Brexit cause the small boats?
Are any countries managing immigration well?
How do I stay calm when arguing with dickheads?
What can we all do to fight back against the hate?
Wonderful questions from the @bremaininspain.com community :) - my answers here www.bremaininspain.com/bremainers-a...
Are any countries managing immigration well?
How do I stay calm when arguing with dickheads?
What can we all do to fight back against the hate?
Wonderful questions from the @bremaininspain.com community :) - my answers here www.bremaininspain.com/bremainers-a...
Bremainers Ask ....... Zoe Gardner - Bremain in Spain
Bremain in Spain is campaigning for a strong & close relationship with the EU and to protect the rights of British migrants living in Spain.
www.bremaininspain.com
August 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Did Brexit cause the small boats?
Are any countries managing immigration well?
How do I stay calm when arguing with dickheads?
What can we all do to fight back against the hate?
Wonderful questions from the @bremaininspain.com community :) - my answers here www.bremaininspain.com/bremainers-a...
Are any countries managing immigration well?
How do I stay calm when arguing with dickheads?
What can we all do to fight back against the hate?
Wonderful questions from the @bremaininspain.com community :) - my answers here www.bremaininspain.com/bremainers-a...
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Reality continues to bite for Reform - when in power. They criticised so many other councils for taking flags down for public safety reasons - and now, they’re doing it themselves at a council they run. You gotta love it..:).
buff.ly/AGL0JeC
buff.ly/AGL0JeC
August 30, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Reality continues to bite for Reform - when in power. They criticised so many other councils for taking flags down for public safety reasons - and now, they’re doing it themselves at a council they run. You gotta love it..:).
buff.ly/AGL0JeC
buff.ly/AGL0JeC
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Nigel Farage is an actual terrorist supporter.
Can we stop locking up people wearing T-Shirts for a minute and get him?
Can we stop locking up people wearing T-Shirts for a minute and get him?
August 26, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Nigel Farage is an actual terrorist supporter.
Can we stop locking up people wearing T-Shirts for a minute and get him?
Can we stop locking up people wearing T-Shirts for a minute and get him?
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The normalisation of racist hate and the fearmongering about "foreign paedophiles" by the mainstream media and politicians has allowed Tommy Robinson and his moronic followers to set the agenda...
So now a doting grandad is too terrified to leave his home
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
So now a doting grandad is too terrified to leave his home
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Family in fear after Tommy Robinson shares video of black man with white granddaughters
Exclusive: Olajuwon Ayeni racially abused and falsely labelled a paedophile as far right weaponises clip of family in park
www.theguardian.com
August 20, 2025 at 7:51 AM
The normalisation of racist hate and the fearmongering about "foreign paedophiles" by the mainstream media and politicians has allowed Tommy Robinson and his moronic followers to set the agenda...
So now a doting grandad is too terrified to leave his home
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
So now a doting grandad is too terrified to leave his home
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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63% of people think net migration rose in the last 12 months
8% of people think it fell
Yet it fell by 400,000 in 2024 vs 2023
[It is falling further in 2025]
Public service broadcasters are doing a core part of their job on this topic badly if that 8% is not closer to 30% at least
8% of people think it fell
Yet it fell by 400,000 in 2024 vs 2023
[It is falling further in 2025]
Public service broadcasters are doing a core part of their job on this topic badly if that 8% is not closer to 30% at least
August 23, 2025 at 7:12 AM
63% of people think net migration rose in the last 12 months
8% of people think it fell
Yet it fell by 400,000 in 2024 vs 2023
[It is falling further in 2025]
Public service broadcasters are doing a core part of their job on this topic badly if that 8% is not closer to 30% at least
8% of people think it fell
Yet it fell by 400,000 in 2024 vs 2023
[It is falling further in 2025]
Public service broadcasters are doing a core part of their job on this topic badly if that 8% is not closer to 30% at least
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More compelling evidence of how Right to Buy is hugely depleting council housing stock & forces people to spend more on private rents. Scotland & Wales abolished it years ago in order to protect & increase the stock of affordable social housing - England should do the same
England to sell eight times more council homes than it built last year, report finds
Depletion of social housing stock spurs calls for councils to have first refusal to buy ex-council homes entering market
www.theguardian.com
August 21, 2025 at 9:54 AM
More compelling evidence of how Right to Buy is hugely depleting council housing stock & forces people to spend more on private rents. Scotland & Wales abolished it years ago in order to protect & increase the stock of affordable social housing - England should do the same
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Build council homes and control private rents.
That is how we would fix the housing crisis.
Join us at yourparty.uk.
That is how we would fix the housing crisis.
Join us at yourparty.uk.
August 21, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Build council homes and control private rents.
That is how we would fix the housing crisis.
Join us at yourparty.uk.
That is how we would fix the housing crisis.
Join us at yourparty.uk.
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41% of Tommy Robinson and Nigel Farage's followers who got arrested at the Riots last year had previous for Domestic Abuse.
But apparently it is immigrants who are the problem and not your friendly patriotic wife beater.
But apparently it is immigrants who are the problem and not your friendly patriotic wife beater.
August 21, 2025 at 9:52 AM
41% of Tommy Robinson and Nigel Farage's followers who got arrested at the Riots last year had previous for Domestic Abuse.
But apparently it is immigrants who are the problem and not your friendly patriotic wife beater.
But apparently it is immigrants who are the problem and not your friendly patriotic wife beater.
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It’s such a right wing thing to do - to stand very much for something one day and dead against it the next. Jenrick went from procuring hotels for immigrants (and boasting about it) when in government them to protesting them now in opposition, alongside Neo Nazis. Populists have no principles.
August 21, 2025 at 8:37 AM
It’s such a right wing thing to do - to stand very much for something one day and dead against it the next. Jenrick went from procuring hotels for immigrants (and boasting about it) when in government them to protesting them now in opposition, alongside Neo Nazis. Populists have no principles.
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Important to highlight.
The influence of the Christian Far Right has long plagued British politics; I wrote a book chapter about it in 2014
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/could-proj...
The influence of the Christian Far Right has long plagued British politics; I wrote a book chapter about it in 2014
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/could-proj...
Could Project 2025 happen here?
The Christian Right that propelled Trump to power is coming for Britain, says American investigative journalist Katherine Stewart.
democracyforsale.substack.com
August 21, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Important to highlight.
The influence of the Christian Far Right has long plagued British politics; I wrote a book chapter about it in 2014
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/could-proj...
The influence of the Christian Far Right has long plagued British politics; I wrote a book chapter about it in 2014
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/could-proj...
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Last week, we were out & about talking to the public in Glasgow!
At a time when hostility can feel overwhelming, it was deeply heartwarming to hear how much love, compassion & solidarity is out there.
The message was resoundingly clear: Refugees are welcome here! 🧡
#partofthebiggerpicture🧩
At a time when hostility can feel overwhelming, it was deeply heartwarming to hear how much love, compassion & solidarity is out there.
The message was resoundingly clear: Refugees are welcome here! 🧡
#partofthebiggerpicture🧩
August 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Last week, we were out & about talking to the public in Glasgow!
At a time when hostility can feel overwhelming, it was deeply heartwarming to hear how much love, compassion & solidarity is out there.
The message was resoundingly clear: Refugees are welcome here! 🧡
#partofthebiggerpicture🧩
At a time when hostility can feel overwhelming, it was deeply heartwarming to hear how much love, compassion & solidarity is out there.
The message was resoundingly clear: Refugees are welcome here! 🧡
#partofthebiggerpicture🧩
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Barry Gardiner MP tears apart Reform's voting record on women's safety issues
leftfootforward.org/2025/08/labo...
leftfootforward.org/2025/08/labo...
Labour MP tears into Reform’s voting record on violence against women and girls
‘We need MPs who vote the way they tell the public they think’
leftfootforward.org
August 14, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Barry Gardiner MP tears apart Reform's voting record on women's safety issues
leftfootforward.org/2025/08/labo...
leftfootforward.org/2025/08/labo...
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Concerned for their women and children eh? Maybe they need to check who is rioti... I mean standing beside them then.
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There were 48 people arrested in relation to the disorder, of which 23 had been reported for domestic abuse. The figures for Northern Ireland – 48% - were higher than the UK average (41%). www.thedetail.tv/articles/alm...
Almost half NI race rioters reported for domestic abuse
The figures for Northern Ireland – 48% - were higher than the UK average (41%).
www.thedetail.tv
August 9, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Concerned for their women and children eh? Maybe they need to check who is rioti... I mean standing beside them then.
bsky.app/profile/aman...
bsky.app/profile/aman...
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Disgusted but not surprised. There was Orgreave. There was Hillsborough. Then there's this. SYP are not fit for purpose.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Five survivors of Rotherham grooming gangs say they were also raped by police officers
Three former South Yorkshire police officers arrested in investigation into claims by the women, as young as 12 at the time
www.theguardian.com
July 30, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Disgusted but not surprised. There was Orgreave. There was Hillsborough. Then there's this. SYP are not fit for purpose.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...