David Doubleday
@webard1.bsky.social
Retired in the North East of England. Likes dogs, country hikes, gardening,
nature & good photography. Politics left of centre, hate Brexit and bigotry. No Messages.
nature & good photography. Politics left of centre, hate Brexit and bigotry. No Messages.
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A man who attempted to rape a stranger on a Sunderland street has been jailed – with a man who stopped him being praised.
Ian Hudson, 42, targeted the woman who was walking in the Monkwearmouth area on December 30 last year.
Ian Hudson, 42, targeted the woman who was walking in the Monkwearmouth area on December 30 last year.
November 29, 2025 at 1:46 AM
A man who attempted to rape a stranger on a Sunderland street has been jailed – with a man who stopped him being praised.
Ian Hudson, 42, targeted the woman who was walking in the Monkwearmouth area on December 30 last year.
Ian Hudson, 42, targeted the woman who was walking in the Monkwearmouth area on December 30 last year.
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Up to 7m extra working-age people could be denied minimum standard of living in retirement if UK state pension triple lock is ditched.
Neoliberals squeeze wages and call for real cuts to pension.
Thousands will die prematurely.
State pension must not be less than the minimum wage
archive.ph/UaHIw
Neoliberals squeeze wages and call for real cuts to pension.
Thousands will die prematurely.
State pension must not be less than the minimum wage
archive.ph/UaHIw
The total number of retirees facing poverty if state pension triple lock is cut
Figures have been released days before the Budget, in which Reeves may target tax perks given to pension savers
inews.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Up to 7m extra working-age people could be denied minimum standard of living in retirement if UK state pension triple lock is ditched.
Neoliberals squeeze wages and call for real cuts to pension.
Thousands will die prematurely.
State pension must not be less than the minimum wage
archive.ph/UaHIw
Neoliberals squeeze wages and call for real cuts to pension.
Thousands will die prematurely.
State pension must not be less than the minimum wage
archive.ph/UaHIw
Is it not the same "script" Nigel Farage reads?
November 21, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Is it not the same "script" Nigel Farage reads?
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7,261 elderly/vulnerable people in care homes given ‘notice to quit’.
Major reason: "revenge evictions’. people “threatened with eviction as a result of raising a complaint"
Care homes are mostly in the private sector, owned by corporations and private equity, profit margins of up to 40%.
Major reason: "revenge evictions’. people “threatened with eviction as a result of raising a complaint"
Care homes are mostly in the private sector, owned by corporations and private equity, profit margins of up to 40%.
Revealed: Thousands of elderly people evicted from care homes every year
Thousands of elderly and vulnerable people have received eviction notices from their care homes in the last year, the Big Issue has found.
www.bigissue.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:43 AM
7,261 elderly/vulnerable people in care homes given ‘notice to quit’.
Major reason: "revenge evictions’. people “threatened with eviction as a result of raising a complaint"
Care homes are mostly in the private sector, owned by corporations and private equity, profit margins of up to 40%.
Major reason: "revenge evictions’. people “threatened with eviction as a result of raising a complaint"
Care homes are mostly in the private sector, owned by corporations and private equity, profit margins of up to 40%.
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Trump wants to destroy the BBC and take our money. And Nigel Farage is egging him on.
All true patriots should tell them both: hands off our BBC.
All true patriots should tell them both: hands off our BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Trump wants to destroy the BBC and take our money. And Nigel Farage is egging him on.
All true patriots should tell them both: hands off our BBC.
All true patriots should tell them both: hands off our BBC.
Eight child sex offenders today jailed for 100 years.
8 child sexual predators who had been operating in areas such as Gravesend, Gillingham, Swanley, and Margate have gone down for 100 years.
They should be sent back to their home countries…oh…
www.threads.com/@parkcommuni...
8 child sexual predators who had been operating in areas such as Gravesend, Gillingham, Swanley, and Margate have gone down for 100 years.
They should be sent back to their home countries…oh…
www.threads.com/@parkcommuni...
Howard Park (@parkcommunicate) on Threads
Eight child sex offenders today jailed for 100 years.
8 child sexual predators who had been operating in areas such as Gravesend, Gillingham, Swanley, and Margate have gone down for 100 years.
They s...
www.threads.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Eight child sex offenders today jailed for 100 years.
8 child sexual predators who had been operating in areas such as Gravesend, Gillingham, Swanley, and Margate have gone down for 100 years.
They should be sent back to their home countries…oh…
www.threads.com/@parkcommuni...
8 child sexual predators who had been operating in areas such as Gravesend, Gillingham, Swanley, and Margate have gone down for 100 years.
They should be sent back to their home countries…oh…
www.threads.com/@parkcommuni...
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Sky owner Comcast in talks to buy ITV’s broadcasting arm for £2bn
Sky owner Comcast in talks to buy ITV’s broadcasting arm for £2bn
Deal would exclude ITV Studios but would mark major shake-up of UK television
The parent company of Sky is in talks to buy ITV’s broadcasting business for about £2bn, two decades after James Murdoch made an audacious move to become the biggest shareholder in the UK’s largest commercial free-to-air broadcaster.
The US media company Comcast, which owns assets including Universal Studios and bought Rupert Murdoch’s Sky for £30bn in 2018, is in talks to buy ITV’s broadcasting arm, which includes its TV channels and streaming service ITVX. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Sky owner Comcast in talks to buy ITV’s broadcasting arm for £2bn
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November 6, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Reform are just a grift.
Who said “Reform Councillors are all as dodgy AF”❗️
Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to turf old ppl out closing 5 council-run care homes & 5 day centres to sell off the land for £4 million
And get this - a cabinet member owns a private care company with his wife so could make £’s from it
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Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to turf old ppl out closing 5 council-run care homes & 5 day centres to sell off the land for £4 million
And get this - a cabinet member owns a private care company with his wife so could make £’s from it
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Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close care homes and day centres to sell off land
Questions about potential conflict of interest as council’s Reform cabinet member for social care owns private care company
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Reform are just a grift.
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Two men convicted for misuse of funds regarding Farage-linked thinktank - case against Farage's partner is dismissed - www.euractiv.com/news/belgian...
Belgian court convicts two for EU funds misuse linked to Nigel Farage's Brexit group | Euractiv
Verdict ends decade-long probe into alleged misuse of EU funds by associates of top Brexit campaigner
www.euractiv.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Two men convicted for misuse of funds regarding Farage-linked thinktank - case against Farage's partner is dismissed - www.euractiv.com/news/belgian...
A good read.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Reform UK, the Russian spy and rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill
How did a former Mormon bishop end up pleading guilty to taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia in the European parliament?
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
A good read.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Oh dear, is that benefit fraud he's committed?
www.independent.co.uk/money/lee-an...
www.independent.co.uk/money/lee-an...
Reform UK’s Lee Anderson says he ‘gamed’ benefits system in former job
The Ashfield MP said he used to help people get on sickness benefits when he worked at Citizens Advice.
www.independent.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Oh dear, is that benefit fraud he's committed?
www.independent.co.uk/money/lee-an...
www.independent.co.uk/money/lee-an...
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History teaches us clearly: rights can be lost quickly if we don't defend them.
Act now: amn.st/633227EWl4
Act now: amn.st/633227EWl4
October 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
History teaches us clearly: rights can be lost quickly if we don't defend them.
Act now: amn.st/633227EWl4
Act now: amn.st/633227EWl4
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So called man of the people taking us all for fools yet again .
Did you earned £1,182,498 from your portfolio of 12 jobs❓
Thought not.. but Farage has and self proclaimed Patriot paid just 25% tax instead of 40% tax like he should
Part of it is £94,000 we pay him as an MP, yet he has the worst voting record in HOP
Makes you blood boil eh❗️😡
@ledbydonkeys.org🙏🏼
Thought not.. but Farage has and self proclaimed Patriot paid just 25% tax instead of 40% tax like he should
Part of it is £94,000 we pay him as an MP, yet he has the worst voting record in HOP
Makes you blood boil eh❗️😡
@ledbydonkeys.org🙏🏼
October 29, 2025 at 7:39 PM
So called man of the people taking us all for fools yet again .
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Make the Government respond to our call for a National Climate Resilience Plan by signing this petition and then sharing it. We need 10,000 signatures.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Fund a National Climate Resilience Plan: protect communities from climate impact
From floods to extreme temperatures, climate impacts risk damaging homes, health, businesses, services, and the economy. We want Government to prioritise adaptation; fund a new Resilience Plan that…
petition.parliament.uk
October 14, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Make the Government respond to our call for a National Climate Resilience Plan by signing this petition and then sharing it. We need 10,000 signatures.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Nigel Farage's biggest policy.
Getting rid of the NHS and having Health Insurance.
In the US they now pay $14,000 a year, for that you get nothing at all, you have to pay for your treatment when you get sick on top of that as well.
Getting rid of the NHS and having Health Insurance.
In the US they now pay $14,000 a year, for that you get nothing at all, you have to pay for your treatment when you get sick on top of that as well.
October 20, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Nigel Farage's biggest policy.
Getting rid of the NHS and having Health Insurance.
In the US they now pay $14,000 a year, for that you get nothing at all, you have to pay for your treatment when you get sick on top of that as well.
Getting rid of the NHS and having Health Insurance.
In the US they now pay $14,000 a year, for that you get nothing at all, you have to pay for your treatment when you get sick on top of that as well.
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'A Breach Of Human Decency': James O'Brien Savages Tory Frontbencher's Immigration Comments
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/a-brea...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/a-brea...
'A Breach Of Human Decency': James O'Brien Savages Tory Frontbencher's Immigration Comments
Shadow Home Office minister Katie Lam said some immigrants living legally in the UK should be deported to leave the country more "culturally coherent".
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM
'A Breach Of Human Decency': James O'Brien Savages Tory Frontbencher's Immigration Comments
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/a-brea...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/a-brea...
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I see Nigel Farage is back to claiming he "predicted" the war between Russia and Ukraine in the EU Parliament, when in fact he spoke AFTER the annexation of Crimea, to defend Russia and claim it was all the EU's fault.
I did a full fact-check, with clips, here:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...
I did a full fact-check, with clips, here:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...
Fact Check: Nigel Farage on Ukraine and Putin
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · S1, E9 Bonus · 12m
podcasts.apple.com
October 18, 2025 at 11:27 AM
I see Nigel Farage is back to claiming he "predicted" the war between Russia and Ukraine in the EU Parliament, when in fact he spoke AFTER the annexation of Crimea, to defend Russia and claim it was all the EU's fault.
I did a full fact-check, with clips, here:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...
I did a full fact-check, with clips, here:
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...
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People always say, "Oh yeah but green energy pollutes as well."
Here is the facts a Solar Panel pollutes about 1/300th as much as burning gas, and a Wind Turbine about 1/500th.
That means if you used 100% Wind you would get the same pollution in 500 years as you now get in 1.
Here is the facts a Solar Panel pollutes about 1/300th as much as burning gas, and a Wind Turbine about 1/500th.
That means if you used 100% Wind you would get the same pollution in 500 years as you now get in 1.
October 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
People always say, "Oh yeah but green energy pollutes as well."
Here is the facts a Solar Panel pollutes about 1/300th as much as burning gas, and a Wind Turbine about 1/500th.
That means if you used 100% Wind you would get the same pollution in 500 years as you now get in 1.
Here is the facts a Solar Panel pollutes about 1/300th as much as burning gas, and a Wind Turbine about 1/500th.
That means if you used 100% Wind you would get the same pollution in 500 years as you now get in 1.
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I will remind people, every single Billionaire in the UK gets an average of £320,000,000 of benefits a year, mostly in tax they allowed to avoid.
It ain't that Disabled Person on Motability ripping you.
It ain't that Disabled Person on Motability ripping you.
October 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I will remind people, every single Billionaire in the UK gets an average of £320,000,000 of benefits a year, mostly in tax they allowed to avoid.
It ain't that Disabled Person on Motability ripping you.
It ain't that Disabled Person on Motability ripping you.
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This👇🏼 is exactly my point Reform’s much publicised “success in the polls” is massaging of “surveys” masking the true sentiment of the public who voted for LibDems 7 times as more than Reform
Purely Propaganda by MSM to depict Farage as a political heavyweight not the lightweight chancer he is..
Purely Propaganda by MSM to depict Farage as a political heavyweight not the lightweight chancer he is..
The polls are lying to us.
10 elections this week.
7 wins LibDems.
1 win Reform by a whisker.
10 elections this week.
7 wins LibDems.
1 win Reform by a whisker.
October 18, 2025 at 5:56 PM
This👇🏼 is exactly my point Reform’s much publicised “success in the polls” is massaging of “surveys” masking the true sentiment of the public who voted for LibDems 7 times as more than Reform
Purely Propaganda by MSM to depict Farage as a political heavyweight not the lightweight chancer he is..
Purely Propaganda by MSM to depict Farage as a political heavyweight not the lightweight chancer he is..
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“The Met is continually trying to suppress anything that doesn’t fit in with the commissioner’s narrative that things are improving” – Andy George
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/oct/16/review-anti-black-racism-metropolitan-police-force-london
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/oct/16/review-anti-black-racism-metropolitan-police-force-london
‘Damning’ review of anti-Black racism within Met police ‘buried’ by force
Exclusive: External consultancy report found discrimination ‘baked into HR systems’ at London force
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:33 PM
“The Met is continually trying to suppress anything that doesn’t fit in with the commissioner’s narrative that things are improving” – Andy George
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/oct/16/review-anti-black-racism-metropolitan-police-force-london
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/oct/16/review-anti-black-racism-metropolitan-police-force-london
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Lest we forget one month ago Angela Rayner resigned over underpaying stamp duty on her £800,000 flat in Hove
Within a week Farage exposed not to own a £885,000 house in #Clacton he claimed he’d bought & accused of avoiding £44,000 in tax by funding his girlfriend to buy it
It got buried quick eh❗️😡
Within a week Farage exposed not to own a £885,000 house in #Clacton he claimed he’d bought & accused of avoiding £44,000 in tax by funding his girlfriend to buy it
It got buried quick eh❗️😡
Angela Rayner resigns after underpaying tax on Hove flat - BBC News
Her departure comes after the PM's ethics adviser concludes that she breached ministerial rules.
www.bbc.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Lest we forget one month ago Angela Rayner resigned over underpaying stamp duty on her £800,000 flat in Hove
Within a week Farage exposed not to own a £885,000 house in #Clacton he claimed he’d bought & accused of avoiding £44,000 in tax by funding his girlfriend to buy it
It got buried quick eh❗️😡
Within a week Farage exposed not to own a £885,000 house in #Clacton he claimed he’d bought & accused of avoiding £44,000 in tax by funding his girlfriend to buy it
It got buried quick eh❗️😡
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In case you missed it ...
This was Nigel Farage's infamous "Breaking Point" poster. It helped convince millions that Brexit would "Take Back Control" of our borders. People now see it was just another Farage lie – one directly inspired by imagery used by the Nazis in the Third Reich.
#FascistFarage
This was Nigel Farage's infamous "Breaking Point" poster. It helped convince millions that Brexit would "Take Back Control" of our borders. People now see it was just another Farage lie – one directly inspired by imagery used by the Nazis in the Third Reich.
#FascistFarage
October 16, 2025 at 9:46 AM
In case you missed it ...
This was Nigel Farage's infamous "Breaking Point" poster. It helped convince millions that Brexit would "Take Back Control" of our borders. People now see it was just another Farage lie – one directly inspired by imagery used by the Nazis in the Third Reich.
#FascistFarage
This was Nigel Farage's infamous "Breaking Point" poster. It helped convince millions that Brexit would "Take Back Control" of our borders. People now see it was just another Farage lie – one directly inspired by imagery used by the Nazis in the Third Reich.
#FascistFarage