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Rugby, dog lover, #FBPE, Tory hater,🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿,solicitor advocate (r’td), Councillor, Garden of England these days. No profile from you = no follow

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garethd.bsky.social @garethd.bsky.social · Dec 4

Hello-good to see you both here. Used to see you and Georgie just about every day in the other place!

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 2h

Gambling industry holding UK govt to ransom.

William Hill joins Ladbrokes and Coral to warn Chancellor - increase tax and we will shut shops.

Happy to dodge taxes; not bear cost of harms inflicted on gambling addicts and their families.

Who governs - govts or corporations?

William Hill owner says it could shut shops if Reeves raises gambling taxes

Evoke considering the plans before expected tax increases in budget, with up to 1,500 jobs potentially affected

www.theguardian.com

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 2h

🎉 We've done it. We've passed 100,000 Green Party members!

📈 But we're not stopping there.

💚 Let's make hope normal again! Join the Green Party today!

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Matthew Stadlen @matthewstadlen.bsky.social · 13h

Clarkson on Farage:

“Nigel Farage rarely talks about the economy and when he does, his numbers don’t add up. He says he wants to cut taxes and increase spending by £150bn. Huh? But before anyone can question his logic, he scuttles back to his safe space and starts raging about small boats.”

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 12h

It is interesting that Jeremy Corbyn has been an MP for 42 years and led the opposition for 5 years.

He's been on Question Time once.

Nigel Farage, 44 times.

Our Media is corrupt, corrupt to the core.

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Michel Lacombe @michellacombe.bsky.social · 18h

Julius Caesar conquered Gaul in 51 BC and died in 44 BC, therefore all of Asterix's adventures took place over the course of less than seven years, probably much less since Asterix's chieftain was at the battle of Alesia, were it is probable Asterix and Obelix's fathers died. In this essay, I will

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 15h

And yet he claims to understand the struggles of working people...

https://leftfootforward.org/2025/10/nigel-farage-now-earns-over-1-million-from-12-second-jobs/

Nigel Farage now earns over £1 million from his 12 ‘second jobs’

The Reform leader has raked in a further £189,000 from side jobs since May this year

leftfootforward.org

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 15h

Lower bills.

Fund our NHS.

Not their culture war nonsense.

youtu.be/1CbN6TUTRZs?...

Zack Polanski HUMILIATES Piers Morgan LIVE On Air!

YouTube video by Antony Jones

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garethd.bsky.social @garethd.bsky.social · 13h

So glad you’ve both had such a good time, Gerri

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Kevin the Librarian 🇪🇺🇺🇦🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @the-librarian.bsky.social · 18h

Zack Polanski is the antidote to Farage’s poison. Keep calling it out Zack they’re rattled.

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 21h

Zack Polanski, "Reform UK's Zia Yusuf was full of b*llocks and I think it was important to call that out on #BBCQT"

"What has become clear about Reform UK, they're a bunch of cowards"

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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · Feb 11

Deep alignment between the EU and U.K. could close this hole and deliver GDP growth for both sides. This is worth listening to. Tell him he was right then and to do the right thing now 🎧👇

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · Feb 11

Starmer is well aware of what needs to be done. Here is what he said when voting for Johnson's UK-EU deal.

Services "a gaping hole", "lack of ambition", "Imperfect", "thin", "a basis to build on".

Share, to show the PM that you back him going further and faster to improve our deal with the EU. ~AA

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1d

Idiot Nigel Farage wants to bring in card that for £250,000 would allow people in the UK to pay no tax for the next 10 years.

That would save tax even for someone only on £97,000 a year.

Imagine how much billionaires would be able to rip you off.

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Gerri McGerriface @messmonstergigi.bsky.social · 1d

They’ve learned nothing from the Thatcher years. She decimated whole communities that have never recovered, 40 years on!

eastangliabylines.co.uk/business/eco...

What happens when £47 billion disappears from Britain’s economy?

Tory Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride wants to take £47 billion out of the UK economy. That isn't prudence. It's managed decline

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.bsky.social · 1d

Of all the things that never happened, this never happened the most.

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garethd.bsky.social @garethd.bsky.social · 1d

Ha ha - such a shock, it was!!!!

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garethd.bsky.social @garethd.bsky.social · 1d

Bore da Ms P! Mowing the holes the dog dug here. Grrrr.

garethd.bsky.social @garethd.bsky.social · 1d

Sukie!

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garethd.bsky.social @garethd.bsky.social · 1d

Today’s earworm - Sanctus from The Armed Man by Karl Jenkins. It won’t go away!!!!!!!
Anyone else got one for the day?

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 2d

Former PM Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office.

Secretly lobbied the UAE for a billion-dollar private venture,
Used senior contacts in the Saudi govt to pitch for a consultancy firm.

Lust for private wealth is the main cause of UK decline.