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GJdop @gjdop.bsky.social · 5m

We just can't trust banks or governments; they both consider our earned money belongs to them.

Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 22m

UK banks oppose tax rise.

Falsely claim to be paying 46.4% tax rate.

The PwC generated number includes PAYE, employee national insurance which is paid by workers. VAT which is borne by customers.

it is extrapolated from a sample, can't be verified

Why do media reports not expose this sham claim?

Banks step up lobbying over threat of Reeves tax hikes

The gap between the tax burden on British banks and their international rivals is widening, even before the imposition of any further levies in next month's budget, according to a report seen by Sky N...

news.sky.com

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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 1h

Kent’s Reform councillors voted against every measure aimed at protecting women so at least they are consistent.

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 12h

❓ Protecting women and girls?

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/news/reform-councillor-suspended-amid-misconduct-allegations-from-331118/

Reform councillor suspended amid investigation into ‘lewd remarks’

A Reform UK councillor has been suspended amid an investigation into allegations of misconduct following a complaint by “several women”.

www.kentonline.co.uk

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Euronews @euronews.com · 35m

From 2026, Germany will keep expert retirees in the labour market by allowing them to earn up to €2,000 a month tax-free.

Germany greenlights €2,000 tax-free earnings for pensioners

From 2026, Germany will keep expert retirees in the labour market by allowing them to earn up to €2,000 a month tax-free.

l.euronews.com

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GJdop @gjdop.bsky.social · 15m

Hands, then the ceiling and then the roof.

GJdop @gjdop.bsky.social · 17m

#Brexit is no excuse for Reeves being incompetent and ineffective as Chancellor. Especially as she and #Labour are refusing to rejoin the EU, preferring an alliance with the idiot Trump.

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 47m

BREAKING: “There is no doubting that the impact of Brexit is severe and long lasting” says Chancellor Rachel Reeves

It’s about time!

GJdop @gjdop.bsky.social · 23m

Most services in the UK are pathetic, and regulators have been compelled to fine the Royal Mail $28 million for failing to meet delivery targets.

www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-...

UK regulator fines Royal Mail $28 million for missing delivery targets

Britain's telecom and media regulator on Wednesday said that it had fined Royal Mail 21 million pounds ($28.1 million), after the post and parcel group failed to meet delivery targets for 2024-2025, and warned that the levies are likely to continue unless improvements are made.

www.reuters.com

GJdop @gjdop.bsky.social · 31m

The banking system has no scruples. They often finance wars and environmental polluters. Now they have generated $26 billion in a few years by financing companies involved in deforestation.
globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...

Banks make $26bn in decade of financing deforesting companies

US, EU and UK banks have made over $10 billion in income since Paris Agreement by financing companies involved in deforestation, new analysis ahead of COP30 reveals

globalwitness.org

GJdop @gjdop.bsky.social · 12h

Tommy Robinson trial to be delayed because he needs to go to #Israel as guest of Netanyahu and it would be antisemitic if the court refuses. Meanwhile, Elon Musk is paying all his expenses.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...

Tommy Robinson trial delayed because he is going to Israel as ‘guest of government’

Robinson, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, said his legal fees are being paid by Elon Musk

www.independent.co.uk

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Plaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 18h

Reform’s former Welsh leader, Nathan Gill, has pleaded guilty to accepting bribes from Russia.

The people of Wales deserve full transparency about foreign interference in politics.

Those interviewed by counter-terrorism police in connection with the case should be publicly named.

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GJdop @gjdop.bsky.social · 18h

#Israel's #Polish PM, born Netanyahu, is taking his war against the truth further, by paying US internet influencers to blatantly lie and falsify facts about Israel's short but evil existence and genocide of the indigenous #Palestinian people.

🔻Goblin Darkling🔻 @goblindarkling.bsky.social · 19h

What do you mean? Asking if an apartheid ethnostate is paying for representation is a valid question given Netanyahu talked about doing just that with influencers being paid $7k for each post pushing pro-Israel bs.

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, while evading an active ICC arrest warratn for crimes against humanity, met with American influencers today to tell them about the digital war occurring on social media....

TikTok video by YourFavoriteGuy

www.tiktok.com

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GJdop @gjdop.bsky.social · 19h

Rightwing swindler #Farage is obsessed with emulating everything that #Trump has done and is currently doing in the #USA. It makes people wonder if #Farage is also on the #Epstein list.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 20h

The Spectator (owned by GBNews owner Paul Marshall - estimated wealth of £800 million) doesn’t like taxing wealth fairly.

I wonder how they got to this editorial decision?

Let’s tax wealth fairly, fund front line services & make hope normal again.

join.greenparty.org.uk

Polanski is talking nonsense about wealth taxes.

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Lady Anytimenow working with Sir Nearlythere @lady-anytimenow.bsky.social · 21h

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GJdop @gjdop.bsky.social · 20h

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GJdop @gjdop.bsky.social · 1d

#Israel has imprisoned over 10,000 #Palestinians, including women and children. Most have been held for years with no charge. They were arrested for being #Palestinians living in their own country.

Just 2,000 have been released. Have the others been murdered?

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

‘Locked up for 24 years’: joy and sorrow as Palestinian prisoners and detainees return home

Nearly 2,000 people, including about 1,700 seized from Gaza and held without charge, set free from Israeli jails

www.theguardian.com

GJdop @gjdop.bsky.social · 21h

#Israel is telling #Western governments how to deal with humanitarian protesters, and government leaders are happily doing as they say.

It is time to proscribe every organisation claiming to be "Friends of Israel". They are our real enemies.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Right to protest is under sustained attack in the west, report finds

Counter-terror laws being ‘weaponised’ against pro-Palestine groups in UK, US, France and Germany, says FIDH

www.theguardian.com

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GJdop @gjdop.bsky.social · 22h

The English obnoxious, environmentally unfriendly and greed-driven Royal Family.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Greenpeace threatens to sue crown estate for driving up cost of offshore wind

Environmental group accuses king’s property management company of ‘milking for profit’ its monopoly ownership of seabed

www.theguardian.com

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 1d

Israel violates the ceasefire - and threatens more genocidal violence.

New post 👇

www.owenjones.news/p/israel-vio...

Israel violates ceasefire, threatens more violence

Palestinians in Gaza are celebrating - but danger remains

www.owenjones.news

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Mani Isna La 🇨🇺 🇵🇸 🕊️ 🪶 #IndigenousLivesMatter @maniisnala.bsky.social · 1d

Exclusive: Watch the powerful new film tackling the trauma of stop-and-search
national.thelead.uk/p/exclusive-...

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SUPPORTING PALESTINE @apirus.bsky.social · 1d

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GJdop @gjdop.bsky.social · 1d

The biggest threat to #Europe and world peace comes from the #USA and #Israel. #Putin is more interested in weakening Europe and lacks the finances for war.

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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 1d

There is no ceasefire.

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Steve @adriel1819.bsky.social · 1d

Starmer Promised to Fight Antisemitism — Then Handed University Training... youtu.be/l2qx-n4gkok?... via @YouTube

Starmer Promised to Fight Antisemitism — Then Handed University Training to Zionists

YouTube video by KernowDamo

youtu.be

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GJdop @gjdop.bsky.social · 1d

It did not take long

Steve @adriel1819.bsky.social · 1d

Israel VIOLATES Ceasefire - And Threatens More Genocide youtu.be/epJzdUS2MI8?... via @YouTube

Israel VIOLATES Ceasefire - And Threatens More Genocide

YouTube video by Owen Jones

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GJdop @gjdop.bsky.social · 1d

#Israel has imprisoned over 10,000 #Palestinians, including women and children. Most have been held for years with no charge. They were arrested for being #Palestinians living in their own country.

Just 2,000 have been released. Have the others been murdered?

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

‘Locked up for 24 years’: joy and sorrow as Palestinian prisoners and detainees return home

Nearly 2,000 people, including about 1,700 seized from Gaza and held without charge, set free from Israeli jails

www.theguardian.com

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We are experiencing technical difficulties. @ajfarrelly.bsky.social · 1d

But Barron is a tech genius. Don't you remember Donald proudly telling the world that he can turn a computer on all on his own?

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