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Mike Sivier
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Mike Sivier @midwalesmike.bsky.social · 22d
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Mike Sivier @midwalesmike.bsky.social · 8h
As the day ends, here’s the reality: 0.1 per cent “growth”, zero progress for ordinary people. The UK economy is stuck — and millions are still struggling to get by. #UKeconomy #GDP #CostOfLiving #HousingCrisis #bbcnews #PoliticsLive #TheWhipLine #VoxPolitical
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UK Economy Grows Just 0.1 Per Cent – Most People Struggling
UK GDP rises 0.1 per cent in August, but services stall and construction falls. Most households are still struggling desperately.
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Mike Sivier @midwalesmike.bsky.social · 8h
£122 million gone. PPE Medpro bust. The profiteers still rich.
This isn’t over — and neither is the fight to get that money back. #PPEMedpro #MichelleMone #VIPLane #PublicMoneyWasted #CovidContracts #PPEFail #bbcnews #PoliticsLive #TheWhipLine #VoxPolitical
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Baroness Mone’s PPE firm misses £122m repayment deadline
PPE Medpro fails to repay £122m for unusable gowns. Interest costs mount as Mone and Barrowman keep their profits.
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Mike Sivier @midwalesmike.bsky.social · 8h
Tonight’s “China spy” scandal isn’t about espionage — it’s about evasion.
Outdated laws, failed justice, and politicians watching their own backs.
#UKPolitics #NationalSecurity #ChinaSpyCase #Labour #Conservatives #VoxPolitical #bbcnews #itvnews #PoliticsLive
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China spy case collapse exposes UK political hypocrisy
The China spy case collapsed because UK espionage laws lag behind reality – & both main parties are blaming each other instead of fixing them
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Mike Sivier @midwalesmike.bsky.social · 13h
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Divide, distract, dominate why the government helps immigrants and attacks the sick
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Mike Sivier @midwalesmike.bsky.social · 13h
As people clock off after another hard day, the UK economy “grows” by just 0.1 per cent. Services stall, construction shrinks, and families are desperate. Labour’s promises are collapsing. #UKeconomy #bbcnews #PoliticsLive #TheWhipLine #VoxPolitical
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UK Economy Grows Just 0.1 Per Cent – Most People Struggling
UK GDP rises 0.1 per cent in August, but services stall and construction falls. Most households are still struggling desperately.
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Mike Sivier @midwalesmike.bsky.social · 13h
Baroness Mone’s PPE firm failed to repay £122m for useless Covid gowns. Interest is piling up — and the money’s still missing. #PPEMedpro #MichelleMone #VIPLaneScandal #CovidContracts #PPEFail #TaxpayerMoney #bbcnews #PoliticsLive #TheWhipLine #VoxPolitical
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Baroness Mone’s PPE firm misses £122m repayment deadline
PPE Medpro fails to repay £122m for unusable gowns. Interest costs mount as Mone and Barrowman keep their profits.
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Mike Sivier @midwalesmike.bsky.social · 14h
As MPs trade blame over the collapsed China spy case, one truth stands out — justice has failed, and Westminster’s more interested in saving face than safeguarding the UK.
#UKPolitics #NationalSecurity #ChinaSpyCase #VoxPolitical #bbcnews #itvnews #PoliticsLive
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China spy case collapse exposes UK political hypocrisy
The China spy case collapsed because UK espionage laws lag behind reality – & both main parties are blaming each other instead of fixing them
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Mike Sivier @midwalesmike.bsky.social · 17h
UK GDP grows just 0.1 per cent in August, services stall, construction shrinks – and ordinary households are struggling desperately. #UKeconomy #GDP #LabourBudget #EconomicCrisis #CostOfLiving #bbcnews #PoliticsLive #TheWhipLine #VoxPolitical
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UK Economy Grows Just 0.1 Per Cent – Most People Struggling
UK GDP rises 0.1 per cent in August, but services stall and construction falls. Most households are still struggling desperately.
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Mike Sivier @midwalesmike.bsky.social · 18h
Now feel free to explain why you don't. Or was that expletive the best you can manage? If so, the rest of us may reasonably dismiss your opinion as of no consequence whatsoever.
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Mike Sivier @midwalesmike.bsky.social · 18h
PPE Medpro has missed the deadline to repay £122 million for useless Covid gowns. Interest is piling up — but the profiteers are still rich. #PPEMedpro #MichelleMone #CovidScandal #PublicMoney #PPEFail #NHS #bbcnews #PoliticsLive #TheWhipLine #VoxPolitical
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Baroness Mone’s PPE firm misses £122m repayment deadline
PPE Medpro fails to repay £122m for unusable gowns. Interest costs mount as Mone and Barrowman keep their profits.
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Mike Sivier @midwalesmike.bsky.social · 19h
I'm sorry you won't be subscribing. You'll still be able to read the headline story every day, though.
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Mike Sivier @midwalesmike.bsky.social · 19h
The China spy case collapsed because our espionage law is stuck in the past — and now both main parties are covering for themselves instead of fixing it.
#ChinaSpyCase #Labour #Conservatives #VoxPolitical #bbcnews #itvnews #PoliticsLive
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China spy case collapse exposes UK political hypocrisy
The China spy case collapsed because UK espionage laws lag behind reality – & both main parties are blaming each other instead of fixing them
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Mike Sivier @midwalesmike.bsky.social · 1d
Big changes ahead! Vox Political is becoming The Whip Line — joining Substack for a more independent, reader-supported future.
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The Whip Line: Vox Political moves to Substack
Vox Political is becoming The Whip Line on Substack — a new, reader-supported home for fearless independent journalism.
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Mike Sivier @midwalesmike.bsky.social · 1d
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Farage kills Reform UK’s ‘party of the people’ act – dead
YouTube video by Vox Political
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Mike Sivier @midwalesmike.bsky.social · 1d
Survivors of child sexual abuse are being let down again. Labour’s grooming gangs inquiry has no chair, no remit, and no progress — four months after launch.
#Labour #GroomingGangs #JusticeForSurvivors #bbcnews #itvnews #politicslive
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Labour grooming inquiry chaos betrays survivors
Labour’s child grooming gangs inquiry stalls amid chaos and confusion, leaving survivors betrayed once again.
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Mike Sivier @midwalesmike.bsky.social · 1d
Energy bills rose 2% in October. Tory & Reform attacks on Labour’s clean-energy plan are misleading – real issues are oversight failures & past insulation scams. #EnergyBills #Labour #UKPolitics #Renewables #bbcnews #itvnews #politicslive
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Tory & Reform Attacks on Labour Energy Policy Amid Bill Rise
Energy bills rose two per cent in October. Tory and Reform attacks are misleading — the real issue is oversight and failed insulation schemes
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Mike Sivier @midwalesmike.bsky.social · 1d
Survivors of child sexual abuse are being betrayed all over again.
Labour’s national grooming gangs inquiry has descended into chaos — no chair, no remit, no justice.
#Labour #GroomingGangs #JusticeForSurvivors #bbcnews #itvnews #politicslive
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Labour grooming inquiry chaos betrays survivors
Labour’s child grooming gangs inquiry stalls amid chaos and confusion, leaving survivors betrayed once again.
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Mike Sivier @midwalesmike.bsky.social · 2d
As you turn your heating down for the night, remember this: the Tories made you pay sky-high energy bills to fund shoddy insulation that wrecked other people’s homes. Labour’s done nothing but admit it. #ToryInsulationScandal #ECO4 #GBIS #bbcnews #politicslive
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Tories wrecked homes and wasted billions – and you paid
Confirmed: Tory insulation schemes destroyed homes, wasted billions, and left energy consumers footing the bill. Labour has done nothing.
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Mike Sivier @midwalesmike.bsky.social · 2d
Rishi Sunak’s prostate cancer plan could save lives — maybe even yours.
This Writer’s having his own test soon, and here’s why that matters.
#ProstateCancer #RishiSunak #MensHealth #bbcnews #itvnews #politicslive
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Rishi Sunak is finally making himself useful
Rishi Sunak is backing a prostate cancer screening plan – and for once, he might actually help save lives.
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Mike Sivier @midwalesmike.bsky.social · 2d
Labour’s ‘moral foreign policy’ hides a domestic disgrace: UN-condemned treatment of sick and disabled people.
One law for show, another for real life.
#Labour #ChagosIslands #WelfareCuts #HumanRights #bbcnews #itvnews #politicslive
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Government hypocrisy: helping immigrants, harming the sick
Labour backs UN law on Chagos Islands while breaching it at home — cutting disability rights and fuelling racism.
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Mike Sivier @midwalesmike.bsky.social · 2d
Well, did he? See my latest article (just published) for evidence of just one failure.
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Mike Sivier @midwalesmike.bsky.social · 2d
The Tories wrecked thousands of homes while you paid for it. Labour admits the damage – but no repairs have been done. Read the full scandal. #ToryInsulationScandal #ECO4 #GBIS #bbcnews #itvnews #politicslive
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Tories wrecked homes and wasted billions – and you paid
Confirmed: Tory insulation schemes destroyed homes, wasted billions, and left energy consumers footing the bill. Labour has done nothing.
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Mike Sivier @midwalesmike.bsky.social · 2d
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Can the Greens turn a membership surge into real power?
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Mike Sivier @midwalesmike.bsky.social · 2d
Yes, he was once prime minister but now he's making himself useful for a change.
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Mike Sivier @midwalesmike.bsky.social · 2d
Labour is fuelling racism and cutting benefits at the same time — using both to divide and distract.
“Helping immigrants while harming the sick” isn’t compassion. It’s politics.
#UKPolitics #LabourHypocrisy #Chagos #DisabilityRights #bbcnews #politicslive
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Government hypocrisy: helping immigrants, harming the sick
Labour backs UN law on Chagos Islands while breaching it at home — cutting disability rights and fuelling racism.
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