Anthony McDonald
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Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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November 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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Brain damage, blindness and death: the global trail of trauma left by methanol-laced alcohol
Brain damage, blindness and death: the global trail of trauma left by methanol-laced alcohol
Methanol, a cheap relative of ethanol, is entering the supply chain, causing thousands of deaths around the world
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Brain damage, blindness and death: the global trail of trauma left by methanol-laced alcohol
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Huge respect to the papers for finding both an 88 year old worried about the tax bill on her 6 bedroom Kensington house and a 20 year old fretting about only being able to save £12k a year tax free.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
November 29, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Huge respect to the papers for finding both an 88 year old worried about the tax bill on her 6 bedroom Kensington house and a 20 year old fretting about only being able to save £12k a year tax free.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
Top work all around. These are not easy case studies to find.
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Fairly certain Kemi Badenoch is hoping that nobody has noticed this.
Pretty brazen...
Pretty brazen...
November 29, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Fairly certain Kemi Badenoch is hoping that nobody has noticed this.
Pretty brazen...
Pretty brazen...
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At last the BBC push back against the household budget theory of public finances. High time, I have been pushing back against this for almost 15 years now.
Isn't it refreshing when someone actually does nuance and detail?
H/t @andyverity.bsky.social at the BBC!
H/t @andyverity.bsky.social at the BBC!
November 29, 2025 at 9:39 AM
At last the BBC push back against the household budget theory of public finances. High time, I have been pushing back against this for almost 15 years now.
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“Ich bin ein Clactoner”
November 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
“Ich bin ein Clactoner”
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‘we were only at the reform conference because there was a nice cathedral nearby’
November 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
‘we were only at the reform conference because there was a nice cathedral nearby’
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Trump entered the Mar-a-Lago ballroom for his Thanksgiving feast to the song “We Are the World,” a song used to raise money to help starving children.
Trump himself has cut aid to address global famine and has fought for the right to cut food stamps from American families.
Trump himself has cut aid to address global famine and has fought for the right to cut food stamps from American families.
November 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Trump entered the Mar-a-Lago ballroom for his Thanksgiving feast to the song “We Are the World,” a song used to raise money to help starving children.
Trump himself has cut aid to address global famine and has fought for the right to cut food stamps from American families.
Trump himself has cut aid to address global famine and has fought for the right to cut food stamps from American families.
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Nigel Farage, who has made more than £200,000 from second jobs, thinks we should cut the minimum wage for younger workers? You can't make this up.
https://leftfootforward.org/2025/11/nigel-farage-rakes-in-another-200000-from-second-jobs/
https://leftfootforward.org/2025/11/nigel-farage-rakes-in-another-200000-from-second-jobs/
Nigel Farage rakes in another £200,000 from second jobs
The Reform leader has made over £1.3 million from second jobs since he was elected as an MP in July 2024
leftfootforward.org
November 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Nigel Farage, who has made more than £200,000 from second jobs, thinks we should cut the minimum wage for younger workers? You can't make this up.
https://leftfootforward.org/2025/11/nigel-farage-rakes-in-another-200000-from-second-jobs/
https://leftfootforward.org/2025/11/nigel-farage-rakes-in-another-200000-from-second-jobs/
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President Biden is a good man. Here he is dropping a $20 for a street musician while shopping with his children and grandchildren in Nantucket!
November 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
President Biden is a good man. Here he is dropping a $20 for a street musician while shopping with his children and grandchildren in Nantucket!
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Just cancel your Netflix subscription and stop buying avocados. You'll be fine
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Just cancel your Netflix subscription and stop buying avocados. You'll be fine
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Bruna Ferreira, the mother of Leavitt’s nephew, was taken into custody in Massachusetts. trib.al/CZ4XNhy
November 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Bruna Ferreira, the mother of Leavitt’s nephew, was taken into custody in Massachusetts. trib.al/CZ4XNhy
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Stephen Miller is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. His great-grandparents inhabited the Pale of Settlement (western Russia where Jews were allowed to live) and escaped Russian pogroms and the Holocaust. All the same racist, xenophobic, ignorant things he is saying were said about his own family.
November 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Stephen Miller is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. His great-grandparents inhabited the Pale of Settlement (western Russia where Jews were allowed to live) and escaped Russian pogroms and the Holocaust. All the same racist, xenophobic, ignorant things he is saying were said about his own family.
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Here's UKIP's former Scottish leader David Coburn, who has denied taking Russian bribes after being named in Whatsapp messages between Nathan Gill and a pawn of the Putin administration, being applauded by Gill for arguing against Ukraine's entry to the EU
November 28, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Here's UKIP's former Scottish leader David Coburn, who has denied taking Russian bribes after being named in Whatsapp messages between Nathan Gill and a pawn of the Putin administration, being applauded by Gill for arguing against Ukraine's entry to the EU
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Much better than stealing heavy stuff like gold. This way, you have less cargo.
Thieves have stolen €90,000 worth of fine French snails destined for some of the country’s most prestigious restaurants
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
French police are on the trail of ‘experienced’ criminals who stole a whole year’s worth of produce from Jean-Mathieu Dauvergne’s L’Escargot des Grands Crus
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Much better than stealing heavy stuff like gold. This way, you have less cargo.
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I heard a story that during the miners' strike all the police on huge overtime were putting a tenner a week each into the fighting fund buckets to keep the strike going as long as possible.
How are Labour funding her leadership?
How are Labour funding her leadership?
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I heard a story that during the miners' strike all the police on huge overtime were putting a tenner a week each into the fighting fund buckets to keep the strike going as long as possible.
How are Labour funding her leadership?
How are Labour funding her leadership?
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There was no state. Who does she think crucified him, an anarchist collective?
November 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
There was no state. Who does she think crucified him, an anarchist collective?
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Since the government sold its remaining stake in NatWest six months ago, shareholders have done well: the share price is near a record high, up 15% since full privatisation, and the bank posted £5.8bn in pre-tax profits for the first three quarters of 2025. But workers are faring less well.
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November 28, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Since the government sold its remaining stake in NatWest six months ago, shareholders have done well: the share price is near a record high, up 15% since full privatisation, and the bank posted £5.8bn in pre-tax profits for the first three quarters of 2025. But workers are faring less well.
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"BUT WHEN IS IT WHITE FRIDAY!?"
November 27, 2024 at 8:51 PM
"BUT WHEN IS IT WHITE FRIDAY!?"
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Important to do this press conference about a mass shooting from behind a comic book convention’s folding table inside the hotel from The Shining.
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Important to do this press conference about a mass shooting from behind a comic book convention’s folding table inside the hotel from The Shining.