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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 9h

Daniel Hannan was born in Peru.

We keep being told that the
perpetrators of the Huntingdon
abomination are "British-born". OK.
So were the killers at Woolwich
barracks, Southport, Tavistock Square,
Westminster Bridge, Manchester
arena, London Bridge etc etc.
If you insist on denying that this has
anything to do with immigration policy,
I'm afraid you are not arguing in good
faith.

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call634-5789 @call634-5789.bsky.social · 17h

This shit doesn't happen in France.

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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 15h

Around £500 of a £1700 energy bill is pure profit. In plain English, that's extortion.

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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 15h

The cost of winter fuel payments is £3bn a year. The profits of the big four gas supply giants in 2023 were £65bn. It's hard to see any obvious policy conclusions here, but I'm sure top economists are working on the problem.

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Nula Suchet @nulasuchet.bsky.social · 1d

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UK Politics @politicsintheuk.bsky.social · 19h

RefUKuenssberg gave, yet again, a platform to an unelected millionaire, Mo, representing a party with just 5 MPs, to talk shit about things he hasn’t got a clue about. #ukpolitics

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Poet Sue @poetsue.bsky.social · 19h

Reform on #bbclaurak AGAIN! So changing channels because Reform will make the horrendous attacks last night onto immigration. They cannot help themselves! Reform only have 5 MPs but they are on all the channels far more than Green party and Lib Dems who have far more MPs.

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Molly Scott Cato @greenpartymolly.bsky.social · 20h

I knew Gill and Farage and the rest of the UKIP crew in the European Parliament

They were crooks and shysters to a man

They repeated Putin talking points and appeared on Russia Today

UKIP then and Reform now are both a threat to our democracy

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

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 18h

Esther McVey MP.

Speaking for the silent majority...

Of idiots.

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Gary Gilligan #FBPE #KTTO @garygilligan.bsky.social · 19h

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

Inside Nigel Farage's £3m four home luxury property empire bought since Brexit

The self-styled man of the people has amassed a property portfolio worth almost £3million since the 2016 Brexit referendum. Our disclosures come after it was revealed that the Reform leader is earning...

www.mirror.co.uk

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 20h

Hannan and Frost in the Telegraph.
Sunak in the Times.
Kwasi Kwarteng in the iPaper.
Johnson in the Mail.
Gove editing the Spectator.
Farage everywhere.
All of them shamelessly honking out their ‘Listen to me!’ garbage, as the country flails around in the unbelievable mess they’ve made.
Nauseating.

Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 1d

A Brexiter writes...

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Derek Turnbull @derekturnbull.bsky.social · 19h

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 21h

Second class England

No free bus passes for under 22s in England

Under 21s don't get full minimum wage; pay rent, food, groceries, transport, tax, NIC at full rate.

Scotland: 5- 22yr olds and over 60 get free bus travel, England at 66 rising to 67.

No uni fees, prescription charges in Scotland.

No free bus passes for under 22s, says goverment

The Commons Transport Committee recommended scrapping bus fares for young people in August.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 21h

Victims robbed of £4bn in ‘insulting’ car loan redress scheme.

No one forced banks to sell dud products, they don't want to pay. Govt/Regulators line-up with banks.

Execs got bonuses, won't bear any cost, bank customers will.

Hurting victims is the norm - Post Office, Grenfell, mortgage prisoners

Victims robbed of £4bn in ‘insulting’ car loan redress scheme, say claims firms

Financial Conduct Authority defends interest rate of 2.09% as critics describe proposals as ‘hypocritical’

www.theguardian.com

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 21h

Italian police seize €1.3bn from Campari owner over alleged tax evasion.

Won't happen in the UK?

City of London Police funded by Lloyd's Bank, UK Finance.

HMRC makes sweetheart deals with corporations/rich, which parliament can't examine.

NAO said HMRC underestimates tax abuse by wealthy.

Campari shares worth €1.3bn seized by police over alleged tax evasion

The spirit manufacturer's parent firm is accused of failing to declare a similar amount in tax during a merger.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Kev Moore @kevmoore.bsky.social · 20h

Anyone up Aberdeen way needs to visit this firm’s offices. I don’t know the name of the company but they are complicit in the theft of Palestine’s resources.

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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 1d

Andrew Mountbatten Windsor will now have to be called by his real name, just like everybody else, and rent or buy somewhere to live, just everybody else. That's supposed to be a punishment, by the way.

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Derek Turnbull @derekturnbull.bsky.social · 2d

‘DJ sets’ at #concerts are a lazy alternative to a live act. The #music industry whines on about getting screwed whilst simultaneously screwing its fans.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 2d

Almost 100% of children in 73 neighbourhoods in England are living in income-deprived families.

Govts push real wage/benefit cuts, two-child benefit cap; oppose universal basic income; don't curb profiteering.

No govt targets to cut poverty.

1% has more wealth than 70% of the population combined.

Almost all children in 73 areas of England live in low-income households

New official measures show levelling up attempts have failed to shift high levels of deprivation

www.theguardian.com

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 2d

State support for UK banks

Bailouts: Govts found £1162bn (£133bn cash+£1,029bn guarantees) in 2008
£895bn QE
State is the lender of last resort
£85k bank deposit safety guarantee
PFI profits
£22bn a year interest on reserves deposited with Bank of England

Who else gets this level of state support?

Why the banking industry is not a paragon of free markets, efficiency, or honesty

Despite making record profits and paying record returns to shareholders it resents paying taxes.

leftfootforward.org

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Derek Turnbull @derekturnbull.bsky.social · 2d

400,000,000 guns. 400,000,000.

Derek Turnbull @derekturnbull.bsky.social · 2d

And we’re still paying for the sweaty nonce www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Andrew in line for six-figure payout and annual stipend from king, sources say

The former prince remains under scrutiny as Buckingham Palace finalises plans for his future as a commoner

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Guy Lambert @cllrguylambert.bsky.social · 2d

This week Nigel Farage said 'Never trust a Tory'
Just for the record:
Nigel Farage was a Tory
Lee Anderson was a Tory
Nadine Dorris was a Tory
Danny Kruger was a Tory
Zia Yussef was a Tory
Andrea Jenkins was a Tory
Sarah Atherton was a Tory
Jake Berry was a Tory
Ann Widdecombe was a Tory

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Gary Gilligan #FBPE #KTTO @garygilligan.bsky.social · 2d

Post is by James Buchan who defected from Reform to the Tories in Dartford Council. Pretty damning stuff...

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Derek Turnbull @derekturnbull.bsky.social · 2d

An already utterly vile bunch of tossers selling out to the totally vile. #tory #reform www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

‘Young Tories are fed up’: the students switching to Reform in big numbers

A ‘nasty split’ is emerging on campus with one Conservative society opting to merge with their rightwing rivals

www.theguardian.com