Henry Dyer
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Henry Dyer
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the ubi in ubi caritas stands for universal basic income
November 28, 2025 at 12:16 PM
the ubi in ubi caritas stands for universal basic income
The Producers musical at the Garrick is hilarious and brilliant. Suitably different to the film, adapted to the stage. A great night out. Strongly recommend!
November 27, 2025 at 11:20 PM
The Producers musical at the Garrick is hilarious and brilliant. Suitably different to the film, adapted to the stage. A great night out. Strongly recommend!
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“Also for legal reasons, we’re not able to tell you what that line is.”
From a media law perspective: BS.
There is no "legal" reason for not publishing that line.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
From a media law perspective: BS.
There is no "legal" reason for not publishing that line.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC tells staff they cannot quote Trump line removed from Reith Lecture
Journalists not allowed to repeat Rutger Bregman’s corruption claims against US president in coverage of edit
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
“Also for legal reasons, we’re not able to tell you what that line is.”
From a media law perspective: BS.
There is no "legal" reason for not publishing that line.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
From a media law perspective: BS.
There is no "legal" reason for not publishing that line.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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Nights at Osip, lunches at Mountain, ludicrously expensive handbags and cases of delicious wine – we've got some amazing prizes to be won in our festive prizedraw. Enter now, and help us turbocharge our growth for 2026.
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November 27, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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With my postgraduate and plan 2 loan I’m essentially paying an additional 15% tax for the next 30 years. Every £ I pay is eaten up by the interest. All of my peers and people I lead who have degrees from before I went to uni are paid more in real terms and it’s extremely demoralising.
November 27, 2025 at 2:49 PM
With my postgraduate and plan 2 loan I’m essentially paying an additional 15% tax for the next 30 years. Every £ I pay is eaten up by the interest. All of my peers and people I lead who have degrees from before I went to uni are paid more in real terms and it’s extremely demoralising.
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About 6.5% of my gross salary goes towards paying off my student loan (undergrad and postgrad) — more than I pay in NI each month.
Spot on. The terms of the plan 2 loan are utterly usurious. Notably the budget has not frozen just the threshold for repayments at a marginal rate of 9%, dragging more and more graduates into it, but it also freezes the interest of those loans which is as much as 6.2%! Which is ridiculous!!
I'm constantly shocked (but not surprised) by how little we discuss the additional financial burden placed on young people by the Clegg-Cameron student loan regime.
@rmcunliffe.bsky.social is one of the few journalists who brings it up continuously - once again in the wake of the budget 👇
@rmcunliffe.bsky.social is one of the few journalists who brings it up continuously - once again in the wake of the budget 👇
November 27, 2025 at 1:26 PM
About 6.5% of my gross salary goes towards paying off my student loan (undergrad and postgrad) — more than I pay in NI each month.
Spot on. The terms of the plan 2 loan are utterly usurious. Notably the budget has not frozen just the threshold for repayments at a marginal rate of 9%, dragging more and more graduates into it, but it also freezes the interest of those loans which is as much as 6.2%! Which is ridiculous!!
I'm constantly shocked (but not surprised) by how little we discuss the additional financial burden placed on young people by the Clegg-Cameron student loan regime.
@rmcunliffe.bsky.social is one of the few journalists who brings it up continuously - once again in the wake of the budget 👇
@rmcunliffe.bsky.social is one of the few journalists who brings it up continuously - once again in the wake of the budget 👇
Rachel Reeves hits young graduates with a double stealth tax
The Chancellor plans to raise as much money from freezing loan repayment thresholds as from the mansion tax
www.newstatesman.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Spot on. The terms of the plan 2 loan are utterly usurious. Notably the budget has not frozen just the threshold for repayments at a marginal rate of 9%, dragging more and more graduates into it, but it also freezes the interest of those loans which is as much as 6.2%! Which is ridiculous!!
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This week’s column👇
Britain's left-wing government is left-wing www.economist.com/britain/2025...
Britain’s left-wing government is left-wing
An obvious fact. But still an overlooked one
www.economist.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:55 AM
This week’s column👇
Guardian leader on our HoL investigation
“Too many peers treat the Palace of Westminster as little more than an exclusive members’ club, enjoying the status for its own sake or for the networking opportunities. Monetising the latter is easy, as this newspaper’s investigations have shown.”
“Too many peers treat the Palace of Westminster as little more than an exclusive members’ club, enjoying the status for its own sake or for the networking opportunities. Monetising the latter is easy, as this newspaper’s investigations have shown.”
The Guardian view on the peers lobbying scandal: Lords reform is a vital step for restoring trust in democracy | Editorial
Editorial: Although some appointees make valuable contributions, the absurd archaism of the second chamber of parliament has to be addressed
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Guardian leader on our HoL investigation
“Too many peers treat the Palace of Westminster as little more than an exclusive members’ club, enjoying the status for its own sake or for the networking opportunities. Monetising the latter is easy, as this newspaper’s investigations have shown.”
“Too many peers treat the Palace of Westminster as little more than an exclusive members’ club, enjoying the status for its own sake or for the networking opportunities. Monetising the latter is easy, as this newspaper’s investigations have shown.”
Was Nigel Farage a bit of a Nazi? Only he knows - column from @hugorifkind.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/article/f099...
www.thetimes.com/article/f099...
Was Nigel Farage a bit of a Nazi? Only he knows
The Reform leader was a teenager when he made crass remarks but we’re entitled to ask a would-be prime minister what lay behind them
www.thetimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Was Nigel Farage a bit of a Nazi? Only he knows - column from @hugorifkind.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/article/f099...
www.thetimes.com/article/f099...
Worth adding this is not an accurate representation by Farage of our reporting to date.
Y'day's story: Cyrus Oshidar, described as “rubbish” the claim that the Reform leader did not act with intent to hurt. "Being called a Paki isn’t hurtful?" Oshidar asked.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Y'day's story: Cyrus Oshidar, described as “rubbish” the claim that the Reform leader did not act with intent to hurt. "Being called a Paki isn’t hurtful?" Oshidar asked.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
November 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Worth adding this is not an accurate representation by Farage of our reporting to date.
Y'day's story: Cyrus Oshidar, described as “rubbish” the claim that the Reform leader did not act with intent to hurt. "Being called a Paki isn’t hurtful?" Oshidar asked.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Y'day's story: Cyrus Oshidar, described as “rubbish” the claim that the Reform leader did not act with intent to hurt. "Being called a Paki isn’t hurtful?" Oshidar asked.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
NEW: Keir Starmer has called on Nigel Farage to apologise to his school contemporaries who claim the Reform leader racially abused them while at Dulwich College.
Starmer calls on Farage to apologise to his alleged victims of racial abuse at school
Prime minister says Reform leader’s explanations about alleged comments are ‘unconvincing to say the least’
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:07 PM
NEW: Keir Starmer has called on Nigel Farage to apologise to his school contemporaries who claim the Reform leader racially abused them while at Dulwich College.
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Student loan repayment thresholds frozen for a further three years.
More debt burden falling on graduates.
And even more reason to cut university places by 20-30%.
More debt burden falling on graduates.
And even more reason to cut university places by 20-30%.
November 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Could be worse. At least the OBR's not leaked Rachel Reeves's jokes.
November 26, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Could be worse. At least the OBR's not leaked Rachel Reeves's jokes.
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The big changes to UK pensions will come in April 2029, just before the next election? (Or just after it!)
So either a massive incentive for everyone who can to ramp up their pensions in the intervening years or (cynical brain) some sort of thing they can cancel if the economy picks up?
So either a massive incentive for everyone who can to ramp up their pensions in the intervening years or (cynical brain) some sort of thing they can cancel if the economy picks up?
November 26, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The big changes to UK pensions will come in April 2029, just before the next election? (Or just after it!)
So either a massive incentive for everyone who can to ramp up their pensions in the intervening years or (cynical brain) some sort of thing they can cancel if the economy picks up?
So either a massive incentive for everyone who can to ramp up their pensions in the intervening years or (cynical brain) some sort of thing they can cancel if the economy picks up?
shoutout to the government department that has - no doubt, entirely at random - chosen today, now, as their time to respond to my FOI request
November 26, 2025 at 12:03 PM
shoutout to the government department that has - no doubt, entirely at random - chosen today, now, as their time to respond to my FOI request
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Oh fuck I used to be a political reporter, can't help myself. Here's the big tax policies from the leaked budget.
November 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Oh fuck I used to be a political reporter, can't help myself. Here's the big tax policies from the leaked budget.
OBR_Economic_and_fiscal_outlook_November_2025_FINAL_FINAL_V9_DONOTPUBLISH_EMBARGO_USETHISONE.pdf
November 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
OBR_Economic_and_fiscal_outlook_November_2025_FINAL_FINAL_V9_DONOTPUBLISH_EMBARGO_USETHISONE.pdf
resignation time for someone surely
lol here’s the full OBR book someone pressed publish early here’s the budget obr.uk/docs/dlm_upl...
obr.uk
November 26, 2025 at 11:56 AM
resignation time for someone surely
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lol here’s the full OBR book someone pressed publish early here’s the budget obr.uk/docs/dlm_upl...
obr.uk
November 26, 2025 at 11:54 AM
lol here’s the full OBR book someone pressed publish early here’s the budget obr.uk/docs/dlm_upl...
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Wednesday's GUARDIAN: Reeves vows to tackle cost of living crisis in decisive budget for Labour #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 25, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Wednesday's GUARDIAN: Reeves vows to tackle cost of living crisis in decisive budget for Labour #TomorrowsPapersToday
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Three more school contemporaries who claim to have witnessed Nigel Farage’s alleged teenage racism have rejected the Reform UK leader’s suggestion that it was “banter”, describing it as targeted, persistent and nasty.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Three more ex-pupils at school with Nigel Farage reject ‘banter’ claims
Exclusive: Dulwich college contemporaries ‘rubbish’ Reform UK leader’s suggestion alleged racist taunts not intended to hurt
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Three more school contemporaries who claim to have witnessed Nigel Farage’s alleged teenage racism have rejected the Reform UK leader’s suggestion that it was “banter”, describing it as targeted, persistent and nasty.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
New: Three new ex-pupils come forward, on the record, to say Farage's racism as a teenager was targeted, persistent and nasty. Farage has denied targeting any individuals - but two of the men tell us they recall Farage abusing Peter Ettedgui.
w/ Dan Boffey, @drblacklock.bsky.social
w/ Dan Boffey, @drblacklock.bsky.social
Three more ex-pupils at school with Nigel Farage reject ‘banter’ claims
Exclusive: Dulwich college contemporaries ‘rubbish’ Reform UK leader’s suggestion alleged racist taunts not intended to hurt
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
New: Three new ex-pupils come forward, on the record, to say Farage's racism as a teenager was targeted, persistent and nasty. Farage has denied targeting any individuals - but two of the men tell us they recall Farage abusing Peter Ettedgui.
w/ Dan Boffey, @drblacklock.bsky.social
w/ Dan Boffey, @drblacklock.bsky.social