Gnasher
@gnasherjames.bsky.social
Cardiff, Pontyclun, Aigburth.
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Richard Hughes resigns as head of the Office for Budget Responsibility, for an error he had nothing personally to do with, and which was in reality actually a net democratic positive for anyone wanting to understand and scrutinise the Budget
December 1, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Richard Hughes resigns as head of the Office for Budget Responsibility, for an error he had nothing personally to do with, and which was in reality actually a net democratic positive for anyone wanting to understand and scrutinise the Budget
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Labour’s Darren Jones was at the Treasury while it drove through cuts to housing benefit and disability benefits
He claimed £39,428 in rent expenses in 2024/25. If he claims £3,750 a month for the whole year, his annual total will be more than his constituents are paid each year on average
He claimed £39,428 in rent expenses in 2024/25. If he claims £3,750 a month for the whole year, his annual total will be more than his constituents are paid each year on average
December 1, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Labour’s Darren Jones was at the Treasury while it drove through cuts to housing benefit and disability benefits
He claimed £39,428 in rent expenses in 2024/25. If he claims £3,750 a month for the whole year, his annual total will be more than his constituents are paid each year on average
He claimed £39,428 in rent expenses in 2024/25. If he claims £3,750 a month for the whole year, his annual total will be more than his constituents are paid each year on average
Wrote my take on the retreat on day one rights against unfair dismissal, for Renewal. Basically Labour made a promise it turned out it couldn't deliver, a small group of serious trade unions then decided to try to salvage this, but this isn't without severe trade offs renewal.org.uk/blog/pragmat...
Pragmatism’s limits?
Following secret negotiations between business confederations and GMB, CWU, Prospect, Unite, USDAW, UNISON, and the TUC, the government has U-turned on its manifesto commitment to introduce day-one ri...
renewal.org.uk
December 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Answer in the following post. So don't look down if you want to work it out yourself.
December 1, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Answer in the following post. So don't look down if you want to work it out yourself.
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Starmer to launch fresh push for welfare spending reform on.ft.com/4ixMEIf
Starmer to launch fresh push for welfare spending reform
Prime minister will risk Labour MPs’ ire by arguing that tackling the spiralling benefits bill is a moral imperative
on.ft.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Starmer to launch fresh push for welfare spending reform on.ft.com/4ixMEIf
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JD Vance in the oval office
March 1, 2025 at 11:05 AM
JD Vance in the oval office
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Rachel Reeves says on Laura Kuenssberg that she's asking working people to pay a little bit more.
This was all under the cover of a made up "black hole" whilst refusing to tax the super rich.
This Labour Government showing again exactly who they are and who they serve.
This was all under the cover of a made up "black hole" whilst refusing to tax the super rich.
This Labour Government showing again exactly who they are and who they serve.
November 30, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Rachel Reeves says on Laura Kuenssberg that she's asking working people to pay a little bit more.
This was all under the cover of a made up "black hole" whilst refusing to tax the super rich.
This Labour Government showing again exactly who they are and who they serve.
This was all under the cover of a made up "black hole" whilst refusing to tax the super rich.
This Labour Government showing again exactly who they are and who they serve.
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Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88
Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88
A theatrical sensation since the 1960s, whose dramas included Arcadia, The Real Thing and Leopoldstadt, Stoppard also had huge success as a screenwriter
The playwright Tom Stoppard, whose playful erudition dazzled the theatregoing world for decades, has died aged 88.
One of a select band of writers from any discipline to earn his own adjective – “Stoppardian” – in the Oxford English Dictionary, he delighted in the most improbable juxtapositions: philosophy and gymnastics in Jumpers (1972); early 19th-century landscape gardening and chaos theory in Arcadia (1993); rock music, dissident Czech academics and the love poetry of Sappho in Rock ’n’ Roll (2006). Continue reading...
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November 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88
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Alf Dubs Accuses Shabana Mahmood of ‘Letting the Country Down’ With Plans to Outdo Reform on Asylum
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/28/a...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/28/a...
Alf Dubs Accuses Shabana Mahmood of 'Letting the Country Down' With Plans to Outdo Reform on Asylum
The veteran Labour peer and lifelong campaigner for child refugees, Alf Dubs, tells Byline Times that the Home Secretary's plans are "bitterly disappointing coming from a Labour Government"
bylinetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Alf Dubs Accuses Shabana Mahmood of ‘Letting the Country Down’ With Plans to Outdo Reform on Asylum
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/28/a...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/28/a...
Over on X. Jesus. This poster is a regular on GB News.
November 28, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Over on X. Jesus. This poster is a regular on GB News.
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Me too, Damien. Me too.
November 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Me too, Damien. Me too.
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‘Unavoidably unfair’: the secret courts system hearing part of Palestine Action case
‘Unavoidably unfair’: the secret courts system hearing part of Palestine Action case
The CMP system means Huda Ammori will not be allowed to know what allegations were made against her
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:41 AM
‘Unavoidably unfair’: the secret courts system hearing part of Palestine Action case
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You Don't Pull No Punches, But You Don't Push the River
YouTube video by Van Morrison - Topic
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November 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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BBC Radio 6 Music
Lauren Laverne
Now Playing
Gil Scott‐Heron & Brian Jackson
The Bottle
Lauren Laverne
Now Playing
Gil Scott‐Heron & Brian Jackson
The Bottle
November 28, 2025 at 10:21 AM
BBC Radio 6 Music
Lauren Laverne
Now Playing
Gil Scott‐Heron & Brian Jackson
The Bottle
Lauren Laverne
Now Playing
Gil Scott‐Heron & Brian Jackson
The Bottle
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Hope is here.
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November 28, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Hope is here.
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Another day, another Labour bin fire. Is there any rubbish receptacle that's not on fire at this point?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
November 28, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Another day, another Labour bin fire. Is there any rubbish receptacle that's not on fire at this point?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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I'm old enough to remember
when Thatcher promised that her policies
would make everyone a homeowner
(instead of many renting overpriced slums
while the few billionaires luxuriate in gated mansions)
when Thatcher promised that her policies
would make everyone a homeowner
(instead of many renting overpriced slums
while the few billionaires luxuriate in gated mansions)
November 28, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I'm old enough to remember
when Thatcher promised that her policies
would make everyone a homeowner
(instead of many renting overpriced slums
while the few billionaires luxuriate in gated mansions)
when Thatcher promised that her policies
would make everyone a homeowner
(instead of many renting overpriced slums
while the few billionaires luxuriate in gated mansions)
I'm starting to think Peter Mandelson might be a bit troublesome to be holding high office.
Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm hired by company linked to Chinese military | Peter Mandelson | The Guardian share.google/xIi2MnxBwuHN...
Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm hired by company linked to Chinese military | Peter Mandelson | The Guardian share.google/xIi2MnxBwuHN...
November 28, 2025 at 9:09 AM
I'm starting to think Peter Mandelson might be a bit troublesome to be holding high office.
Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm hired by company linked to Chinese military | Peter Mandelson | The Guardian share.google/xIi2MnxBwuHN...
Peter Mandelson’s lobbying firm hired by company linked to Chinese military | Peter Mandelson | The Guardian share.google/xIi2MnxBwuHN...
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Mick Lynch "Nigel Farage is a racist."
RT if Mick is right.
RT if Mick is right.
September 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Mick Lynch "Nigel Farage is a racist."
RT if Mick is right.
RT if Mick is right.
Broken clocks and all that but Hitchens is right, David Lammy is a dangerous fool. We will indeed live to regret politicans taking away our right to a fair trial in a court of law.
November 28, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Broken clocks and all that but Hitchens is right, David Lammy is a dangerous fool. We will indeed live to regret politicans taking away our right to a fair trial in a court of law.
Great front page for Labour.
November 27, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Great front page for Labour.
This girl from Cardiff is fab. So if you can support her it'd be great.
November 27, 2025 at 8:08 PM
This girl from Cardiff is fab. So if you can support her it'd be great.