Lyndon Rosser
@lyndonrosser.bsky.social
Centrist Dad, Indie music fan, science fiction geek. Parent of four humans and one cat. Member of the molecular genetics proletariat.
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And honestly I don't give a fuck if it's popular or not. It's going to make a lot of kids' lives better. That's the point of government. Not an opinion poll.
November 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
And honestly I don't give a fuck if it's popular or not. It's going to make a lot of kids' lives better. That's the point of government. Not an opinion poll.
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Whatever else this government do (and there's plenty of issues with this budget) ministers will always be able to point to this as an incredible important contribution to the country's future. Almost half a million kids taken out of poverty.
Scrapping the two-child limit in full is a monumental decision. Well done to all involved in the Child Poverty Strategy, and everyone who has made the case against the policy.
OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty
OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty
November 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Whatever else this government do (and there's plenty of issues with this budget) ministers will always be able to point to this as an incredible important contribution to the country's future. Almost half a million kids taken out of poverty.
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🔥 Highly recommended that you all sign and share.
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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"We are freezing known Russian assets" says Rachel Reeves
"But let me be clear, I don't actually mean the member for Clacton"
"But let me be clear, I don't actually mean the member for Clacton"
November 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
"We are freezing known Russian assets" says Rachel Reeves
"But let me be clear, I don't actually mean the member for Clacton"
"But let me be clear, I don't actually mean the member for Clacton"
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"This was a relatively modest and uneventful budget, and yet it’s dominated the headlines for three months … In policy terms, and on the substance, Labour has just about got itself a passing grade with this budget. The way it’s been sold to the public is a catastrophic failure."
The Budget: Rachel Reeves’s missed opportunity
A government doesn’t get many chances to make real change. Today was one of those opportunities - the chancellor missed it
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"This was a relatively modest and uneventful budget, and yet it’s dominated the headlines for three months … In policy terms, and on the substance, Labour has just about got itself a passing grade with this budget. The way it’s been sold to the public is a catastrophic failure."
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‼️Russia is not ready to sign any peace agreements.
Deputy foreign minister of Russia Ryabkov:
There can be no question of any concessions, any surrender of our approaches to those key moments in addressing the challenges facing us, including in the context of the SMO.
Deputy foreign minister of Russia Ryabkov:
There can be no question of any concessions, any surrender of our approaches to those key moments in addressing the challenges facing us, including in the context of the SMO.
November 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
‼️Russia is not ready to sign any peace agreements.
Deputy foreign minister of Russia Ryabkov:
There can be no question of any concessions, any surrender of our approaches to those key moments in addressing the challenges facing us, including in the context of the SMO.
Deputy foreign minister of Russia Ryabkov:
There can be no question of any concessions, any surrender of our approaches to those key moments in addressing the challenges facing us, including in the context of the SMO.
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This is the type of hater energy that will fuel us in the years ahead.
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
This is the type of hater energy that will fuel us in the years ahead.
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new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
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Others may also be abolishing de minimis exemptions, but let's not pretend that this isn't raising import prices and therefore likely to be net economic negative.
GB small business will also be particularly hit by the EU taking the same step.
GB small business will also be particularly hit by the EU taking the same step.
November 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Others may also be abolishing de minimis exemptions, but let's not pretend that this isn't raising import prices and therefore likely to be net economic negative.
GB small business will also be particularly hit by the EU taking the same step.
GB small business will also be particularly hit by the EU taking the same step.
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If you are eligible for the mobility component of PIP, you can spend *your own money* topping that up to have a great accessible car. Critics should ask: Why are you against this? What it is about disabled people that makes you believe it’s wrong to have nice things they paid for themselves?
November 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
If you are eligible for the mobility component of PIP, you can spend *your own money* topping that up to have a great accessible car. Critics should ask: Why are you against this? What it is about disabled people that makes you believe it’s wrong to have nice things they paid for themselves?
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and again - literally just the hobby horse of some random anonymous Twitter accounts, enraging how quickly they managed to turn their horrid posting into actual government policy and rhetoric
“The Motability scheme was set up to protect the most vulnerable. Not to subsidise the lease on a Mercedes Benz,” Reeves says.
Misleading and nasty in equal measure.
Misleading and nasty in equal measure.
November 26, 2025 at 1:20 PM
and again - literally just the hobby horse of some random anonymous Twitter accounts, enraging how quickly they managed to turn their horrid posting into actual government policy and rhetoric
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Let's get in early here.
IF YOU ARE LIVING IN A £5 million home YOU ARE RICH
IF YOU ARE LIVING IN A £5 million home YOU ARE RICH
November 26, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Let's get in early here.
IF YOU ARE LIVING IN A £5 million home YOU ARE RICH
IF YOU ARE LIVING IN A £5 million home YOU ARE RICH
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If this is true, every halfway decent foreign intelligence service on the planet already has the receipts ….
November 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
If this is true, every halfway decent foreign intelligence service on the planet already has the receipts ….
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Ironic that this government was elected with a landslide majority on a one word slogan of "change". Given how worried it is that delivering anything even close to that label would upset too many people.
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Ironic that this government was elected with a landslide majority on a one word slogan of "change". Given how worried it is that delivering anything even close to that label would upset too many people.
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Incidentally to the leak, a remarkably dull set of measures compared to all the pre-budget excitable briefings, once again illustrating the strategic vacuum at the heart of this government.
BREAKING The entire Budget has leaked early
- £22BN of headroom
- £26bn tax rises
- Freeze on tax thresholds
- Pay per mileage confirmed
- Changes to capital gains
- £22BN of headroom
- £26bn tax rises
- Freeze on tax thresholds
- Pay per mileage confirmed
- Changes to capital gains
November 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Incidentally to the leak, a remarkably dull set of measures compared to all the pre-budget excitable briefings, once again illustrating the strategic vacuum at the heart of this government.
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Christ, this is heartbreaking. Looking around my bit of Cornwall... the sheer scale of what was thrown away... millions for farmers, hundreds of thousands for schools, more hundreds for young people and culture and...
www.myeu.uk
www.myeu.uk
myeu.uk – see what the EU has done for you
The EU invests around £5 billion a year in the UK. Search by your address or postcode to see some of the investments near you.
www.myeu.uk
November 26, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Christ, this is heartbreaking. Looking around my bit of Cornwall... the sheer scale of what was thrown away... millions for farmers, hundreds of thousands for schools, more hundreds for young people and culture and...
www.myeu.uk
www.myeu.uk
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Good thing this government never u-turns at the first sign of opposition to trailed tax rises. I’m sure this one will never stick, motorists being a famously quiescent lobby of no interest to the tabloids who obsess Downing Street
💥 Govt says fuel duty to *go up* from next September.
In the past the OBR has assumed that fuel duty would start to rise after a one-year freeze.
This time, the govt has said explicitly that it will only be frozen for five months, and will start increasing it after that.
In the past the OBR has assumed that fuel duty would start to rise after a one-year freeze.
This time, the govt has said explicitly that it will only be frozen for five months, and will start increasing it after that.
November 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Good thing this government never u-turns at the first sign of opposition to trailed tax rises. I’m sure this one will never stick, motorists being a famously quiescent lobby of no interest to the tabloids who obsess Downing Street
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File under: believe it when I see it.
💥 Govt says fuel duty to *go up* from next September.
In the past the OBR has assumed that fuel duty would start to rise after a one-year freeze.
This time, the govt has said explicitly that it will only be frozen for five months, and will start increasing it after that.
In the past the OBR has assumed that fuel duty would start to rise after a one-year freeze.
This time, the govt has said explicitly that it will only be frozen for five months, and will start increasing it after that.
November 26, 2025 at 12:52 PM
File under: believe it when I see it.
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Of course it bloody is. We need migration. Our problem, as I’ve said many times recently, is going to be too little immigration, not too much.
OBR says lower net migration will hurt overall productivity
November 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Of course it bloody is. We need migration. Our problem, as I’ve said many times recently, is going to be too little immigration, not too much.
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🇺🇳🇺🇦 The number of civilians killed by Russia in Ukraine in the first 10 months of this year is four times higher than in the whole of last year, - UN.
548 people have died in Ukraine since the beginning of the year. Another 3.5 thousand were injured.
548 people have died in Ukraine since the beginning of the year. Another 3.5 thousand were injured.
November 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM
🇺🇳🇺🇦 The number of civilians killed by Russia in Ukraine in the first 10 months of this year is four times higher than in the whole of last year, - UN.
548 people have died in Ukraine since the beginning of the year. Another 3.5 thousand were injured.
548 people have died in Ukraine since the beginning of the year. Another 3.5 thousand were injured.
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Wales was promised that things would improve under Labour’s ‘partnership in power’.
But Wales still hasn’t received the billions owed from HS2, no control over our natural resources, and hit hardest by Labour’s taxes.
In today’s Budget, Plaid Cymru is calling for fairness 🏴
But Wales still hasn’t received the billions owed from HS2, no control over our natural resources, and hit hardest by Labour’s taxes.
In today’s Budget, Plaid Cymru is calling for fairness 🏴
November 26, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Wales was promised that things would improve under Labour’s ‘partnership in power’.
But Wales still hasn’t received the billions owed from HS2, no control over our natural resources, and hit hardest by Labour’s taxes.
In today’s Budget, Plaid Cymru is calling for fairness 🏴
But Wales still hasn’t received the billions owed from HS2, no control over our natural resources, and hit hardest by Labour’s taxes.
In today’s Budget, Plaid Cymru is calling for fairness 🏴
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Ministers approve £750m Marlow Film Studios development after review
Ministers approve £750m Marlow Film Studios development after review
Planning permission granted for Buckinghamshire project seen as test of Labour’s drive for economic growth
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Ministers have approved a development to build a £750m Hollywood-style film and TV studios in Marlow, a project that has faced local opposition and been seen as a test of Labour’s appetite to prioritise economic growth.
The Marlow Film Studios project has received high-profile backing from film-makers including the director of 1917, Sam Mendes, the director of Titanic and Avatar, James Cameron, and the Captain Phillips director, Paul Greengrass. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Ministers approve £750m Marlow Film Studios development after review
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Rachel Reeves, whose budget was almost entirely and deliberately briefed in advance of her statement, says it is "deeply disappointing" that the OBR has accidentally done the same
November 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Rachel Reeves, whose budget was almost entirely and deliberately briefed in advance of her statement, says it is "deeply disappointing" that the OBR has accidentally done the same
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Watch as Keir Starmer accuses Reform UK of being "riddled with pro-Putin propaganda."
November 26, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Watch as Keir Starmer accuses Reform UK of being "riddled with pro-Putin propaganda."
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Don’t worry folks, the OBR has now removed the document from its website. That should do it…
November 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Don’t worry folks, the OBR has now removed the document from its website. That should do it…