Mike Taylor
@miketaylor9.bsky.social
Vegan father to 3 great feminists. Strong social values. Many years working for charities.
Sometimes write short stories:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0F1FRMTZQ?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title
Sometimes write short stories:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0F1FRMTZQ?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title
Reform UK gets record £9m donation from former Tory donor and British billionaire who helped bankroll Brexit.
He, of course, lives in Thailand and is clearly determined to finish Britain off.
How is this allowed?
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
He, of course, lives in Thailand and is clearly determined to finish Britain off.
How is this allowed?
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Reform gets record £9m donation from British billionaire who helped bankroll Brexit
Nigel Farage’s hopes of winning the next election have received a major boost with a record donation from aviation entrepreneur Christopher Harborne
www.independent.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Reform UK gets record £9m donation from former Tory donor and British billionaire who helped bankroll Brexit.
He, of course, lives in Thailand and is clearly determined to finish Britain off.
How is this allowed?
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
He, of course, lives in Thailand and is clearly determined to finish Britain off.
How is this allowed?
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Germany looked like it was winning the war in the spring of 1918. But its offensive was unsustainable, and the Allies held their nerve and won.
Russia has thrown everything at Ukraine, and the financial and emotional strain, as well as all those losses, must surely be at breaking point. Surely...
Russia has thrown everything at Ukraine, and the financial and emotional strain, as well as all those losses, must surely be at breaking point. Surely...
December 3, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Germany looked like it was winning the war in the spring of 1918. But its offensive was unsustainable, and the Allies held their nerve and won.
Russia has thrown everything at Ukraine, and the financial and emotional strain, as well as all those losses, must surely be at breaking point. Surely...
Russia has thrown everything at Ukraine, and the financial and emotional strain, as well as all those losses, must surely be at breaking point. Surely...
Polling expert Sir John Curtice has stressed that there could be electoral benefits for the Labour Government if it sought closer ties with Brussels, given that even Leave voters now say Brexit has done more harm than good economically.
It's an open goal.
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
It's an open goal.
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Truss mini-Budget 'hit Brexit economic hopes' with Labour now seeking closer EU ties
The UK economy has suffered a multi-billion pound blow from quitting the European Union, according to the Office for Budget Responsibility
www.standard.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Polling expert Sir John Curtice has stressed that there could be electoral benefits for the Labour Government if it sought closer ties with Brussels, given that even Leave voters now say Brexit has done more harm than good economically.
It's an open goal.
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
It's an open goal.
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
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Because of Brexit, the exchequer “will lose the thick end of £100bn in tax revenues this year”
Far from having to raise £26bn in extra taxes, Rachel Reeves could have raised spending on health, defence, infrastructure, etc and still had money to spare…
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/opinion/brex...
Far from having to raise £26bn in extra taxes, Rachel Reeves could have raised spending on health, defence, infrastructure, etc and still had money to spare…
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/opinion/brex...
Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’
The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Because of Brexit, the exchequer “will lose the thick end of £100bn in tax revenues this year”
Far from having to raise £26bn in extra taxes, Rachel Reeves could have raised spending on health, defence, infrastructure, etc and still had money to spare…
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/opinion/brex...
Far from having to raise £26bn in extra taxes, Rachel Reeves could have raised spending on health, defence, infrastructure, etc and still had money to spare…
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/opinion/brex...
While publicly saying the opposite, Nigel Farage has told donors he expects a deal or merger between Reform UK and the Conservatives before the next general election.
Ironic as most Reformers are disillusioned and / or disgraced ex-Tories.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Ironic as most Reformers are disillusioned and / or disgraced ex-Tories.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage tells donors he expects Reform to do election deal with Tories – report
One donor tells FT that Reform leader described an agreement as ‘inevitable’, despite denials from both sides
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:04 PM
While publicly saying the opposite, Nigel Farage has told donors he expects a deal or merger between Reform UK and the Conservatives before the next general election.
Ironic as most Reformers are disillusioned and / or disgraced ex-Tories.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Ironic as most Reformers are disillusioned and / or disgraced ex-Tories.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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But we'll welcome former Tories Jonathan Gullis, Danny Kruger, Lee Anderson, Nadine Dorries, Ann Widdecombe, Lucy Allen, Jake Berry - the former chair of the Tories, for God's sake - Andrea Jenkyns, Maria Caufield, Lia Nici ... 20 of them so far.
They should never be forgiven. Except those ones.
They should never be forgiven. Except those ones.
December 3, 2025 at 9:18 AM
But we'll welcome former Tories Jonathan Gullis, Danny Kruger, Lee Anderson, Nadine Dorries, Ann Widdecombe, Lucy Allen, Jake Berry - the former chair of the Tories, for God's sake - Andrea Jenkyns, Maria Caufield, Lia Nici ... 20 of them so far.
They should never be forgiven. Except those ones.
They should never be forgiven. Except those ones.
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It's all bad but hadn't seen the bit where Farage says:
"The European Union is the prototype for the New World Order."
That is a seriously, deeply problematic term that taps into Illuminati and antisemitic conspiracy theories.
How the fuck did this man direct the course of our politics?
"The European Union is the prototype for the New World Order."
That is a seriously, deeply problematic term that taps into Illuminati and antisemitic conspiracy theories.
How the fuck did this man direct the course of our politics?
We kept the receipts. These comments, taken together, paint a picture of the man he is today.
December 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM
It's all bad but hadn't seen the bit where Farage says:
"The European Union is the prototype for the New World Order."
That is a seriously, deeply problematic term that taps into Illuminati and antisemitic conspiracy theories.
How the fuck did this man direct the course of our politics?
"The European Union is the prototype for the New World Order."
That is a seriously, deeply problematic term that taps into Illuminati and antisemitic conspiracy theories.
How the fuck did this man direct the course of our politics?
No surprise that Putin has rejected the #Ukraine peace deal.
His people will now push Witkoff and Kushner to go back to Moscow's 28 point plan, where Russia gets all it wants, hoping Sleepy Trump will cave in again.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
His people will now push Witkoff and Kushner to go back to Moscow's 28 point plan, where Russia gets all it wants, hoping Sleepy Trump will cave in again.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
Ukraine war latest: Trump envoys fail on deal after Putin tells Europe ready for war
Kremlin describes talks as constructive but says no compromise could be reached on thorniest issue – territory
www.independent.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 8:22 AM
No surprise that Putin has rejected the #Ukraine peace deal.
His people will now push Witkoff and Kushner to go back to Moscow's 28 point plan, where Russia gets all it wants, hoping Sleepy Trump will cave in again.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
His people will now push Witkoff and Kushner to go back to Moscow's 28 point plan, where Russia gets all it wants, hoping Sleepy Trump will cave in again.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
A Russia US meeting over #Ukraine. We know what that means.
Steve Witkoff will be out-witted, then he and Trump will announce that Moscow's old, discredited list of demands is in play again.
And that Ukraine must accept it.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
Steve Witkoff will be out-witted, then he and Trump will announce that Moscow's old, discredited list of demands is in play again.
And that Ukraine must accept it.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
Putin says Russia is ready for war if Europe wants it
Russian leader says European demands for Ukraine peace deal are ‘absolutely unacceptable’
www.independent.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 9:18 PM
A Russia US meeting over #Ukraine. We know what that means.
Steve Witkoff will be out-witted, then he and Trump will announce that Moscow's old, discredited list of demands is in play again.
And that Ukraine must accept it.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
Steve Witkoff will be out-witted, then he and Trump will announce that Moscow's old, discredited list of demands is in play again.
And that Ukraine must accept it.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
The average Briton is up to £3,700 worse off in terms of GDP per head directly because of Brexit, the impact of which is worse even than Remainers feared.
And now Brexit and anti-immigration policies are causing a brain-drain. It's a downward spiral.
www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
And now Brexit and anti-immigration policies are causing a brain-drain. It's a downward spiral.
www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
The eye-watering fee being lost each year because of Brexit
www.independent.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The average Briton is up to £3,700 worse off in terms of GDP per head directly because of Brexit, the impact of which is worse even than Remainers feared.
And now Brexit and anti-immigration policies are causing a brain-drain. It's a downward spiral.
www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
And now Brexit and anti-immigration policies are causing a brain-drain. It's a downward spiral.
www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...
The media elite that welcomed Liz Truss' disaster budget doesn't like paying a little more towards the country's costs.
No one will really improve things, though, till they address Brexit, the trillion pound, media-backed ‘mistake’ that holds us back.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/opinion/brex...
No one will really improve things, though, till they address Brexit, the trillion pound, media-backed ‘mistake’ that holds us back.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/opinion/brex...
Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’
The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The media elite that welcomed Liz Truss' disaster budget doesn't like paying a little more towards the country's costs.
No one will really improve things, though, till they address Brexit, the trillion pound, media-backed ‘mistake’ that holds us back.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/opinion/brex...
No one will really improve things, though, till they address Brexit, the trillion pound, media-backed ‘mistake’ that holds us back.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/opinion/brex...
Lenny Henry and Paloma Faith lead celebs are backing an anti far-right campaign to counter the rise of Reform and 'Tommy Robinson'.
“We stand for love over hate, hope over fear and unity over division.” The opposite of Farage.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
“We stand for love over hate, hope over fear and unity over division.” The opposite of Farage.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Sir Lenny Henry and Paloma Faith lead celebs backing anti far-right campaign
TOGETHER, an alliance of campaigners, unions and civil society groups, is being launched to counter the rise of Reform and street protests led by far-right agitator Tommy Robinson
www.mirror.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Lenny Henry and Paloma Faith lead celebs are backing an anti far-right campaign to counter the rise of Reform and 'Tommy Robinson'.
“We stand for love over hate, hope over fear and unity over division.” The opposite of Farage.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
“We stand for love over hate, hope over fear and unity over division.” The opposite of Farage.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Frightening to hear how much Trump and Witkoff expect to use their personalities and charisma to charm Putin and his people into a peace deal over Ukraine.
Utter naivety from Americans who are out-manoeuvred by the Russians every time.
#r4today
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Utter naivety from Americans who are out-manoeuvred by the Russians every time.
#r4today
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Putin and Trump envoy Steve Witkoff set for key Ukraine talks in Moscow
Steve Witkoff will hold talks at the Kremlin, after the White House said it was
www.bbc.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Frightening to hear how much Trump and Witkoff expect to use their personalities and charisma to charm Putin and his people into a peace deal over Ukraine.
Utter naivety from Americans who are out-manoeuvred by the Russians every time.
#r4today
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Utter naivety from Americans who are out-manoeuvred by the Russians every time.
#r4today
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ed Davey absolutely right that we should rejoin the EU Single Market. Starmer and Reeves won't achieve proper growth, or address the cost of living, without it.
#bbcpm
www.politico.eu/article/uk-p...
#bbcpm
www.politico.eu/article/uk-p...
Starmer: Brexit ‘significantly’ hurt British economy
U.K. needs to “keep moving” towards a closer relationship, says British PM.
www.politico.eu
December 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Ed Davey absolutely right that we should rejoin the EU Single Market. Starmer and Reeves won't achieve proper growth, or address the cost of living, without it.
#bbcpm
www.politico.eu/article/uk-p...
#bbcpm
www.politico.eu/article/uk-p...
Never seen our media quite so rabid and robust after a budget which makes rich people pay a little more for a society they do best out of.
The right wing press leads the charge, spewing comments and case studies that don't withstand scrutiny.
Britain has a media problem...
The right wing press leads the charge, spewing comments and case studies that don't withstand scrutiny.
Britain has a media problem...
But his retirement plans are now in “disarray” and “ruined” cos he’s going to have to find an additional £208.33 per month?
He has £2-4 million in savings/investments but claims he is not “cash-rich” and his house was his only “pension”
Seriously @Telegraph, where do you find these people?🤣🤣🙄
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He has £2-4 million in savings/investments but claims he is not “cash-rich” and his house was his only “pension”
Seriously @Telegraph, where do you find these people?🤣🤣🙄
9/9
November 29, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Never seen our media quite so rabid and robust after a budget which makes rich people pay a little more for a society they do best out of.
The right wing press leads the charge, spewing comments and case studies that don't withstand scrutiny.
Britain has a media problem...
The right wing press leads the charge, spewing comments and case studies that don't withstand scrutiny.
Britain has a media problem...
Daily Mail owner, Lord Rothermere, now wants the Telegraph, as part of a long-held ambition to create a dominant stable of rightwing newspapers. To counter Rupert Murdoch's.... equally right wing media empire.
The Brexit elite is consolidating.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
The Brexit elite is consolidating.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Move over, Murdoch: will Lord Rothermere be Britain’s most powerful media mogul?
The Daily Mail owner has the Telegraph titles in his sights as part of a long-held ambition to create a dominant stable of rightwing newspapers
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Daily Mail owner, Lord Rothermere, now wants the Telegraph, as part of a long-held ambition to create a dominant stable of rightwing newspapers. To counter Rupert Murdoch's.... equally right wing media empire.
The Brexit elite is consolidating.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
The Brexit elite is consolidating.
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Radiohead break the attendance record at London’s The O2. And have been raising money for Samaritans, grassroots venues and Médecins Sans Frontières from their tour.
Total class.
www.nme.com/news/music/r...
Total class.
www.nme.com/news/music/r...
Radiohead break the attendance record at London's The O2 – as they raised money for Samaritans and grassroots venues
Radiohead have broken the attendance record at The O2, and shows have raised money for grassroots music venues and Médecins Sans Frontières.
www.nme.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Radiohead break the attendance record at London’s The O2. And have been raising money for Samaritans, grassroots venues and Médecins Sans Frontières from their tour.
Total class.
www.nme.com/news/music/r...
Total class.
www.nme.com/news/music/r...
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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...
Former US ambassador urges Trump to avoid a bad Ukraine deal, the way he gave Afghanistan to the Taliban.
Trump is a poor deal-maker, interested only in short term personal and national gain and quick to betray allies. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
Trump is a poor deal-maker, interested only in short term personal and national gain and quick to betray allies. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
Former US ambassador urges Trump to avoid bad Ukraine deal ‘for the sake of signing’
With the US president seemingly more concerned with getting a peace deal signed than the details of its contents, experts tell Arpan Rai what the agreement must include to prevent the future destructi...
www.independent.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Former US ambassador urges Trump to avoid a bad Ukraine deal, the way he gave Afghanistan to the Taliban.
Trump is a poor deal-maker, interested only in short term personal and national gain and quick to betray allies. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
Trump is a poor deal-maker, interested only in short term personal and national gain and quick to betray allies. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
Donald Trump may well recognise Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea and other occupied territories in an appeasement of the Kremlin’s key demands for a peace deal.
He has no right. No authority.
Trump is #Putinspuppet.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
He has no right. No authority.
Trump is #Putinspuppet.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
Trump ‘to hand occupied Ukrainian land to Putin in return for peace deal’
US envoy Steve Witkoff will travel to Russia next week for the next stage of peace talks
www.independent.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Donald Trump may well recognise Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea and other occupied territories in an appeasement of the Kremlin’s key demands for a peace deal.
He has no right. No authority.
Trump is #Putinspuppet.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
He has no right. No authority.
Trump is #Putinspuppet.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...
Three uncomfortable truths about Britain's poor economic position are that Brexit has totally undermined us and that we need significant immigration to function. Then that our media and political elites won't acknowledge those things.
#Budget2026
#r4today
#Budget2026
#r4today
Today we’ll get latest net immigration figures - They’ll show immigration for work is plummeting.
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
November 27, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Three uncomfortable truths about Britain's poor economic position are that Brexit has totally undermined us and that we need significant immigration to function. Then that our media and political elites won't acknowledge those things.
#Budget2026
#r4today
#Budget2026
#r4today
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Plus sides to today: Two-child benefit scrapped. Largely progressive tax implications. Good market reaction. No big spending cuts. Nightmare prospect of cutting funding to net zero etc avoided. It's a left-wing budget. Those who say there's no difference between Labour and Tories are bananas.
November 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Plus sides to today: Two-child benefit scrapped. Largely progressive tax implications. Good market reaction. No big spending cuts. Nightmare prospect of cutting funding to net zero etc avoided. It's a left-wing budget. Those who say there's no difference between Labour and Tories are bananas.
As part of the ‘No Music For Genocide’ campaign, Massive Attack and Paul Weller have confirmed that their requests to geo-block music in Israel have been approved.
www.nme.com/news/music/m...
www.nme.com/news/music/m...
Massive Attack and Paul Weller's requests to geo-block music in Israel have been approved
Massive Attack and Paul Weller have confirmed that their requests to geo-block music in Israel have been approved.
www.nme.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
As part of the ‘No Music For Genocide’ campaign, Massive Attack and Paul Weller have confirmed that their requests to geo-block music in Israel have been approved.
www.nme.com/news/music/m...
www.nme.com/news/music/m...
Reeves' budget is clearly a compromise, taxing many people more and annoying the better off.
But it avoids austerity and has a lot that's sensible. And if anyone has to help pay for Brexit, Covid and years of Tory economic mismanagement, let it be those who can afford it.
#Budget2026
But it avoids austerity and has a lot that's sensible. And if anyone has to help pay for Brexit, Covid and years of Tory economic mismanagement, let it be those who can afford it.
#Budget2026
Initial reaction on the budget:
Maintains investment & public spending as set out in the spending review.
More investment in some areas.
Help for those on lower incomes, with the cost of living and pensioners.
Tax increases on those who can afford it.
Overall: great stuff!
Maintains investment & public spending as set out in the spending review.
More investment in some areas.
Help for those on lower incomes, with the cost of living and pensioners.
Tax increases on those who can afford it.
Overall: great stuff!
November 26, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Reeves' budget is clearly a compromise, taxing many people more and annoying the better off.
But it avoids austerity and has a lot that's sensible. And if anyone has to help pay for Brexit, Covid and years of Tory economic mismanagement, let it be those who can afford it.
#Budget2026
But it avoids austerity and has a lot that's sensible. And if anyone has to help pay for Brexit, Covid and years of Tory economic mismanagement, let it be those who can afford it.
#Budget2026