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Niki @nikkiuk.bsky.social · Dec 6


I don’t know who created this picture but it is poignant…🌸
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Niki @nikkiuk.bsky.social · 4m
⬇️⬇️⬇️. Exhausting chasing the ‘lack of everything ‘ethical’.

UK is slowly unravelling and the status quo is melting …apparently!

All eyes on what’s not being done and by whom.
premnsikka.bsky.social Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 1h
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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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 1h
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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Niki @nikkiuk.bsky.social · 12m
McDonalds:Specials:..sandwich/fries/nuggets/drink £5.

Cafe: sandwich/fries/drink ~£15-18

If you get handed £X amount you buy the easiest, cheapest for the most that won’t spoil.

It’s infuriating to see the calculated push to McDonalds tbh & now I’ve just advertised them to make a point…arghh! 🤷‍♀️
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 6h
Why do people buy pizza with EBT?

Because cauliflower is five dollars a head and you can buy five pizzas with the same money.

It’s not that folks don’t want to be healthy. They can’t afford to be healthy.
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Molly Scott Cato @greenpartymolly.bsky.social · 49m
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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Love, Ms.O 💋 @maryosteen.bsky.social · 15h
Friends!
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Dave Sumner Smith @davesumnersmith.bsky.social · 4d
Strange how the Brexiters have changed their tune, isn't it?
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Dave Sumner Smith @davesumnersmith.bsky.social · 4d
Are you banging on about illegal immigrants?
If you voted for Brexit, you got what you wanted.
Get over it.
And, yes, we told you so.
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Dave Sumner Smith @davesumnersmith.bsky.social · 3d
Brilliant - as always!
privateeyenews.bsky.social Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 3d
Minority representation on TV causes outrage

From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
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Paul Lewis @paullewismoney.bsky.social · 11h
Another day, another kite or is it a bird of pray? bit.ly/4nFhO1f 84% of Telegraph readers oppose council tax rise that it says only 4% would pay and 96% would not. Similar to Inheritance Tax! 4% will pay it this year but over half would abolish it!
Reeves eyes doubling council tax for a million homes
Families living in highest-band properties face paying up to £10,000 a year
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 23h
This builds on earlier @peterjukes.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social stories

Whilst Manuel “I know nothing” Farage would have us believe he was stunned to hear of Gill’s Russian asset work it really is not remotely believable.

See my 🧵 below outlining for how long Farage’s been a 🇷🇺 helper rôle
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d
City blames Brexit for UK’s £20bn productivity headache

www.theguardian.com/business/202...
‘The money machine is misfiring’: City blames Brexit for UK’s £20bn productivity headache
Poor output since the leave vote has landed Rachel Reeves with a bigger-than-forecast budget spending gap
www.theguardian.com
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 1d
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d
BMA says Government’s suggested pay rise for doctors in 2026 is indefensible

www.bma.org.uk/bma-media-ce...
BMA says Government’s suggested pay rise for doctors in 2026 is indefensible - BMA media centre - BMA
Press release from the BMA
www.bma.org.uk
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d
Only full abolition of two-child benefit cap will substantially cut poverty, thinktank says

Half-measures would have little or no meaningful impact on child poverty rates, Resolution Foundation analysis finds

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Only full abolition of two-child benefit cap will substantially cut poverty, thinktank says
Resolution Foundation says half-measures would have little or no meaningful impact on child poverty rates
www.theguardian.com
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West England Bylines @westenglandbylines.co.uk · 1d
Artistic beauty is often created from an artist’s pain and torment. Might this be humanity’s ironical advantage in the age of AI?  | Toby Stephenson
The profound relationship between pain and beauty
Artistic beauty is often created from an artist’s pain and torment. Might this be humanity’s ironical advantage in the age of AI?
westenglandbylines.co.uk
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 23h
Our recent foxhound animation is not fiction! These awful scenes take place!
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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 1d
I know he's my kid, so take it with a grain of salt if you wanna, but KING SORROW is one of the best terror tomes I've ever read. It's the GONE WITH THE WIND of horror! 🎃
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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 22h
This is a global governance policy agenda, the rollout of digital infrastructure is worldwide, and it coincides with the rapid installation of deregulated Freeports, SEZs/AI/University/Food/Defence/Industrial Strategy Zones all over the UK, following the UK exit from the EU's regulatory orbit.
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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 22h
It is extremely unwise to ignore the fact that a digital panopticon is being erected around us.
This is a key component of a new form of authoritarian capitalism known as Surveillance Capitalism.
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Verminous Scot @etkwebster.bsky.social · 20h
Excellent article here, well worth a read
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 18h
Patients are “paying the price” for a shortage of anaesthetists, experts have warned as a report laid bare the “growing scale of the workforce challenge” facing UK hospitals

www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/nationa...
Lack of anaesthetists hampering bid to cut surgery waiting lists – study
An audit by the Royal College of Anaesthetists suggested there is a 15 shortfall in their numbers across the NHS.
www.oxfordmail.co.uk
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fife4europe #FBPE #RejoinEU @fife4europe.bsky.social · 16h
www.youtube.com/live/jCTMuwY...
Bernie Sanders LIVE: Emergency Address on Trump’s Abuse of Power | Senate Democrats | SNAP | US News
YouTube video by Hook Global
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West England Bylines @westenglandbylines.co.uk · 16h
Sewage Watch – Protect our rivers and beaches. October update

Thames water ranked worst supplier in England as firm’s ratings hit record low

westenglandbylines.co.uk/features/bro...
Sewage Watch – Protect our rivers and beaches
Since April 2023 Sewage Watch has been keeping a running log of press coverage on the state of sewage dumping into our rivers and onto our beaches - Updated October 2025
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Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 @fbpech.bsky.social · 16h
I agree with everything Bridget has said here. It is the way forward.
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