Rob 🏳️🌈
@rotster.bsky.social
Hummus-loving plant-botherer.
Dedicating my life to ensuring that Liz Kendall never achieves Inbox Zero.
He/him.
lnk.bio/rotster
Dedicating my life to ensuring that Liz Kendall never achieves Inbox Zero.
He/him.
lnk.bio/rotster
I enjoyed this. And I will donate. I like hope.
Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
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November 28, 2025 at 8:11 AM
I enjoyed this. And I will donate. I like hope.
anyway, good morning. Happy Friday, everyone.
November 28, 2025 at 7:58 AM
anyway, good morning. Happy Friday, everyone.
“We are going to ban unfairly dismissing people from work”
“But we want to be able to dismiss people unfairly”
“I guess you’re right, let’s compromise on that”
WHAT??
“But we want to be able to dismiss people unfairly”
“I guess you’re right, let’s compromise on that”
WHAT??
November 28, 2025 at 7:50 AM
“We are going to ban unfairly dismissing people from work”
“But we want to be able to dismiss people unfairly”
“I guess you’re right, let’s compromise on that”
WHAT??
“But we want to be able to dismiss people unfairly”
“I guess you’re right, let’s compromise on that”
WHAT??
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Walking through Stansted with a few kilos of Rooney in a suitcase which I drop in front of Greggs while my contact drops an identical suitcase full of banknotes. We do the switch without making eye contact.
The lengths the British government will go to please the Israeli government.
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
www.rte.ie/news/2025/11...
Sally Rooney books may be pulled from UK, court told
Normal People author Sally Rooney's books may have to be withdrawn from sale and none of her new works published in the UK due to "uncertainty" caused by the ban on Palestine Action, the British High ...
www.rte.ie
November 27, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Walking through Stansted with a few kilos of Rooney in a suitcase which I drop in front of Greggs while my contact drops an identical suitcase full of banknotes. We do the switch without making eye contact.
It’s all kicking off round here.
November 27, 2025 at 11:29 PM
It’s all kicking off round here.
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SEEN needs to spell out how astonishingly improper this is. A Gender Critical activist ‘journalist’ openly admits he was “invited to address the judge” in a criminal trial, even though he says himself he “doesn’t technically have standing”. This should NEVER happen in court.
SEEN needs to spell out how astonishingly improper this is. A Gender Critical activist ‘journalist’ openly admits he was “invited to address the judge” in a criminal trial, even though he says himself he “doesn’t technically have standing”. This should NEVER happen in court.
November 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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SEEN needs to spell out how astonishingly improper this is. A Gender Critical activist ‘journalist’ openly admits he was “invited to address the judge” in a criminal trial, even though he says himself he “doesn’t technically have standing”. This should NEVER happen in court.
SEEN needs to spell out how astonishingly improper this is. A Gender Critical activist ‘journalist’ openly admits he was “invited to address the judge” in a criminal trial, even though he says himself he “doesn’t technically have standing”. This should NEVER happen in court.
This dude is just incredibly ill-informed. They might not have jobs, but the amount of money that international students bring to a local economy is vast. A lot of them have way higher spending power than your average UK students.
Tony Smith on Ch4News saying international students should be limited because they’re “economically inactive”.
International students pay around £27k p.a. in fees to their universities, at least half again to landlords and they spend their parents’ hard-earned money in local shops.
International students pay around £27k p.a. in fees to their universities, at least half again to landlords and they spend their parents’ hard-earned money in local shops.
November 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
This dude is just incredibly ill-informed. They might not have jobs, but the amount of money that international students bring to a local economy is vast. A lot of them have way higher spending power than your average UK students.
Nothing like taxing a sector that is already on the brink of financial collapse.
November 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Nothing like taxing a sector that is already on the brink of financial collapse.
Well they kept this bit of absolute batshittery quiet, didn't they?
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/interna...
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/interna...
International student levy set at £925 per student from 2028
Chancellor confirms details of controversial tax on income from overseas students, while universities also expect to be hit by changes to pension tax rules
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Well they kept this bit of absolute batshittery quiet, didn't they?
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/interna...
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/interna...
I see the response to the budget has been so dire that they've had to get the emergency cunting out.
November 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I see the response to the budget has been so dire that they've had to get the emergency cunting out.
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You know she is being entirely accurate here as both countries have long histories of freely perpetuating genocide, racism and apartheid 🤝
November 27, 2025 at 9:32 AM
You know she is being entirely accurate here as both countries have long histories of freely perpetuating genocide, racism and apartheid 🤝
Love it.
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Love it.
Fucking hell.
Threshold for repaying student loans to converge with minimum wage on.ft.com/3M2AYkD
Threshold for repaying student loans to converge with minimum wage
Surprise move from chancellor means some university graduates in England may have to pay back debts sooner
on.ft.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Fucking hell.
JOHN REDWOOD? That’s throwback. A man we definitely do not have to take seriously.
November 26, 2025 at 6:51 PM
JOHN REDWOOD? That’s throwback. A man we definitely do not have to take seriously.
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Budget 2025.
UK income tax thresholds stay frozen until 2031. Personal allowance to stay frozen at £12,570.
Real-term hike in income tax.
Likely to add 780,000 more basic-rate, 920,000 higher rate, and 4,000 more additional-rate taxpayers by 2029-30.
More pensioners to pay income tax.
UK income tax thresholds stay frozen until 2031. Personal allowance to stay frozen at £12,570.
Real-term hike in income tax.
Likely to add 780,000 more basic-rate, 920,000 higher rate, and 4,000 more additional-rate taxpayers by 2029-30.
More pensioners to pay income tax.
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Budget 2025.
UK income tax thresholds stay frozen until 2031. Personal allowance to stay frozen at £12,570.
Real-term hike in income tax.
Likely to add 780,000 more basic-rate, 920,000 higher rate, and 4,000 more additional-rate taxpayers by 2029-30.
More pensioners to pay income tax.
UK income tax thresholds stay frozen until 2031. Personal allowance to stay frozen at £12,570.
Real-term hike in income tax.
Likely to add 780,000 more basic-rate, 920,000 higher rate, and 4,000 more additional-rate taxpayers by 2029-30.
More pensioners to pay income tax.
Can’t believe they’ve put their hog on merch now. Shocking.
It's a beautiful day. We just dropped new merch for the first time in a year.
merl-shop.co.uk
(and, yes: we ship internationally!)
🧵
merl-shop.co.uk
(and, yes: we ship internationally!)
🧵
November 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Can’t believe they’ve put their hog on merch now. Shocking.
Is it time to re-read Hogfather yet? I’ve had mince pies and watched some Fanny on iPlayer, so I guess it must be?
November 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Is it time to re-read Hogfather yet? I’ve had mince pies and watched some Fanny on iPlayer, so I guess it must be?
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I don't know why when most of it gets Whatsapped to Chris Mason and Robert Peston in advance anyway these days.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Henry Zeffman: Early release of Budget detail is totally surreal
The Budget is already out there, thanks to the Office for Budget Responsibility, which has published the details in error.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I don't know why when most of it gets Whatsapped to Chris Mason and Robert Peston in advance anyway these days.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
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The literal Habeas Corpus Act, the thing itself! was enacted to destroy Star Chamber and everything it represented about arbitrary tyranny masquerading as 'justice''.
That was 1640.
How we doin' there mister Lawyer Labour Prime Minister? How we doin'?
That was 1640.
How we doin' there mister Lawyer Labour Prime Minister? How we doin'?
Jury trials in England and Wales to be scrapped except for most serious cases on.ft.com/3LY1Ceq
Jury trials in England and Wales to be scrapped except for most serious cases
Proposed changes unlikely to apply for trials of serious offences such as rape and murder
on.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The literal Habeas Corpus Act, the thing itself! was enacted to destroy Star Chamber and everything it represented about arbitrary tyranny masquerading as 'justice''.
That was 1640.
How we doin' there mister Lawyer Labour Prime Minister? How we doin'?
That was 1640.
How we doin' there mister Lawyer Labour Prime Minister? How we doin'?
The Food Network is non-stop Christmas specials, which is remarkably relaxing given that I wouldn’t eat 90% of what they’re cooking
November 25, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The Food Network is non-stop Christmas specials, which is remarkably relaxing given that I wouldn’t eat 90% of what they’re cooking
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I know zero real scientists who say this.
November 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I know zero real scientists who say this.
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what the fuck
November 25, 2025 at 3:29 PM
what the fuck
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Trial by jury is now “gaming the system” why are you clapping for fascism Pippa? And also you mean DEFENDANTS.
It comes after our @jessicaelgot.bsky.social revealed that criminals will be stopped from “gaming the system” by choosing trial by jury to increase chances of proceedings collapsing - and that govt was planning radical changes to limit jury trials by next election.
November 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Trial by jury is now “gaming the system” why are you clapping for fascism Pippa? And also you mean DEFENDANTS.