@speckle48.bsky.social
Multilayered protections for everyone.
Yearning for the days when public health protected public health.
Yearning for the days when public health protected public health.
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"UK digital ID plan gets a price tag at last – £1.8B
OBR says the scheme will cost £600M a year with no identified savings"
Hurrah! More pointless wasteful government spaffage. So glad that Labour turned out to be nothing like the Tories.
www.theregister.com/2025/11/28/d...
OBR says the scheme will cost £600M a year with no identified savings"
Hurrah! More pointless wasteful government spaffage. So glad that Labour turned out to be nothing like the Tories.
www.theregister.com/2025/11/28/d...
UK digital ID plan gets a price tag at last – £1.8B
: OBR says the scheme will cost £600M a year with no identified savings
www.theregister.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:15 AM
"UK digital ID plan gets a price tag at last – £1.8B
OBR says the scheme will cost £600M a year with no identified savings"
Hurrah! More pointless wasteful government spaffage. So glad that Labour turned out to be nothing like the Tories.
www.theregister.com/2025/11/28/d...
OBR says the scheme will cost £600M a year with no identified savings"
Hurrah! More pointless wasteful government spaffage. So glad that Labour turned out to be nothing like the Tories.
www.theregister.com/2025/11/28/d...
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@jackabbott.bsky.social @labourlist.bsky.social
Why do you continue to appease a far-right project?
Same question about the press/BBC.
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk @zackpolanski.bsky.social @johnswinney.bsky.social @rhunapiorwerth.bsky.social
Ally to WIN next GE
Why do you continue to appease a far-right project?
Same question about the press/BBC.
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk @zackpolanski.bsky.social @johnswinney.bsky.social @rhunapiorwerth.bsky.social
Ally to WIN next GE
The economic damage Brexit has caused is undeniable - even Brexiteers are now admitting it.
https://www.thetimes.com/business/economics/article/we-brexiteers-must-acknowledge-the-costs-of-leaving-europe-p3mhqd66f
https://www.thetimes.com/business/economics/article/we-brexiteers-must-acknowledge-the-costs-of-leaving-europe-p3mhqd66f
We Brexiteers must acknowledge the costs of leaving Europe
Breaking free from the EU has undoubtedly deepened the UK’s malaise, and it’s no use denying it
www.thetimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:14 AM
@jackabbott.bsky.social @labourlist.bsky.social
Why do you continue to appease a far-right project?
Same question about the press/BBC.
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk @zackpolanski.bsky.social @johnswinney.bsky.social @rhunapiorwerth.bsky.social
Ally to WIN next GE
Why do you continue to appease a far-right project?
Same question about the press/BBC.
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk @zackpolanski.bsky.social @johnswinney.bsky.social @rhunapiorwerth.bsky.social
Ally to WIN next GE
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Badenoch typically hypocritical calling Reeves a liar given she lied as Trade Minister she was in Trade Negotiations with Canada and then had to apologise when Canada furiously said it was not
As Business Sec she lied over the Post Office Horizon scandal
Being so arrogant she thinks we forgot 🙄
As Business Sec she lied over the Post Office Horizon scandal
Being so arrogant she thinks we forgot 🙄
Minister insists Rachel Reeves did not mislead public in Budget build-up
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been accused of over-stating the UK's financial problems in the build-up to the Budget - Darren Jones insists she did not lie.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Badenoch typically hypocritical calling Reeves a liar given she lied as Trade Minister she was in Trade Negotiations with Canada and then had to apologise when Canada furiously said it was not
As Business Sec she lied over the Post Office Horizon scandal
Being so arrogant she thinks we forgot 🙄
As Business Sec she lied over the Post Office Horizon scandal
Being so arrogant she thinks we forgot 🙄
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For context the 'Middle England' referred to here is the 0.5% of households living in homes worth more than £2 million
November 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
For context the 'Middle England' referred to here is the 0.5% of households living in homes worth more than £2 million
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It was six years ago today that a man in Wuhan, China began feeling ill.
He would become the first known COVID case.
Covid is still with us. It’s still killing and disabling.
Clean the air. Wear a mask. Get your boosters.
Public health is a social justice issue.
He would become the first known COVID case.
Covid is still with us. It’s still killing and disabling.
Clean the air. Wear a mask. Get your boosters.
Public health is a social justice issue.
November 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
It was six years ago today that a man in Wuhan, China began feeling ill.
He would become the first known COVID case.
Covid is still with us. It’s still killing and disabling.
Clean the air. Wear a mask. Get your boosters.
Public health is a social justice issue.
He would become the first known COVID case.
Covid is still with us. It’s still killing and disabling.
Clean the air. Wear a mask. Get your boosters.
Public health is a social justice issue.
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Sometimes I imagine what it would have been like had we adapted to Covid instead of giving up.
If we had clean air in public spaces.
Respirators in healthcare.
Free masks for those who need them.
Better tests & treatment.
Paid time off.
We would all be healthier.
If we had clean air in public spaces.
Respirators in healthcare.
Free masks for those who need them.
Better tests & treatment.
Paid time off.
We would all be healthier.
December 1, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Sometimes I imagine what it would have been like had we adapted to Covid instead of giving up.
If we had clean air in public spaces.
Respirators in healthcare.
Free masks for those who need them.
Better tests & treatment.
Paid time off.
We would all be healthier.
If we had clean air in public spaces.
Respirators in healthcare.
Free masks for those who need them.
Better tests & treatment.
Paid time off.
We would all be healthier.
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Alongside declining polls for Reform, the good news about the Telegraph’s volte face on Brexit is that it gives Labour political cover from the far right to reapply to rejoin the EU. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/the...
Told you so! The Telegraph denounces Brexit as 'unmitigated economic disaster'
We've now got The Telegraph joining the Brexit resistance, after the formerly pro-leave paper ripped into its 'near-disastrous' consequences.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Alongside declining polls for Reform, the good news about the Telegraph’s volte face on Brexit is that it gives Labour political cover from the far right to reapply to rejoin the EU. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/the...
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Stunned.
What WERE the chances?
What WERE the chances?
November 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Stunned.
What WERE the chances?
What WERE the chances?
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If the Telegraph can do this, why can’t #BBC journalists challenge all politicians who bemoan our lack of growth on the elephant in the room: the damage of #Brexit+what can be done to repair it? @omrgriffiths @Nshallice @dianamartinbbc @JonathanAspinw1 @JohntNeal @jonathancmunro
November 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
If the Telegraph can do this, why can’t #BBC journalists challenge all politicians who bemoan our lack of growth on the elephant in the room: the damage of #Brexit+what can be done to repair it? @omrgriffiths @Nshallice @dianamartinbbc @JonathanAspinw1 @JohntNeal @jonathancmunro
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Just think it’s a bit weird that society has been brainwashed in to thinking that rich people and massive corporations having a bit less money is the main thing we need to avoid no matter what.
November 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Just think it’s a bit weird that society has been brainwashed in to thinking that rich people and massive corporations having a bit less money is the main thing we need to avoid no matter what.
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The Telegraph denounces Brexit as ‘unmitigated economic disaster’
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/the...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/the...
Told you so! The Telegraph denounces Brexit as 'unmitigated economic disaster'
We've now got The Telegraph joining the Brexit resistance, after the formerly pro-leave paper ripped into its 'near-disastrous' consequences.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The Telegraph denounces Brexit as ‘unmitigated economic disaster’
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/the...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/the...
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The right to trial by jury has been a fundamental feature of the British Justice System for over 800 years. Any attempt by the government to undermine this fundamental freedom - a cornerstone of our democracy and an essential safeguard against authoritarianism - must be opposed
🚨Trial by jury is a cornerstone of our democracy and an essential safeguard against authoritarianism. We must come together - cross party - to stop any attempt by the government to undermine this fundamental freedom
youtu.be/QdD9LaAN19A?...
youtu.be/QdD9LaAN19A?...
Trial by jury is a cornerstone of our democracy - We must fight any attempt to undermine it
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
November 30, 2025 at 10:35 AM
The right to trial by jury has been a fundamental feature of the British Justice System for over 800 years. Any attempt by the government to undermine this fundamental freedom - a cornerstone of our democracy and an essential safeguard against authoritarianism - must be opposed
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They're all kicking off.
The last gaps of the old broken system that protected their power & wealth.
Change is coming.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
The last gaps of the old broken system that protected their power & wealth.
Change is coming.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
They're all kicking off.
The last gaps of the old broken system that protected their power & wealth.
Change is coming.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
The last gaps of the old broken system that protected their power & wealth.
Change is coming.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Annnd it happens yet again..😡
Days after calling for Rayner to resign re stamp duty, Farage was exposed not owning #Clacton house alleged to owe £40K stamp duty
Within days story killed back to attacking Labour
Last week exposed for racism, within days back to attacking Labour❗️
#MSMProReformBias
Days after calling for Rayner to resign re stamp duty, Farage was exposed not owning #Clacton house alleged to owe £40K stamp duty
Within days story killed back to attacking Labour
Last week exposed for racism, within days back to attacking Labour❗️
#MSMProReformBias
Rachel Reeves denies breaking Labour pledge and misleading public on Budget
The chancellor also says she was very upfront about the need to find extra money to deliver on the government's pledges.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Annnd it happens yet again..😡
Days after calling for Rayner to resign re stamp duty, Farage was exposed not owning #Clacton house alleged to owe £40K stamp duty
Within days story killed back to attacking Labour
Last week exposed for racism, within days back to attacking Labour❗️
#MSMProReformBias
Days after calling for Rayner to resign re stamp duty, Farage was exposed not owning #Clacton house alleged to owe £40K stamp duty
Within days story killed back to attacking Labour
Last week exposed for racism, within days back to attacking Labour❗️
#MSMProReformBias
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A public inquiry on the management of Brexit would set the record straight, and maybe the BBC could run an impartial series for the 10th anniversary of the vote, making it easier for the government to show the courage and leadership to take us back into the EU.
brexitcarnage.org/2025/11/29/a...
brexitcarnage.org/2025/11/29/a...
A public inquiry on Brexit might make it easier for us to rejoin EU | The Guardian - Brexit Carnage
Read More Let’s set the record straight on the cause of our economic woes and inability to control immigration, writes…
brexitcarnage.org
November 30, 2025 at 1:37 PM
A public inquiry on the management of Brexit would set the record straight, and maybe the BBC could run an impartial series for the 10th anniversary of the vote, making it easier for the government to show the courage and leadership to take us back into the EU.
brexitcarnage.org/2025/11/29/a...
brexitcarnage.org/2025/11/29/a...
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If ReformUK get into government next time then we can kiss goodbye to:
Paid holidays
Sick pay
Safer working conditions
Human Rights
Workers Rights
Unions
NHS & healthcare
Social care
Minimum wage
Among many other things.
Every person who knows a Reformer should have the conversation!.
Paid holidays
Sick pay
Safer working conditions
Human Rights
Workers Rights
Unions
NHS & healthcare
Social care
Minimum wage
Among many other things.
Every person who knows a Reformer should have the conversation!.
November 30, 2025 at 8:08 AM
If ReformUK get into government next time then we can kiss goodbye to:
Paid holidays
Sick pay
Safer working conditions
Human Rights
Workers Rights
Unions
NHS & healthcare
Social care
Minimum wage
Among many other things.
Every person who knows a Reformer should have the conversation!.
Paid holidays
Sick pay
Safer working conditions
Human Rights
Workers Rights
Unions
NHS & healthcare
Social care
Minimum wage
Among many other things.
Every person who knows a Reformer should have the conversation!.
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David Davis said there wouldn't be a single downside to Brexit.
Yorkshire Bylines recorded >2,000 of them from 2021-4.
Yorkshire Bylines recorded >2,000 of them from 2021-4.
The Davis Downside Dossier
David Davis famously said there would be no downsides to Brexit only considerable upsides - so we started recording them.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 10:26 AM
David Davis said there wouldn't be a single downside to Brexit.
Yorkshire Bylines recorded >2,000 of them from 2021-4.
Yorkshire Bylines recorded >2,000 of them from 2021-4.
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This is an excellent, level-headed, informative piece. I'd kill for a government which could discuss the issue with the same sense of objectivity and calm.
Here's this week's column. Please - please - can we stop talking about migration in a way that's completely detached from the facts? www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Net migration is plummeting. Why can’t Labour say so? | Heather Stewart
An honest debate is needed on this polarising topic as sectors such as social care struggle with recruitment
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This is an excellent, level-headed, informative piece. I'd kill for a government which could discuss the issue with the same sense of objectivity and calm.
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We need to support this.
We are being kept in the dark.
We are being kept in the dark.
This petition will be mentioned in Parliament now that it has reached over 10,000 signatures.
Please keep signing and sharing it, the more people who sign, the more attention it will garner for possible debate.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Please keep signing and sharing it, the more people who sign, the more attention it will garner for possible debate.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
November 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM
We need to support this.
We are being kept in the dark.
We are being kept in the dark.
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What I really want to know is👇🏼
With hardline Brexiteers finally admitting Brexit was an unmitigated disaster
Why haven’t any blamed Farage, architect of Brexit, leader of the movement that pushed for 2016 referendum & vote to leave
The reckless driver of a fatal car crash walks away uninjured❗️😡
With hardline Brexiteers finally admitting Brexit was an unmitigated disaster
Why haven’t any blamed Farage, architect of Brexit, leader of the movement that pushed for 2016 referendum & vote to leave
The reckless driver of a fatal car crash walks away uninjured❗️😡
The economic damage Brexit has caused is undeniable - even Brexiteers are now admitting it.
https://www.thetimes.com/business/economics/article/we-brexiteers-must-acknowledge-the-costs-of-leaving-europe-p3mhqd66f
https://www.thetimes.com/business/economics/article/we-brexiteers-must-acknowledge-the-costs-of-leaving-europe-p3mhqd66f
We Brexiteers must acknowledge the costs of leaving Europe
Breaking free from the EU has undoubtedly deepened the UK’s malaise, and it’s no use denying it
www.thetimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:49 AM
What I really want to know is👇🏼
With hardline Brexiteers finally admitting Brexit was an unmitigated disaster
Why haven’t any blamed Farage, architect of Brexit, leader of the movement that pushed for 2016 referendum & vote to leave
The reckless driver of a fatal car crash walks away uninjured❗️😡
With hardline Brexiteers finally admitting Brexit was an unmitigated disaster
Why haven’t any blamed Farage, architect of Brexit, leader of the movement that pushed for 2016 referendum & vote to leave
The reckless driver of a fatal car crash walks away uninjured❗️😡
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I'm on a really good salary. The NI cuts by the Tories gave me a decent boost in net pay. Why haven't Labour taken that back? I wasn't hurt by this budget at all. I SHOULD have been.
November 30, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I'm on a really good salary. The NI cuts by the Tories gave me a decent boost in net pay. Why haven't Labour taken that back? I wasn't hurt by this budget at all. I SHOULD have been.
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50 families in the UK now own 50% of the wealth
It's time for a rebalancing
#Limitarianism
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limitar...
It's time for a rebalancing
#Limitarianism
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limitar...
Limitarianism (ethical) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 30, 2025 at 12:57 PM
50 families in the UK now own 50% of the wealth
It's time for a rebalancing
#Limitarianism
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limitar...
It's time for a rebalancing
#Limitarianism
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limitar...
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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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* The budget calms Labour – for now * Reform’s polling bubble is leaking * Green Party numbers swell * Lib Dems whisper the forbidden ‘B’ word * Reform unveils its black shirt cosplay
All this and more in this week's political diary ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social
All this and more in this week's political diary ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social
Pecksniff : A budget to save Starmer and Reeves, though they were never in present danger
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
* The budget calms Labour – for now * Reform’s polling bubble is leaking * Green Party numbers swell * Lib Dems whisper the forbidden ‘B’ word * Reform unveils its black shirt cosplay
All this and more in this week's political diary ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social
All this and more in this week's political diary ⤵️
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @pecksniffsdiary.bsky.social
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The tide is turning. Even the Telegraph is now admitting the damage the Brexit deal has done to the economy.
November 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The tide is turning. Even the Telegraph is now admitting the damage the Brexit deal has done to the economy.