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Tim the Raver
@tg59.bsky.social
Ageing provocateur. Charity Trustee. Stoke City. Notts cricket. Trance, tech and house music. Ales. Equality, decency, fairness, integrity. Just a little bit woke. Left and progressive. European #FBPE
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November 28, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Hope is here.

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November 28, 2025 at 7:31 AM
I’m all in. I’ll be joining today and donating. Sick of negative hate filled politics. A breath of fresh air @zackpolanski.bsky.social. Thank you for the hope.
Hope is here.

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November 28, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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This short video is so good.

I didn’t donate but I did join the Greens.

First time I’ve joined a political party. I’m in my 40’s and voted for one party my whole life.

I don’t believe I can vote for them again in good conscience. I didn’t leave them. They left me.

I’m attracted to Zak’s vision.
Hope is here.

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November 28, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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Holy shit.

Is that a sane voice coming through on the airwaves? It’s not very loud but perhaps it will get clearer given time……
Ryan Bourne, a member of the Economists for Brexit* cabal that the Leave camp depended on to make their economic case for leaving, has written a long article in the Times admitting to the damage that Brexit has caused.

(*Other familiar names include Patrick Minford.)

archive.ph/2025.11.26-1...
November 28, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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The new fundraiser by @zackpolanski.bsky.social is different & really gutsy. Personally, I always feel a bit awkward about slagging off others (my preference), but the 2nd half of it is great (see below; yes, I clipped it, sorry).

Refreshing. Bold. Energetic. Both, in presentation & policies.
November 28, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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If we rejoined the EU, or even just the Single Market, none of this would be necessary.

#WeCantAffordBrexit

"Rachel Reeves' income tax freeze, which has pushed an estimated 780,000 people into a bracket where they will pay the basic rate of tax for the first time."
‘Labour is trying to pretend it’s all fine – everyone can see what this budget is doing’ | The News Agents
Labour MPs have acted with “tetchiness” as they defend Rachel Reeves' budget, facing questions over whether it has raised taxes for working people. Has the government regressed to where the party was ...
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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“Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP Coburn answered "no" when a BBC journalist asked him whether he’d ever been paid to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners”

Just FFS investigate the whole dodgy traitorous lot of them.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign
A prominent former MEP for Nigel Farage's old party denies taking bribes in a pro-Russian campaign.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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The Telegraph is worried that feeding themselves is a blue tit's personal responsibility and that feeding the creates dependency, removing the incentive for birds to work and improve themselves, and thus perpetuate the problem of hunger amongst blue tits
November 27, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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We’ve just delivered a “kick the problem down the road “ budget by mistake
November 27, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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November 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Breaking 🚨

Reform Director of communications calls Journalist a C8nt! In massive exhibit of self reflection…
November 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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November 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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The Guardian: ‘Unelected power’ of ultra-rich is reshaping British politics, report claims
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Unelected power’ of ultra-rich is reshaping British politics, report claims
Equality Trust study shows how House of Lords appointments, big donations and media ownership affect political decisions
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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HuffPost UK: Farage Mocked After Giving Bizarre Reason For Not Investigating Reform Russia Claims
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/farage...
Farage Mocked After Giving Bizarre Reason For Not Investigating Reform Russia Claims
"I haven't got a police force".
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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November 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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November 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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November 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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There is something especially depressing about living in a country where the very same shitty "newspapers" who insisted on the hardest of Brexits are now moaning about tax increases
November 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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The Irish News: Brian Feeney: Forget the Budget, Britain’s problems are all about Brexit
www.irishnews.com/opinion/bria...
Brian Feeney: Forget the Budget, Britain’s problems are all about Brexit
Report after report from think tanks and academics have all laid bare the terrible damage Brexit did, and still does, to the British economy
www.irishnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Sentencing date set after Doyle changes his pleas to guilty.
You may remember how some were claiming it wasn't a white male at the wheel.
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
Paul Doyle pleads guilty - LIVE updates from court
More than 100 pedestrians, aged between six months and 78, were injured when a car collided with fans in Liverpool city centre
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Well this is the most chaotic run up to a budget ever. The OBR published their forecast based on the budget half an hour before Rachel Reeves stood up to give her speech!

This allowed Ed Davey to give his comeback to the budget tax hikes in PMQs before the budget speech even started!
November 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM