Tim Jones
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Tim Jones
@timjones5.bsky.social
Wokerati. Confirmed Blobbite. Member of the anti-growth coalition (allegedly). Occasional tofu muncher. Twitter refugee. Interested in your woke sandwich filling. #nickcaveandthebadseeds #pafc
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Brexit was exactly that. A petulant door-slamming. A rejection of cooperation, protection and opportunity for all of us because the wealthy rightwing elites didn’t want to play by shared rules. And knew they could exploit ignorance/prejudice to achieve that.
December 2, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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One of the most difficult things to come to terms with after Brexit is how I no longer identify with my post Brexit country.
It’s a very odd feeling.
November 29, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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Translation of his letter: The markets are so rigged right now that there is absolutely no way to know when the break will come, if ever, which makes taking any position in any asset akin to a game of pin the tale on the donkey.
November 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Respect to @crockett.house.gov you are the truth.
November 19, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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I think most would agree that the 08 crash and ensuing govt failure to invest on like 0.1% interest rates was very damaging. But that doesn't have the effect of cancelling out the negative impacts of Brexit. Damaged recovery, SME failures, unemployment, degradation of services etc don't show up here
November 18, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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"We have become the destination of choice in Europe" according to the Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood.

Data from Eurostat & the Home Office shows the UK had the fifth largest number of claims of the EU/UK area in 2025, at 108,000... assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691ae0...
November 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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www.theguardian.com/media/live/2...

BBC concedes Trump video edit gave impression of 'direct call for violence'

Did I miss something? Did he not?
Donald Trump threatens BBC with $1bn lawsuit as chair says speech edit was ‘error of judgment’ – latest updates
BBC chair Samir Shah apologises for way in which speech from US president was edited after corporation’s two most senior executives resign
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Yes, but at the moment they get that relief on the pension going in. But on the way out they would get the annual tax free allowance and lower rate band so wouldn’t pay 40% on all (for some it would be any). If you take the 40% relief away then tax wise it’s better to put in stocks outside a pension
November 10, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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Will somebody please explain to me the cultural coherence between:
the Wee Frees & London night life
the British Hound Sports Association & the Hunt Saboteurs Association
the Hells Angels & the Friends of Covent Garden
Katie Lam & me

Cultural Coherence or Multiculturalism?
Diversity or monotony?
October 22, 2025 at 6:54 PM
@lbc.co.uk Diane from Plymouth on Bn Kentish tonight is being completely ridiculous. I’m from Plymouth and I can honestly say I have never seen a single person wearing a burka in that city. Not one. She has however got very strong views on the subject.
October 21, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…
October 20, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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The right: “We have a huge problem with migrants not speaking English, this is unacceptable!”

Also the right: “English lessons for migrants? Get rid of it, no one wants this.”

Please, for the love of all things holy, make this make sense!
October 17, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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No surprise that Boris Johnson secured a £2 million advance for a book written by AI.

www.politico.eu/article/uk-b...
Boris Johnson admits writing books using ChatGPT
Former prime minister said ChatGPT was “frankly fantastic” and AI would help society “because we’re all simple.”
www.politico.eu
October 17, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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Gove destroyed so many positive projects from Sure Start to London Schools Challenge to School Sports Partnerships to work to increase social cohesion etc etc. A truly poisonous man who should be more disgraced than he is.
October 13, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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It was the worst period of politics in the UK, ever.
Gormless, empty vessels with corruption at its very heart. As well as a strong will to drive us into chaos and hatred. So they could further profit.
Still they carry on...
A mark of stupidity as never seen before in our nation.
October 13, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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The odd thing about these ceremonies compared with those I remember from the 20thC (say Clinton in 1995, or Mandela) is that there's not even a tiny squeak of personal humility from any of the major participants. It's striking.
October 13, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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And as usual bugger all will be done about it because of the shit attitude of this forelock tugging country in general.
October 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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If a working class kid from a council estate had Johnson’s moral compass he wouldn’t have ever been out of prison. But he gets away with it, every single time.
October 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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I do, in fairness, think that we are at the beginning of a new time, and that liberal democracies and ageing societies across the Continent are struggling to adapt. But the point is Britain is very much part of that Story.One could even argue that they are ahead on a destructive European curve.
October 11, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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No surprise from the man who sold his country down the river just to become PM - a corrupt, useless, self serving lying one at that

Johnson secretly lobbied the UAE for a billion-dollar private venture, amid plans to use an influential contact & senior contacts in the Saudi gov he met as PM
Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office, watchdog finds
Johnson found to have breached rules after refusing to answer specific questions about allegations published by the Guardian
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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Gender-affirming surgical procedures are somehow OK now?
npr.org NPR @npr.org · Oct 6
With more than 1 million people going to Turkey for the procedure every year, hair transplants are transforming men's scalps — and vanity. But not every story ends with a perfect hairline.
How one country has become a top destination for hair transplants
With more than 1 million people going to Turkey for the procedure every year, hair transplants are transforming men's scalps — and vanity. But not every story ends with a perfect hairline.
n.pr
October 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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With more than 1 million people going to Turkey for the procedure every year, hair transplants are transforming men's scalps — and vanity. But not every story ends with a perfect hairline.
How one country has become a top destination for hair transplants
With more than 1 million people going to Turkey for the procedure every year, hair transplants are transforming men's scalps — and vanity. But not every story ends with a perfect hairline.
n.pr
October 6, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Just watched the second part of a truly horrendous episode of 24 Hours in Police Custody about an 18 yo who shot and killed his brother, sister and mother in Luton.
It’s called “Murder is no Game” I think. If you like stuff like that, watch it!
Truly awful 😞
October 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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What the fuck has happened to Shelagh Fogarty lately??? #LBC
October 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM