Tracy
@tpine99.bsky.social
Keen interest in politics (keeping Tories/Reform the hell out of govt!), animal welfare, nature, Welsh rugby union, gardening. No DMs.
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It is indisputable that Brexit has been an economic disaster, and notable that none of its political architects have paid any price.
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
It is indisputable that Brexit has been an economic disaster, and notable that none of its political architects have paid any price.
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Jimmy Kimmel is deleting Donald Trump's confidence from existence on live TV. 🤣
November 21, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Jimmy Kimmel is deleting Donald Trump's confidence from existence on live TV. 🤣
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So people put their trust in Johnson because he was funny and had charisma.
20,000 people aren’t laughing now though.
Prime Ministers need to be capable, diligent and intelligent.
Racism and charisma and stupid ideas like Brexit simply don’t cut it to make a PM.
20,000 people aren’t laughing now though.
Prime Ministers need to be capable, diligent and intelligent.
Racism and charisma and stupid ideas like Brexit simply don’t cut it to make a PM.
November 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
So people put their trust in Johnson because he was funny and had charisma.
20,000 people aren’t laughing now though.
Prime Ministers need to be capable, diligent and intelligent.
Racism and charisma and stupid ideas like Brexit simply don’t cut it to make a PM.
20,000 people aren’t laughing now though.
Prime Ministers need to be capable, diligent and intelligent.
Racism and charisma and stupid ideas like Brexit simply don’t cut it to make a PM.
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Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
Covid inquiry live: ‘Inexcusable’ delays under Johnson led to 23,000 deaths
Lockdowns may have been avoided if Boris Johnson’s government had acted faster, damning report finds
www.thetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
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23000 lives could have been saved. TWENTY THREE THOUSAND.
#CovidInquiry
#CovidInquiry
November 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
23000 lives could have been saved. TWENTY THREE THOUSAND.
#CovidInquiry
#CovidInquiry
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Findings partic brutal about early 2020, describing the Feb as “lost month”. If lockdown was imposed a week earlier than March 16, it could've cut deaths in England by almost half. Many of same mistakes then "inexcusably" repeated - @peterwalker99.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Findings partic brutal about early 2020, describing the Feb as “lost month”. If lockdown was imposed a week earlier than March 16, it could've cut deaths in England by almost half. Many of same mistakes then "inexcusably" repeated - @peterwalker99.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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The 750-page document also has stinging criticism of “toxic and chaotic” culture inside Boris Johnson’s Downing Street – which it said the then PM. actively embraced – in which loudest voices held sway and women were sidelined.
November 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The 750-page document also has stinging criticism of “toxic and chaotic” culture inside Boris Johnson’s Downing Street – which it said the then PM. actively embraced – in which loudest voices held sway and women were sidelined.
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BREAKING: The UK’s response to Covid was “too little, too late”, a damning official report on the handling of the pandemic has concluded, saying the introduction of a lockdown even a week earlier than happened could have saved more than 20,000 lives.
November 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
BREAKING: The UK’s response to Covid was “too little, too late”, a damning official report on the handling of the pandemic has concluded, saying the introduction of a lockdown even a week earlier than happened could have saved more than 20,000 lives.
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A "toxic and chaotic culture" in the UK government affected decision-making, it adds, saying that then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson failed to tackle and sometimes "actively [encouraged] it"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
Covid inquiry live updates: UK 'too little, too late' in early Covid response, leading to thousands more deaths
The inquiry says 23,000 lives could have been saved in England by an earlier lockdown - but also that a lockdown could have been avoided altogether with earlier interventions.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
A "toxic and chaotic culture" in the UK government affected decision-making, it adds, saying that then-Prime Minister Boris Johnson failed to tackle and sometimes "actively [encouraged] it"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
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Nails it.
November 19, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Nails it.
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"A senior Reform UK figure in Lancashire has been suspended by the party after posting in a far-right Whatsapp group calling for expelled hardline anti-immigrant MP Rupert Lowe to lead the party and saying Reform is deliberately downplaying its immigration policy to be palatable to the public."
Exclusive: Calls for anti-extremism investigation of suspended Reform councillor after "hardline" posts in far-right WhatsApp group revealed
Lancashire councillor Tom Pickup claims the party is showing a different face to the public
open.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
"A senior Reform UK figure in Lancashire has been suspended by the party after posting in a far-right Whatsapp group calling for expelled hardline anti-immigrant MP Rupert Lowe to lead the party and saying Reform is deliberately downplaying its immigration policy to be palatable to the public."
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Gosh. What a surprise.
🚨 BREAKING: Kent County Council is hurtling towards financial oblivion under Reform.
A shocking new council report reveals a projected budget black hole of £46.5 million for this year. The Reform Administration has completely lost control of our finances. 🔶
A shocking new council report reveals a projected budget black hole of £46.5 million for this year. The Reform Administration has completely lost control of our finances. 🔶
November 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Gosh. What a surprise.
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Some of the people in this article have shared their recollections with me before - but on condition of anonymity. Coming forward now is an act of patriotism. Farage’s claim that it never happened is the opposite.
(Note also the line about pronouncing his name.)
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
(Note also the line about pronouncing his name.)
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Some of the people in this article have shared their recollections with me before - but on condition of anonymity. Coming forward now is an act of patriotism. Farage’s claim that it never happened is the opposite.
(Note also the line about pronouncing his name.)
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
(Note also the line about pronouncing his name.)
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
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The first 23 schools have now installed GB Energy solar panels & are cutting their energy bills.
The full list of 250 schools set to benefit has also been published.
The government is building all new schools to be climate-resilient & meet net-zero as part of the School Rebuilding Programme.
The full list of 250 schools set to benefit has also been published.
The government is building all new schools to be climate-resilient & meet net-zero as part of the School Rebuilding Programme.
Schools to cut bills with Great British Energy solar panels
Schools across England to cut bills with Great British Energy solar panels.
www.gov.uk
November 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The first 23 schools have now installed GB Energy solar panels & are cutting their energy bills.
The full list of 250 schools set to benefit has also been published.
The government is building all new schools to be climate-resilient & meet net-zero as part of the School Rebuilding Programme.
The full list of 250 schools set to benefit has also been published.
The government is building all new schools to be climate-resilient & meet net-zero as part of the School Rebuilding Programme.
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Alison Klayman, the film-maker, said that Bannon had been “unequivocal” about his communications with Johnson. She also said that Bannon had met Farage, a close associate, several times during the same visit. (Summer 2018) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019...
Video reveals Steve Bannon links to Boris Johnson
Far-right activist claimed he helped with Boris Johnson’s resignation speech as foreign secretary
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Alison Klayman, the film-maker, said that Bannon had been “unequivocal” about his communications with Johnson. She also said that Bannon had met Farage, a close associate, several times during the same visit. (Summer 2018) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019...
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Important time. This was a few weeks after the Skripal attack when May called out Putin, and Johnson went scuttling off without his security detail to meet Putin confidante* Alexander Lebedev in Umbria and plotted with Temerko to topple May
* by then he was aiding Putin’s puppet regime in Crimea
* by then he was aiding Putin’s puppet regime in Crimea
Just as he was advising Epstein, Bannon was advising Johnson on how to topple May “Today we are going to see if Boris Johnson tries to overthrow the British government. He’s going to give a speech in the Commons.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019...
Video reveals Steve Bannon links to Boris Johnson
Far-right activist claimed he helped with Boris Johnson’s resignation speech as foreign secretary
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Important time. This was a few weeks after the Skripal attack when May called out Putin, and Johnson went scuttling off without his security detail to meet Putin confidante* Alexander Lebedev in Umbria and plotted with Temerko to topple May
* by then he was aiding Putin’s puppet regime in Crimea
* by then he was aiding Putin’s puppet regime in Crimea
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GB News hosting Trumplethinskin so he can have a fannywobble about Panorama is the most utterly deranged media crossover of the year and is absolutely peak 2025.
Reader Discretion - I went sweary.
Reader Discretion - I went sweary.
Trumplethinskin Goes After the BBC - Because Facts Keep Hurting His Feelings
The man who demanded people "fight like hell" now insists the real injury was a slightly compressed quote on Panorama.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 9:48 AM
GB News hosting Trumplethinskin so he can have a fannywobble about Panorama is the most utterly deranged media crossover of the year and is absolutely peak 2025.
Reader Discretion - I went sweary.
Reader Discretion - I went sweary.
Exceptional piece by Sam Bright 👏
I'm absolutely bloody sick of self-appointed "patriots" claiming to adore Britain while trying to destroy our national institutions – including, this week, our world-revered public broadcaster.
📝 New rant 👇
📝 New rant 👇
The ‘patriots’ who loathe Britain
They claim to love our country, but want to destroy all its institutions...
writesbright.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Exceptional piece by Sam Bright 👏
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Farage, Boris Johnson & Rees-Mogg apparently plotting assaults on UK democracy with Bannon, who was reporting back to Epstein. Nothing to see here, newspaper folk…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Emails highlight Jeffrey Epstein and Steve Bannon relationship
New documents show the pair discussing travel arrangements and UK politics in messages from 2018.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Farage, Boris Johnson & Rees-Mogg apparently plotting assaults on UK democracy with Bannon, who was reporting back to Epstein. Nothing to see here, newspaper folk…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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So here’s Bannon celebrating Theresa May’s ouster with George Galloway in 2019, and Farage thanking Bannon and Breitbart for making Brexit happen
November 15, 2025 at 4:11 AM
So here’s Bannon celebrating Theresa May’s ouster with George Galloway in 2019, and Farage thanking Bannon and Breitbart for making Brexit happen
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Temerko, a Soviet-born oligarch and a major Conservative donor, told Belton that he and Johnson spent time… plotting the overthrow May. According to Temerko, Johnson had finally been persuaded to back Brexit in 2016 by a group of “eastern European businessmen”.
bylinetimes.com/2023/01/19/l...
bylinetimes.com/2023/01/19/l...
Landmark Ruling in Strasbourg as MPs Challenge UK Government over Failure to Investigate Russian Interference in Brexit
'Nothing less than the future of democracy is at stake' says Caroline Lucas as a cross-party coalition and The Citizens win an unprecedented hearing over electoral safety and national security
bylinetimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Temerko, a Soviet-born oligarch and a major Conservative donor, told Belton that he and Johnson spent time… plotting the overthrow May. According to Temerko, Johnson had finally been persuaded to back Brexit in 2016 by a group of “eastern European businessmen”.
bylinetimes.com/2023/01/19/l...
bylinetimes.com/2023/01/19/l...
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Excellent episode, really worth a listen.
“We need a Jonathan Powell in Downing Street.”
“He never spoke to journalists.”
@jonsopel1.bsky.social asks Lord David Blunkett about claims by some that Starmer’s chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, has been briefing journalists against the PM’s wishes.
“He never spoke to journalists.”
@jonsopel1.bsky.social asks Lord David Blunkett about claims by some that Starmer’s chief of staff, Morgan McSweeney, has been briefing journalists against the PM’s wishes.
November 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Excellent episode, really worth a listen.
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I disagree here. I argued when Johnson was in power that we didn't have to respond to every fire being lit in Number 10, & we don't have to be blown around by every gust today. Indeed, the frenzy of briefing & whatsapp-journalism makes it more urgent to filter out the noise & do analysis more slowly
November 14, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I disagree here. I argued when Johnson was in power that we didn't have to respond to every fire being lit in Number 10, & we don't have to be blown around by every gust today. Indeed, the frenzy of briefing & whatsapp-journalism makes it more urgent to filter out the noise & do analysis more slowly
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The issue is less the reporting than the volume of comment & analysis dedicated to every breath of speculation - esp. as we'll leap straight after the budget to "what does this mean for the polls/the next budget".It gets hard to differentiate what might happen from what did happen. That's a problem.
November 14, 2025 at 11:32 AM
The issue is less the reporting than the volume of comment & analysis dedicated to every breath of speculation - esp. as we'll leap straight after the budget to "what does this mean for the polls/the next budget".It gets hard to differentiate what might happen from what did happen. That's a problem.
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It’s one thing to argue about what the budget *should* do: that’s part of our role as democratic citizens.
But the constant “what does this mean for the government” analysis could probably wait until we know what they’ve actually chosen to do.
But the constant “what does this mean for the government” analysis could probably wait until we know what they’ve actually chosen to do.
November 14, 2025 at 9:56 AM
It’s one thing to argue about what the budget *should* do: that’s part of our role as democratic citizens.
But the constant “what does this mean for the government” analysis could probably wait until we know what they’ve actually chosen to do.
But the constant “what does this mean for the government” analysis could probably wait until we know what they’ve actually chosen to do.