@tps2203.bsky.social
Left-handed, left-thinking.
IT sales background since the 70s!
Contingency planning and disaster recovery specialist.
Oh, and musician, now learning to be a producer
IT sales background since the 70s!
Contingency planning and disaster recovery specialist.
Oh, and musician, now learning to be a producer
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Trump is driving federal student loan costs UP by:
Firing workers who resolve repayment issues
Rejecting or not processing millions of affordable repayment applications
Weakening protections for scammed borrowers
Refusing to process debt relief for students with disabilities
Firing workers who resolve repayment issues
Rejecting or not processing millions of affordable repayment applications
Weakening protections for scammed borrowers
Refusing to process debt relief for students with disabilities
November 29, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Trump is driving federal student loan costs UP by:
Firing workers who resolve repayment issues
Rejecting or not processing millions of affordable repayment applications
Weakening protections for scammed borrowers
Refusing to process debt relief for students with disabilities
Firing workers who resolve repayment issues
Rejecting or not processing millions of affordable repayment applications
Weakening protections for scammed borrowers
Refusing to process debt relief for students with disabilities
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Mind boggles. People living comfortably in their £2m glass houses think that living in poverty is somehow a 'benefit'?
substack.com/@adambienkov...
substack.com/@adambienkov...
The sheer scale of media outrage this week about plans to lift hundreds of thousands children out of poverty, by taxing millionaire homeowners, tells you everything you need to know about the real priorities of the British press
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
The Real 'Benefits Street' Protecting Britain's Wealthiest
The sheer scale of outrage about plans to lift children out of poverty, by taxing millionaire homeowners, tells you everything you need to know about the priorities of the British press
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Mind boggles. People living comfortably in their £2m glass houses think that living in poverty is somehow a 'benefit'?
substack.com/@adambienkov...
substack.com/@adambienkov...
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Of course, the Government's response to my petition asking for a full transparency review of UK free zones was always going to be one of immense gaslighting.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
open.substack.com/pub/european...
EXPOSED: The Government’s Freeport Con Trick – A Forensic Takedown of Their Insulting Response
The government just responded to my petition about Industrial Strategy Zones. What they said was a masterclass in gaslighting.
open.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Of course, the Government's response to my petition asking for a full transparency review of UK free zones was always going to be one of immense gaslighting.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
open.substack.com/pub/european...
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Under the Labour government,
It is illegal to have a sign that says “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action.”
It is legal to have a sign that says “I support genocide, I oppose Palestine Action.”
This is real.
www.instagram.com/reel/DRkQRFd...
It is illegal to have a sign that says “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action.”
It is legal to have a sign that says “I support genocide, I oppose Palestine Action.”
This is real.
www.instagram.com/reel/DRkQRFd...
November 28, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Under the Labour government,
It is illegal to have a sign that says “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action.”
It is legal to have a sign that says “I support genocide, I oppose Palestine Action.”
This is real.
www.instagram.com/reel/DRkQRFd...
It is illegal to have a sign that says “I oppose genocide, I support Palestine Action.”
It is legal to have a sign that says “I support genocide, I oppose Palestine Action.”
This is real.
www.instagram.com/reel/DRkQRFd...
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Did you say “stuck”?
November 29, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Did you say “stuck”?
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The leftism we need: automation is awesome as it eliminates human drudgery.
The leftism we have: human drudgery must be preserved to protect the system by which people sell their labor for sustenance.
The leftism we have: human drudgery must be preserved to protect the system by which people sell their labor for sustenance.
Marx cheered industrialization and the elimination of human drudgery as he thought it hastened the day of revolution.
Some modern day leftists fear it instead because they can't imagine a world where people's livelihoods didn't depend on selling their labor.
Some modern day leftists fear it instead because they can't imagine a world where people's livelihoods didn't depend on selling their labor.
November 29, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The leftism we need: automation is awesome as it eliminates human drudgery.
The leftism we have: human drudgery must be preserved to protect the system by which people sell their labor for sustenance.
The leftism we have: human drudgery must be preserved to protect the system by which people sell their labor for sustenance.
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If you didn’t know this 👇
The shooter of the the National Guard in DC was granted asylum in April of this year. Refresh my recollection: Who was president in April of this year? Was it Joe Biden? No, I didn't think so . . .
And why was the National Guard unnecessarily there at all? Was it Joe Biden? No, I didn't think so.
And why was the National Guard unnecessarily there at all? Was it Joe Biden? No, I didn't think so.
November 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
If you didn’t know this 👇
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Oversight Dems have launched the Immigration Enforcement Dashboard to record possible misconduct during immigration operations by the Trump Administration.
It archives harmful actions against U.S. citizens and immigrants nationwide so we can hold this Administration accountable.
It archives harmful actions against U.S. citizens and immigrants nationwide so we can hold this Administration accountable.
November 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Oversight Dems have launched the Immigration Enforcement Dashboard to record possible misconduct during immigration operations by the Trump Administration.
It archives harmful actions against U.S. citizens and immigrants nationwide so we can hold this Administration accountable.
It archives harmful actions against U.S. citizens and immigrants nationwide so we can hold this Administration accountable.
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So the BBC did a news story on the horrible conditions in the hotels were people seeking asylum are forced to live and instead of the media talking about humanity and compassion about improving conditions and letting them work, this was the outcome:
So how exactly are they meant to get to them? Many are placed in areas without accessible transport links. They can't afford to pay for journeys themselves because of how little support they get.
Yet again Labour choosing to pander to Reform than think of consequences.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Yet again Labour choosing to pander to Reform than think of consequences.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Government to ban asylum seekers from using taxis
The ban is set to come in February and any exemptions will have to be signed off by the Home Office.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 7:55 AM
So the BBC did a news story on the horrible conditions in the hotels were people seeking asylum are forced to live and instead of the media talking about humanity and compassion about improving conditions and letting them work, this was the outcome:
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Ha!
Is the reason they had to dig back to 2019 because Trump is golfing?
November 29, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Ha!
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Almost a fifth of England’s rural bus services have vanished in the past five years
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Private bus firms pocketing public funding while cutting services, Unite says morningstaronline.co.uk/article/priv... #morningstaronline
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Private bus firms pocketing public funding while cutting services, Unite says morningstaronline.co.uk/article/priv... #morningstaronline
November 29, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Almost a fifth of England’s rural bus services have vanished in the past five years
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Private bus firms pocketing public funding while cutting services, Unite says morningstaronline.co.uk/article/priv... #morningstaronline
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Private bus firms pocketing public funding while cutting services, Unite says morningstaronline.co.uk/article/priv... #morningstaronline
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For those in the London Bubble who keep telling us that we should use public transport more. 🙄
Let us know when it isn’t shit, run by idiots, and designed with London at its centre.
Let us know when it isn’t shit, run by idiots, and designed with London at its centre.
Soon-to-be-axed 7am Manchester-London train will still run – but without passengers
Soon-to-be-axed 7am Manchester-London train will still run – but without passengers
Exclusive: Rail regulator pulls Avanti service from timetable from mid-December but it is needed for staff travel
The good news for rail travel between Manchester and London is that a morning train will continue to link England’s biggest cities in under two hours. The bad news: passengers will no longer be able to get onboard.
The rail regulator has axed one of Britain’s fastest and most lucrative intercity services, the 7am Avanti West Coast from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston, as part of a timetable shake-up that will take effect in mid-December. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:05 AM
For those in the London Bubble who keep telling us that we should use public transport more. 🙄
Let us know when it isn’t shit, run by idiots, and designed with London at its centre.
Let us know when it isn’t shit, run by idiots, and designed with London at its centre.
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So how exactly are they meant to get to them? Many are placed in areas without accessible transport links. They can't afford to pay for journeys themselves because of how little support they get.
Yet again Labour choosing to pander to Reform than think of consequences.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Yet again Labour choosing to pander to Reform than think of consequences.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Government to ban asylum seekers from using taxis
The ban is set to come in February and any exemptions will have to be signed off by the Home Office.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 7:47 AM
So how exactly are they meant to get to them? Many are placed in areas without accessible transport links. They can't afford to pay for journeys themselves because of how little support they get.
Yet again Labour choosing to pander to Reform than think of consequences.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Yet again Labour choosing to pander to Reform than think of consequences.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Minister defends 'pragmatic' U-turn on workers' rights.
It was a manifesto pledge
Why no 'pragmatic' U-turn' on nationalising water, energy, rail rolling stock companies and freight; ending privatisation of the NHS and social care; taxing the super rich?
It was a manifesto pledge
Why no 'pragmatic' U-turn' on nationalising water, energy, rail rolling stock companies and freight; ending privatisation of the NHS and social care; taxing the super rich?
Minister defends 'pragmatic' U-turn on workers' rights
Bridget Phillipson told the BBC the climbdown would enable wider benefits to be delivered quickly.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Minister defends 'pragmatic' U-turn on workers' rights.
It was a manifesto pledge
Why no 'pragmatic' U-turn' on nationalising water, energy, rail rolling stock companies and freight; ending privatisation of the NHS and social care; taxing the super rich?
It was a manifesto pledge
Why no 'pragmatic' U-turn' on nationalising water, energy, rail rolling stock companies and freight; ending privatisation of the NHS and social care; taxing the super rich?
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Kinnock voice - "I’ll tell you what happens with impossible promises. You start with far-fetched resolutions....and you end up in the grotesque chaos of a Labour government, a *Labour* government, rejecting visas for homeless 8 yr olds trying to joing their parents"
November 28, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Kinnock voice - "I’ll tell you what happens with impossible promises. You start with far-fetched resolutions....and you end up in the grotesque chaos of a Labour government, a *Labour* government, rejecting visas for homeless 8 yr olds trying to joing their parents"
You know if you stop asylum seekers accessing (govt paid for) taxis we know who loses.
But who wins?
What is that all about? Being petty? Being mean?
Not exactly showing empathy is it?
But who wins?
What is that all about? Being petty? Being mean?
Not exactly showing empathy is it?
November 29, 2025 at 8:17 AM
You know if you stop asylum seekers accessing (govt paid for) taxis we know who loses.
But who wins?
What is that all about? Being petty? Being mean?
Not exactly showing empathy is it?
But who wins?
What is that all about? Being petty? Being mean?
Not exactly showing empathy is it?
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Every headline about the Hegseth thing should read “ordered the killing of men, a war crime” because it unambiguously is. This isn’t a matter of debate. You can’t sink a ship and then blow up the helpless survivors, even if they’re actual enemy soldiers, much less random South American men.
November 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Every headline about the Hegseth thing should read “ordered the killing of men, a war crime” because it unambiguously is. This isn’t a matter of debate. You can’t sink a ship and then blow up the helpless survivors, even if they’re actual enemy soldiers, much less random South American men.
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Yes, who is more likely to regard the sacrifice of people as abhorrent than those who follow a religion centered on celebrating the sacrifice of a person?
November 28, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Yes, who is more likely to regard the sacrifice of people as abhorrent than those who follow a religion centered on celebrating the sacrifice of a person?
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Hegseth is a cold-blooded murderer. There's no way to dress it up. He's a criminal. And his was precisely the kind of illegal order that those Dem members of Congress urged the military not to follow. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Hegseth is a cold-blooded murderer. There's no way to dress it up. He's a criminal. And his was precisely the kind of illegal order that those Dem members of Congress urged the military not to follow. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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So, Hegseth illegally ordered everyone killed in the first alleged drug boat strike on Sept. 2, prompting a second hit to finish off survivors in the water. — This is the real reason why Trump & Hegseth absolutely freaked out about the video against illegal orders.
November 28, 2025 at 7:21 PM
So, Hegseth illegally ordered everyone killed in the first alleged drug boat strike on Sept. 2, prompting a second hit to finish off survivors in the water. — This is the real reason why Trump & Hegseth absolutely freaked out about the video against illegal orders.
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Nice to see govt standing up for nation.
Would be far nicer if it was actually our own nation!
Would be far nicer if it was actually our own nation!
UK energy bill payers to hand £2bn a year in subsidies to EDF, owned by the French govt, for building two nuclear power stations.
That will come handy in keeping energy prices down in France, improving govt finances.
Dividends won't be taxed in the UK.
All because UK govts oppose public ownership
That will come handy in keeping energy prices down in France, improving govt finances.
Dividends won't be taxed in the UK.
All because UK govts oppose public ownership
UK energy bill payers will hand £2bn a year to EDF for new power stations
French government-owned company to receive funding for Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Nice to see govt standing up for nation.
Would be far nicer if it was actually our own nation!
Would be far nicer if it was actually our own nation!
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I think one of the reasons the Tories are doing so badly is that they are led by someone with the intellectual curiosity of a whelk, and everyone knows it.
There was no state. Who does she think crucified him, an anarchist collective?
November 28, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I think one of the reasons the Tories are doing so badly is that they are led by someone with the intellectual curiosity of a whelk, and everyone knows it.