Eddie
@eddie96.bsky.social
Here to find out what’s going on. Interested in politics, health and social care
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Jon Bloomfield
"She’s not just trimming her sails but giving full vent to the populist gale. This can only end badly." My and
@Davidedgar1.bsky.social latest for @bylinetimes.bsky.social, challenging Mahmood and Blue Labour's dangerous politics.
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"She’s not just trimming her sails but giving full vent to the populist gale. This can only end badly." My and
@Davidedgar1.bsky.social latest for @bylinetimes.bsky.social, challenging Mahmood and Blue Labour's dangerous politics.
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Imitating the Populist Right: The Politics of Shabana Mahmood
The Labour Home Secretary has spent her first months in the job actively enabling the forces of the populist right, argues Jon Bloomfield and David Edgar
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December 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Jon Bloomfield
"She’s not just trimming her sails but giving full vent to the populist gale. This can only end badly." My and
@Davidedgar1.bsky.social latest for @bylinetimes.bsky.social, challenging Mahmood and Blue Labour's dangerous politics.
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/08/s...
"She’s not just trimming her sails but giving full vent to the populist gale. This can only end badly." My and
@Davidedgar1.bsky.social latest for @bylinetimes.bsky.social, challenging Mahmood and Blue Labour's dangerous politics.
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/08/s...
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"If growth was actually your priority, you would not be doing this."
(Me, stating the obvious)
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(Me, stating the obvious)
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Tighter visa rules will cost UK up to £10.8bn
Home Office assessment shows impact of latest changes to immigration regime over next five years
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December 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
"If growth was actually your priority, you would not be doing this."
(Me, stating the obvious)
www.ft.com/content/2b60...
(Me, stating the obvious)
www.ft.com/content/2b60...
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The Home Office can get screwed
Talk to my mum’s Nigerian carers about the promises they were given, the tax/NI/Council Tax they pay & how they now feel about their life here
Talk to my mum’s Nigerian carers about the promises they were given, the tax/NI/Council Tax they pay & how they now feel about their life here
Home Office Ministers state publicly, on the record, that they are deliberately making life worse for older people and people with disabilities who depend on care services, but it's worth it because it reduces net migration.
December 10, 2025 at 8:09 AM
The Home Office can get screwed
Talk to my mum’s Nigerian carers about the promises they were given, the tax/NI/Council Tax they pay & how they now feel about their life here
Talk to my mum’s Nigerian carers about the promises they were given, the tax/NI/Council Tax they pay & how they now feel about their life here
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🚨I’ve spent 5 years investigating the Covid contracts scandal.
An unprecedented level of waste, greed & cronyism.
Tuesdays report will make interesting reading. 💥
If you want to read more please do consider buying my new book: VIP Lane viplanebook.com @bylinetimes.bsky.social 🙏
An unprecedented level of waste, greed & cronyism.
Tuesdays report will make interesting reading. 💥
If you want to read more please do consider buying my new book: VIP Lane viplanebook.com @bylinetimes.bsky.social 🙏
December 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
🚨I’ve spent 5 years investigating the Covid contracts scandal.
An unprecedented level of waste, greed & cronyism.
Tuesdays report will make interesting reading. 💥
If you want to read more please do consider buying my new book: VIP Lane viplanebook.com @bylinetimes.bsky.social 🙏
An unprecedented level of waste, greed & cronyism.
Tuesdays report will make interesting reading. 💥
If you want to read more please do consider buying my new book: VIP Lane viplanebook.com @bylinetimes.bsky.social 🙏
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this is insane
New Home Office impact assessment finds that cutting skilled and social care visas will cost the UK up to £10 billion with a central estimate of -£5.4 billion.
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
December 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
this is insane
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Much of the £10.9bn in taxpayer money lost to fraud and error in Covid support schemes is now "beyond recovery", a report has said
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Covid scheme fraud hit almost £11bn but much 'beyond recovery', report says
The response to the pandemic led to
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December 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Much of the £10.9bn in taxpayer money lost to fraud and error in Covid support schemes is now "beyond recovery", a report has said
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The UK Trade and Business Commission’s report outlines how the UK and EU could implement a YES.
"There is a compelling case that young people should be the first to benefit from a strengthened UK/EU relationship," writes @andrewlewinmp.bsky.social
Read here:
https://bit.ly/4pWnK7B
"There is a compelling case that young people should be the first to benefit from a strengthened UK/EU relationship," writes @andrewlewinmp.bsky.social
Read here:
https://bit.ly/4pWnK7B
December 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The UK Trade and Business Commission’s report outlines how the UK and EU could implement a YES.
"There is a compelling case that young people should be the first to benefit from a strengthened UK/EU relationship," writes @andrewlewinmp.bsky.social
Read here:
https://bit.ly/4pWnK7B
"There is a compelling case that young people should be the first to benefit from a strengthened UK/EU relationship," writes @andrewlewinmp.bsky.social
Read here:
https://bit.ly/4pWnK7B
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I heard of it, went "ahhh that's a fake vid someone did because of course it would be--", saw you saying about her other videos, and now I'm this guy:
December 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I heard of it, went "ahhh that's a fake vid someone did because of course it would be--", saw you saying about her other videos, and now I'm this guy:
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Over the last year, myths about the Motability scheme have spread online and in the right wing media. Now, some of it is government policy.
In today’s Guardian, I set about finding the facts and why the idea of “free cars for the disabled” has taken hold. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In today’s Guardian, I set about finding the facts and why the idea of “free cars for the disabled” has taken hold. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Disabled people driving luxury cars on your dime? Just the latest rightwing lie peddled by Labour | Frances Ryan
Starmer’s ailing government is happy to pursue ideas like cutting Motability, but all ministers will do is damage lives and themselves, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
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December 9, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Over the last year, myths about the Motability scheme have spread online and in the right wing media. Now, some of it is government policy.
In today’s Guardian, I set about finding the facts and why the idea of “free cars for the disabled” has taken hold. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In today’s Guardian, I set about finding the facts and why the idea of “free cars for the disabled” has taken hold. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Bannon Comes Clean and Reveals His Alliance with Putin’s Fake Holy Russia
The cat is out of the bag. Now Bannon’s proximity to Epstein and his plans for European subversion are exposed, he doubles down on his support for Putin and Dugin
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The cat is out of the bag. Now Bannon’s proximity to Epstein and his plans for European subversion are exposed, he doubles down on his support for Putin and Dugin
open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...
Bannon Comes Clean and Reveals His Alliance with Putin’s Fake Holy Russia
The cat is out of the bag. Now Bannon’s proximity to Epstein and his plans for European subversion are exposed, the Cambridge Analytica co-founder doubles down on his support for Putin and Dugin
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December 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Bannon Comes Clean and Reveals His Alliance with Putin’s Fake Holy Russia
The cat is out of the bag. Now Bannon’s proximity to Epstein and his plans for European subversion are exposed, he doubles down on his support for Putin and Dugin
open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...
The cat is out of the bag. Now Bannon’s proximity to Epstein and his plans for European subversion are exposed, he doubles down on his support for Putin and Dugin
open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...
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This feels personal. My child is in school in Glasgow. She's likely recorded as not speaking English as first language, even though it is basically her first. Everybody I know is extremely impressed that she's fully bilingual (me, too). Now these people are coming after her. Coming after children.
2 in 3 of Nigel Farage’s current and former partners do not speak English as their first language.
December 4, 2025 at 12:16 AM
This feels personal. My child is in school in Glasgow. She's likely recorded as not speaking English as first language, even though it is basically her first. Everybody I know is extremely impressed that she's fully bilingual (me, too). Now these people are coming after her. Coming after children.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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“So besotted are conservatives with Mahmood, many even praise her use of the “race card”. Experience of racism, though, is no guarantee of wisdom in combating it.” My @theobserveruk.bsky.social column: observer.co.uk/news/columni...
Britain's problem isn’t immigration. It’s a profound breakdown in trust | The Observer
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November 23, 2025 at 9:45 AM
“So besotted are conservatives with Mahmood, many even praise her use of the “race card”. Experience of racism, though, is no guarantee of wisdom in combating it.” My @theobserveruk.bsky.social column: observer.co.uk/news/columni...
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Not content with selling out Ukraine to Russia and thereby putting the security of America’s allies at risk, the Trump regime is trashing the reputation of US science and risking the health of its children by rewriting the CDC website to suggest a link between vaccines and autism
November 23, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Not content with selling out Ukraine to Russia and thereby putting the security of America’s allies at risk, the Trump regime is trashing the reputation of US science and risking the health of its children by rewriting the CDC website to suggest a link between vaccines and autism
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"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
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My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
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November 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Turns out the media & most of Parliament is as out of touch with reality as Twitter. Dear England.
Why do people think England flags have been raised on lampposts?
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
November 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Turns out the media & most of Parliament is as out of touch with reality as Twitter. Dear England.
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"The Ministry of Pounds"
🔴Covid Inquiry: The Conservative Peers Named in the VIP Lane Scandal
As the Covid Inquiry slams Boris Johnson's ‘too little, too late’ response to Covid, Russell Scott looks at the Conservative peers who are implicated in the UK's disastrous response
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/covid-inqu...
As the Covid Inquiry slams Boris Johnson's ‘too little, too late’ response to Covid, Russell Scott looks at the Conservative peers who are implicated in the UK's disastrous response
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/covid-inqu...
Covid Inquiry: The Conservative Peers Named in the VIP Lane Scandal
As the Covid Inquiry slams Boris Johnson's Government's ‘too little, too late’ response to Covid, Russell Scott looks at the Conservative peers who are implicated in the UK's disastrous response
www.bylinesupplement.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:31 PM
"The Ministry of Pounds"
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🔴Covid Inquiry: The Conservative Peers Named in the VIP Lane Scandal
As the Covid Inquiry slams Boris Johnson's ‘too little, too late’ response to Covid, Russell Scott looks at the Conservative peers who are implicated in the UK's disastrous response
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/covid-inqu...
As the Covid Inquiry slams Boris Johnson's ‘too little, too late’ response to Covid, Russell Scott looks at the Conservative peers who are implicated in the UK's disastrous response
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/covid-inqu...
Covid Inquiry: The Conservative Peers Named in the VIP Lane Scandal
As the Covid Inquiry slams Boris Johnson's Government's ‘too little, too late’ response to Covid, Russell Scott looks at the Conservative peers who are implicated in the UK's disastrous response
www.bylinesupplement.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
🔴Covid Inquiry: The Conservative Peers Named in the VIP Lane Scandal
As the Covid Inquiry slams Boris Johnson's ‘too little, too late’ response to Covid, Russell Scott looks at the Conservative peers who are implicated in the UK's disastrous response
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/covid-inqu...
As the Covid Inquiry slams Boris Johnson's ‘too little, too late’ response to Covid, Russell Scott looks at the Conservative peers who are implicated in the UK's disastrous response
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/covid-inqu...
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Some notable things in what's being called the "Trump peace plan" but which could not have been more clearly written in Moscow if it came with a 2 for 1 deal on tickets to the Bolshoi Ballet. 🧵
November 21, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Some notable things in what's being called the "Trump peace plan" but which could not have been more clearly written in Moscow if it came with a 2 for 1 deal on tickets to the Bolshoi Ballet. 🧵
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On Labour MPs in a dark place. Featuring King Lear. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Starmer’s squandering of a historic election victory is a tragedy nearing its finale | Rafael Behr
The tactics that gave Labour its huge majority in 2024 were no preparation for government – and the prime minister has proved he has nothing more to offer, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:20 AM
On Labour MPs in a dark place. Featuring King Lear. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Have been thinking about “immigration has been tearing this country apart.” Surely I’m not the only person to think that it isn’t true, but inflamed rhetoric about immigration by politicians is what is tearing this country apart and so statements like that only makes it worse.
November 18, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Have been thinking about “immigration has been tearing this country apart.” Surely I’m not the only person to think that it isn’t true, but inflamed rhetoric about immigration by politicians is what is tearing this country apart and so statements like that only makes it worse.