Jak-writes 🇪🇺#FBPE
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Europhile, writer, wife, mother, amateur musician
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“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall... think of it, always” Mahatma Gandhi
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Nigel Farage is probably delighted today that Reform have the most members of a political party.
It doesn't have to be this way.
180,000 and rising. Hope ready to overtake hate.
Stand and be counted.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
It doesn't have to be this way.
180,000 and rising. Hope ready to overtake hate.
Stand and be counted.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
December 13, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Nigel Farage is probably delighted today that Reform have the most members of a political party.
It doesn't have to be this way.
180,000 and rising. Hope ready to overtake hate.
Stand and be counted.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
It doesn't have to be this way.
180,000 and rising. Hope ready to overtake hate.
Stand and be counted.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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I'm not kidding: I reported on this FOUR YEARS AGO in "The Decade In Tory"
It also contained the entire COVID Inquiry (cost: £200m). And every single Brexit mistake (£140bn per year).
And it's £2.50 on Amazon.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
It also contained the entire COVID Inquiry (cost: £200m). And every single Brexit mistake (£140bn per year).
And it's £2.50 on Amazon.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Tory governments spent £325m on free schools that failed or disappeared
More than £10bn was committed to building new schools between 2014-15 and 2023-24, compared with £6.8bn for rebuilding existing schools
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I'm not kidding: I reported on this FOUR YEARS AGO in "The Decade In Tory"
It also contained the entire COVID Inquiry (cost: £200m). And every single Brexit mistake (£140bn per year).
And it's £2.50 on Amazon.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
It also contained the entire COVID Inquiry (cost: £200m). And every single Brexit mistake (£140bn per year).
And it's £2.50 on Amazon.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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"67 per cent of 2024 Labour voters back rejoining the customs union instead of raising taxes, a new poll shows".
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Labour voters want Starmer to rejoin EU customs union instead of raising taxes
Exclusive: Some 67 per cent of 2024 Labour voters back rejoining the customs union instead of raising taxes, a new poll shows
www.independent.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"67 per cent of 2024 Labour voters back rejoining the customs union instead of raising taxes, a new poll shows".
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Daisy Cooper, "In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker that arrived on a boat"
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
December 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Daisy Cooper, "In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker that arrived on a boat"
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
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Very telling tonight on Question Time how much the Labour minister absolutely did not want me to talk.
Every time I even began a sentence he started to try and distract me.
It's not going to work on anyone.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Every time I even began a sentence he started to try and distract me.
It's not going to work on anyone.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
While I think most literate people can be insightful and articulate in text form, if given enough time to collect their thoughts, it is a rare talent to be able to do that verbally, in real time, while responding to interruptions, hostile jibes or pointed questions and STILL get your point across.
December 5, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Very telling tonight on Question Time how much the Labour minister absolutely did not want me to talk.
Every time I even began a sentence he started to try and distract me.
It's not going to work on anyone.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Every time I even began a sentence he started to try and distract me.
It's not going to work on anyone.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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“If I were falsely accused of stealing an iPhone from Curry's this afternoon, with my whole life and career on the line, I would 100% want a jury trial”
Chris Daw KC
Chris Daw KC
🚨The governments controversial plan to scrap jury trials for crimes with sentences of less than 3 years is a huge mistake, will make little or no difference to the backlog and will undermine and restrict one of the fundamental cornerstones of our democracy
WE MUST STOP IT
youtu.be/DvdUHAHf_4o?...
WE MUST STOP IT
youtu.be/DvdUHAHf_4o?...
MP’s must resist this attempt to undermine & restrict a fundamental cornerstone of our democracy
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
December 2, 2025 at 5:44 PM
“If I were falsely accused of stealing an iPhone from Curry's this afternoon, with my whole life and career on the line, I would 100% want a jury trial”
Chris Daw KC
Chris Daw KC
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Thames Water has reported a leap in half-year profits to £414m after bills rose by nearly a third, even as it warned it faced huge funding uncertainties that could result in a rapid collapse into government control.
They’re just laughing at us - nationalise it!
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
They’re just laughing at us - nationalise it!
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Thames Water half-year profit leaps to nearly £400m after it raises bills by third
Revenues jumped 40% to nearly £2bn after debt-ridden utility hiked water bills sharply in April
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Thames Water has reported a leap in half-year profits to £414m after bills rose by nearly a third, even as it warned it faced huge funding uncertainties that could result in a rapid collapse into government control.
They’re just laughing at us - nationalise it!
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
They’re just laughing at us - nationalise it!
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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🚨🚨🚨Senator Mark Kelly with a special announcement. 1/2
December 3, 2025 at 1:36 AM
🚨🚨🚨Senator Mark Kelly with a special announcement. 1/2
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Radio 6 is a tribute to all that is best at the BBC. It is inform, educate and entertain in musical form: Utter loveliness. And then they periodically allow the news department to mutilate it with these context-free anti-asylum bulletins, reminding you of all that's worst about the BBC.
Radcliffe and Maconie on BBC 6 music is one of my favourite things
Having it interrupted by breathless news bulletin telling me ‘government has banned taxis for asylum seekers’ *really isn’t*
New lines like ‘Home Office spent £1k over weekend on taxis’ would struggle to make a local newspaper
Having it interrupted by breathless news bulletin telling me ‘government has banned taxis for asylum seekers’ *really isn’t*
New lines like ‘Home Office spent £1k over weekend on taxis’ would struggle to make a local newspaper
November 29, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Radio 6 is a tribute to all that is best at the BBC. It is inform, educate and entertain in musical form: Utter loveliness. And then they periodically allow the news department to mutilate it with these context-free anti-asylum bulletins, reminding you of all that's worst about the BBC.
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The Palestine Action case is really simple.
What terrorism have Palestine Action committed?
None.
Case Closed.
What terrorism have Palestine Action committed?
None.
Case Closed.
November 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The Palestine Action case is really simple.
What terrorism have Palestine Action committed?
None.
Case Closed.
What terrorism have Palestine Action committed?
None.
Case Closed.
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🚨Now on 86,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 90,000 tonight!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
🚨Now on 86,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 90,000 tonight!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Nigel Farage has spent £1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
November 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Nigel Farage has spent £1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
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Abysmal, mindless, utterly zombified. You can't even call it policymaking because that implies a degree of thought which simply isn't present. Pretty soon they might actually hit Cameron's 'tens of thousands' target and then they'll shit themselves with horror at the consequences.
PM describes net migration of 205k as "a step in the right direction". His govt has no public position on a sustainable level of immigration is, nor any known process to decide what, why & how. Starmer is now implying he wants it significantly lower
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Net migration drop ‘step in the right direction’ – Starmer
Net migration peaked at a record 944,000 in the year to March 2023 but has fallen sharply since then.
www.standard.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Abysmal, mindless, utterly zombified. You can't even call it policymaking because that implies a degree of thought which simply isn't present. Pretty soon they might actually hit Cameron's 'tens of thousands' target and then they'll shit themselves with horror at the consequences.
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'This isn't an opinion. This is counting.'
- A 100,000 drop in net migration costs us £7bn
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
November 27, 2025 at 11:29 AM
'This isn't an opinion. This is counting.'
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The 50 wealthiest families own more wealth than the bottom 50% of the population.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
November 26, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The 50 wealthiest families own more wealth than the bottom 50% of the population.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
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Shabana Mahmood casually saying they're gonna take migrant's jewellery off them has got me thinking about that scene in Schindler's List where the Jewish family wrap family heirlooms in bread and swallow them.
What the fuck are we?
What the fuck are we?
November 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Shabana Mahmood casually saying they're gonna take migrant's jewellery off them has got me thinking about that scene in Schindler's List where the Jewish family wrap family heirlooms in bread and swallow them.
What the fuck are we?
What the fuck are we?
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Farage would strip EU citizens of rights to claim benefits if he became PM and yet👇🏼
When Brexit was announced he got German passports for his 2 children❌
His first wife was Irish❌
His second wife German❌
His long term girlfriend Laure Ferrari is French❌
He makes sure those close have EU benefits 🤷🏼♂️
When Brexit was announced he got German passports for his 2 children❌
His first wife was Irish❌
His second wife German❌
His long term girlfriend Laure Ferrari is French❌
He makes sure those close have EU benefits 🤷🏼♂️
Reform plans to strip EU citizens of benefit rights, says Farage - BBC News
Leader Nigel Farage says his party would renegotiate the Brexit deal struck by the Tory government.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Farage would strip EU citizens of rights to claim benefits if he became PM and yet👇🏼
When Brexit was announced he got German passports for his 2 children❌
His first wife was Irish❌
His second wife German❌
His long term girlfriend Laure Ferrari is French❌
He makes sure those close have EU benefits 🤷🏼♂️
When Brexit was announced he got German passports for his 2 children❌
His first wife was Irish❌
His second wife German❌
His long term girlfriend Laure Ferrari is French❌
He makes sure those close have EU benefits 🤷🏼♂️
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“Polls suggest the most probable result is a loss for the party’s candidate, a former government minister understood to have been handpicked by the PM.
“Among the reasons cited by analysts are frustration with Frederiksen’s hardline policies on issues such as integration and immigration.”
“Among the reasons cited by analysts are frustration with Frederiksen’s hardline policies on issues such as integration and immigration.”
November 18, 2025 at 7:59 AM
“Polls suggest the most probable result is a loss for the party’s candidate, a former government minister understood to have been handpicked by the PM.
“Among the reasons cited by analysts are frustration with Frederiksen’s hardline policies on issues such as integration and immigration.”
“Among the reasons cited by analysts are frustration with Frederiksen’s hardline policies on issues such as integration and immigration.”
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Coverage of the refugee proposals demonstrates why we have such a broken political system. Endless focus on left-wing anger and right-wing support. Basically nothing on whether the reforms will work. They will not, which is why we'll still be here having the same debate in three years.
November 18, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Coverage of the refugee proposals demonstrates why we have such a broken political system. Endless focus on left-wing anger and right-wing support. Basically nothing on whether the reforms will work. They will not, which is why we'll still be here having the same debate in three years.
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Labour MP Simon Opher - "We should stop the boats because it's dangerous, and we should stop the scapegoating of immigrants because it's wrong and cruel.
"Measures that create bureaucracy and insecurity do not offer clarity or strengthen control – they cost money, waste time and weaken the system."
"Measures that create bureaucracy and insecurity do not offer clarity or strengthen control – they cost money, waste time and weaken the system."
November 17, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Labour MP Simon Opher - "We should stop the boats because it's dangerous, and we should stop the scapegoating of immigrants because it's wrong and cruel.
"Measures that create bureaucracy and insecurity do not offer clarity or strengthen control – they cost money, waste time and weaken the system."
"Measures that create bureaucracy and insecurity do not offer clarity or strengthen control – they cost money, waste time and weaken the system."
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"If we want to ‘stop the boats’, we need to stop the BS when it comes to what creates refugees, and how to respond to them", says @stellacreasy.bsky.social
More MPs must call out HO's immigration plans for the divisive, cruel, incoherent nonsense that they are.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
More MPs must call out HO's immigration plans for the divisive, cruel, incoherent nonsense that they are.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
ICE-style raids on Britain's streets: that's all Labour's brutal asylum reforms will achieve | Stella Creasy
If we want to ‘stop the boats’, we need to stop the BS when it comes to what creates refugees, and how to respond to them, says Labour MP Stella Creasy
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:35 AM
"If we want to ‘stop the boats’, we need to stop the BS when it comes to what creates refugees, and how to respond to them", says @stellacreasy.bsky.social
More MPs must call out HO's immigration plans for the divisive, cruel, incoherent nonsense that they are.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
More MPs must call out HO's immigration plans for the divisive, cruel, incoherent nonsense that they are.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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⚡️NEW: At least 98 Palestinians have died in Israeli custody since Oct. 7, 2023, due to torture, medical neglect, starvation...
Despite nearly 100 deaths and extensive evidence of systematic abuse, only 1 Israeli soldier has been prosecuted, receiving a seven-month sentence. Story is linked below. 👇
Despite nearly 100 deaths and extensive evidence of systematic abuse, only 1 Israeli soldier has been prosecuted, receiving a seven-month sentence. Story is linked below. 👇
November 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
⚡️NEW: At least 98 Palestinians have died in Israeli custody since Oct. 7, 2023, due to torture, medical neglect, starvation...
Despite nearly 100 deaths and extensive evidence of systematic abuse, only 1 Israeli soldier has been prosecuted, receiving a seven-month sentence. Story is linked below. 👇
Despite nearly 100 deaths and extensive evidence of systematic abuse, only 1 Israeli soldier has been prosecuted, receiving a seven-month sentence. Story is linked below. 👇
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Isn’t it enough that they’ve shafted the country with their deranged arrogance and prejudiced idiocy? Do we now have to deal with their repulsive perma-tantrum as they lash out at everyone who knows what a fuck up they made of everything?
Cummings… you pathetic little man.
Cummings… you pathetic little man.
November 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Isn’t it enough that they’ve shafted the country with their deranged arrogance and prejudiced idiocy? Do we now have to deal with their repulsive perma-tantrum as they lash out at everyone who knows what a fuck up they made of everything?
Cummings… you pathetic little man.
Cummings… you pathetic little man.
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Useful as a crochet condom - the whole damned lot of them.
November 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Useful as a crochet condom - the whole damned lot of them.