John Ferrett
@johnferrett.bsky.social
Family, sport and politics in that order. Co-operation and solidarity is the only way forward.
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Honestly it's funny that he is *quite literally* saying "deregulate and reduce the burden of taxation on business to create jobs" and nobody on the left will criticise him. Good.
Soon small businesses won’t have to wait for Small Business Saturday to get attention from their Mayor.
Some changes that they can look forward to:
Some changes that they can look forward to:
November 29, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Honestly it's funny that he is *quite literally* saying "deregulate and reduce the burden of taxation on business to create jobs" and nobody on the left will criticise him. Good.
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He really is the strangest communist
Soon small businesses won’t have to wait for Small Business Saturday to get attention from their Mayor.
Some changes that they can look forward to:
Some changes that they can look forward to:
November 29, 2025 at 11:04 PM
He really is the strangest communist
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"Rachel Reeves will have to resign because of the markets" is apparently the new "Labour will need an IMF bailout because of the markets".
November 29, 2025 at 11:11 PM
"Rachel Reeves will have to resign because of the markets" is apparently the new "Labour will need an IMF bailout because of the markets".
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Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
November 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
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'We have historically high welfare spending.' No we don't.
'We have a historically high proportion of working-age people not actually working.' No we don't.
'The number of Britons emigrating is skyrocketing.' No it isn't.
'We have a historically high proportion of working-age people not actually working.' No we don't.
'The number of Britons emigrating is skyrocketing.' No it isn't.
November 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
'We have historically high welfare spending.' No we don't.
'We have a historically high proportion of working-age people not actually working.' No we don't.
'The number of Britons emigrating is skyrocketing.' No it isn't.
'We have a historically high proportion of working-age people not actually working.' No we don't.
'The number of Britons emigrating is skyrocketing.' No it isn't.
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#Kyiv after Russian attack
"This Saturday morning I could have spent with my children at the playground or at the cinema. Instead, after 10 hours in a bomb shelter due to a massive air attack on Kyiv, I came to my son’s school to collect the shattered glass",Veronika Velch said
📹Veronika Velch
"This Saturday morning I could have spent with my children at the playground or at the cinema. Instead, after 10 hours in a bomb shelter due to a massive air attack on Kyiv, I came to my son’s school to collect the shattered glass",Veronika Velch said
📹Veronika Velch
November 29, 2025 at 5:59 PM
#Kyiv after Russian attack
"This Saturday morning I could have spent with my children at the playground or at the cinema. Instead, after 10 hours in a bomb shelter due to a massive air attack on Kyiv, I came to my son’s school to collect the shattered glass",Veronika Velch said
📹Veronika Velch
"This Saturday morning I could have spent with my children at the playground or at the cinema. Instead, after 10 hours in a bomb shelter due to a massive air attack on Kyiv, I came to my son’s school to collect the shattered glass",Veronika Velch said
📹Veronika Velch
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“For 4 years, Ukraine has been fighting for the whole of Europe. NATO was created to fight one war … to save free Europe from Russian aggression. Ukraine is the only country that is fighting this war, and we are still discussing should we include them or not.”
- Garry Kasparov
- Garry Kasparov
November 29, 2025 at 3:19 AM
“For 4 years, Ukraine has been fighting for the whole of Europe. NATO was created to fight one war … to save free Europe from Russian aggression. Ukraine is the only country that is fighting this war, and we are still discussing should we include them or not.”
- Garry Kasparov
- Garry Kasparov
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Kasparov nails it: Western failure to confront russia is the biggest security risk we face.
Ukraine is buying us time, and we’re wasting it.
Ukraine is buying us time, and we’re wasting it.
November 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Kasparov nails it: Western failure to confront russia is the biggest security risk we face.
Ukraine is buying us time, and we’re wasting it.
Ukraine is buying us time, and we’re wasting it.
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I don't think it's all of it by any measure but I do absolutely believe that the political media's raging anti-intellectual streak has got worse with time and has ended up influencing the way MPs talk, and what they choose to talk/think about
I don’t think this is a “politicians have got dumber” issue for the most part. If you look at the *actual CVs* of previous cohorts of MPs, their background is not radically different when you account for, you know, the fact the economy is different! It is primarily a media and ecosystem issue.
We have got to make politics intellectual again. It is the only way that societies thrive is when politicians have the capability to actually think and reflect deeply:
November 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I don't think it's all of it by any measure but I do absolutely believe that the political media's raging anti-intellectual streak has got worse with time and has ended up influencing the way MPs talk, and what they choose to talk/think about
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Received this today from my local Reform charlatan and racist. This is also the wrongun who called for young people not to be paid minimum wage whilst facing tribunal claims for not paying his employees at all. Particular favourite in this illiterate nonsense is their focus on education standards 🙃
November 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Received this today from my local Reform charlatan and racist. This is also the wrongun who called for young people not to be paid minimum wage whilst facing tribunal claims for not paying his employees at all. Particular favourite in this illiterate nonsense is their focus on education standards 🙃
Received this today from my local Reform charlatan and racist. This is also the wrongun who called for young people not to be paid minimum wage whilst facing tribunal claims for not paying his employees at all. Particular favourite in this illiterate nonsense is their focus on education standards 🙃
November 29, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Received this today from my local Reform charlatan and racist. This is also the wrongun who called for young people not to be paid minimum wage whilst facing tribunal claims for not paying his employees at all. Particular favourite in this illiterate nonsense is their focus on education standards 🙃
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Lying in politics is wrong and should never be rewarded, says newspaper which pays Boris Johnson £1 million a year to be its star columnist
November 29, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Lying in politics is wrong and should never be rewarded, says newspaper which pays Boris Johnson £1 million a year to be its star columnist
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Fascinated by this woman’s media diet, because I met so many people like her from 2010 to 2015, the first time Labour proposed a mansion tax, yet she claims to have voted Labour all her life until now. Did she just live in seclusion for five years?
November 29, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Fascinated by this woman’s media diet, because I met so many people like her from 2010 to 2015, the first time Labour proposed a mansion tax, yet she claims to have voted Labour all her life until now. Did she just live in seclusion for five years?
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Idle thought. Could we fix the council tax revaluation problem by having a “revalue upon sale”approach? Because visibly we are not gonna exit from “property tax values that are older than the Czech Republic” by going through it to *existing* homeowners.
November 29, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Idle thought. Could we fix the council tax revaluation problem by having a “revalue upon sale”approach? Because visibly we are not gonna exit from “property tax values that are older than the Czech Republic” by going through it to *existing* homeowners.
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Remembering one of Hollywood’s greatest and most enduring stars - CARY GRANT - who left us 39yrs ago today, aged 82.
November 29, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Remembering one of Hollywood’s greatest and most enduring stars - CARY GRANT - who left us 39yrs ago today, aged 82.
The Lib Dems have always been scoundrels. Endless calls when in opposition for increased public spending across the board but against the measures necessary to fund it. And the one time they had power we know how they used it - arise Sir Ed for services to austerity.
November 29, 2025 at 10:43 AM
The Lib Dems have always been scoundrels. Endless calls when in opposition for increased public spending across the board but against the measures necessary to fund it. And the one time they had power we know how they used it - arise Sir Ed for services to austerity.
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The egomaniac presenters on #r4today spend almost their whole time on frivolous personal attacks on politicians and almost zero time on analysis of policy. Then they report "why is no-one happy with this government?"
November 29, 2025 at 8:59 AM
The egomaniac presenters on #r4today spend almost their whole time on frivolous personal attacks on politicians and almost zero time on analysis of policy. Then they report "why is no-one happy with this government?"
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Apparently the Daily Mail and its readers are really angry about the budget and on that basis the #r4today presenters and guests are reading the political obituaries of Reeves and Starmer.
November 29, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Apparently the Daily Mail and its readers are really angry about the budget and on that basis the #r4today presenters and guests are reading the political obituaries of Reeves and Starmer.
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🚨EXCLUSIVE: we reveal that Knowsley Foodbank siphoned over £195,000 into companies linked to disgraced Big Help CEO, Peter Mitchell.
We can also reveal that the Serious Fraud Office is now investigating Knowsley Foodbank
www.livpost.co.uk/exclusive-ho...
We can also reveal that the Serious Fraud Office is now investigating Knowsley Foodbank
www.livpost.co.uk/exclusive-ho...
November 29, 2025 at 8:37 AM
🚨EXCLUSIVE: we reveal that Knowsley Foodbank siphoned over £195,000 into companies linked to disgraced Big Help CEO, Peter Mitchell.
We can also reveal that the Serious Fraud Office is now investigating Knowsley Foodbank
www.livpost.co.uk/exclusive-ho...
We can also reveal that the Serious Fraud Office is now investigating Knowsley Foodbank
www.livpost.co.uk/exclusive-ho...
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Populist Right: 'We're not racist, we just want immigrants to integrate & contribute.'
Immigrant gains BA, MA, works for charities, marries a 'Brit', becomes Brexit-supporting, lockdown-sceptic Tory MP, then Deputy Speaker of HoC.
Populist Right: 'People born abroad shouldn't be allowed to do this.'
Immigrant gains BA, MA, works for charities, marries a 'Brit', becomes Brexit-supporting, lockdown-sceptic Tory MP, then Deputy Speaker of HoC.
Populist Right: 'People born abroad shouldn't be allowed to do this.'
November 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Populist Right: 'We're not racist, we just want immigrants to integrate & contribute.'
Immigrant gains BA, MA, works for charities, marries a 'Brit', becomes Brexit-supporting, lockdown-sceptic Tory MP, then Deputy Speaker of HoC.
Populist Right: 'People born abroad shouldn't be allowed to do this.'
Immigrant gains BA, MA, works for charities, marries a 'Brit', becomes Brexit-supporting, lockdown-sceptic Tory MP, then Deputy Speaker of HoC.
Populist Right: 'People born abroad shouldn't be allowed to do this.'
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On the numbers, this was a “fiscally conservative budget”
@ruthcurtice.bsky.social of
@resolutionfoundation.org briskly punctures this week’s myths
www.ft.com/content/f658...
@ruthcurtice.bsky.social of
@resolutionfoundation.org briskly punctures this week’s myths
www.ft.com/content/f658...
November 29, 2025 at 8:55 AM
On the numbers, this was a “fiscally conservative budget”
@ruthcurtice.bsky.social of
@resolutionfoundation.org briskly punctures this week’s myths
www.ft.com/content/f658...
@ruthcurtice.bsky.social of
@resolutionfoundation.org briskly punctures this week’s myths
www.ft.com/content/f658...
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Kemi Badenoch - one of the many, many politicians since Margaret Thatcher to talk about learning from Margaret Thatcher who, IDK, maybe they saw a meme about her one time?
November 28, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Kemi Badenoch - one of the many, many politicians since Margaret Thatcher to talk about learning from Margaret Thatcher who, IDK, maybe they saw a meme about her one time?
The egomaniac presenters on #r4today spend almost their whole time on frivolous personal attacks on politicians and almost zero time on analysis of policy. Then they report "why is no-one happy with this government?"
November 29, 2025 at 8:59 AM
The egomaniac presenters on #r4today spend almost their whole time on frivolous personal attacks on politicians and almost zero time on analysis of policy. Then they report "why is no-one happy with this government?"
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North Korea: "Woah, U.S. State Department, dial it back. This would make even Dear Leader blush."
November 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
North Korea: "Woah, U.S. State Department, dial it back. This would make even Dear Leader blush."