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Atmospheric Physics PhD, working in IT during the day, climate intervention in the evening. Centre-left, green, parent, songwriter, joiner of dots. #RejoinEU #ClimateEmergency. Edinburgh, UK. Normally FB
Yes, but they had to find the money. Hope that helps.
November 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Yes, but they had to find the money. Hope that helps.
Sounds about right.
On Dead Ringers they always send that up with the classic Farage line "No, no, let me speak", followed by a delay as no one interrupts him.
On Dead Ringers they always send that up with the classic Farage line "No, no, let me speak", followed by a delay as no one interrupts him.
November 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Sounds about right.
On Dead Ringers they always send that up with the classic Farage line "No, no, let me speak", followed by a delay as no one interrupts him.
On Dead Ringers they always send that up with the classic Farage line "No, no, let me speak", followed by a delay as no one interrupts him.
Nyet, comrade. 🤝
'Farage regularly appeared on state-controlled Russia Today, which apparently paid him for his services and boosted every speech he made as an MEP in the European Parliament. It also offered him his own TV show following the EU Referendum.'
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/nigel-fara...
'Farage regularly appeared on state-controlled Russia Today, which apparently paid him for his services and boosted every speech he made as an MEP in the European Parliament. It also offered him his own TV show following the EU Referendum.'
www.bylinesupplement.com/p/nigel-fara...
Nigel Farage - From Russia with Love
As the Reform Party leader's support for Vladimir Putin draws the attention of the world, Peter Jukes' questions about his past become ever more pertinent
www.bylinesupplement.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Did I personally get paid to appear on Russia Today, and then push Putin's line in the European Parliament
Yes, I did.
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Yes, I did.
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So the line is that he wasn't getting paid for any of this
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Did I personally get paid to appear on Russia Today, and then push Putin's line in the European Parliament
Yes, I did.
bsky.app/profile/adam...
Yes, I did.
bsky.app/profile/adam...
Did we make him the Reform leader in Wales. Oh, yes we did 🤦♂️
November 27, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Did we make him the Reform leader in Wales. Oh, yes we did 🤦♂️
"the chancellor targeted the rich via a new council tax surcharge for properties worth more than £2m and announced a 2p tax increase on income from dividends, savings and property"
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Rachel Reeves targets UK’s wealthiest in £26bn tax-raising budget
Chancellor axes two-child benefit cap and cuts energy bills paid for by mansion tax and freezing tax thresholds
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:15 AM
"the chancellor targeted the rich via a new council tax surcharge for properties worth more than £2m and announced a 2p tax increase on income from dividends, savings and property"
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Rachel Reeves' Covid Counter-Fraud Commissioner, Tom Hayhoe, is on the case.
£400m recouped so far 👏
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/covi...
£400m recouped so far 👏
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/covi...
Covid corruption commissioner chases down nearly £400m of dodgy Tory Covid contracts, says Rachel Reeves
“Tory contracts handed out by Tory ministers to Tory peers and Tory friends and well that money belongs in our schools and in our hospitals and we are getting that money back.”
leftfootforward.org
November 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Rachel Reeves' Covid Counter-Fraud Commissioner, Tom Hayhoe, is on the case.
£400m recouped so far 👏
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/covi...
£400m recouped so far 👏
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/covi...
So many say, oh except he did:
- Increase NHS funding
- Tax private schools & non-doms
- Nationalise rail passenger services
- Invest billions in social housing
- Set up a national green energy company
- End no-fault evictions
- Massively enhance employment rights
www.bigissue.com/news/housing...
- Increase NHS funding
- Tax private schools & non-doms
- Nationalise rail passenger services
- Invest billions in social housing
- Set up a national green energy company
- End no-fault evictions
- Massively enhance employment rights
www.bigissue.com/news/housing...
Rachel Reeves announces 'game-changing' spending on social housing
Wednesday's spending review saw Rachel Reeves reveal a £39bn affordable housing programme to build social housing
www.bigissue.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:34 AM
So many say, oh except he did:
- Increase NHS funding
- Tax private schools & non-doms
- Nationalise rail passenger services
- Invest billions in social housing
- Set up a national green energy company
- End no-fault evictions
- Massively enhance employment rights
www.bigissue.com/news/housing...
- Increase NHS funding
- Tax private schools & non-doms
- Nationalise rail passenger services
- Invest billions in social housing
- Set up a national green energy company
- End no-fault evictions
- Massively enhance employment rights
www.bigissue.com/news/housing...
Does that include fugitive emissions of methane?
November 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Does that include fugitive emissions of methane?
Yes, because they had to find the money.
Labour created a Child Poverty Taskforce immediately after taking power.
Unfortunately Mr Polanski is already becoming the king of silly pops 🤦
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Labour created a Child Poverty Taskforce immediately after taking power.
Unfortunately Mr Polanski is already becoming the king of silly pops 🤦
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Starmer sets up taskforce for 4m UK children in poverty
A child poverty taskforce has been announced with a pledge to leave
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Yes, because they had to find the money.
Labour created a Child Poverty Taskforce immediately after taking power.
Unfortunately Mr Polanski is already becoming the king of silly pops 🤦
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Labour created a Child Poverty Taskforce immediately after taking power.
Unfortunately Mr Polanski is already becoming the king of silly pops 🤦
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Starmer sets up taskforce for 4m UK children in poverty
A child poverty taskforce has been announced with a pledge to leave
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Because they didn't have the money. Is that so hard to understand?
November 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Because they didn't have the money. Is that so hard to understand?
Reposted by Get Me Zarniwoop
I said this morning that this place would be crawling with people shouting “they’ve done something I want and that’s why I can never vote for them again!”
And I was right. They’re everywhere.
And I was right. They’re everywhere.
November 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I said this morning that this place would be crawling with people shouting “they’ve done something I want and that’s why I can never vote for them again!”
And I was right. They’re everywhere.
And I was right. They’re everywhere.
Yes, because they had to find the money.
Labour created a Child Poverty Taskforce immediately after taking power.
Unfortunately Mr Polanski is already becoming the king of silly pops 🤦
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Labour created a Child Poverty Taskforce immediately after taking power.
Unfortunately Mr Polanski is already becoming the king of silly pops 🤦
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Starmer sets up taskforce for 4m UK children in poverty
A child poverty taskforce has been announced with a pledge to leave
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Yes, because they had to find the money.
Labour created a Child Poverty Taskforce immediately after taking power.
Unfortunately Mr Polanski is already becoming the king of silly pops 🤦
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Labour created a Child Poverty Taskforce immediately after taking power.
Unfortunately Mr Polanski is already becoming the king of silly pops 🤦
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Also, it's not true that EV drivers don't pay tax on fuel.
They pay 20% VAT on public charging though, and 5% VAT on home charging.
As the article shows, an EV driver who relies on public chargers, already pays a higher cost per mile than a petrol or diesel driver.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
They pay 20% VAT on public charging though, and 5% VAT on home charging.
As the article shows, an EV driver who relies on public chargers, already pays a higher cost per mile than a petrol or diesel driver.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What taxes apply to electric vehicles and when will new petrol and diesel cars be banned?
All new cars must be electric or hybrid from 2030, but the government could put new taxes on them.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Also, it's not true that EV drivers don't pay tax on fuel.
They pay 20% VAT on public charging though, and 5% VAT on home charging.
As the article shows, an EV driver who relies on public chargers, already pays a higher cost per mile than a petrol or diesel driver.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
They pay 20% VAT on public charging though, and 5% VAT on home charging.
As the article shows, an EV driver who relies on public chargers, already pays a higher cost per mile than a petrol or diesel driver.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
As the chart in the above article shows, EV drivers who have to rely on public chargers ALREADY pay a much higher cost per mile than petrol and diesel car drivers.
That is exactly the opposite of how it should be.
That is exactly the opposite of how it should be.
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
As the chart in the above article shows, EV drivers who have to rely on public chargers ALREADY pay a much higher cost per mile than petrol and diesel car drivers.
That is exactly the opposite of how it should be.
That is exactly the opposite of how it should be.
Fuel duty is not a tax on road use, it's tax on wrecking the planet.
There's a reason EVs don't pay a fuel tax, and that's because they don't burn fossil fuels.
There's a reason EVs don't pay a fuel tax, and that's because they don't burn fossil fuels.
November 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Fuel duty is not a tax on road use, it's tax on wrecking the planet.
There's a reason EVs don't pay a fuel tax, and that's because they don't burn fossil fuels.
There's a reason EVs don't pay a fuel tax, and that's because they don't burn fossil fuels.
They pay 20% VAT on public charging though, and 5% VAT on home charging.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What taxes apply to electric vehicles and when will new petrol and diesel cars be banned?
All new cars must be electric or hybrid from 2030, but the government could put new taxes on them.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
They pay 20% VAT on public charging though, and 5% VAT on home charging.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Anyone with a clue about UK politics knows reducing child poverty has been a core Labour policy for decades.
Blair-Brown massively delivered, and Keir Starmer aims do the same.
"Labour will develop an ambitious strategy to reduce child poverty" - Labour 2024 manifesto
labour.org.uk/wp-content/u...
Blair-Brown massively delivered, and Keir Starmer aims do the same.
"Labour will develop an ambitious strategy to reduce child poverty" - Labour 2024 manifesto
labour.org.uk/wp-content/u...
labour.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Anyone with a clue about UK politics knows reducing child poverty has been a core Labour policy for decades.
Blair-Brown massively delivered, and Keir Starmer aims do the same.
"Labour will develop an ambitious strategy to reduce child poverty" - Labour 2024 manifesto
labour.org.uk/wp-content/u...
Blair-Brown massively delivered, and Keir Starmer aims do the same.
"Labour will develop an ambitious strategy to reduce child poverty" - Labour 2024 manifesto
labour.org.uk/wp-content/u...
Reducing child poverty has been a key plank of Labour party policy for decades.
"Labour will develop an ambitious strategy to reduce child poverty" - Labour 2024 manifesto.
Setting up a Child Poverty Taskforce was one of Labour's first actions after it won in 2024.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Labour will develop an ambitious strategy to reduce child poverty" - Labour 2024 manifesto.
Setting up a Child Poverty Taskforce was one of Labour's first actions after it won in 2024.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Starmer sets up taskforce for 4m UK children in poverty
A child poverty taskforce has been announced with a pledge to leave
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Reducing child poverty has been a key plank of Labour party policy for decades.
"Labour will develop an ambitious strategy to reduce child poverty" - Labour 2024 manifesto.
Setting up a Child Poverty Taskforce was one of Labour's first actions after it won in 2024.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
"Labour will develop an ambitious strategy to reduce child poverty" - Labour 2024 manifesto.
Setting up a Child Poverty Taskforce was one of Labour's first actions after it won in 2024.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...