La Reine des Metaphores
@metaphorqu.bsky.social
Singing , writing, pilates, gardening, wife, mother, grandmother . Centre left 🌹🌹🌹🌹Labour voting tree hugger who has earned the right to swagger a bit.
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Bridget Phillipson has told how she is haunted by her time working with women and children fleeing domestic violence and vowed to tackle the problem.
Education Secretary 'driven to reshape social care after women's refuge horrors'
www.mirror.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Bridget Phillipson has told how she is haunted by her time working with women and children fleeing domestic violence and vowed to tackle the problem.
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Nus Ghani MP - the Deputy Speaker - moved to the UK as a small child. She has been elected by the voters in Wealden in 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2024
More outright racism from the regular GB News & Talk TV contributor Lucy White - who previously called (on GB News) for all Muslims to leave Britain
More outright racism from the regular GB News & Talk TV contributor Lucy White - who previously called (on GB News) for all Muslims to leave Britain
November 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Nus Ghani MP - the Deputy Speaker - moved to the UK as a small child. She has been elected by the voters in Wealden in 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2024
More outright racism from the regular GB News & Talk TV contributor Lucy White - who previously called (on GB News) for all Muslims to leave Britain
More outright racism from the regular GB News & Talk TV contributor Lucy White - who previously called (on GB News) for all Muslims to leave Britain
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'Rachel Reeves has done more to help kids in poverty than 7 Tory Chancellors'
Kevin Maguire
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Kevin Maguire
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
'Rachel Reeves transformed herself from Scrooge to Mother Christmas'
'Budget deserves to be remembered as the moment the UK Labour Government found its moral purpose and consigned the callous, cruel and cynical Tory two-child benefit to the dustbin of British history'
www.mirror.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
'Rachel Reeves has done more to help kids in poverty than 7 Tory Chancellors'
Kevin Maguire
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Kevin Maguire
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Yesterday, I met with Minister Hamish Falconer at his office in the FCDO to discuss the Middle East and International Aid. This is something which many constituents have emailed me about, so it was good to represent their views.
November 26, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Yesterday, I met with Minister Hamish Falconer at his office in the FCDO to discuss the Middle East and International Aid. This is something which many constituents have emailed me about, so it was good to represent their views.
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Rachel Reeves:
"We are freezing known Russian assets."
"But, let me be clear, I don't actually mean the right honourable member for Clacton!"
😂👏
"We are freezing known Russian assets."
"But, let me be clear, I don't actually mean the right honourable member for Clacton!"
😂👏
November 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Rachel Reeves:
"We are freezing known Russian assets."
"But, let me be clear, I don't actually mean the right honourable member for Clacton!"
😂👏
"We are freezing known Russian assets."
"But, let me be clear, I don't actually mean the right honourable member for Clacton!"
😂👏
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The Commons isn’t usually the place for sharp comedy, but today’s Budget delivered a moment that made even the frontbench blink.
Let’s just say Russia came up… and Farage was the punchline. 🔥
Let’s just say Russia came up… and Farage was the punchline. 🔥
Reeves aims a searing ‘Russian assets’ gibe at Farage
Rachel Reeves used her Budget speech to jab at Nigel Farage, invoking Russia amid renewed security concerns
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The Commons isn’t usually the place for sharp comedy, but today’s Budget delivered a moment that made even the frontbench blink.
Let’s just say Russia came up… and Farage was the punchline. 🔥
Let’s just say Russia came up… and Farage was the punchline. 🔥
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So that three weeks of breathless nonsense was for nothing??
Thought so.
Has anyone done a welfare check on Chris Mason?
#UKPolitics #Budget #RachelReeves
Thought so.
Has anyone done a welfare check on Chris Mason?
#UKPolitics #Budget #RachelReeves
Best budget day for UK gilts since 2006 >>
Deutsche Bank analysts have spotted an interesting fact:
At first glance, the gilt market likes what it heard from the Chancellor today.
'..today marks the largest fall in 10y gilt yields on the day of a UK budget or major fiscal statement since 2006.'
Deutsche Bank analysts have spotted an interesting fact:
At first glance, the gilt market likes what it heard from the Chancellor today.
'..today marks the largest fall in 10y gilt yields on the day of a UK budget or major fiscal statement since 2006.'
November 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
So that three weeks of breathless nonsense was for nothing??
Thought so.
Has anyone done a welfare check on Chris Mason?
#UKPolitics #Budget #RachelReeves
Thought so.
Has anyone done a welfare check on Chris Mason?
#UKPolitics #Budget #RachelReeves
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Incredibly proud to get a shout out from our Chancellor of the Exchequer at her Budget today, based on the work I've been doing regarding people whose pensions became insolvent through no fault of their own. These people will no longer lose out as a result of inflation.
November 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Incredibly proud to get a shout out from our Chancellor of the Exchequer at her Budget today, based on the work I've been doing regarding people whose pensions became insolvent through no fault of their own. These people will no longer lose out as a result of inflation.
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Immensely proud that the Chancellor scrapped the two-child-benefit cap in the Budget today, which will benefit the 2050 children in the Banbury constituency who have been impacted by this policy.
November 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Immensely proud that the Chancellor scrapped the two-child-benefit cap in the Budget today, which will benefit the 2050 children in the Banbury constituency who have been impacted by this policy.
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Distributional analysis published alongside the Budget shows that the poorest will benefit most from the measures - particularly due to welfare and public service improvements.
Source: www.gov.uk/government/p...
Source: www.gov.uk/government/p...
November 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Distributional analysis published alongside the Budget shows that the poorest will benefit most from the measures - particularly due to welfare and public service improvements.
Source: www.gov.uk/government/p...
Source: www.gov.uk/government/p...
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James, I can't help but think that journalists banging on about the budget for 3 months must have sounded like nails down a chalk board in 10 and 11 Downing Street, day after day.
The hysterical behaviour of journalists especially ones i have respected in the past has been rather saddening.
The hysterical behaviour of journalists especially ones i have respected in the past has been rather saddening.
November 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
James, I can't help but think that journalists banging on about the budget for 3 months must have sounded like nails down a chalk board in 10 and 11 Downing Street, day after day.
The hysterical behaviour of journalists especially ones i have respected in the past has been rather saddening.
The hysterical behaviour of journalists especially ones i have respected in the past has been rather saddening.
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"Apples are health, vitality, fertility, life. So, when offered, the gift of life. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. The most innocent of bribes for a teacher. But if apples are life, then the negative space their absence creates is the opposite. Apples are also a typical gift to Santa Muerte."
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From the Garden of Hesperides to the Garden of Eden, from the Atalanta and the Trojan War to The Beatles and the iPhone, apples are laden with often conflicting symbolism.
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BONUS - How Do You Like Them Golden Apples?
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November 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
"Apples are health, vitality, fertility, life. So, when offered, the gift of life. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. The most innocent of bribes for a teacher. But if apples are life, then the negative space their absence creates is the opposite. Apples are also a typical gift to Santa Muerte."
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🚨 BREXIT BUDGET🚨
"And Finally, Madam Deputy speaker, we are ramping up sanctions on Russia and we are freezing known Russian assets."
"But let me be clear. I don't actually mean the Honourable Member for Clacton."
"And Finally, Madam Deputy speaker, we are ramping up sanctions on Russia and we are freezing known Russian assets."
"But let me be clear. I don't actually mean the Honourable Member for Clacton."
November 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
🚨 BREXIT BUDGET🚨
"And Finally, Madam Deputy speaker, we are ramping up sanctions on Russia and we are freezing known Russian assets."
"But let me be clear. I don't actually mean the Honourable Member for Clacton."
"And Finally, Madam Deputy speaker, we are ramping up sanctions on Russia and we are freezing known Russian assets."
"But let me be clear. I don't actually mean the Honourable Member for Clacton."
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So glad that our Parliament will become the first national parliament in the world to become White Ribbon accredited.
We couldn’t do it without the amazing example that Milton Keynes has set to the nation as the first White Ribbon City in the country. Very proud 🤍
#PMQs #WhiteRibbonDay
We couldn’t do it without the amazing example that Milton Keynes has set to the nation as the first White Ribbon City in the country. Very proud 🤍
#PMQs #WhiteRibbonDay
November 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
So glad that our Parliament will become the first national parliament in the world to become White Ribbon accredited.
We couldn’t do it without the amazing example that Milton Keynes has set to the nation as the first White Ribbon City in the country. Very proud 🤍
#PMQs #WhiteRibbonDay
We couldn’t do it without the amazing example that Milton Keynes has set to the nation as the first White Ribbon City in the country. Very proud 🤍
#PMQs #WhiteRibbonDay
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The two-child cap pushed half of children in larger families into poverty. Today, Labour abolishes it.
I stood for office to stop drawing charts and start changing them. This change will see the biggest drop in child poverty of any parliament on record.
Know what that is? Hope.
I stood for office to stop drawing charts and start changing them. This change will see the biggest drop in child poverty of any parliament on record.
Know what that is? Hope.
November 26, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The two-child cap pushed half of children in larger families into poverty. Today, Labour abolishes it.
I stood for office to stop drawing charts and start changing them. This change will see the biggest drop in child poverty of any parliament on record.
Know what that is? Hope.
I stood for office to stop drawing charts and start changing them. This change will see the biggest drop in child poverty of any parliament on record.
Know what that is? Hope.
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"This is a strong budget, informed by Labour values."
Read @joedromey.bsky.social's full reaction to the budget below 👇
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Read @joedromey.bsky.social's full reaction to the budget below 👇
fabians.org.uk/joe-dromey-r...
November 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
"This is a strong budget, informed by Labour values."
Read @joedromey.bsky.social's full reaction to the budget below 👇
fabians.org.uk/joe-dromey-r...
Read @joedromey.bsky.social's full reaction to the budget below 👇
fabians.org.uk/joe-dromey-r...
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Market reaction so far is calmly positive. GBP up a small but significant amount vs USD, EUR, and basket. 10-year gilt yields down 6pts on this morning, 30-year gilts down 9pts. Traders seem to like increased headroom and midde-of-the-roadness of it all.
November 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Market reaction so far is calmly positive. GBP up a small but significant amount vs USD, EUR, and basket. 10-year gilt yields down 6pts on this morning, 30-year gilts down 9pts. Traders seem to like increased headroom and midde-of-the-roadness of it all.
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Markets give the budget the thumbs up then.
November 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Markets give the budget the thumbs up then.
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Brace yourselves for some predictable howls of outrage in the media over new taxes on Britain’s most expensive homes. Suspect this will be a better reflection of the financial circumstances of newspaper editors and broadcast execs than those of their readers and viewers.
November 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Brace yourselves for some predictable howls of outrage in the media over new taxes on Britain’s most expensive homes. Suspect this will be a better reflection of the financial circumstances of newspaper editors and broadcast execs than those of their readers and viewers.
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🚨 BREXIT BUDGET🚨
"The benefits of investment and growth must be built and, felt in every part of our UK."
"So we are providing an additional £370 million for the Northern Ireland Executive, £505 million for the Welsh Government and £820 million for the Scottish government"
"The benefits of investment and growth must be built and, felt in every part of our UK."
"So we are providing an additional £370 million for the Northern Ireland Executive, £505 million for the Welsh Government and £820 million for the Scottish government"
November 26, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🚨 BREXIT BUDGET🚨
"The benefits of investment and growth must be built and, felt in every part of our UK."
"So we are providing an additional £370 million for the Northern Ireland Executive, £505 million for the Welsh Government and £820 million for the Scottish government"
"The benefits of investment and growth must be built and, felt in every part of our UK."
"So we are providing an additional £370 million for the Northern Ireland Executive, £505 million for the Welsh Government and £820 million for the Scottish government"
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Great thread from Warren here.
The Budget 2025!
Chancellor says the OBR has upgraded economic growth for this year from 1% to 1.5%
1/n
Chancellor says the OBR has upgraded economic growth for this year from 1% to 1.5%
1/n
November 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Great thread from Warren here.
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🚨 BREXIT BUDGET 🚨
"We've got almost £400 million back from dodgy pandemic spending and contracts."
"Tory contracts, handed out by Tory ministers to Tory peers and Tory donors. Well, that money belongs in our schools and in our hospitals."
"We've got almost £400 million back from dodgy pandemic spending and contracts."
"Tory contracts, handed out by Tory ministers to Tory peers and Tory donors. Well, that money belongs in our schools and in our hospitals."
November 26, 2025 at 1:15 PM
🚨 BREXIT BUDGET 🚨
"We've got almost £400 million back from dodgy pandemic spending and contracts."
"Tory contracts, handed out by Tory ministers to Tory peers and Tory donors. Well, that money belongs in our schools and in our hospitals."
"We've got almost £400 million back from dodgy pandemic spending and contracts."
"Tory contracts, handed out by Tory ministers to Tory peers and Tory donors. Well, that money belongs in our schools and in our hospitals."
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🚨 TWO-CHILD LIMIT SCRAPPED🚨
"We on this side of the House do not believe that the solution to a broken welfare system is to punish the most vulnerable."
"We are lifting 450,000 children out of poverty with the end of the two child limit."
"We on this side of the House do not believe that the solution to a broken welfare system is to punish the most vulnerable."
"We are lifting 450,000 children out of poverty with the end of the two child limit."
November 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
🚨 TWO-CHILD LIMIT SCRAPPED🚨
"We on this side of the House do not believe that the solution to a broken welfare system is to punish the most vulnerable."
"We are lifting 450,000 children out of poverty with the end of the two child limit."
"We on this side of the House do not believe that the solution to a broken welfare system is to punish the most vulnerable."
"We are lifting 450,000 children out of poverty with the end of the two child limit."
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"… we are ramping sanctions… freezing known Russian assets… I don't actually mean the honourable member from Clacton."
I'm sure Rachel Reeves didn't say that to Nigel Farage "in a hurtful or insulting way" at least, "not with intent…"
I think that's what an alleged racist said recently…?
I'm sure Rachel Reeves didn't say that to Nigel Farage "in a hurtful or insulting way" at least, "not with intent…"
I think that's what an alleged racist said recently…?
November 26, 2025 at 1:28 PM
"… we are ramping sanctions… freezing known Russian assets… I don't actually mean the honourable member from Clacton."
I'm sure Rachel Reeves didn't say that to Nigel Farage "in a hurtful or insulting way" at least, "not with intent…"
I think that's what an alleged racist said recently…?
I'm sure Rachel Reeves didn't say that to Nigel Farage "in a hurtful or insulting way" at least, "not with intent…"
I think that's what an alleged racist said recently…?