Mike
@mikem51.bsky.social
Retired International Education Consultant,keen photographer, loves travel, dining out and the odd drink or two. #FBPE
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Seems that Putin has instructed Farage to lay low for a while.
November 22, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Seems that Putin has instructed Farage to lay low for a while.
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Hot off the press 11 announcements that will positively touch the lives of ordinary people throughout the UK. All made in the last 5 days. Labour remain focused on driving down the cost of living and securing investment and jobs across the UK. 👏👏👏
November 23, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Hot off the press 11 announcements that will positively touch the lives of ordinary people throughout the UK. All made in the last 5 days. Labour remain focused on driving down the cost of living and securing investment and jobs across the UK. 👏👏👏
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Better with Labour
Rail fares are to be frozen for the first time in 30 years, the government has announced
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Rail fares to be frozen for first time in 30 years
Ministers promised millions of rail travellers will save hundreds of pounds on regulated fares, including season tickets and peak and off-peak returns between major cities.
news.sky.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Better with Labour
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“Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system
Files show then PM was walking dog, riding motorbike and hosting guests as pandemic planning stalled in ‘lost month’ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
He really is despicable…but the Daily Mail still pays him thousands
Files show then PM was walking dog, riding motorbike and hosting guests as pandemic planning stalled in ‘lost month’ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
He really is despicable…but the Daily Mail still pays him thousands
Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system
Files show then PM was walking dog, riding motorbike and hosting guests as pandemic planning stalled in ‘lost month’
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:33 AM
“Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system
Files show then PM was walking dog, riding motorbike and hosting guests as pandemic planning stalled in ‘lost month’ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
He really is despicable…but the Daily Mail still pays him thousands
Files show then PM was walking dog, riding motorbike and hosting guests as pandemic planning stalled in ‘lost month’ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
He really is despicable…but the Daily Mail still pays him thousands
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So the line is that he wasn't getting paid for any of this
November 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
So the line is that he wasn't getting paid for any of this
Another reminder of Reform’s incompetence locally and why they must never be allowed to be in government.
The black hole in Durham County Council’s budget has grown by £11.1mn in the past two months under the control of Reform UK.
Its cabinet has been forced to approve a £10mn list of cuts.
Its cabinet has been forced to approve a £10mn list of cuts.
Reform cabinet backs £10mn cuts to start filling Durham’s growing black hole
Reform is now learning that running a big council is not as easy as it probably thought
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Another reminder of Reform’s incompetence locally and why they must never be allowed to be in government.
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Can you imagine Keir Starmer taking 10 days off to ride a motor bike & walk a dog at the beginning of a Pandemic doing no work. Because I bloody can’t. Not for one second.
Boris Johnson is a disgrace. And Putin loving Farage would be worse. Much worse.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Boris Johnson is a disgrace. And Putin loving Farage would be worse. Much worse.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system
Files show then PM was walking dog, riding motorbike and hosting guests as pandemic planning stalled in ‘lost month’
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Can you imagine Keir Starmer taking 10 days off to ride a motor bike & walk a dog at the beginning of a Pandemic doing no work. Because I bloody can’t. Not for one second.
Boris Johnson is a disgrace. And Putin loving Farage would be worse. Much worse.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Boris Johnson is a disgrace. And Putin loving Farage would be worse. Much worse.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Sunak always get left out of the Covid fallout. Eat Out to Help Out. Concocted Furlow & Covid loans but allowed people to defraud it easily and then chose not to get the money back. Prisons. Unfunded NI decrease and July election. His wife’s non dom status. Another loathsome Tory
November 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Sunak always get left out of the Covid fallout. Eat Out to Help Out. Concocted Furlow & Covid loans but allowed people to defraud it easily and then chose not to get the money back. Prisons. Unfunded NI decrease and July election. His wife’s non dom status. Another loathsome Tory
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The right wing elite are ruthless in protecting their own and getting what they want.
They wanted Johnson. (And what a disaster that was for us).
Now they want Farage. (Would be an off the scale catastrophe for the country).
Time we woke up to the betrayal.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
They wanted Johnson. (And what a disaster that was for us).
Now they want Farage. (Would be an off the scale catastrophe for the country).
Time we woke up to the betrayal.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
The Confidence Trick That Put Boris Johnson Into Power Is Now Being Used on Nigel Farage
The same people who convinced the British public to back a catastrophic Boris Johnson premiership are now pulling the same trick again with Nigel Farage
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The right wing elite are ruthless in protecting their own and getting what they want.
They wanted Johnson. (And what a disaster that was for us).
Now they want Farage. (Would be an off the scale catastrophe for the country).
Time we woke up to the betrayal.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
They wanted Johnson. (And what a disaster that was for us).
Now they want Farage. (Would be an off the scale catastrophe for the country).
Time we woke up to the betrayal.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
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Mason travelled across the globe to insult Keir Starmer with offensive and trite questioning … because there was no other news on that day worth the time of the chief political correspondent 🥴
How does the knob Mason get away with it ?
Think we know the answer.
How does the knob Mason get away with it ?
Think we know the answer.
November 22, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Mason travelled across the globe to insult Keir Starmer with offensive and trite questioning … because there was no other news on that day worth the time of the chief political correspondent 🥴
How does the knob Mason get away with it ?
Think we know the answer.
How does the knob Mason get away with it ?
Think we know the answer.
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This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
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Trump’s plan to reward his boss - war criminal Vladimir Putin - is not a fucking peace plan for Ukraine and any news org that makes out that it’s is should hand in their media license. 😡
November 21, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Trump’s plan to reward his boss - war criminal Vladimir Putin - is not a fucking peace plan for Ukraine and any news org that makes out that it’s is should hand in their media license. 😡
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The same people who convinced the British public to back a catastrophic Boris Johnson premiership are now pulling the same trick again with Nigel Farage
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
The Confidence Trick That Put Boris Johnson Into Power Is Now Being Used on Nigel Farage
The same people who convinced the British public to back a catastrophic Boris Johnson premiership are now pulling the same trick again with Nigel Farage
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The same people who convinced the British public to back a catastrophic Boris Johnson premiership are now pulling the same trick again with Nigel Farage
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
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“Brexit was a waste of money that, now more than ever, we simply cannot afford.”
The political refusal to admit how badly they screwed us over with Brexit keeps us trapped in inevitable, snowballing failure. We can’t let them dodge this reality forever.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The political refusal to admit how badly they screwed us over with Brexit keeps us trapped in inevitable, snowballing failure. We can’t let them dodge this reality forever.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rachel Reeves is studiously ignoring the cause of Britain’s woes: the Brexit-shaped hole in its roof | Jonathan Freedland
The autumn budget will mop up some damage, but the true source of the economic crisis is clear. The government should now fix it – tragically, it won’t, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:14 AM
“Brexit was a waste of money that, now more than ever, we simply cannot afford.”
The political refusal to admit how badly they screwed us over with Brexit keeps us trapped in inevitable, snowballing failure. We can’t let them dodge this reality forever.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The political refusal to admit how badly they screwed us over with Brexit keeps us trapped in inevitable, snowballing failure. We can’t let them dodge this reality forever.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I’ve said this every month for a year.
November 21, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I’ve said this every month for a year.
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Russia's ambassador to the UK, Yakovenko, boasted about Brexit to another diplomat:
“We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees and will not rise for a very long time”
Today, Farage’s close ally, leader of Reform in Wales, was sentenced to 10yrs for taking bribes from Russia.
“We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees and will not rise for a very long time”
Today, Farage’s close ally, leader of Reform in Wales, was sentenced to 10yrs for taking bribes from Russia.
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Russia's ambassador to the UK, Yakovenko, boasted about Brexit to another diplomat:
“We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees and will not rise for a very long time”
Today, Farage’s close ally, leader of Reform in Wales, was sentenced to 10yrs for taking bribes from Russia.
“We have crushed the British to the ground. They are on their knees and will not rise for a very long time”
Today, Farage’s close ally, leader of Reform in Wales, was sentenced to 10yrs for taking bribes from Russia.
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Rewarding a dictator-aggressor always leads to another war. One that is usually even worse.
November 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Rewarding a dictator-aggressor always leads to another war. One that is usually even worse.
About time and include the Conservative Party.
Keir Starmer has demanded an investigation into links between Reform UK and Russia following the jailing of the party's former Wales leader for accepting pro-Russian bribes
news.sky.com/story/starme...
news.sky.com/story/starme...
Starmer demands investigation into Reform-Russia links after party's ex-Wales leader jailed
The former leader of Reform in Wales, Nathan Gill, has been jailed for 10-and-a-half years after being paid £40,000 to make pro-Russian statements in the European Parliament.
news.sky.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:51 AM
About time and include the Conservative Party.
Trump disrespected around the world by appeasing Putin and selling out Ukraine so he can get his tower in Moscow. His short deadline with no opportunity for Ukraine to negotiate a fair and just peace shows it’s another Epstein deflection at any cost. Krasnov the first Russian President of the USA.
November 22, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Trump disrespected around the world by appeasing Putin and selling out Ukraine so he can get his tower in Moscow. His short deadline with no opportunity for Ukraine to negotiate a fair and just peace shows it’s another Epstein deflection at any cost. Krasnov the first Russian President of the USA.
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Reform has a Russia problem.
Fáragë has a Russia problem.
Lee Anderson's problem is nobody told him there was Russian money available.
Fáragë has a Russia problem.
Lee Anderson's problem is nobody told him there was Russian money available.
November 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Reform has a Russia problem.
Fáragë has a Russia problem.
Lee Anderson's problem is nobody told him there was Russian money available.
Fáragë has a Russia problem.
Lee Anderson's problem is nobody told him there was Russian money available.
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It's always the ones you most expect...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Cryptocurrency backed by Farage donor is used for Russian war effort, investigators say
Tether tokens found to facilitate scheme that enables sanctions evasion and launders money for the Kremlin
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:47 AM
It's always the ones you most expect...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...