@multigums.bsky.social
Culture War Correspondent. Brian in name only
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Seems to me like it might actually have been helpful to have domestic production of pharmaceutical products, oh well, time to pay up because America’s mad emperor demanded it, I guess
"The NHS will have to pay 25% more for new drugs"
In the US pharmaceutical companies rip off patients & the UK govt has signed a deal with Trump so they can do the same to us here.
In the US pharmaceutical companies rip off patients & the UK govt has signed a deal with Trump so they can do the same to us here.
December 2, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Seems to me like it might actually have been helpful to have domestic production of pharmaceutical products, oh well, time to pay up because America’s mad emperor demanded it, I guess
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If true, it is amazingly disgusting; then again, they are criminals. Over and over, just looking for opportunities.
Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
November 29, 2025 at 8:44 PM
If true, it is amazingly disgusting; then again, they are criminals. Over and over, just looking for opportunities.
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This is the central problem fueling almost all of the other problems in America - pass it on.
Bad Takes: ‘We have the best political system right now that private money can buy’
Sadly, what was once labeled corruption has become the way U.S. politics works.
www.sacurrent.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:54 PM
This is the central problem fueling almost all of the other problems in America - pass it on.
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Paul Doyle who injured more than 100 people in Liverpool has pleaded Guilty to 9 charges of Causing Grievous Bodily Harm and 17 charges of Attempting to Cause Grievous Bodily Harm.
He is a MAGA and Andrew Tate supporter.
Why do we never hear about the dangers of the Far Right?
He is a MAGA and Andrew Tate supporter.
Why do we never hear about the dangers of the Far Right?
November 29, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Paul Doyle who injured more than 100 people in Liverpool has pleaded Guilty to 9 charges of Causing Grievous Bodily Harm and 17 charges of Attempting to Cause Grievous Bodily Harm.
He is a MAGA and Andrew Tate supporter.
Why do we never hear about the dangers of the Far Right?
He is a MAGA and Andrew Tate supporter.
Why do we never hear about the dangers of the Far Right?
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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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What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
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All of this was avoidable, all of it, every single second.
Textbook war crime/extrajudicial killing
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
"Two survivors were clinging to the smoldering wreck. The Special Operations commander overseeing the Sept. 2 attack ... ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions."
Report by @alexhorton.bsky.social @ellenwapo.bsky.social o.bsky.social
Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a verbal order to kill all crew members in the Sept. 2 strike on a suspected drug boat. Navy SEALs fired a second missile.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:10 PM
All of this was avoidable, all of it, every single second.
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Delighted to be speaking at this charity concert at Wembley in March.
Tickets on sale 10am Tuesday!
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Tickets on sale 10am Tuesday!
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Sugababes, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Wolf Alice and more to play all-star charity concert for trans rights
Organised by Olly Alexander and the Mighty Hoopla festival to ‘fight back against the politics of fear and exclusion’, Trans Mission will take place at Wembley Arena in March
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Delighted to be speaking at this charity concert at Wembley in March.
Tickets on sale 10am Tuesday!
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Tickets on sale 10am Tuesday!
Trans rights are human rights. 🏳️⚧️
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
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Minister defends 'pragmatic' U-turn on workers' rights.
It was a manifesto pledge
Why no 'pragmatic' U-turn' on nationalising water, energy, rail rolling stock companies and freight; ending privatisation of the NHS and social care; taxing the super rich?
It was a manifesto pledge
Why no 'pragmatic' U-turn' on nationalising water, energy, rail rolling stock companies and freight; ending privatisation of the NHS and social care; taxing the super rich?
Minister defends 'pragmatic' U-turn on workers' rights
Bridget Phillipson told the BBC the climbdown would enable wider benefits to be delivered quickly.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Minister defends 'pragmatic' U-turn on workers' rights.
It was a manifesto pledge
Why no 'pragmatic' U-turn' on nationalising water, energy, rail rolling stock companies and freight; ending privatisation of the NHS and social care; taxing the super rich?
It was a manifesto pledge
Why no 'pragmatic' U-turn' on nationalising water, energy, rail rolling stock companies and freight; ending privatisation of the NHS and social care; taxing the super rich?
If Trump carries on like this on immigration he'll be getting a call from Starmer - offering the Don Yvette Cooper's gig
November 29, 2025 at 8:29 AM
If Trump carries on like this on immigration he'll be getting a call from Starmer - offering the Don Yvette Cooper's gig
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The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The "don't have an extra kid if you can't afford it" brigade get awfully upset when you suggest they don't stay in their £2m house if they can't afford it, don't they?
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Nope, we can’t now go back to “just reporting news”, because of the huge number of MP and journalists who spent the last decade angrily explaining that the Labour Party is rammed with self-indulgent wankers who disastrously want to ensure children are fed, to show off how pure and virtuous they are.
November 27, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Nope, we can’t now go back to “just reporting news”, because of the huge number of MP and journalists who spent the last decade angrily explaining that the Labour Party is rammed with self-indulgent wankers who disastrously want to ensure children are fed, to show off how pure and virtuous they are.
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It’s amazing. Even *the Soviet Union* managed to get Kruschev up to say Okay lads, so, maybe this ideological cult of personality shit was a bit of a disaster with a colossal bodycount. We have to admit that we somewhat fucked it there. Time to change things. But here we still are, decades on.
Nope, we can’t now go back to “just reporting news”, because of the huge number of MP and journalists who spent the last decade angrily explaining that the Labour Party is rammed with self-indulgent wankers who disastrously want to ensure children are fed, to show off how pure and virtuous they are.
November 27, 2025 at 1:58 PM
It’s amazing. Even *the Soviet Union* managed to get Kruschev up to say Okay lads, so, maybe this ideological cult of personality shit was a bit of a disaster with a colossal bodycount. We have to admit that we somewhat fucked it there. Time to change things. But here we still are, decades on.
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"I remembered how we all worked together in the Miners support group during the strike, when the watchword was solidarity.
But over time, that social cohesion has frayed and the bond between Labour and the people it claimed to represent has gone."
But over time, that social cohesion has frayed and the bond between Labour and the people it claimed to represent has gone."
From Labour heartlands to hope: Why the Valleys are ready for change
The Green Party’s candidate in the recent Caerffili by-election sets out his view on how Greens could revive valleys communities
bylines.cymru
November 27, 2025 at 12:14 PM
"I remembered how we all worked together in the Miners support group during the strike, when the watchword was solidarity.
But over time, that social cohesion has frayed and the bond between Labour and the people it claimed to represent has gone."
But over time, that social cohesion has frayed and the bond between Labour and the people it claimed to represent has gone."
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Rachel Reeves’ 2025 Budget has already collapsed under the weight of its own contradictions. In this video, I explain why tax rises on ordinary people, baseless growth forecasts, and a refusal to tax wealth fairly mean this Budget will fail. youtu.be/xvdFsOT6WPk?...
Why Rachel Reeves just failed the British public
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Rachel Reeves’ 2025 Budget has already collapsed under the weight of its own contradictions. In this video, I explain why tax rises on ordinary people, baseless growth forecasts, and a refusal to tax wealth fairly mean this Budget will fail. youtu.be/xvdFsOT6WPk?...
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Imagine coming up with a proposal so stupid, so unworkable, so thoughtless, that it makes Robert Jenrick look sane by comparison.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jury trials could be scrapped except in most serious cases
Only cases of alleged murder, rape or manslaughter will be decided by a jury under new proposals to cut court backlogs.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Imagine coming up with a proposal so stupid, so unworkable, so thoughtless, that it makes Robert Jenrick look sane by comparison.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The slavish devotion to motoring is one of the most frustrating things about UK public policy over the past decades
November 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The slavish devotion to motoring is one of the most frustrating things about UK public policy over the past decades
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Gibb; “ I had no editorial role whatsoever at the Jewish Chronicle”. Lee Harpin, reporter at the paper; “RG made a habit of calling into the office on print days to check up on what stories were topping the news list, and offering a view’”
November 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Gibb; “ I had no editorial role whatsoever at the Jewish Chronicle”. Lee Harpin, reporter at the paper; “RG made a habit of calling into the office on print days to check up on what stories were topping the news list, and offering a view’”
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My attendance record in the European Parliament was the 4th worst out of 751 MEPs, yet I managed to turn up to vote AGAINST plans to tackle Russian misinformation.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
November 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
My attendance record in the European Parliament was the 4th worst out of 751 MEPs, yet I managed to turn up to vote AGAINST plans to tackle Russian misinformation.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
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Celebrating 250 🎇
Congratulations to Michael Chambers and Danny Mills who recently reached 250 appearances for the Hamlet!
They were presented with awards before our match on Saturday by Chairman Ben Clasper.
Congratulations to Michael Chambers and Danny Mills who recently reached 250 appearances for the Hamlet!
They were presented with awards before our match on Saturday by Chairman Ben Clasper.
November 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Celebrating 250 🎇
Congratulations to Michael Chambers and Danny Mills who recently reached 250 appearances for the Hamlet!
They were presented with awards before our match on Saturday by Chairman Ben Clasper.
Congratulations to Michael Chambers and Danny Mills who recently reached 250 appearances for the Hamlet!
They were presented with awards before our match on Saturday by Chairman Ben Clasper.
Saudi Crown Prince MBS has been visiting the US. He lets his security services pack for him. These people are experts - they can squeeze a Washington Post journalist into a suitcase
November 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Saudi Crown Prince MBS has been visiting the US. He lets his security services pack for him. These people are experts - they can squeeze a Washington Post journalist into a suitcase
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Moar roads and moar dangerous roads. Protesters campaign against safe travel infrastructure in Fife.
www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/5378...
www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/5378...
VIDEO: Methil protesters paint their own roundabout as active travel anger prompts second demo
Demonstrators tried to force traffic to use their makeshift roundabout as business owners lined up to tell The Courier about the impact of the works on them.
www.thecourier.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Moar roads and moar dangerous roads. Protesters campaign against safe travel infrastructure in Fife.
www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/5378...
www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/5378...
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... - my new article, if of interest please share.
I endured an English public school. But that’s not the only reason I’m unsurprised about the Farage allegations |
Let’s put aside the schooldays accusations and look, instead, at the Reform leader’s path since then. I think a pretty clear picture of the man emerges, says author and podcaster Musa Okwonga
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:03 AM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... - my new article, if of interest please share.
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"In her telling, racism and xenophobia seem not themselves objectively bad things that must be combatted, but a natural outcome that occurs when too many rights are given to immigrants and asylum seekers." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Shabana Mahmood is an avatar of open Britain – that’s what makes her fable about immigration so seductive | Nesrine Malik
‘She is the daughter of immigrants,’ supporters of her cruel asylum policies say. ‘How can she be wrong?’ Let me put them straight, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:18 AM
"In her telling, racism and xenophobia seem not themselves objectively bad things that must be combatted, but a natural outcome that occurs when too many rights are given to immigrants and asylum seekers." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...