Nick B
@nickjb20.bsky.social
Amateur violinist/violist. Retired teacher and lifeguard. Obsessed (healthily) with Sweden and the Nordic countries. Trying to learn Swedish. 3rd generation SPURS supporter.
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 11:05 PM
Coincidence corner: Nigel Farage and crypto.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
November 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
"We believe recent events underscore the urgency of this issue."
November 28, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Yes, govt bent to pressure from MPs over the benefit cap.
That's how parliamentary democracy works - and why it's a good thing.
It means a leader has to carry a wider movement with them. There's a counter-pressure to the strategists in No. 10.
It matters that we elect a Parliament, not just a PM.
That's how parliamentary democracy works - and why it's a good thing.
It means a leader has to carry a wider movement with them. There's a counter-pressure to the strategists in No. 10.
It matters that we elect a Parliament, not just a PM.
November 28, 2025 at 12:32 PM
The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff.
November 28, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I hope reform will not be invoicing the council for taxis...
November 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
I hope reform will not be invoicing the council for taxis...
"We will always be on the side of working people", Farage's 'Letter to the Nation' says today.
What he neglects to admit is that Reform plans to cut £300+ billion from the public services that these "working people" rely on every day.
What he neglects to admit is that Reform plans to cut £300+ billion from the public services that these "working people" rely on every day.
November 27, 2025 at 12:02 PM
It's almost like much of the mainstream media and right wing press has an agenda, isn't it.
New net migration figures at 930am.
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
November 27, 2025 at 11:28 AM
She practiced that didn't she. Since the age of 7 by my reckoning.
Utterly juvenile and unparliamentary antics from Kemi Badenoch during her response to the budget.
Desperate, undignified and ineffective.
Desperate, undignified and ineffective.
November 27, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Remember: The recipe for economic growth isn’t tax cuts for the rich. It’s investment in our people — in health care, infrastructure and education — to build a strong middle class.
You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.
You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.
November 26, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Also who cares why they did it? What matters is it's done. (In any case reducing poverty is one reason people vote for Labour MPs so mollifying is kind of the point of elected them).
I'm hearing criticisms of the end to the two child limit, because it was done just to mollify Labour backbenchers, at a cost of £billions.
I remember another govt delivering a referendum on EU membership, just to mollify restive backbenchers. That's costing way, way more... A little perspective?
I remember another govt delivering a referendum on EU membership, just to mollify restive backbenchers. That's costing way, way more... A little perspective?
November 26, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I do already, but lifting children out of poverty will be worth the increase.
Budget 2025.
UK income tax thresholds stay frozen until 2031. Personal allowance to stay frozen at £12,570.
Real-term hike in income tax.
Likely to add 780,000 more basic-rate, 920,000 higher rate, and 4,000 more additional-rate taxpayers by 2029-30.
More pensioners to pay income tax.
UK income tax thresholds stay frozen until 2031. Personal allowance to stay frozen at £12,570.
Real-term hike in income tax.
Likely to add 780,000 more basic-rate, 920,000 higher rate, and 4,000 more additional-rate taxpayers by 2029-30.
More pensioners to pay income tax.
November 26, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I do already, but lifting children out of poverty will be worth the increase.
The fact it's a jcb confirms...
I think at this point if you're including Diane Abbott - a woman who has never held government office, has been a backbencher since 2020, and is scarcely a government ally - on your list of political wrongdoers, we all know exactly what your real concerns are
November 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The fact it's a jcb confirms...
Will Nigel Farage explain why his last pick for First Minister of Wales has just been jailed for taking pro-Russia bribes?
November 26, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Hope they are checking what is in the fuel tank, red diesel and all that...
Tory MPs now protesting about anti-protest laws which they themselves brought in..
November 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Hope they are checking what is in the fuel tank, red diesel and all that...
The 50 wealthiest families own more wealth than the bottom 50% of the population.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
November 26, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Appalled by the vulture political 'reporters' cutting away from pmqs and going though the budget release! Do not even have the common decency to wait until after the budget.
November 26, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Appalled by the vulture political 'reporters' cutting away from pmqs and going though the budget release! Do not even have the common decency to wait until after the budget.
Cannot wait for GBNEWS and Nigel Farage to join the barricades about an arch Trump critic having his words censored by the BBC - they must be absolutely furious about this 🤔
November 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Brexit has cost each and every one of us £3,700 a year.
But instead of solving the problem, Labour are using Brexit as an excuse to raise your taxes.
My message ahead of the Budget: Stop blaming Brexit and start fixing it!
But instead of solving the problem, Labour are using Brexit as an excuse to raise your taxes.
My message ahead of the Budget: Stop blaming Brexit and start fixing it!
November 25, 2025 at 6:05 PM
November 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
So as Nigel Farage has a good buddy & a long time prominent member of his Reform party jailed for taking Russian bribes, the BBCs Chris Mason thinks it is Keir Starmer who needs to be questioned over his leadership credentials.
Stop the gossip journalism & seek out a real story… Farage & Russia.
Stop the gossip journalism & seek out a real story… Farage & Russia.
November 22, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Gill’s conviction for taking Kremlin money is yet more evidence of Russian influence in our politics, as the Russia report itself found. So when will Ministers finally investigate this wider interference? Why are we forced to pursue it in court? @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Has he gone to America yet?
This story is all Nigel Farage should be asked about by journalists for months
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes
The judge tells Nathan Gill his actions were a
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Has he gone to America yet?
Definitely
IT IS NOW MY BELIEF THAT AT THE VERY LEAST, BORIS JOHNSON IS STRIPPED WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT OF HIS HUGE PM PENSION,PAID FOR BY THE VERY PEOPLE HE LET DOWN. TRUSS TOO!!!
November 21, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Definitely