Oldnfat5705
@oldnfat5705.bsky.social
Retired and aged to perfection.
Still engaged despite being terminally married.
Exiled Baggie For Durham CCC and the North.
If you want me you can find me left of centre.
Still engaged despite being terminally married.
Exiled Baggie For Durham CCC and the North.
If you want me you can find me left of centre.
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"It’s a curiosity that a large majority of voters backing Nigel Farage also want stronger working rights. Yet he and his MPs voted against every item in the bill."
"The day may come when the scales fall from the eyes of many Reform supporters."
https://bit.ly/4pCqo26
"The day may come when the scales fall from the eyes of many Reform supporters."
https://bit.ly/4pCqo26
It’s under fire from left and right – but Labour’s workers' rights bill is a huge achievement | Polly Toynbee
It makes no sense for union leaders to cry betrayal when it will be their members who benefit from these sorely needed reforms, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
"It’s a curiosity that a large majority of voters backing Nigel Farage also want stronger working rights. Yet he and his MPs voted against every item in the bill."
"The day may come when the scales fall from the eyes of many Reform supporters."
https://bit.ly/4pCqo26
"The day may come when the scales fall from the eyes of many Reform supporters."
https://bit.ly/4pCqo26
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I don’t recall as much fuss when the Tories were caught actually lying about their final Budget and keeping the truth from the OBR. What became of this investigation? www.theguardian.com/business/202....
Treasury may have broken law by failing to reveal £9.5bn spend in Tory budget, MPs told
Head of OBR says spending commitment would have ‘materially changed’ its forecast on Jeremy Hunt’s pre-election budget
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I don’t recall as much fuss when the Tories were caught actually lying about their final Budget and keeping the truth from the OBR. What became of this investigation? www.theguardian.com/business/202....
Have just dropped my sausage roll. Sack Rachel Reeves.
December 1, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Have just dropped my sausage roll. Sack Rachel Reeves.
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Kemi Badenoch performatively pretending not to understand that the OBR leak had absolutely nothing to do with Rachel Reeves because she has calculated that enough people are paying little enough attention that she can get away with it as an attack line. She really is a deeply contemptible person.
December 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Kemi Badenoch performatively pretending not to understand that the OBR leak had absolutely nothing to do with Rachel Reeves because she has calculated that enough people are paying little enough attention that she can get away with it as an attack line. She really is a deeply contemptible person.
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A reminder of how the BBC covered Boris Johnson's long record of lying, as being a "complicated relationship with the truth".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...
December 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
A reminder of how the BBC covered Boris Johnson's long record of lying, as being a "complicated relationship with the truth".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...
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Dear twats. Just look at who has all the money. Then look at which newspapers they own. Then look at which politicians they support. Then look at which politicians they tell you to hate. Then look at yourself.
Then you might realise you’re being gaslit.
Then you might realise you’re being gaslit.
December 1, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Dear twats. Just look at who has all the money. Then look at which newspapers they own. Then look at which politicians they support. Then look at which politicians they tell you to hate. Then look at yourself.
Then you might realise you’re being gaslit.
Then you might realise you’re being gaslit.
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Gullis is a natural fit for Reform - a racist, a grifter, a chancer and a liar.
December 1, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Gullis is a natural fit for Reform - a racist, a grifter, a chancer and a liar.
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2014: “I admire Putin as an operator”
2010-14: Appeared on Russia today 17 times
2017: Knighted by a 7 year old girl on RT
2022: blames EU for Russian invasion
2024: “We provoked this war … of course it’s his fault – he’s used what we’ve done as an excuse”
Is this not dodgy?
2010-14: Appeared on Russia today 17 times
2017: Knighted by a 7 year old girl on RT
2022: blames EU for Russian invasion
2024: “We provoked this war … of course it’s his fault – he’s used what we’ve done as an excuse”
Is this not dodgy?
December 1, 2025 at 9:15 AM
2014: “I admire Putin as an operator”
2010-14: Appeared on Russia today 17 times
2017: Knighted by a 7 year old girl on RT
2022: blames EU for Russian invasion
2024: “We provoked this war … of course it’s his fault – he’s used what we’ve done as an excuse”
Is this not dodgy?
2010-14: Appeared on Russia today 17 times
2017: Knighted by a 7 year old girl on RT
2022: blames EU for Russian invasion
2024: “We provoked this war … of course it’s his fault – he’s used what we’ve done as an excuse”
Is this not dodgy?
Nigel Farage knows nothing of ethics (or Essex for that matter)
December 1, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Nigel Farage knows nothing of ethics (or Essex for that matter)
Lovely LBC listener has the head if the OBR thrown Rachel Reeves under the bus to protect his own job after leaking to the budget?
Discuss. @lbc.co.uk
Discuss. @lbc.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Lovely LBC listener has the head if the OBR thrown Rachel Reeves under the bus to protect his own job after leaking to the budget?
Discuss. @lbc.co.uk
Discuss. @lbc.co.uk
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Paging Robbie Gibb and Michael Prescott: if you’re pulling together another of those little dossiers on political bias at the BBC, I’ve got a submission for you.
November 30, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Paging Robbie Gibb and Michael Prescott: if you’re pulling together another of those little dossiers on political bias at the BBC, I’ve got a submission for you.
Revenge of the OBR.
November 30, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Revenge of the OBR.
The right wing press are just DESPERATE to bring down the government and instal Farage.
They didn't get the result they wanted at the GE and now all rules have been abandoned.
They didn't get the result they wanted at the GE and now all rules have been abandoned.
November 29, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The right wing press are just DESPERATE to bring down the government and instal Farage.
They didn't get the result they wanted at the GE and now all rules have been abandoned.
They didn't get the result they wanted at the GE and now all rules have been abandoned.
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"Just like in Kent, Reform are finding out that making big pledges about cutting wasteful spending is the easy part. When you actually get to the governing, it all becomes a lot more difficult."
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/reform-durham-county-council-darren-grimes-400775/
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/reform-durham-county-council-darren-grimes-400775/
Darren Grimes' Reform council sees financial black hole grow by £11m
The financial black hole of Reform-controlled Durham County Council - where Darren Grimes is deputy leader - has grown by £11.1m in two months.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
"Just like in Kent, Reform are finding out that making big pledges about cutting wasteful spending is the easy part. When you actually get to the governing, it all becomes a lot more difficult."
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/reform-durham-county-council-darren-grimes-400775/
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/reform-durham-county-council-darren-grimes-400775/
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Is it over cynical of me to think the Farage school racism (that won't bother many Reform voters) has been planted to distract from the Nathan Gill story.
Why on Earth isn't the story of a British political leader being jailed for Russian Bribery not on the front page of every paper?
Why on Earth isn't the story of a British political leader being jailed for Russian Bribery not on the front page of every paper?
November 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Is it over cynical of me to think the Farage school racism (that won't bother many Reform voters) has been planted to distract from the Nathan Gill story.
Why on Earth isn't the story of a British political leader being jailed for Russian Bribery not on the front page of every paper?
Why on Earth isn't the story of a British political leader being jailed for Russian Bribery not on the front page of every paper?
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It’s a shame the Farage stuff is all happening alongside the Budget.
News media need to remember it is possible to run multiple big and important stories at once and not let the nation’s finances obscure just how much on to the back foot Farage has been pushed.
News media need to remember it is possible to run multiple big and important stories at once and not let the nation’s finances obscure just how much on to the back foot Farage has been pushed.
November 26, 2025 at 11:22 AM
It’s a shame the Farage stuff is all happening alongside the Budget.
News media need to remember it is possible to run multiple big and important stories at once and not let the nation’s finances obscure just how much on to the back foot Farage has been pushed.
News media need to remember it is possible to run multiple big and important stories at once and not let the nation’s finances obscure just how much on to the back foot Farage has been pushed.
Nigel, just keeping a low profile until the budget comes out and his mates in the media have a diversion for the headlines.
November 26, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Nigel, just keeping a low profile until the budget comes out and his mates in the media have a diversion for the headlines.
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‘The chill wind from the White House is already rippling through New Broadcasting House.’
@lewisgoodall.com reacts after the BBC edited out an anti-Trump line from a historian’s lecture.
@lewisgoodall.com reacts after the BBC edited out an anti-Trump line from a historian’s lecture.
November 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
‘The chill wind from the White House is already rippling through New Broadcasting House.’
@lewisgoodall.com reacts after the BBC edited out an anti-Trump line from a historian’s lecture.
@lewisgoodall.com reacts after the BBC edited out an anti-Trump line from a historian’s lecture.
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Hello, have you got a copy of "How to racially abuse people so they feel all warm & cuddly afterwards" by Nigel Farage ?
November 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Hello, have you got a copy of "How to racially abuse people so they feel all warm & cuddly afterwards" by Nigel Farage ?
Sick of the constant speculation of what MIGHT happen in the budget.
It's like waiting at the dentist.
You know that pain is going to come. It's just a question of how much it will hurt.
It's like waiting at the dentist.
You know that pain is going to come. It's just a question of how much it will hurt.
November 24, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Sick of the constant speculation of what MIGHT happen in the budget.
It's like waiting at the dentist.
You know that pain is going to come. It's just a question of how much it will hurt.
It's like waiting at the dentist.
You know that pain is going to come. It's just a question of how much it will hurt.
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I’d have thought nothing cuts more against our precious British values than selling out your country for Russian bribes…
And yet Reform, the right‑wing press, and all those self‑styled guardians of these values have nothing to say
…funny that.
And yet Reform, the right‑wing press, and all those self‑styled guardians of these values have nothing to say
…funny that.
November 23, 2025 at 1:40 PM
BBC left wing bias?
Nothing on Keunessberg re:
Gill
COVID
Shameful bias. Sack Robbie Gibb.
Nothing on Keunessberg re:
Gill
COVID
Shameful bias. Sack Robbie Gibb.
November 23, 2025 at 12:50 PM
BBC left wing bias?
Nothing on Keunessberg re:
Gill
COVID
Shameful bias. Sack Robbie Gibb.
Nothing on Keunessberg re:
Gill
COVID
Shameful bias. Sack Robbie Gibb.