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An exile from Twitter, of course. Blackburn Rovers, politics and trying to work out why nothing works any more.
These voters must be loving all the mess they're seeing in Reform led councils. Competence is way, way down the list of requirements.
There’s more writing than wall at this point.
❗ Reform GAIN from Labour
Red Hall and Lingfield (Darlington) council by-election result:
REF: 38.4% (+38.4)
CON: 17.2% (-22.7)
LDEM: 17.2% (+17.2)
LAB: 16.6% (-37.2)
GRN: 9.7% (+3.5)
IND: 1.0% (+1.0)
+/- 2023
Estimated turnout: ~28% (-3)
andrewteale.me.uk/previews
Red Hall and Lingfield (Darlington) council by-election result:
REF: 38.4% (+38.4)
CON: 17.2% (-22.7)
LDEM: 17.2% (+17.2)
LAB: 16.6% (-37.2)
GRN: 9.7% (+3.5)
IND: 1.0% (+1.0)
+/- 2023
Estimated turnout: ~28% (-3)
andrewteale.me.uk/previews
December 12, 2025 at 12:37 PM
These voters must be loving all the mess they're seeing in Reform led councils. Competence is way, way down the list of requirements.
Schools have all offered vaccines in my area (East Anglia), I wonder if there are much lower rates in regions where this has happened
Labour's entirely avoidable flu public health disaster
Kate Garraway, "Are you considering masks in schools because children aged 5-14 aren't generally eligible for flu vaccines?"
Georgia Gould, "Flu happens every winter.. There are sensible precautions in place.. We trust our local schools"
Kate Garraway, "Are you considering masks in schools because children aged 5-14 aren't generally eligible for flu vaccines?"
Georgia Gould, "Flu happens every winter.. There are sensible precautions in place.. We trust our local schools"
December 12, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Schools have all offered vaccines in my area (East Anglia), I wonder if there are much lower rates in regions where this has happened
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"Migrants who came to the UK on skilled work visas in 2022-23 will make a net contribution of £47bn to the public finances over their lifetime, according to new estimates from the government’s Migration Advisory Committee."
Not surprising, but some observations (1/n)
www.ft.com/content/10da...
Not surprising, but some observations (1/n)
www.ft.com/content/10da...
December 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
"Migrants who came to the UK on skilled work visas in 2022-23 will make a net contribution of £47bn to the public finances over their lifetime, according to new estimates from the government’s Migration Advisory Committee."
Not surprising, but some observations (1/n)
www.ft.com/content/10da...
Not surprising, but some observations (1/n)
www.ft.com/content/10da...
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7. It is, however, completely contrary to the narrative from many politicians/media/thinktanks that recent work migration is a) mostly low-skill & b) has a large fiscal cost.
The post-Brexit migration system was far from perfect! But it was clearly an economic benefit, not a cost. ENDS
The post-Brexit migration system was far from perfect! But it was clearly an economic benefit, not a cost. ENDS
December 11, 2025 at 6:27 PM
7. It is, however, completely contrary to the narrative from many politicians/media/thinktanks that recent work migration is a) mostly low-skill & b) has a large fiscal cost.
The post-Brexit migration system was far from perfect! But it was clearly an economic benefit, not a cost. ENDS
The post-Brexit migration system was far from perfect! But it was clearly an economic benefit, not a cost. ENDS
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6. So the overall story is that high skilled/high paid workers are strongly fiscally positive, while medium/lower paid workers are (very broadly) fiscally neutral in the long run (although positive in the short run). This is no great surprise to those of us who've looked at the data..
December 11, 2025 at 6:22 PM
6. So the overall story is that high skilled/high paid workers are strongly fiscally positive, while medium/lower paid workers are (very broadly) fiscally neutral in the long run (although positive in the short run). This is no great surprise to those of us who've looked at the data..
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Stop printing lies in the newspaper. There need to be consequences for printing lies in the newspaper. He literally says and believes exactly this, several times per day and on camera.
December 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Stop printing lies in the newspaper. There need to be consequences for printing lies in the newspaper. He literally says and believes exactly this, several times per day and on camera.
Trump rated it A+++. Almost like he's just lying to everyone and expecting to get away with it.
State of the Economy:
Poor: 39%
Fair: 34%
Good: 20%
Excellent: 3%
YouGov / Dec 8, 2025
Poor: 39%
Fair: 34%
Good: 20%
Excellent: 3%
YouGov / Dec 8, 2025
December 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Trump rated it A+++. Almost like he's just lying to everyone and expecting to get away with it.
Farage, Badenoch, Jenrick and all the other frothing far right politicians will be all over this so they can attack the government on what damage is being done to the country, right?
Migration Advisory Committee report on fiscal impact of main work migration routes.
Key table: they estimate 2022/23 cohort (those arriving in 2022/23) will over lifetimes pay about £47 billion more in taxes than they "cost" in public spending.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/693810...
Key table: they estimate 2022/23 cohort (those arriving in 2022/23) will over lifetimes pay about £47 billion more in taxes than they "cost" in public spending.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/693810...
December 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Farage, Badenoch, Jenrick and all the other frothing far right politicians will be all over this so they can attack the government on what damage is being done to the country, right?
Just shows how successfully the racist politicians and their media have crafted a narrative so they can demonise a whole group of people. Again. Very well used playbook that still this country is not on top of in any way
“If you were a member of the public, you would think that grooming gangs is the biggest threat to children in our country,” says the director of Britain's Child Sexual Exploitation Taskforce
“But in the overall statistics, that represents just over 0.5% of offending”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/w...
“But in the overall statistics, that represents just over 0.5% of offending”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/w...
Britain Releases New Data on ‘Grooming Gangs’ and Child Sexual Abuse
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Just shows how successfully the racist politicians and their media have crafted a narrative so they can demonise a whole group of people. Again. Very well used playbook that still this country is not on top of in any way
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A white British father and son BOTH raped the same child and pled guilty to multiple counts of Sexual assault.
This has been in the press for 2 days.
The Mirror is the only National newspaper to report on it…
And THAT’s why people have such a skewed perception of the links between race and SA🤷🏼♀️
This has been in the press for 2 days.
The Mirror is the only National newspaper to report on it…
And THAT’s why people have such a skewed perception of the links between race and SA🤷🏼♀️
December 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A white British father and son BOTH raped the same child and pled guilty to multiple counts of Sexual assault.
This has been in the press for 2 days.
The Mirror is the only National newspaper to report on it…
And THAT’s why people have such a skewed perception of the links between race and SA🤷🏼♀️
This has been in the press for 2 days.
The Mirror is the only National newspaper to report on it…
And THAT’s why people have such a skewed perception of the links between race and SA🤷🏼♀️
Good times!
2. This doesn't mean the IA process doesn't work! Quite the opposite. It has forced the government to be transparent about the fact that its anti-immigration agenda means higher taxes/worse public services *according to its own analysis*.
That's why they tried to avoid publishing this.
That's why they tried to avoid publishing this.
December 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Good times!
If we can’t even rely on an ex human rights lawyer standing up for human rights, then we are all lost. Power corrupts, and Starmer has fallen down badly against what should be very basic expectations
But the question remains: why is Keir Starmer not making the case for the ECHR and what protections it brings to British people?
He spent his entire career defending it. He wrote a 900 page book on it! A prime minister who left his principles at the door the minute he got into power.
He spent his entire career defending it. He wrote a 900 page book on it! A prime minister who left his principles at the door the minute he got into power.
December 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
If we can’t even rely on an ex human rights lawyer standing up for human rights, then we are all lost. Power corrupts, and Starmer has fallen down badly against what should be very basic expectations
To be honest, it shouldn't have even been an email, it should have been a rant delivered to her own mirror in the small flat she should be living in, far away from society so she cant spread her hatred, bile and ultimately utterly pointless bollocks. Zero redeeming features to her.
December 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
To be honest, it shouldn't have even been an email, it should have been a rant delivered to her own mirror in the small flat she should be living in, far away from society so she cant spread her hatred, bile and ultimately utterly pointless bollocks. Zero redeeming features to her.
Badenoch is one of the worst people in politics today, so the fact she's a leader is ten times worse - she has no empathy and nothing positive about her in any way, and should be nowhere near front line public service. Perhaps given her hatred for those who need help, she should be banned from any
The thing is, she knows (or certainly should know) about conditions that people suffer with, why, what that means for them, how difficult it is to get support and how long that takes, and the help it can actually bring when it comes. Yet she still demonises, because she hates people who need help.
I don't really speak about details because it's his story to tell, but my son's ADHD is life threatening. He has nearly died 3 times in his almost 7 years of life. The NHS has supported us wonderfully, but I live each day hoping I get to a 100 because I'm worried what happens when I'm gone.
December 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Badenoch is one of the worst people in politics today, so the fact she's a leader is ten times worse - she has no empathy and nothing positive about her in any way, and should be nowhere near front line public service. Perhaps given her hatred for those who need help, she should be banned from any
The thing is, she knows (or certainly should know) about conditions that people suffer with, why, what that means for them, how difficult it is to get support and how long that takes, and the help it can actually bring when it comes. Yet she still demonises, because she hates people who need help.
I don't really speak about details because it's his story to tell, but my son's ADHD is life threatening. He has nearly died 3 times in his almost 7 years of life. The NHS has supported us wonderfully, but I live each day hoping I get to a 100 because I'm worried what happens when I'm gone.
Tory leader uses title of Age Of Diagnosis book, spouts toxic stuff
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
December 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The thing is, she knows (or certainly should know) about conditions that people suffer with, why, what that means for them, how difficult it is to get support and how long that takes, and the help it can actually bring when it comes. Yet she still demonises, because she hates people who need help.
Peace award latest.
200,000 flee new advance of Rwanda-backed rebels in Congo despite Trump peace deal reut.rs/4iImYso
200,000 flee new advance of Rwanda-backed rebels in Congo despite Trump peace deal
Two hundred thousand people have fled their homes in eastern Congo in recent days, the United Nations said, as Rwanda-backed rebels march on a strategic town just days after Donald Trump hosted the Rwandan and Congolese leaders to proclaim peace.
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December 9, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Peace award latest.
A genuine puppet who has supported or covered up for atrocious and very damaging behaviour, all while talking calmly and smirking. Quiet evil.
Johnson's major achievements are jamming through a regressive "big beautiful" bill chock full of politically disastrous items and ensuring Congress remained entirely prone (and often out of session) as Trump seized dictatorial power.
Now Mike wonders why he's a widely reviled and mocked failure.
Now Mike wonders why he's a widely reviled and mocked failure.
New in PN: Mike Johnson's downward spiral
"His speakership is a story of chaos and failure at a time when he and his party should be racking up wins. Apparently, the Lord played a trick on his humble servant: He may have given Johnson the job, but He didn’t say he’d be any good at it."
"His speakership is a story of chaos and failure at a time when he and his party should be racking up wins. Apparently, the Lord played a trick on his humble servant: He may have given Johnson the job, but He didn’t say he’d be any good at it."
December 9, 2025 at 3:16 PM
A genuine puppet who has supported or covered up for atrocious and very damaging behaviour, all while talking calmly and smirking. Quiet evil.
Trump will be all over this, and handing back his peace prize then...
It seems that the "war Trump finished" is flaring up again. Fighting on the Thailand–Cambodia border is not subsiding. The Thai army has crossed into Cambodia and captured two settlements, and the air force is carrying out airstrikes along the border.
December 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Trump will be all over this, and handing back his peace prize then...
This is what the racists want, and yet when confronted with the consequences of their shouting, they all go quiet. They hate our country, and will not be happy until they've broken everything
New Home Office impact assessment finds that cutting skilled and social care visas will cost the UK up to £10 billion with a central estimate of -£5.4 billion.
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
December 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
This is what the racists want, and yet when confronted with the consequences of their shouting, they all go quiet. They hate our country, and will not be happy until they've broken everything
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But the good news is, by doing this, we defeated racism in the UK.
Government has now - belatedly -published the impact assessment for the changes to skilled worker and care worker visas announced in May.
Impact is estimated between -£2 billion and £-10 billion (central - £10 billion).
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6937e6...
Impact is estimated between -£2 billion and £-10 billion (central - £10 billion).
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6937e6...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
December 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
But the good news is, by doing this, we defeated racism in the UK.
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sitting next to a sweaty guy on a plane who just finished a workout at terminal 8 while wearing a shirt, tie, and suit
Duffy on what he's doing to improve the airport experience for travelers: "Maybe I want a workout area where people might get some blood flowing doing some pull ups or step ups in the airport."
December 8, 2025 at 10:26 PM
sitting next to a sweaty guy on a plane who just finished a workout at terminal 8 while wearing a shirt, tie, and suit
‘88 shots’.
Q: Would you support ending federal vaccine mandates and just making those recommendations for schools?
TRUMP: We're looking at a lot of things having to do with vaccines. We're going to be reducing it very substantially
TRUMP: We're looking at a lot of things having to do with vaccines. We're going to be reducing it very substantially
December 8, 2025 at 10:40 PM
‘88 shots’.
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Absurd. The bailout exists to ameliorate the negative impact of the tariffs.
Trump on his farm bailout: "This money would not be possible without tariffs ... because of tariffs, this is possible."
December 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Absurd. The bailout exists to ameliorate the negative impact of the tariffs.
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Critics of disability benefits largely frame it as a concern for government spending but beneath it, there’s often a clear prejudice: disabled people should have miserable little lives (unlike hardworking, normal people).
December 8, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Critics of disability benefits largely frame it as a concern for government spending but beneath it, there’s often a clear prejudice: disabled people should have miserable little lives (unlike hardworking, normal people).
We’re at an incredible stage of rewriting history here. The seriousness with which he delivers these lies now - and people believe it
Q: Everyone knows that J6 was a Fed-surrection to set you and your supporters up. What's your gut instinct about the new pipe bomber suspect taken into custody?
TRUMP: I really appreciate that question. It's sort of a statement, and I appreciate it very much. The whole thing was a Democrat hoax.
TRUMP: I really appreciate that question. It's sort of a statement, and I appreciate it very much. The whole thing was a Democrat hoax.
December 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
We’re at an incredible stage of rewriting history here. The seriousness with which he delivers these lies now - and people believe it