@sonnyrollins.bsky.social
Champagne socialist, husband , dad,grandad. Hill walks, live music, cricket, jazz saxophone. No crypto, no man-hunters thanks.
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"There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning." Words of arch- capitalist Warren Buffet.
A lot of the problem is shit life syndrome - poverty, stress, inequality.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Wes Streeting orders review of mental health diagnoses as benefit claims soar
Health secretary has asked experts to investigate whether normal feelings have become ‘over-pathologised’
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:46 AM
A lot of the problem is shit life syndrome - poverty, stress, inequality.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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BBC News: "the government believe refugees are deliberately bringing their children to avoid deportation"
As opposed to doing what with their children??
As opposed to doing what with their children??
November 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
BBC News: "the government believe refugees are deliberately bringing their children to avoid deportation"
As opposed to doing what with their children??
As opposed to doing what with their children??
Will Border Force be extracting gold teeth?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum seekers’ jewellery could be seized to pay for processing costs, says Home Office minister
Idea borrowed from Denmark is latest attempt to reduce number of people seeking asylum in UK
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Will Border Force be extracting gold teeth?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Listening to Radio 4 and the reporting on people seeking asylum is factually incorrect on multiple levels, including overstating channel crossings in comparison to other routes to seek asylum. No wonder people don't understand the situation when the media reporting on it is so poor.
November 16, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Listening to Radio 4 and the reporting on people seeking asylum is factually incorrect on multiple levels, including overstating channel crossings in comparison to other routes to seek asylum. No wonder people don't understand the situation when the media reporting on it is so poor.
"The Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing." Harold Wilson, 1962. So with the latest anti-refugee moves, it is nothing. Morally empty, politically inept.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 10:40 AM
"The Labour Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing." Harold Wilson, 1962. So with the latest anti-refugee moves, it is nothing. Morally empty, politically inept.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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1/ The government has plenty of money. Here's my explainer. A short read.
Some extracts below 🧵
Some extracts below 🧵
We need to talk about government spending and why there is plenty of money
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November 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
1/ The government has plenty of money. Here's my explainer. A short read.
Some extracts below 🧵
Some extracts below 🧵
Well I've been complaining to the BBC about biased coverage of asylum seekers but I didn't expect Davie to resign over it.
November 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Well I've been complaining to the BBC about biased coverage of asylum seekers but I didn't expect Davie to resign over it.
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Govt scraps all electrification investment. Midland Main Line to stay forever diesel Leicester Nottingham Derby Sheffield. Hugely embarrassing and inexplicable
www.ft.com/content/5ecd...
www.ft.com/content/5ecd...
UK transport secretary says full electrification of railways ‘not affordable right now’
Heidi Alexander says focus will be on other projects such as HS2
www.ft.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Govt scraps all electrification investment. Midland Main Line to stay forever diesel Leicester Nottingham Derby Sheffield. Hugely embarrassing and inexplicable
www.ft.com/content/5ecd...
www.ft.com/content/5ecd...
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Drives me mad that people talk about Danish immigration policy as a *political* success without bothering to look at the polls.
Aside from the crucial voting system difference, the Social Democrats over this period have haemorrhaged votes to progressive parties and are currently on course for their worst result in 110yrs, while the Green Left are set for their best ever.
The Danish People's Party are currently gaining.
The Danish People's Party are currently gaining.
what are the odds that the people in Downing Street briefing this out would also break out in hives at the mere mention of proportional representation?
November 8, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Drives me mad that people talk about Danish immigration policy as a *political* success without bothering to look at the polls.
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Samir Zitouni...the courageous rail worker who put the lives of his train's passengers before his own. You can hear the weeping and wailing of Nigel Farage .....
November 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Samir Zitouni...the courageous rail worker who put the lives of his train's passengers before his own. You can hear the weeping and wailing of Nigel Farage .....
Who runs the economy? The OBR? The bond markets? And whose economy is it?
The budget is 23 days away, and apparently the UK government are still considering more than a 100 tax and spending plans, but nothing is decided yet and can't be because we don't know the OBR forecast yet.
This really is no way to run a country.
This really is no way to run a country.
Reeves considering ‘more than a hundred tax and spending plans’ ahead of Budget
The Office for Budget Responsibility is expected to downgrade the UK’s performance on productivity at the Budget
www.independent.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Who runs the economy? The OBR? The bond markets? And whose economy is it?
Huntingdon train stabbings: driver-only trains anyone?
November 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Huntingdon train stabbings: driver-only trains anyone?
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Looking forward to receiving stacks of apologies from the countless listeners who insisted the train stab perps were migrants...bet Farage is gutted he can't make capital out of this atrocity.
November 2, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Looking forward to receiving stacks of apologies from the countless listeners who insisted the train stab perps were migrants...bet Farage is gutted he can't make capital out of this atrocity.
Now that me and Andy M-W are equals, please can I have a house in Norfolk and an annual stipend from Charles? I've never met Maxwell or Epstein.
November 1, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Now that me and Andy M-W are equals, please can I have a house in Norfolk and an annual stipend from Charles? I've never met Maxwell or Epstein.
How deep does racism go? Racism is the only explanation for the contrast between Homes for Ukraine (supported community hosting, right to work) and the treatment of refugees from Afghanistan, Sudan etc (hotels and disused camps, no right to work, no recourse to public funds).
October 31, 2025 at 3:16 PM
How deep does racism go? Racism is the only explanation for the contrast between Homes for Ukraine (supported community hosting, right to work) and the treatment of refugees from Afghanistan, Sudan etc (hotels and disused camps, no right to work, no recourse to public funds).
On #bbcqt last night, "academic" Matt Goodwin was ignorant of the published research showing that migrants, and especially undocumented migrants, are in general more law-abiding than the settled population. Fear and division get more clicks and votes.
October 31, 2025 at 3:11 PM
On #bbcqt last night, "academic" Matt Goodwin was ignorant of the published research showing that migrants, and especially undocumented migrants, are in general more law-abiding than the settled population. Fear and division get more clicks and votes.
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Amid all the fuss, remember that for much of the 1960s and 1970s, "the Spare" Andrew Windsor was just one unfortunate incident away from being the next king.
Hopefully, this appalling saga will lead to a proper national debate on our hereditary monarchy.
Long, long overdue.
Hopefully, this appalling saga will lead to a proper national debate on our hereditary monarchy.
Long, long overdue.
October 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Amid all the fuss, remember that for much of the 1960s and 1970s, "the Spare" Andrew Windsor was just one unfortunate incident away from being the next king.
Hopefully, this appalling saga will lead to a proper national debate on our hereditary monarchy.
Long, long overdue.
Hopefully, this appalling saga will lead to a proper national debate on our hereditary monarchy.
Long, long overdue.
Which politician or journalist will have the balls to say that the Epping Forest sex offender is not typical? Research shows that irregular migrants are more law-abiding than regular migrants, who are more law-abiding than the settled population.
October 25, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Which politician or journalist will have the balls to say that the Epping Forest sex offender is not typical? Research shows that irregular migrants are more law-abiding than regular migrants, who are more law-abiding than the settled population.
Labour's response to the far right is a feeble "Yes, but..". Those who want a strong "No!" will look to the Green Party.
It would have been so easy to write that Labour statement in a way that reflected their policy but attacked Lam/Reform
"We believe that the right to stay here permanently should be based on contribution but suggesting deporting people who've earned that right is appalling."
"We believe that the right to stay here permanently should be based on contribution but suggesting deporting people who've earned that right is appalling."
October 21, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Labour's response to the far right is a feeble "Yes, but..". Those who want a strong "No!" will look to the Green Party.
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Reform local councils - dire politics, top-class entertainment (for those not directly affected).
Usual Reform substandard quality.
They have no idea what professional behaviour even looks like.
www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/kc...
They have no idea what professional behaviour even looks like.
www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/kc...
KCC leader faces possible vote of no confidence in wake of leaked video
The leader of Kent County Council could face a vote of no confidence in weeks as the furore over a damaging leaked video shows little sign of abating.
www.kentonline.co.uk
October 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Reform local councils - dire politics, top-class entertainment (for those not directly affected).
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Over the last 1000 years, have a guess at how many of our 61 monarchs were born here with parents and grandparents who were British.
That’s 50 kings and 11 queens.
How many could claim just two prior generations of English stock?
One.
Elizabeth II.
Bloody foreigners eh?!
That’s 50 kings and 11 queens.
How many could claim just two prior generations of English stock?
One.
Elizabeth II.
Bloody foreigners eh?!
October 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Over the last 1000 years, have a guess at how many of our 61 monarchs were born here with parents and grandparents who were British.
That’s 50 kings and 11 queens.
How many could claim just two prior generations of English stock?
One.
Elizabeth II.
Bloody foreigners eh?!
That’s 50 kings and 11 queens.
How many could claim just two prior generations of English stock?
One.
Elizabeth II.
Bloody foreigners eh?!
Farage - a strange sort of patriot who dislikes his own country. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage says UK teachers are ‘poisoning our kids’ and predicts strikes as PM
Exclusive: Reform UK leader, speaking at event for private US college, also claimed the ‘Marxist left’ controls education
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Farage - a strange sort of patriot who dislikes his own country. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...