Steve W
@stevew26.bsky.social
Progressive in thought and my approach to life.
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UK budget freeze on income tax thresholds
Over the next 5 yrs, 780,000 more people, the poorest, will pay income tax for the first time.
Someone earning £50,000 will pay £9,512 in tax, an increase of £1,247 because thresholds are frozen.
Can't grow economy by hitting low/middle income earners.
Over the next 5 yrs, 780,000 more people, the poorest, will pay income tax for the first time.
Someone earning £50,000 will pay £9,512 in tax, an increase of £1,247 because thresholds are frozen.
Can't grow economy by hitting low/middle income earners.
The government’s budget is simply managing decline
The budget does little to improve living standards or facilitate sustained economic growth
leftfootforward.org
November 29, 2025 at 8:35 AM
UK budget freeze on income tax thresholds
Over the next 5 yrs, 780,000 more people, the poorest, will pay income tax for the first time.
Someone earning £50,000 will pay £9,512 in tax, an increase of £1,247 because thresholds are frozen.
Can't grow economy by hitting low/middle income earners.
Over the next 5 yrs, 780,000 more people, the poorest, will pay income tax for the first time.
Someone earning £50,000 will pay £9,512 in tax, an increase of £1,247 because thresholds are frozen.
Can't grow economy by hitting low/middle income earners.
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On Truss & Kwarteng in ‘22. Allister Heath, Telegraph: “the best budget I have ever heard a British chancellor deliver". Alex Brummer, Mail: “a genuine Tory package elbowing to one side the Treasury's fiscal conservatism".
These men will now be paid actual money for their analysis of today’s budget.
These men will now be paid actual money for their analysis of today’s budget.
November 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
On Truss & Kwarteng in ‘22. Allister Heath, Telegraph: “the best budget I have ever heard a British chancellor deliver". Alex Brummer, Mail: “a genuine Tory package elbowing to one side the Treasury's fiscal conservatism".
These men will now be paid actual money for their analysis of today’s budget.
These men will now be paid actual money for their analysis of today’s budget.
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Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue a year, new analysis shows
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue , new analysis shows
Exclusive: Britons also up to £3,700 worse off, leading to calls for the Labour government to improve relations with the EU
www.independent.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue a year, new analysis shows
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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The stupidity of Farage’s latest ‘plan’ is staggering.
Claiming they’d save British taxpayers money by ripping up international commitments and starting a trade war with Europe is the puerile foot-stamp of a party that uses prejudice as policy. Ruinous nonsense.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Claiming they’d save British taxpayers money by ripping up international commitments and starting a trade war with Europe is the puerile foot-stamp of a party that uses prejudice as policy. Ruinous nonsense.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform would ‘cut benefits for EU nationals and hike NHS immigration surcharge’
Party claims its policies would eliminate ‘black hole’ Rachel Reeves faces in the budget – but Labour says the ‘fantasy numbers don’t add up’
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:29 AM
The stupidity of Farage’s latest ‘plan’ is staggering.
Claiming they’d save British taxpayers money by ripping up international commitments and starting a trade war with Europe is the puerile foot-stamp of a party that uses prejudice as policy. Ruinous nonsense.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Claiming they’d save British taxpayers money by ripping up international commitments and starting a trade war with Europe is the puerile foot-stamp of a party that uses prejudice as policy. Ruinous nonsense.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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‘GDP reduced by 8%’ – Nine-year study reveals how Brexit decimated UK economy
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...
'GDP reduced by 8%' - Nine-year study reveals how Brexit decimated UK economy
Can't help but feel those responsible for Brexit should not, for example, be riding high in the polls with a new party...
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
‘GDP reduced by 8%’ – Nine-year study reveals how Brexit decimated UK economy
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...
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Two stories you may not have seen this week that would be a big deal in a normal country:
1) The ‘dossier’ detailing the BBC’s editing of the Trump speech literally edited Trump’s speech.
2) The NBER calculated that Brexit’s longer term damage to GDP was greater than originally forecast.
1) The ‘dossier’ detailing the BBC’s editing of the Trump speech literally edited Trump’s speech.
2) The NBER calculated that Brexit’s longer term damage to GDP was greater than originally forecast.
November 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Two stories you may not have seen this week that would be a big deal in a normal country:
1) The ‘dossier’ detailing the BBC’s editing of the Trump speech literally edited Trump’s speech.
2) The NBER calculated that Brexit’s longer term damage to GDP was greater than originally forecast.
1) The ‘dossier’ detailing the BBC’s editing of the Trump speech literally edited Trump’s speech.
2) The NBER calculated that Brexit’s longer term damage to GDP was greater than originally forecast.
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Far from unleashing a new era of growth & investment, yet more evidence shows how damaging #Brexit has been. So much for the land of milk & honey promised by Brexiteers. New report has found that UK business investment is 12 to 18 per% lower than it would have been if Britain had stayed in the EU.
Loss of business investment caused by Brexit by this year could be between £275 billion and £400 billion
Far from unleashing a new era of growth and investment, yet more evidence shows how damaging Brexit has been.
leftfootforward.org
November 14, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Far from unleashing a new era of growth & investment, yet more evidence shows how damaging #Brexit has been. So much for the land of milk & honey promised by Brexiteers. New report has found that UK business investment is 12 to 18 per% lower than it would have been if Britain had stayed in the EU.
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Most of the UK’s economic problems since Brexit would have been avoided if it had stayed in the European Single Market and Customs Union and it’s time to move closer to the EU, writes former Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt
www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
In this new Age of Empires, why UK must choose Europe over isolation
Most of the UK’s economic problems since Brexit would have been avoided if it had stayed in the European Single Market and Customs Union and it’s time to move closer to the EU, writes former Belgian P...
www.scotsman.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Most of the UK’s economic problems since Brexit would have been avoided if it had stayed in the European Single Market and Customs Union and it’s time to move closer to the EU, writes former Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt
www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
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The idea that BBC that has a huge number of senior managers & journalists that are privately educated Oxbridge grads, disproportionately platformed Leave in Brexit, platform Farrage at every opportunity, framed Corbyn as a Russian anti-Semite & banned the word genocide is left wing is laughable
November 14, 2025 at 9:39 AM
The idea that BBC that has a huge number of senior managers & journalists that are privately educated Oxbridge grads, disproportionately platformed Leave in Brexit, platform Farrage at every opportunity, framed Corbyn as a Russian anti-Semite & banned the word genocide is left wing is laughable
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Guy Verhofstadt, President of European Movement International:
In this new Age of Empires, why UK must choose Europe over isolation
www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
In this new Age of Empires, why UK must choose Europe over isolation
www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
In this new Age of Empires, why UK must choose Europe over isolation
Most of the UK’s economic problems since Brexit would have been avoided if it had stayed in the European Single Market and Customs Union and it’s time to move closer to the EU, writes former Belgian P...
www.scotsman.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Guy Verhofstadt, President of European Movement International:
In this new Age of Empires, why UK must choose Europe over isolation
www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
In this new Age of Empires, why UK must choose Europe over isolation
www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
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Ken Clarke humiliates Danny Kruger's new party, Reform UK on #BBCQT
"I live in a county with a Reform UK council"
"Most of them had no idea what the country council did"
"They fought on the promise of reducing waste and council tax"
"And they just put up the council tax by the max"
"I live in a county with a Reform UK council"
"Most of them had no idea what the country council did"
"They fought on the promise of reducing waste and council tax"
"And they just put up the council tax by the max"
November 14, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Ken Clarke humiliates Danny Kruger's new party, Reform UK on #BBCQT
"I live in a county with a Reform UK council"
"Most of them had no idea what the country council did"
"They fought on the promise of reducing waste and council tax"
"And they just put up the council tax by the max"
"I live in a county with a Reform UK council"
"Most of them had no idea what the country council did"
"They fought on the promise of reducing waste and council tax"
"And they just put up the council tax by the max"
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X is a radicalisation machine that pushes people into angry extremism, peddles disinformation and conspiracy theories and is run by an egomaniacal lunatic who threatens civil war on our streets and wants to trash our democracy.
It does nothing but harm.
So, yes. Government should stop using it.
It does nothing but harm.
So, yes. Government should stop using it.
🔉What dangers does X pose to our democracy? And should the government stop using it?
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
November 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
X is a radicalisation machine that pushes people into angry extremism, peddles disinformation and conspiracy theories and is run by an egomaniacal lunatic who threatens civil war on our streets and wants to trash our democracy.
It does nothing but harm.
So, yes. Government should stop using it.
It does nothing but harm.
So, yes. Government should stop using it.
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Who made this? Brilliant.
October 31, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Who made this? Brilliant.
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Nope. Cluelessness far more important than being desperate. A total failure to understand the modern world, trade, geography, even international politics. Still not fixed.
And in milder forms quite widespread across Europe.
And in milder forms quite widespread across Europe.
‘I think we were so desperate to get out of the EU that at the time we basically came up with a very bad deal.’
Former Tory Brexit minister David Jones, who has since defected to Reform UK
#Traitors
Former Tory Brexit minister David Jones, who has since defected to Reform UK
#Traitors
November 1, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Nope. Cluelessness far more important than being desperate. A total failure to understand the modern world, trade, geography, even international politics. Still not fixed.
And in milder forms quite widespread across Europe.
And in milder forms quite widespread across Europe.
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AOC: I have to tell you, in my traveling across the country, I am hearing and have been seeing consistent things from everyday people. And it is that they are terrified, they are frustrated, they are angry, and they are shocked by a president violating the values that we hold dear
November 5, 2025 at 3:17 AM
AOC: I have to tell you, in my traveling across the country, I am hearing and have been seeing consistent things from everyday people. And it is that they are terrified, they are frustrated, they are angry, and they are shocked by a president violating the values that we hold dear
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Judgement lands in Belgium tomorrow on the misuse of public money case against Farage’s mistress.
And some are still wondering where she got 850000 quid from 🤣🤣🤣
Any odds on the news making it to the bbc ?
And some are still wondering where she got 850000 quid from 🤣🤣🤣
Any odds on the news making it to the bbc ?
November 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Judgement lands in Belgium tomorrow on the misuse of public money case against Farage’s mistress.
And some are still wondering where she got 850000 quid from 🤣🤣🤣
Any odds on the news making it to the bbc ?
And some are still wondering where she got 850000 quid from 🤣🤣🤣
Any odds on the news making it to the bbc ?
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Mamdani: "I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life but let tonight be the final time I utter his name."
November 5, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Mamdani: "I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life but let tonight be the final time I utter his name."
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Mamdani's message to Trump 👏
"If anyone can show a nation betrayed by Trump how to defeat him, it's the city that gave rise to him."
'New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
"If anyone can show a nation betrayed by Trump how to defeat him, it's the city that gave rise to him."
'New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Mamdani's message to Trump 👏
"If anyone can show a nation betrayed by Trump how to defeat him, it's the city that gave rise to him."
'New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
"If anyone can show a nation betrayed by Trump how to defeat him, it's the city that gave rise to him."
'New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
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Saving our lives now! 📢 Farage Reform Ltd and wee Tommy 10 names and his knuckle-dragger anything to say
LNER hero staff member Samir Zitouni named after stabbing who was seriously injured trying to protect those around him
www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/2559496...
LNER hero staff member Samir Zitouni named after stabbing who was seriously injured trying to protect those around him
www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/2559496...
'To us- he’s always been a hero' - staff member who saved lives during stabbing named
The family of a staff member of York-based train company LNER who was seriously injured trying to protect those around him during a mass stabbing…
www.yorkpress.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Saving our lives now! 📢 Farage Reform Ltd and wee Tommy 10 names and his knuckle-dragger anything to say
LNER hero staff member Samir Zitouni named after stabbing who was seriously injured trying to protect those around him
www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/2559496...
LNER hero staff member Samir Zitouni named after stabbing who was seriously injured trying to protect those around him
www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/2559496...
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So Yaxley-Lennon is not guilty of terrorism offences but grannies holding Palestine Action placards are. Go figure.
November 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
So Yaxley-Lennon is not guilty of terrorism offences but grannies holding Palestine Action placards are. Go figure.
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Samir Zitouni the rail worker credited with saving multiple lives during mass stabbing on a train, “critically unwell“ in hospital is who Farage/Reform/Lowe & Tory Katie Lam would deport..
Lucy Connelly convicted for race hate is what right wing view as a hero
He saved lives she wanted them taken❗️
Lucy Connelly convicted for race hate is what right wing view as a hero
He saved lives she wanted them taken❗️
Train hero who saved passengers during attack named
The rail worker credited with saving multiple lives is named as Samir Zitouni.
www.bbc.com
November 4, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Samir Zitouni the rail worker credited with saving multiple lives during mass stabbing on a train, “critically unwell“ in hospital is who Farage/Reform/Lowe & Tory Katie Lam would deport..
Lucy Connelly convicted for race hate is what right wing view as a hero
He saved lives she wanted them taken❗️
Lucy Connelly convicted for race hate is what right wing view as a hero
He saved lives she wanted them taken❗️
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School pupils are to be taught how to tackle conspiracy theories, spot 'fake news' & root out misinformation. The Daily Mail, ajudged by Wikipedia to be an unreliable new source, is furious. You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to work out why.
November 5, 2025 at 9:05 AM
School pupils are to be taught how to tackle conspiracy theories, spot 'fake news' & root out misinformation. The Daily Mail, ajudged by Wikipedia to be an unreliable new source, is furious. You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to work out why.
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Leaving the ECHR won’t “Take Back Control” – it will hand your rights to politicians
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/jus...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/jus...
Leaving the ECHR won’t “Take Back Control” – it will hand your rights to politicians
The myths are seductive, the reality is very different – without the ECHR your freedoms rest on whichever Home Secretary wakes up grumpy
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Leaving the ECHR won’t “Take Back Control” – it will hand your rights to politicians
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/jus...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/jus...