Tony
@toekneee.bsky.social
UK Labour Member. We won. Now let’s deliver. But taking money off vulnerable people is not the answer to the country’s problems. So let’s not do that 🫡
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Throw back to just a couple weeks ago…Trump’s peace plan for Ukraine was curated by the Kremlin.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
His Deadline for a Peace Deal Blown, Trump Faces Choices on Russia-Ukraine Talks
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Throw back to just a couple weeks ago…Trump’s peace plan for Ukraine was curated by the Kremlin.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
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JUST IN: DOJ confirms Trump asserted executive privilege to shield more than 4,100 documents form police and lawmakers suing him over the Jan. 6 riot.
Our earlier story on the privilege claim: www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Our earlier story on the privilege claim: www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
December 8, 2025 at 10:57 PM
JUST IN: DOJ confirms Trump asserted executive privilege to shield more than 4,100 documents form police and lawmakers suing him over the Jan. 6 riot.
Our earlier story on the privilege claim: www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Our earlier story on the privilege claim: www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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Staggering - the effort and resource *still* being invested in keeping the Brexit shitshow on the road.
No one’s held to account.
No one’s fallen on their sword.
No one’s got the guts to really speak out.
So, on we go, protecting this huge and ruinous lie, because telling the truth is too difficult.
No one’s held to account.
No one’s fallen on their sword.
No one’s got the guts to really speak out.
So, on we go, protecting this huge and ruinous lie, because telling the truth is too difficult.
"The 2016 decision to exit the European Union has been nothing short of an economic disaster... It’s a bigger hit than if every bank, brokerage firm and hedge fund in London were suddenly to disappear." ~AA
👏🏽"The President and the Brexiteers share a fear of strangers... Trade, in [Trump's] view, is other countries draining our wallets. Immigration is other people stealing our jobs. International treaties are handcuffs limiting sovereignty." 🎯~AA
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/o...
December 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Staggering - the effort and resource *still* being invested in keeping the Brexit shitshow on the road.
No one’s held to account.
No one’s fallen on their sword.
No one’s got the guts to really speak out.
So, on we go, protecting this huge and ruinous lie, because telling the truth is too difficult.
No one’s held to account.
No one’s fallen on their sword.
No one’s got the guts to really speak out.
So, on we go, protecting this huge and ruinous lie, because telling the truth is too difficult.
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If the Court hands Trump this power, watchdogs meant to defend workers, consumers, elections, and civil service neutrality become tools to punish enemies and shield allies. It’s a blueprint for authoritarian governance and the Supreme Court is signaling it might let him have it.
If the Court hands Trump this power, watchdogs meant to defend workers, consumers, elections, and civil service neutrality become tools to punish enemies and shield allies. It’s a blueprint for authoritarian governance and the Supreme Court is signaling it might let him have it.
December 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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If the Court hands Trump this power, watchdogs meant to defend workers, consumers, elections, and civil service neutrality become tools to punish enemies and shield allies. It’s a blueprint for authoritarian governance and the Supreme Court is signaling it might let him have it.
If the Court hands Trump this power, watchdogs meant to defend workers, consumers, elections, and civil service neutrality become tools to punish enemies and shield allies. It’s a blueprint for authoritarian governance and the Supreme Court is signaling it might let him have it.
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If this 'winning' doesn't stop soon the US will either go bankrupt, into a depression, or both.
U.S. layoffs set to surpass the Great Recession levels, on track to be worst since Great Depression. Spectre of economic collapse looming. Food lines growing longer across every region. Millions unable to afford basic medication or housing. Next year promises to be worse.
December 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If this 'winning' doesn't stop soon the US will either go bankrupt, into a depression, or both.
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Corruption threatens our national security, undermines legitimate business and steals money from working people’s pockets.
By deploying specialist law enforcement capabilities, we will disrupt the serious organised criminals, terrorists and kleptocrats.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
By deploying specialist law enforcement capabilities, we will disrupt the serious organised criminals, terrorists and kleptocrats.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
December 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Corruption threatens our national security, undermines legitimate business and steals money from working people’s pockets.
By deploying specialist law enforcement capabilities, we will disrupt the serious organised criminals, terrorists and kleptocrats.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
By deploying specialist law enforcement capabilities, we will disrupt the serious organised criminals, terrorists and kleptocrats.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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It is now 23 days since the last small boat successfully cross the English Channel.
In the last 4 weeks there have only been 3 boats and 217 people.
This the longest period without any boats since the 8th Jan 2024.
The 28-day average is now by far the lowest seen at this time of year.
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In the last 4 weeks there have only been 3 boats and 217 people.
This the longest period without any boats since the 8th Jan 2024.
The 28-day average is now by far the lowest seen at this time of year.
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December 8, 2025 at 6:51 PM
It is now 23 days since the last small boat successfully cross the English Channel.
In the last 4 weeks there have only been 3 boats and 217 people.
This the longest period without any boats since the 8th Jan 2024.
The 28-day average is now by far the lowest seen at this time of year.
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In the last 4 weeks there have only been 3 boats and 217 people.
This the longest period without any boats since the 8th Jan 2024.
The 28-day average is now by far the lowest seen at this time of year.
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Today Labour have launched a skills programme that, among other things, aims for 50k additional young people on apprenticeships over the next few years.
This alone could see youth unemployment drop 5%, never mind the rest of the plans!
Here the PM tells us more, as he meets young people.
Awesome!
This alone could see youth unemployment drop 5%, never mind the rest of the plans!
Here the PM tells us more, as he meets young people.
Awesome!
December 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Today Labour have launched a skills programme that, among other things, aims for 50k additional young people on apprenticeships over the next few years.
This alone could see youth unemployment drop 5%, never mind the rest of the plans!
Here the PM tells us more, as he meets young people.
Awesome!
This alone could see youth unemployment drop 5%, never mind the rest of the plans!
Here the PM tells us more, as he meets young people.
Awesome!
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court seems likely to expand the president's power and back President Trump's firing of independent-agency board members.
The Supreme Court seems likely to back Trump's power to fire independent agency board members
The Supreme Court seems likely to expand presidential control over independent federal agencies, signaling support for President Donald Trump’s firing of board members.
bit.ly
December 8, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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MTG: "Trump was extremely angry at me that I had signed the discharge petition to release the Epstein files, he was furious with me."
Reporter: "What did he say?"
MTG: "He said that it was going to hurt people." ... "I don't know what that means, I don't know who they are" #OpDeathEaters
Reporter: "What did he say?"
MTG: "He said that it was going to hurt people." ... "I don't know what that means, I don't know who they are" #OpDeathEaters
December 8, 2025 at 6:20 PM
MTG: "Trump was extremely angry at me that I had signed the discharge petition to release the Epstein files, he was furious with me."
Reporter: "What did he say?"
MTG: "He said that it was going to hurt people." ... "I don't know what that means, I don't know who they are" #OpDeathEaters
Reporter: "What did he say?"
MTG: "He said that it was going to hurt people." ... "I don't know what that means, I don't know who they are" #OpDeathEaters
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If you didn't know, this is big and what many of you have been calling for - look at the details...
...all the actions you wanted to on public life, politicial donations and dodgy dealings.
Some example measures are summarised in these images...but there is so much more!
...all the actions you wanted to on public life, politicial donations and dodgy dealings.
Some example measures are summarised in these images...but there is so much more!
December 8, 2025 at 5:16 PM
If you didn't know, this is big and what many of you have been calling for - look at the details...
...all the actions you wanted to on public life, politicial donations and dodgy dealings.
Some example measures are summarised in these images...but there is so much more!
...all the actions you wanted to on public life, politicial donations and dodgy dealings.
Some example measures are summarised in these images...but there is so much more!
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It wasn't JUST us, pushing Britain off the cliff that hurt it, it was how bad Britain turned out to be at not-falling.
Delusional fools.
Delusional fools.
🧐 NBER study may have overestimated Brexit hit, apparently, because "a good deal of this effect will have been due not so much to Brexit as such, but the long period of uncertainty after the vote". 🤣
But that uncertainty was a predictable product of Brexit. Why should it be discounted? ~AA
But that uncertainty was a predictable product of Brexit. Why should it be discounted? ~AA
December 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
It wasn't JUST us, pushing Britain off the cliff that hurt it, it was how bad Britain turned out to be at not-falling.
Delusional fools.
Delusional fools.
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Cutting-edge technology being used to help prepare for future droughts!
The National Drought Group met today and heard that England’s drought-hit areas are beginning to recover following the recent wet weather - 149% of the long-term average rainfall in November.
The group also heard how...
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The National Drought Group met today and heard that England’s drought-hit areas are beginning to recover following the recent wet weather - 149% of the long-term average rainfall in November.
The group also heard how...
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Latest science used to tackle drought as rainfall drives recovery
Cutting-edge technology being used to help prepare for future droughts
www.gov.uk
December 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Cutting-edge technology being used to help prepare for future droughts!
The National Drought Group met today and heard that England’s drought-hit areas are beginning to recover following the recent wet weather - 149% of the long-term average rainfall in November.
The group also heard how...
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The National Drought Group met today and heard that England’s drought-hit areas are beginning to recover following the recent wet weather - 149% of the long-term average rainfall in November.
The group also heard how...
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"The 2016 decision to exit the European Union has been nothing short of an economic disaster... It’s a bigger hit than if every bank, brokerage firm and hedge fund in London were suddenly to disappear." ~AA
👏🏽"The President and the Brexiteers share a fear of strangers... Trade, in [Trump's] view, is other countries draining our wallets. Immigration is other people stealing our jobs. International treaties are handcuffs limiting sovereignty." 🎯~AA
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/o...
December 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
"The 2016 decision to exit the European Union has been nothing short of an economic disaster... It’s a bigger hit than if every bank, brokerage firm and hedge fund in London were suddenly to disappear." ~AA
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Measures include:
* establishing an ethics & integrity commission to ensure the highest ethical standards
* increasing safeguards around political donations
* expand specialist police Domestic Corruption Unit with £15m funding
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* establishing an ethics & integrity commission to ensure the highest ethical standards
* increasing safeguards around political donations
* expand specialist police Domestic Corruption Unit with £15m funding
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December 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Measures include:
* establishing an ethics & integrity commission to ensure the highest ethical standards
* increasing safeguards around political donations
* expand specialist police Domestic Corruption Unit with £15m funding
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* establishing an ethics & integrity commission to ensure the highest ethical standards
* increasing safeguards around political donations
* expand specialist police Domestic Corruption Unit with £15m funding
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Anti-Corruption Strategy 2025
The Labour government have today launched their cross-department anti-corruption strategy to tackle threats posed by corruption to the UK’s economy, security & democracy.
The global illicit finance summit, announced this morning, is just one part of the strategy.
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The Labour government have today launched their cross-department anti-corruption strategy to tackle threats posed by corruption to the UK’s economy, security & democracy.
The global illicit finance summit, announced this morning, is just one part of the strategy.
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December 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Anti-Corruption Strategy 2025
The Labour government have today launched their cross-department anti-corruption strategy to tackle threats posed by corruption to the UK’s economy, security & democracy.
The global illicit finance summit, announced this morning, is just one part of the strategy.
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The Labour government have today launched their cross-department anti-corruption strategy to tackle threats posed by corruption to the UK’s economy, security & democracy.
The global illicit finance summit, announced this morning, is just one part of the strategy.
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🚨 Doncaster councillor quits Reform UK, defects to Ben Habib's Advance UK
www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/politic...
www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/politic...
Doncaster councillor quits Reform UK and defects to Ben Habib's Advance UK
A Doncaster councillor has quit Reform UK for a second time to join Advance UK, a recently registered political party backed by Tommy Robinson.
www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
🚨 Doncaster councillor quits Reform UK, defects to Ben Habib's Advance UK
www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/politic...
www.doncasterfreepress.co.uk/news/politic...
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Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau make their relationship Instagram official
Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau make their relationship Instagram official
The singer posted a photo of the pair smiling cheek to cheek and a video of them eating sushi together while in Japan
Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau have launched their relationship on Instagram, after the singer posted a photo of the pair smiling cheek to cheek and a video of them eating sushi together while in Japan.
Perry’s post appeared to confirm the pair are in a relationship, after months of speculation about a possible romance between her and the former Canadian prime minister. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau make their relationship Instagram official
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Sorry, but why is James O'Brien having an hour on who the next Labour leader should be?
There isn't a vacancy. SKS is doing a great job.
Just turned the radio back on after a work meeting and was thoroughly confused.
There isn't a vacancy. SKS is doing a great job.
Just turned the radio back on after a work meeting and was thoroughly confused.
December 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Sorry, but why is James O'Brien having an hour on who the next Labour leader should be?
There isn't a vacancy. SKS is doing a great job.
Just turned the radio back on after a work meeting and was thoroughly confused.
There isn't a vacancy. SKS is doing a great job.
Just turned the radio back on after a work meeting and was thoroughly confused.
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We have already published this collage image which is a partial excerpt of the roll - it shows 9 Patels and 8 Smiths but the full roll we have acquired a copy of shows 13 and 12. This claim was also made by more than one pupil.
December 8, 2025 at 9:25 AM
We have already published this collage image which is a partial excerpt of the roll - it shows 9 Patels and 8 Smiths but the full roll we have acquired a copy of shows 13 and 12. This claim was also made by more than one pupil.
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On a purely factual point, Trevor Phillips’s column in the Times misrepresents our reporting in casting doubts on claims that there were more boys called Patel than Smith at Dulwich in 1980 (we did not report 1976 as the year it occurred). 1980 roll shows 13 Patels and 12 Smiths.
December 8, 2025 at 9:25 AM
On a purely factual point, Trevor Phillips’s column in the Times misrepresents our reporting in casting doubts on claims that there were more boys called Patel than Smith at Dulwich in 1980 (we did not report 1976 as the year it occurred). 1980 roll shows 13 Patels and 12 Smiths.
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This is simply gobsmacking in the impenetrability and immensity of its dumbness. ~AA
December 8, 2025 at 11:04 AM
This is simply gobsmacking in the impenetrability and immensity of its dumbness. ~AA
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Former naval office, retired astronaut, and Dem Senator Mark Kelly: "I'm going to continue to push back on things that are unconstitutional, unlawful, stupid - they do a lot of stupid - you are seeing in Venezuela right now the consequences of hiring unqualified people." 🔥~AA
“They do a lot of stupid.” Senator Mark Kelly rips Trump and Pete Hegseth, pointing out their unprofessionalism and empty threats, adding “they’re not serious people”.
December 8, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Former naval office, retired astronaut, and Dem Senator Mark Kelly: "I'm going to continue to push back on things that are unconstitutional, unlawful, stupid - they do a lot of stupid - you are seeing in Venezuela right now the consequences of hiring unqualified people." 🔥~AA
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Nice start to the week. Ten great announcements from our Labour Government. This week the focus is on young people, helping them find work/training/apprenticeships. This government cares that our kids have hope and belief of success. 👏👏👏
December 8, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Nice start to the week. Ten great announcements from our Labour Government. This week the focus is on young people, helping them find work/training/apprenticeships. This government cares that our kids have hope and belief of success. 👏👏👏
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I have been thinking about this... Is it possible that Nigel Farage doesn't even realise that characters like Alf Garnett were meant to satirize and lampoon bigots? ~AA
“Je suis Bernard Manning,” claims Nigel Farage. And so he is. But not quite in the way he meant. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/uki...
Farage’s attack on the BBC tells us who he really is
His response to allegations of racist behaviour reveals more than we could have guessed—and why the Beeb needs to protect itself
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 10:36 AM
I have been thinking about this... Is it possible that Nigel Farage doesn't even realise that characters like Alf Garnett were meant to satirize and lampoon bigots? ~AA