trishtoo.bsky.social
@trishtoo.bsky.social
UK based. Politically left of centre. Love animals and nature, especially dogs. Advocate for animal rescue. Let kindness be your religion. No DMs or requests for money please.
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Remember: the right wing media have been saying for the past few years that the poor “white working class” have been left behind, and it’s all because of immigrants.
All that has gone out the window today, and we have gone back to the days of “benefits street” style poverty shaming.
Big dichotomy
All that has gone out the window today, and we have gone back to the days of “benefits street” style poverty shaming.
Big dichotomy
November 27, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Remember: the right wing media have been saying for the past few years that the poor “white working class” have been left behind, and it’s all because of immigrants.
All that has gone out the window today, and we have gone back to the days of “benefits street” style poverty shaming.
Big dichotomy
All that has gone out the window today, and we have gone back to the days of “benefits street” style poverty shaming.
Big dichotomy
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'This isn't an opinion. This is counting.'
- A 100,000 drop in net migration costs us £7bn
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
November 27, 2025 at 11:29 AM
'This isn't an opinion. This is counting.'
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THE BRITISH PUBLIC IS NOT BEING TOLD THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THEIR LAND
Across the UK, vast swathes of countryside, farmland, national parks, green spaces, digital infrastructure, and even local democratic powers are being reorganised into free zones.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
Across the UK, vast swathes of countryside, farmland, national parks, green spaces, digital infrastructure, and even local democratic powers are being reorganised into free zones.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
Forest City: The Ideological Coalition That Should Never Exist
Behind the glossy green washing brochures of 'Forest Cities' lies a libertarian charter cities pattern the MSM is blindly embracing and refusing to investigate.
open.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:22 AM
THE BRITISH PUBLIC IS NOT BEING TOLD THE TRUTH ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THEIR LAND
Across the UK, vast swathes of countryside, farmland, national parks, green spaces, digital infrastructure, and even local democratic powers are being reorganised into free zones.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
Across the UK, vast swathes of countryside, farmland, national parks, green spaces, digital infrastructure, and even local democratic powers are being reorganised into free zones.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
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The seals are clapping because they’ve had their morsel from Labour, I see. There are still 4.5 million children in poverty after the 2-cap removal, but no-one will bother now because they think poverty has been solved.
Will they fight to get LHA unfrozen, the tax threshold raised or fix the CoL?
Will they fight to get LHA unfrozen, the tax threshold raised or fix the CoL?
November 27, 2025 at 6:42 AM
The seals are clapping because they’ve had their morsel from Labour, I see. There are still 4.5 million children in poverty after the 2-cap removal, but no-one will bother now because they think poverty has been solved.
Will they fight to get LHA unfrozen, the tax threshold raised or fix the CoL?
Will they fight to get LHA unfrozen, the tax threshold raised or fix the CoL?
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Important that the Benefit Cap/LHA don’t end up disproportionately limiting the extent to which children in higher cost areas are released from poverty as a result of this excellent decision
November 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Important that the Benefit Cap/LHA don’t end up disproportionately limiting the extent to which children in higher cost areas are released from poverty as a result of this excellent decision
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I was into politics 40+ years ago.
Labour have maybe lifted 470,000 out of poverty, but freezing LHA will stop that happening for a lot of them. And they have done nothing to help the other 4.5 million children living in poverty.
If you’re going to join the big boys debate club, learn facts
Labour have maybe lifted 470,000 out of poverty, but freezing LHA will stop that happening for a lot of them. And they have done nothing to help the other 4.5 million children living in poverty.
If you’re going to join the big boys debate club, learn facts
November 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I was into politics 40+ years ago.
Labour have maybe lifted 470,000 out of poverty, but freezing LHA will stop that happening for a lot of them. And they have done nothing to help the other 4.5 million children living in poverty.
If you’re going to join the big boys debate club, learn facts
Labour have maybe lifted 470,000 out of poverty, but freezing LHA will stop that happening for a lot of them. And they have done nothing to help the other 4.5 million children living in poverty.
If you’re going to join the big boys debate club, learn facts
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Another economist looking at the spreadsheet numbers rather than the reality of 4.5 million children still in poverty. And the fact that the LHA freeze (and other budget items) will probably negate the extra money from the 2-child cap removal.
Scrapping the two-child limit in full is a monumental decision. Well done to all involved in the Child Poverty Strategy, and everyone who has made the case against the policy.
OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty
OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty
November 26, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Another economist looking at the spreadsheet numbers rather than the reality of 4.5 million children still in poverty. And the fact that the LHA freeze (and other budget items) will probably negate the extra money from the 2-child cap removal.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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Earlier this week I had this debate about wealth taxes, austerity and spending.
The Labour MP attacks me repeatedly - Labour Government have taken to doing the same thing.
Interesting people can absolutely see through it & aren't going to be distracted.
youtu.be/1onr7pAEFRE?...
The Labour MP attacks me repeatedly - Labour Government have taken to doing the same thing.
Interesting people can absolutely see through it & aren't going to be distracted.
youtu.be/1onr7pAEFRE?...
Is Labour being outflanked by Polanski and Farage? Reeves budget debate
YouTube video by Channel 4 News
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Earlier this week I had this debate about wealth taxes, austerity and spending.
The Labour MP attacks me repeatedly - Labour Government have taken to doing the same thing.
Interesting people can absolutely see through it & aren't going to be distracted.
youtu.be/1onr7pAEFRE?...
The Labour MP attacks me repeatedly - Labour Government have taken to doing the same thing.
Interesting people can absolutely see through it & aren't going to be distracted.
youtu.be/1onr7pAEFRE?...
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Yanis is always a joy to listen to.
Clear, visionary (and funny!)
Our conversation 👇🏼
Clear, visionary (and funny!)
Our conversation 👇🏼
How The Left Can Come Together To Beat Reform | Yanis Varoufakis | Zack Polanski www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjLZ...
How The Left Can Come Together To Beat Reform | Yanis Varoufakis | Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Yanis is always a joy to listen to.
Clear, visionary (and funny!)
Our conversation 👇🏼
Clear, visionary (and funny!)
Our conversation 👇🏼
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Rachel Reeves says this Labour Governments decisions are "necessary."
Why is it always necessary to hit the living standards of the 99%?
When are we going to make the necessary decisions about extreme wealth?
Why is it always necessary to hit the living standards of the 99%?
When are we going to make the necessary decisions about extreme wealth?
November 27, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Rachel Reeves says this Labour Governments decisions are "necessary."
Why is it always necessary to hit the living standards of the 99%?
When are we going to make the necessary decisions about extreme wealth?
Why is it always necessary to hit the living standards of the 99%?
When are we going to make the necessary decisions about extreme wealth?
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Nigel Farage is a Russian asset.
November 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Nigel Farage is a Russian asset.
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It is - by this point - obvious to even casual observers of media that WAY MORE than a couple of MPs or MEPs have been compromised.
Newspaper Editors, Producers, C-Suite executives, Security Services;
Gob-smacked if "russian interference" didnt explain such media disinterest.
Newspaper Editors, Producers, C-Suite executives, Security Services;
Gob-smacked if "russian interference" didnt explain such media disinterest.
November 27, 2025 at 6:17 AM
It is - by this point - obvious to even casual observers of media that WAY MORE than a couple of MPs or MEPs have been compromised.
Newspaper Editors, Producers, C-Suite executives, Security Services;
Gob-smacked if "russian interference" didnt explain such media disinterest.
Newspaper Editors, Producers, C-Suite executives, Security Services;
Gob-smacked if "russian interference" didnt explain such media disinterest.
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Net migration fell sharply agaim to 204,000 in the year to June 2025, having been 344k in 2024 and 848k in 2023. But falling immigration has been the biggest secret - and it is time for the media and political debate to catch up with this change
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
UK net migration fell to 204,000 in year to June - live updates
Net migration, the difference between those entering and leaving the country, was 345,000 in 2024 according to revised figures.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Net migration fell sharply agaim to 204,000 in the year to June 2025, having been 344k in 2024 and 848k in 2023. But falling immigration has been the biggest secret - and it is time for the media and political debate to catch up with this change
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
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"We will always be on the side of working people", Farage's 'Letter to the Nation' says today.
What he neglects to admit is that Reform plans to cut £300+ billion from the public services that these "working people" rely on every day.
What he neglects to admit is that Reform plans to cut £300+ billion from the public services that these "working people" rely on every day.
November 27, 2025 at 9:47 AM
"We will always be on the side of working people", Farage's 'Letter to the Nation' says today.
What he neglects to admit is that Reform plans to cut £300+ billion from the public services that these "working people" rely on every day.
What he neglects to admit is that Reform plans to cut £300+ billion from the public services that these "working people" rely on every day.
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Bottom line:
Motability wasn’t a “subsidy for Mercedes”.
It was a way to convert an existing benefit into independence.
Reeves’ changes don’t stop luxury cars, they make essential mobility more expensive for everyone who needs it.
🧵/End
Motability wasn’t a “subsidy for Mercedes”.
It was a way to convert an existing benefit into independence.
Reeves’ changes don’t stop luxury cars, they make essential mobility more expensive for everyone who needs it.
🧵/End
November 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Bottom line:
Motability wasn’t a “subsidy for Mercedes”.
It was a way to convert an existing benefit into independence.
Reeves’ changes don’t stop luxury cars, they make essential mobility more expensive for everyone who needs it.
🧵/End
Motability wasn’t a “subsidy for Mercedes”.
It was a way to convert an existing benefit into independence.
Reeves’ changes don’t stop luxury cars, they make essential mobility more expensive for everyone who needs it.
🧵/End
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The Treasury might raise £300m.
But it raises it by increasing the cost of being disabled.
This isn’t tackling misuse, which is already minimal.
It’s shifting costs from the state onto disabled people.
But it raises it by increasing the cost of being disabled.
This isn’t tackling misuse, which is already minimal.
It’s shifting costs from the state onto disabled people.
November 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The Treasury might raise £300m.
But it raises it by increasing the cost of being disabled.
This isn’t tackling misuse, which is already minimal.
It’s shifting costs from the state onto disabled people.
But it raises it by increasing the cost of being disabled.
This isn’t tackling misuse, which is already minimal.
It’s shifting costs from the state onto disabled people.
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4. The poorest get hit twice.
• higher insurance cost (via IPT)
• higher upfront cost (VAT on APs)
For many, the “choice” isn’t between luxury and budget — it’s between mobility or no mobility.
• higher insurance cost (via IPT)
• higher upfront cost (VAT on APs)
For many, the “choice” isn’t between luxury and budget — it’s between mobility or no mobility.
November 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
4. The poorest get hit twice.
• higher insurance cost (via IPT)
• higher upfront cost (VAT on APs)
For many, the “choice” isn’t between luxury and budget — it’s between mobility or no mobility.
• higher insurance cost (via IPT)
• higher upfront cost (VAT on APs)
For many, the “choice” isn’t between luxury and budget — it’s between mobility or no mobility.
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3. Reduced choice = reduced independence.
As both APs and insurance costs rise, people will be pushed into smaller or unsuitable vehicles.
Some will be priced out of the scheme entirely.
Others will rely on carers, taxis, or family to get around.
This is the exact opposite of Motability’s purpose.
As both APs and insurance costs rise, people will be pushed into smaller or unsuitable vehicles.
Some will be priced out of the scheme entirely.
Others will rely on carers, taxis, or family to get around.
This is the exact opposite of Motability’s purpose.
November 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
3. Reduced choice = reduced independence.
As both APs and insurance costs rise, people will be pushed into smaller or unsuitable vehicles.
Some will be priced out of the scheme entirely.
Others will rely on carers, taxis, or family to get around.
This is the exact opposite of Motability’s purpose.
As both APs and insurance costs rise, people will be pushed into smaller or unsuitable vehicles.
Some will be priced out of the scheme entirely.
Others will rely on carers, taxis, or family to get around.
This is the exact opposite of Motability’s purpose.
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And those higher APs aren’t for “luxury”.
They’re for cars with:
• room for wheelchairs
• space for adaptations
• space for mobility aids
• space for medical equipment
Taxing APs is effectively taxing disability-related needs.
They’re for cars with:
• room for wheelchairs
• space for adaptations
• space for mobility aids
• space for medical equipment
Taxing APs is effectively taxing disability-related needs.
November 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
And those higher APs aren’t for “luxury”.
They’re for cars with:
• room for wheelchairs
• space for adaptations
• space for mobility aids
• space for medical equipment
Taxing APs is effectively taxing disability-related needs.
They’re for cars with:
• room for wheelchairs
• space for adaptations
• space for mobility aids
• space for medical equipment
Taxing APs is effectively taxing disability-related needs.
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Rachel Reeves says she’s ending “Motability tax breaks”.
Sounds like she’s cracking down on luxury cars, right?
That’s not what’s happening.
These changes raise costs for all disabled people on the scheme, including those with the cheapest cars.
Here’s how. 👇🧵
Sounds like she’s cracking down on luxury cars, right?
That’s not what’s happening.
These changes raise costs for all disabled people on the scheme, including those with the cheapest cars.
Here’s how. 👇🧵
November 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Rachel Reeves says she’s ending “Motability tax breaks”.
Sounds like she’s cracking down on luxury cars, right?
That’s not what’s happening.
These changes raise costs for all disabled people on the scheme, including those with the cheapest cars.
Here’s how. 👇🧵
Sounds like she’s cracking down on luxury cars, right?
That’s not what’s happening.
These changes raise costs for all disabled people on the scheme, including those with the cheapest cars.
Here’s how. 👇🧵
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To put that these Motability cuts into perspective...
It will save around £300 million.
Latest figures show the DWP has spent over £400 million fighting people on PIP appeals.
Scrap policies that punish Disabled people & stop pretending it's about economic efficiency! #Budget
It will save around £300 million.
Latest figures show the DWP has spent over £400 million fighting people on PIP appeals.
Scrap policies that punish Disabled people & stop pretending it's about economic efficiency! #Budget
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
To put that these Motability cuts into perspective...
It will save around £300 million.
Latest figures show the DWP has spent over £400 million fighting people on PIP appeals.
Scrap policies that punish Disabled people & stop pretending it's about economic efficiency! #Budget
It will save around £300 million.
Latest figures show the DWP has spent over £400 million fighting people on PIP appeals.
Scrap policies that punish Disabled people & stop pretending it's about economic efficiency! #Budget
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A timely reminder that Motability is a lifeline and yet also NOT a freebie by @lizziejones.bsky.social
westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/equ...
westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/equ...
The Motability scheme is not “low-hanging fruit” for public service cuts
The Motability scheme is a lifeline for some disabled people like me but I hope you never need it
westenglandbylines.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
A timely reminder that Motability is a lifeline and yet also NOT a freebie by @lizziejones.bsky.social
westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/equ...
westenglandbylines.co.uk/politics/equ...