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British troops have fought and died alongside the Americans in Afghanistan and Iraq, just to be written off as non-existent people from "some random country". We have to maintain tolerable relations with this administration to try and minimise damage, but my god it's not easy.

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We've had reports that M&S has had so many calls asking them to stop advertising with GB News that there's now a dedicated team handling messages about this issue 👏👏👏 Lines are open from 9am to 4pm today and the number is 0333 014 8000 Let's keep this going!

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"They are going to tax me, and all the people pretending to be farmers like me, then their children will inherit slightly fewer millions/billions." "Noooooooo it is so unfair."

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In Denmark apparently..

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Hugo Keith, "Was core NHS spending protected to any extent during that decade prior to 2020?" Dr Jenifer Dixon, "Over that decade the NHS received about half than it would have expected per annum" #CovidInquiry

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📣 Is the BBC now the official mouthpiece for Reform? A study of the BBC’s Question Time has raised concerns about representation and political impartiality By Tony Burke

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Please share far and wide on different platforms so we can get as many people as possible to sign the media reform petition. We are approaching 750 signatures - can we get it to over 1,000 by tomorrow morning? petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...

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Thought for the day.

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UK's regressive tax system. Poorest 10% of households paid 48% of income in tax; richest 10% paid 39%. Poorest 10% paying 12% of income in VAT; richest 10% pay 3%. Council tax: Poorest 10% paying 7%; richest 10% pay 1.2%. No govt plans to end inequity. equalitytrust.org.uk/news/press-r...

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This is Reform UK treasurer Nick Candy, appointed by Nigel Farrage. Nick Candy boasted to a FT journalist in 2010 "I don't pay tax!" (From his home in Monaco) He and his brother developed property in London through an offshore company to avoid tax. Patriotic? Anti-Establishment? It's a con.

submitted 66 days ago • 43 comments

I think that ship has sailed! Should feature in most LBC ‘best of 2024’s though…

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As with Brexit still not fully "done" in GB over continued UKGs fear of fully applying TCA, "Brexit in NI not quite done yet because WF still to be fully implemented.. Customs processes for parcels & freight, due to start Oct '24, now delayed until March '25 at earliest" www.bbc.com/news/article...

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“A huge 68% of respondents in Britain see a benefit in reintroducing cross-Channel freedom of movement in exchange for access to the European single market” www.bbc.com/news/article...

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“Two-thirds of working private renters, 4,450,000 people, are falling behind or struggling to pay their rent, showing the housing emergency the government inherited is only getting worse.”

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Let's get this trending #BrexitHasFailed

submitted 66 days ago • 6 comments

One month ago.

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🤣🤣👌

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Dogs know 🐶🥰

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Schadenfreude central as dim-witted Andrew Tate who boasted ONLINE about not paying his taxes in the UK and how they eventually give up... if you ignore them gets a £2 million tax bill as a reward for his raging idiocy www.theguardian.com/news/2024/de...

submitted 77 days ago • 111 comments

One bollock always hangs lower than the other.

submitted 76 days ago • 12 comments

This needs to be taken very seriously. All donations that originate from abroad, no matter who is the final donor, should be banned. Only UK citizens should be allowed to donate to British political organisations

submitted 77 days ago • 1032 comments

Too shite for GBnews, shouldn't laugh

submitted 76 days ago • 2 comments

@ballysboots.bsky.social I'm pretty sure this is one of yours mate... I've just ordered those new festive sausages that Elvis Costello has launched this Christmas. I can't see them being any good, but apparently olive salami is here to stay...

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Good summary of the recent LSE study on the effects of Brexit on UK trade. Exports to EU decreased by 13.2%, so the 15% OBR estimate was quite ok. ukandeu.ac.uk/deep-integra...

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#BlueCrew 💙

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Victoria Derbyshire, "We are in one of the wealthiest parts of London, in one of the wealthiest parts of the UK, in the sixth richest economy in the world. So why is anybody sleeping on the streets at all?" VD, "What can we do?" Daisy, "Care"

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A very important reminder for all of us.

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BREAKING - High Court judge lifts anonymity order on Chinese "spy" case. He can now be named as Yang Tengbo, a former close associate of Prince Andrew. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

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Samples from 23 river & lake swimming sites were found to contain levels of E. coli up to 20 times higher than would be deemed safe in 🇺🇸 ,as well as medicines used to treat diabetes & seizures Antibiotic-resistant infections ⬆️ ⬆️ with 66,730 last year v 62,314 in 2019. Most were caused by E. coli

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Some #biodiversity success stories from the UK. #rewilding #butterflies #willows #rivers #mountains @veganlandmovement.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Enjoy your day! #atheism

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This feels like a drum I'm having to bang almost constantly now, but: UK court secrecy rules – contempt, reporting restrictions, and more – are absolutely killing trust in the mainstream media and political process alike. They're a gift to populists. They urgently need reform.

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🤯 Marks and Spencer has been forced to hire a warehouse just to store the post-Brexit paperwork needed for exports to the Republic of Ireland www.thelondoneconomic.com/business-eco...

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another difficult data point for the government on.ft.com/4ggBF42

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2010: David Cameron, "The Conservative party puts the national interest first" 2024: Barrister Sam Fowles "Conservative politicians have cut funding for the justice system in real terms by 30% since 2010" "The reason we have a backlog is because they closed courts, they didn't recruit judges"

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"This is something else Nigel Farage has in common with Donald Trump, who plays to middle America before retreating to his gated community in Mar-a-Lago, where memberships start at $1m. "Farage and Trump are happy to be the voice of the people, provided they don’t actually have to mix with them."

submitted 79 days ago • 17 comments

THIS is how it’s done, folks.

submitted 81 days ago • 2311 comments

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The Royal Family aka Britains Biggest Benefit Scroungers.

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. Yet another area neglected by the tories over the last 14 years - homes for members of the Armed Forces are in a shocking state and the tories have left no money to pay for the necessary improvements... #r4today #BBCBreakfast #GMB #PoliticsLive #PMQs #toriesGone159 .

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Fuck Thames Water www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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2024: Kemi Badenoch, "I have committed to a cap on migration" 2018: Kemi Badenoch, "I'd like to thank the Conservative Home Secretary for removing the annual limits on work visas and also on international students, both of which I lobbied for"

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