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Anyone paying any attention knew this… Also, nearly half of all homes pay more council tax than Buckingham Palace …including a 3-bed terraced houses in Blackpool Council tax reform now.

submitted 6 days ago • 57 comments

Poorest fifth in England pay 4.8% of income in council tax; richest fifth 1.5%. 27% real term cut in council funding since 2010, govt hand tax cuts to corporations/rich. Poor hit with regressive taxes VAT Fuel duty Wages taxed at higher rates than dividends, capital gains. Need tax justice.

submitted 6 days ago • 20 comments

Despite what the press tells us, the government is very busy, often doing popular things. But you wouldn’t know it from the press coverage. By @stephenmcnair.bsky.social

submitted 6 days ago • 4 comments

🇬🇧 The stone raft: stubborn isolationism or an EU reset Starmer seeks an EU reset, but sends mixed signals to the EU on trade and alliances, and clings to US ties.

submitted 6 days ago • 42 comments

I like that he posted a picture of a print-out of the email.

submitted 7 days ago • 912 comments

Nothing from this weasel who stalks Rachel Reeves' LinkedIn account about the 2 million extra NHS appointments delivered by Labour. #ukpolitics

submitted 6 days ago • 19 comments

The BBC is covering up UK support for Israel. 👉https://declassifieduk.org/national-scandal-the-bbcs-gaza-cover-up/

submitted 17 days ago • 9 comments

2019-2024: £44bn lost to fraud in UK Govt depts under the Tories - often run by members now in Badenoch's Shadow Cabinet. Contracts for cronies, PPE procurement, COVID loans & furlough scheme, Eat Out to Help Out, R&D tax credits. Ministers ignored concerns. Who is called to account?

submitted 21 days ago • 36 comments

✍️ An overview of the myriad disappointments of the Starmer Labour government, 2024-25 "You wanted hope and change and what did you get? Austerity, repackaged with a red rosette." © Steve Pottinger 2 Feb 2025 @bigstevepoet.bsky.social with cartoon by @sdupp.bsky.social

submitted 21 days ago • 13 comments

At home, Trump has enabled Musk to stage a coup against the government with his army of unvetted stooges taking over the Treasury. Abroad, he's shut down aid & canceled malaria/ HIV programs & put 1000s of lives at risk. Meanwhile, top Democratic leaders are tweeting about egg and priza prices. 😠

submitted 21 days ago • 361 comments

Emma Trimble, "1 in 12 people in London are illegal immigrants" Professor Jonathan Portes, "Emma has taken that figure from a story in The Telegraph.. That story was a lie.. The Telegraph has corrected it, The Times has corrected it.. The Sun has corrected it.. And The Daily Mail has corrected it"

submitted 21 days ago • 165 comments

No, Brexit could never work. It was a terrible lie missold to people who deserved better by crooks and chancers. Take some responsibility for goodness sake.

submitted 26 days ago • 276 comments

BBC: Welsh Refugee Council staff 'harassed' after Musk shares X post www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 41 days ago • 3 comments

Greenland would now vote to join the EU. I wonder what's caused such a big shift? 🤔

submitted 41 days ago • 120 comments

British people now dislike Elon Musk more than ever with more than 7 in 10 having an unfavourable opinion of him. Even Reform voters are now turning against him

submitted 41 days ago • 42 comments

As turmoil hits the markets with the UK being hit harder than most, Chris Blackhurst looks at why saying Brexit is to blame for much of the difficulties we are in is still a taboo and why unless we confront that reality, Keir Starmer will find it hard to move on www.independent.co.uk/news/busines...

submitted 42 days ago • 9 comments

“With Labour maintaining a single-digit lead in the polls at the best of times and not having risen above 30% since October, there is every chance that Reform UK could take the lead.” Nigel Farage’s party poses a great threat to Britain’s future | James Jobson

submitted 42 days ago • 22 comments

The claim that Musk would like to buy LFC did not go down well with fans. Elon does not have a good enough track record as a businessman for this particular fan | Craig Melia

submitted 42 days ago • 12 comments

There's some rewriting of history going on today where people are saying: oh, Labour is struggling with the economy too, maybe it wasn't all the Tories' mismanagement...? The answer is that it's Brexit. It's Brexit! You can't fix the economy until you confront Brexit!

submitted 42 days ago • 8 comments

Brexit funder Arron Banks can't get a visa to the US. Wonder why? Something raising security issues in your files, Arron? 🤔

submitted 42 days ago • 4 comments

2016: Nigel Farage says MEPS have "never done a proper job in your life" 2025: The people of Clacton must be proud that their MP who doesn't hold in person surgeries, like every other MP in the country, manages to find time for nine jobs

submitted 42 days ago • 95 comments

So concerned were the Reform MPs at child abuse, as they claimed, that none even bothered to turn up to the Commons debate. So notes Pecksniff, East Anglia Bylines acerbic diarist. Read this and his cutting views on other news stories from this week. ⤵️

submitted 42 days ago • 15 comments

"Once a hub for news, debate, and connection, Twitter has devolved into a cesspit of hate and chaos. Today, I’m sending my final tweet."

submitted 42 days ago • 163 comments

"Once a hub for news, debate, and connection, Twitter has devolved into a cesspit of hate and chaos. Today, I’m sending my final tweet." | Mark Ferguson

submitted 43 days ago • 17 comments

You have to admire the chutzpah of Ted Cruz attacking Karen Bass and Dems in LA right now. Ted Cruz wasn’t on an official trip out of town when Texas snow storms hit & shut down his state - he fled to Cancun AFTER the crisis began, to stay at the Ritz & have a nice time. 250+ people died in Texas

submitted 43 days ago • 401 comments

Trump, Musk and Zuckerberg have declared war on facts and truth. The pushback must start now @emilybell.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 43 days ago • 90 comments

Nazir Afzal, "When Keir Starmer and I left the CPS we had the highest rate of child sexual abuse prosecutions in our history.. That is Keir Starmer's legacy" "Boris Johnson said that investigating child sexual abuse was money spaffed up a wall"

submitted 44 days ago • 19 comments

Zuckerberg went super homophobe the same week he started publicly sucking dick.

submitted 44 days ago • 728 comments

Republicans are now preparing a “menu” of services to cut to pay for Trump’s planned tax giveaways for billionaires. Their plan includes cutting Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act, and infrastructure funding.

submitted 44 days ago • 339 comments

I’ve been investigating child sexual exploitation for 12 years, and commissioned other journalists to do so, while Laurence Fox was swanning around on TV and stage. He doesn’t care about victims. He’s exploiting CSE for his own daft ends

submitted 45 days ago • 27 comments

What is going on at Essex County Council? A @privateeyenews.bsky.social accolade for High Life & mention of Inspector Knacker must raise the odd eyebrow....

submitted 44 days ago • 1 comment

“I didn’t think it was possible, but this week has been a new low for the Tories. The language and style of British Conservatism is now taken directly from the fact-free world of online conspiracy” Polly Toynbee www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

submitted 44 days ago • 35 comments

A left populism could be a gamechanger. Farage’s narrative relies on those targeted by it not knowing the power he and his cronies wield. The left need to reframe these arguments and show that, while it may be “us versus them”, “them” includes Reform, Farage and his rich mates.

submitted 45 days ago • 3 comments

Liz Truss threatens to sue Keir Starmer unless he "ceases and desists" from alleging she crashed the economy. In other news, here's Liz Truss making the exact same allegation against Gordon Brown

submitted 45 days ago • 236 comments

😡 Hypocrisy and inaction: exploring the right’s stance on abuse and women’s rights While far-right politicians claim to champion the protection of abuse victims, their actions often tell a starkly different story By Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social

submitted 46 days ago • 9 comments

Please please let this end up in court. Please.

submitted 45 days ago • 127 comments

Meta has been a hotbed of active disinformation about climate change, COVID, and vaccines. Expect it to descend further into the depths.

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The Foreign Office's new top civil servant, Sir Oliver Robbins, is a partner at MI6-linked advisory firm Hakluyt and was previously a managing director at Goldman Sachs. www.gov.uk/government/n...

submitted 45 days ago • 5 comments

The Labour government has been busy, pursuing popular policies. But polls suggest that most voters have not noticed. Many think they have achieved nothing much. Stephen MacNair considers some of the issues they have been tackling. How good is the record?

submitted 46 days ago • 2 comments

Yep.

submitted 47 days ago • 1167 comments

Schools in England face ‘death by a thousand cuts’. Despite recent increases real college funding per student aged 16 to 18 in 2025 will still be 11% below 2010 levels, and 23% lower for school sixth forms. Future sacrificed to appease the rich. Tax the rich. www.theguardian.com/education/20...