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The government is busy - but the work is not being reported. From banning toxic pesticides to funding green jobs, here are 20 things that happened last week.

submitted 6 days ago • 34 comments

Reform UK's plans to increase taxes and make people pay more for their energy bills goes down like a tripe cake and an axe wielding horror clown at an eight year old's birthday party. www.lbc.co.uk/opinion/view...

submitted 5 days ago • 135 comments

Did you see the BBC's shocking Countryfile report on how post-Brexit food and plant checks at our border are driving up prices for everyday Brits? 👇

submitted 18 days ago • 29 comments

Well they did it, a criminal and conman is now running America😱

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

We can no longer ignore the sinister campaign by the BBC to actively undermine our democratically elected government.

submitted 46 days ago • 3 comments

“Since Elon Musk torpedoed Twitter, Bluesky has seen a stunning surge. CEO Jay Graber is working on “billionaire-proofing” social media against any similar takeover” That’s why we’re here. 👏👏👏

submitted 47 days ago • 45 comments

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submitted 47 days ago • 42 comments

#RecipeOfTheDay is Butternut and Sweet Potato Curry – a blaze of colour, and bold flavour to match, to bring cheer and bright sustenance in this grey and dismal weather! It’s also #vegan, by the way www.nigella.com/recipes/butt...

submitted 47 days ago • 32 comments

I don’t know his name but the presenter on Sky News this morning at about 8.30 gave Jenrick a really hard time, it was impressive. Stood for no nonsense. What an improvement on Burley!

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

Nigel Farage, who claims to represent the interests of "ordinary" working people, has just taken almost £200,000 from a gold bullion merchants in order to be their "brand ambassador"

submitted 47 days ago • 131 comments

The US is about to experience what the UK did after the EU Referendum: a mandate won on empty rhetoric creates a vaccum that demands filling, but is impossible to fill, since there is no consensus as to the contents - and zero chance of consensus among narcissists to whom only domination matters.

submitted 57 days ago • 49 comments

Welcome to the inaugural Complete Dunt Awards 2024 including... Politician of the year Cunt of the year Twat of the year And more iandunt.substack.com/p/the-comple...

submitted 58 days ago • 83 comments

I seem to have upset the Nigel Farage fan club - so let me be clear. This man sows hate, lies and division. He is a grifter and a conman. He does not represent the vast majority of Britons. Repost if you agree P.s. multiculturalism is great.

submitted 58 days ago • 445 comments

Neoliberals have hollowed out the UK economy. Insecurity follows. UK imports 40% of food 40.8% of energy 500m bricks a years 30%-40% of cement Self-sufficient in what? Businesses are gambling chips in the mergers & takeover bazaars of City of London leftfootforward.org/2024/12/the-...

submitted 70 days ago • 70 comments

With reports this week having found that Britain is THREE TIMES more likely to arrest climate activists than other countries everyone should watch this shocking film👇 The court’s decision in @libertyhq.bsky.social’s case is due in the New Year

submitted 71 days ago • 8 comments

“wealthy billionaires and corporations… hoard land as an asset, Britain now having among the highest concentrations of land ownership in the world. Half of England is owned by less than 1% of its population.”

submitted 71 days ago • 41 comments

Thames Water customers face £263 bill rise, it is downing in £18bn debt. After extracting billions in dividends shareholders won't invest. Thames wants to raise capital from customers, but shareholders will own company and extract even more cash. Rip-off. metro.co.uk/2024/12/11/c...

submitted 71 days ago • 34 comments

submitted 72 days ago • 739 comments

Third of Yorkshire Water customer bill cash goes on debt & dividend Similar with other water companies. Money borrowed to pay dividends, investment neglected, sewage dumped, customers fleeced; aapproved by OFWAT. Must end the farce. Nationalise without compensation. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

submitted 71 days ago • 52 comments

Easily the best description of him I’ve ever read.

submitted 71 days ago • 1234 comments

This will probably come as no surprise to anyone but… www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/o...

submitted 75 days ago • 179 comments

BREAKING: Tim Walz's daughter Hope says that her "red flag" for dating a man is if he listens to Joe Rogan because it means he "probably isn’t a great person" and his "values" won't "align" with hers. This rule has "never failed" her and her friends. Like and share if you love this rule!

submitted 76 days ago • 1400 comments

We should remember Nigel Farage's weaknesses as well as his strengths – my piece on how dangerous Reform is to Labour. www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

submitted 76 days ago • 5 comments

Brexit ‘delivered the opposite of what it promised’, Angela Rayner admits Hopefully we can now begin an honest & open discussion about the catastrophic impact Brexit has inflicted on the country’s economy www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ang...

submitted 77 days ago • 202 comments

Let’s be clear: the entire democratic world thinks the US healthcare system is a joke.

submitted 77 days ago • 749 comments

“In significant part, Farage’s success can be explained by his ability to exploit moments. His instinctive opportunism, sense of timing and suspenseful theatrics have all been deployed, savagely and single-mindedly, to manipulate his opponent’s vulnerabilities.” www.politics.co.uk/week-in-revi...

submitted 77 days ago • 6 comments

The Romanians did this over their presidential election, but we ignored when the same things during the EU ref “The Constitutional Court has already annulled the first-round results, citing concerns over foreign interference and irregularities in campaign financing” kyivinsider.com/romanian-aut...

submitted 77 days ago • 17 comments