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Lynne #TaxTheRich #WelfareNotWarfare #MakeLabourHistory @bebsdotteragain.bsky.social · 14d

…“The onus is on the party committing genocide to stop committing genocide. The onus is not on the victims of the genocide to sign agreements in the hope of saving themselves from the genocide. This is obvious to anyone who isn’t a psychopath”

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The Trumpanyahu "Peace" Plan, And Other Notes

Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley):

www.caitlinjohnst.one

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TheOccasionalTog. @theocassionaltog.bsky.social · 14d

Standard Rate UC ( which is what Labour wanted 1.2m additional disabled or sick people to live on )

£4801.68 a year

Less £1755 for gas and electricity ( average )

= £3046.68 or £58.59 pw.

£58.59 pw for water, food, phone, care workers, transport, clothing, hobbies.

Could you survive?

HT4Ecosocialism @ht4ecosocialism.bsky.social · 14d

We cannot continue like this. Energy bills need to be reduced. Why are they so much higher than other European countries?🤔

Britons preparing to ration energy as Ofgem price cap rises, says charity

National Energy Action says 58% of households expect to cut heating use as typical annual dual-fuel bill increases to £1,755

www.theguardian.com

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TheOccasionalTog. @theocassionaltog.bsky.social · 14d

Oh and young people choosing 'certain' degrees would be better served by doing apprenticeships.

TheOccasionalTog. @theocassionaltog.bsky.social · 14d

Starmer this morning.

There's a world of difference between deporting someone with the full knowledge that means summarily execution and them merely being tortured.

People on benefits for MH conditions should get much less and the money saved should go to the NHS for better MH services.

Change.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 15d

Ugh
This man
This paper.
Using the same rhetoric as Trump’s lot, jumping on the Kirk bandwagon to claim victimhood and cancel free speech if it criticises him.

Farage incites riots on our streets, then acts all ‘poor me’ when his ugly racist ideas are called out.

No one should pander to this shit.

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 15d

Nigel Farage: Labour rhetoric incites violence against Reform

Reform UK leader will claim in a speech today that Keir Starmer’s labelling of his migrant plan as ‘racist’ has endangered the safety of his candidates and activists ⬇️

Nigel Farage: Labour rhetoric incites violence against Reform

www.thetimes.com

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TheOccasionalTog. @theocassionaltog.bsky.social · 15d

Ready Brek, except the glow around him isn't red it's purple.

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TheOccasionalTog. @theocassionaltog.bsky.social · 15d

Cunt tried to make me live on £3.76 a week and boasted that the money saved meant he could build a nuclear power station. And he did that on Twitter. Principled? Nah.

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TheOccasionalTog. @theocassionaltog.bsky.social · 15d

Wouldn't hold your breath. He's done nothing but lie since 2016.

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TheOccasionalTog. @theocassionaltog.bsky.social · 15d

What fvckin planet are these lot on. Justifying bending the knee to Trump and stating any action on Musk would be symbolic and would harm the UK.

FVCK SAKE.

LabourList @labourlist.bsky.social · 15d

A “ruthless and effective” relationship with President Donald Trump is delivering for British workers while giving the UK the political capital to defy him on key issues like Palestinian statehood, Labour MPs have argued.

labourlist.org/2025/09/labo...

‘Ruthless’ Trump partnership delivers for UK workers and progressive values: Labour MPs – LabourList

A "ruthless and effective" relationship with President Donald Trump is delivering for British workers while giving the UK the political capital to defy him on…

labourlist.org

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Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · 16d

When I was a teenager there was a bus direct from my hometown in Germany to London - we had a British army base, and this direct bus connection was one of the benefits of that. One summer I went on that bus to go volunteer in an old people's home in Southend-on-Sea. I had just turned 18 and was... 🧵

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TheOccasionalTog. @theocassionaltog.bsky.social · 16d

She's truly fvckin dreadful isn't she. As they all are. Every last corrupt, devious, morally bereft one of them.

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TheOccasionalTog. @theocassionaltog.bsky.social · 16d

Haha, get to fvck Darren.

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Bertrom. @bertrom.bsky.social · 16d

Martin Lewis died in obscurity in 1962; a retired art teacher who had found some success in his early career, but was largely forgotten. He spent his last three decades teaching other people how to etch. History chose Edward Hopper, but Martin Lewis was his mentor.

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cancelled-by-elon.bsky.social @cancelled-by-elon.bsky.social · 16d

Forced volunteering puts the Government in the same camp as the worst of the trafficking gangs they claim they're fighting.

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TheOccasionalTog. @theocassionaltog.bsky.social · 16d

He even asked me to break down my finances to prove to him I wasn't lying. And when I did, he just said don't blame Labour, blame 14yrs of The Tories. Unfortunately you'll just have to 'make do'

Make do on a fiver a week. That's how fvcking far gone they are in their thinking. I'm alright Jack.

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TheOccasionalTog. @theocassionaltog.bsky.social · 16d

'This time it's the turn of the disabled' When is it ever not our turn?

What centrist cvnts are really bothered about and simply wont admit it, is that they might be affected by a Reform Govt, so in the meantime if a few minorities have to take one for the team then it's fair game.

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TheOccasionalTog. @theocassionaltog.bsky.social · 16d

That Warren Oates guy is just fvcking awful. Told me during the welfare debate that I was over reacting and I shut keep quiet because any criticism of Labour will usher in a Reform Govt.

Told me that unfortunately some ppl will have to suffer and this time it's the turn of the disabled. Like WTAF?

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TheOccasionalTog. @theocassionaltog.bsky.social · 16d

Haha, fvcking incredible.

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TheOccasionalTog. @theocassionaltog.bsky.social · 16d

Shane Lowry, take a fvcking bow.

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TheOccasionalTog. @theocassionaltog.bsky.social · 16d

HMP Service is going to have to update the inmates canteen to include Werther's Original at this rate.

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Parody Keir Starmer @parodypm.bsky.social · 17d

Nigel Farage's attendance record as an MEP was 748 out of 751, yet he turned up to vote AGAINST plans to tackle Russian disinformation. Now one of his MEPs has admitted taking bribes to spread Russian propaganda. Why is this not all over the media?

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TheOccasionalTog. @theocassionaltog.bsky.social · 17d

Perfect, walk out of Lime Street and see this👍

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Jo Stephen @jostephen.bsky.social · 17d

Beech leaves.

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 17d

Keir Starmer says he's known for 10 years that the left has got it wrong on immigration & wasn't listening to peoples concerns

Really? Because 5 years ago he said the left wasn't bold enough in talking up the benefits of migration.

He really is the most duplicitous politician in my lifetime

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TheOccasionalTog. @theocassionaltog.bsky.social · 17d

😂

FPL Don @fpl-disasidon.bsky.social · 17d

If you’re having a bad week on FPL, it could be worse. You could be Sean Longstaff who benched Sean Longstaff and then Sean Longstaff scored and hauled 15 points #FPL

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