Abe Bourne
@abebourne1.bsky.social
Old man, living in Málaga who still wants a fairer, peaceful world. Reverse Brexit and stop banging on about immigration, they're humans too.
Oh! and cricket, golf, tennis and Leicester City
Oh! and cricket, golf, tennis and Leicester City
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Zia Yusuf - the unelected multimillionaire policy chief of Reform - makes his fourth Question Time appearance tonight.
The party has five MPs
The party has five MPs
December 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Zia Yusuf - the unelected multimillionaire policy chief of Reform - makes his fourth Question Time appearance tonight.
The party has five MPs
The party has five MPs
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On the subject of Tice...Can anyone explain?
How is an elected MP, who we pay £90,000pa to represent Skegness, allowed to live in Dubai so he can avoid paying taxes on the money we pay him?
How is an elected MP, who we pay £90,000pa to represent Skegness, allowed to live in Dubai so he can avoid paying taxes on the money we pay him?
December 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
On the subject of Tice...Can anyone explain?
How is an elected MP, who we pay £90,000pa to represent Skegness, allowed to live in Dubai so he can avoid paying taxes on the money we pay him?
How is an elected MP, who we pay £90,000pa to represent Skegness, allowed to live in Dubai so he can avoid paying taxes on the money we pay him?
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November 29, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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Here is David Coburn, the former UKIP MEP who was mentioned in WhatsApp messages between the traitor Nathan Gill and his Russian paymaster, saying there was cash available for Coburn.
Needless to say, I have never met the man.
Needless to say, I have never met the man.
November 28, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Here is David Coburn, the former UKIP MEP who was mentioned in WhatsApp messages between the traitor Nathan Gill and his Russian paymaster, saying there was cash available for Coburn.
Needless to say, I have never met the man.
Needless to say, I have never met the man.
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It's January 31st, 2020, and Nathan Gill is celebrating our imminent departure from the EU.... and that terrible idea of a European Army.
Hmm, now I wonder who else would have been delighted about that.
Hmm, now I wonder who else would have been delighted about that.
November 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
It's January 31st, 2020, and Nathan Gill is celebrating our imminent departure from the EU.... and that terrible idea of a European Army.
Hmm, now I wonder who else would have been delighted about that.
Hmm, now I wonder who else would have been delighted about that.
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Again, I recall Michael Gove in Parliament basically saying to one pissed off Tory MP after another: Let’s just shitefest this disastrous drivel over the line and argue about the details later. An argument that appears to have won over basically everyone who matters, who then sold it to the public.
November 21, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Again, I recall Michael Gove in Parliament basically saying to one pissed off Tory MP after another: Let’s just shitefest this disastrous drivel over the line and argue about the details later. An argument that appears to have won over basically everyone who matters, who then sold it to the public.
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It's only one poll, and within the margin of error, but it's put the Greens ahead of both Labour and the Tories. Something very significant is happening in the British political landscape. The two party system is over. Which means we urgently need PR.
#PRNow
#PRNow
Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 32% (=)
GRN: 17% (+2)
CON: 16% (-1)
LAB: 16% (=)
LDM: 12% (=)
SNP: 2% (=)
Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 29 Oct.
Changes w/ 22 Oct.
RFM: 32% (=)
GRN: 17% (+2)
CON: 16% (-1)
LAB: 16% (=)
LDM: 12% (=)
SNP: 2% (=)
Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 29 Oct.
Changes w/ 22 Oct.
October 31, 2025 at 1:01 AM
It's only one poll, and within the margin of error, but it's put the Greens ahead of both Labour and the Tories. Something very significant is happening in the British political landscape. The two party system is over. Which means we urgently need PR.
#PRNow
#PRNow
@goodmorningbritain.bsky.social the amount of people signed off sick due to "work-related stress" that is over-diagnosed is the problem. It's crippled my small business. Doctors are easily conned and suffer no consequences for their mistakes, whilst decent employers go bust.
October 9, 2025 at 5:56 AM
@goodmorningbritain.bsky.social the amount of people signed off sick due to "work-related stress" that is over-diagnosed is the problem. It's crippled my small business. Doctors are easily conned and suffer no consequences for their mistakes, whilst decent employers go bust.
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If you were on that march, you were a racist or you were downright thick. Or both.
September 16, 2025 at 5:15 AM
If you were on that march, you were a racist or you were downright thick. Or both.
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We don’t yet know who killed Kirk or why. Not that you’d know it from the endless numbers of accounts on X with huge follower numbers, including British politicians, making as yet unknowable claims about the motivations behind the murder.
Exhibit A. Extraordinary stuff.
Exhibit A. Extraordinary stuff.
September 11, 2025 at 5:43 AM
We don’t yet know who killed Kirk or why. Not that you’d know it from the endless numbers of accounts on X with huge follower numbers, including British politicians, making as yet unknowable claims about the motivations behind the murder.
Exhibit A. Extraordinary stuff.
Exhibit A. Extraordinary stuff.
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@itvnews.bsky.social @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social You seem to love to show Farage all the time, so show this too in its entirety, why don't you?
September 4, 2025 at 6:01 AM
@itvnews.bsky.social @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social You seem to love to show Farage all the time, so show this too in its entirety, why don't you?
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Farage has gone to the US to tell them Britain is ”awful” - If you don’t like it over here Nigel maybe don’t catch a return flight?
September 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Farage has gone to the US to tell them Britain is ”awful” - If you don’t like it over here Nigel maybe don’t catch a return flight?
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The driver of this car and his racist mate tried to run me off the M1 today because I was driving a car with a German number plate. I've never experienced anything like it. It went on for minutes until he saw a patrol vehicle and fled. 😡 Fuck him and the Farage he rode in on.
#FarageFascists
#FarageFascists
August 28, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The driver of this car and his racist mate tried to run me off the M1 today because I was driving a car with a German number plate. I've never experienced anything like it. It went on for minutes until he saw a patrol vehicle and fled. 😡 Fuck him and the Farage he rode in on.
#FarageFascists
#FarageFascists
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and there's the attack line from here on in..... This is what Reform policy is, this is how it'll affect you..... and they're deader than yesterdays fish! It's time their policies, not their idiot supporters were held up to scrutiny, ALL DAY EVERY DAY!
August 22, 2025 at 1:55 PM
and there's the attack line from here on in..... This is what Reform policy is, this is how it'll affect you..... and they're deader than yesterdays fish! It's time their policies, not their idiot supporters were held up to scrutiny, ALL DAY EVERY DAY!
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Who can say? Seemingly not the BBC.
Last 25 years, my arse.
Last 25 years, my arse.
August 13, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Who can say? Seemingly not the BBC.
Last 25 years, my arse.
Last 25 years, my arse.
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Wherever they see a crack in society, Brexiters hammer a wedge into it to create a chasm. Lies, division and hate are their only weapons. If we want this decade old madness to end, we need to make truth, solidarity and empathy are our shield.
A total disgrace of a paper.
A total disgrace of a man.
I would worry for Jenrick’s daughters too, being brought up by a hate-mongering opportunist, driven mad by Tory failure and now desperate to whip up prejudice, division and social unrest in his vile pursuit of power.
A total disgrace of a man.
I would worry for Jenrick’s daughters too, being brought up by a hate-mongering opportunist, driven mad by Tory failure and now desperate to whip up prejudice, division and social unrest in his vile pursuit of power.
August 10, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Wherever they see a crack in society, Brexiters hammer a wedge into it to create a chasm. Lies, division and hate are their only weapons. If we want this decade old madness to end, we need to make truth, solidarity and empathy are our shield.
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BREXIT IS OVER.
52% would vote Remain.
Only 29% would vote Leave.
49% want a rejoin referendum.
The public has moved on.
But the government hasn’t.
Brexit lost the people. The mandate has flipped.
And now, public wants a say on Europe, on rights, on who we are.
#Rejoin #BrexitRegret #ReUnion
52% would vote Remain.
Only 29% would vote Leave.
49% want a rejoin referendum.
The public has moved on.
But the government hasn’t.
Brexit lost the people. The mandate has flipped.
And now, public wants a say on Europe, on rights, on who we are.
#Rejoin #BrexitRegret #ReUnion
August 3, 2025 at 5:53 AM
BREXIT IS OVER.
52% would vote Remain.
Only 29% would vote Leave.
49% want a rejoin referendum.
The public has moved on.
But the government hasn’t.
Brexit lost the people. The mandate has flipped.
And now, public wants a say on Europe, on rights, on who we are.
#Rejoin #BrexitRegret #ReUnion
52% would vote Remain.
Only 29% would vote Leave.
49% want a rejoin referendum.
The public has moved on.
But the government hasn’t.
Brexit lost the people. The mandate has flipped.
And now, public wants a say on Europe, on rights, on who we are.
#Rejoin #BrexitRegret #ReUnion
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Thames Water shareholder funds in 1990, £1.3bn; invested ZILCH since
Extracted £10.4bn dividends
Paid £13.6bn interest
Now borrowing at 9.75%
One-third customer bills service debt
Pays £200m a year to consultants
Billions would have gone into infrastructure, if not privatised.
Must nationalise.
Extracted £10.4bn dividends
Paid £13.6bn interest
Now borrowing at 9.75%
One-third customer bills service debt
Pays £200m a year to consultants
Billions would have gone into infrastructure, if not privatised.
Must nationalise.
Public ownership is the only way to save the water industry
Public ownership is the only viable alternative but is opposed by the government
leftfootforward.org
July 28, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Thames Water shareholder funds in 1990, £1.3bn; invested ZILCH since
Extracted £10.4bn dividends
Paid £13.6bn interest
Now borrowing at 9.75%
One-third customer bills service debt
Pays £200m a year to consultants
Billions would have gone into infrastructure, if not privatised.
Must nationalise.
Extracted £10.4bn dividends
Paid £13.6bn interest
Now borrowing at 9.75%
One-third customer bills service debt
Pays £200m a year to consultants
Billions would have gone into infrastructure, if not privatised.
Must nationalise.
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Turns out a lot of those who riotied last summer are violent morons who beat up their partners. Who could have guessed?
July 27, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Turns out a lot of those who riotied last summer are violent morons who beat up their partners. Who could have guessed?
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NEW: Landmark decision on UK's failure to investigate Russian interference to be handed down tomorrow.
A five-year legal battle in UK and European courts comes to a head: will we finally - learn the truth about the Kremlin & the Brexit vote?
A five-year legal battle in UK and European courts comes to a head: will we finally - learn the truth about the Kremlin & the Brexit vote?
July 21, 2025 at 11:14 PM
NEW: Landmark decision on UK's failure to investigate Russian interference to be handed down tomorrow.
A five-year legal battle in UK and European courts comes to a head: will we finally - learn the truth about the Kremlin & the Brexit vote?
A five-year legal battle in UK and European courts comes to a head: will we finally - learn the truth about the Kremlin & the Brexit vote?
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totally agree - this is a point I make repeatedly on @instituteforgovernment.org.uk #Insidebriefing podcasts. Hunt was deeply irresponsible on the NIC cuts and this overshadows all his other decisions.
I think @robertshrimsley.bsky.social is much too kind to Jeremy Hunt here. In time, Hunt will come to be reviled as second worst chancellor in modern times after Kwarteng. In 1997, faced with similar circumstances, Ken Clarke put the national interest first. Hunt salted the earth. Shame on him
July 19, 2025 at 8:17 AM
totally agree - this is a point I make repeatedly on @instituteforgovernment.org.uk #Insidebriefing podcasts. Hunt was deeply irresponsible on the NIC cuts and this overshadows all his other decisions.
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Pay of Affinity Water CEO (company has 3.9m customers in London and south-east) jumps from £709,000 to £1.6m.
Workers' wage didn't double.
Govts tell workers wage rises are inflationary but silence on exec pay, dividends, share buybacks.
It is class war.
Workers' wage didn't double.
Govts tell workers wage rises are inflationary but silence on exec pay, dividends, share buybacks.
It is class war.
English water firm doubles CEO’s pay despite ‘elevated concern’ over finances
Boss of Affinity Water, which serves 3.9 million customers in London and south-east, receives £1.6m
www.theguardian.com
July 15, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Pay of Affinity Water CEO (company has 3.9m customers in London and south-east) jumps from £709,000 to £1.6m.
Workers' wage didn't double.
Govts tell workers wage rises are inflationary but silence on exec pay, dividends, share buybacks.
It is class war.
Workers' wage didn't double.
Govts tell workers wage rises are inflationary but silence on exec pay, dividends, share buybacks.
It is class war.
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Thames Water announced losses of £1.65bn today
When it was sold 30 years ago it had zero debt and made an operating profit of 33%
Bills have gone up way above inflation, even before this year's nearly 50% increase
They need to go bankrupt it is the only way to stop the theft
When it was sold 30 years ago it had zero debt and made an operating profit of 33%
Bills have gone up way above inflation, even before this year's nearly 50% increase
They need to go bankrupt it is the only way to stop the theft
July 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Thames Water announced losses of £1.65bn today
When it was sold 30 years ago it had zero debt and made an operating profit of 33%
Bills have gone up way above inflation, even before this year's nearly 50% increase
They need to go bankrupt it is the only way to stop the theft
When it was sold 30 years ago it had zero debt and made an operating profit of 33%
Bills have gone up way above inflation, even before this year's nearly 50% increase
They need to go bankrupt it is the only way to stop the theft
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Thames Water hosepipe ban for 1.1m people across Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire.
No new reservoirs built since 1989.
TW loses 592m litres of water a day to leaks
Neglected investment, paid dividends
Dumps sewage.
Bonuses for execs, misery for people.
No new reservoirs built since 1989.
TW loses 592m litres of water a day to leaks
Neglected investment, paid dividends
Dumps sewage.
Bonuses for execs, misery for people.
Thames Water issues hosepipe ban for 1.1m people
The water company says a lack of rain and increasing demand has stretched its supplies.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 14, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Thames Water hosepipe ban for 1.1m people across Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire, Wiltshire.
No new reservoirs built since 1989.
TW loses 592m litres of water a day to leaks
Neglected investment, paid dividends
Dumps sewage.
Bonuses for execs, misery for people.
No new reservoirs built since 1989.
TW loses 592m litres of water a day to leaks
Neglected investment, paid dividends
Dumps sewage.
Bonuses for execs, misery for people.