@barrydixon
@barrydixon.bsky.social
Family man 72 into good food, red wine, motorhomes, France , Prog Rock, the Cure, SAFC, socialist Rejoiner Pro EU
@skysportspl.bsky.social Sunderland have been involved in inwards deals up to £200m but all you are talking about is £125m Newcastle Explain pls
September 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
@skysportspl.bsky.social Sunderland have been involved in inwards deals up to £200m but all you are talking about is £125m Newcastle Explain pls
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Labour has a whopping great majority and four years left to turn this country around.
They should be setting the agenda, not chasing about trying to placate voters of a party with five MPs who will never vote for them anyway.
It's not only disappointing... it's embarrassing
They should be setting the agenda, not chasing about trying to placate voters of a party with five MPs who will never vote for them anyway.
It's not only disappointing... it's embarrassing
May 12, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Labour has a whopping great majority and four years left to turn this country around.
They should be setting the agenda, not chasing about trying to placate voters of a party with five MPs who will never vote for them anyway.
It's not only disappointing... it's embarrassing
They should be setting the agenda, not chasing about trying to placate voters of a party with five MPs who will never vote for them anyway.
It's not only disappointing... it's embarrassing
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Brexit promised to “take back control of our borders”
But it also created huge labour shortages
So, govt issued huge numbers of visas to fill the gaps.
It ended reciprocal asylum arrangements with the EU
So, crossings went up.
Govt response?
“Take back control of our borders”
Such a ruinous deceit.
But it also created huge labour shortages
So, govt issued huge numbers of visas to fill the gaps.
It ended reciprocal asylum arrangements with the EU
So, crossings went up.
Govt response?
“Take back control of our borders”
Such a ruinous deceit.
May 13, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Brexit promised to “take back control of our borders”
But it also created huge labour shortages
So, govt issued huge numbers of visas to fill the gaps.
It ended reciprocal asylum arrangements with the EU
So, crossings went up.
Govt response?
“Take back control of our borders”
Such a ruinous deceit.
But it also created huge labour shortages
So, govt issued huge numbers of visas to fill the gaps.
It ended reciprocal asylum arrangements with the EU
So, crossings went up.
Govt response?
“Take back control of our borders”
Such a ruinous deceit.
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How dare Keir Starmer tell my family that we have caused incalculable damage to the UK? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/05...
How dare Keir Starmer tell my family that we have caused incalculable damage to the UK?
These are Guardian headlines, published late this morning:
I find these words exceptionally difficult to note when said by someone who claims to have the moral authority that comes from being the p...
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May 12, 2025 at 6:11 PM
How dare Keir Starmer tell my family that we have caused incalculable damage to the UK? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/05...
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It will also be very expensive, another announcement that will just backfire.
Pandering to Reform over care workers is grubby and cheap.
Care homes are reliant on overseas staff. Without them, many will need to close their doors, leaving families and communities to suffer the consequences.
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Care homes are reliant on overseas staff. Without them, many will need to close their doors, leaving families and communities to suffer the consequences.
Read, like, share, subscribe below. 👇
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Immigration white paper: Who cares?
Another day, another overhaul of the immigration rules (sigh).
substack.com
May 13, 2025 at 5:58 AM
It will also be very expensive, another announcement that will just backfire.
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When you pander to the far right, the far right gains more power.
May 12, 2025 at 11:04 PM
When you pander to the far right, the far right gains more power.
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Between ‘Island of Strangers’ Starmer, Farage and Badenoch it feels like our politicians are in a race to get to the bottom of the barrel.
We deserve far better than this…….we need far better than this.
We deserve far better than this…….we need far better than this.
May 13, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Between ‘Island of Strangers’ Starmer, Farage and Badenoch it feels like our politicians are in a race to get to the bottom of the barrel.
We deserve far better than this…….we need far better than this.
We deserve far better than this…….we need far better than this.
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How is this acceptable from a Labour leader @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social ?
Please discuss on @therestpolitics.bsky.social - this isn't what any of us voted for.
Please discuss on @therestpolitics.bsky.social - this isn't what any of us voted for.
This is far-right vision of the country. From a Labour Government
May 13, 2025 at 5:28 AM
How is this acceptable from a Labour leader @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social ?
Please discuss on @therestpolitics.bsky.social - this isn't what any of us voted for.
Please discuss on @therestpolitics.bsky.social - this isn't what any of us voted for.
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@jonathanbrashmp.bsky.social I’m totally disgusted at Starmer’s Island of Strangers speech so close to the Rivers of blood speech pandering to and inciting the Reform party. Instead he is making a Party of strangers. Today my daughter cancelled her membership and I became an ex Labour voter.
May 13, 2025 at 5:32 AM
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Starmer’s “island of strangers” speech is a disgrace.
The only people making us ‘strangers’ are politicians who support Brexit, use divisive language to and try to whip up hate and division with every breath they utter and every deed they do.
The Tories, Reform and Labour can fuck right off.
The only people making us ‘strangers’ are politicians who support Brexit, use divisive language to and try to whip up hate and division with every breath they utter and every deed they do.
The Tories, Reform and Labour can fuck right off.
May 12, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Starmer’s “island of strangers” speech is a disgrace.
The only people making us ‘strangers’ are politicians who support Brexit, use divisive language to and try to whip up hate and division with every breath they utter and every deed they do.
The Tories, Reform and Labour can fuck right off.
The only people making us ‘strangers’ are politicians who support Brexit, use divisive language to and try to whip up hate and division with every breath they utter and every deed they do.
The Tories, Reform and Labour can fuck right off.
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And it’s absolutely vile & hugely offensive
If you thought the PM’s speech was punchy, his foreword to the immigration white paper says high net migration has done “incalculable damage” to the country.
That is a serious shift in tone for a Labour government/party.
That is a serious shift in tone for a Labour government/party.
May 12, 2025 at 12:12 PM
And it’s absolutely vile & hugely offensive
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Today, Starmer said he’d “take back control of our borders” and claimed that soaring immigration had done “incalculable damage” to our country.
No. That damage is done by the ruinous dishonesty of our politicians and the hatred whipped up by their ugly anti-immigrant rhetoric.
Shame on you, Starmer.
No. That damage is done by the ruinous dishonesty of our politicians and the hatred whipped up by their ugly anti-immigrant rhetoric.
Shame on you, Starmer.
May 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Today, Starmer said he’d “take back control of our borders” and claimed that soaring immigration had done “incalculable damage” to our country.
No. That damage is done by the ruinous dishonesty of our politicians and the hatred whipped up by their ugly anti-immigrant rhetoric.
Shame on you, Starmer.
No. That damage is done by the ruinous dishonesty of our politicians and the hatred whipped up by their ugly anti-immigrant rhetoric.
Shame on you, Starmer.
@jonathanbrashmp.bsky.social Unlike your predecessor as my MP i would like you to pass on the feelings of disgust by my entire family to the Leader of what used to be our Party
Starmer is simultaneously detoxifying Reform and toxifying the Labour Party.
I ask again, what is he playing at?
I ask again, what is he playing at?
May 13, 2025 at 5:40 AM
@jonathanbrashmp.bsky.social Unlike your predecessor as my MP i would like you to pass on the feelings of disgust by my entire family to the Leader of what used to be our Party
@labourlist.bsky.social I’m totally disgusted at Starmer’s Island of Strangers speech so close to the Rivers of blood speech pandering to and inciting the Reform party. Instead he is making a Party of strangers. Today my daughter cancelled her membership and I became an ex Labour voter.
May 13, 2025 at 5:36 AM
@labourlist.bsky.social I’m totally disgusted at Starmer’s Island of Strangers speech so close to the Rivers of blood speech pandering to and inciting the Reform party. Instead he is making a Party of strangers. Today my daughter cancelled her membership and I became an ex Labour voter.
@labouruk.bsky.social I’m totally disgusted at Starmer’s Island of Strangers speech so close to the Rivers of blood speech pandering to and inciting the Reform party. Instead he is making a Party of strangers. Today my daughter cancelled her membership and I became an ex Labour voter.
May 13, 2025 at 5:35 AM
@labouruk.bsky.social I’m totally disgusted at Starmer’s Island of Strangers speech so close to the Rivers of blood speech pandering to and inciting the Reform party. Instead he is making a Party of strangers. Today my daughter cancelled her membership and I became an ex Labour voter.
@teamlabouruk.bsky. I’m totally disgusted at Starmer’s Island of Strangers speech so close to the Rivers of blood speech pandering to and inciting the Reform party. Instead he is making a Party of strangers. Today my daughter cancelled her membership and I became an ex Labour voter.
May 13, 2025 at 5:33 AM
@teamlabouruk.bsky. I’m totally disgusted at Starmer’s Island of Strangers speech so close to the Rivers of blood speech pandering to and inciting the Reform party. Instead he is making a Party of strangers. Today my daughter cancelled her membership and I became an ex Labour voter.
@jonathanbrashmp.bsky.social I’m totally disgusted at Starmer’s Island of Strangers speech so close to the Rivers of blood speech pandering to and inciting the Reform party. Instead he is making a Party of strangers. Today my daughter cancelled her membership and I became an ex Labour voter.
May 13, 2025 at 5:31 AM
@jonathanbrashmp.bsky.social I’m totally disgusted at Starmer’s Island of Strangers speech so close to the Rivers of blood speech pandering to and inciting the Reform party. Instead he is making a Party of strangers. Today my daughter cancelled her membership and I became an ex Labour voter.
#TaylorWimpey You really are the pits! Your named person was obviously too busy to turn up for his appointment with me and NHBC this morning
March 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
#TaylorWimpey You really are the pits! Your named person was obviously too busy to turn up for his appointment with me and NHBC this morning
@jonathanbrashmp.bsky.social A while ago i messaged you on Twitter about the debacle in the NHS caused by the Tories. Well be in no doubt it is costing lives as my letter to my GP shows Fortunately we had the means to be proactive.
December 21, 2024 at 5:16 PM
@jonathanbrashmp.bsky.social A while ago i messaged you on Twitter about the debacle in the NHS caused by the Tories. Well be in no doubt it is costing lives as my letter to my GP shows Fortunately we had the means to be proactive.
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We Have Been Betrayed.
Today’s Daily Mirror splash is fury after the UK Government rejected compensation for Waspi women despite Labour in opposition backing their campaign
Today’s Daily Mirror splash is fury after the UK Government rejected compensation for Waspi women despite Labour in opposition backing their campaign
December 18, 2024 at 7:02 AM
We Have Been Betrayed.
Today’s Daily Mirror splash is fury after the UK Government rejected compensation for Waspi women despite Labour in opposition backing their campaign
Today’s Daily Mirror splash is fury after the UK Government rejected compensation for Waspi women despite Labour in opposition backing their campaign
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@itv @bbc @netflix Surprised that nobody is commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Battle if the Bulge this month by showing the film
December 5, 2024 at 1:59 PM
@itv @bbc @netflix Surprised that nobody is commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Battle if the Bulge this month by showing the film
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Oh come on Labour - so depressing to hear Pat McFadden say UK has no plans for a youth mobility scheme with the EU. We have schemes with NZ, Australia, Canada, Japan, Iceland, Uruguay & more - only reason not to have one with EU is fear of right wing press. Such cowardice @bbclaurak.bsky.social
December 1, 2024 at 9:26 AM
Oh come on Labour - so depressing to hear Pat McFadden say UK has no plans for a youth mobility scheme with the EU. We have schemes with NZ, Australia, Canada, Japan, Iceland, Uruguay & more - only reason not to have one with EU is fear of right wing press. Such cowardice @bbclaurak.bsky.social
@itv Watching live football. Why do football managers need to spit?
November 30, 2024 at 12:17 PM
@itv Watching live football. Why do football managers need to spit?