BrianW 🏴🇪🇺🏌️🤟
@brianw1958.bsky.social
Retired Scot currently living in England. Husband, dad and grandad. Pro European and in favour of an independent Scotland as a member of the EU.
Keen (but not very good) golfer.
Love rock music.
No DM's please. 🙏
Keen (but not very good) golfer.
Love rock music.
No DM's please. 🙏
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🇬🇧 It’s a given that the Unionist fundamentalists at ‘The Harold’ are keichin their breeks at the rising majority support for Scottish independence 🏴
December 3, 2025 at 6:34 AM
🇬🇧 It’s a given that the Unionist fundamentalists at ‘The Harold’ are keichin their breeks at the rising majority support for Scottish independence 🏴
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The Reform-led Durham County Council cabinet has voted to raise council taxes for some of the most vulnerable people in the county.
Reform vote to raise council taxes for the poorest in County Durham
Planned council tax reforms will impact the poorest in County Durham
northeastbylines.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 10:14 AM
The Reform-led Durham County Council cabinet has voted to raise council taxes for some of the most vulnerable people in the county.
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Thames Water is not alone in this legalised theft. My supplier is Affinity Water and my bill increased by 121% last month! My water usage did not!!
December 3, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Thames Water is not alone in this legalised theft. My supplier is Affinity Water and my bill increased by 121% last month! My water usage did not!!
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Thames Water half-year profit leaps to nearly £400m after it raises bills by third
Thames Water half-year profit leaps to nearly £400m after it raises bills by third
Revenues jumped 40% to nearly £2bn after debt-ridden utility hiked water bills sharply in April
Thames Water has reported a leap in half-year profits to £386m after bills rose by nearly a third, even as it warned it faced huge funding uncertainties that could result in a rapid collapse into government control.
Britain’s biggest water company on Wednesday said it had swung into profit for the six months to September, after losing £230m in the same period in 2024. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Thames Water half-year profit leaps to nearly £400m after it raises bills by third
Seldom a truer word spoken...
December 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Seldom a truer word spoken...
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Labour have lost more than half of their vote, overwhelmingly to the pro-European parties (Greens + Lib Dems + SNP + Plaid Cymru).
Voting intention of GE2024 Labour voters (YG;30Nov-1Dec):
Lab 49%
Grn* 20%
LD* 14%
Ref 9%
Con 3%
SNP* 2%
PC* 2%
oth 1%
Loss to pro-EU* = 38%
Loss to far right = 12%
Voting intention of GE2024 Labour voters (YG;30Nov-1Dec):
Lab 49%
Grn* 20%
LD* 14%
Ref 9%
Con 3%
SNP* 2%
PC* 2%
oth 1%
Loss to pro-EU* = 38%
Loss to far right = 12%
December 3, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Labour have lost more than half of their vote, overwhelmingly to the pro-European parties (Greens + Lib Dems + SNP + Plaid Cymru).
Voting intention of GE2024 Labour voters (YG;30Nov-1Dec):
Lab 49%
Grn* 20%
LD* 14%
Ref 9%
Con 3%
SNP* 2%
PC* 2%
oth 1%
Loss to pro-EU* = 38%
Loss to far right = 12%
Voting intention of GE2024 Labour voters (YG;30Nov-1Dec):
Lab 49%
Grn* 20%
LD* 14%
Ref 9%
Con 3%
SNP* 2%
PC* 2%
oth 1%
Loss to pro-EU* = 38%
Loss to far right = 12%
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I just saw a woman on Reporting Scotland referring to asylum seekers as 'fighting age men' with the clear implication that asylum seekers are here to conduct a violent invasion. That's not just a racist dog whistle, it's a racist fog horn.
December 1, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I just saw a woman on Reporting Scotland referring to asylum seekers as 'fighting age men' with the clear implication that asylum seekers are here to conduct a violent invasion. That's not just a racist dog whistle, it's a racist fog horn.
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I signed because it genuinely seems a great concern to me. i suppose those who say it isn’t, is also a concern….
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
December 1, 2025 at 6:23 AM
I signed because it genuinely seems a great concern to me. i suppose those who say it isn’t, is also a concern….
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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“Brexit is costing the Treasury up to £90bn a year in lost tax revenue…@LibDems.org.uk leader @EdDavey.libdems.org.uk said: “That is why we have the highest taxes ever, that is why we have sky-high bills, that is why we have a cost of living crisis.”
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue , new analysis shows
Exclusive: Britons also up to £3,700 worse off, leading to calls for the Labour government to improve relations with the EU
www.independent.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
“Brexit is costing the Treasury up to £90bn a year in lost tax revenue…@LibDems.org.uk leader @EdDavey.libdems.org.uk said: “That is why we have the highest taxes ever, that is why we have sky-high bills, that is why we have a cost of living crisis.”
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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If the Telegraph can do this, why can’t #BBC journalists challenge all politicians who bemoan our lack of growth on the elephant in the room: the damage of #Brexit+what can be done to repair it? @omrgriffiths @Nshallice @dianamartinbbc @JonathanAspinw1 @JohntNeal @jonathancmunro
November 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
If the Telegraph can do this, why can’t #BBC journalists challenge all politicians who bemoan our lack of growth on the elephant in the room: the damage of #Brexit+what can be done to repair it? @omrgriffiths @Nshallice @dianamartinbbc @JonathanAspinw1 @JohntNeal @jonathancmunro
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Glorious, cathartic, taking no shit at all, Stewart Lee.
Brexit: “like someone stepping round a massive pile of dogshit on the living room carpet. Every day. For nine years.”
If only all our media could be as ruthlessly challenging as this.
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
Brexit: “like someone stepping round a massive pile of dogshit on the living room carpet. Every day. For nine years.”
If only all our media could be as ruthlessly challenging as this.
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
November 30, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Glorious, cathartic, taking no shit at all, Stewart Lee.
Brexit: “like someone stepping round a massive pile of dogshit on the living room carpet. Every day. For nine years.”
If only all our media could be as ruthlessly challenging as this.
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
Brexit: “like someone stepping round a massive pile of dogshit on the living room carpet. Every day. For nine years.”
If only all our media could be as ruthlessly challenging as this.
www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
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Happy St. Andrews day!!
a blue and white flag with a cross on it
ALT: a blue and white flag with a cross on it
media.tenor.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Happy St. Andrews day!!
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Brexit is like suffering from consumption.
And getting attacked by a Siberian tiger.
While on your way to B&Q to pick up so products to fix the dry rot.
@chrisgrey.bsky.social with a fair assessment of leaving 🇪🇺.
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And getting attacked by a Siberian tiger.
While on your way to B&Q to pick up so products to fix the dry rot.
@chrisgrey.bsky.social with a fair assessment of leaving 🇪🇺.
1
November 30, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Brexit is like suffering from consumption.
And getting attacked by a Siberian tiger.
While on your way to B&Q to pick up so products to fix the dry rot.
@chrisgrey.bsky.social with a fair assessment of leaving 🇪🇺.
1
And getting attacked by a Siberian tiger.
While on your way to B&Q to pick up so products to fix the dry rot.
@chrisgrey.bsky.social with a fair assessment of leaving 🇪🇺.
1
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Woww !! Even the unionist campaigning ‘The Herald’ recognises that Labour’s Indyref position makes Scotland a “HOSTAGE” in the Union
'How can a union be voluntary if one party is neither allowed to leave, nor told how they can ever leave? It is not voluntary. It is a hostage situation' || @neilmackay.bsky.social
www.heraldscotland.com/poli...
www.heraldscotland.com/poli...
November 29, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Woww !! Even the unionist campaigning ‘The Herald’ recognises that Labour’s Indyref position makes Scotland a “HOSTAGE” in the Union
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Takes a few seconds and this is definitely needed so please do your bit.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Takes a few seconds and this is definitely needed so please do your bit.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Support parties that want us to rejoin the EU. Ditch the rest. That means
🏴 The SNP, Scottish Greens
🏴 Plaid Cymru
🏴 Greens of England & Wales
The UK's progressive bloc.
#RejoinEU
🏴 The SNP, Scottish Greens
🏴 Plaid Cymru
🏴 Greens of England & Wales
The UK's progressive bloc.
#RejoinEU
Interesting! What we're seeing with all this new data is that the Brexit damage is only getting worse as time goes on. Companies aren't "adjusting", they're either leaving, downscaling or going under. From manufacturing to services to culture to farming and fishing, the decline is snowballing.
November 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Support parties that want us to rejoin the EU. Ditch the rest. That means
🏴 The SNP, Scottish Greens
🏴 Plaid Cymru
🏴 Greens of England & Wales
The UK's progressive bloc.
#RejoinEU
🏴 The SNP, Scottish Greens
🏴 Plaid Cymru
🏴 Greens of England & Wales
The UK's progressive bloc.
#RejoinEU
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