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Winter can be especially dangerous for anyone sleeping rough outdoors.
If you spot someone who needs support on London's streets, you can notify StreetLink via this link to connect them with vital local services.
thestreetlink.org.uk
If you spot someone who needs support on London's streets, you can notify StreetLink via this link to connect them with vital local services.
thestreetlink.org.uk
December 7, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Winter can be especially dangerous for anyone sleeping rough outdoors.
If you spot someone who needs support on London's streets, you can notify StreetLink via this link to connect them with vital local services.
thestreetlink.org.uk
If you spot someone who needs support on London's streets, you can notify StreetLink via this link to connect them with vital local services.
thestreetlink.org.uk
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Crypto investor and former Tory donor Christopher Harborne has just given a record-breaking £9 million donation to Reform.
Nigel Farage has spent recent months publicly calling for deregulation of the crypto industry, telling an industry conference that "I am your champion"
Nigel Farage has spent recent months publicly calling for deregulation of the crypto industry, telling an industry conference that "I am your champion"
December 4, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Crypto investor and former Tory donor Christopher Harborne has just given a record-breaking £9 million donation to Reform.
Nigel Farage has spent recent months publicly calling for deregulation of the crypto industry, telling an industry conference that "I am your champion"
Nigel Farage has spent recent months publicly calling for deregulation of the crypto industry, telling an industry conference that "I am your champion"
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So the Daily Mail owner's wife has just given £50,000 to Nigel Farage's Reform UK
December 4, 2025 at 9:30 AM
So the Daily Mail owner's wife has just given £50,000 to Nigel Farage's Reform UK
The reason the wealthiest threaten to take their money and move elsewhere is because they have no convincing arguments as to why they shouldn't pay more to help the country.
The problem is, wealth inequality continues to grow, which takes more and more money from the Treasury...
The problem is, wealth inequality continues to grow, which takes more and more money from the Treasury...
December 3, 2025 at 7:06 PM
The reason the wealthiest threaten to take their money and move elsewhere is because they have no convincing arguments as to why they shouldn't pay more to help the country.
The problem is, wealth inequality continues to grow, which takes more and more money from the Treasury...
The problem is, wealth inequality continues to grow, which takes more and more money from the Treasury...
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🚨NEW POLICY ANNOUNCEMENT🚨
All Evri executives to have their Christmas presents delivered by Evri, to see how they like it.
Love Christmas. Vote Binface.
All Evri executives to have their Christmas presents delivered by Evri, to see how they like it.
Love Christmas. Vote Binface.
December 3, 2025 at 11:07 AM
🚨NEW POLICY ANNOUNCEMENT🚨
All Evri executives to have their Christmas presents delivered by Evri, to see how they like it.
Love Christmas. Vote Binface.
All Evri executives to have their Christmas presents delivered by Evri, to see how they like it.
Love Christmas. Vote Binface.
The estimated personal wealth in the UK is £13.6 trillion. If everyone who could afford to gave 2% of their total assets to the Treasury to rebuild this country, we could raise over £200bn overnight...
I'm not a rich man. I earn less than average wages and am still paying a mortgage on my mid-terraced ex-council house.
From my modest savings, I would be prepared to give 2% of my total assets to the Government to help rebuild Britain if it was compulsory for everyone who could afford to...
From my modest savings, I would be prepared to give 2% of my total assets to the Government to help rebuild Britain if it was compulsory for everyone who could afford to...
December 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The estimated personal wealth in the UK is £13.6 trillion. If everyone who could afford to gave 2% of their total assets to the Treasury to rebuild this country, we could raise over £200bn overnight...
I'm not a rich man. I earn less than average wages and am still paying a mortgage on my mid-terraced ex-council house.
From my modest savings, I would be prepared to give 2% of my total assets to the Government to help rebuild Britain if it was compulsory for everyone who could afford to...
From my modest savings, I would be prepared to give 2% of my total assets to the Government to help rebuild Britain if it was compulsory for everyone who could afford to...
December 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I'm not a rich man. I earn less than average wages and am still paying a mortgage on my mid-terraced ex-council house.
From my modest savings, I would be prepared to give 2% of my total assets to the Government to help rebuild Britain if it was compulsory for everyone who could afford to...
From my modest savings, I would be prepared to give 2% of my total assets to the Government to help rebuild Britain if it was compulsory for everyone who could afford to...
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This story is a complete disgrace - and an explanation of so much that is wrong with our economic system.
Great reporting by @manchestermill.bsky.social as ever.
manchestermill.co.uk/meet-the-lon...
Great reporting by @manchestermill.bsky.social as ever.
manchestermill.co.uk/meet-the-lon...
Meet the London lawyer terrorising the leaseholders of Bolton
‘If these allegations are true, this is one of the most egregious cases of bullying I have ever seen’
manchestermill.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 7:22 AM
This story is a complete disgrace - and an explanation of so much that is wrong with our economic system.
Great reporting by @manchestermill.bsky.social as ever.
manchestermill.co.uk/meet-the-lon...
Great reporting by @manchestermill.bsky.social as ever.
manchestermill.co.uk/meet-the-lon...
If Farage became Prime Minister, how would he react if we had another major pandemic or if Putin invaded Poland?
Or would he be too busy at tax avoidance conferences or charging for personalised video messages for his supporters?
Or would he be too busy at tax avoidance conferences or charging for personalised video messages for his supporters?
December 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
If Farage became Prime Minister, how would he react if we had another major pandemic or if Putin invaded Poland?
Or would he be too busy at tax avoidance conferences or charging for personalised video messages for his supporters?
Or would he be too busy at tax avoidance conferences or charging for personalised video messages for his supporters?
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Geeth Sooriyapura from Sri Lanka making hundreds of thousands of pounds from AI videos on facebook which target British pensioners.
He considers them the easiest target because "they're the ones who don't like immigrants"...
He considers them the easiest target because "they're the ones who don't like immigrants"...
November 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Geeth Sooriyapura from Sri Lanka making hundreds of thousands of pounds from AI videos on facebook which target British pensioners.
He considers them the easiest target because "they're the ones who don't like immigrants"...
He considers them the easiest target because "they're the ones who don't like immigrants"...
If you can afford a mortgage on a £2m house, even if it was only worth £1m when you started buying it, don't pretend that you will struggle to afford to pay a Mansion Tax.
Although Labour should have gone much further with a sliding scale for more expensive homes.
Although Labour should have gone much further with a sliding scale for more expensive homes.
I'm sorry but if you own a five bedroom house in Richmond, you are RICH.
If things are still a struggle for you sometimes, imagine how hard they are for the rest of us and get over yourself.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
If things are still a struggle for you sometimes, imagine how hard they are for the rest of us and get over yourself.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘I don’t live in a mansion. It’s a 1930s house’: Richmond residents react to council tax rise
Rachel Reeves’s new council tax surcharge on homes worth £2m or more earns mixed reception in well-heeled London borough
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM
If you can afford a mortgage on a £2m house, even if it was only worth £1m when you started buying it, don't pretend that you will struggle to afford to pay a Mansion Tax.
Although Labour should have gone much further with a sliding scale for more expensive homes.
Although Labour should have gone much further with a sliding scale for more expensive homes.
Many Reform supporters argue that it's ridiculous to hound Farage on what he may have said almost 50 years ago, and they have a point.
My own attitude towards others and the wider world has certainly changed since I was a child.
But the problem for Farage is that he hasn't really changed...
My own attitude towards others and the wider world has certainly changed since I was a child.
But the problem for Farage is that he hasn't really changed...
November 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Many Reform supporters argue that it's ridiculous to hound Farage on what he may have said almost 50 years ago, and they have a point.
My own attitude towards others and the wider world has certainly changed since I was a child.
But the problem for Farage is that he hasn't really changed...
My own attitude towards others and the wider world has certainly changed since I was a child.
But the problem for Farage is that he hasn't really changed...
Farage: "A Norway style deal with the EU wouldn't be so bad."
After the Referendum: "We voted for a Hard Brexit!"
Farage: "We need a French style system to fund the NHS."
If Reform get elected: "You have voted for personal responsibility, so we will deliver an American style health system"...
After the Referendum: "We voted for a Hard Brexit!"
Farage: "We need a French style system to fund the NHS."
If Reform get elected: "You have voted for personal responsibility, so we will deliver an American style health system"...
November 25, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Farage: "A Norway style deal with the EU wouldn't be so bad."
After the Referendum: "We voted for a Hard Brexit!"
Farage: "We need a French style system to fund the NHS."
If Reform get elected: "You have voted for personal responsibility, so we will deliver an American style health system"...
After the Referendum: "We voted for a Hard Brexit!"
Farage: "We need a French style system to fund the NHS."
If Reform get elected: "You have voted for personal responsibility, so we will deliver an American style health system"...
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Farage is speaking at Venue Cymru tonight.
Last revamped in 2018 with £1.8 million of EU development money and another £1 million in business development cash.
Original development also received significant EU funding.
Farage, by contrast, will give Llandudno nothing but hot air and lies.
Last revamped in 2018 with £1.8 million of EU development money and another £1 million in business development cash.
Original development also received significant EU funding.
Farage, by contrast, will give Llandudno nothing but hot air and lies.
November 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Farage is speaking at Venue Cymru tonight.
Last revamped in 2018 with £1.8 million of EU development money and another £1 million in business development cash.
Original development also received significant EU funding.
Farage, by contrast, will give Llandudno nothing but hot air and lies.
Last revamped in 2018 with £1.8 million of EU development money and another £1 million in business development cash.
Original development also received significant EU funding.
Farage, by contrast, will give Llandudno nothing but hot air and lies.
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Analysis of the language used in Trump’s Ukraine “peace plan” shows it was drafted in Russian and translated into English.
I’ll try to dig up a link.
I’ll try to dig up a link.
November 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Analysis of the language used in Trump’s Ukraine “peace plan” shows it was drafted in Russian and translated into English.
I’ll try to dig up a link.
I’ll try to dig up a link.
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Remember: If unions didn’t matter, powerful corporations wouldn’t spend millions of dollars every year to stop workers from organizing. Solidarity with the thousands of unionized Starbucks workers who are on strike. Keep up the fight. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/20/s...
Starbucks Workers United escalates strike during busy holiday season
Starbucks Workers United is expanding the strike, but the company says it has not yet disrupted the key holiday season.
www.cnbc.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Remember: If unions didn’t matter, powerful corporations wouldn’t spend millions of dollars every year to stop workers from organizing. Solidarity with the thousands of unionized Starbucks workers who are on strike. Keep up the fight. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/20/s...
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Mortgage repossession orders in England and Wales reached 10,853 in 2024-5 - the highest number in five years.
Tragedy for thousands - years of austerity, real wage cuts, insecure jobs, over-lending, hike in house prices by builders and estate agents.
Bankers profit from repossessions.
Tragedy for thousands - years of austerity, real wage cuts, insecure jobs, over-lending, hike in house prices by builders and estate agents.
Bankers profit from repossessions.
Stories from court as home repossessions hit five-year high
BBC journalists in the East of England and London attended various county courts as mortgage-holders and renters appeared in front of judges.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Mortgage repossession orders in England and Wales reached 10,853 in 2024-5 - the highest number in five years.
Tragedy for thousands - years of austerity, real wage cuts, insecure jobs, over-lending, hike in house prices by builders and estate agents.
Bankers profit from repossessions.
Tragedy for thousands - years of austerity, real wage cuts, insecure jobs, over-lending, hike in house prices by builders and estate agents.
Bankers profit from repossessions.
Reform UK - Tax dodging multi-millionaires trying to convince their supporters that immigrants are trying to exploit the system 🤔
November 19, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Reform UK - Tax dodging multi-millionaires trying to convince their supporters that immigrants are trying to exploit the system 🤔
Nazi Germany had over 1000 concentration camps, but it's small number of extermination camps were primarily built in Poland.
This was simply because many ordinary Germans didn't really want to know what happened to Jews as long as they disappeared...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extermi...
This was simply because many ordinary Germans didn't really want to know what happened to Jews as long as they disappeared...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extermi...
Extermination camp - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 19, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Nazi Germany had over 1000 concentration camps, but it's small number of extermination camps were primarily built in Poland.
This was simply because many ordinary Germans didn't really want to know what happened to Jews as long as they disappeared...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extermi...
This was simply because many ordinary Germans didn't really want to know what happened to Jews as long as they disappeared...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extermi...
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Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Labour's policies on immigration actually make perfect sense...
...if your party has been bought by multi-millionaires so you don't introduce a wealth tax, and your only alternative is to follow Reform and the Tories and keep punching down.
...if your party has been bought by multi-millionaires so you don't introduce a wealth tax, and your only alternative is to follow Reform and the Tories and keep punching down.
Green MP Carla Denyer accuses Shabana Mahmood of trying to "out Reform Reform" and says "toxic racist narratives and the scapegoating of migrants" are to blame for "tearing our country apart" not migrants.
Mahmood: "I couldn't care less what any other political party has to say about these matters"
Mahmood: "I couldn't care less what any other political party has to say about these matters"
November 17, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Labour's policies on immigration actually make perfect sense...
...if your party has been bought by multi-millionaires so you don't introduce a wealth tax, and your only alternative is to follow Reform and the Tories and keep punching down.
...if your party has been bought by multi-millionaires so you don't introduce a wealth tax, and your only alternative is to follow Reform and the Tories and keep punching down.
Timeline of the Trumpstein files...
Trump: "Release the files! What is Bill Clinton trying to hide."
Trump: "We've got more important things to focus on than the Epstein files."
Trump: "All these leaked emails are FAKE and created by Democrats."
Trump: "Release the files! What is Bill Clinton trying to hide."
Trump: "We've got more important things to focus on than the Epstein files."
Trump: "All these leaked emails are FAKE and created by Democrats."
November 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Timeline of the Trumpstein files...
Trump: "Release the files! What is Bill Clinton trying to hide."
Trump: "We've got more important things to focus on than the Epstein files."
Trump: "All these leaked emails are FAKE and created by Democrats."
Trump: "Release the files! What is Bill Clinton trying to hide."
Trump: "We've got more important things to focus on than the Epstein files."
Trump: "All these leaked emails are FAKE and created by Democrats."
BlueSky can be a bit of an echo chamber, but my mission to challenge Reformers on Facebook might be at an end.
With so many bot accounts, it feels like a complete waste of my time.
With so many bot accounts, it feels like a complete waste of my time.
November 17, 2025 at 12:01 AM
BlueSky can be a bit of an echo chamber, but my mission to challenge Reformers on Facebook might be at an end.
With so many bot accounts, it feels like a complete waste of my time.
With so many bot accounts, it feels like a complete waste of my time.
How did we manage to build the NHS from scratch as well as so many council homes after a war which left us with huge debt?
Why are we electing successive Governments who chose not to invest in the future of our people? We know where we've got to get to, and it's been done before.
Why are we electing successive Governments who chose not to invest in the future of our people? We know where we've got to get to, and it's been done before.
Born on this day, 1897, Nye Bevan, Minister of Health and Housing when Labour built 805,000 council homes between 1945-51. He believed high-quality council housing should reflect 'the living tapestry of a mixed community'.
November 15, 2025 at 9:05 AM
How did we manage to build the NHS from scratch as well as so many council homes after a war which left us with huge debt?
Why are we electing successive Governments who chose not to invest in the future of our people? We know where we've got to get to, and it's been done before.
Why are we electing successive Governments who chose not to invest in the future of our people? We know where we've got to get to, and it's been done before.