Nick Stone
@europeannick.bsky.social
Lots of politics, plenty of travel, public transport geek & delving into the Eurovision Song Contest. My views are my own. Retweets not always endorsements.
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I must have missed the wall-to-wall coverage of demands for an investigation into Nigel Farage's lies about being a racist
Or about whether he knew Nathan Gill
Or about who bought his house in Frinton
Or about whether he knew Nathan Gill
Or about who bought his house in Frinton
November 30, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I must have missed the wall-to-wall coverage of demands for an investigation into Nigel Farage's lies about being a racist
Or about whether he knew Nathan Gill
Or about who bought his house in Frinton
Or about whether he knew Nathan Gill
Or about who bought his house in Frinton
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Utter bullshit/lies from the "Centre for Social Justice" via the Express.
November 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Utter bullshit/lies from the "Centre for Social Justice" via the Express.
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This is the main issue here -they are absolutely *not* comparing "equivalent" families
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Had a look at the "study" the article is based on.
They take a couple with children then assume the couple claim maximum disability benefits for themselves and the kids on top of UC and housing.
They then assume the working couple claim nothing at all....
They take a couple with children then assume the couple claim maximum disability benefits for themselves and the kids on top of UC and housing.
They then assume the working couple claim nothing at all....
November 30, 2025 at 9:23 PM
This is the main issue here -they are absolutely *not* comparing "equivalent" families
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Your Party decides to call itself Your Party.
November 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Your Party decides to call itself Your Party.
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Your Party should be made into a piss-take soap opera. The screenplay is already written.
Amazingly, Your Party used first past the post in its vote on which name to use permanently, meaning the winner – Your Party, shocker – only got 37% of the vote on 30% turnout.
November 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Your Party should be made into a piss-take soap opera. The screenplay is already written.
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Cornish language to receive part III status under European charter
Cornish language to receive part III status under European charter
Kernewek to have greater protections, like Welsh, Irish Gaelic and Scots Gaelic, so it can be used in education and legal hearings
The Cornish language is due to be given the same status as Welsh, Irish Gaelic and Scots Gaelic after the government submitted it for greater protections under a European charter.
Kernewek, spoken as a first language by 563 people according to the last census, has been recommended by the government for part III status under the European charter for regional or minority languages, the highest level of protection available. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Cornish language to receive part III status under European charter
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Mark Kelly says Pete Hegseth's reported double tap strike on a boat "seems to" be a war crime, and adds, "if what has been reported is accurate, I've got serious concerns about anybody in that chain of command stepping over a line that they should never step over. We are not Russia. We are not Iraq"
November 30, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Mark Kelly says Pete Hegseth's reported double tap strike on a boat "seems to" be a war crime, and adds, "if what has been reported is accurate, I've got serious concerns about anybody in that chain of command stepping over a line that they should never step over. We are not Russia. We are not Iraq"
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Don't forget🚨
70 per cent of the money from lifting the two-child cap is going to children whose parents are working.
A third of Universal Credit claimants are in work. People claim benefits to reduce their hours to raise children or care for parents.
https://bit.ly/4iooCiF
70 per cent of the money from lifting the two-child cap is going to children whose parents are working.
A third of Universal Credit claimants are in work. People claim benefits to reduce their hours to raise children or care for parents.
https://bit.ly/4iooCiF
The cruelty of Kemi Badenoch’s “Benefits Street” politics
“Scroungers” are back, courtesy of the Conservative party and the right-wing press
www.newstatesman.com
November 30, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Don't forget🚨
70 per cent of the money from lifting the two-child cap is going to children whose parents are working.
A third of Universal Credit claimants are in work. People claim benefits to reduce their hours to raise children or care for parents.
https://bit.ly/4iooCiF
70 per cent of the money from lifting the two-child cap is going to children whose parents are working.
A third of Universal Credit claimants are in work. People claim benefits to reduce their hours to raise children or care for parents.
https://bit.ly/4iooCiF
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It would be very in keeping with how UK elites are chronically 6-18 months behind the curve if UK university leaders torch their credibility in trying to appease Reform and MAGA only for further shifts in political trends to start seeing a decline in support for Trump and Farage
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
It would be very in keeping with how UK elites are chronically 6-18 months behind the curve if UK university leaders torch their credibility in trying to appease Reform and MAGA only for further shifts in political trends to start seeing a decline in support for Trump and Farage
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This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
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It's completely ridiculous. Pre-budget everyone thought the headroom gap was £20-30bn including policy changes (e.g. on welfare). It was in fact £16bn.
It's hardly a massive difference.
It's hardly a massive difference.
I’m quite enjoying the 180 turn on a six pence from “you’ve wrecked the economy and created a black hole” to “there was no black hole and this is even worse”.
November 30, 2025 at 9:45 AM
It's completely ridiculous. Pre-budget everyone thought the headroom gap was £20-30bn including policy changes (e.g. on welfare). It was in fact £16bn.
It's hardly a massive difference.
It's hardly a massive difference.
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The tide is turning. Even the Telegraph is now admitting the damage the Brexit deal has done to the economy.
November 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The tide is turning. Even the Telegraph is now admitting the damage the Brexit deal has done to the economy.
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Free marketeer admits that putting up trade barriers reduces prosperity.
The economic damage Brexit has caused is undeniable - even Brexiteers are now admitting it.
https://www.thetimes.com/business/economics/article/we-brexiteers-must-acknowledge-the-costs-of-leaving-europe-p3mhqd66f
https://www.thetimes.com/business/economics/article/we-brexiteers-must-acknowledge-the-costs-of-leaving-europe-p3mhqd66f
We Brexiteers must acknowledge the costs of leaving Europe
Breaking free from the EU has undoubtedly deepened the UK’s malaise, and it’s no use denying it
www.thetimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Free marketeer admits that putting up trade barriers reduces prosperity.
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November 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Farage's alliance with the US hard-right should alarm every British woman
Nigel Farage's alliance with the US hard-right should alarm every British woman
Women’s bodies are the new battleground as Nigel Farage aligns with the US hard-right. His link to the group that toppled Roe v. Wade puts UK reproductive freedom at serious risk, writes columnist…
www.mirror.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Farage's alliance with the US hard-right should alarm every British woman
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🔥 The mood in Brexit-world is changing...
November 29, 2025 at 10:19 PM
🔥 The mood in Brexit-world is changing...
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'We have historically high welfare spending.' No we don't.
'We have a historically high proportion of working-age people not actually working.' No we don't.
'The number of Britons emigrating is skyrocketing.' No it isn't.
'We have a historically high proportion of working-age people not actually working.' No we don't.
'The number of Britons emigrating is skyrocketing.' No it isn't.
November 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
'We have historically high welfare spending.' No we don't.
'We have a historically high proportion of working-age people not actually working.' No we don't.
'The number of Britons emigrating is skyrocketing.' No it isn't.
'We have a historically high proportion of working-age people not actually working.' No we don't.
'The number of Britons emigrating is skyrocketing.' No it isn't.
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Anyone looking to Your Party as a vehicle to advance genuine political change should think again.
These are manifestly unserious people doing their darnedest to confirm beyond any doubt the cliche of the hard left being chronically consumed by ego wars to the point of total paralysis and impotency.
These are manifestly unserious people doing their darnedest to confirm beyond any doubt the cliche of the hard left being chronically consumed by ego wars to the point of total paralysis and impotency.
Zarah Sultana boycotts first day of Your Party conference over 'witch hunt' expulsions
Zarah Sultana boycotts first day of Your Party conference over 'witch hunt' expulsions
Zarah Sultana has boycotted day one of the Your Party Conference over the expulsion of members of left-wing groups.
news.sky.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Anyone looking to Your Party as a vehicle to advance genuine political change should think again.
These are manifestly unserious people doing their darnedest to confirm beyond any doubt the cliche of the hard left being chronically consumed by ego wars to the point of total paralysis and impotency.
These are manifestly unserious people doing their darnedest to confirm beyond any doubt the cliche of the hard left being chronically consumed by ego wars to the point of total paralysis and impotency.
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JD Vance, Trump Jr, DeSantis? Possible Republican contenders for 2028 run
JD Vance, Trump Jr, DeSantis? Possible Republican contenders for 2028 run
Next nominee faces enormous task of leading a party that has been entirely re-oriented around Trump
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:26 AM
JD Vance, Trump Jr, DeSantis? Possible Republican contenders for 2028 run
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Lying in politics is wrong and should never be rewarded, says newspaper which pays Boris Johnson £1 million a year to be its star columnist
November 29, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Lying in politics is wrong and should never be rewarded, says newspaper which pays Boris Johnson £1 million a year to be its star columnist
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Taxi firm with £4m deal to ferry asylum seekers around UK has seen profits SOAR as top Tory says ‘we’re being fleeced’
A TAXI company which has a £4million-a-year deal to ferry migrants around the country has seen profits soar more than tenfold since taking on the lucrative contract, The Sun...
A TAXI company which has a £4million-a-year deal to ferry migrants around the country has seen profits soar more than tenfold since taking on the lucrative contract, The Sun...
Taxi firm with £4m deal to ferry asylum seekers around UK has seen profits SOAR as top Tory says ‘we’re being fleeced’
A TAXI company which has a £4million-a-year deal to ferry migrants around the country has seen profits soar more than tenfold since taking on the lucrative contract, The Sun on Sunday can reveal. P…
www.thesun.ie
September 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Taxi firm with £4m deal to ferry asylum seekers around UK has seen profits SOAR as top Tory says ‘we’re being fleeced’
A TAXI company which has a £4million-a-year deal to ferry migrants around the country has seen profits soar more than tenfold since taking on the lucrative contract, The Sun...
A TAXI company which has a £4million-a-year deal to ferry migrants around the country has seen profits soar more than tenfold since taking on the lucrative contract, The Sun...
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Darren Grimes’ Reform council sees financial black hole grow by £11m
Darren Grimes' Reform council sees financial black hole grow by £11m
The financial black hole of Reform-controlled Durham County Council - where Darren Grimes is deputy leader - has grown by £11.1m in two months.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Darren Grimes’ Reform council sees financial black hole grow by £11m
The @barristersecret.bsky.social guide to the court chaos here in England.
Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
November 29, 2025 at 8:23 AM
The @barristersecret.bsky.social guide to the court chaos here in England.
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So how exactly are they meant to get to them? Many are placed in areas without accessible transport links. They can't afford to pay for journeys themselves because of how little support they get.
Yet again Labour choosing to pander to Reform than think of consequences.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Yet again Labour choosing to pander to Reform than think of consequences.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Government to ban asylum seekers from using taxis
The ban is set to come in February and any exemptions will have to be signed off by the Home Office.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 7:47 AM
So how exactly are they meant to get to them? Many are placed in areas without accessible transport links. They can't afford to pay for journeys themselves because of how little support they get.
Yet again Labour choosing to pander to Reform than think of consequences.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Yet again Labour choosing to pander to Reform than think of consequences.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...