PhliM
@filippom.bsky.social
I may post about beer, food, football, politics and scepticism. Unsavioury and Against all Gods equally. Not a real Notts fan, according to Dougie.
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Good opportunity to significantly reform the OBR though. It's an Osborne era hangover, doesn't work as intended and is distorting the economic and political process.
November 26, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Good opportunity to significantly reform the OBR though. It's an Osborne era hangover, doesn't work as intended and is distorting the economic and political process.
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Everyone needs to calm down a bit. It’s an embarrassing and stupid leak. But we knew all the detail anyway- the Treasury had leaked it. Markets have reacted well. This bit of process won’t be anything close to the most politically difficult thing about today.
Keir Starmer: "The Chancellor will set out the Budget in just a few minutes time."
In fact, the OBR did it just a few minutes ago.
In fact, the OBR did it just a few minutes ago.
November 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Everyone needs to calm down a bit. It’s an embarrassing and stupid leak. But we knew all the detail anyway- the Treasury had leaked it. Markets have reacted well. This bit of process won’t be anything close to the most politically difficult thing about today.
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Bloomberg has obtained the transcript of a call between Trump envoy Steve Witkoff and a senior aide to Vladimir Putin — in which Witkoff advised the aide — a Russian aide — on how Putin should go about pitching Trump on a pro-Russian peace plan aimed at bringing an end to the Ukraine war.
Witkoff Discusses Ukraine Plans With Key Putin Aide: Transcript
The following is a transcript of an Oct. 14 phone call lasting just over 5 minutes between Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s special envoy for peace missions, and Yuri Ushakov, Vladimir Putin’s most senio...
www.bloomberg.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Bloomberg has obtained the transcript of a call between Trump envoy Steve Witkoff and a senior aide to Vladimir Putin — in which Witkoff advised the aide — a Russian aide — on how Putin should go about pitching Trump on a pro-Russian peace plan aimed at bringing an end to the Ukraine war.
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Sorry I haven't been active on social media today, I've been flat out making sure everything goes smoothly on my first day as website manager for the OBR.
November 26, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Sorry I haven't been active on social media today, I've been flat out making sure everything goes smoothly on my first day as website manager for the OBR.
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Did Steve Wikoff ever give advice to and coach Hamas how to manipulate the President with the objective of forcing a bad peace deal on Israel?
Would Republicans be okay with him doing that?
Because that is what he did for Russia.
Would Republicans be okay with him doing that?
Because that is what he did for Russia.
November 26, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Did Steve Wikoff ever give advice to and coach Hamas how to manipulate the President with the objective of forcing a bad peace deal on Israel?
Would Republicans be okay with him doing that?
Because that is what he did for Russia.
Would Republicans be okay with him doing that?
Because that is what he did for Russia.
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I haven't seen any yet but you could probably find a few contemporaries who didn't personally witness Farage being Farage at school. But there doesn't seem to be a single former pupil or teacher who find the descriptions of racism, anti-semitism & cruelty unfeasible. Shocked, I tell you...
November 26, 2025 at 8:59 AM
I haven't seen any yet but you could probably find a few contemporaries who didn't personally witness Farage being Farage at school. But there doesn't seem to be a single former pupil or teacher who find the descriptions of racism, anti-semitism & cruelty unfeasible. Shocked, I tell you...
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How is this allowed? We are being failed and failed again by regulators.
Scam ads on Meta in UK likely worth more than all online news advertising. Meta probably made more than £600m from fraudulent UK advertising in 2024 pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/sc...
Scam ads on Meta in UK likely worth more than all online news advertising
Meta likely made more than £600m from fraudulent UK advertising in 2024.
pressgazette.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 10:25 AM
How is this allowed? We are being failed and failed again by regulators.
It's amazing that all these people who weren't being influenced by Russia in any way just happened to be aligned with Russian interests. Oh, Gill was/is a traitor
🇷🇺 From 2019 - isn't that odd?!?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/10/brexit-party-meps-vote-against-measure-to-combat-russian-propaganda
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/10/brexit-party-meps-vote-against-measure-to-combat-russian-propaganda
Brexit party MEPs vote against plans to tackle Russian propaganda
Resolution seeking upgrade of EU counter-disinformation unit nevertheless passes easily
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 AM
It's amazing that all these people who weren't being influenced by Russia in any way just happened to be aligned with Russian interests. Oh, Gill was/is a traitor
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🇷🇺 From 2019 - isn't that odd?!?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/10/brexit-party-meps-vote-against-measure-to-combat-russian-propaganda
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/10/brexit-party-meps-vote-against-measure-to-combat-russian-propaganda
Brexit party MEPs vote against plans to tackle Russian propaganda
Resolution seeking upgrade of EU counter-disinformation unit nevertheless passes easily
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:09 AM
🇷🇺 From 2019 - isn't that odd?!?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/10/brexit-party-meps-vote-against-measure-to-combat-russian-propaganda
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/10/brexit-party-meps-vote-against-measure-to-combat-russian-propaganda
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new allegation concerning Farage’s behaviour when he was 18 years old
November 26, 2025 at 7:59 AM
new allegation concerning Farage’s behaviour when he was 18 years old
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"My most vivid memories of my school life is Farage repeatedly coming up to me, knowing that I was Jewish, saying 'Hitler was right' and 'gas em' and that was frequently followed by imitating the sound of escaping gas."
Peter Ettedgui, ex classmate of Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage.
Peter Ettedgui, ex classmate of Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage.
November 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
"My most vivid memories of my school life is Farage repeatedly coming up to me, knowing that I was Jewish, saying 'Hitler was right' and 'gas em' and that was frequently followed by imitating the sound of escaping gas."
Peter Ettedgui, ex classmate of Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage.
Peter Ettedgui, ex classmate of Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage.
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www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Farage goes missing again!
‘Where’s Nige?’ Reform leader skips Commons statement on Ukraine, leaving Tice to face pile-on | John Crace
With one of his old muckers from the EU days jailed for taking Russian bribes, there was no better time for Farage to absent himself
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:32 AM
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... Farage goes missing again!
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When you see it…
November 25, 2025 at 12:04 PM
When you see it…
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…And here’s how Michael Gove’s Spectator reported on Homelessness this Month.
(Gove is now a Judge for the Orwell Prize on “Reporting Homelessness” )
🤷♂️🤦🏻♂️
(Gove is now a Judge for the Orwell Prize on “Reporting Homelessness” )
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November 26, 2025 at 7:06 AM
…And here’s how Michael Gove’s Spectator reported on Homelessness this Month.
(Gove is now a Judge for the Orwell Prize on “Reporting Homelessness” )
🤷♂️🤦🏻♂️
(Gove is now a Judge for the Orwell Prize on “Reporting Homelessness” )
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Government applying sugar tax to milk drinks?
Owner of the cuddly, friendly and "aw, so sweet" Shaken Udder brand has just been on Radio 4 "so many problems with product innovation and reformulation"
JUST DON'T PUT 3 TSPNS SUGAR* IN YOUR DRINKS !
*3.6g added sucrose/100ml
Owner of the cuddly, friendly and "aw, so sweet" Shaken Udder brand has just been on Radio 4 "so many problems with product innovation and reformulation"
JUST DON'T PUT 3 TSPNS SUGAR* IN YOUR DRINKS !
*3.6g added sucrose/100ml
November 26, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Government applying sugar tax to milk drinks?
Owner of the cuddly, friendly and "aw, so sweet" Shaken Udder brand has just been on Radio 4 "so many problems with product innovation and reformulation"
JUST DON'T PUT 3 TSPNS SUGAR* IN YOUR DRINKS !
*3.6g added sucrose/100ml
Owner of the cuddly, friendly and "aw, so sweet" Shaken Udder brand has just been on Radio 4 "so many problems with product innovation and reformulation"
JUST DON'T PUT 3 TSPNS SUGAR* IN YOUR DRINKS !
*3.6g added sucrose/100ml
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The natural political progression lead to the development of the perfect republican president. Also notice the each were richer, more senile, more criminal and completely incompetent.
November 26, 2025 at 4:00 AM
The natural political progression lead to the development of the perfect republican president. Also notice the each were richer, more senile, more criminal and completely incompetent.
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"Farage repeatedly... said Hitler was right and 'gas 'em', and that was frequently followed by a 'sssss'... the sound of escaping gas.
"He said Farage's words had "hit hard" because his grandparents had escaped Nazi Germany and much of their family had perished in the Holocaust"
"He said Farage's words had "hit hard" because his grandparents had escaped Nazi Germany and much of their family had perished in the Holocaust"
Nigel Farage's racism denials are dishonest, says ex-classmate
Peter Ettedgui tells the BBC Nigel Farage targeted antisemitic abuse at him when they were teenagers.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:15 PM
"Farage repeatedly... said Hitler was right and 'gas 'em', and that was frequently followed by a 'sssss'... the sound of escaping gas.
"He said Farage's words had "hit hard" because his grandparents had escaped Nazi Germany and much of their family had perished in the Holocaust"
"He said Farage's words had "hit hard" because his grandparents had escaped Nazi Germany and much of their family had perished in the Holocaust"
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Also, and quite importantly, this isnt about money, if it was they'd price cap it rather than base it on manufacturers. Vauxhall can cost more than BMW for example, it depends on the spec...
Don’t want to be too moralistic about this, but it is an active disgrace what people are doing to a profoundly liberational scheme that costs relatively piddling amounts on the basis of a couple of right wing shitposters misrepresenting it on Twitter.
November 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Also, and quite importantly, this isnt about money, if it was they'd price cap it rather than base it on manufacturers. Vauxhall can cost more than BMW for example, it depends on the spec...
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Ukraine is still hitting military targets and oil infrastructure, every day
Confirmed by Ukraine’s General Staff: the rare Russian A-60 airborne laser aircraft was likely destroyed in a strike on the Beriev plant in Taganrog. Also hit: drone factory “Molniya,” oil terminals in Novorossiysk, Tuapse refinery, and an S-400 launcher.
November 25, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Ukraine is still hitting military targets and oil infrastructure, every day
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This sentence was taken out of a lecture they commissioned, reviewed through the full editorial process, and recorded four weeks ago in front of 500 people in the BBC Radio Theatre.
I was told the decision came from the highest levels within the BBC. /2
I was told the decision came from the highest levels within the BBC. /2
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
This sentence was taken out of a lecture they commissioned, reviewed through the full editorial process, and recorded four weeks ago in front of 500 people in the BBC Radio Theatre.
I was told the decision came from the highest levels within the BBC. /2
I was told the decision came from the highest levels within the BBC. /2
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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Cottrell - now archbishop of York who has led the Church since Welby’s resignation - has always resisted calls to resign, even after former archbishops quit over their advocacy for Tudor.
His response? Things “could have been handled differently”.
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
His response? Things “could have been handled differently”.
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
Archbishop of York twice reappointed priest in sexual abuse case, report says
Stephen Cottrell admits situation ‘could have been handled differently’ as pressure mounts over David Tudor scandal
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Cottrell - now archbishop of York who has led the Church since Welby’s resignation - has always resisted calls to resign, even after former archbishops quit over their advocacy for Tudor.
His response? Things “could have been handled differently”.
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
His response? Things “could have been handled differently”.
www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...
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A reminder: Stephen Cottrell renewed David Tudor's contract twice while bishop of Chelmsford, despite knowing he was banned from being alone with children or entering schools, and that Tudor had paid compensation to a sexual abuse victim.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ex-priest David Tudor has further child abuse complaint upheld
A tribunal finds that David Tudor sexually abused a 15-year-old-girl in Surrey in the 1980s.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:54 AM
A reminder: Stephen Cottrell renewed David Tudor's contract twice while bishop of Chelmsford, despite knowing he was banned from being alone with children or entering schools, and that Tudor had paid compensation to a sexual abuse victim.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Just a periodic reminder.
Wish people would stop saying Trump has done a U-turn on Ukraine. He does this every few weeks. Putin then makes a violent point of ignoring him. Trump's alleged change of heart is just a prelude to his next humiliation by Putin.
November 25, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Just a periodic reminder.