Gareth Bouch
@garethbouch.bsky.social
BA Hons Philosophy. Graphic designer. Director at Vroom Media. Also musician / composer as The Rain Dogs - @theraindogs.bsky.social
Vroom Media:
https://vroom.media
The Rain Dogs:
https://the-rain-dogs.bandcamp.com
Vroom Media:
https://vroom.media
The Rain Dogs:
https://the-rain-dogs.bandcamp.com
I’ve been unable to write / play / compose for almost a year now, but I’m okay with silence. Thanks in a large part to this guy… ❤️🙌
#talktalk #markhollis
#talktalk #markhollis
November 27, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I’ve been unable to write / play / compose for almost a year now, but I’m okay with silence. Thanks in a large part to this guy… ❤️🙌
#talktalk #markhollis
#talktalk #markhollis
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More than 70,000 have signed the petition for enquiry into Russian influence in UK politics. At 100,000 we can ask for a debate in parliament. #Brexit
Please sign and share.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
More than 70,000 have signed the petition for enquiry into Russian influence in UK politics. At 100,000 we can ask for a debate in parliament. #Brexit
Please sign and share.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Today we’ll get latest net immigration figures - They’ll show immigration for work is plummeting.
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
November 27, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Today we’ll get latest net immigration figures - They’ll show immigration for work is plummeting.
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
Why is this not part of the discussion on Rachel Reeves balancing her books & stalled growth?
For every 100,000 drop in net immigration, the OBR adds £7bn to the deficit. #r4today
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I say this mostly because Reform and certain journalists friendly to them seem determined to start a “white flight” narrative since net migration has dropped so dramatically.
It’s not true. It’s not even close to true.
It’s not true. It’s not even close to true.
November 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I say this mostly because Reform and certain journalists friendly to them seem determined to start a “white flight” narrative since net migration has dropped so dramatically.
It’s not true. It’s not even close to true.
It’s not true. It’s not even close to true.
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The number of British citizens emigrating hasn’t increased, btw. Outward migration is up, but the increase is mostly non-EU migrants leaving the UK.
The methodology counting emigration of British citizens changed in 2021, which increased the number, and it’s been pretty much flat ever since…
The methodology counting emigration of British citizens changed in 2021, which increased the number, and it’s been pretty much flat ever since…
November 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The number of British citizens emigrating hasn’t increased, btw. Outward migration is up, but the increase is mostly non-EU migrants leaving the UK.
The methodology counting emigration of British citizens changed in 2021, which increased the number, and it’s been pretty much flat ever since…
The methodology counting emigration of British citizens changed in 2021, which increased the number, and it’s been pretty much flat ever since…
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Abysmal, mindless, utterly zombified. You can't even call it policymaking because that implies a degree of thought which simply isn't present. Pretty soon they might actually hit Cameron's 'tens of thousands' target and then they'll shit themselves with horror at the consequences.
PM describes net migration of 205k as "a step in the right direction". His govt has no public position on a sustainable level of immigration is, nor any known process to decide what, why & how. Starmer is now implying he wants it significantly lower
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...
Net migration drop ‘step in the right direction’ – Starmer
Net migration peaked at a record 944,000 in the year to March 2023 but has fallen sharply since then.
www.standard.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Abysmal, mindless, utterly zombified. You can't even call it policymaking because that implies a degree of thought which simply isn't present. Pretty soon they might actually hit Cameron's 'tens of thousands' target and then they'll shit themselves with horror at the consequences.
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"We will always be on the side of working people", Farage's 'Letter to the Nation' says today.
What he neglects to admit is that Reform plans to cut £300+ billion from the public services that these "working people" rely on every day.
What he neglects to admit is that Reform plans to cut £300+ billion from the public services that these "working people" rely on every day.
November 27, 2025 at 9:47 AM
"We will always be on the side of working people", Farage's 'Letter to the Nation' says today.
What he neglects to admit is that Reform plans to cut £300+ billion from the public services that these "working people" rely on every day.
What he neglects to admit is that Reform plans to cut £300+ billion from the public services that these "working people" rely on every day.
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Dear media, don’t interview billionaires about how they should be taxed. That’s like criminals attempting to set their own prison sentences, ignorant nut jobs giving vaccine advice, and politicians telling the poor how to survive on baked beans. They should all be invited to go and fuck themselves.
November 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Dear media, don’t interview billionaires about how they should be taxed. That’s like criminals attempting to set their own prison sentences, ignorant nut jobs giving vaccine advice, and politicians telling the poor how to survive on baked beans. They should all be invited to go and fuck themselves.
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“Also for legal reasons, we’re not able to tell you what that line is.”
From a media law perspective: BS.
There is no "legal" reason for not publishing that line.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
From a media law perspective: BS.
There is no "legal" reason for not publishing that line.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC tells staff they cannot quote Trump line removed from Reith Lecture
Journalists not allowed to repeat Rutger Bregman’s corruption claims against US president in coverage of edit
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
“Also for legal reasons, we’re not able to tell you what that line is.”
From a media law perspective: BS.
There is no "legal" reason for not publishing that line.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
From a media law perspective: BS.
There is no "legal" reason for not publishing that line.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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So sad to see our flags hijacked like this, to engender division and exclusion. Absolute opposite of patriotism.
Keep out: what flags mean to community NHS workers
Frontline NHS staff are feeling an increasing sense of exclusion and intimidation from the surge of St George’s flags displayed on homes | Mark Cunliffe
@markcunliffe.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
Frontline NHS staff are feeling an increasing sense of exclusion and intimidation from the surge of St George’s flags displayed on homes | Mark Cunliffe
@markcunliffe.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
Keep out: what flags mean to community NHS workers
Frontline NHS staff are feeling an increasing sense of exclusion and intimidation from the surge of St George’s flags displayed on homes
centralbylines.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
So sad to see our flags hijacked like this, to engender division and exclusion. Absolute opposite of patriotism.
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Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
November 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
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Nigel Farage has spent £1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
November 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Nigel Farage has spent £1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
The simple and incontestable fact which the BBC are preventing their staff from stating is that Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history.
November 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The simple and incontestable fact which the BBC are preventing their staff from stating is that Donald Trump is the most openly corrupt president in American history.
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What pathetic, craven BS.
NEW: BBC tells staff they cannot quote Trump line removed from Reith Lecture
BBC News article & Media Show prevented from repeating Rutger Bregman’s corruption allegation in its coverage… of whether the BBC censored his speech!
BBC/Trump fallout continues
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC News article & Media Show prevented from repeating Rutger Bregman’s corruption allegation in its coverage… of whether the BBC censored his speech!
BBC/Trump fallout continues
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC tells staff they cannot quote Trump line removed from Reith Lecture
Journalists not allowed to repeat Rutger Bregman’s corruption claims against US president in coverage of edit
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
What pathetic, craven BS.
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This. There is only one difference between an immigrant and an expat, and it is what makes the word expat inherently racist.
(Arguably there is a second, which is wealth, but this is often linked to the first)
(Arguably there is a second, which is wealth, but this is often linked to the first)
November 27, 2025 at 10:31 AM
This. There is only one difference between an immigrant and an expat, and it is what makes the word expat inherently racist.
(Arguably there is a second, which is wealth, but this is often linked to the first)
(Arguably there is a second, which is wealth, but this is often linked to the first)
The iPaper and GMB have Kwasi Kwarteng giving his expert opinion on the Budget.
Kwasi Kwarteng.
Yep.
Kwasi Kwarteng.
Yep.
November 27, 2025 at 9:12 AM
The iPaper and GMB have Kwasi Kwarteng giving his expert opinion on the Budget.
Kwasi Kwarteng.
Yep.
Kwasi Kwarteng.
Yep.
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these questions are just legitimate concerns
‘Is Nigel Farage a Russian asset?’
‘Are you seriously asking me that?’
@shelaghfogarty.bsky.social refuses to back down while questioning Reform’s Zia Yusuf.
‘Are you seriously asking me that?’
@shelaghfogarty.bsky.social refuses to back down while questioning Reform’s Zia Yusuf.
November 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
these questions are just legitimate concerns
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Not only did Brexit not provide any extra money for the NHS - as liar-in-chief Boris Johnson promised - but Brexit is impoverishing the UK each year by an amount of money not far off the annual NHS budget.
Thanks Farage.
Thanks Farage.
November 26, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Not only did Brexit not provide any extra money for the NHS - as liar-in-chief Boris Johnson promised - but Brexit is impoverishing the UK each year by an amount of money not far off the annual NHS budget.
Thanks Farage.
Thanks Farage.
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Taxes to do not pay for public services. Govt money creation, mainly via the issuing of bonds, does. But, putting aside that lie, I would pay more tax for better public services. The problem is so much has been privatised that our taxes are creamed off by profiteering private firms. That I object to
November 26, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Taxes to do not pay for public services. Govt money creation, mainly via the issuing of bonds, does. But, putting aside that lie, I would pay more tax for better public services. The problem is so much has been privatised that our taxes are creamed off by profiteering private firms. That I object to
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Totally agree.
Government finances are entirely different from personal finances.
Nobody has a money printing press.
The govt does.
However, our financial journalists continue to spread financial illiteracy, with talk of “balancing in the books“, “maxing out on the country’s credit cards“ etc
Government finances are entirely different from personal finances.
Nobody has a money printing press.
The govt does.
However, our financial journalists continue to spread financial illiteracy, with talk of “balancing in the books“, “maxing out on the country’s credit cards“ etc
I wish we could have a more honest discussion about how government finances actually work. If I see another paper suggest the chancellor has to ‘balance the books’ as if the government was a business…
November 26, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Totally agree.
Government finances are entirely different from personal finances.
Nobody has a money printing press.
The govt does.
However, our financial journalists continue to spread financial illiteracy, with talk of “balancing in the books“, “maxing out on the country’s credit cards“ etc
Government finances are entirely different from personal finances.
Nobody has a money printing press.
The govt does.
However, our financial journalists continue to spread financial illiteracy, with talk of “balancing in the books“, “maxing out on the country’s credit cards“ etc
These two old beauties have just arrived - cheap as chips off eBay, and I'm in heaven.
(RAC South Wales - pub: 1935, lovely maps, quaint adverts & illustrations)
(Travels in Egypt, pub: 1913, lovely photos of locations, & diagrams of artefacts).
(RAC South Wales - pub: 1935, lovely maps, quaint adverts & illustrations)
(Travels in Egypt, pub: 1913, lovely photos of locations, & diagrams of artefacts).
November 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
These two old beauties have just arrived - cheap as chips off eBay, and I'm in heaven.
(RAC South Wales - pub: 1935, lovely maps, quaint adverts & illustrations)
(Travels in Egypt, pub: 1913, lovely photos of locations, & diagrams of artefacts).
(RAC South Wales - pub: 1935, lovely maps, quaint adverts & illustrations)
(Travels in Egypt, pub: 1913, lovely photos of locations, & diagrams of artefacts).
It’s a cold, miserable day today. So I’ve knocked up this…
Diced lamb from the Farmers’ Market, smoked lardons, shallots, carrots, stock, white wine, garlic, rosemary & thyme, plus basic seasoning. It’s been on about 4 hours, and I’ve just added leeks. To be served up with a buttery mash.
Diced lamb from the Farmers’ Market, smoked lardons, shallots, carrots, stock, white wine, garlic, rosemary & thyme, plus basic seasoning. It’s been on about 4 hours, and I’ve just added leeks. To be served up with a buttery mash.
November 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
It’s a cold, miserable day today. So I’ve knocked up this…
Diced lamb from the Farmers’ Market, smoked lardons, shallots, carrots, stock, white wine, garlic, rosemary & thyme, plus basic seasoning. It’s been on about 4 hours, and I’ve just added leeks. To be served up with a buttery mash.
Diced lamb from the Farmers’ Market, smoked lardons, shallots, carrots, stock, white wine, garlic, rosemary & thyme, plus basic seasoning. It’s been on about 4 hours, and I’ve just added leeks. To be served up with a buttery mash.
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🚨The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 55,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 26, 2025 at 8:41 AM
🚨The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 55,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...