It's A Scam
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Musician. Geek. Just trying to understand how the world works. Definitely left of centre.
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There's been people selling knockoffs at car boot sales for 50+ years.
What world do idiots like Jenrick live in?
What world do idiots like Jenrick live in?
November 17, 2025 at 3:18 PM
There's been people selling knockoffs at car boot sales for 50+ years.
What world do idiots like Jenrick live in?
What world do idiots like Jenrick live in?
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Expect more anti-protest laws coming in 2026: as ministers announce a new public order policing review framed around "abuse" of protest rights and free speech. Led by a former Director of Public Prosecutions, the "expert" behind the scenes is an ex senior police officer www.gov.uk/government/n...
Review of public order and hate crime legislation
Lord Macdonald to lead review of public order and hate crime legislation.
www.gov.uk
November 17, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Expect more anti-protest laws coming in 2026: as ministers announce a new public order policing review framed around "abuse" of protest rights and free speech. Led by a former Director of Public Prosecutions, the "expert" behind the scenes is an ex senior police officer www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Six out of every seven children in Newport are classified as living in poverty.
Lives destroyed - govts impose austerity, wage/benefit cuts, fiscal rules, deindustrialization, oppose redistribution of income/wealth.
No party has poverty reduction target.
Lives destroyed - govts impose austerity, wage/benefit cuts, fiscal rules, deindustrialization, oppose redistribution of income/wealth.
No party has poverty reduction target.
Inside the town where 6 out of 7 children grow up in poverty - and live in fear of homelessness
As ministers prepare to act on child poverty, families in the area are backing calls for the two-child cap on benefits to be scrapped, and even local children say they are worried about becoming homel...
news.sky.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Six out of every seven children in Newport are classified as living in poverty.
Lives destroyed - govts impose austerity, wage/benefit cuts, fiscal rules, deindustrialization, oppose redistribution of income/wealth.
No party has poverty reduction target.
Lives destroyed - govts impose austerity, wage/benefit cuts, fiscal rules, deindustrialization, oppose redistribution of income/wealth.
No party has poverty reduction target.
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"A majority of Ecuadorians have voted against a measure to allow foreign military bases back in the country"
No prize for guessing which foreign military the president had in mind.
No prize for guessing which foreign military the president had in mind.
November 17, 2025 at 9:31 AM
"A majority of Ecuadorians have voted against a measure to allow foreign military bases back in the country"
No prize for guessing which foreign military the president had in mind.
No prize for guessing which foreign military the president had in mind.
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Reform’s Zia Yusuf in heated clash with presenter over parents migration from Sri Lanka
Zia Yusuf in heated clash with presenter over parents migration from Sri Lanka
Reform’s head of policy, Zia Yusuf, clashed with a Sky News presenter during a debate on immigration, after being asked about his parents’ decision to move to the UK from Sri Lanka in the 1980s. Matt...
www.independent.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Reform’s Zia Yusuf in heated clash with presenter over parents migration from Sri Lanka
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Dismantling the myth that we live in a meritocracy is one of the most urgent changes needed".
Poverty inflicted on the masses whilst wealth and power is concentrated in few hands.
50 families have more wealth than half of the UK population.
Political system bought by the rich.
Tax the rich.
Poverty inflicted on the masses whilst wealth and power is concentrated in few hands.
50 families have more wealth than half of the UK population.
Political system bought by the rich.
Tax the rich.
Do you feel lucky? Why acknowledging our own good fortune would make the world a better place | Julian Richer
I have been fortunate, and I know it. Now I’d like more successful people to admit that meritocracy is a myth, says Julian Richer, founder of Richer Sounds
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Dismantling the myth that we live in a meritocracy is one of the most urgent changes needed".
Poverty inflicted on the masses whilst wealth and power is concentrated in few hands.
50 families have more wealth than half of the UK population.
Political system bought by the rich.
Tax the rich.
Poverty inflicted on the masses whilst wealth and power is concentrated in few hands.
50 families have more wealth than half of the UK population.
Political system bought by the rich.
Tax the rich.
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Social justice and environmental justice are one and the same thing.
November 17, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Social justice and environmental justice are one and the same thing.
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Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice complains about Send children wearing ear defenders in schools @peterwalker99.bsky.social reports - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
November 17, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice complains about Send children wearing ear defenders in schools @peterwalker99.bsky.social reports - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Top Tip: make something true by simply writing the word FACT after it in block capitals, followed by nine exclamation marks.
November 15, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Top Tip: make something true by simply writing the word FACT after it in block capitals, followed by nine exclamation marks.
If you believe in hate, evil, passive aggressive abuse and stupid made up social constructs then don't bother reading my posts because they might upset you.
November 15, 2025 at 9:34 PM
If you believe in hate, evil, passive aggressive abuse and stupid made up social constructs then don't bother reading my posts because they might upset you.
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Ah yes, collapsing the economy, your one area of expertise. Do tell us about the time you knocked £30bn off the stock market and trebled everyone's mortgage.
November 15, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Ah yes, collapsing the economy, your one area of expertise. Do tell us about the time you knocked £30bn off the stock market and trebled everyone's mortgage.
Where did an "illegal crime group" get hundreds of tons of waste and the convoy of lorries to transport it?
"it would cost more than local council’s annual budget to remove the 10-metre high pile of waste"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"it would cost more than local council’s annual budget to remove the 10-metre high pile of waste"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fly-tippers dump ‘mountain’ of waste in Oxfordshire field
Area’s MP says it would cost more than local council’s annual budget to remove the 10-metre high pile of waste
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Where did an "illegal crime group" get hundreds of tons of waste and the convoy of lorries to transport it?
"it would cost more than local council’s annual budget to remove the 10-metre high pile of waste"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"it would cost more than local council’s annual budget to remove the 10-metre high pile of waste"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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And so the genocide continues in hushed silence, with the rest of the world lulled into a false sense that it has ended... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
US military planning for divided Gaza with ‘green zone’ secured by international and Israeli troops
Exclusive: Almost all Palestinians have been displaced to ‘red zone’ where no reconstruction is planned
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
And so the genocide continues in hushed silence, with the rest of the world lulled into a false sense that it has ended... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
"Hundreds of charities have said they will refuse to cooperate with “immoral” government plans to force refugees to undertake mandatory volunteering as a condition of being allowed to settle in the UK."
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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UK charities condemn ‘immoral’ plans to force asylum seekers to volunteer
Making volunteering compulsory for refugees slammed as exploitative, bureaucratic and un-British
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:01 AM
"Hundreds of charities have said they will refuse to cooperate with “immoral” government plans to force refugees to undertake mandatory volunteering as a condition of being allowed to settle in the UK."
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Just some British patriots in Benidorm, taking over a street in Spain to shout in their own language about unwanted foreigners. It’s a blessing that they are too thick to understand irony.
November 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Just some British patriots in Benidorm, taking over a street in Spain to shout in their own language about unwanted foreigners. It’s a blessing that they are too thick to understand irony.
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It's funny because it's true.
November 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
It's funny because it's true.
It may have been true that Trump encouraged the assault on the Capitol but it looks like the BBC edit deliberately made it look worse.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC apologises to Trump over edited speech but rejects compensation claim
‘We strongly disagree there is a basis for a defamation claim’, reads statement expressing ‘sincere regrets’ over Panorama episode
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:16 AM
It may have been true that Trump encouraged the assault on the Capitol but it looks like the BBC edit deliberately made it look worse.
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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Ofwat PROPOSES £11m fine on Wessex Water for wastewater failures.
Company has 47+ criminal convictions, fleeced customers for yrs, allowed to negotiate fines. No fines on execs
Water industry is a prime example of rentier economy controlled by criminals. 1,135+ criminal convictions.
Company has 47+ criminal convictions, fleeced customers for yrs, allowed to negotiate fines. No fines on execs
Water industry is a prime example of rentier economy controlled by criminals. 1,135+ criminal convictions.
Wessex Water must pay £11m over wastewater failures, says regulator
Company failed to effectively operate, maintain and upgrade its wastewater assets, Ofwat finds
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Ofwat PROPOSES £11m fine on Wessex Water for wastewater failures.
Company has 47+ criminal convictions, fleeced customers for yrs, allowed to negotiate fines. No fines on execs
Water industry is a prime example of rentier economy controlled by criminals. 1,135+ criminal convictions.
Company has 47+ criminal convictions, fleeced customers for yrs, allowed to negotiate fines. No fines on execs
Water industry is a prime example of rentier economy controlled by criminals. 1,135+ criminal convictions.
18% of Reform supporters are hardline conservatives which means that 82% don't know the first thing about politics and have no idea what they are supporting.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Who supports Reform and why? The charts that show who favours Farage’s party
Based on largest poll of supporters, these charts and maps show five distinct groups that could hand Reform a majority
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
18% of Reform supporters are hardline conservatives which means that 82% don't know the first thing about politics and have no idea what they are supporting.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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1975 was BEFORE Margaret Thatcher (1979).
The reason Britain is worse is because of her.
The reason Britain is worse is because of her.
November 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
1975 was BEFORE Margaret Thatcher (1979).
The reason Britain is worse is because of her.
The reason Britain is worse is because of her.
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Given that the far right hates Black and Brown people, hates women, hates immigrants, hates liberals, leftists and greens, hates students and universities, hates civil servants, hates disabled people, hates gay and trans people and hates Jews and Muslims, what is this country it claims to love?
November 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Given that the far right hates Black and Brown people, hates women, hates immigrants, hates liberals, leftists and greens, hates students and universities, hates civil servants, hates disabled people, hates gay and trans people and hates Jews and Muslims, what is this country it claims to love?
Who are the clients?
"Epstein’s infamous parties that took place at his home in New York, his Florida mansion, and at his compound at Little St James in the US Virgin Islands, to which “clients” would be ferried by private jet"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"Epstein’s infamous parties that took place at his home in New York, his Florida mansion, and at his compound at Little St James in the US Virgin Islands, to which “clients” would be ferried by private jet"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump knew about Epstein’s conduct, newly released emails suggest
In messages released by House Democrats, Epstein wrote ‘of course [Trump] knew about the girls’
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Who are the clients?
"Epstein’s infamous parties that took place at his home in New York, his Florida mansion, and at his compound at Little St James in the US Virgin Islands, to which “clients” would be ferried by private jet"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"Epstein’s infamous parties that took place at his home in New York, his Florida mansion, and at his compound at Little St James in the US Virgin Islands, to which “clients” would be ferried by private jet"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"Damning new emails that suggest Donald Trump knew about the conduct of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were released Wednesday, including one in which Epstein said “of course [Trump] knew about the girls”"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump knew about Epstein’s conduct, newly released emails suggest
In messages released by House Democrats, Epstein wrote ‘of course [Trump] knew about the girls’
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
"Damning new emails that suggest Donald Trump knew about the conduct of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were released Wednesday, including one in which Epstein said “of course [Trump] knew about the girls”"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Why do the far right never mention the industrial scale abuse of children by the state?
"knowledge of abuse by the Prison Service, the police, the Home Office and other organisations of authority was ignored and dismissed"
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
"knowledge of abuse by the Prison Service, the police, the Home Office and other organisations of authority was ignored and dismissed"
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Abuse by UK’s ‘most prolific sex offender’ was ignored at Medomsley detention centre, report finds
Neville Husband committed hundreds of offences while working at facility in County Durham from 1969 to 1985
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Why do the far right never mention the industrial scale abuse of children by the state?
"knowledge of abuse by the Prison Service, the police, the Home Office and other organisations of authority was ignored and dismissed"
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
"knowledge of abuse by the Prison Service, the police, the Home Office and other organisations of authority was ignored and dismissed"
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...