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The "Rachel from accounts" thing is sexist, classist, misogyny, and anyone who uses it should be utterly ashamed of themselves.
Too many dinosaurs in this country who cannot abide women who succeed.
Conservative Deputy Chairman Matt Vickers MP should do better 👇 #PMQs
Too many dinosaurs in this country who cannot abide women who succeed.
Conservative Deputy Chairman Matt Vickers MP should do better 👇 #PMQs
December 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The "Rachel from accounts" thing is sexist, classist, misogyny, and anyone who uses it should be utterly ashamed of themselves.
Too many dinosaurs in this country who cannot abide women who succeed.
Conservative Deputy Chairman Matt Vickers MP should do better 👇 #PMQs
Too many dinosaurs in this country who cannot abide women who succeed.
Conservative Deputy Chairman Matt Vickers MP should do better 👇 #PMQs
Sadly so reflects the MSM’s poor journalism no fact checking but leaping with glee if they think there is a possibility of attacking Labour
Truly shocking that Rachel Reeves had the audacity to call herself the U14 girls chess champions when she won the U14 girls chess championship but some bloke thought she was talking about something else.
December 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Sadly so reflects the MSM’s poor journalism no fact checking but leaping with glee if they think there is a possibility of attacking Labour
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The rightwing playbook is to first defund the public realm. Once it collapses, politicians declare it inefficient and replace safeguards with “managerial efficiency”. The goal is to shrink the state’s obligations permanently. 1/3
December 2, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The rightwing playbook is to first defund the public realm. Once it collapses, politicians declare it inefficient and replace safeguards with “managerial efficiency”. The goal is to shrink the state’s obligations permanently. 1/3
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A deal to make the UK NHS pay £3 billion more for drugs to placate Donald Trump could cost over 15,000 lives as the NHS has to ration other care, a top expert has warned. 🤬
www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/...
UK drug deal to placate Donald Trump ‘will cost 15,000 British lives’
Centre for Health Economics says paying drug companies funds which currently go on things like NHS staff and hospital beds could lead to 15,971 additional deaths
www.mirror.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
A deal to make the UK NHS pay £3 billion more for drugs to placate Donald Trump could cost over 15,000 lives as the NHS has to ration other care, a top expert has warned. 🤬
www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202.... Farage and the company he keeps
Key aide to Nigel Farage was frontman for Premier League billionaire’s betting syndicate, lawsuit claims
Exclusive: George Cottrell ‘gave control’ of gambling accounts to syndicate headed by Tony Bloom, the owner of Brighton & Hove Albion FC
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:18 PM
www.theguardian.com/politics/202.... Farage and the company he keeps
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Please watch this video of my oldest friend talking about the support his family received when Fred, his 12-year-old son, died last year.
If you can, please support Rainbows or your local hospice.
Hospices provide a vital service and really need help.
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
If you can, please support Rainbows or your local hospice.
Hospices provide a vital service and really need help.
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Home Is Where the Heart Is: Hospice at Home – Big Give
With your help we extend our specialist end-of-life care for babies, children & young people in the East Midlands to the family home. We offer expert nursing and emotional support to the whole family ...
donate.biggive.org
December 2, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Please watch this video of my oldest friend talking about the support his family received when Fred, his 12-year-old son, died last year.
If you can, please support Rainbows or your local hospice.
Hospices provide a vital service and really need help.
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
If you can, please support Rainbows or your local hospice.
Hospices provide a vital service and really need help.
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
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"The British government is considering a ban on cryptocurrency donations to political parties — in a move that could set off alarm bells in Nigel Farage’s Reform UK."
www.politico.eu/article/uk-c...
www.politico.eu/article/uk-c...
UK mulls ban on crypto cash in politics — putting Farage in firing line
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK was the first U.K. political party to accept donations in cryptocurrency — and now the government is considering a ban.
www.politico.eu
December 2, 2025 at 12:31 PM
"The British government is considering a ban on cryptocurrency donations to political parties — in a move that could set off alarm bells in Nigel Farage’s Reform UK."
www.politico.eu/article/uk-c...
www.politico.eu/article/uk-c...
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So much for all that bleating about being misled by the Treasury from the BBC's political editor Chris Mason .....
www.ft.com/content/48c2...
www.ft.com/content/48c2...
UK Politics: OBR says Reeves did not mislead public over Budget forecasts
Fiscal watchdog faces Treasury committee after accidental publication of key report prompted chair to resign
www.ft.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:19 PM
So much for all that bleating about being misled by the Treasury from the BBC's political editor Chris Mason .....
www.ft.com/content/48c2...
www.ft.com/content/48c2...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre.... This. No MSM is fulminating with rage about Farage: Russian connections; racist comments; dubious financial arrangements. But happy to create a storm over confection when it comes to Labour
The Guardian view on OBR v the Treasury: ministers have embraced the theatre of errors | Editorial
Editorial: The government is trapped between Labour’s instincts and bond traders’ demands. Sensible fixes exist, but require imagination ministers have yet shown
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:45 PM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre.... This. No MSM is fulminating with rage about Farage: Russian connections; racist comments; dubious financial arrangements. But happy to create a storm over confection when it comes to Labour
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Daily reminder. You have a sexual predator in the WH. Hold him and everyone involved accountable.
The survivors deserve justice.
The public deserves answers.
The predators deserve consequences.
Stand with survivors, not predators & accomplices.
The survivors deserve justice.
The public deserves answers.
The predators deserve consequences.
Stand with survivors, not predators & accomplices.
December 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Daily reminder. You have a sexual predator in the WH. Hold him and everyone involved accountable.
The survivors deserve justice.
The public deserves answers.
The predators deserve consequences.
Stand with survivors, not predators & accomplices.
The survivors deserve justice.
The public deserves answers.
The predators deserve consequences.
Stand with survivors, not predators & accomplices.
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December 1, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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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
Chris mason would do well to read the BBC verify before he writes his “judgements” for the BBC about whether or not Rachel Reeves misled before her budget
December 1, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Chris mason would do well to read the BBC verify before he writes his “judgements” for the BBC about whether or not Rachel Reeves misled before her budget
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New post just out:
A discussion with Nobel prize winner Richard Thaler on behavioural economics, nudging, organ donations, Bitcoin, mental accounting and much more...
(Free to read)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
A discussion with Nobel prize winner Richard Thaler on behavioural economics, nudging, organ donations, Bitcoin, mental accounting and much more...
(Free to read)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
The Winner's Curse
A discussion with Nobel Laureate Richard Thaler
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:03 AM
New post just out:
A discussion with Nobel prize winner Richard Thaler on behavioural economics, nudging, organ donations, Bitcoin, mental accounting and much more...
(Free to read)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
A discussion with Nobel prize winner Richard Thaler on behavioural economics, nudging, organ donations, Bitcoin, mental accounting and much more...
(Free to read)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
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I am consistently amazed the Building Safety Regulator isn’t a much bigger story. It’s brought house building in London to a total halt, but it’s also brought cladding remedy works to a halt, too. Which is costing leaseholders FORTUNES, halting sales, and leaving people living in unsafe buildings.
... at the Building Safety Regulator - which has lead to 9 month delays at this stage alone:
www.building.co.uk/news/nine-mo...
www.building.co.uk/news/nine-mo...
Nine month wait to get building safety sign-off for new builds, regulator admits
When new regulations were introduced 18 months, planned target was to get decisions made with 12 weeks
www.building.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 9:28 AM
I am consistently amazed the Building Safety Regulator isn’t a much bigger story. It’s brought house building in London to a total halt, but it’s also brought cladding remedy works to a halt, too. Which is costing leaseholders FORTUNES, halting sales, and leaving people living in unsafe buildings.
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Reform led councils are failing badly and they're losing councillors at about one a week, amazingly our media don't seem remotely interested in this story. They prefer to work themselves into a frenzy of faux outrage because Rachel Reeves didn't take them all into her confidence.
December 1, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Reform led councils are failing badly and they're losing councillors at about one a week, amazingly our media don't seem remotely interested in this story. They prefer to work themselves into a frenzy of faux outrage because Rachel Reeves didn't take them all into her confidence.
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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
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Link here
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
www.wsj.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Link here
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
www.wsj.com/world/russia...
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Dismal framing. Every aspect of most asylum seekers’ lives is controlled & paid for by the Home Office. They can’t work, are told where to live & have no autonomy or dignity. So they aren’t *choosing* to use taxis & don’t need to be “banned” from doing so. The HO just needs to get its act in order.
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 8:46 AM
Dismal framing. Every aspect of most asylum seekers’ lives is controlled & paid for by the Home Office. They can’t work, are told where to live & have no autonomy or dignity. So they aren’t *choosing* to use taxis & don’t need to be “banned” from doing so. The HO just needs to get its act in order.
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It is tragic that this person was put in a position where she lost her life for no reason other than to serve the vanity of a man determined to establish dominance over a city that hates him
"In the months leading up to the D.C. deployment, Beckstrom worked for a community health center that serves people with mental illness and substance abuse disorders." www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
National Guard member killed in D.C. shooting remembered for 'heart of gold'
The slain soldier’s former boyfriend recalled her empathy and generosity. “She doesn’t even have to know you and she’ll do anything for you,” he said.
www.nbcnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:53 PM
It is tragic that this person was put in a position where she lost her life for no reason other than to serve the vanity of a man determined to establish dominance over a city that hates him
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🔴Reform UK’s ‘Cost Cutting’ Council Prepares to Raise Taxes After Presiding Over £46 Million Overspend
Nigel Farage’s flagship council, which promised to “reduce waste and cut your taxes” is set to raise bills after spending tens of millions of pounds over its budget
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/24/r...
Nigel Farage’s flagship council, which promised to “reduce waste and cut your taxes” is set to raise bills after spending tens of millions of pounds over its budget
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/24/r...
Reform UK's 'Cost Cutting' Council Prepares to Raise Taxes After Presiding Over £46 Million Overspend
Nigel Farage's flagship Kent County Council, which promised to "reduce waste and cut your taxes" is set to raise bills on local taxpayers, after spending tens of millions of pounds over its budget
bylinetimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🔴Reform UK’s ‘Cost Cutting’ Council Prepares to Raise Taxes After Presiding Over £46 Million Overspend
Nigel Farage’s flagship council, which promised to “reduce waste and cut your taxes” is set to raise bills after spending tens of millions of pounds over its budget
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/24/r...
Nigel Farage’s flagship council, which promised to “reduce waste and cut your taxes” is set to raise bills after spending tens of millions of pounds over its budget
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/24/r...
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The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
November 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The DC shooting story is really getting to me because we literally trained this man as a child soldier for a death squad in a forever war and Stephen Miller et al want to blame it on other cultures? It's our culture, American culture, that killed that woman.
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The Epstein files are going to be about a page and a half.
Newly released emails show the FBI spent almost $1 million in overtime analyzing the Epstein files as part of an effort dubbed the “Special Redaction Project."
FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed
A trove of emails shows all-nighters and almost $1 million in overtime as Trumpworld debated releasing the Epstein files.
trib.al
November 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The Epstein files are going to be about a page and a half.
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Net migration fell sharply agaim to 204,000 in the year to June 2025, having been 344k in 2024 and 848k in 2023. But falling immigration has been the biggest secret - and it is time for the media and political debate to catch up with this change
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
UK net migration fell to 204,000 in year to June - live updates
Net migration, the difference between those entering and leaving the country, was 345,000 in 2024 according to revised figures.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Net migration fell sharply agaim to 204,000 in the year to June 2025, having been 344k in 2024 and 848k in 2023. But falling immigration has been the biggest secret - and it is time for the media and political debate to catch up with this change
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
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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.