Tonksey
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#FBPE, Women have the right to be, #WOKE, #BLM. Power to the people.
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I actually thought he was reasonable today!
And that's because a wealth tax is obvious. Unless you're defending the super rich.
It's shameful Labour are refusing.
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And that's because a wealth tax is obvious. Unless you're defending the super rich.
It's shameful Labour are refusing.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I actually thought he was reasonable today!
And that's because a wealth tax is obvious. Unless you're defending the super rich.
It's shameful Labour are refusing.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
And that's because a wealth tax is obvious. Unless you're defending the super rich.
It's shameful Labour are refusing.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Covid Inquiry, 20 Nov 2025, a devastating critique of medical advisers, civil servants & politicians who led UK to the worst public health disaster in a century. >230,000 dead, 5x higher than East Asian states that took rapid action, 3x more than in the Blitz.
open.substack.com/pub/bylinesu...
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230,000 Deaths and the ‘Calculated Silence’ of the Medical Establishment About the COVID Inquiry
The Covid Inquiry Report is a devastating critique of the medical establishment which led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century, argues Anthony Costello
open.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Covid Inquiry, 20 Nov 2025, a devastating critique of medical advisers, civil servants & politicians who led UK to the worst public health disaster in a century. >230,000 dead, 5x higher than East Asian states that took rapid action, 3x more than in the Blitz.
open.substack.com/pub/bylinesu...
open.substack.com/pub/bylinesu...
Listen to Richard’s review.
Rachel Reeves’ 2025 Budget has already collapsed under the weight of its own contradictions. In this video, I explain why tax rises on ordinary people, baseless growth forecasts, and a refusal to tax wealth fairly mean this Budget will fail. youtu.be/xvdFsOT6WPk?...
Why Rachel Reeves just failed the British public
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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November 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Listen to Richard’s review.
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Kristi Noem is guilty of crimes against humanity and needs to face justice.
📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.
Prosecute her and everyone involved.
📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.
Prosecute her and everyone involved.
November 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Kristi Noem is guilty of crimes against humanity and needs to face justice.
📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.
Prosecute her and everyone involved.
📌 She made the final call to defy a court order to halt deportation flights, sending people into the hellscape of CECOT, a place the UN has compared to a torture chamber.
Prosecute her and everyone involved.
Labour? WTF
Carole Cadwalladr asks why the Labour gov are choosing not to
investigate Russian interference in British elections and referendums
investigate Russian interference in British elections and referendums
November 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Labour? WTF
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Carole Cadwalladr asks why the Labour gov are choosing not to
investigate Russian interference in British elections and referendums
investigate Russian interference in British elections and referendums
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Carole Cadwalladr asks why the Labour gov are choosing not to
investigate Russian interference in British elections and referendums
investigate Russian interference in British elections and referendums
Jesus Christ
Bookmark it for today⬇️
Is it more ‘changing circumstances’ that the lower earners have to pay for?
Is it more ‘changing circumstances’ that the lower earners have to pay for?
Rachel Reeves in last year's Budget: "I have come to the conclusion that extending the threshold freeze would hurt working people. It would take more money out of their payslips. I am keeping every single promise on tax that I made in our manifesto.”
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www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/the-1-...
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www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/the-1-...
November 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Jesus Christ
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Why this matters:
Martin Shipton, Nation Cymru:
"Wales is Reform’s next big target… if they [win the Senedd next May] it will make the national Reform party flush with taxpayers’ cash."
(quote from @thenerve.news)
Reform run Kent has already disappeared £40 million. Wales would be much more.
Martin Shipton, Nation Cymru:
"Wales is Reform’s next big target… if they [win the Senedd next May] it will make the national Reform party flush with taxpayers’ cash."
(quote from @thenerve.news)
Reform run Kent has already disappeared £40 million. Wales would be much more.
NEW: Wales’s first minister @prifweinidog.gov.wales backs call for a full investigation into Russian interference.
Wales’s Senedd elections next spring ‘at risk’. @bbcwales.bsky.social report below.
Wales’s Senedd elections next spring ‘at risk’. @bbcwales.bsky.social report below.
November 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Why this matters:
Martin Shipton, Nation Cymru:
"Wales is Reform’s next big target… if they [win the Senedd next May] it will make the national Reform party flush with taxpayers’ cash."
(quote from @thenerve.news)
Reform run Kent has already disappeared £40 million. Wales would be much more.
Martin Shipton, Nation Cymru:
"Wales is Reform’s next big target… if they [win the Senedd next May] it will make the national Reform party flush with taxpayers’ cash."
(quote from @thenerve.news)
Reform run Kent has already disappeared £40 million. Wales would be much more.
Parliament is a toxic tough not a place of democracy or decency.
What happened to Labour's promise to abolish the HoL?
He definitely hasn't restored trust in himself never mind anyone else!
#LabourLies
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
He definitely hasn't restored trust in himself never mind anyone else!
#LabourLies
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
November 26, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Parliament is a toxic tough not a place of democracy or decency.
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What happened to Labour's promise to abolish the HoL?
He definitely hasn't restored trust in himself never mind anyone else!
#LabourLies
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
He definitely hasn't restored trust in himself never mind anyone else!
#LabourLies
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
February 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
What happened to Labour's promise to abolish the HoL?
He definitely hasn't restored trust in himself never mind anyone else!
#LabourLies
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
He definitely hasn't restored trust in himself never mind anyone else!
#LabourLies
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
....the respite the people of Gaza expected to finally come never materialised. Almost immediately after the “ceasefire” announcement, the Israeli regime started bombing the strip again. It hasn’t stopped since then.
The nightmare never stopped.
....the respite the people of Gaza expected to finally come never materialised. Almost immediately after the “ceasefire” announcement, the Israeli regime started bombing the strip again. It hasn’t stopped since then.
The nightmare never stopped.
No, there is no ceasefire in Gaza
Israel’s bombing of Gaza is not a ‘violation of the ceasefire'. It is a continuing genocide under diplomatic cover.
www.aljazeera.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:20 AM
www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
....the respite the people of Gaza expected to finally come never materialised. Almost immediately after the “ceasefire” announcement, the Israeli regime started bombing the strip again. It hasn’t stopped since then.
The nightmare never stopped.
....the respite the people of Gaza expected to finally come never materialised. Almost immediately after the “ceasefire” announcement, the Israeli regime started bombing the strip again. It hasn’t stopped since then.
The nightmare never stopped.
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To be fair to Dulwich College this letter from the Master shows that SOME senior personnel DID speak out.
But how was Farage MADE prefect when someone of this seniority clearly thought it wrong.
As it was.
But how was Farage MADE prefect when someone of this seniority clearly thought it wrong.
As it was.
November 26, 2025 at 11:06 AM
To be fair to Dulwich College this letter from the Master shows that SOME senior personnel DID speak out.
But how was Farage MADE prefect when someone of this seniority clearly thought it wrong.
As it was.
But how was Farage MADE prefect when someone of this seniority clearly thought it wrong.
As it was.
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It is the hectoring tone, the “jeering quality”, in Nigel Farage’s voice today that brings it all back for Peter Ettedgui. “He would sidle up to me and growl: ‘Hitler was right,’ or ‘Gas them,’ sometimes adding a long hiss to simulate the sound of the gas showers“
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:39 PM
It is the hectoring tone, the “jeering quality”, in Nigel Farage’s voice today that brings it all back for Peter Ettedgui. “He would sidle up to me and growl: ‘Hitler was right,’ or ‘Gas them,’ sometimes adding a long hiss to simulate the sound of the gas showers“
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
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NEW: Human rights lawyer Michael Mansfield KC calls on Met Police to reopen criminal investigation into ministers responsible for #COVIDー19 response.
With @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
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With @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
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BYLINE TIMES PODCAST: Michael Mansfield KC: "Police should reopen Covid crime case."
Michael Mansfield KC tells Adrian Goldberg why he believes there's scope for the criminal prosecution of ministers for their handling of the Covid 19 pandemic.Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldb...
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November 26, 2025 at 10:06 AM
NEW: Human rights lawyer Michael Mansfield KC calls on Met Police to reopen criminal investigation into ministers responsible for #COVIDー19 response.
With @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
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With @goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
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One would think a newspaper that bankrolls Boris Johnson’s weekly column - and his prodigious personal legacy - might pause before lecturing the nation on fiscal responsibility for larger families.
November 26, 2025 at 7:35 AM
One would think a newspaper that bankrolls Boris Johnson’s weekly column - and his prodigious personal legacy - might pause before lecturing the nation on fiscal responsibility for larger families.
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Over the time Labour has been in power, there have been many attempts to ‘tinker’ with existing legislation, many of which have had the effect of replacing one set of problems with another, leaving the British public exasperated at the current government’s lack of courage and vision.
Rearranging the furniture while the house is on fire: Starmer’s Britain 2025
Is Starmer’s Education Curriculum set to follow his government’s record of controversy and failure?
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Over the time Labour has been in power, there have been many attempts to ‘tinker’ with existing legislation, many of which have had the effect of replacing one set of problems with another, leaving the British public exasperated at the current government’s lack of courage and vision.
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'There is no peace process. This is not negotiations over peace: it is the transmission of surrender demands from Russia with the active facilitation of the United States.'
Read @keirgiles.bsky.social analysis on the Trump administration's proposed 28-point peace plan for Ukraine⤵️
Read @keirgiles.bsky.social analysis on the Trump administration's proposed 28-point peace plan for Ukraine⤵️
Trump pressures Ukraine to accept peace deal: Early analysis from Chatham House experts
Chatham House analysts give their initial analysis after Zelenskyy was pressured by Trump to accept a White House plan to end the war with Russia.
www.chathamhouse.org
November 26, 2025 at 7:00 AM
'There is no peace process. This is not negotiations over peace: it is the transmission of surrender demands from Russia with the active facilitation of the United States.'
Read @keirgiles.bsky.social analysis on the Trump administration's proposed 28-point peace plan for Ukraine⤵️
Read @keirgiles.bsky.social analysis on the Trump administration's proposed 28-point peace plan for Ukraine⤵️
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the markets shouldn't control the government.
the government should control the markets.
the government should control the markets.
Rachel Reeves looks to reassure bond markets with tax-heavy budget – business live
Rachel Reeves looks to reassure bond markets with tax-heavy budget – business live
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as the City braces for the budget
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:58 AM
the markets shouldn't control the government.
the government should control the markets.
the government should control the markets.
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"When are we going to see tough choices for multi-millionaires and billionaires?"
@zackpolanski.bsky.social joins Good Morning Britain to discuss the Budget.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social joins Good Morning Britain to discuss the Budget.
November 26, 2025 at 9:20 AM
"When are we going to see tough choices for multi-millionaires and billionaires?"
@zackpolanski.bsky.social joins Good Morning Britain to discuss the Budget.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social joins Good Morning Britain to discuss the Budget.
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"I didn't do it. And if I did do it, it was years ago, so it doesn't matter".
Oh, but it does matter Nigel. It matters a great deal.
"They're only making these claims now, because I'm leading in the opinion polls".
The claims were reported 13 years ago, Nigel... 🤮
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Oh, but it does matter Nigel. It matters a great deal.
"They're only making these claims now, because I'm leading in the opinion polls".
The claims were reported 13 years ago, Nigel... 🤮
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:35 PM
"I didn't do it. And if I did do it, it was years ago, so it doesn't matter".
Oh, but it does matter Nigel. It matters a great deal.
"They're only making these claims now, because I'm leading in the opinion polls".
The claims were reported 13 years ago, Nigel... 🤮
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Oh, but it does matter Nigel. It matters a great deal.
"They're only making these claims now, because I'm leading in the opinion polls".
The claims were reported 13 years ago, Nigel... 🤮
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Kids as young as 3 and 4 years old are being hauled into immigration court in Seattle and read their rights.
They’re being told they have the right to an attorney despite having no capacity to hire one or understand what that means.
As Rep Jayapal says, that’s not due process… it’s a farce.
They’re being told they have the right to an attorney despite having no capacity to hire one or understand what that means.
As Rep Jayapal says, that’s not due process… it’s a farce.
November 26, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Kids as young as 3 and 4 years old are being hauled into immigration court in Seattle and read their rights.
They’re being told they have the right to an attorney despite having no capacity to hire one or understand what that means.
As Rep Jayapal says, that’s not due process… it’s a farce.
They’re being told they have the right to an attorney despite having no capacity to hire one or understand what that means.
As Rep Jayapal says, that’s not due process… it’s a farce.