Jon Loveridge
@jonloveridge.bsky.social
Optimistic but pragmatic. Data & Analytics enjoyer. Derby County and Bromsgrove Sporting supporter
Honestly cant see any situation where a huge chunk of people don’t go through a redress process here. Borrowing money to study is one thing, but the huge interest & the endless payment terms here is just ludicrous. A whole generation let down by basically all political parties in one way or another
“I graduated with £42,000 of debt and even though I’m paying it off, it’s now £72,000.”
It's truly an abomination: On a normal job you keep paying forever. 40 years!
“Why would I trust a government that mis-sold me a loan when I was a child?” is a very good question.
www.ft.com/content/7bf5...
It's truly an abomination: On a normal job you keep paying forever. 40 years!
“Why would I trust a government that mis-sold me a loan when I was a child?” is a very good question.
www.ft.com/content/7bf5...
February 7, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Honestly cant see any situation where a huge chunk of people don’t go through a redress process here. Borrowing money to study is one thing, but the huge interest & the endless payment terms here is just ludicrous. A whole generation let down by basically all political parties in one way or another
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The level of media coverage of this vs the WASPI situation is interesting, given they are both situations where the rules changed, and in one case frequently with virtually no notice.
(No amount of not buying avocado toast would have saved me as much money as simply being born 18m earlier.)
(No amount of not buying avocado toast would have saved me as much money as simply being born 18m earlier.)
“I graduated with £42,000 of debt and even though I’m paying it off, it’s now £72,000.”
It's truly an abomination: On a normal job you keep paying forever. 40 years!
“Why would I trust a government that mis-sold me a loan when I was a child?” is a very good question.
www.ft.com/content/7bf5...
It's truly an abomination: On a normal job you keep paying forever. 40 years!
“Why would I trust a government that mis-sold me a loan when I was a child?” is a very good question.
www.ft.com/content/7bf5...
February 7, 2026 at 10:07 AM
The level of media coverage of this vs the WASPI situation is interesting, given they are both situations where the rules changed, and in one case frequently with virtually no notice.
(No amount of not buying avocado toast would have saved me as much money as simply being born 18m earlier.)
(No amount of not buying avocado toast would have saved me as much money as simply being born 18m earlier.)
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A lot of racists in UK media & politics are currently limbering up to hold Donald Trump to an infinitely lower moral standard than they did Gary Lineker.
Starting with Farage, inevitably…
Starting with Farage, inevitably…
February 7, 2026 at 9:09 AM
A lot of racists in UK media & politics are currently limbering up to hold Donald Trump to an infinitely lower moral standard than they did Gary Lineker.
Starting with Farage, inevitably…
Starting with Farage, inevitably…
The US president just talking about voter fraud, that didn’t happen, and a dumb lion king parody social media video. JFC… the absolute state of him
Reporter: The WH says a staffer sent that video. Are you going to fire the staffer?
Trump: No. I looked at it. I didn’t see the whole thing. I gave it to the people, they posted it.
Reporter: Are you going to apologize?
Trump: No, I didn’t make a mistake. It was a take off The Lion King.
Trump: No. I looked at it. I didn’t see the whole thing. I gave it to the people, they posted it.
Reporter: Are you going to apologize?
Trump: No, I didn’t make a mistake. It was a take off The Lion King.
February 7, 2026 at 8:20 AM
The US president just talking about voter fraud, that didn’t happen, and a dumb lion king parody social media video. JFC… the absolute state of him
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I don’t want to depress you all but the entire media and political class will have moved on from this latest Trump racist outburst by tomorrow, Monday at the very latest. He gets away with it every time - because he is allowed to get away with it, and because he floods the zone.
February 6, 2026 at 10:01 PM
I don’t want to depress you all but the entire media and political class will have moved on from this latest Trump racist outburst by tomorrow, Monday at the very latest. He gets away with it every time - because he is allowed to get away with it, and because he floods the zone.
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Shouting "gamble" at a pair of Bullseye contestants, no matter what they've won already.
February 6, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Shouting "gamble" at a pair of Bullseye contestants, no matter what they've won already.
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100% this.
This country has exactly what it voted for.
This country has exactly what it voted for.
Let's not let British voters off the hook. When May made some sense over social care, she got trashed. If Starmer had been honest about the need for income tax raises, he would have lost. The charlatans who brought you 10 years of decline - Johnson and Farage - did so with the backing of the public.
February 6, 2026 at 12:18 PM
100% this.
This country has exactly what it voted for.
This country has exactly what it voted for.
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5/5 PMs with approval ratings of measles isn't just a feature of failed leadership. It's Brexit Britain. There's no money for anything people want and were promised they would have, and no one can blame the people who got us into this mess because they got 52% of the vote (let alone reverse it).
Starmer's reported condition - incredibly unpopular, shorn of authority, probably un-reelectable and yet will stagger on for want of an alternative - is just the new normal of how Britain is governed. It was also true for two-thirds of May's premiership, half of Johnson's and all of Sunak's.
February 6, 2026 at 12:10 PM
5/5 PMs with approval ratings of measles isn't just a feature of failed leadership. It's Brexit Britain. There's no money for anything people want and were promised they would have, and no one can blame the people who got us into this mess because they got 52% of the vote (let alone reverse it).
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Nigel Farage tells GB News that Keir Starmer's decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as US ambassador shows his judgement is "seriously wrong" and he should stand down as Prime Minister.
Here's what Farage said when Mandelson was appointed
Here's what Farage said when Mandelson was appointed
February 5, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Nigel Farage tells GB News that Keir Starmer's decision to appoint Peter Mandelson as US ambassador shows his judgement is "seriously wrong" and he should stand down as Prime Minister.
Here's what Farage said when Mandelson was appointed
Here's what Farage said when Mandelson was appointed
Reaffirming the general public’s incorrect beliefs about immigration and asylum is incredibly self defeating and unhelpful. Just looking at the current state of the Conservatives should be enough of a clue
Do they understand how mad they sound? As if anyone has ever decided to cross the Channel in a small boat because, if they make it, they might get to take a free taxi to a doctor's appointment?
"Pull factors" on steroids.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
"Pull factors" on steroids.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
February 5, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Reaffirming the general public’s incorrect beliefs about immigration and asylum is incredibly self defeating and unhelpful. Just looking at the current state of the Conservatives should be enough of a clue
This is 100% accurate, and while it obviously reflects awfully on Starmer - he’s done now - just look at how much the US has sunk for this to have been the play. And look at the US now….nothing is happening. No one is being taken to task, no prosecutions, no committees, no inquiries….just meh 🤷🏼♂️
Weird and almost universal revisionism today. Even at the time, it was pretty clear that Mandelson wasn't appointed *despite* his dodgy links but *because* of them. Trump's Washington is a dirty swamp. Mandelson was deemed a man able to swim in it. This wasn't a secret. Everybody said it out loud.
February 4, 2026 at 11:31 PM
This is 100% accurate, and while it obviously reflects awfully on Starmer - he’s done now - just look at how much the US has sunk for this to have been the play. And look at the US now….nothing is happening. No one is being taken to task, no prosecutions, no committees, no inquiries….just meh 🤷🏼♂️
Can you begin to imagine if Epstein was a Russian stooge….fucking hell
February 4, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Can you begin to imagine if Epstein was a Russian stooge….fucking hell
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Sir Ed Davey just asked in the Commons whether Starmer is concerned that Epstein may have been sharing secret documents from Mandelson with the Russians
Poland will launch an investigation into possible links between the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Russian intelligence, as well as any impact on Poland, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday.
February 4, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Sir Ed Davey just asked in the Commons whether Starmer is concerned that Epstein may have been sharing secret documents from Mandelson with the Russians
Brexit really was sticking it to the elites wasn’t it 🙃
1. This 2016 exchange between Jeffrey Epstein and Peter Thiel is so essential, really gets to the heart of Epstein's project.
Epstein: brexit, just the beginning.
Thiel: Of what?
Epstein: return to tribalism... finding things on their way to collapse , was much easier than finding the next bargain
Epstein: brexit, just the beginning.
Thiel: Of what?
Epstein: return to tribalism... finding things on their way to collapse , was much easier than finding the next bargain
February 4, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Brexit really was sticking it to the elites wasn’t it 🙃
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Jon Stewart on the latest Epstein dump, the lack of accountability, and how the real sanctuary cities in America are "where money and power protect you from the consequences of sex trafficking"
February 3, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Jon Stewart on the latest Epstein dump, the lack of accountability, and how the real sanctuary cities in America are "where money and power protect you from the consequences of sex trafficking"
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Times:
The Metropolitan Police is expected to announced on Tuesday evening that Mandelson is being investigated on suspicion of misconduct in public office, an offence that carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
The Metropolitan Police is expected to announced on Tuesday evening that Mandelson is being investigated on suspicion of misconduct in public office, an offence that carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
February 3, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Times:
The Metropolitan Police is expected to announced on Tuesday evening that Mandelson is being investigated on suspicion of misconduct in public office, an offence that carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
The Metropolitan Police is expected to announced on Tuesday evening that Mandelson is being investigated on suspicion of misconduct in public office, an offence that carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
Reform and Farage still VERY quiet on Epstein, especially as it centres on three things they seem to talk about all the time; 1) elitism 2) political scandal 3) female abuse
Something that I’ve found curious, the whole Epstein story is the pinnacle of the elites vs. everyone else argument, yet in the UK, Reform, who’s whole schtick claims to be about railing against elites, don’t go near it. Ultimately I think it’s quite obvious why, but still, quite interesting
Beyond the particulars, the Epstein files massively corrode trust in elites and political institutions. They consolidate two suspicions among the public. 1/3
February 3, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Reform and Farage still VERY quiet on Epstein, especially as it centres on three things they seem to talk about all the time; 1) elitism 2) political scandal 3) female abuse
I love pubs as much as anyone, and they do seem to need much more help from government, but increasing child poverty as a trade off to support pubs is legitimately insane. Why is this presented as a choice?!
NEW: Reform UK says it would re-impose the two-child benefit cap - scrapped by Labour - for most families to fund £3bn support package for pubs.
February 3, 2026 at 3:46 PM
I love pubs as much as anyone, and they do seem to need much more help from government, but increasing child poverty as a trade off to support pubs is legitimately insane. Why is this presented as a choice?!
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February 3, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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It’s undoubtedly fair to question Starmer’s judgement over Mandelson, but as before, he was selected BECAUSE of who he is, not in spite of it. The choice was made because the assumption was Trump would like someone grubby with whom he had mutual acquaintances. We should at least recognise that
February 3, 2026 at 10:57 AM
It’s undoubtedly fair to question Starmer’s judgement over Mandelson, but as before, he was selected BECAUSE of who he is, not in spite of it. The choice was made because the assumption was Trump would like someone grubby with whom he had mutual acquaintances. We should at least recognise that
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Every accusation is a confession.
February 2, 2026 at 5:45 AM
Every accusation is a confession.
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Not quite one year ago as.ft.com/r/52c094cb-4...
February 1, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Not quite one year ago as.ft.com/r/52c094cb-4...
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‘Made me want to punch the air’: The Night Manager’s seductive, twisty return was a TV triumph
‘Made me want to punch the air’: The Night Manager’s seductive, twisty return was a TV triumph
Without a weighty Le Carré novel behind it, there were fears the steamy, stylish spy series would feel phoned in. We needn’t have worried – it’s been a delight
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2026 at 11:50 PM
‘Made me want to punch the air’: The Night Manager’s seductive, twisty return was a TV triumph