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Luke Rackstraw
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· Jun 17
Reeves considers softening inheritance tax changes amid non-dom backlash
Reeves considers softening inheritance tax changes amid non-dom backlash
Chancellor is keen to mollify wealthy global investors and attract foreign investment into the UK
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Rachel Reeves is considering caving in to City lobbying and softening changes to inheritance tax that affect wealthy individuals who would previously have been “non-doms”, reports suggest.
In her autumn budget, the chancellor confirmed that she would scrap the non-dom tax status, which allowed wealthy individuals with connections abroad to avoid paying full UK tax on their overseas earnings. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
Hoarding 👏 assets 👏 is not 👏 investment 👏
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This is important as much as I like the leader, the policies are the most important thing they should be promoting!
The left let the billionaire press build Corbyn as a popularity cult - before unleashing the antisemitism scam
Now greens are doing the same, every day pictures of Polanski, instead of promoting
- range of national & local green leaders
- daily popular policy memes
Please - less Zack, more policy
Now greens are doing the same, every day pictures of Polanski, instead of promoting
- range of national & local green leaders
- daily popular policy memes
Please - less Zack, more policy
You can’t solve a crisis with the same thinking that caused it
Billionaires and corporations are driving climate breakdown. It’s time to tax their wealth and build a fairer future.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social at the New Statesman.
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
Billionaires and corporations are driving climate breakdown. It’s time to tax their wealth and build a fairer future.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social at the New Statesman.
www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/su...
November 11, 2025 at 10:59 AM
This is important as much as I like the leader, the policies are the most important thing they should be promoting!
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We've got 31 game devs who are keen to get to work, @rockstargames.com.
November 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM
We've got 31 game devs who are keen to get to work, @rockstargames.com.
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bro are you fucking kidding me
![quote from the Economist article which says "[study authors] are now looking at whether AI facial analysis can give lenders useful clues about a person’s propensity to repay loans. For people without access to credit, that could be a blessing."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6ofjbklfvptnupad4lxumblw/bafkreia3yctiqd7ejumpd6novxjpiycphtfkc3bdgd573jw37faqdl7o7m@jpeg)
November 6, 2025 at 5:59 PM
bro are you fucking kidding me
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They've changed it back again now, but changing a quote is a huge red flag. The BBC are repeatedly demonstrating that there are ideologues directly interfering with the meaning of stories they report relating to trans people, and this should be a far bigger deal than it is
In this piece, admitting the BBC has broken its impartiality rules re. trans people, the BBC further breaks its impartiality rules by changing a quote saying "trans identity" to "trans ideology".
Martine Croxall broke rules over 'pregnant people' facial expression, BBC says
The BBC newsreader was reading out a news bulletin about research on groups most at risk in UK heatwaves.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
They've changed it back again now, but changing a quote is a huge red flag. The BBC are repeatedly demonstrating that there are ideologues directly interfering with the meaning of stories they report relating to trans people, and this should be a far bigger deal than it is
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The Sky report on X is interesting but not surprising.
It starts to put data behind the obvious bias on Twitter post Elon.
One telling thing is what they class as “extreme”.
On the left? Right?
Jokes Hate fueled racist conspiracy
It starts to put data behind the obvious bias on Twitter post Elon.
One telling thing is what they class as “extreme”.
On the left? Right?
Jokes Hate fueled racist conspiracy
November 6, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The Sky report on X is interesting but not surprising.
It starts to put data behind the obvious bias on Twitter post Elon.
One telling thing is what they class as “extreme”.
On the left? Right?
Jokes Hate fueled racist conspiracy
It starts to put data behind the obvious bias on Twitter post Elon.
One telling thing is what they class as “extreme”.
On the left? Right?
Jokes Hate fueled racist conspiracy
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Every single woman you know has had this happen to her. Even the goddamn president of Mexico.
Brava: “If I don’t file a complaint, then what message does that send to all Mexican women?” Ms. Sheinbaum said at her daily news conference, noting sexual harassment was a crime… “If this can happen to the president, what’s going to happen to all the young women & women across our country?”
Mexico’s President Presses Charges Against Man Who Groped Her on the Street
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Every single woman you know has had this happen to her. Even the goddamn president of Mexico.
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Ive never been slow to criticise the Reach plc media for their awful clickbait headlines. But this is another level. They know exactly what they're doing with this headline, and it is horrible, divisive and dangerous. Shame on them.
November 4, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Ive never been slow to criticise the Reach plc media for their awful clickbait headlines. But this is another level. They know exactly what they're doing with this headline, and it is horrible, divisive and dangerous. Shame on them.
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The Royal Family are the real victims here, right?
Trump on Prince Andrew and the Epstein scandal: "I feel very badly. I mean, it's a terrible thing that's happened to the family. That's been a tragic situation. And it's too bad. I feel badly for the family."
November 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The Royal Family are the real victims here, right?
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Is saying that the Jews run the world antisemitic or just vigilant? Tune in for next week's episode of "is it racist to be racist"
Is the Reform MP who says she’s driven mad by TV adverts full of Black & Asian people a racist or realist? How many migrants would the Tories expel? & should the UK be selling fighter jets to Türkiye?
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#Peston
October 28, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Is saying that the Jews run the world antisemitic or just vigilant? Tune in for next week's episode of "is it racist to be racist"
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If Hunter Biden went on MSNBC and said Joe Biden was "saving God," the head of every pundit and influencer in right wing media would simultaneously explode. Half of Manhattan would be covered in Fox News head debris.
Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."
October 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
If Hunter Biden went on MSNBC and said Joe Biden was "saving God," the head of every pundit and influencer in right wing media would simultaneously explode. Half of Manhattan would be covered in Fox News head debris.
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I cannot stress how important Rebecca has been for trans gamedevs. I wouldn't be here if not for her and her wife.
Help if you can.
Help if you can.
Rebecca is a legend and needs some help. Consider donating if you can!
www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...?
www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...?
Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman
I’m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creat… Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer
www.gofundme.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:25 AM
I cannot stress how important Rebecca has been for trans gamedevs. I wouldn't be here if not for her and her wife.
Help if you can.
Help if you can.
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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How does a 'mistake' like this even happen? Seriously?
There needs to be criminal charges here.
Horrific.
There needs to be criminal charges here.
Horrific.
This is utterly heartbreaking. Too sad for words. A direct result of underfunding the NHS.
October 6, 2025 at 8:25 AM
How does a 'mistake' like this even happen? Seriously?
There needs to be criminal charges here.
Horrific.
There needs to be criminal charges here.
Horrific.
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You never hear Doug Beattie say a 'firm hand' is needed for the people who actually terrorise Northern Ireland
October 6, 2025 at 9:20 AM
You never hear Doug Beattie say a 'firm hand' is needed for the people who actually terrorise Northern Ireland
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Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment
Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first
Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first
Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally, a former nurse, has been named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury - the first time a woman has been appointed to the role in the Church of England's history.
news.sky.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment
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Spent the last decade reading conservative blogs use the word "Orwellian" more than they used the word "the" and now they're literally just saying "War is Peace" out loud in front of everybody.
Hegseth: "As history teaches us, the only people who actually deserve peace and those who are willing to wage war to defend it. That's why pacifism is so naive and dangerous."
September 30, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Spent the last decade reading conservative blogs use the word "Orwellian" more than they used the word "the" and now they're literally just saying "War is Peace" out loud in front of everybody.
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hey @nytimes.com: there is no counterpoint here. There are no credible legal experts who would EVER say that the US military has any right or authority to blow civilian craft out of the Caribbean and kill their crews from afar without any provocation. There is no other side to this question.
September 30, 2025 at 1:43 AM
hey @nytimes.com: there is no counterpoint here. There are no credible legal experts who would EVER say that the US military has any right or authority to blow civilian craft out of the Caribbean and kill their crews from afar without any provocation. There is no other side to this question.
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Once again:
An actual conspiracy - a real
One - with perfectly innocent people’s lives being forfeit to compete convenience & profit.
It happened. And still it drags on.
An actual conspiracy - a real
One - with perfectly innocent people’s lives being forfeit to compete convenience & profit.
It happened. And still it drags on.
Disabled Post Office Horizon scandal victim offered 15% of compensation claim
Due to the illegal conviction for fraud she lost her home, served time in prison.
No end to the misery. Why penny pinching?
No culprit charged, forced to pay any compensation to victims.
Due to the illegal conviction for fraud she lost her home, served time in prison.
No end to the misery. Why penny pinching?
No culprit charged, forced to pay any compensation to victims.
Disabled Post Office Horizon victim offered 15% of compensation claim
Janet Skinner had a neurological collapse and was temporarily paralysed after her final court hearing.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 29, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Once again:
An actual conspiracy - a real
One - with perfectly innocent people’s lives being forfeit to compete convenience & profit.
It happened. And still it drags on.
An actual conspiracy - a real
One - with perfectly innocent people’s lives being forfeit to compete convenience & profit.
It happened. And still it drags on.
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Cannot stress enough how it is already possible to report potholes www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Public backs ‘super ID card’ which could be used to report potholes
Ministers have recently said they are considering introducing a form of digital ID for adults in Britain
www.independent.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Cannot stress enough how it is already possible to report potholes www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Complain!
Ask for a reply. The BBC are obliged to supply one!
Ask for a reply. The BBC are obliged to supply one!
For 56 minutes Sky News and BBC News interrupted everything else and carried a Reform UK feed live, uninterrupted, unchallenged. The stream spluttered, froze, pixelated - dozens of times - still they stuck with it. FOR ONE HOUR.
This is an editorial choice. No other party gets this coverage. ~AA
This is an editorial choice. No other party gets this coverage. ~AA
September 22, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Complain!
Ask for a reply. The BBC are obliged to supply one!
Ask for a reply. The BBC are obliged to supply one!
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practically twins
September 16, 2025 at 2:05 PM
practically twins
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ICYMI — ahead of his state visit, Trump was welcomed to the UK with the world’s largest Epstein-Trump photo. Right outside Windsor Castle, where he’s staying.
Funded by donations from the British public.
Funded by donations from the British public.
September 16, 2025 at 11:59 AM
ICYMI — ahead of his state visit, Trump was welcomed to the UK with the world’s largest Epstein-Trump photo. Right outside Windsor Castle, where he’s staying.
Funded by donations from the British public.
Funded by donations from the British public.
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I'm told that pointing out that somebody is literally talking like a Nazi is far more dangerous rhetoric than somebody literally talking like a Nazi.
Calling this sort of eliminationist talk out is deemed uncivil in ways that suggesting we eliminate masses of people is not.
Calling this sort of eliminationist talk out is deemed uncivil in ways that suggesting we eliminate masses of people is not.
'Fox & Friends' co-host Brian Kilmeade suggested euthanizing unhoused people with mental health issues who decline help, saying, “Just kill ‘em.” More:
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Fox Host Says to 'Just Kill 'Em' While Discussing Homeless People Who Decline Help
'Fox and Friends' co-host Brian Kilmeade suggested euthanizing unhoused people with mental health issues who decline help, saying, 'Just kill 'em.'
www.rollingstone.com
September 14, 2025 at 11:02 AM
I'm told that pointing out that somebody is literally talking like a Nazi is far more dangerous rhetoric than somebody literally talking like a Nazi.
Calling this sort of eliminationist talk out is deemed uncivil in ways that suggesting we eliminate masses of people is not.
Calling this sort of eliminationist talk out is deemed uncivil in ways that suggesting we eliminate masses of people is not.