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Vegan. Love animals, humans & 🌏
Swift Conservation & 🦔🦊🦡 Politics🌹Hate lies & injustice. No longer active on twitter @JeanStaffordBa1. Hope to find ppl I followed, here.#Pigoneer
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It's good to see Labour trying to recoup some of our money from the PPE scandal
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The founder of an investment company who bought an £8.5 million London flat after supplying 50 million faulty PPE masks during the pandemic has had a criminal restraint order imposed on the property.

www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
Financier’s £8.5m flat frozen amid tax investigation over PPE deal
Tim Horlick bought the Pimlico property shortly after his company was awarded the now-contentious £255m contract by the government
www.thetimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Brilliant news.

More of this please.

Let's get after the grifting opportunists!
November 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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I love her. She sounds great. Looks great. She’s focussed and the OBR hasn’t derailed her for a nano second.

No austerity 👏👏👏
November 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Budget 2025 factsheet: driving economic growth

This government’s first mission is growth.

Saves me doing a List. Highlights. Well worth a read.

www.gov.uk/government/n...
Budget 2025 factsheet: driving economic growth
This government’s first mission is growth.
www.gov.uk
November 26, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Markets give the budget the thumbs up then.
November 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Things I like:

Lifting 2 child cap
Min Wage uplifts
Gambling tax
Surcharge on £2m+ houses
Salary sacrifice cap
EV road charges (they use roads)
£400m clawed back in COVID payments (more plz)
Borrowing will be down
Markets happy
More Russian sanctions (Farage?)
Energy ⬇️
And more
November 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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The OBR says that the VAT charge on private schools has raised more money than expected because fewer pupils have gone into the state sector

Never believe the Tories and their media.
November 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Damming views on the OBR leak on Marr. Could even be criminal. Wow.
November 26, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Marr also approving in the main of the Budget. A lone voice on @LBC
November 26, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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From NW Essex Labour
November 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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For the benefit of the half dozen readers who don't yet understand:
"Gilts" represent the cost of Government borrowing.
When the Gilt market panics, due to thinking the Government is incompetent, reckless or irresponsible, the cost shoots up.
When they are happy, the cost drops.
Good Budget today!
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Worth a share here 👍
November 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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11 new Labour announcements in just two days. From Neighbourhood Health Centres to reducing electricity costs for businesses to further sugar levies in drinks. A government set to improve the daily lives of people throughout our Country. 👏👏👏
November 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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With the most magnificent tail of all in the #jungle, the #vulnerable Tufted Ground Squirrel of #Borneo 🇲🇾🇮🇩 is losing a battle against #palmoil #ecocide. Fight for them when you shop and be #vegan 🥕🥦🍆 #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social wp.me/pcFhgU-7P9
Tufted Ground Squirrel Rheithrosciurus macrotis
The tufted ground squirrel, or groove-toothed squirrel, is a striking nut-cracking rodent native to the island of Borneo. Sporting a voluminous, club-shaped tail, the tufted ground squirrel carries…
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November 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Deforestation is ecocide.
Blue-streaked lorries are #Indonesia’s 🇮🇩 rare jewels. These crimson and blue #parrots 🦜🌈 are ‘Near Threatened’ by the #pet trade 🙀 and #PalmOil #Deforestation. Protect these #birds when u #Boycottpalmoil 🌴🪔⛔️ #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect wp.me/pcFhgU-a8d
November 26, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Cheeky, charismatic Borneo Forest #Dragons 🦎are the most beautiful #lizards you've never heard of. Living inside of #Borneo's #forests, threats include #palmoil #deforestation and more. Help them survive #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect.bsky.social wp.me/pcFhgU-8PU
Borneo Forest Dragon Gonocephalus bornensis
The #Borneo Forest Dragon, also known as the Borneo Anglehead #Lizard is a vividly coloured lizard native to Borneo. This arboreal #reptile is known for their prominent crest and beautifully camouf…
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November 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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The £150 reduction on household energy costs and the removal of the 2 child cap is most welcome and will help millions.
November 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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I know this will be an internal HR matter for the OBR but they need to make a statement on this early release and there needs to be a full investigation.
November 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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If anyone ever needs reminding of what the Tory party stands for, look no further than their reaction today to the Labour government lifting the Nation’s children out of poverty 👇
Tory front benches equally furious at a tax on mansions and hundreds of thousands of kids being pulled out of poverty. Shameful stuff.
November 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Any budget that addresses wealth inequality in this country will be screamed at by the media and the Tories. Why? Because they are joined at the hip - evidenced by a SkyNews executive running off to become a Tory minister a few years ago.
November 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Hardly the right tone given that those “few billions here and there” will lift the Nation’s children out of poverty.
November 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social
Who could possibly want to take the wind out of Rachel Reeves' sail!
November 26, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Renewables routinely generate more than half of U.K electricity.

They also generate thousands of jobs, reduce our exposure to volatile gas prices, and allow us to stick two fingers up to fossil-fueled dictators.

Leadership is knowing the way, showing the way, AND going the way…🇬🇧♻️⚡️👷👩‍🔧
November 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Macron says that after a peace deal is signed, "assurance forces" will be deployed beyond the front line, including in Kyiv and Odesa. Nearly 20 countries, among them the UK, France, and Turkey are ready. These won’t be NATO forces but a multilateral coalition acting like NATO’s eastern flank.
November 25, 2025 at 9:58 AM