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This is the same group that seems to have an open invitation to appear on every single BBC political programme going, without ever declaring their funding
🔴 REVEALED 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group – received more than £640,000 from fossil fuel companies and Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate between 1957 and ...
www.desmog.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:42 AM
This is the same group that seems to have an open invitation to appear on every single BBC political programme going, without ever declaring their funding
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COVID fraud, how much did it cost us?
We're not talking about legitimate increases in spending, or spending on things we might have needed, but didn't lsoe.
Just basic fraud from the Tory government's schemes.
And it cost us £10.9bn, according to the final report from the COVID Commissioner.
1/2
We're not talking about legitimate increases in spending, or spending on things we might have needed, but didn't lsoe.
Just basic fraud from the Tory government's schemes.
And it cost us £10.9bn, according to the final report from the COVID Commissioner.
1/2
December 9, 2025 at 11:51 AM
COVID fraud, how much did it cost us?
We're not talking about legitimate increases in spending, or spending on things we might have needed, but didn't lsoe.
Just basic fraud from the Tory government's schemes.
And it cost us £10.9bn, according to the final report from the COVID Commissioner.
1/2
We're not talking about legitimate increases in spending, or spending on things we might have needed, but didn't lsoe.
Just basic fraud from the Tory government's schemes.
And it cost us £10.9bn, according to the final report from the COVID Commissioner.
1/2
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2 in 3 of Nigel Farage’s current and former partners do not speak English as their first language.
December 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
2 in 3 of Nigel Farage’s current and former partners do not speak English as their first language.
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🆕 What's past is prologue 🆕
🇪🇺 Brexit's back alright
🗳️ lessons from 2024 GE
📰 media's Reeves derangement
🧌 Dungeons & Dragons
@pimlicat.bsky.social, @sturdyalex.bsky.social & guest @samfr.bsky.social put the world to rights.
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/11Nv...
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🇪🇺 Brexit's back alright
🗳️ lessons from 2024 GE
📰 media's Reeves derangement
🧌 Dungeons & Dragons
@pimlicat.bsky.social, @sturdyalex.bsky.social & guest @samfr.bsky.social put the world to rights.
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/11Nv...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
What's past is prologue
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 04/12/2025 · 1h 10m
podcasts.apple.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:37 AM
🆕 What's past is prologue 🆕
🇪🇺 Brexit's back alright
🗳️ lessons from 2024 GE
📰 media's Reeves derangement
🧌 Dungeons & Dragons
@pimlicat.bsky.social, @sturdyalex.bsky.social & guest @samfr.bsky.social put the world to rights.
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/11Nv...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
🇪🇺 Brexit's back alright
🗳️ lessons from 2024 GE
📰 media's Reeves derangement
🧌 Dungeons & Dragons
@pimlicat.bsky.social, @sturdyalex.bsky.social & guest @samfr.bsky.social put the world to rights.
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/11Nv...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
This should scare the living daylights out of everyone- this establishes a world in which the disgustingly rich can do whatever they like and a democratically elected government can do nothing to stop them. The world has gone insane!
Sovereignty? Democracy? Sorry, but we can't afford those anymore. We'll be sued if we try to defend them.
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Hello, foreign oligarchs and corporations! Please come and sue the UK for billions | George Monbiot
The case of a planned Cumbrian coalmine shows how governments around the world are being threatened by litigation in shadowy offshore courts, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:30 AM
This should scare the living daylights out of everyone- this establishes a world in which the disgustingly rich can do whatever they like and a democratically elected government can do nothing to stop them. The world has gone insane!
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"I don't think the inquiry has gone far enough in naming and shaming the ministers responsible..."
#Covid19Inquiry
#NHS
#LongCovid
#Covid19Inquiry
#NHS
#LongCovid
The Covid-19 inquiry – a response
Dr Dan Goyal, an NHS consultant, gives his response to the recently published Covid-19 Inquiry
bylines.scot
December 1, 2025 at 10:15 AM
"I don't think the inquiry has gone far enough in naming and shaming the ministers responsible..."
#Covid19Inquiry
#NHS
#LongCovid
#Covid19Inquiry
#NHS
#LongCovid
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A public inquiry into Russian interference may now being considered for one reason: thousands of people pushed the petition online. That pressure came from you.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/foreign-poli...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/foreign-poli...
Russian influence petition surges past 100,000 signatures
A petition demanding a full inquiry into Russian influence in UK politics has passed 100,000 signatures
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
A public inquiry into Russian interference may now being considered for one reason: thousands of people pushed the petition online. That pressure came from you.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/foreign-poli...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/foreign-poli...
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What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
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The only reason Gill stopped being the Reform UK leader in Wales was because he failed to win a seat in the 2021 Senedd election.
Zia Yusuf keeps trying to make this sound like this is ancient history, and Reform washed their hands of him, but nothing is further from the truth.
Zia Yusuf keeps trying to make this sound like this is ancient history, and Reform washed their hands of him, but nothing is further from the truth.
November 24, 2025 at 9:55 AM
The only reason Gill stopped being the Reform UK leader in Wales was because he failed to win a seat in the 2021 Senedd election.
Zia Yusuf keeps trying to make this sound like this is ancient history, and Reform washed their hands of him, but nothing is further from the truth.
Zia Yusuf keeps trying to make this sound like this is ancient history, and Reform washed their hands of him, but nothing is further from the truth.
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Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph.
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Daily Mail owner strikes £500m deal to buy Telegraph titles
Acquisition likely to trigger in-depth investigation by regulator after agreement between DMGT and Redbird IMI
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph.
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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GET THIS IN YOUR EARS
Jewellery. Deporations.
Distraction tactics.
Same circus, different week
But we cover it…differently 😉
(and that piggy from the US makes a cameo too)
Brand new ep on link below…
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Jewellery. Deporations.
Distraction tactics.
Same circus, different week
But we cover it…differently 😉
(and that piggy from the US makes a cameo too)
Brand new ep on link below…
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Jewellery, Deportations & Distraction Tactics
Podcast Episode · The Trawl · 21/11/2025 · 38m
podcasts.apple.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
GET THIS IN YOUR EARS
Jewellery. Deporations.
Distraction tactics.
Same circus, different week
But we cover it…differently 😉
(and that piggy from the US makes a cameo too)
Brand new ep on link below…
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
Jewellery. Deporations.
Distraction tactics.
Same circus, different week
But we cover it…differently 😉
(and that piggy from the US makes a cameo too)
Brand new ep on link below…
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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I'm sure the Londinistan guys will be delighted to read this... really good news... they'll be talking about something else altogether now... sure of it... because they were genuinely concerned weren't they
November 20, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I'm sure the Londinistan guys will be delighted to read this... really good news... they'll be talking about something else altogether now... sure of it... because they were genuinely concerned weren't they
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Meanwhile, on X - Grok is denying the Holocaust... and all our institutions and politicians and media giants just stay there like that's perfectly OK.
What does it take to get people to leave that horror show??? Seriously.
What does it take to get people to leave that horror show??? Seriously.
a close up of a man 's face with the words just leave written in white
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with the words just leave written in white
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Meanwhile, on X - Grok is denying the Holocaust... and all our institutions and politicians and media giants just stay there like that's perfectly OK.
What does it take to get people to leave that horror show??? Seriously.
What does it take to get people to leave that horror show??? Seriously.
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
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“The gov't are doing some good stuff and they do have a machine that should be able to amplify a relatively simple message that involves some measure of positivity. But they just seem incapable of doing it. I know people who are on the minimum wage who didn't know that it had gone up.”😱
💒 SUNDAY SCHOOL Tax of My Tears OUT NOW!
🔀 How can sticking to a pledge become a U-turn?
🚮 Fly-tipping trauma
🚻 “Doing a Mandy”
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🎧👇
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🔀 How can sticking to a pledge become a U-turn?
🚮 Fly-tipping trauma
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Sunday School: Tax of my tears
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 16/11/2025 · 52m
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November 16, 2025 at 7:48 AM
“The gov't are doing some good stuff and they do have a machine that should be able to amplify a relatively simple message that involves some measure of positivity. But they just seem incapable of doing it. I know people who are on the minimum wage who didn't know that it had gone up.”😱
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💒 SUNDAY SCHOOL Tax of My Tears OUT NOW!
🔀 How can sticking to a pledge become a U-turn?
🚮 Fly-tipping trauma
🚻 “Doing a Mandy”
@pimlicat.bsky.social & @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social deliver today's lesson.
🎧👇
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/4Pmt...
🔀 How can sticking to a pledge become a U-turn?
🚮 Fly-tipping trauma
🚻 “Doing a Mandy”
@pimlicat.bsky.social & @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social deliver today's lesson.
🎧👇
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/4Pmt...
Sunday School: Tax of my tears
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 16/11/2025 · 52m
podcasts.apple.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:22 AM
💒 SUNDAY SCHOOL Tax of My Tears OUT NOW!
🔀 How can sticking to a pledge become a U-turn?
🚮 Fly-tipping trauma
🚻 “Doing a Mandy”
@pimlicat.bsky.social & @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social deliver today's lesson.
🎧👇
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/4Pmt...
🔀 How can sticking to a pledge become a U-turn?
🚮 Fly-tipping trauma
🚻 “Doing a Mandy”
@pimlicat.bsky.social & @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social deliver today's lesson.
🎧👇
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/4Pmt...
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Reform in Lancashire threatens closing five day centres and five care homes, with “reprovision” forcing disabled or older adults (including a 106-year-old) into alternative support.
🧵1/3
🧵1/3
November 14, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Reform in Lancashire threatens closing five day centres and five care homes, with “reprovision” forcing disabled or older adults (including a 106-year-old) into alternative support.
🧵1/3
🧵1/3
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please do not give any sensitive information (eg your email or bluesky password) to random people claiming to be bluesky support in your DMs. i know they look scary but they are lying to you
November 12, 2025 at 7:49 PM
please do not give any sensitive information (eg your email or bluesky password) to random people claiming to be bluesky support in your DMs. i know they look scary but they are lying to you
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Amid all the horror of the attack on Saturday we see the very, very best of human beings. The passengers who helped each other, the heroic train worker who put himself in harms way and undoubtedly saved lives.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c9...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c9...
'Heroic' train worker 'critical but stable' after knife attack, says transport secretary
After seeing CCTV, the police say the worker's actions
www.bbc.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Amid all the horror of the attack on Saturday we see the very, very best of human beings. The passengers who helped each other, the heroic train worker who put himself in harms way and undoubtedly saved lives.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c9...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c9...
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Will the RW media remember the driver and conductor of the Huntingdon attack, and how many lives they saved, the next time train companies try to eliminate staff and they strike, citing passenger safety?
November 3, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Will the RW media remember the driver and conductor of the Huntingdon attack, and how many lives they saved, the next time train companies try to eliminate staff and they strike, citing passenger safety?
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Polling from @amnestyuk.bsky.social shows we want to stay in the ECHR.
The public have seen the harm leaving European institutions has done to Britain and they recognise calls to leave the ECHR are just asking for even more damage to all our rights
nation.cymru/news/more-su...
The public have seen the harm leaving European institutions has done to Britain and they recognise calls to leave the ECHR are just asking for even more damage to all our rights
nation.cymru/news/more-su...
More support for staying in ECHR than leaving, poll suggests
Nearly half of the UK public support staying in the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), almost twice the proportion who say the country should leave the treaty, new polling has suggested. A su...
nation.cymru
November 3, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Polling from @amnestyuk.bsky.social shows we want to stay in the ECHR.
The public have seen the harm leaving European institutions has done to Britain and they recognise calls to leave the ECHR are just asking for even more damage to all our rights
nation.cymru/news/more-su...
The public have seen the harm leaving European institutions has done to Britain and they recognise calls to leave the ECHR are just asking for even more damage to all our rights
nation.cymru/news/more-su...
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Good question, Junior!
November 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Good question, Junior!
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Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC
November 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC
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That's racism. Plain and simple.
No other word for it.
It's shocking beyond belief that this sort of thing is somehow acceptable.
No other word for it.
It's shocking beyond belief that this sort of thing is somehow acceptable.
Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin, “It drives me mad seeing adverts full of black people, full of Asian people, full of anything other than white"
Followed by that time Sarah Pochin said, "My kids say: mum, you're such a moron" 👀
Followed by that time Sarah Pochin said, "My kids say: mum, you're such a moron" 👀
October 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
That's racism. Plain and simple.
No other word for it.
It's shocking beyond belief that this sort of thing is somehow acceptable.
No other word for it.
It's shocking beyond belief that this sort of thing is somehow acceptable.