Gildy Stern
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Thank Christ for LFC and Beer
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I mean, we get it. You want white, middle-class children and nothing else. Just say it instead of going round the roundabout of pretending you aren't a racist, up-yourself bastard.
November 27, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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This is what happens when political hacks focus on the soap opera and the horse race to the utter exclusion of policy or the impact of policy. If the BBC's public service remit is to mean anything this framing needs to stop dominating.
Headline on The World at One just now:
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
November 27, 2025 at 1:26 PM
This is what happens when political hacks focus on the soap opera and the horse race to the utter exclusion of policy or the impact of policy. If the BBC's public service remit is to mean anything this framing needs to stop dominating.
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OK I forecast that Farage will simply switch to 'that's still a Luton arriving every year'. No fall in migration is big enough for them.
November 27, 2025 at 11:49 AM
OK I forecast that Farage will simply switch to 'that's still a Luton arriving every year'. No fall in migration is big enough for them.
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Caught about 20 secs of Badenoch's response to budget speech yesterday (I refused to listen at the time) & genuinely appalled at how low the Tories have sunk. Are crass sneering ad hominem insults really the best they can do? Embarrassed that this woman is allowed anywhere near public office.
November 27, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Caught about 20 secs of Badenoch's response to budget speech yesterday (I refused to listen at the time) & genuinely appalled at how low the Tories have sunk. Are crass sneering ad hominem insults really the best they can do? Embarrassed that this woman is allowed anywhere near public office.
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Me on @bloomberg.com discussing the two child limit
November 27, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Me on @bloomberg.com discussing the two child limit
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Net migration to the UK dropped sharply to 204,000 in the year to June, new figures show
That's a drop from 649,000 in the year to June 2024, and a drop of nearly 80% from the peak in 2023
(ONS)
That's a drop from 649,000 in the year to June 2024, and a drop of nearly 80% from the peak in 2023
(ONS)
November 27, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Net migration to the UK dropped sharply to 204,000 in the year to June, new figures show
That's a drop from 649,000 in the year to June 2024, and a drop of nearly 80% from the peak in 2023
(ONS)
That's a drop from 649,000 in the year to June 2024, and a drop of nearly 80% from the peak in 2023
(ONS)
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I know who Nus Ghani MP is - not because we always agree - but because she’s been serving her constituency (as well as lewks) since 2015.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
November 26, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I know who Nus Ghani MP is - not because we always agree - but because she’s been serving her constituency (as well as lewks) since 2015.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
Who the hell is Lucy White?!
Ah, a quick google search reveals her as a rentagob for GB ‘news.’
I know which one is qualified to chair the budget debate.
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It's almost like much of the mainstream media and right wing press has an agenda, isn't it.
New net migration figures at 930am.
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
November 27, 2025 at 8:55 AM
It's almost like much of the mainstream media and right wing press has an agenda, isn't it.
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On Sky Politics Hub, the whole budget was framed as if somehow the most consequential thing was the OBR accidentally publishing figures an hour early. There are 50 things in there more salient to viewers. I see no way to justify it editorially, other than to construct a hostile narrative. Poor.
November 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
On Sky Politics Hub, the whole budget was framed as if somehow the most consequential thing was the OBR accidentally publishing figures an hour early. There are 50 things in there more salient to viewers. I see no way to justify it editorially, other than to construct a hostile narrative. Poor.
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Vanguard is an asset manager with $11 trillion under management.
And thanks to the budget, they’re adding to UK Government bond exposures.
It seems “Rachel from Accounts” has done very well re market sentiment.
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social, the misogynists can sit down. Reeves is in charge!
And thanks to the budget, they’re adding to UK Government bond exposures.
It seems “Rachel from Accounts” has done very well re market sentiment.
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social, the misogynists can sit down. Reeves is in charge!
November 26, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Vanguard is an asset manager with $11 trillion under management.
And thanks to the budget, they’re adding to UK Government bond exposures.
It seems “Rachel from Accounts” has done very well re market sentiment.
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social, the misogynists can sit down. Reeves is in charge!
And thanks to the budget, they’re adding to UK Government bond exposures.
It seems “Rachel from Accounts” has done very well re market sentiment.
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social, the misogynists can sit down. Reeves is in charge!
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Tory MPs now protesting about anti-protest laws which they themselves brought in..
November 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Tory MPs now protesting about anti-protest laws which they themselves brought in..
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On Truss & Kwarteng in ‘22. Allister Heath, Telegraph: “the best budget I have ever heard a British chancellor deliver". Alex Brummer, Mail: “a genuine Tory package elbowing to one side the Treasury's fiscal conservatism".
These men will now be paid actual money for their analysis of today’s budget.
These men will now be paid actual money for their analysis of today’s budget.
November 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
On Truss & Kwarteng in ‘22. Allister Heath, Telegraph: “the best budget I have ever heard a British chancellor deliver". Alex Brummer, Mail: “a genuine Tory package elbowing to one side the Treasury's fiscal conservatism".
These men will now be paid actual money for their analysis of today’s budget.
These men will now be paid actual money for their analysis of today’s budget.
Sky have gone big on Government 'slashes' cash ISA allowance. I've pointed out to my OH that from next April she can only 'save' £1,000 a month tax free because of Reeves ( the grinch) budget. As my OH only earns £10,000 a year she's not that fussed.
November 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Sky have gone big on Government 'slashes' cash ISA allowance. I've pointed out to my OH that from next April she can only 'save' £1,000 a month tax free because of Reeves ( the grinch) budget. As my OH only earns £10,000 a year she's not that fussed.
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The lifting of the two-child benefit cap is a huge victory for campaigners
I've been reporting on welfare issues for a longtime now, and the two-child benefit repeatedly comes up as one of the biggest drivers of poverty in the UK
Many children's lives will be transformed by this change
I've been reporting on welfare issues for a longtime now, and the two-child benefit repeatedly comes up as one of the biggest drivers of poverty in the UK
Many children's lives will be transformed by this change
November 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The lifting of the two-child benefit cap is a huge victory for campaigners
I've been reporting on welfare issues for a longtime now, and the two-child benefit repeatedly comes up as one of the biggest drivers of poverty in the UK
Many children's lives will be transformed by this change
I've been reporting on welfare issues for a longtime now, and the two-child benefit repeatedly comes up as one of the biggest drivers of poverty in the UK
Many children's lives will be transformed by this change
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Badenoch's response was like having the snidest Richard Littlejohn Daily Mail piece, read out by a foghorn.
November 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Badenoch's response was like having the snidest Richard Littlejohn Daily Mail piece, read out by a foghorn.
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Utterly classless from Kemi.
Desperate, personal, gutter attacks - not economics.
The few remaining sensible tories behind her, look mortified.
What an embarrassment to parliament she is.
Desperate, personal, gutter attacks - not economics.
The few remaining sensible tories behind her, look mortified.
What an embarrassment to parliament she is.
November 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Utterly classless from Kemi.
Desperate, personal, gutter attacks - not economics.
The few remaining sensible tories behind her, look mortified.
What an embarrassment to parliament she is.
Desperate, personal, gutter attacks - not economics.
The few remaining sensible tories behind her, look mortified.
What an embarrassment to parliament she is.
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Badenoch's attempt at a rebuttal is being substantially undermined by all UK assets moving up on the day. the reality is they were cheap vs. peers and there hasn't been a disaster vs. very low expectations:
November 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Badenoch's attempt at a rebuttal is being substantially undermined by all UK assets moving up on the day. the reality is they were cheap vs. peers and there hasn't been a disaster vs. very low expectations:
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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 1:43 PM
Tory front benches equally furious at a tax on mansions and hundreds of thousands of kids being pulled out of poverty. Shameful stuff.
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I thought Badenoch wanted to restore the Tories' fortunes by focusing on their economic plans, but instead LOTO has chosen BUDGET DAY to do little but sneer, jeer and personally attack?
November 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I thought Badenoch wanted to restore the Tories' fortunes by focusing on their economic plans, but instead LOTO has chosen BUDGET DAY to do little but sneer, jeer and personally attack?
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And honestly I don't give a fuck if it's popular or not. It's going to make a lot of kids' lives better. That's the point of government. Not an opinion poll.
November 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
And honestly I don't give a fuck if it's popular or not. It's going to make a lot of kids' lives better. That's the point of government. Not an opinion poll.
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I have worked to end the two child limit ever since the day I was elected. Today this Labour govt acted to give every child the best start in life.
5,540 children in Tipton, Wednesbury and Coseley will be out of poverty immediately. This is what a Labour government is for 😍
5,540 children in Tipton, Wednesbury and Coseley will be out of poverty immediately. This is what a Labour government is for 😍
November 26, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I have worked to end the two child limit ever since the day I was elected. Today this Labour govt acted to give every child the best start in life.
5,540 children in Tipton, Wednesbury and Coseley will be out of poverty immediately. This is what a Labour government is for 😍
5,540 children in Tipton, Wednesbury and Coseley will be out of poverty immediately. This is what a Labour government is for 😍
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Shamefully I’ve never heard of the rape clause and I am utterly staggered that this is what it is.
November 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Shamefully I’ve never heard of the rape clause and I am utterly staggered that this is what it is.
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The OBR leak is very serious. How could that happen ? Resignations there must occur. And then the Government should surely get rid of the incompetent OBR.
November 26, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The OBR leak is very serious. How could that happen ? Resignations there must occur. And then the Government should surely get rid of the incompetent OBR.
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Watch as Keir Starmer accuses Reform UK of being "riddled with pro-Putin propaganda."
November 26, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Watch as Keir Starmer accuses Reform UK of being "riddled with pro-Putin propaganda."