Rick B
@rickburgess.bsky.social
He/They
Dissident. Pondering an anti-social model of disability?!?!
If I ever get the time and energy I like to compose odd music.
Otherwise - Ask me about my initialisms: GMCDP, MDPAC, RITB, CSMH, DBW, CSS, DPHRN.
Dissident. Pondering an anti-social model of disability?!?!
If I ever get the time and energy I like to compose odd music.
Otherwise - Ask me about my initialisms: GMCDP, MDPAC, RITB, CSMH, DBW, CSS, DPHRN.
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Amol Rajan always has been a total POS.
November 27, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Amol Rajan always has been a total POS.
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NEW | Wading through coverage of the Budget…
THE BUDGET, THE BRITISH PRESS, AND THE LONG SHADOW OF BENEFITS STREET
Why a TV show from 2014 is still easy shorthand for creating division.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/the-budget...
THE BUDGET, THE BRITISH PRESS, AND THE LONG SHADOW OF BENEFITS STREET
Why a TV show from 2014 is still easy shorthand for creating division.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/the-budget...
The budget, the British press, and the long shadow of Benefits Street
Why a TV show from 2014 is still easy shorthand for creating division.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:22 AM
NEW | Wading through coverage of the Budget…
THE BUDGET, THE BRITISH PRESS, AND THE LONG SHADOW OF BENEFITS STREET
Why a TV show from 2014 is still easy shorthand for creating division.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/the-budget...
THE BUDGET, THE BRITISH PRESS, AND THE LONG SHADOW OF BENEFITS STREET
Why a TV show from 2014 is still easy shorthand for creating division.
brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/the-budget...
Financial markets have little to no utility, close them, this is nonsense:
The yield on 10-year UK government bonds initially dropped by four basis points, while the pound jumped by 0.3% on the news
The yield on 10-year UK government bonds initially dropped by four basis points, while the pound jumped by 0.3% on the news
How Rachel Reeves’s budget was leaked 40 minutes early
By the time the chancellor reached the dispatch box, the OBR had accidentally published its verdict in full online
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Financial markets have little to no utility, close them, this is nonsense:
The yield on 10-year UK government bonds initially dropped by four basis points, while the pound jumped by 0.3% on the news
The yield on 10-year UK government bonds initially dropped by four basis points, while the pound jumped by 0.3% on the news
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🔴230,000 Deaths and the ‘Calculated Silence’ of the Medical Establishment About the COVID Inquiry
The Covid Inquiry Report is a devastating critique of the medical establishment which led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century, argues Anthony Costello
The Covid Inquiry Report is a devastating critique of the medical establishment which led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century, argues Anthony Costello
230,000 Deaths and the ‘Calculated Silence’ of the Medical Establishment About the COVID Inquiry
The Covid Inquiry Report is a devastating critique of the medical establishment which led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century, argues Anthony Costello
www.bylinesupplement.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
🔴230,000 Deaths and the ‘Calculated Silence’ of the Medical Establishment About the COVID Inquiry
The Covid Inquiry Report is a devastating critique of the medical establishment which led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century, argues Anthony Costello
The Covid Inquiry Report is a devastating critique of the medical establishment which led the UK to the worst public health disaster in a century, argues Anthony Costello
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Ending the two-child benefit cap in today's budget is huge, wonderful news for the 500,000 children lifted out of poverty and the 1 million who will face less deep poverty. But the other 4.1m children in poverty deserve the same. This was the right start: now do the rest.
November 26, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Ending the two-child benefit cap in today's budget is huge, wonderful news for the 500,000 children lifted out of poverty and the 1 million who will face less deep poverty. But the other 4.1m children in poverty deserve the same. This was the right start: now do the rest.
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Budget 2025.
The wealthy hardly hit.
Minor tweaks on dividend and mansion tax.
No wealth tax.
No alignment of taxes on dividends & capital gains tax with taxation of wages.
Partnerships won't pay NIC on partners' share of profits
No financial transactions tax.
Lobbying and political donations pay
The wealthy hardly hit.
Minor tweaks on dividend and mansion tax.
No wealth tax.
No alignment of taxes on dividends & capital gains tax with taxation of wages.
Partnerships won't pay NIC on partners' share of profits
No financial transactions tax.
Lobbying and political donations pay
November 26, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Budget 2025.
The wealthy hardly hit.
Minor tweaks on dividend and mansion tax.
No wealth tax.
No alignment of taxes on dividends & capital gains tax with taxation of wages.
Partnerships won't pay NIC on partners' share of profits
No financial transactions tax.
Lobbying and political donations pay
The wealthy hardly hit.
Minor tweaks on dividend and mansion tax.
No wealth tax.
No alignment of taxes on dividends & capital gains tax with taxation of wages.
Partnerships won't pay NIC on partners' share of profits
No financial transactions tax.
Lobbying and political donations pay
Pretty ballsy to continue the nuclear power modular bullshit, freeze fossil fuel duty, and increase tax on EV's. That fossil fuel bribe the cabinet got must have been really good.
November 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Pretty ballsy to continue the nuclear power modular bullshit, freeze fossil fuel duty, and increase tax on EV's. That fossil fuel bribe the cabinet got must have been really good.
Populism is not per se bad, conservative populism is, and John Major has some blame for that www.waterstones.com/book/people-...
November 25, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Populism is not per se bad, conservative populism is, and John Major has some blame for that www.waterstones.com/book/people-...
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The government’s decision to halve the time limit for refugees to leave Home Office accommodation is driving people into homelessness and exploitation, according to migrant rights campaigners and homelessness charities
By me, for @theleaduk.bsky.social national.thelead.uk/p/new-asylum...
By me, for @theleaduk.bsky.social national.thelead.uk/p/new-asylum...
New asylum policies making homeless refugees “targets for the far right”
Labour’s abrupt return to the 28-day move-on period is pushing vulnerable people into rough sleeping and exposing them to fraud and abuse.
national.thelead.uk
November 25, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The government’s decision to halve the time limit for refugees to leave Home Office accommodation is driving people into homelessness and exploitation, according to migrant rights campaigners and homelessness charities
By me, for @theleaduk.bsky.social national.thelead.uk/p/new-asylum...
By me, for @theleaduk.bsky.social national.thelead.uk/p/new-asylum...
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
Hmmmmm
Hmmmmm
November 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
Hmmmmm
Hmmmmm
The most Dunning–Kruger cohort is economists and their media. Hands down, thick as pig shit and entirely convinced of their superiority.
November 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The most Dunning–Kruger cohort is economists and their media. Hands down, thick as pig shit and entirely convinced of their superiority.
Hahahahahahaha, just transparent tyranny now. The fascists are already in power. Nevermind Reform.
Jury trials could be scrapped except in most serious cases
Jury trials could be scrapped except in most serious cases
Only cases of alleged murder, rape or manslaughter will be decided by a jury under new proposals to cut court backlogs.
www.bbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Hahahahahahaha, just transparent tyranny now. The fascists are already in power. Nevermind Reform.
A taste of state directed capitalism. The market don't know shit.
A British infrastructure project finishing on time and on budget. What happened?
www.placenorthwest.co.uk/salford-cent...
www.placenorthwest.co.uk/salford-cent...
Salford Central’s £10m refresh completes - Place North West
Led by Transport for Greater Manchester with Network Rail and Northern Trains, the investment is considered a crucial step for the wider plan to integrate up to 64 Greater Manchester rail stations int...
www.placenorthwest.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 9:35 PM
A taste of state directed capitalism. The market don't know shit.
Windrush victims told impact of scandal “not profound” and “irreversible” by Home Office scheme
The couple who lost their home and were forced to leave the country have labelled the Home Office "inhumane"
The couple who lost their home and were forced to leave the country have labelled the Home Office "inhumane"
Windrush victims told impact of scandal “not profound” and “irreversible” by Home Office scheme
The couple who lost their home and were forced to leave the country have labelled the Home Office "inhumane"
melissasigodothesource.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Windrush victims told impact of scandal “not profound” and “irreversible” by Home Office scheme
The couple who lost their home and were forced to leave the country have labelled the Home Office "inhumane"
The couple who lost their home and were forced to leave the country have labelled the Home Office "inhumane"
Britain, this could be your next prime minister, largely because your political and media elite reject anyone who thinks Palestinians and people in poverty have human rights.
Asked again and again whether he ever racially abused his fellow pupils, as 20 people at his old school have now said he did, Nigel Farage will only say that he never did so in a "hurtful way" or "with intent"
November 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Britain, this could be your next prime minister, largely because your political and media elite reject anyone who thinks Palestinians and people in poverty have human rights.
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This story should be covered waaaaayy more than it is.
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
Nicolas Guillou, French ICC judge sanctioned by the US: 'You are effectively blacklisted by much of the world's banking system'
Six judges and three prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have been sanctioned by the Trump administration. In an interview with Le Monde, Guillou discusses the impact of these measures on ...
www.lemonde.fr
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This story should be covered waaaaayy more than it is.
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
The government lost the public's rail consultation responses - take action
weownit.org.uk/act-now/rail...
weownit.org.uk/act-now/rail...
The government lost the public's rail consultation responses - take action
It is crucial for passengers that our voices are heard and that the bill delivers on the hopes and expectations of passengers. But this has not happened.
weownit.org.uk
November 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The government lost the public's rail consultation responses - take action
weownit.org.uk/act-now/rail...
weownit.org.uk/act-now/rail...
Accessing Injustice?
Experiences of representation and the criminal
justice system during the Post Office Scandal
postofficeproject.net
Experiences of representation and the criminal
justice system during the Post Office Scandal
postofficeproject.net
postofficeproject.net
November 23, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Accessing Injustice?
Experiences of representation and the criminal
justice system during the Post Office Scandal
postofficeproject.net
Experiences of representation and the criminal
justice system during the Post Office Scandal
postofficeproject.net
There is no ceasefire, if you can spare it, these are good people
November 23, 2025 at 2:19 PM
There is no ceasefire, if you can spare it, these are good people
Good result
Greater Manchester ICB has again put off its adoption of an NHS data platform prescribed by the UK government and run by Palantir until there is more evidence that it will be in the “best interests” of the city's population 👀
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/20/manchester_nhs_fdp_deferred/
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/20/manchester_nhs_fdp_deferred/
Manchester defers joining Palantir NHS data platform again
: Care board still waiting for evidence that it will be in the best interests of the population
www.theregister.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Good result
I'm sure that's fine, what's the worst that could happen?
Countries agree compromise climate deal at COP30 - but omit mention of fossil fuels
The deal would boost finance for poor nations coping with global warming but it omits any mention of the fossil fuels driving it.
news.sky.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I'm sure that's fine, what's the worst that could happen?
Oh no, you’ve been very correctly identified as a POS.
'There is a hint in Reeves’ comments that she is acutely aware of her own political mortality.'
Click to read our interview with the UK chancellor on.ft.com/4oS3IuV
Click to read our interview with the UK chancellor on.ft.com/4oS3IuV
November 22, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Oh no, you’ve been very correctly identified as a POS.
Cuts were linked to an extra 92,000 people with long-term conditions a year self-reporting “common mental disorders” such as depression and anxiety, after leaving their jobs and being placed in the WRAG, and 31,000 a year more disabled people experiencing severe poverty.
DWP ministers ‘must be shown’ new research which shows likely results of ‘obscene’ plans to cut benefits
It is “crucial” that the government is shown new research which highlights that “obscene” plans to cut out-of-work disability benefits are likely to have “devastating” consequences for claimants, s…
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Cuts were linked to an extra 92,000 people with long-term conditions a year self-reporting “common mental disorders” such as depression and anxiety, after leaving their jobs and being placed in the WRAG, and 31,000 a year more disabled people experiencing severe poverty.
It is pure racism that the obscene Trump ‘peace’ plan for Gaza is accepted, while the obscene Trump ‘peace’ plan for Ukraine is opposed.
November 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
It is pure racism that the obscene Trump ‘peace’ plan for Gaza is accepted, while the obscene Trump ‘peace’ plan for Ukraine is opposed.
This is a real road in Nigel Farage’s constituency Clacton
Just What the fuck is going on there?
Just What the fuck is going on there?
November 21, 2025 at 11:10 PM
This is a real road in Nigel Farage’s constituency Clacton
Just What the fuck is going on there?
Just What the fuck is going on there?