Ruth
@ruthr1.bsky.social
Proud Northern soul ..always Labour and Man Utd .. just trying to be better every day ! 🌹🔥
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2.7m workers will benefit when the national minimum wage goes up to £12.71 in April 😍
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
2.7m workers will benefit when the national minimum wage goes up to £12.71 in April 😍
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Well colour me shocked and fetch me the smelling salts 🙄
#ComradeFarage refuses calls for a probe into Reform to see how far the Russian rot go..
Yet Farage is so quick to call for investigations into Rayner, Starmer/Rape gangs (just brown ones obvs) etc but not into corruption/treason by Reform❗️🤔
#ComradeFarage refuses calls for a probe into Reform to see how far the Russian rot go..
Yet Farage is so quick to call for investigations into Rayner, Starmer/Rape gangs (just brown ones obvs) etc but not into corruption/treason by Reform❗️🤔
Labour condemns Nigel Farage after he ducks calls for probe into potential Reform UK links to Russia – UK politics live
Farage says he will not carry out a wider investigation after last week’s sentencing of former Reform UK leader in Wales, Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Well colour me shocked and fetch me the smelling salts 🙄
#ComradeFarage refuses calls for a probe into Reform to see how far the Russian rot go..
Yet Farage is so quick to call for investigations into Rayner, Starmer/Rape gangs (just brown ones obvs) etc but not into corruption/treason by Reform❗️🤔
#ComradeFarage refuses calls for a probe into Reform to see how far the Russian rot go..
Yet Farage is so quick to call for investigations into Rayner, Starmer/Rape gangs (just brown ones obvs) etc but not into corruption/treason by Reform❗️🤔
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Never underestimate the hypocrisy of the Greens
November 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Never underestimate the hypocrisy of the Greens
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It will put spending power with the people who spend and need it the most it’s a great decision.
November 25, 2025 at 9:35 PM
It will put spending power with the people who spend and need it the most it’s a great decision.
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Minimum wage is to rise at above inflation rates from next April.
The standard rate will rise 4.1%, 8.5% for the 18-20 age group & 6% for 16-17.
This is a further step towards equalising the rates.
Inflation is currently 3.6% and is expected to fall further in the coming months...
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The standard rate will rise 4.1%, 8.5% for the 18-20 age group & 6% for 16-17.
This is a further step towards equalising the rates.
Inflation is currently 3.6% and is expected to fall further in the coming months...
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November 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Minimum wage is to rise at above inflation rates from next April.
The standard rate will rise 4.1%, 8.5% for the 18-20 age group & 6% for 16-17.
This is a further step towards equalising the rates.
Inflation is currently 3.6% and is expected to fall further in the coming months...
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The standard rate will rise 4.1%, 8.5% for the 18-20 age group & 6% for 16-17.
This is a further step towards equalising the rates.
Inflation is currently 3.6% and is expected to fall further in the coming months...
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This ! You really want to support the Green Party ?? Give your head a wobble !
Green Parliamentarians voting with the Tories to water down the Employment Rights Bill shows that they are all talk and no action.
An open letter to Zack Polanski
We hope that Green Party Peers will see sense and commit to backing working people ✅
We hope that Green Party Peers will see sense and commit to backing working people ✅
November 25, 2025 at 9:38 PM
This ! You really want to support the Green Party ?? Give your head a wobble !
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If you read one thing today, make it The Bear’s withering dismantling of Reform UK’s “budget” with the precision of someone who understands numbers… unlike the people who wrote it. A a masterclass in calm annihilation that's ruthlessly savage. 🔥
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk
The truth behind Reform UK’s reckless budget
£25bn of imagined savings, real-world cruelty and mathematics that should come with a trigger warning
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
If you read one thing today, make it The Bear’s withering dismantling of Reform UK’s “budget” with the precision of someone who understands numbers… unlike the people who wrote it. A a masterclass in calm annihilation that's ruthlessly savage. 🔥
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk
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‘I can categorically say that stories being told about me from 50 years ago are not true’
- a statement from Nigel Farage tonight on claims he racially abused fellow school pupils
That firm denial tonight is different to what he said in interview with BBC Wales Political Editor Gareth Lewis 👇
- a statement from Nigel Farage tonight on claims he racially abused fellow school pupils
That firm denial tonight is different to what he said in interview with BBC Wales Political Editor Gareth Lewis 👇
November 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
‘I can categorically say that stories being told about me from 50 years ago are not true’
- a statement from Nigel Farage tonight on claims he racially abused fellow school pupils
That firm denial tonight is different to what he said in interview with BBC Wales Political Editor Gareth Lewis 👇
- a statement from Nigel Farage tonight on claims he racially abused fellow school pupils
That firm denial tonight is different to what he said in interview with BBC Wales Political Editor Gareth Lewis 👇
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When I hear Farage talking about rounding up and deporting hundreds of thousands of human beings, and threatening those with leave to remain or settled status, I cannot help but think of the schoolboy sidling up to me and telling me that “Hitler was right”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Don’t believe Nigel Farage’s denials. He targeted me for being Jewish – and it hurt | Peter Ettedgui
Now that my former classmate has finally spoken about the allegations of his behaviour at school, I feel compelled to address his points directly, says Peter Ettedgui, a film director and producer
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:34 PM
When I hear Farage talking about rounding up and deporting hundreds of thousands of human beings, and threatening those with leave to remain or settled status, I cannot help but think of the schoolboy sidling up to me and telling me that “Hitler was right”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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New: Three new ex-pupils come forward, on the record, to say Farage's racism as a teenager was targeted, persistent and nasty. Farage has denied targeting any individuals - but two of the men tell us they recall Farage abusing Peter Ettedgui.
w/ Dan Boffey, @drblacklock.bsky.social
w/ Dan Boffey, @drblacklock.bsky.social
Three more ex-pupils at school with Nigel Farage reject ‘banter’ claims
Exclusive: Dulwich college contemporaries ‘rubbish’ Reform UK leader’s suggestion alleged racist taunts not intended to hurt
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
New: Three new ex-pupils come forward, on the record, to say Farage's racism as a teenager was targeted, persistent and nasty. Farage has denied targeting any individuals - but two of the men tell us they recall Farage abusing Peter Ettedgui.
w/ Dan Boffey, @drblacklock.bsky.social
w/ Dan Boffey, @drblacklock.bsky.social
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Three more school contemporaries who claim to have witnessed Nigel Farage’s alleged teenage racism have rejected the Reform UK leader’s suggestion that it was “banter”, describing it as targeted, persistent and nasty.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Three more ex-pupils at school with Nigel Farage reject ‘banter’ claims
Exclusive: Dulwich college contemporaries ‘rubbish’ Reform UK leader’s suggestion alleged racist taunts not intended to hurt
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Three more school contemporaries who claim to have witnessed Nigel Farage’s alleged teenage racism have rejected the Reform UK leader’s suggestion that it was “banter”, describing it as targeted, persistent and nasty.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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1000 victims helped by the domestic abuse protection orders in a year - incredible
November 25, 2025 at 9:22 PM
1000 victims helped by the domestic abuse protection orders in a year - incredible
Any response from Farage ??? Or too busy defending himself 🤷🏻♀️
Northumberland Reform councillor ordered to pay £38,000 debt to his own council
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
Northumberland Reform councillor ordered to pay £38,000 debt to his own council
Barry Elliott, a Reform councillor in the Blyth ward of Newsham, appeared in court on Tuesday in relation to more than £38,000 worth of council tax and business rates owed to Northumberland County Cou...
www.chroniclelive.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Any response from Farage ??? Or too busy defending himself 🤷🏻♀️
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oops
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
oops
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Northumberland Reform councillor ordered to pay £38,000 debt to his own council
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
Northumberland Reform councillor ordered to pay £38,000 debt to his own council
Barry Elliott, a Reform councillor in the Blyth ward of Newsham, appeared in court on Tuesday in relation to more than £38,000 worth of council tax and business rates owed to Northumberland County Cou...
www.chroniclelive.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Northumberland Reform councillor ordered to pay £38,000 debt to his own council
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
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Now the BBC are pulling at another thread. If I was the wide mouthed frog I would be seriously worried right now.
Congratulations to the BBC who were emboldened by recent events to run with it on the 6pm news!!!
November 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Now the BBC are pulling at another thread. If I was the wide mouthed frog I would be seriously worried right now.
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I’m beyond proud of Peter Ettedgui speaking out about Farage and the vile antisemitic abuse he endured. I first heard Peter’s story nearly 20 years ago when Farage was a virtual nobody. It’s not a hit job. Just the truth
November 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I’m beyond proud of Peter Ettedgui speaking out about Farage and the vile antisemitic abuse he endured. I first heard Peter’s story nearly 20 years ago when Farage was a virtual nobody. It’s not a hit job. Just the truth
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Always the way, isn't it? Graduate from top uni says other people shouldn't aspire to go to university.
The Prime Minister's target – two thirds of young people getting a degree or an apprenticeship – is the right one. Only Labour backs our young people.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
The Prime Minister's target – two thirds of young people getting a degree or an apprenticeship – is the right one. Only Labour backs our young people.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Reform UK bigwig who went to top university says fewer others should do the same
Reform UK's former chairman calls for "fewer people going to university" after benefiting from a degree from one of the country's most prestigious ones himself
www.mirror.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Always the way, isn't it? Graduate from top uni says other people shouldn't aspire to go to university.
The Prime Minister's target – two thirds of young people getting a degree or an apprenticeship – is the right one. Only Labour backs our young people.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
The Prime Minister's target – two thirds of young people getting a degree or an apprenticeship – is the right one. Only Labour backs our young people.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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We need same ‘international energy’ around Sudan as with Gaza – UK foreign secretary
www.channel4.com/news/we-need...
www.channel4.com/news/we-need...
We need same ‘international energy’ around Sudan as with Gaza – UK foreign secretary
We spoke to the Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper about Sudan, and I started by asking her if she was putting pressure on the UAE to stop funding the Rapid Support Forces, in an effort to end the fighti...
www.channel4.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
We need same ‘international energy’ around Sudan as with Gaza – UK foreign secretary
www.channel4.com/news/we-need...
www.channel4.com/news/we-need...
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Don’t believe Nigel Farage’s denials. He targeted me for being Jewish – and it hurt | Peter Ettedgui
Don’t believe Nigel Farage’s denials. He targeted me for being Jewish – and it hurt | Peter Ettedgui
Now that my former classmate has finally spoken about the allegations of his behaviour at school, I feel compelled to address his points directly, says Peter Ettedgui, a film director and producer
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Don’t believe Nigel Farage’s denials. He targeted me for being Jewish – and it hurt | Peter Ettedgui
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I’m delighted to hear the Minimum wage is going up as promised. And the National Living Wage. Looking after our least well off must be a priority. My daughter works as a doctors receptionist on Min Wage. She really deserves it!!!
November 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I’m delighted to hear the Minimum wage is going up as promised. And the National Living Wage. Looking after our least well off must be a priority. My daughter works as a doctors receptionist on Min Wage. She really deserves it!!!
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Farage's racism denials are dishonest, says ex-classmate.
Former classmate of Nigel Farage has told the BBC the Reform UK leader is being "fundamentally dishonest"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Former classmate of Nigel Farage has told the BBC the Reform UK leader is being "fundamentally dishonest"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nigel Farage's racism denials are dishonest, says ex-classmate
Peter Ettedgui tells the BBC Nigel Farage targeted antisemitic abuse at him when they were teenagers.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Farage's racism denials are dishonest, says ex-classmate.
Former classmate of Nigel Farage has told the BBC the Reform UK leader is being "fundamentally dishonest"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Former classmate of Nigel Farage has told the BBC the Reform UK leader is being "fundamentally dishonest"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Exclusive: The BBC has issued an apology after one of its presenters failed to challenge a climate-sceptic lobbyist who runs a group that has received funding from fossil-fuel interests
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
BBC Apologises for Failing to Challenge 'Dark Money' Climate-Denial Lobbyist
EXCLUSIVE: BBC faces fresh allegations of bias after corporation admits interview with ‘Net Zero Watch’ lobbying chief Andrew Montford 'fell below usual standards'
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Exclusive: The BBC has issued an apology after one of its presenters failed to challenge a climate-sceptic lobbyist who runs a group that has received funding from fossil-fuel interests
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
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This isn't the first time Trump and his administration have broken the law or violated the US Constitution. It's time to hold them to account.
November 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
This isn't the first time Trump and his administration have broken the law or violated the US Constitution. It's time to hold them to account.
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She's there to learn from their legal system, and more importantly that in Canada, judge-only trials seem to be the norm & are accepted by the people.
If we can learn from a country that already does (& it helps being Canada) & we limit judge-only trials to specific cases, then I am reassured.
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If we can learn from a country that already does (& it helps being Canada) & we limit judge-only trials to specific cases, then I am reassured.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
She's there to learn from their legal system, and more importantly that in Canada, judge-only trials seem to be the norm & are accepted by the people.
If we can learn from a country that already does (& it helps being Canada) & we limit judge-only trials to specific cases, then I am reassured.
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If we can learn from a country that already does (& it helps being Canada) & we limit judge-only trials to specific cases, then I am reassured.
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