Annie
@aahobbs.bsky.social
So far I’m just reading all the interesting posts of the people Ive followed. Helps me make sense of this complicated, difficult world and also find the joy in it. Thank you for this. I aim to return the favour soon..
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Number crunching: Individuals arrested within five days for suspected manslaughter after fire apparently related to building materials ripped through seven Hong Kong apartment blocks v individuals arrested over Grenfell
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
December 11, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Number crunching: Individuals arrested within five days for suspected manslaughter after fire apparently related to building materials ripped through seven Hong Kong apartment blocks v individuals arrested over Grenfell
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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Children given correct information at school SHOKKA.
December 11, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Children given correct information at school SHOKKA.
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Ben "science isn't an exact science" Bradley, a Lego version of the Pub Landlord, who once had to apologise for suggesting the involuntary sterilisation of the poor, and said he was a fan of police violence.
Wow. They really are building a dream-team over at Reform.
Wow. They really are building a dream-team over at Reform.
Former Tory MP Ben Bradley has now defected to Reform. They really are taking all the worst people from the Boris era.
December 11, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Ben "science isn't an exact science" Bradley, a Lego version of the Pub Landlord, who once had to apologise for suggesting the involuntary sterilisation of the poor, and said he was a fan of police violence.
Wow. They really are building a dream-team over at Reform.
Wow. They really are building a dream-team over at Reform.
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The Labour government are looking to support small businesses with sustainability efforts while also supporting the businesses with costs.
Examples include a trial of helping 600 hospitality businesses with free energy usage and assessments to reduce energy use - saving them £3m a year.
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Examples include a trial of helping 600 hospitality businesses with free energy usage and assessments to reduce energy use - saving them £3m a year.
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New funding to help small businesses cut their costs
Small businesses across the UK will benefit from new Government funding and support to help them invest in sustainability, to cut their operating costs and boost their business.
www.gov.uk
December 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM
The Labour government are looking to support small businesses with sustainability efforts while also supporting the businesses with costs.
Examples include a trial of helping 600 hospitality businesses with free energy usage and assessments to reduce energy use - saving them £3m a year.
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Examples include a trial of helping 600 hospitality businesses with free energy usage and assessments to reduce energy use - saving them £3m a year.
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So Nigel Farage, who claims to be standing up for ordinary working people, has taken hundreds of thousands of pounds so far this year for a handful of hours as a "brand ambassador" for a gold bullion company, while facilitating a £9m donation from a crypto millionaire
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/11/n...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/11/n...
Nigel Farage Accepts Another £135,000 From Gold Bullion Firm for Just 12 Hours Work
The Reform UK leader has pocketed £415,500 so far this year to act as the company's “Brand Ambassador”
bylinetimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:10 AM
So Nigel Farage, who claims to be standing up for ordinary working people, has taken hundreds of thousands of pounds so far this year for a handful of hours as a "brand ambassador" for a gold bullion company, while facilitating a £9m donation from a crypto millionaire
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/11/n...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/11/n...
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this feels apt to repost
I suspect this article framing is a way to criticise the upcoming doctors' strikes.
The real cause for alarm for me is that the NHS is going into this winter stressed and stretched *yet again*.
We should have a health system that can cope much better with winter pressures and we just don’t. 7/8
The real cause for alarm for me is that the NHS is going into this winter stressed and stretched *yet again*.
We should have a health system that can cope much better with winter pressures and we just don’t. 7/8
December 11, 2025 at 11:15 AM
this feels apt to repost
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A supposedly grassroots anti-migrant movement led by 'ordinary' women, which is backed by Reform and Conservative politicians and is regularly invited onto news channels to promote their views, is funded by a far-right group and has platformed a Neo-Nazi activist
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/05/t...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/05/t...
The 'Pink Ladies' Laundering Anti-Migrant Views Into the Mainstream
An anti-migrant movement backed by Reform and Conservative politicians and regularly invited onto news channels is funded by a far-right group and has platformed a Neo-Nazi activist
bylinetimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:19 AM
A supposedly grassroots anti-migrant movement led by 'ordinary' women, which is backed by Reform and Conservative politicians and is regularly invited onto news channels to promote their views, is funded by a far-right group and has platformed a Neo-Nazi activist
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/05/t...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/05/t...
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Settler violence and expansion in the West Bank is increasing at record levels. I raised my concerns with the Foreign Minister in the House of Commons yesterday.
December 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Settler violence and expansion in the West Bank is increasing at record levels. I raised my concerns with the Foreign Minister in the House of Commons yesterday.
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December 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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I recently met with the Minister of State for care to discuss palliative and end of life care in Kirklees.
I know how important our incredible local hospices are to our community and I will continue to work alongside local colleagues to press the Government for sustainable support.
I know how important our incredible local hospices are to our community and I will continue to work alongside local colleagues to press the Government for sustainable support.
December 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I recently met with the Minister of State for care to discuss palliative and end of life care in Kirklees.
I know how important our incredible local hospices are to our community and I will continue to work alongside local colleagues to press the Government for sustainable support.
I know how important our incredible local hospices are to our community and I will continue to work alongside local colleagues to press the Government for sustainable support.
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Corrupt Tory scum.
December 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Corrupt Tory scum.
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Just turned up for my flu vaccine at Boots to be told there is a national shortage and they’ve run out.
Very happy to wait until more vulnerable people have had theirs first, but bit concerning when public health messaging is to be vigilant for a bad flu wave this year.
Very happy to wait until more vulnerable people have had theirs first, but bit concerning when public health messaging is to be vigilant for a bad flu wave this year.
December 10, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Just turned up for my flu vaccine at Boots to be told there is a national shortage and they’ve run out.
Very happy to wait until more vulnerable people have had theirs first, but bit concerning when public health messaging is to be vigilant for a bad flu wave this year.
Very happy to wait until more vulnerable people have had theirs first, but bit concerning when public health messaging is to be vigilant for a bad flu wave this year.
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I recently watched Jacinda Ardern on an interview urging people to not stop expecting good from politics but that’s exactly the opposite of the constant media messaging which is: if you expect good from politics, you’re stupid, naive and a fool. Be pragmatic, aka be hopeless.
December 10, 2025 at 8:08 AM
I recently watched Jacinda Ardern on an interview urging people to not stop expecting good from politics but that’s exactly the opposite of the constant media messaging which is: if you expect good from politics, you’re stupid, naive and a fool. Be pragmatic, aka be hopeless.
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As someone just months younger than Nigel Farage, I can say that not only is it untrue that ‘all’ schoolboys were obsessed with Hitler, but *none* of my cohort were. None. Nada. Zilch.
So we've gone from "he never said anything Nazi" to "well he might have said something Nazi but not in a hurtful way" to "well okay he probably did say something Nazi in a hurtful way, but didn't we all?"
December 10, 2025 at 8:29 AM
As someone just months younger than Nigel Farage, I can say that not only is it untrue that ‘all’ schoolboys were obsessed with Hitler, but *none* of my cohort were. None. Nada. Zilch.
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Nigel Farage must never become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
December 9, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Nigel Farage must never become Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
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Because of course Henry had got the full roll call from Dulwich College and of course Trevor Phillips couldn’t even be bothered to read the stories he’s writing about
On a purely factual point, Trevor Phillips’s column in the Times misrepresents our reporting in casting doubts on claims that there were more boys called Patel than Smith at Dulwich in 1980 (we did not report 1976 as the year it occurred). 1980 roll shows 13 Patels and 12 Smiths.
December 8, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Because of course Henry had got the full roll call from Dulwich College and of course Trevor Phillips couldn’t even be bothered to read the stories he’s writing about
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What's behind door No.8️⃣ of the The EightyPercentMental advent calendar? ❄️🌲⛄🎁🧑🏿🎄
It's car salesman and professional gobshite, Andy Elliott, kidnapping your children to make you more productive.... obviously.
Grind culture is toxic. Can we just agree to put it in the bin once and for all?
It's car salesman and professional gobshite, Andy Elliott, kidnapping your children to make you more productive.... obviously.
Grind culture is toxic. Can we just agree to put it in the bin once and for all?
December 8, 2025 at 11:32 AM
What's behind door No.8️⃣ of the The EightyPercentMental advent calendar? ❄️🌲⛄🎁🧑🏿🎄
It's car salesman and professional gobshite, Andy Elliott, kidnapping your children to make you more productive.... obviously.
Grind culture is toxic. Can we just agree to put it in the bin once and for all?
It's car salesman and professional gobshite, Andy Elliott, kidnapping your children to make you more productive.... obviously.
Grind culture is toxic. Can we just agree to put it in the bin once and for all?
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Trevor Phillips’ columns really need a fact checker. Prospect, with a budget rather smaller than the Times, would not have let me be this inaccurate.
On a purely factual point, Trevor Phillips’s column in the Times misrepresents our reporting in casting doubts on claims that there were more boys called Patel than Smith at Dulwich in 1980 (we did not report 1976 as the year it occurred). 1980 roll shows 13 Patels and 12 Smiths.
December 8, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Trevor Phillips’ columns really need a fact checker. Prospect, with a budget rather smaller than the Times, would not have let me be this inaccurate.
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Reform UK denies Nigel Farage broke electoral law.
It follows reports Nigel Farage has been referred to the police over claims he falsified election expenses
It follows reports Nigel Farage has been referred to the police over claims he falsified election expenses
Reform UK denies Nigel Farage broke electoral law
It follows reports Nigel Farage has been referred to the police over claims he falsified election expenses.
news.sky.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Reform UK denies Nigel Farage broke electoral law.
It follows reports Nigel Farage has been referred to the police over claims he falsified election expenses
It follows reports Nigel Farage has been referred to the police over claims he falsified election expenses
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How well did you know Steven Woolfe, the MEP now the subject of CPS interest over Russian Bribes, Nigel?
Oh yes, this well…
#ReformRussianBribes
Oh yes, this well…
#ReformRussianBribes
December 8, 2025 at 5:39 AM
How well did you know Steven Woolfe, the MEP now the subject of CPS interest over Russian Bribes, Nigel?
Oh yes, this well…
#ReformRussianBribes
Oh yes, this well…
#ReformRussianBribes
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Yinka Bankole was 12 when Farage spotted him in the playground:
“He towered over me. ‘Where are you from?’ he asked. Within seconds of offering my rather confused and sputtering answers, he had a clear response: ‘That’s the way back to Africa,’.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
“He towered over me. ‘Where are you from?’ he asked. Within seconds of offering my rather confused and sputtering answers, he had a clear response: ‘That’s the way back to Africa,’.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Former Dulwich pupil says Farage told him: ‘That’s the way back to Africa’
Exclusive: Yinka Bankole says he felt compelled to speak out after Reform leader’s attempts to ‘dismiss’ hurt of alleged targets
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Yinka Bankole was 12 when Farage spotted him in the playground:
“He towered over me. ‘Where are you from?’ he asked. Within seconds of offering my rather confused and sputtering answers, he had a clear response: ‘That’s the way back to Africa,’.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
“He towered over me. ‘Where are you from?’ he asked. Within seconds of offering my rather confused and sputtering answers, he had a clear response: ‘That’s the way back to Africa,’.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Dear God, let this be the end of it.
Yinka Bankole should never have had to tolerate this. We have to be a better nation than this.
Farage must go.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Yinka Bankole should never have had to tolerate this. We have to be a better nation than this.
Farage must go.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I’ll never forget the look of hatred Nigel Farage had for me at school, simply for existing
The Reform UK leader doubts people can recall their abuse from years ago. I’ve never forgotten his – it felt malicious
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Dear God, let this be the end of it.
Yinka Bankole should never have had to tolerate this. We have to be a better nation than this.
Farage must go.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Yinka Bankole should never have had to tolerate this. We have to be a better nation than this.
Farage must go.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Great work from Elliot today: I so wanted to speak to Yinka Bankole about his (brave!!) decision to go public about Farage's alleged racist attacks. When Elliot told me after we were on air he'd agreed, well I knew it was going to be an interesting morning! A privilege to be working on t'wireless x
December 6, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Great work from Elliot today: I so wanted to speak to Yinka Bankole about his (brave!!) decision to go public about Farage's alleged racist attacks. When Elliot told me after we were on air he'd agreed, well I knew it was going to be an interesting morning! A privilege to be working on t'wireless x
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Yinka Bankole alleges that a 17yr old Farage began a campaign of racial harassment against him when he was a 9yr Dulwich new boy
He explains that Farage’s angry outburst against BBC reporters and attempts to dismiss his victims’ experience, triggered him to speak out. @matthew-wright.bsky.social
He explains that Farage’s angry outburst against BBC reporters and attempts to dismiss his victims’ experience, triggered him to speak out. @matthew-wright.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Yinka Bankole alleges that a 17yr old Farage began a campaign of racial harassment against him when he was a 9yr Dulwich new boy
He explains that Farage’s angry outburst against BBC reporters and attempts to dismiss his victims’ experience, triggered him to speak out. @matthew-wright.bsky.social
He explains that Farage’s angry outburst against BBC reporters and attempts to dismiss his victims’ experience, triggered him to speak out. @matthew-wright.bsky.social