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Let me tell you the good things the government has done in 2025 – because it certainly won’t | Polly Toynbee
Let me tell you the good things the government has done in 2025 – because it certainly won’t | Polly Toynbee
It’s all there: more apprenticeships, more rights for workers and renters – and most of all, a focus on children. What a shame Labour wavers about saying so, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Let me tell you the good things the government has done in 2025 – because it certainly won’t | Polly Toynbee
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What sits behind ALL this is the inescapable fact that a huge chunk of the lobby has been out to get this gov't from Day 1, not because of anything it did (this is no defence of a gov't that is doing lots wrong and deserves criticism), but because ONLY THEIR CHAPS have a right to be in office. Ever.
December 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
What sits behind ALL this is the inescapable fact that a huge chunk of the lobby has been out to get this gov't from Day 1, not because of anything it did (this is no defence of a gov't that is doing lots wrong and deserves criticism), but because ONLY THEIR CHAPS have a right to be in office. Ever.
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For all of Farage’s bombast and bravado, Reform is basically just a retirement home for disgraced Tories - and the media should be reporting it as such
Farage’s Tory recycling scheme
And why it will surely backfire...
writesbright.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 11:16 AM
For all of Farage’s bombast and bravado, Reform is basically just a retirement home for disgraced Tories - and the media should be reporting it as such
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The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.
December 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.
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Much-needed advice for some.
"A little festive advice to those in Reform UK."
"If mysterious men from the east appear bearing gifts, this time, report it to the police."
"A little festive advice to those in Reform UK."
"If mysterious men from the east appear bearing gifts, this time, report it to the police."
December 17, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Much-needed advice for some.
"A little festive advice to those in Reform UK."
"If mysterious men from the east appear bearing gifts, this time, report it to the police."
"A little festive advice to those in Reform UK."
"If mysterious men from the east appear bearing gifts, this time, report it to the police."
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I hope CCHQ drafted that question for Evans, in order to echo Badenoch's shallow line of attack today, at the end of the session. He looks positively - and rightly - embarrassed for having asked it.
Good response by Starmer. #PMQs
Good response by Starmer. #PMQs
December 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I hope CCHQ drafted that question for Evans, in order to echo Badenoch's shallow line of attack today, at the end of the session. He looks positively - and rightly - embarrassed for having asked it.
Good response by Starmer. #PMQs
Good response by Starmer. #PMQs
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Another depressingly tone-deaf performance by Badenoch at #PMQs. Our continent is threatened from East and West, and Kemi wants to talk Westminster gossip. Rarely have I seen anyone as witless, be so pleased with themselves. Truss springs to mind. Johnson. Cameron.
WAIT - I think I see a pattern.
WAIT - I think I see a pattern.
December 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Another depressingly tone-deaf performance by Badenoch at #PMQs. Our continent is threatened from East and West, and Kemi wants to talk Westminster gossip. Rarely have I seen anyone as witless, be so pleased with themselves. Truss springs to mind. Johnson. Cameron.
WAIT - I think I see a pattern.
WAIT - I think I see a pattern.
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Being a British parent is so weird bc you're actually worried about paying the sky high rent/mortgage & getting GP appointments but the entire press keeps telling you you're worried there's a trans person or immigrant nearby & the vat on Eton means there'll only be two skiing holidays this year
December 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Being a British parent is so weird bc you're actually worried about paying the sky high rent/mortgage & getting GP appointments but the entire press keeps telling you you're worried there's a trans person or immigrant nearby & the vat on Eton means there'll only be two skiing holidays this year
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Tonight on GB News:
-was I a Nazi at school?
-did I dodge tax on my house in Clacton?
-did anyone else in Reform take Russian bribes?
-why I won’t answer any of these questions
-how can my supporters be so gullible?
-why am I such an entitled prick?
-was I a Nazi at school?
-did I dodge tax on my house in Clacton?
-did anyone else in Reform take Russian bribes?
-why I won’t answer any of these questions
-how can my supporters be so gullible?
-why am I such an entitled prick?
December 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Tonight on GB News:
-was I a Nazi at school?
-did I dodge tax on my house in Clacton?
-did anyone else in Reform take Russian bribes?
-why I won’t answer any of these questions
-how can my supporters be so gullible?
-why am I such an entitled prick?
-was I a Nazi at school?
-did I dodge tax on my house in Clacton?
-did anyone else in Reform take Russian bribes?
-why I won’t answer any of these questions
-how can my supporters be so gullible?
-why am I such an entitled prick?
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Reform accepted £9 million from a former Boris Johnson backer & crypto-multimillionaire.
Today, Nigel Farage postures as a righteous defender of the same democracy he actively undermines.
Democracy should never be for sale. It's time for a cap on political donations.
Today, Nigel Farage postures as a righteous defender of the same democracy he actively undermines.
Democracy should never be for sale. It's time for a cap on political donations.
December 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Reform accepted £9 million from a former Boris Johnson backer & crypto-multimillionaire.
Today, Nigel Farage postures as a righteous defender of the same democracy he actively undermines.
Democracy should never be for sale. It's time for a cap on political donations.
Today, Nigel Farage postures as a righteous defender of the same democracy he actively undermines.
Democracy should never be for sale. It's time for a cap on political donations.
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This is how Chris Mason, like a child filled with wonder, described "the choreography and theatre that surrounds a Budget" in Feb 2024, when a male Tory Chancellor was in post.
"Plans, or even just options, can be floated... Reaction to them can be tested. Opponents can be teased or wrongfooted." 👀
"Plans, or even just options, can be floated... Reaction to them can be tested. Opponents can be teased or wrongfooted." 👀
December 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This is how Chris Mason, like a child filled with wonder, described "the choreography and theatre that surrounds a Budget" in Feb 2024, when a male Tory Chancellor was in post.
"Plans, or even just options, can be floated... Reaction to them can be tested. Opponents can be teased or wrongfooted." 👀
"Plans, or even just options, can be floated... Reaction to them can be tested. Opponents can be teased or wrongfooted." 👀
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A lot of journos got addicted to the years of chaos. It made for clicks and content and that's deeply fucking problematic if we want this country to actually work.
Yes - hold the government to account and do it robustly. But partisan news coverage has leaked into mainstream from the GB news sewer.
Yes - hold the government to account and do it robustly. But partisan news coverage has leaked into mainstream from the GB news sewer.
December 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
A lot of journos got addicted to the years of chaos. It made for clicks and content and that's deeply fucking problematic if we want this country to actually work.
Yes - hold the government to account and do it robustly. But partisan news coverage has leaked into mainstream from the GB news sewer.
Yes - hold the government to account and do it robustly. But partisan news coverage has leaked into mainstream from the GB news sewer.
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Bit baffled by this item
The idea that a politician might not give the whole story to a journalist is hardly novel
And I'm trying to recall that moment when Chris Mason wrote a piece where he tried to highlight that moment when Boris Johnson said something misleading
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The idea that a politician might not give the whole story to a journalist is hardly novel
And I'm trying to recall that moment when Chris Mason wrote a piece where he tried to highlight that moment when Boris Johnson said something misleading
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Chris Mason: Why, in my judgement, Reeves was misleading on one specific point
The Chancellor chose not to share some information on tax receipts in an unusual press conference, given before the Budget.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Bit baffled by this item
The idea that a politician might not give the whole story to a journalist is hardly novel
And I'm trying to recall that moment when Chris Mason wrote a piece where he tried to highlight that moment when Boris Johnson said something misleading
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The idea that a politician might not give the whole story to a journalist is hardly novel
And I'm trying to recall that moment when Chris Mason wrote a piece where he tried to highlight that moment when Boris Johnson said something misleading
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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BREAKING NEWS:
The UK manufacturing sector returns to growth.
The UK’s factory sector returned to growth last month for the first time in over a year.
Output across the sector rose last month, and business optimism has hit a nine-month high.
The UK manufacturing sector returns to growth.
The UK’s factory sector returned to growth last month for the first time in over a year.
Output across the sector rose last month, and business optimism has hit a nine-month high.
a man in a suit and tie is clapping his hands and saying `` bravo '' .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is clapping his hands and saying `` bravo '' .
media.tenor.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:15 PM
BREAKING NEWS:
The UK manufacturing sector returns to growth.
The UK’s factory sector returned to growth last month for the first time in over a year.
Output across the sector rose last month, and business optimism has hit a nine-month high.
The UK manufacturing sector returns to growth.
The UK’s factory sector returned to growth last month for the first time in over a year.
Output across the sector rose last month, and business optimism has hit a nine-month high.
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
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All those journalists - led by Kuenssberg and Peston - who cheer-led Boris Johnson into Number 10 should be hanging their heads in shame today, and retiring tomorrow.
November 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
All those journalists - led by Kuenssberg and Peston - who cheer-led Boris Johnson into Number 10 should be hanging their heads in shame today, and retiring tomorrow.
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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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Donald Trump is gunning for the BBC, and Farage is cheering him on. Want to know why? Follow the money…
November 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Donald Trump is gunning for the BBC, and Farage is cheering him on. Want to know why? Follow the money…
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Good morning ☀️
Starting the day with this powerful Nelson Mandela quote:
“May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.”
Isn’t that what it’s all about? The choices we have to make. And what moves us to make them.
Starting the day with this powerful Nelson Mandela quote:
“May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.”
Isn’t that what it’s all about? The choices we have to make. And what moves us to make them.
November 16, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Good morning ☀️
Starting the day with this powerful Nelson Mandela quote:
“May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.”
Isn’t that what it’s all about? The choices we have to make. And what moves us to make them.
Starting the day with this powerful Nelson Mandela quote:
“May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.”
Isn’t that what it’s all about? The choices we have to make. And what moves us to make them.
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🔉What dangers does X pose to our democracy? And should the government stop using it?
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
November 13, 2025 at 10:33 AM
🔉What dangers does X pose to our democracy? And should the government stop using it?
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
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Boris Johnson says the idea that criticism of the BBC is being organised by the right is ‘complete and utter bollocks’, which makes me think there might be something in it.
November 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Boris Johnson says the idea that criticism of the BBC is being organised by the right is ‘complete and utter bollocks’, which makes me think there might be something in it.
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Great to see people catching up on Sir Robbie Gibb's role in setting up GB News - five years after @nafeez.bsky.social explained on @bylinetimes.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Great to see people catching up on Sir Robbie Gibb's role in setting up GB News - five years after @nafeez.bsky.social explained on @bylinetimes.bsky.social
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🎯 Davey is spot on. "We can have criticism of the BBC, but within that, we need to recognise how valuable an institution it is [and how] precious to our country. And that's one of the reasons why people like President Trump and Nigel Farage, want to undermine the BBC." 👏🏽~AA
November 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🎯 Davey is spot on. "We can have criticism of the BBC, but within that, we need to recognise how valuable an institution it is [and how] precious to our country. And that's one of the reasons why people like President Trump and Nigel Farage, want to undermine the BBC." 👏🏽~AA
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Farage accuses the BBC of bias on Europe, immigration, the environment, Gaza, and Trump - to a hall of toadies roaring their approval.
And in the blink of an eye, turns to his actual employer "a much perkier GB News," then remembers "although I have to declare an interest." ~AA
And in the blink of an eye, turns to his actual employer "a much perkier GB News," then remembers "although I have to declare an interest." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Farage accuses the BBC of bias on Europe, immigration, the environment, Gaza, and Trump - to a hall of toadies roaring their approval.
And in the blink of an eye, turns to his actual employer "a much perkier GB News," then remembers "although I have to declare an interest." ~AA
And in the blink of an eye, turns to his actual employer "a much perkier GB News," then remembers "although I have to declare an interest." ~AA
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The resignations of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness must be an opportunity for the BBC to turn a new leaf, rebuild trust and resist those like Nigel Farage who want to destroy it
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
November 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The resignations of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness must be an opportunity for the BBC to turn a new leaf, rebuild trust and resist those like Nigel Farage who want to destroy it
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.
We must stand up for a strong, independent BBC, to stop Trump’s America becoming Farage's Britain.