Cllr Maton
@cllrkmaton.bsky.social
Involved in West Midlands Local Government and Supporting Coventry FC
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Community. Note.
December 23, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Community. Note.
From Today’s Guardian- Big bonuses for City & Guilds bosses after firm privatised
Making huge £££s from training is no way to improve UK training Where is the cash for high quality & state of the art capital investment?
Making huge £££s from training is no way to improve UK training Where is the cash for high quality & state of the art capital investment?
December 23, 2025 at 12:13 PM
From Today’s Guardian- Big bonuses for City & Guilds bosses after firm privatised
Making huge £££s from training is no way to improve UK training Where is the cash for high quality & state of the art capital investment?
Making huge £££s from training is no way to improve UK training Where is the cash for high quality & state of the art capital investment?
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A Tory revival does not save us from Reform as they are also:
1. Pro leaving the ECHR
2. Pro-Trump and anti-EU
3. Pro mass deportations
4. Anti net zero
5. Anti Employment Rights Act
6. Anti scrapping the two child limit
7. Pro huge cuts in public spending
8. Pro politicising the judiciary
Etc etc
1. Pro leaving the ECHR
2. Pro-Trump and anti-EU
3. Pro mass deportations
4. Anti net zero
5. Anti Employment Rights Act
6. Anti scrapping the two child limit
7. Pro huge cuts in public spending
8. Pro politicising the judiciary
Etc etc
December 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
A Tory revival does not save us from Reform as they are also:
1. Pro leaving the ECHR
2. Pro-Trump and anti-EU
3. Pro mass deportations
4. Anti net zero
5. Anti Employment Rights Act
6. Anti scrapping the two child limit
7. Pro huge cuts in public spending
8. Pro politicising the judiciary
Etc etc
1. Pro leaving the ECHR
2. Pro-Trump and anti-EU
3. Pro mass deportations
4. Anti net zero
5. Anti Employment Rights Act
6. Anti scrapping the two child limit
7. Pro huge cuts in public spending
8. Pro politicising the judiciary
Etc etc
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Banning the use of cages is a great thing, but it does clearly disadvantage farmers if we do not then apply it to imported meat and eggs.
"The gov't is looking after puppies and kittens and everyone is delighted. Quick! Find me a negative angle."
My heart breaks for The Times. ~AA
My heart breaks for The Times. ~AA
December 22, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Banning the use of cages is a great thing, but it does clearly disadvantage farmers if we do not then apply it to imported meat and eggs.
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England water company CEO says long-term water security is under threat.
Customers already paid, companies didn't build reservoirs, dumped sewage in rivers, neglected investment, paid dividends
Now want to charge customers again, not raising capital from shareholders.
End the scam. Nationalise.
Customers already paid, companies didn't build reservoirs, dumped sewage in rivers, neglected investment, paid dividends
Now want to charge customers again, not raising capital from shareholders.
End the scam. Nationalise.
Suffolk water boss says new reservoirs needed to address demand
Water company says it needs two new reservoirs and a recycling plant to cope with demand in Suffolk.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 9:04 AM
England water company CEO says long-term water security is under threat.
Customers already paid, companies didn't build reservoirs, dumped sewage in rivers, neglected investment, paid dividends
Now want to charge customers again, not raising capital from shareholders.
End the scam. Nationalise.
Customers already paid, companies didn't build reservoirs, dumped sewage in rivers, neglected investment, paid dividends
Now want to charge customers again, not raising capital from shareholders.
End the scam. Nationalise.
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More optimistically - perhaps a few more people on the centre-left might start engaging with the huge positive that is freedom of movement inside the EU/EEA. (Yes, yes, I know, that would involve a bit of thought and political bravery, so file under pipe dream)
The UK will celebrate net emigration and depopulation come 2027.
And by 2028 it will start to realise, with an ageing society and low growth, what a really silly thing it has done.
The right will go "pro-natalist", the centre-left will be completely stuck.
And by 2028 it will start to realise, with an ageing society and low growth, what a really silly thing it has done.
The right will go "pro-natalist", the centre-left will be completely stuck.
December 22, 2025 at 8:57 AM
More optimistically - perhaps a few more people on the centre-left might start engaging with the huge positive that is freedom of movement inside the EU/EEA. (Yes, yes, I know, that would involve a bit of thought and political bravery, so file under pipe dream)
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Of course, none of this excuses its morally bankrupt and politically disastrous failure to take on the racist, nationalist right on immigration and to to appease it instead. That is unforgivable. But this is the most redistributive government we’ve seen since the 1970s.
I’m blocking anyone on my timeline saying the current government is right wing. From VAT on private school fees through employment rights legislation to ending the two child cap, it’s very obviously not. I cannot engage with the stupid that says otherwise.
December 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Of course, none of this excuses its morally bankrupt and politically disastrous failure to take on the racist, nationalist right on immigration and to to appease it instead. That is unforgivable. But this is the most redistributive government we’ve seen since the 1970s.
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My lesson from 2025: Reform is much more vulnerable than it appears | Gaby Hinsliff
December 20, 2025 at 10:20 AM
My lesson from 2025: Reform is much more vulnerable than it appears | Gaby Hinsliff
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Since David Frost has NEVER been right about anything at any point when it comes to Brexit, this feels like a strong endorsement for our participation in Erasmus.
December 19, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Since David Frost has NEVER been right about anything at any point when it comes to Brexit, this feels like a strong endorsement for our participation in Erasmus.
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Ah yes, I well remember our hard work on behalf of the fishing industry. Out of 42 Fisheries meetings while I was an MEP I could only be arsed to attend 1. Then we screwed the whole fishing industry with Brexit, so well done us.
December 19, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Ah yes, I well remember our hard work on behalf of the fishing industry. Out of 42 Fisheries meetings while I was an MEP I could only be arsed to attend 1. Then we screwed the whole fishing industry with Brexit, so well done us.
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Of course it was rigged, there is no way he could have been voted off just because he danced like a sack of spuds.
December 19, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Of course it was rigged, there is no way he could have been voted off just because he danced like a sack of spuds.
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A draw is held to decide who gets to ask Parliamentary Questions. I was lucky enough to be chosen to ask my question today, but I couldn’t be arsed to turn up. I was too busy saying the system is rigged and I am being gagged!
December 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
A draw is held to decide who gets to ask Parliamentary Questions. I was lucky enough to be chosen to ask my question today, but I couldn’t be arsed to turn up. I was too busy saying the system is rigged and I am being gagged!
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Dear Americans
We, in Europe, think you’ve elected a President that is a fuckwit, a very bad person and very obviously ill.
We do listen to him. With scorn.
And we wonder how the hell you did something so stupid TWICE.
We, in Europe, think you’ve elected a President that is a fuckwit, a very bad person and very obviously ill.
We do listen to him. With scorn.
And we wonder how the hell you did something so stupid TWICE.
President Trump claims that European countries want him to be our president as well
Is there anyone in the US who actually believes this garbage?
Is there anyone in the US who actually believes this garbage?
December 12, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Dear Americans
We, in Europe, think you’ve elected a President that is a fuckwit, a very bad person and very obviously ill.
We do listen to him. With scorn.
And we wonder how the hell you did something so stupid TWICE.
We, in Europe, think you’ve elected a President that is a fuckwit, a very bad person and very obviously ill.
We do listen to him. With scorn.
And we wonder how the hell you did something so stupid TWICE.
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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...
Governments and citizens need to wake up
The national security strategy highlights what we already know: we can't trust the US.
"Trump and his circle are making clear their prescription is that far-right European parties are to be supported."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/09/trump-europe-national-security-strategy
"Trump and his circle are making clear their prescription is that far-right European parties are to be supported."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/09/trump-europe-national-security-strategy
New Trump doctrine identifies ‘weak’ Europe’s problem: not enough racism
A new US national security strategy represents one of the most profound crises for the Atlantic alliance since 1945
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Governments and citizens need to wake up
!!
Q: What happens to the oil on the tanker you seized?
TRUMP: Well we keep it I guess
TRUMP: Well we keep it I guess
December 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
!!
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The U.S. is not a member of the ICC, but the court can still prosecute individuals for actions carried out on the territory of ICC member nations.
Exclusive: US threatens new ICC sanctions unless court pledges not to prosecute Trump
President Donald Trump's administration wants the International Criminal Court to amend its founding document to ensure it does not investigate the Republican president and his top officials, a Trump ...
www.reuters.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The U.S. is not a member of the ICC, but the court can still prosecute individuals for actions carried out on the territory of ICC member nations.
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Global inequality has hit a new extreme. So how much wealth is too much?🤔
The extreme poverty line is used to define unacceptable levels of poverty. What if we also created an extreme wealth line? @patmillsuk.bsky.social 1/2
The extreme poverty line is used to define unacceptable levels of poverty. What if we also created an extreme wealth line? @patmillsuk.bsky.social 1/2
December 10, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Global inequality has hit a new extreme. So how much wealth is too much?🤔
The extreme poverty line is used to define unacceptable levels of poverty. What if we also created an extreme wealth line? @patmillsuk.bsky.social 1/2
The extreme poverty line is used to define unacceptable levels of poverty. What if we also created an extreme wealth line? @patmillsuk.bsky.social 1/2
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this is insane
New Home Office impact assessment finds that cutting skilled and social care visas will cost the UK up to £10 billion with a central estimate of -£5.4 billion.
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
December 9, 2025 at 6:24 PM
this is insane
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Great idea not to mention that the entire saving was made in the year ending March 2025, two months before Reform took over.
December 9, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Great idea not to mention that the entire saving was made in the year ending March 2025, two months before Reform took over.
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BREAKING: Bernie Sanders just now:
December 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
BREAKING: Bernie Sanders just now:
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Every real economist in America warned at the time he was imposing tariffs that it would affect each of these things, and deportations have affected the ability of farmers to access labor. This is all happening because of one man.
December 8, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Every real economist in America warned at the time he was imposing tariffs that it would affect each of these things, and deportations have affected the ability of farmers to access labor. This is all happening because of one man.