Alan Halley 🏴
@ecomet.bsky.social
Retired software engineer, advocate for ASN Reform, mainly in Scotland but happy to help SEND reform in rest of UK.
Enjoys curling and playing guitar.
Left wing, Scottish independence supporter.
Enjoys curling and playing guitar.
Left wing, Scottish independence supporter.
This just in: Jesus wasn't white.
Left: Reform UK's Sarah Pochin "We will always stand up for Christians, we are fundamentally a Christian country"
Right: Sarah Pochin, "It drives me mad when I see adverts full of black people, full of Asian people, full of people that are basically anything other than white"
Right: Sarah Pochin, "It drives me mad when I see adverts full of black people, full of Asian people, full of people that are basically anything other than white"
December 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
This just in: Jesus wasn't white.
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Is that Trump whose party receives support from fossil fuel companies?
This is HEARTBREAKING
The damage trump is doing will be irreversible
Trump approves opening 1.27 billion acres for coastal drilling
Repeat
1.27 BILLION ACRES FOR COASTAL DRILLING!!!
Please take a moment to listen to this and share
(source @latimes.com )
The damage trump is doing will be irreversible
Trump approves opening 1.27 billion acres for coastal drilling
Repeat
1.27 BILLION ACRES FOR COASTAL DRILLING!!!
Please take a moment to listen to this and share
(source @latimes.com )
December 9, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Is that Trump whose party receives support from fossil fuel companies?
Tories criticising "A small cabal of activists". Oh the irony.
December 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Tories criticising "A small cabal of activists". Oh the irony.
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UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation.
In public ownership that would have gone into infrastructure, lower bills.
Privatisation delivered low investment, high bills, no tax on dividends to foreign investors.
No end to nightmare without public ownership.
In public ownership that would have gone into infrastructure, lower bills.
Privatisation delivered low investment, high bills, no tax on dividends to foreign investors.
No end to nightmare without public ownership.
UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation
Analysis reveals ‘privatisation premium’ of £250 per household per year paid to owners of water, rail, bus, energy and mail services since 2010
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:53 AM
UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation.
In public ownership that would have gone into infrastructure, lower bills.
Privatisation delivered low investment, high bills, no tax on dividends to foreign investors.
No end to nightmare without public ownership.
In public ownership that would have gone into infrastructure, lower bills.
Privatisation delivered low investment, high bills, no tax on dividends to foreign investors.
No end to nightmare without public ownership.
Could be something to do with her policy advisers being city bankers.
The budget didn't bother the powerful.
No windfall tax on banks. Govt subsidy of £23bn+ continues.
No windfall tax on energy companies, £125bn profit since 2020.
Corporate profiteering and subsidies continue. No curbs on corporate welfare.
85,500 have wealth of £2.8 trillion, hardly touched.
No windfall tax on banks. Govt subsidy of £23bn+ continues.
No windfall tax on energy companies, £125bn profit since 2020.
Corporate profiteering and subsidies continue. No curbs on corporate welfare.
85,500 have wealth of £2.8 trillion, hardly touched.
The government’s budget is simply managing decline
The budget does little to improve living standards or facilitate sustained economic growth
leftfootforward.org
December 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Could be something to do with her policy advisers being city bankers.
In the 1980s people used to say "Don't promote me I can't afford it" for similar reasons.
UK budget freeze on income tax thresholds
Over the next 5 yrs, 780,000 more people, the poorest, will pay income tax for the first time.
Someone earning £50,000 will pay £9,512 in tax, an increase of £1,247 because thresholds are frozen.
Can't grow economy by hitting low/middle income earners.
Over the next 5 yrs, 780,000 more people, the poorest, will pay income tax for the first time.
Someone earning £50,000 will pay £9,512 in tax, an increase of £1,247 because thresholds are frozen.
Can't grow economy by hitting low/middle income earners.
The government’s budget is simply managing decline
The budget does little to improve living standards or facilitate sustained economic growth
leftfootforward.org
November 29, 2025 at 8:46 AM
In the 1980s people used to say "Don't promote me I can't afford it" for similar reasons.
I thought it was excellent and well balanced.
1/5 It was entirely predictable that The Telegraph would jump on @DavidOlusoga’s Empire series to fight its right wing culture war for control of our public history. Let’s see what they’ve done:
November 27, 2025 at 12:41 PM
I thought it was excellent and well balanced.
I've got news for them. Scottish independence voters haven't trusted BBC news since the 2014 referendum campaign when Nick Robinson doctored an Alex Salmond speech to change its meaning . He admitted it and received no punishment. There were other incidents of impartiality being a myth .
BBC Chair Samir Shah and Robbie Gibb asked to explain why they drew up a plan, as revealed by Byline Times, to win back the "trust" of Reform voters, but haven't made similar plans for voters of any other party.
Gibb says Reform voters least likely to trust the BBC bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
Gibb says Reform voters least likely to trust the BBC bylinetimes.com/2025/06/09/b...
BBC Bosses Draw Up Plans to Win Over Reform Voters by Changing News and Drama Output
The Director General Tim Davie and other executives discussed altering BBC “story selection” in order to secure the "trust" of supporters of Nigel Farage’s party
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
I've got news for them. Scottish independence voters haven't trusted BBC news since the 2014 referendum campaign when Nick Robinson doctored an Alex Salmond speech to change its meaning . He admitted it and received no punishment. There were other incidents of impartiality being a myth .
Was the "Russian" report , buried by Johnson, ever released. If not why is Labour not releasing it.
The Conservatives & Johnson were compromised by Russian money & influence over years.
Reform obviously are.
Is Labour too? Could that be why Starmer won’t investigate?
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/news/2022/ju...
Reform obviously are.
Is Labour too? Could that be why Starmer won’t investigate?
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/news/2022/ju...
The Moscow moves: how Mandelson’s firm helped Uber reach Russian elite
Leak shows how the former Labour minister used his access to pro-Kremlin oligarchs, including some now under sanctions
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Was the "Russian" report , buried by Johnson, ever released. If not why is Labour not releasing it.
news.sky.com/story/starme...
He's lying. Not increasing tax thresholds is increasing tax on working people and pensioners to suggest otherwise insults our intelligence.
He's lying. Not increasing tax thresholds is increasing tax on working people and pensioners to suggest otherwise insults our intelligence.
Starmer refuses to rule out manifesto-breaking tax rises in budget
The prime minister would not be drawn on the contents of his government's second budget while speaking to Beth Rigby. Follow live coverage of the budget from 12.30pm on Wednesday with Sky News.
news.sky.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
news.sky.com/story/starme...
He's lying. Not increasing tax thresholds is increasing tax on working people and pensioners to suggest otherwise insults our intelligence.
He's lying. Not increasing tax thresholds is increasing tax on working people and pensioners to suggest otherwise insults our intelligence.
US billionaires and Russian oligarchs carving up the spoils of the Ukrainian economy and resources without caring about the Ukrainian people.
Very medieval.
Very medieval.
According to multiple reports, U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian negotiator Kirill Dmitriev drafted a 28-point “peace” proposal via a private channel. The draft would force Ukraine to cede eastern territory (incl. Donbas),👇
November 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
US billionaires and Russian oligarchs carving up the spoils of the Ukrainian economy and resources without caring about the Ukrainian people.
Very medieval.
Very medieval.
Could this be related to 92% of their funding coming from the fossil fuel industry and climate denial organisations?
Reform UK energy plans crumble under scrutiny
Reform UK Ltd rails against net zero, but the evidence shows green jobs and growth are already powering the UK economy
By Brian McHugh
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
@brianmchugh.bsky.social
Reform UK Ltd rails against net zero, but the evidence shows green jobs and growth are already powering the UK economy
By Brian McHugh
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
@brianmchugh.bsky.social
Reform UK’s energy plans crumble under scrutiny
Reform UK rails against net zero, but the evidence shows green jobs and growth are already powering the UK economy
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Could this be related to 92% of their funding coming from the fossil fuel industry and climate denial organisations?
Letting him take the lead is not the way to tackle Farage and Reform. Why are Labour not taking the fight to Reform and showing them up to be the racist shambles that they are?
If you do nothing about immigration you effectively give farage number 10.
November 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Letting him take the lead is not the way to tackle Farage and Reform. Why are Labour not taking the fight to Reform and showing them up to be the racist shambles that they are?
That's the world view that the Pilgrim Fathers brought with them to the US. They left England because they couldn't impose their views on everyone there and wanted to establish a community where theirs was the only correct view
The idea that brought religious freedom is a myth.
Happy Thanks giving.
The idea that brought religious freedom is a myth.
Happy Thanks giving.
A reminder that when Christian Nationalists in the Republican Party lecture you about the importance of "religious freedom," they are not talking about YOUR religion or YOUR freedom. They are talking about THEIR freedom to impose THEIR religion on you.
November 16, 2025 at 11:35 PM
That's the world view that the Pilgrim Fathers brought with them to the US. They left England because they couldn't impose their views on everyone there and wanted to establish a community where theirs was the only correct view
The idea that brought religious freedom is a myth.
Happy Thanks giving.
The idea that brought religious freedom is a myth.
Happy Thanks giving.
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💷 PFI buried the NHS in billions of debt 💸
Now it’s being rebranded + repackaged as a “new solution.”
But let’s not be fooled — a bad deal with a new name is still a bad deal.
Help us uncover the truth about PFI 👇
bit.ly/NHSandBudget
Now it’s being rebranded + repackaged as a “new solution.”
But let’s not be fooled — a bad deal with a new name is still a bad deal.
Help us uncover the truth about PFI 👇
bit.ly/NHSandBudget
November 16, 2025 at 7:37 PM
💷 PFI buried the NHS in billions of debt 💸
Now it’s being rebranded + repackaged as a “new solution.”
But let’s not be fooled — a bad deal with a new name is still a bad deal.
Help us uncover the truth about PFI 👇
bit.ly/NHSandBudget
Now it’s being rebranded + repackaged as a “new solution.”
But let’s not be fooled — a bad deal with a new name is still a bad deal.
Help us uncover the truth about PFI 👇
bit.ly/NHSandBudget
The asylum system costs around 1% of UK government expenditure.
Surely there are bigger problems to be focussed on that will have a more immediate impact on working people's lives. Eg fixing NHS, education, water, transport, creating jobs.
Labour seems to be following Reform not attacking it.
Surely there are bigger problems to be focussed on that will have a more immediate impact on working people's lives. Eg fixing NHS, education, water, transport, creating jobs.
Labour seems to be following Reform not attacking it.
Immigration is NOT tearing this country apart.
Politicians like Farage and Mahmodo are tearing it apart by their divisive rhetoric and dishonest framing of the known facts behind immigration.
I despise them for it.
Now 10 years here isn’t long enough. It has to be 20 years.
What a disgrace.
Politicians like Farage and Mahmodo are tearing it apart by their divisive rhetoric and dishonest framing of the known facts behind immigration.
I despise them for it.
Now 10 years here isn’t long enough. It has to be 20 years.
What a disgrace.
November 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The asylum system costs around 1% of UK government expenditure.
Surely there are bigger problems to be focussed on that will have a more immediate impact on working people's lives. Eg fixing NHS, education, water, transport, creating jobs.
Labour seems to be following Reform not attacking it.
Surely there are bigger problems to be focussed on that will have a more immediate impact on working people's lives. Eg fixing NHS, education, water, transport, creating jobs.
Labour seems to be following Reform not attacking it.
Doesn't the president need Congress's approval before going to war.
Ps fentanyl does not come from Venezuela
Ps fentanyl does not come from Venezuela
Looks like we’re going to war with Venezuela to distract from the Epstein files.
November 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Doesn't the president need Congress's approval before going to war.
Ps fentanyl does not come from Venezuela
Ps fentanyl does not come from Venezuela
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Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests, provoking negative reactions.
A new survey reveals negative attitudes to Reform UK Ltd
Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests, provoking negative reactions
centralbylines.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Reform UK Ltd gets 92% of its funding from climate change deniers and fossil fuel corporate interests, provoking negative reactions.
So America has deflation? Deflation is not a good thing. This has to be baloney.
We are really ruled by the dumbest people in existence.
November 13, 2025 at 6:37 PM
So America has deflation? Deflation is not a good thing. This has to be baloney.
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Worth keeping this in mind.
November 13, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Worth keeping this in mind.
Wasn't McSweeney behind the winter fuel allowance fiasco?
Midas in reverse
Midas in reverse
Why is McSweeney still there. What greater proof would you need that he is incapable of doing the job.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Keir Starmer under pressure over future of Morgan McSweeney amid briefing row
Ministers and Labour MPs point finger at PM’s chief of staff over No 10 operation that targeted Wes Streeting
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Wasn't McSweeney behind the winter fuel allowance fiasco?
Midas in reverse
Midas in reverse