@harrythehacker0.bsky.social
The name's not Harry and the hacker refers to being sh*t at golf, sadly!
Interests include music of the indy genre, Rangers, the Glasgow one and politics. Probably not going to see the liberation of Scotland in my lifetime sadly.
Interests include music of the indy genre, Rangers, the Glasgow one and politics. Probably not going to see the liberation of Scotland in my lifetime sadly.
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🔴The Case for Charging Peter Mandelson With Misconduct in Public Office
An example must be set for all politicians considering abusing their office for personal gain, argues barrister Gareth Roberts
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/03/t...
An example must be set for all politicians considering abusing their office for personal gain, argues barrister Gareth Roberts
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/03/t...
The Case for Charging Peter Mandelson With Misconduct in Public Office
An example must be set for all politicians considering abusing their office for personal gain, argues barrister Gareth Roberts
bylinetimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 10:19 AM
🔴The Case for Charging Peter Mandelson With Misconduct in Public Office
An example must be set for all politicians considering abusing their office for personal gain, argues barrister Gareth Roberts
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/03/t...
An example must be set for all politicians considering abusing their office for personal gain, argues barrister Gareth Roberts
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/03/t...
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UK govt again rejects compensation to 1950s-born women over state pension age confusion.
2024 ombudsman report recommended apology & compensation. Govt apologised, no compensation.
If only they been party donors, private equity managers, non-doms, steel companies ... they would have got something.
2024 ombudsman report recommended apology & compensation. Govt apologised, no compensation.
If only they been party donors, private equity managers, non-doms, steel companies ... they would have got something.
Ministers reject Waspi calls for compensation after rethink
Women hit by changes to the state pension age say the decision shows
www.bbc.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 2:39 PM
UK govt again rejects compensation to 1950s-born women over state pension age confusion.
2024 ombudsman report recommended apology & compensation. Govt apologised, no compensation.
If only they been party donors, private equity managers, non-doms, steel companies ... they would have got something.
2024 ombudsman report recommended apology & compensation. Govt apologised, no compensation.
If only they been party donors, private equity managers, non-doms, steel companies ... they would have got something.
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“Trumpism on the right in the UK is growing and festering”.
“The American right think Britain is run by Muslims and communists”.
Mehdi Hasan on the transatlantic shift to the right, and the role Elon Musk has to play in this.
“The American right think Britain is run by Muslims and communists”.
Mehdi Hasan on the transatlantic shift to the right, and the role Elon Musk has to play in this.
January 10, 2026 at 8:09 AM
“Trumpism on the right in the UK is growing and festering”.
“The American right think Britain is run by Muslims and communists”.
Mehdi Hasan on the transatlantic shift to the right, and the role Elon Musk has to play in this.
“The American right think Britain is run by Muslims and communists”.
Mehdi Hasan on the transatlantic shift to the right, and the role Elon Musk has to play in this.
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In the 6th largest economy, 103000 people died in poverty in 2024.
120,000 died in fuel poverty, couldn't afford adequate heating.
Ethnic minorities, pensioners, single working age adults more likely to die in poverty.
Poverty and death sentence is a political choice as govts appease the rich.
120,000 died in fuel poverty, couldn't afford adequate heating.
Ethnic minorities, pensioners, single working age adults more likely to die in poverty.
Poverty and death sentence is a political choice as govts appease the rich.
www.mariecurie.org.uk
January 1, 2026 at 9:08 AM
In the 6th largest economy, 103000 people died in poverty in 2024.
120,000 died in fuel poverty, couldn't afford adequate heating.
Ethnic minorities, pensioners, single working age adults more likely to die in poverty.
Poverty and death sentence is a political choice as govts appease the rich.
120,000 died in fuel poverty, couldn't afford adequate heating.
Ethnic minorities, pensioners, single working age adults more likely to die in poverty.
Poverty and death sentence is a political choice as govts appease the rich.
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Files on Andrew’s activities as trade envoy withheld by the government. Once again even disgraced royals are protected by the state. What’s there to hide? It’s more important than ever that transparency reigns with the Royal Family. And it never does.
www.thetimes.com/article/c695...
www.thetimes.com/article/c695...
Redacting Andrew papers ‘like removing Trump from Epstein files’
A biographer of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor said officials were panicking and worrying about what releasing the papers to the National Archives would reveal
www.thetimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Files on Andrew’s activities as trade envoy withheld by the government. Once again even disgraced royals are protected by the state. What’s there to hide? It’s more important than ever that transparency reigns with the Royal Family. And it never does.
www.thetimes.com/article/c695...
www.thetimes.com/article/c695...
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Tory legacy
Backlog of 7.3m NHS England hospital appointments; 6.24m individuals awaiting treatment.
2.8m waiting over 18 weeks or more.
NHS money depleted by PFI payments, privatization of services.
Farage prefers US style insurance-based system, millions won't get any healthcare.
Backlog of 7.3m NHS England hospital appointments; 6.24m individuals awaiting treatment.
2.8m waiting over 18 weeks or more.
NHS money depleted by PFI payments, privatization of services.
Farage prefers US style insurance-based system, millions won't get any healthcare.
NHS backlog data analysis
Analysis of monthly data releases by NHS England to highlight the huge pressures being placed on backlogs across the NHS - including operations data, cancer waiting list GP referrals and A&E waiting t...
www.bma.org.uk
December 31, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Tory legacy
Backlog of 7.3m NHS England hospital appointments; 6.24m individuals awaiting treatment.
2.8m waiting over 18 weeks or more.
NHS money depleted by PFI payments, privatization of services.
Farage prefers US style insurance-based system, millions won't get any healthcare.
Backlog of 7.3m NHS England hospital appointments; 6.24m individuals awaiting treatment.
2.8m waiting over 18 weeks or more.
NHS money depleted by PFI payments, privatization of services.
Farage prefers US style insurance-based system, millions won't get any healthcare.
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‘We never really thought the White House was going to release anything particularly incriminating or detailed.’
As two Congressmen look to start impeachment proceedings against the US Attorney General, @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social has the latest on the Epstein Files.
As two Congressmen look to start impeachment proceedings against the US Attorney General, @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social has the latest on the Epstein Files.
December 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
‘We never really thought the White House was going to release anything particularly incriminating or detailed.’
As two Congressmen look to start impeachment proceedings against the US Attorney General, @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social has the latest on the Epstein Files.
As two Congressmen look to start impeachment proceedings against the US Attorney General, @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social has the latest on the Epstein Files.
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Nationalist vigilante ‘street patrol’ groups with ties to Reform UK and the far right are falsely claiming to be working with the police, while seeking to infiltrate local school networks in order to “protect” women and children
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/02/t...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/02/t...
The Reform-Backed Far-Right Street Patrols Coming to British School Gates
EXCLUSIVE: Nationalist vigilante groups, with links to Neo-Nazis, and the support of senior Reform figures, have been falsely claiming police backing while attempting to infiltrate local school networ...
bylinetimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Nationalist vigilante ‘street patrol’ groups with ties to Reform UK and the far right are falsely claiming to be working with the police, while seeking to infiltrate local school networks in order to “protect” women and children
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/02/t...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/02/t...
Enjoy Budapest @rangersreview.bsky.social fantastic city with great food and beer 🍻
December 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Enjoy Budapest @rangersreview.bsky.social fantastic city with great food and beer 🍻
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Covid fraud under the Tories cost the UK taxpayer £10.9bn.
VIP lanes and crony contracts.
Lack of anti-fraud controls in Covid scheme.
Money handed out for non-existent employees
Newly formed companies got public money
No competitive tenders
Poor checks on quality.
How much would be recovered?
VIP lanes and crony contracts.
Lack of anti-fraud controls in Covid scheme.
Money handed out for non-existent employees
Newly formed companies got public money
No competitive tenders
Poor checks on quality.
How much would be recovered?
Covid fraud under the Tories cost the taxpayer £10.9 billion
The counter-fraud and error measures during the pandemic under the Conservative Government were accused of being 'so lax they may as well have left the door wide open'
www.mirror.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Covid fraud under the Tories cost the UK taxpayer £10.9bn.
VIP lanes and crony contracts.
Lack of anti-fraud controls in Covid scheme.
Money handed out for non-existent employees
Newly formed companies got public money
No competitive tenders
Poor checks on quality.
How much would be recovered?
VIP lanes and crony contracts.
Lack of anti-fraud controls in Covid scheme.
Money handed out for non-existent employees
Newly formed companies got public money
No competitive tenders
Poor checks on quality.
How much would be recovered?
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Thames Water is a test for the British economy.
It profits by ripping off customers.
Pays dividends, doesn't invest.
Since March TW borrowed £1.47bn.
Paid £900m in fees/interest for the emergency financing.
Can't address crisis without public ownership.
archive.ph/oW8ck/again?...
It profits by ripping off customers.
Pays dividends, doesn't invest.
Since March TW borrowed £1.47bn.
Paid £900m in fees/interest for the emergency financing.
Can't address crisis without public ownership.
archive.ph/oW8ck/again?...
Thames Water is a test for the British economy
It is a particularly British paradox that one of the country’s biggest companies can both generate hundreds of millions in profit and be at imminent risk of bankruptcy. This is the story of Thames Wat...
unherd.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Thames Water is a test for the British economy.
It profits by ripping off customers.
Pays dividends, doesn't invest.
Since March TW borrowed £1.47bn.
Paid £900m in fees/interest for the emergency financing.
Can't address crisis without public ownership.
archive.ph/oW8ck/again?...
It profits by ripping off customers.
Pays dividends, doesn't invest.
Since March TW borrowed £1.47bn.
Paid £900m in fees/interest for the emergency financing.
Can't address crisis without public ownership.
archive.ph/oW8ck/again?...
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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.
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Nigel Farage used an LBC appearance in September to accuse the Bank of England of being “dinosaurs” for seeking to place restrictions on the use of Stablecoins by crypto firms like Tether.
He did not declare that Reform had just received a £9 million donation from one of its biggest investors
He did not declare that Reform had just received a £9 million donation from one of its biggest investors
Crypto Investor Donates £9 Million to Reform UK After Nigel Farage Plugs His Company and Tells Industry 'I Am Your Champion'
The Reform leader recently used media interviews to back Christopher Harborne's company while promising to cut taxes and regulations on crypto firms
bylinetimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Nigel Farage used an LBC appearance in September to accuse the Bank of England of being “dinosaurs” for seeking to place restrictions on the use of Stablecoins by crypto firms like Tether.
He did not declare that Reform had just received a £9 million donation from one of its biggest investors
He did not declare that Reform had just received a £9 million donation from one of its biggest investors
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The Daily Mail owner's wife has given £50,000 to Reform UK, after the paper declares that Nigel Farage is “finally a politician who gets it”
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
Crypto Investor Donates £9 Million to Reform UK After Nigel Farage Plugs His Company and Tells Industry 'I Am Your Champion'
The Reform leader recently used media interviews to back Christopher Harborne's company while promising to cut taxes and regulations on crypto firms
bylinetimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:32 AM
The Daily Mail owner's wife has given £50,000 to Reform UK, after the paper declares that Nigel Farage is “finally a politician who gets it”
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
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A Thailand-based crypto investor has handed a record-breaking £9 million to Reform UK, shortly before Nigel Farage used media interviews to plug his crypto firm and promise lower taxes and deregulation on the industry
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
Crypto Investor Donates £9 Million to Reform UK After Nigel Farage Plugs His Company and Tells Industry 'I Am Your Champion'
The Reform leader recently used media interviews to back Christopher Harborne's company while promising to cut taxes and regulations on crypto firms
bylinetimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:19 AM
A Thailand-based crypto investor has handed a record-breaking £9 million to Reform UK, shortly before Nigel Farage used media interviews to plug his crypto firm and promise lower taxes and deregulation on the industry
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/04/c...
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Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10.5 years in prison for taking bribes for pro-Russia interviews and speeches.
Who else was involved,?
Party can now add treason to racism, misogyny, islamaphobia, economic illiteracy as its electoral credentials.
Who else was involved,?
Party can now add treason to racism, misogyny, islamaphobia, economic illiteracy as its electoral credentials.
Former Reform in Wales leader Nathan Gill jailed for pro-Russian bribery
Nathan Gill, 52, is sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison after admitting taking bribes while an MEP.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10.5 years in prison for taking bribes for pro-Russia interviews and speeches.
Who else was involved,?
Party can now add treason to racism, misogyny, islamaphobia, economic illiteracy as its electoral credentials.
Who else was involved,?
Party can now add treason to racism, misogyny, islamaphobia, economic illiteracy as its electoral credentials.
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Have written for the New Statesman about why, if he will not accept an apology, the BBC should welcome a Trump lawsuit. They should show guts and fight it because impartially matters and if they don't, they will have tacitly accepted a rewritten history.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/med...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/med...
Trump's attack can rescue the BBC
The BBC should use the threat of legal action to strike a blow for press freedom
www.newstatesman.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Have written for the New Statesman about why, if he will not accept an apology, the BBC should welcome a Trump lawsuit. They should show guts and fight it because impartially matters and if they don't, they will have tacitly accepted a rewritten history.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/med...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/med...
Great to be home in sunny Lanzarote, not bad for a November morning 😎
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Great to be home in sunny Lanzarote, not bad for a November morning 😎
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Every personal attack.
Every attempt to distract or to divide.
It energises, strengthens and empowers our movement.
Lower bills. Tax billionaires. Join us.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Every attempt to distract or to divide.
It energises, strengthens and empowers our movement.
Lower bills. Tax billionaires. Join us.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The right can mock my teeth all it wants – it shows the Greens have struck a nerve | Zack Polanski
As a politician, I expect opposition and debate. But when it centres on personal insults, not policies, something else is going on, says the leader of the Green party, Zack Polanski
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Every personal attack.
Every attempt to distract or to divide.
It energises, strengthens and empowers our movement.
Lower bills. Tax billionaires. Join us.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Every attempt to distract or to divide.
It energises, strengthens and empowers our movement.
Lower bills. Tax billionaires. Join us.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
Brilliant work from @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social and @manchestermill.bsky.social
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/the-men-who-...
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
Brilliant work from @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social and @manchestermill.bsky.social
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/the-men-who-...
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
Brilliant work from @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social and @manchestermill.bsky.social
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/the-men-who-...
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
Brilliant work from @birminghamdispatch.bsky.social and @manchestermill.bsky.social
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/the-men-who-...
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🔴Dominic Cummings Lobbied Officials to Hand ‘Test and Trace’ Contracts to Palantir After Secret Meeting With Peter Thiel
Exclusive: Boris Johnson’s advisor pushed for contracts to be handed to companies run by Trump-supporting tech billionaires Peter Thiel and Larry Ellison
Exclusive: Boris Johnson’s advisor pushed for contracts to be handed to companies run by Trump-supporting tech billionaires Peter Thiel and Larry Ellison
Dominic Cummings Lobbied Officials to Hand 'Test and Trace' Contracts to Palantir After Secret Meeting With Peter Thiel
Exclusive: Boris Johnson's senior advisor pushed for Covid contracts to be handed to companies run by Trump-supporting tech billionaires Peter Thiel and Larry Ellison
bylinetimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:20 AM
🔴Dominic Cummings Lobbied Officials to Hand ‘Test and Trace’ Contracts to Palantir After Secret Meeting With Peter Thiel
Exclusive: Boris Johnson’s advisor pushed for contracts to be handed to companies run by Trump-supporting tech billionaires Peter Thiel and Larry Ellison
Exclusive: Boris Johnson’s advisor pushed for contracts to be handed to companies run by Trump-supporting tech billionaires Peter Thiel and Larry Ellison
These pics were taken exactly one year apart in St George's Bay, Malta 😳
November 2, 2025 at 8:33 AM
These pics were taken exactly one year apart in St George's Bay, Malta 😳
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“The government is leaving no stone unturned to investigate and recover public funds lost to fraud and error during the pandemic… Recovery action has resulted in some PPE suppliers being referred to the National Crime Agency for suspected fraud”
www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=20...
www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=20...
Fraud: Coronavirus
Treasury written question – answered at 20 October 2025
www.theyworkforyou.com
October 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“The government is leaving no stone unturned to investigate and recover public funds lost to fraud and error during the pandemic… Recovery action has resulted in some PPE suppliers being referred to the National Crime Agency for suspected fraud”
www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=20...
www.theyworkforyou.com/wrans/?id=20...
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🔴The Sheer Scale of Conservative Mismanagement of the Asylum System Revealed
Billions of pounds were wasted by successive Conservative Home Secretaries on a chaotic and costly system that left vulnerable people at risk, according to a new Parliamentary report
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/27/t...
Billions of pounds were wasted by successive Conservative Home Secretaries on a chaotic and costly system that left vulnerable people at risk, according to a new Parliamentary report
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/27/t...
The Sheer Scale of Conservative Mismanagement of the Asylum System Revealed
Billions of pounds were wasted by successive Conservative Home Secretaries on a chaotic and costly system that left vulnerable people at risk, according to a new Parliamentary report
bylinetimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:02 AM
🔴The Sheer Scale of Conservative Mismanagement of the Asylum System Revealed
Billions of pounds were wasted by successive Conservative Home Secretaries on a chaotic and costly system that left vulnerable people at risk, according to a new Parliamentary report
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/27/t...
Billions of pounds were wasted by successive Conservative Home Secretaries on a chaotic and costly system that left vulnerable people at risk, according to a new Parliamentary report
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/27/t...
Loving Budapest 🇭🇺
October 26, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Loving Budapest 🇭🇺