Jacki Clark
@jaxfc.bsky.social
Ancient Scot. Not quite out of the swing of the sea - still watching and listening carefully. 🏴
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Gone from misguided, to stubborn and stupid.
Brexit is now costing the UK over £200 billion every year and
8 out 10 labour supporters think Starmer is wrong
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social
Brexit is now costing the UK over £200 billion every year and
8 out 10 labour supporters think Starmer is wrong
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social
December 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Gone from misguided, to stubborn and stupid.
Brexit is now costing the UK over £200 billion every year and
8 out 10 labour supporters think Starmer is wrong
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social
Brexit is now costing the UK over £200 billion every year and
8 out 10 labour supporters think Starmer is wrong
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social
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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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Starmer's refusal to address the issue head-on is disgraceful.
Son of a tool maker.
Now, pawn of the rich.
What a traitor...to his roots.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Son of a tool maker.
Now, pawn of the rich.
What a traitor...to his roots.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Post Office and Fujitsu had deal 19 years ago to fix Horizon errors, paper shows
Document casts doubt on postal service claims it was unaware of bugs that could cause accounting shortfalls
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Starmer's refusal to address the issue head-on is disgraceful.
Son of a tool maker.
Now, pawn of the rich.
What a traitor...to his roots.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Son of a tool maker.
Now, pawn of the rich.
What a traitor...to his roots.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Is the government going to sit and watch while the #PalestineAction hunger strikers die? Is most of the media going to carry on ignoring them? Just how callous has the Establishment become?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Families of Palestine Action hunger strikers seek urgent meeting with Lammy
Justice secretary urged to ‘show a bit of humanity’ with protesters severely ill after refusing food for weeks
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Is the government going to sit and watch while the #PalestineAction hunger strikers die? Is most of the media going to carry on ignoring them? Just how callous has the Establishment become?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Post Office had deal with Fujitsu to fix Horizon errors 19 years ago.
They lied to courts, parliamentary committees.
Postmasters knowingly wrongfully prosecuted, Lives destroyed. Compensation being paid from public purse, none by those who profited from the scandal.
No one charged for conspiracy.
They lied to courts, parliamentary committees.
Postmasters knowingly wrongfully prosecuted, Lives destroyed. Compensation being paid from public purse, none by those who profited from the scandal.
No one charged for conspiracy.
Post Office had deal with Fujitsu to fix Horizon errors 19 years ago
The emergence of a document contradicts claims made by the Post Office over bugs in its IT system during criminal prosecutions.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Post Office had deal with Fujitsu to fix Horizon errors 19 years ago.
They lied to courts, parliamentary committees.
Postmasters knowingly wrongfully prosecuted, Lives destroyed. Compensation being paid from public purse, none by those who profited from the scandal.
No one charged for conspiracy.
They lied to courts, parliamentary committees.
Postmasters knowingly wrongfully prosecuted, Lives destroyed. Compensation being paid from public purse, none by those who profited from the scandal.
No one charged for conspiracy.
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Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’ yorkshirebylines.co.uk/opinion/brex...
Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’
The recent NBER report suggests the Treasury’s 2016 analysis – slammed by Brexiters as a ‘hoax’– actually understated the impact of Brexit
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Brexit: the trillion pound ‘mistake’ yorkshirebylines.co.uk/opinion/brex...
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Any political journalist or broadcaster who ignores 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗡𝗣 and 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗖𝘆𝗺𝗿𝘂 is limiting their perspective to England, no matter how they present their views as "British".
This is obvious. And yet it goes completely unacknowledged in the British media.
This is obvious. And yet it goes completely unacknowledged in the British media.
December 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Any political journalist or broadcaster who ignores 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗡𝗣 and 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗖𝘆𝗺𝗿𝘂 is limiting their perspective to England, no matter how they present their views as "British".
This is obvious. And yet it goes completely unacknowledged in the British media.
This is obvious. And yet it goes completely unacknowledged in the British media.
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Post Office Scandal: secret Fujitsu contract revealed
www.channel4.com/news/post-of...
www.channel4.com/news/post-of...
Post Office Scandal: secret Fujitsu contract revealed
For years, the Post Office and Fujitsu covered up the bugs in their faulty Horizon computer software, blaming the subpostmasters using it.
www.channel4.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Post Office Scandal: secret Fujitsu contract revealed
www.channel4.com/news/post-of...
www.channel4.com/news/post-of...
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Secret Post Office documents are “absolutely mindblowing”, says Labour MP
www.channel4.com/news/secret-...
www.channel4.com/news/secret-...
Secret Post Office documents are “absolutely mindblowing”, says Labour MP
We speak to Labour MP Liam Byrne, chair of the Business and Trade Committee who has been working to get justice for the victims of the Post Office scandal.
www.channel4.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Secret Post Office documents are “absolutely mindblowing”, says Labour MP
www.channel4.com/news/secret-...
www.channel4.com/news/secret-...
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Seconded
Did you know that in journalism it is surprisingly easy to find people who aren't burning to tell truth to power? Who have no moral and ethical tether.
Oligarchs who own media for political influence spot them and put them in charge.
They don't work for you, dear reader. They work against you.
Oligarchs who own media for political influence spot them and put them in charge.
They don't work for you, dear reader. They work against you.
December 22, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Seconded
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City & Guilds bosses handed bonus after training firm privatized.
£1.7m bonus for CEO + £100k pay rise; £1.2m bonus for CFO + £70k pay rise.
1,600 staff & 1,800 “associates” put on short-term contracts. Low wages, high staff churn; 300 leave a year. A third of jobs to be relocated to Greece.
£1.7m bonus for CEO + £100k pay rise; £1.2m bonus for CFO + £70k pay rise.
1,600 staff & 1,800 “associates” put on short-term contracts. Low wages, high staff churn; 300 leave a year. A third of jobs to be relocated to Greece.
Bosses at City & Guilds handed million-pound bonuses after training firm is privatised
Exclusive: Executives at body that trained chef Jamie Oliver awarded pay rises and bonuses after sale to private firm – as hundreds of jobs may be offshored
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:45 PM
City & Guilds bosses handed bonus after training firm privatized.
£1.7m bonus for CEO + £100k pay rise; £1.2m bonus for CFO + £70k pay rise.
1,600 staff & 1,800 “associates” put on short-term contracts. Low wages, high staff churn; 300 leave a year. A third of jobs to be relocated to Greece.
£1.7m bonus for CEO + £100k pay rise; £1.2m bonus for CFO + £70k pay rise.
1,600 staff & 1,800 “associates” put on short-term contracts. Low wages, high staff churn; 300 leave a year. A third of jobs to be relocated to Greece.
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"There are reasons to be cheerful about UK plc in 2026.", says a headline.
I object to headline saying a country is a "plc".
PLCs are not communities, have no long-term interest in people/place; exploit people & the environment, inflict harms; deny social responsibility, dump liabilities on others
I object to headline saying a country is a "plc".
PLCs are not communities, have no long-term interest in people/place; exploit people & the environment, inflict harms; deny social responsibility, dump liabilities on others
There are reasons to be cheerful about UK plc in 2026. Here are four | Heather Stewart
From better prospects for consumer spending to tentative signs of improving productivity, the doom and gloom of 2025 could be behind us
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:35 AM
"There are reasons to be cheerful about UK plc in 2026.", says a headline.
I object to headline saying a country is a "plc".
PLCs are not communities, have no long-term interest in people/place; exploit people & the environment, inflict harms; deny social responsibility, dump liabilities on others
I object to headline saying a country is a "plc".
PLCs are not communities, have no long-term interest in people/place; exploit people & the environment, inflict harms; deny social responsibility, dump liabilities on others
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So the 'MSP bugged' story turns out to have been nothing more than an employment dispute with no covert devices involved. The lesson here is to treat every SNP smear story with suspicion until the actual facts are revealed
Baillie was on it like a tone of bricks tube 😅
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Baillie was on it like a tone of bricks tube 😅
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
No covert devices found in Holyrood bugging claims
The Scottish parliament's presiding officer says the incident was part of an employment dispute involving an MSP.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
So the 'MSP bugged' story turns out to have been nothing more than an employment dispute with no covert devices involved. The lesson here is to treat every SNP smear story with suspicion until the actual facts are revealed
Baillie was on it like a tone of bricks tube 😅
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Baillie was on it like a tone of bricks tube 😅
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Also screw the BBC for its naked agenda. It refused to carry a hugely expensive first ever YouGov survey we commissioned showing how awful trans lives in the UK have become because it was "not strong enough" but there's no piece of anti-trans hatred too petty for it to platform.
Total gaslighting. Anti-trans activist; chooses to speak in person, provoking students who want to protect trans rights; they exercise their freedom of speech to tell her she isn't wanted; she gets to speak anyway; the BBC dutifully platforms her again; and now she threatens to sue everyone.
University threatened with legal action after protest at event
Prof Alice Sullivan says her talk at the University of Bristol became like a
www.bbc.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Also screw the BBC for its naked agenda. It refused to carry a hugely expensive first ever YouGov survey we commissioned showing how awful trans lives in the UK have become because it was "not strong enough" but there's no piece of anti-trans hatred too petty for it to platform.
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As Christmas approaches, I reflect on my word of the year: pleonexia — an ancient Greek term describing the insatiable desire to take more than your fair share, even when it harms others. In 2025, we saw that everywhere.
youtu.be/V_5MAVyR1JY?...
youtu.be/V_5MAVyR1JY?...
The ancient word that explains 2025
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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December 22, 2025 at 7:10 AM
As Christmas approaches, I reflect on my word of the year: pleonexia — an ancient Greek term describing the insatiable desire to take more than your fair share, even when it harms others. In 2025, we saw that everywhere.
youtu.be/V_5MAVyR1JY?...
youtu.be/V_5MAVyR1JY?...
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Wee Ginger Dug lays into them here - weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/12/20/b...
BBC Scotland, cheerleaders for Farage
On Wednesday evening BBC Scotland’s flagship evening news programme Och Aye the News, AKA Reporting Scotlandshire carried its second puff piece about Reform UK’s recent narrow council b…
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December 21, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Wee Ginger Dug lays into them here - weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2025/12/20/b...
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Desperate to undermine the #SNP: yet more blatant #BBC bias by omission.
It emerged the winning Reform UK candidate had left the police as he faced criminal charges. Naturally, this doesn’t feature in this BBC puff piece for fascists.
Get the full story here: www.thenational.scot/news/2569945...
It emerged the winning Reform UK candidate had left the police as he faced criminal charges. Naturally, this doesn’t feature in this BBC puff piece for fascists.
Get the full story here: www.thenational.scot/news/2569945...
The 'fed up' Scottish town that voted for Reform UK
Why did the people of Whitburn - and nearby Blackburn - choose Nigel Farage's party over others?
www.bbc.co.uk
December 21, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Desperate to undermine the #SNP: yet more blatant #BBC bias by omission.
It emerged the winning Reform UK candidate had left the police as he faced criminal charges. Naturally, this doesn’t feature in this BBC puff piece for fascists.
Get the full story here: www.thenational.scot/news/2569945...
It emerged the winning Reform UK candidate had left the police as he faced criminal charges. Naturally, this doesn’t feature in this BBC puff piece for fascists.
Get the full story here: www.thenational.scot/news/2569945...
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Bravo Cher!
December 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Bravo Cher!
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Noam Chomsky explaining why Palestine has so little support.
Also explains why no one on the Epstein List ever goes to jail.
Also explains why no one on the Epstein List ever goes to jail.
December 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Noam Chomsky explaining why Palestine has so little support.
Also explains why no one on the Epstein List ever goes to jail.
Also explains why no one on the Epstein List ever goes to jail.
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This video is completely correct.
£3bn a year has been taken from the NHS to give to US billionaires because Donald Trump demanded it, in return we get nothing.
And MPs don't even get a vote on it.
£3bn a year has been taken from the NHS to give to US billionaires because Donald Trump demanded it, in return we get nothing.
And MPs don't even get a vote on it.
December 19, 2025 at 6:28 PM
This video is completely correct.
£3bn a year has been taken from the NHS to give to US billionaires because Donald Trump demanded it, in return we get nothing.
And MPs don't even get a vote on it.
£3bn a year has been taken from the NHS to give to US billionaires because Donald Trump demanded it, in return we get nothing.
And MPs don't even get a vote on it.
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HUGE NEWS from the new Epstein files:
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Epstein Files Include 1996 Child Porn Complaint That F.B.I. Ignored
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
HUGE NEWS from the new Epstein files:
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Records show that Maria Farmer, who worked for Epstein, filed a "child pornography" report to the FBI in 1996.
The FBI has never before acknowledged that complaint. The case went nowhere, and mass abuse followed.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...