@jefferscole.bsky.social
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Worth 5 minutes of anyone's time to read about Ronnie. Consider having a tissue handy in case something should happen to get in your eye 🥹
December 25, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Worth 5 minutes of anyone's time to read about Ronnie. Consider having a tissue handy in case something should happen to get in your eye 🥹
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Rip-off Britain.
ScotRail, Greater Anglia and My Train Ticket, warned for misleading ads.
Companies could not provide evidence to show that people could get lowest available price by booking train tickets through them.
Scams are crafted by exec to boost bonuses. None fined. Why will they stop?
ScotRail, Greater Anglia and My Train Ticket, warned for misleading ads.
Companies could not provide evidence to show that people could get lowest available price by booking train tickets through them.
Scams are crafted by exec to boost bonuses. None fined. Why will they stop?
Train firms warned over ‘best price’ claims after watchdog bans ads
Advertising regulator said operators and a ticket seller could not prove bookings were cheapest
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Rip-off Britain.
ScotRail, Greater Anglia and My Train Ticket, warned for misleading ads.
Companies could not provide evidence to show that people could get lowest available price by booking train tickets through them.
Scams are crafted by exec to boost bonuses. None fined. Why will they stop?
ScotRail, Greater Anglia and My Train Ticket, warned for misleading ads.
Companies could not provide evidence to show that people could get lowest available price by booking train tickets through them.
Scams are crafted by exec to boost bonuses. None fined. Why will they stop?
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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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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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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 2:36 PM
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
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BP to scrap paid rest breaks and most bank holiday bonuses for forecourt staff.
Changes to employee benefits would cut take-home pay by at least 6.25%.
Would exec pay and dividends be cut? No chance.
Hard-won rights eroded as corporations rule without ever being elected.
Back to Victorian times.
Changes to employee benefits would cut take-home pay by at least 6.25%.
Would exec pay and dividends be cut? No chance.
Hard-won rights eroded as corporations rule without ever being elected.
Back to Victorian times.
BP to scrap paid rest breaks and most bank holiday bonuses for forecourt staff
Exclusive: Plans to offset increase in minimum ‘fair pay’ set by Living Wage Foundation will affect 5,400 employees
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
BP to scrap paid rest breaks and most bank holiday bonuses for forecourt staff.
Changes to employee benefits would cut take-home pay by at least 6.25%.
Would exec pay and dividends be cut? No chance.
Hard-won rights eroded as corporations rule without ever being elected.
Back to Victorian times.
Changes to employee benefits would cut take-home pay by at least 6.25%.
Would exec pay and dividends be cut? No chance.
Hard-won rights eroded as corporations rule without ever being elected.
Back to Victorian times.
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Current US Policy:
If you’re suspected of trafficking a small amount of drugs with no evidence, we will murder you, but if you’re convicted of trafficking an enormous amount of drugs with copious evidence, we will pardon you. Because we are currently a very stupid country.
If you’re suspected of trafficking a small amount of drugs with no evidence, we will murder you, but if you’re convicted of trafficking an enormous amount of drugs with copious evidence, we will pardon you. Because we are currently a very stupid country.
December 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Current US Policy:
If you’re suspected of trafficking a small amount of drugs with no evidence, we will murder you, but if you’re convicted of trafficking an enormous amount of drugs with copious evidence, we will pardon you. Because we are currently a very stupid country.
If you’re suspected of trafficking a small amount of drugs with no evidence, we will murder you, but if you’re convicted of trafficking an enormous amount of drugs with copious evidence, we will pardon you. Because we are currently a very stupid country.
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Just a vicious, lawless regime.
The spectacle of masked gangs of state vigilantes, ripping people out of cars in full view of the street, is a terrible reminder of how quickly the unthinkable can become normal in a democratic society.
The spectacle of masked gangs of state vigilantes, ripping people out of cars in full view of the street, is a terrible reminder of how quickly the unthinkable can become normal in a democratic society.
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 4, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Just a vicious, lawless regime.
The spectacle of masked gangs of state vigilantes, ripping people out of cars in full view of the street, is a terrible reminder of how quickly the unthinkable can become normal in a democratic society.
The spectacle of masked gangs of state vigilantes, ripping people out of cars in full view of the street, is a terrible reminder of how quickly the unthinkable can become normal in a democratic society.
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UK energy bill payers to hand £2bn a year in subsidies to EDF, owned by the French govt, for building two nuclear power stations.
That will come handy in keeping energy prices down in France, improving govt finances.
Dividends won't be taxed in the UK.
All because UK govts oppose public ownership
That will come handy in keeping energy prices down in France, improving govt finances.
Dividends won't be taxed in the UK.
All because UK govts oppose public ownership
UK energy bill payers will hand £2bn a year to EDF for new power stations
French government-owned company to receive funding for Hinkley Point C and Sizewell C
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
UK energy bill payers to hand £2bn a year in subsidies to EDF, owned by the French govt, for building two nuclear power stations.
That will come handy in keeping energy prices down in France, improving govt finances.
Dividends won't be taxed in the UK.
All because UK govts oppose public ownership
That will come handy in keeping energy prices down in France, improving govt finances.
Dividends won't be taxed in the UK.
All because UK govts oppose public ownership
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Persuasive letter on populism as a cognitive short-cut in the @financialtimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Persuasive letter on populism as a cognitive short-cut in the @financialtimes.com
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Headline on The World at One just now:
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
November 27, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Headline on The World at One just now:
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
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I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
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Proud to see the Chancellor directly referencing my research (with @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social & Mary Reader) on the two-child limit.
As we wrote then "The two-child limit hasn’t discouraged poorer families from having children; it has simply made families poorer"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As we wrote then "The two-child limit hasn’t discouraged poorer families from having children; it has simply made families poorer"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 26, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Proud to see the Chancellor directly referencing my research (with @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social & Mary Reader) on the two-child limit.
As we wrote then "The two-child limit hasn’t discouraged poorer families from having children; it has simply made families poorer"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As we wrote then "The two-child limit hasn’t discouraged poorer families from having children; it has simply made families poorer"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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the thing that struck me, is it sounds like this friend was sharing the horrors of living in a nascent fascist state and trevor philips response was; 'sounds great'
?!?
these people are sociopaths
?!?
these people are sociopaths
Trevor Philips in the Times, calling for a Trump/Miller-style of random deportations based on skin colour.
archive.ph/RlXPj
archive.ph/RlXPj
November 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
the thing that struck me, is it sounds like this friend was sharing the horrors of living in a nascent fascist state and trevor philips response was; 'sounds great'
?!?
these people are sociopaths
?!?
these people are sociopaths
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It’s a sign of how insane the news cycle is these days that this historic failure of government policy got just one day of news coverage this week.
Not saying that’s right or wrong, but it’s astonishing how quickly the agenda moves on these days.
Not saying that’s right or wrong, but it’s astonishing how quickly the agenda moves on these days.
BREAKING: UK’s response to Covid was “too little too late”. Acting faster could have saved 23,000 lives in England according to the public inquiry.
Boris Johnson presided over a “toxic, sexist, chaotic culture” in No10, where rule-breaking seriously undermined public confidence.
Boris Johnson presided over a “toxic, sexist, chaotic culture” in No10, where rule-breaking seriously undermined public confidence.
November 23, 2025 at 10:07 AM
It’s a sign of how insane the news cycle is these days that this historic failure of government policy got just one day of news coverage this week.
Not saying that’s right or wrong, but it’s astonishing how quickly the agenda moves on these days.
Not saying that’s right or wrong, but it’s astonishing how quickly the agenda moves on these days.
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1) Start the worst European war since 1945 and commit every imaginable war crime
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
November 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
1) Start the worst European war since 1945 and commit every imaginable war crime
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
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In 2023/24, UK govt gave £78.2bn tax relief on pension contributions.
32% benefitted 29.2m basic rate (20%) taxpayers.
68% went to higher and additional rate (40% and 45%) tax payers.
Equalizing tax relief at 20% to all, leaves govt £14.5bn spare to alleviate poverty.
32% benefitted 29.2m basic rate (20%) taxpayers.
68% went to higher and additional rate (40% and 45%) tax payers.
Equalizing tax relief at 20% to all, leaves govt £14.5bn spare to alleviate poverty.
This is how Rachel Reeves could deliver a progressive budget
The chancellor has an opportunity to boost the public purpose and deliver redistribution
leftfootforward.org
November 23, 2025 at 10:01 AM
In 2023/24, UK govt gave £78.2bn tax relief on pension contributions.
32% benefitted 29.2m basic rate (20%) taxpayers.
68% went to higher and additional rate (40% and 45%) tax payers.
Equalizing tax relief at 20% to all, leaves govt £14.5bn spare to alleviate poverty.
32% benefitted 29.2m basic rate (20%) taxpayers.
68% went to higher and additional rate (40% and 45%) tax payers.
Equalizing tax relief at 20% to all, leaves govt £14.5bn spare to alleviate poverty.
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@lennyhenryofficial.bsky.social v Lord Nigel Biggar on reparations. Now online open access:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reparation or Disavowal? The Morals and the Politics of Slavery and Racism
www.sciencedirect.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
@lennyhenryofficial.bsky.social v Lord Nigel Biggar on reparations. Now online open access:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Shabana Mahmood's Indefinite Leave To Remain Culture War
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
November 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Shabana Mahmood's Indefinite Leave To Remain Culture War
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
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In 2023 @tom-clark.bsky.social got me to write a chapter for his book on UK poverty about how immigration limbo, which Labour wants more of, makes people destitute. It was the most distressing piece I've ever worked on. We sent a copy to every MP. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/society/6081...
Destitute by design: trapped in the immigration system
Migration policy is not only failing people forced to arrive in Britain by
boats. In an extract from a new edited volume, Daniel Trilling reports on t...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 8:36 AM
In 2023 @tom-clark.bsky.social got me to write a chapter for his book on UK poverty about how immigration limbo, which Labour wants more of, makes people destitute. It was the most distressing piece I've ever worked on. We sent a copy to every MP. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/society/6081...
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Single fault at Thames Water sewage works could imperil London’s supply, lead to mass evacuations, military on standby.
60-year-old pumping system not replaced.
TW ignored statutory duties, Customer bills hiked to boost exec pay and dividends.
removepaywalls.com/https://www....
60-year-old pumping system not replaced.
TW ignored statutory duties, Customer bills hiked to boost exec pay and dividends.
removepaywalls.com/https://www....
Single fault at Thames Water works could imperil London’s supply
Coppermills plant, which serves up to 4mn people, underscores scale of the challenge for troubled utility
www.ft.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Single fault at Thames Water sewage works could imperil London’s supply, lead to mass evacuations, military on standby.
60-year-old pumping system not replaced.
TW ignored statutory duties, Customer bills hiked to boost exec pay and dividends.
removepaywalls.com/https://www....
60-year-old pumping system not replaced.
TW ignored statutory duties, Customer bills hiked to boost exec pay and dividends.
removepaywalls.com/https://www....
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English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books.
Social spaces lost forever. Libraries, community centres, school playgrounds, parks closed/sold as council funding cut in real terms to appease the rich.
Social vandalism.
Social spaces lost forever. Libraries, community centres, school playgrounds, parks closed/sold as council funding cut in real terms to appease the rich.
Social vandalism.
English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books
Survey finds 60% of key cities councils are planning to sell assets to meet costs of adult and children’s social care
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:59 AM
English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books.
Social spaces lost forever. Libraries, community centres, school playgrounds, parks closed/sold as council funding cut in real terms to appease the rich.
Social vandalism.
Social spaces lost forever. Libraries, community centres, school playgrounds, parks closed/sold as council funding cut in real terms to appease the rich.
Social vandalism.
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About 1m Ford diesel cars sold in UK with defective emissions controls. Company knew. Many were never formally recalled or fixed.
Companies chase profits by lying, cheating. Yet neoliberals push for deregulation, less consumer rights.
Hold execs personally liable.
Companies chase profits by lying, cheating. Yet neoliberals push for deregulation, less consumer rights.
Hold execs personally liable.
About 1m Ford diesel cars sold in UK with defective emissions controls, court told
Ford denies having created ‘defeat devices’ in legal action on behalf of 1.6 million owners against five carmakers
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:10 AM
About 1m Ford diesel cars sold in UK with defective emissions controls. Company knew. Many were never formally recalled or fixed.
Companies chase profits by lying, cheating. Yet neoliberals push for deregulation, less consumer rights.
Hold execs personally liable.
Companies chase profits by lying, cheating. Yet neoliberals push for deregulation, less consumer rights.
Hold execs personally liable.
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Whole fucking thing makes me sick to my stomach. An abject fucking liar, a man who lies as easily as he fucking breathes, threatening an organisation which strives for truthfulness. And plastic patriots like the Mail and Farage urging him on. Jackels.
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Whole fucking thing makes me sick to my stomach. An abject fucking liar, a man who lies as easily as he fucking breathes, threatening an organisation which strives for truthfulness. And plastic patriots like the Mail and Farage urging him on. Jackels.