@jeremyiwhite.bsky.social
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The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party.
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party.
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
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And the tenth anniversary of the original vote would be a very good time to take the temperature.
November 30, 2025 at 9:48 AM
And the tenth anniversary of the original vote would be a very good time to take the temperature.
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Think of Brexit as a vote to eat all future meals at a new restaurant.
We've now been there. We've tried everything on the menu. We know the food is horrible.
Imagine holding a referendum on whether to keep eating its terrible food. That's a very different starting point from the last one in 2016.
We've now been there. We've tried everything on the menu. We know the food is horrible.
Imagine holding a referendum on whether to keep eating its terrible food. That's a very different starting point from the last one in 2016.
November 30, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Think of Brexit as a vote to eat all future meals at a new restaurant.
We've now been there. We've tried everything on the menu. We know the food is horrible.
Imagine holding a referendum on whether to keep eating its terrible food. That's a very different starting point from the last one in 2016.
We've now been there. We've tried everything on the menu. We know the food is horrible.
Imagine holding a referendum on whether to keep eating its terrible food. That's a very different starting point from the last one in 2016.
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n.... If the government thinks not increasing a price saves people money they are worse at economics than I thought.
Relief for rail passengers as fare freeze in England announced for 2026
Chancellor will confirm the measure, intended to help commuters on expensive routes, in her budget speech
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:32 AM
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n.... If the government thinks not increasing a price saves people money they are worse at economics than I thought.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025.... This stinks.
Revealed: The billion-pound PPE contractor with a Tory MP on site
Special report: Uniserve was paid £1.4bn for Covid contracts that included supply of £178.5m in never-used equipment
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:54 AM
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025.... This stinks.
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“White people born in Britain commit murders and sexual assault every week. But they are not defined by this action whenever it is perpetrated.”
Can we print this out and tape it to every hard right Musk fan’s forehead?
Can we print this out and tape it to every hard right Musk fan’s forehead?
October 30, 2025 at 9:59 AM
“White people born in Britain commit murders and sexual assault every week. But they are not defined by this action whenever it is perpetrated.”
Can we print this out and tape it to every hard right Musk fan’s forehead?
Can we print this out and tape it to every hard right Musk fan’s forehead?
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Last week:
-Trump pardoned Binance's founder after a $2B deal with his crypto firm
-Hegseth awards a DoD contract to a Don Jr.-backed firm
-Trump orders his DOJ cronies pay him $230M in "compensation"
We must not become numb to this. https://popular.info/p/3-scandals-in-4-days-that-would-define
-Trump pardoned Binance's founder after a $2B deal with his crypto firm
-Hegseth awards a DoD contract to a Don Jr.-backed firm
-Trump orders his DOJ cronies pay him $230M in "compensation"
We must not become numb to this. https://popular.info/p/3-scandals-in-4-days-that-would-define
3 Scandals in 4 Days That Would Define Any Other Presidency
During the second Trump administration, corruption scandals that would typically define a presidency receive a day or tw
popular.info
October 27, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Last week:
-Trump pardoned Binance's founder after a $2B deal with his crypto firm
-Hegseth awards a DoD contract to a Don Jr.-backed firm
-Trump orders his DOJ cronies pay him $230M in "compensation"
We must not become numb to this. https://popular.info/p/3-scandals-in-4-days-that-would-define
-Trump pardoned Binance's founder after a $2B deal with his crypto firm
-Hegseth awards a DoD contract to a Don Jr.-backed firm
-Trump orders his DOJ cronies pay him $230M in "compensation"
We must not become numb to this. https://popular.info/p/3-scandals-in-4-days-that-would-define
One of the things I love about life in Spain: coffee shops that shut for their lunch when many potential customers are likely to be likely to be looking for refreshments.
October 11, 2025 at 5:46 PM
One of the things I love about life in Spain: coffee shops that shut for their lunch when many potential customers are likely to be likely to be looking for refreshments.
I think President Trump should consider sacking the people who put these deeply disappointing figures together.
BREAKING: The number of jobs created in August has been revised from 54,000 down to -3,000.
October 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I think President Trump should consider sacking the people who put these deeply disappointing figures together.
The many nippled Nigel??
I’ve heard it say that Nigel Farage has no less than seventeen nipples spread over his chest and back.
I’m, of course, not saying it’s true, but we have no evidence saying otherwise.
It could be true, we just don’t know.
That’s how this works, right?
I’m, of course, not saying it’s true, but we have no evidence saying otherwise.
It could be true, we just don’t know.
That’s how this works, right?
September 25, 2025 at 10:59 AM
The many nippled Nigel??
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Zack Polanski has been on Question Time 0 times.
Nigel Farage has been on Question Time 38 times.
But they both lead parties with 4 MP's.
When is Zack getting his 38 appearances?
Nigel Farage has been on Question Time 38 times.
But they both lead parties with 4 MP's.
When is Zack getting his 38 appearances?
September 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Zack Polanski has been on Question Time 0 times.
Nigel Farage has been on Question Time 38 times.
But they both lead parties with 4 MP's.
When is Zack getting his 38 appearances?
Nigel Farage has been on Question Time 38 times.
But they both lead parties with 4 MP's.
When is Zack getting his 38 appearances?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025.... | NHS | The Guardian. How did Conservatives manage to hide this for so long? Can anyone ever hold them to account for this?
Three million on NHS England waiting lists have had no care since GP referral
Exclusive: Data reveals ‘invisible crisis’ with millions yet to have first specialist appointment or diagnostic test
www.theguardian.com
August 2, 2025 at 5:53 AM
www.theguardian.com/society/2025.... | NHS | The Guardian. How did Conservatives manage to hide this for so long? Can anyone ever hold them to account for this?
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1 in 3 doctors were born overseas.
1 in 2 builders were born overseas.
1 in 6 nurses were born overseas.
1 in 4 transport workers were born overseas.
1 in 7 UK business founders were born overseas.
1 in 5 university academics were born overseas.
The UK would be screwed without them.
1 in 2 builders were born overseas.
1 in 6 nurses were born overseas.
1 in 4 transport workers were born overseas.
1 in 7 UK business founders were born overseas.
1 in 5 university academics were born overseas.
The UK would be screwed without them.
August 1, 2025 at 8:40 AM
1 in 3 doctors were born overseas.
1 in 2 builders were born overseas.
1 in 6 nurses were born overseas.
1 in 4 transport workers were born overseas.
1 in 7 UK business founders were born overseas.
1 in 5 university academics were born overseas.
The UK would be screwed without them.
1 in 2 builders were born overseas.
1 in 6 nurses were born overseas.
1 in 4 transport workers were born overseas.
1 in 7 UK business founders were born overseas.
1 in 5 university academics were born overseas.
The UK would be screwed without them.
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🚨How Britain privatised itself into failure.🚨
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble.
In 'Failed State', Sam Freedman explains what went wrong.
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble.
In 'Failed State', Sam Freedman explains what went wrong.
How Britain privatised itself into failure
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble. In Failed State, Sam Freedman explains what went wrong
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
July 29, 2025 at 5:34 AM
🚨How Britain privatised itself into failure.🚨
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble.
In 'Failed State', Sam Freedman explains what went wrong.
Britain outsourced its state – now private firms profit while public services crumble.
In 'Failed State', Sam Freedman explains what went wrong.
Why doesn’t government of @keirstarmer.bsky.social actually do something effective to tackle the excesses of the water companies rather than just criticise them?
Doubling of Southern Water boss pay 'outrageous', says Minister.
Fake rage PR. Govts have done nothing to check rewards for failure.
SW has 119 criminal convictions, dumps sewage, leaks unplugged, customers fleeced, bosses rewarded.
Fake rage is no substitute for action.
Fake rage PR. Govts have done nothing to check rewards for failure.
SW has 119 criminal convictions, dumps sewage, leaks unplugged, customers fleeced, bosses rewarded.
Fake rage is no substitute for action.
Southern Water boss pay rise 'outrageous', says environment secretary
Southern Water's Lawrence Gosden was awarded an extra £691,000 as part of a long-term incentive plan.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Why doesn’t government of @keirstarmer.bsky.social actually do something effective to tackle the excesses of the water companies rather than just criticise them?
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Well worth 5 minutes of your Sunday morning
The starfish delusion: why care, not strategy, is the real driver of change
Care is the ground all systems stand on: it is the refusal to be paralysed by the size of the problem, but to act in spite of it
By Mike Chitty
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Care is the ground all systems stand on: it is the refusal to be paralysed by the size of the problem, but to act in spite of it
By Mike Chitty
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
The starfish delusion: why care, not strategy, is the real driver of change
Care is the ground all systems stand on: it is the refusal to be paralysed by the size of the problem, but to act in spite of it
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
July 20, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Well worth 5 minutes of your Sunday morning
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Southern Water doubles CEO pay to £1.4m despite bonus ban.
SW has 119 criminal convictions.
£6.2bn debt, 91m litres lost daily to leaks, hosepipe ban, sewage dumped in rivers.
Customer bills to rise 53%; 27% of bills service debt
Looting approved by the state.
SW has 119 criminal convictions.
£6.2bn debt, 91m litres lost daily to leaks, hosepipe ban, sewage dumped in rivers.
Customer bills to rise 53%; 27% of bills service debt
Looting approved by the state.
Southern Water nearly doubles CEO pay to £1.4m despite bonus ban
Lawrence Gosden’s award comes amid high levels of corporate debt, serious sewage leaks and recent hosepipe ban
www.theguardian.com
July 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Southern Water doubles CEO pay to £1.4m despite bonus ban.
SW has 119 criminal convictions.
£6.2bn debt, 91m litres lost daily to leaks, hosepipe ban, sewage dumped in rivers.
Customer bills to rise 53%; 27% of bills service debt
Looting approved by the state.
SW has 119 criminal convictions.
£6.2bn debt, 91m litres lost daily to leaks, hosepipe ban, sewage dumped in rivers.
Customer bills to rise 53%; 27% of bills service debt
Looting approved by the state.
Please @conservatives.bsky.social can you explain your figures
The Ministry of Justice doesn’t even track how people in prison entered the UK. So how exactly did the Tories measure small boat crime? Answer: they didn’t.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
A crime wave in small boats: why worry about facts?
Conservatives claim that small boat arrivals are 24 times more likely to be in prison than the average British citizen. Are they?
eastangliabylines.co.uk
July 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Please @conservatives.bsky.social can you explain your figures
The wonder of AI
July 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The wonder of AI
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UK govt considers rescue package for another steel plant - Speciality Steel UK, part of the Liberty Steel Group.
Profits are privatised and losses are socialised.
Instead of free money govt must get something in return - shares, give a repayable loan.
Profits are privatised and losses are socialised.
Instead of free money govt must get something in return - shares, give a repayable loan.
UK government considers rescue package for second major steel plant
Exclusive: Speciality Steel UK, which employs 1,450 people in South Yorkshire, could be supported if it enters administration
www.theguardian.com
July 11, 2025 at 6:08 AM
UK govt considers rescue package for another steel plant - Speciality Steel UK, part of the Liberty Steel Group.
Profits are privatised and losses are socialised.
Instead of free money govt must get something in return - shares, give a repayable loan.
Profits are privatised and losses are socialised.
Instead of free money govt must get something in return - shares, give a repayable loan.
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And reminder for the hard of thinking - Nigel Farage doesn’t want any of these things.
Your regular reminder 👇
🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy
🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy
EXCLUSIVE: Poll shows huge support for nationalisation of key industries and utilities
Privatisation has failed.
leftfootforward.org
July 9, 2025 at 10:34 AM
And reminder for the hard of thinking - Nigel Farage doesn’t want any of these things.
www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new.... Another reason to go vegetarian
Fish can suffer ‘intense pain’, surprising new study finds
www.independent.co.uk
June 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new.... Another reason to go vegetarian
I used to read the @dailytelegraphnews.bsky.social as a counter balance to papers like @theguardian.com but the Telegraph seems to have lost touch with reality and has swung so far to the right it’s unreadable. Can anyone recommend a right of centre paper that isn’t absurd?
May 31, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I used to read the @dailytelegraphnews.bsky.social as a counter balance to papers like @theguardian.com but the Telegraph seems to have lost touch with reality and has swung so far to the right it’s unreadable. Can anyone recommend a right of centre paper that isn’t absurd?
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Am I just supposed to shut my eyes and ears and go: "It's Labour doing this stuff so that's fine"?
No. I attacked the Tories (over 100,000 tweets!) consistently for the things they did wrong for years and years and years.
I'm not going to give Labour a free pass because they're a different party.
No. I attacked the Tories (over 100,000 tweets!) consistently for the things they did wrong for years and years and years.
I'm not going to give Labour a free pass because they're a different party.
May 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Am I just supposed to shut my eyes and ears and go: "It's Labour doing this stuff so that's fine"?
No. I attacked the Tories (over 100,000 tweets!) consistently for the things they did wrong for years and years and years.
I'm not going to give Labour a free pass because they're a different party.
No. I attacked the Tories (over 100,000 tweets!) consistently for the things they did wrong for years and years and years.
I'm not going to give Labour a free pass because they're a different party.
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