Jon Le Cantona
@jonlecantona.bsky.social
Progressive and philosophical MUFC and Labour supporter. Lover of animals, music, comedy and Europe. Remainer and rejoiner.Anti-Tory and can’t stand Trump, Musk, Farage and their irksome ilk! Like a laugh. Here as a Twitter evacuee. Can’t truss it! #FBPE
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It's remarkable to see Reform voters suddenly becoming social liberals on sentencing.
August 23, 2024 at 8:25 PM
It's remarkable to see Reform voters suddenly becoming social liberals on sentencing.
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🔴 Robert Jenrick took £50k from company with no employees and never made a profit
*Third* time in as many months that Tory leadership contender has taken cash from a loss-making company
Where did the money come from?
New on Democracy for Sale:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/robert-jen...
*Third* time in as many months that Tory leadership contender has taken cash from a loss-making company
Where did the money come from?
New on Democracy for Sale:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/robert-jen...
Robert Jenrick accepts donations from loss-making company - AGAIN
New transparency data also reveals how Labour Together has become the party’s “first SuperPac”
democracyforsale.substack.com
August 21, 2024 at 7:51 AM
🔴 Robert Jenrick took £50k from company with no employees and never made a profit
*Third* time in as many months that Tory leadership contender has taken cash from a loss-making company
Where did the money come from?
New on Democracy for Sale:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/robert-jen...
*Third* time in as many months that Tory leadership contender has taken cash from a loss-making company
Where did the money come from?
New on Democracy for Sale:
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/robert-jen...
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End Fuel Poverty Coalition: "In. the detail of today’s Ofgem announcement is the fact that the profit margins energy suppliers are allowed to make will increase by 11%.
“Every month we hear about more massive profits for firms in the wider energy industry.
"It's time to tax these firms fairly"
“Every month we hear about more massive profits for firms in the wider energy industry.
"It's time to tax these firms fairly"
August 23, 2024 at 7:05 AM
End Fuel Poverty Coalition: "In. the detail of today’s Ofgem announcement is the fact that the profit margins energy suppliers are allowed to make will increase by 11%.
“Every month we hear about more massive profits for firms in the wider energy industry.
"It's time to tax these firms fairly"
“Every month we hear about more massive profits for firms in the wider energy industry.
"It's time to tax these firms fairly"
Quelle surprise!
August 20, 2024 at 7:27 AM
Quelle surprise!
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This will eventually be his and Tice's undoing - not rolling up their sleeves and doing the constituency work required of an MP.
#ukpolitics
#ukpolitics
Furious Clacton residents say Farage has used town as a 'vehicle to further his own interests'
Furious Clacton residents say Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has used town as a 'vehicle to further his own interests'.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
August 19, 2024 at 12:00 PM
This will eventually be his and Tice's undoing - not rolling up their sleeves and doing the constituency work required of an MP.
#ukpolitics
#ukpolitics
Labour investment in cycling and walking will be unprecedented, says Louise Haigh
This looks promising. It certainly is the opposite of whipping up motorists about ULEZ and negative transport policy. Positive politics from the grown ups. 🚲 😊
This looks promising. It certainly is the opposite of whipping up motorists about ULEZ and negative transport policy. Positive politics from the grown ups. 🚲 😊
August 20, 2024 at 6:27 AM
Labour investment in cycling and walking will be unprecedented, says Louise Haigh
This looks promising. It certainly is the opposite of whipping up motorists about ULEZ and negative transport policy. Positive politics from the grown ups. 🚲 😊
This looks promising. It certainly is the opposite of whipping up motorists about ULEZ and negative transport policy. Positive politics from the grown ups. 🚲 😊
Sewage-spilling English water firms could be denied ‘top marks’ in rankings
The days of unregulated capitalism are ending. Let’s hope this leads to a drop
In profits and a focus on cleaner rivers and seas.
If only there was something like a, I don’t know, a European water framework directive!
The days of unregulated capitalism are ending. Let’s hope this leads to a drop
In profits and a focus on cleaner rivers and seas.
If only there was something like a, I don’t know, a European water framework directive!
August 20, 2024 at 6:25 AM
Sewage-spilling English water firms could be denied ‘top marks’ in rankings
The days of unregulated capitalism are ending. Let’s hope this leads to a drop
In profits and a focus on cleaner rivers and seas.
If only there was something like a, I don’t know, a European water framework directive!
The days of unregulated capitalism are ending. Let’s hope this leads to a drop
In profits and a focus on cleaner rivers and seas.
If only there was something like a, I don’t know, a European water framework directive!
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/exclus...
There you go, Farage, the public have spoken. You like using wafer-thin majorities to insist the people must be listened to.
There you go, Farage, the public have spoken. You like using wafer-thin majorities to insist the people must be listened to.
Exclusive: Half The Country Believes Nigel Farage Is 'Responsible' For The Riots
The Reform leader comes just behind Tommy Robinson when voters are asked who they blame for the disroder.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
August 18, 2024 at 10:49 AM
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/exclus...
There you go, Farage, the public have spoken. You like using wafer-thin majorities to insist the people must be listened to.
There you go, Farage, the public have spoken. You like using wafer-thin majorities to insist the people must be listened to.
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“The MP for Clacton said he is receiving almost £98,000 a month for presenting GB News, for a reported 32 hours a week, as a full list of MPs’ registered financial interests was published on Friday”
Please tell me the penny has finally dropped
www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/cele...
Please tell me the penny has finally dropped
www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/cele...
Farage revealed as highest-earning MP, receiving £98,000 a month from GB News
The Clacton MP also said a gifted visit to the US was ‘to support a friend who was almost killed and to represent Clacton on the world stage’.
www.standard.co.uk
August 17, 2024 at 9:07 AM
“The MP for Clacton said he is receiving almost £98,000 a month for presenting GB News, for a reported 32 hours a week, as a full list of MPs’ registered financial interests was published on Friday”
Please tell me the penny has finally dropped
www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/cele...
Please tell me the penny has finally dropped
www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/cele...
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Ambulance service leaves Twitter over hate speech
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
North East Ambulance Service leaves X over 'hate speech'
The service, which has more than 20,000 followers, says X no longer aligns with its values.
www.bbc.com
August 17, 2024 at 6:41 AM
Ambulance service leaves Twitter over hate speech
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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NEWS
“Nigel Farage pockets £97,000 a month instantly making him the highest paid MP”
Reform, the company with Farage as majority shareholder, is a party of the people?
Give me strength
If you haven’t sussed them yet, then give your head a wobble
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
“Nigel Farage pockets £97,000 a month instantly making him the highest paid MP”
Reform, the company with Farage as majority shareholder, is a party of the people?
Give me strength
If you haven’t sussed them yet, then give your head a wobble
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Nigel Farage pockets £97,000 a month instantly making him the highest paid MP
The Reform leader said his trip to Wisconsin days after Donald Trump was shot at was to "represent Clacton on the world stage"
www.mirror.co.uk
August 16, 2024 at 9:00 PM
NEWS
“Nigel Farage pockets £97,000 a month instantly making him the highest paid MP”
Reform, the company with Farage as majority shareholder, is a party of the people?
Give me strength
If you haven’t sussed them yet, then give your head a wobble
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
“Nigel Farage pockets £97,000 a month instantly making him the highest paid MP”
Reform, the company with Farage as majority shareholder, is a party of the people?
Give me strength
If you haven’t sussed them yet, then give your head a wobble
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Register of interests reveals Farage is the UK’s highest-earning MP
● £97,000 A MONTH from @GBNEWS alone
● £32,000 trip to visit Trump was funded by Christopher Harborne, a Thailand-based crypto investor
● Great news for Reform party pensioners donating their pennies to Nigel
t.co/xcNO3necsR
● £97,000 A MONTH from @GBNEWS alone
● £32,000 trip to visit Trump was funded by Christopher Harborne, a Thailand-based crypto investor
● Great news for Reform party pensioners donating their pennies to Nigel
t.co/xcNO3necsR
August 16, 2024 at 8:00 PM
Register of interests reveals Farage is the UK’s highest-earning MP
● £97,000 A MONTH from @GBNEWS alone
● £32,000 trip to visit Trump was funded by Christopher Harborne, a Thailand-based crypto investor
● Great news for Reform party pensioners donating their pennies to Nigel
t.co/xcNO3necsR
● £97,000 A MONTH from @GBNEWS alone
● £32,000 trip to visit Trump was funded by Christopher Harborne, a Thailand-based crypto investor
● Great news for Reform party pensioners donating their pennies to Nigel
t.co/xcNO3necsR
Three points and ZZ top of the table!
August 16, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Three points and ZZ top of the table!
Words fail me!
Nigel Farage says his £32,000 all expenses paid trip to visit Trump in the US, courtesy of a multi-million pound Reform UK donor, was in order "to represent Clacton on the world stage"
August 16, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Words fail me!
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Nigel Farage says his £32,000 all expenses paid trip to visit Trump in the US, courtesy of a multi-million pound Reform UK donor, was in order "to represent Clacton on the world stage"
August 16, 2024 at 8:59 PM
Nigel Farage says his £32,000 all expenses paid trip to visit Trump in the US, courtesy of a multi-million pound Reform UK donor, was in order "to represent Clacton on the world stage"
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"The last publicly available figures prior to Musk’s acquisition, had revenue at $661m. After you account for inflation, revenue has actually collapsed by 84%. In November, Musk himself admitted X could face bankruptcy due to the advertiser boycott."
Go fash, lose cash.
fortune.com/2024/08/15/e...
Go fash, lose cash.
fortune.com/2024/08/15/e...
Elon Musk may have to sell billions in Tesla stock to rescue X
Plunging U.S. revenue at X risks opening up a "massive hole" on its balance sheet that Musk needs to plug to stave off its financial collapse.
fortune.com
August 16, 2024 at 9:40 AM
"The last publicly available figures prior to Musk’s acquisition, had revenue at $661m. After you account for inflation, revenue has actually collapsed by 84%. In November, Musk himself admitted X could face bankruptcy due to the advertiser boycott."
Go fash, lose cash.
fortune.com/2024/08/15/e...
Go fash, lose cash.
fortune.com/2024/08/15/e...
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Hmm. Sometimes a comedian points out an absurdity and you think, yes, I have met those kind of people.
August 13, 2024 at 9:03 PM
Hmm. Sometimes a comedian points out an absurdity and you think, yes, I have met those kind of people.
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Apparently ousted ex MP Liz Truss is refusing to hand over casework to the new Labour MP for the seat Terry Jermy
A spokesperson for Truss says she's still doing it
A) All ousted MPs hand over casework
B) How/why is she doing casework without being an MP? She has no formal role or clout anymore...
A spokesperson for Truss says she's still doing it
A) All ousted MPs hand over casework
B) How/why is she doing casework without being an MP? She has no formal role or clout anymore...
August 16, 2024 at 7:31 AM
Apparently ousted ex MP Liz Truss is refusing to hand over casework to the new Labour MP for the seat Terry Jermy
A spokesperson for Truss says she's still doing it
A) All ousted MPs hand over casework
B) How/why is she doing casework without being an MP? She has no formal role or clout anymore...
A spokesperson for Truss says she's still doing it
A) All ousted MPs hand over casework
B) How/why is she doing casework without being an MP? She has no formal role or clout anymore...
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Apparently, the bloated orange idiot gets apoplectic with rage when this gets reposted. You know what you gotta do folks - now have at it.
August 13, 2024 at 11:55 AM
Apparently, the bloated orange idiot gets apoplectic with rage when this gets reposted. You know what you gotta do folks - now have at it.
Essentially what the right are doing in the UK. The misinformation and lies were straight out of his playbook.
#Democracy #Election2024
If he loses, Trump will lie, inflame his cult, and try to start a Civil War.
"The refusal to accept basic, verifiable facts has some observers concerned about a repeat of 2020 false claims of a stolen election if Trump loses."
www.npr.org/2024/08/14/n...
If he loses, Trump will lie, inflame his cult, and try to start a Civil War.
"The refusal to accept basic, verifiable facts has some observers concerned about a repeat of 2020 false claims of a stolen election if Trump loses."
www.npr.org/2024/08/14/n...
Why false claims that a picture of a Kamala Harris rally was AI-generated matter
"This is a photo of an event in one city on one day," said one AI researcher. "I mean, what hope do we have to actually tackle complex problems in society if we can't agree on this?"
www.npr.org
August 16, 2024 at 10:30 AM
Essentially what the right are doing in the UK. The misinformation and lies were straight out of his playbook.
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New depths of moronic victimhood plumbed…
By übermoron who took away our freedom of movement rights and was part of a Tory regime that limited our rights to strike, protest and vote and armed the far right with slogans and hate…
Now FREE to whine at the prospect of accountability.
Repulsive.
By übermoron who took away our freedom of movement rights and was part of a Tory regime that limited our rights to strike, protest and vote and armed the far right with slogans and hate…
Now FREE to whine at the prospect of accountability.
Repulsive.
August 16, 2024 at 7:26 AM
New depths of moronic victimhood plumbed…
By übermoron who took away our freedom of movement rights and was part of a Tory regime that limited our rights to strike, protest and vote and armed the far right with slogans and hate…
Now FREE to whine at the prospect of accountability.
Repulsive.
By übermoron who took away our freedom of movement rights and was part of a Tory regime that limited our rights to strike, protest and vote and armed the far right with slogans and hate…
Now FREE to whine at the prospect of accountability.
Repulsive.
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'He previously ran to be Tory leader after Mr Johnson was ousted, but was knocked out of the race early and later threw his support behind Liz Truss.'
In other words, he selected the PM now campaigning for Trump and whose lettuce premiership caused economic hardship for thousands of families.
In other words, he selected the PM now campaigning for Trump and whose lettuce premiership caused economic hardship for thousands of families.
August 15, 2024 at 8:45 PM
'He previously ran to be Tory leader after Mr Johnson was ousted, but was knocked out of the race early and later threw his support behind Liz Truss.'
In other words, he selected the PM now campaigning for Trump and whose lettuce premiership caused economic hardship for thousands of families.
In other words, he selected the PM now campaigning for Trump and whose lettuce premiership caused economic hardship for thousands of families.
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Opposition to Twitter is starting to snowball in the UK. The media are starting to turn against Musk. His civil war comment and implicit support for the fascist rioters is going to bite him in the arse.
August 13, 2024 at 9:47 PM
Opposition to Twitter is starting to snowball in the UK. The media are starting to turn against Musk. His civil war comment and implicit support for the fascist rioters is going to bite him in the arse.