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Andrew Riley
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podsavetheuk.crooked.com
Sometimes we’re ahead of the curve… for all the wrong reasons. 

The suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live! had Nish feeling gaslit. 

We’ll be back in your ears next week - so now’s the perfect time to catch up with any PSUK you’ve missed.

#PodSaveTheUK #Politics #NishKumar
December 27, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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michaelhobbes.bsky.social
Everyone involved in the publication and promotion of this book should be embarrassed. It's not a "harsh truth" that COVID mitigation was a mistake, it's ghoulish and false.
"In Covid's Wake" Part 1: Lyin… - If Books Could Kill - Apple Podcasts
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 06/17/2025 · 58m
podcasts.apple.com
December 24, 2025 at 5:08 AM
jontia.bsky.social
Do buildings, or communities maybe I should say, like this actually work?

As Douglas Adams once wrote, "People are a problem" and this all sorts of feels like you need a whole building full of NTAs.

www.dezeen.com/2025/12/15/t...
Nicemakers channels "spirit and energy" of Walthamstow for The Eades apartments
Nicemakers has designed the resident facilities of a housing development in Walthamstow, using the east London neighbourhood as the starting point for its design scheme.
www.dezeen.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:41 AM
jontia.bsky.social
Fake self-employment proves to be bad for workers and customers. Again.

What a shocker.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
'Throw the parcel at the door' - Evri couriers cutting corners to earn a decent wage
BBC Panorama investigates the delivery firm - a market leader with the worst reputation for non-deliveries.
www.bbc.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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bencollins.bsky.social
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.

The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
A wrong Grok post making up a white guy who stopped the Australian mass shooting. BBC 'Hero' who wrestled gun from Bondi shooter named as Ahmed al Ahmed Emily Atkinson Sun, December 14, 2025 at 1:06 p.m. CST 2 min read A "hero" bystander who was filmed wrestling a gun from one of the Bondi Beach attackers has been named as 43-year-old Ahmed al Ahmed. Video verified by the BBC showed Mr Ahmed run at the gunman and seize his weapon, before turning the gun round on him, forcing his retreat. Mr Ahmed, a fruit shop owner and father of two, remains in hospital, where he has undergone surgery for bullet wounds to his arm and hand, his family told 7News Australia.
December 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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hannahfearn.bsky.social
Yes. I wrote it! national.thelead.uk/p/rachel-ree...
What it means to be wealthy in 2025
Most of us think we're poorer than we are – this disconnect creates worse social outcomes for us all
national.thelead.uk
December 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
jontia.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/d...

I see what they did there. Rage bait is two words!
‘Rage bait’ named word of the year by Oxford University Press
Existence of phrase – to describe content intended to make you angry – shows people are aware of manipulation tactics used online, says Oxford Dictionary publisher
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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billheywood.bsky.social
Almost no one is affected

If anyone is interested in their area, have a look at this map

taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/11/27/m...
The mansion tax map: where the money comes from
We map the impact of the new “mansion tax” using Land Registry data, showing where the revenue comes from in each postcode and constituency
taxpolicy.org.uk
November 30, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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ippr.org
70% of the additional spending from removing the two-child limit will go to families who are in work. This is targeting support for low-income working households who are being priced out of a decent standard of living despite doing everything asked of them.
November 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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hkesvani.bsky.social
One of the big issues of our time is seeing 'young people cant afford homes' and 'homeowners cant afford to be taxed more' as two separate problems, rather than the inevitable consequence of an economy built around inflated house prices to placate landlords
zoegrunewald.bsky.social Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · Nov 27
Some sympathy for this potentially made up woman but I wonder how the poster feels about the numerous people who would love to be able to call a house their own and form relationships with their neighbours but can't because of the housing market. Does their emotional plea count for anything?
jameschalmers.bsky.social James Chalmers @jameschalmers.bsky.social · Nov 26
Mumsnet is already on the case.
November 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
jontia.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Sigh. Another moronic decision pushed for by industries that pretended to care about consumers, but like to pretend people don't understand the word veggie or plant in their quest to crush competition.
Ban on veggie ‘burgers’: plant-based products may lose meaty names in UK under EU law
Exclusive: Trade agreement means UK is subject to some food labelling rules, with vote on vegetarian food terms this week
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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ledbydonkeys.org
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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solveschoolrun.bsky.social
😮 A sobering statistic for Road Safety Week... In the UK, SUVs are three times more likely to kill a child under the age of 10 and heavier cars are more likely to be involved in fatal collisions.

Source: @cleancitiescampaign

#roadsafetyweek #roadsafetyweek25 #carspreading #suvs #schoolrun
November 16, 2025 at 6:45 AM
jontia.bsky.social
You have got to be kidding me...

Does no one read anything anymore?

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Are they going to eat me alive?’: trail runners become prey in newest form of hunting
Nervous reporter is chased across English countryside by baying bloodhounds, in what could soon be only legal way to hunt with dogs
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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emuhp.bsky.social
Just knocked up a wee thing for Blackpool council
Hi On Monday evening, my husband and I drove to Blackpool to see the illuminations. Its something I've done many, many times over the years, something which I have fond memories of as a child, which I wanted to share with my husband.  My husband came to the UK to study for his Masters degree at Cardiff uni from Nigeria in 2020. He moved to Manchester as a post-grad in 2022, where we met and we then married in 2024. We love to do cultural activities together, visit different cities/towns etc and it's really nice for him to see and experience the things that shaped me growing up, and gives him a greater appreciation of the UK. Our visit to Blackpool was completely soured by every single lamppost having a tatty England flag attached to it. The flags symbolise to us both that he, and others like him, mainly people of colour, are not wanted. We all know why they have been put up, and by who. They have sinister tones of racism, and are extremely off putting to anyone who is aware of why they are being put up. Frankly, it makes us feel unsafe to us to visit places like that.  I would assume that you would want everyone to see the famous Blackpool lights, regardless of where they were born, or how they came to live here. This is not the way it appears. It appears that white people are welcome and 'Others' are not. As we drove down the promenade, he said to me 'all I can see is the flags' and it was just shit. Shit, embarrassing, upsetting. So we came home to Old Trafford, another big town for tourists and where there are exactly zero flags on lampposts.  I dont expect a reply to this email, I don't need one. I just wanted to let you know how this feels to people of colour, and their friends and families, who visit Blackpool. As a diverse country, this behaviour needs nipping in the bud, especially in places that attract visitors to the UK. The chances of him ever wanting to go back are absolutely none. You need to be aware of the negative impression this will have on your town and, more importantly, the impact on people whose main takeaway from visiting is that they are not welcome there. Thanks for your time. Emma Hardman
November 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
jontia.bsky.social
Dystopian future is now.
November 6, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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stateofthecity.bsky.social
The obvious smartass reply to that headline is that it represents A New Hope in the fight for New York housing affordability.
November 3, 2025 at 6:20 PM
jontia.bsky.social
Yet more evidence that allowing fake self employment is not good.

www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Delivery firm DPD accused of ‘revenge’ sacking drivers who criticised pay cuts
Exclusive: Labour peer calls for change in the law after company terminates contracts of strike ‘ringleaders’
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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kirkkorner.bsky.social
Pensioner with dementia living in a care home is convicted in our broken court system over a £43 car bill

www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/p...

I’ve been writing versions of this story for more than two years now. If politicians were interested in helping vulnerable people, they would act
Fast-track court scandal: Pensioner with dementia convicted over £43 car bill
The pensioner’s conviction is the latest scandal to emerge from the controversial Single Justice Procedure
www.standard.co.uk
October 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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philipjtaylor.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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bumpkina.bsky.social
Don’t think Tony knows anyone who is a basic rate taxpayer so his view may be skewed
October 19, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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victorshammas.com
“In Spain, where the Socialist prime minister has insisted that migration is an opportunity, a surge in arrivals has helped to make the country a bright spot among Europe’s plodding economies.”
‘It’s a question of humanity’: how a small Spanish town made headlines over its immigration stance
Mayor explains why Villamalea unanimously backed call to regularise undocumented migrants – across party lines
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
So refreshing to see someone challenge the smug, nasty Reform narrative
venividiverily.bsky.social Anita R @venividiverily.bsky.social · Oct 9
I could watch Zack Polanski utterly wreck Zia Yusuf ALL DAY LONG.
October 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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planningtransport.co.uk
They are so fucking dumb it is unreal. They are the keeping the story in the news as much as Farage.
October 2, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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peteapps.bsky.social
Can't think of many better illustrations of how badly we have botched housing policy than the fact that our bill for housing homeless families (£2.8bn pa) is now higher than the money we spend each year on new affordable housing (£2.3bn)

www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/english...
English councils’ temporary accommodation bill rises to £2.8bn
Councils in England spent a record £2.8bn on temporary accommodation last year, with the annual bill rising by 25% as the homelessness crisis deepens.
www.insidehousing.co.uk
September 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM