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J.P.
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East of England. Cricket & Rugby Fan. Dog Lover.
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The US admin aims to protect unfair/predatory business practices and propaganda platforms of the US oligarchy in the EU.

The end goal is to disunite the EU and then enslave the individual countries.

It never has been about "free speech".
December 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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The overwhelming majority of jobs at the two biggest companies in America pay less than $20/hr.

Meanwhile, the heads of those companies are some of the richest people on the planet.

See the problem?
December 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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Remember Starmer's "urgent" review into foreign interference after Nathan Gill?

Well, there's already two ex-UK ambassadors working in Westminster on behalf of a pro-Russian foreign government whose de facto leader is under UK sanctions...

New on D4S: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/ex-uk-amba...
Ex-UK ambassadors are lobbyists for sanctioned pro-Russia genocide deniers
Labour MP calls for rules to be tightened after Democracy for Sale finds former diplomats paid to lobby for Republika Srpska
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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On this day long ago a child was born, who by the age of 30 would transform the world. Happy Birthday Isaac Newton, born Dec. 25th 1642. 😂
Credit: Neil Degrasse Tyson.
Merry Festive season everyone, have a fabulous day. Do eat and drink too much, I sure will.
December 25, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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Reform UK-led Derbyshire council announce closure of eight residential care homes just days before Christmas.

That's going to spell misery and considerable upset for hundreds of vulnerable people and their carers.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform council’s plan to shut eight care homes ‘a betrayal of local people’
Announcement after proposed sale falls through prompts backlash and union says more than 200 jobs at risk
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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I wonder how those 1,000 FBI agents tasked with reviewing and redacting the Epstein files feel now that they've been sucked into a criminal conspiracy to violate the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Now would be a really good time to lawyer-up and seek whistleblower protections. Just saying.
December 23, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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More than 75% of Labour, Lib Dem and Green voters think PM should open talks on joining EU customs union

YouGov poll for the Times suggests even 40% of Conservative voters support such a move

www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
More than 75% of Labour, Lib Dem and Green voters think PM should open talks on joining EU customs union – as it happened
YouGov poll for the Times suggests even 40% of Conservative voters support such a move
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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There's always a Tweet.
December 23, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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The story of historians that humans are doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past. This is so true.
December 21, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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In the sixth largest economy, millions of Britons rely on food banks.

No curbs on profiteering. Energy prices up 44% since 2021-22.

Thousands of people can't afford heating, rely on community ‘warm spaces’.

1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined. Govts appease the rich.
‘Bills keep going higher’: community ‘warm spaces’ on the rise in the UK
As places such as Walworth Living Room step in to help people in need, charities lament lack of government help
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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Human rights are universal - politicians may not always find them politically convenient but it shouldn’t fall to any gov’t to say who those rights should & should not apply to. If that happens than none of us has rights, just privileges that can be taken away by people in power whenever they want
Human rights are universal - politicians may not always find them politically convenient but it shouldn’t fall to any government to say who those rights should & should not apply to. Because none of us then has rights, just privileges that can be taken away by those in power
youtu.be/bl0Lm7v_T18?...
The government won’t achieve ‘decency’ over ‘division’ by trying to be Reform Lite
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
December 21, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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🏥 Hospitals built with PFI were found to be 70% more expensive than public builds.

Private partnerships were costly and ineffective last time — saddling the NHS with decades of debt.

So why bring them back… and who really benefits? 👀

Read more 👇
everydoctor.org.uk/talking-poin...
December 20, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Michelle Mone's company PPE Medpro has been wound up without repaying the £122m it owes for ripping off the NHS. But luckily, she gets to keep the private jet and the superyacht.
December 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Michelle Mone-linked PPE Medpro wound up after order to repay £148m for faulty goods.

Company has £600,000 assets. Govt is unsecured creditor, won't recover anything.

Hard to trace money in offshore bank accounts.

Govt could sue directors for fraud, will take years, what will it recover?
Michelle Mone-linked PPE Medpro wound up after being ordered to repay £148m
In a ruling, Insolvency and Companies Court Judge Sebastian Prentis placed the company into liquidation
www.independent.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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Nigel Farage believes he shouldn’t be held responsible for his actions as a teenager but doesn’t think the same should apply to Shamima Begum.
December 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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This is ridiculous. There clearly has not been a 660% increase in terrorism
in the UK over the past year.

How much is it costing the criminal justice system to arrest and prosecute all these people for the crime of wearing a t-shirt or holding a placard?

news.sky.com/story/terror...
Terrorism arrests soar by 660% after Palestine Action ban
Official figures show 1,630, or 86%, of the 1,886 arrests for terrorism-related activity in the year to the end of September 2025 were linked to supporting the group.
news.sky.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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🚨 SCOOP: “I’m a Labour donor”

Ben Howlett is an ex-Tory MP, owner of influential PoliticsUK account, and the fixer we exposed selling access to Westminster

Turns out he's also involved in Labour fundraising, and discussing donations with Labour MPs

democracyforsale.substack.com/p/im-a-labou...
“I’m a Labour donor”: ex-Tory MP exposed in cash-for-access sting
Exclusive: Details of Ben Howlett’s fundraising for Labour prompts Green leader Zack Polanski to call on Starmer's party to “come clean” about its relationship with him.
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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Daniel Lismore: "I want to say something many will hate but it needs to be said. I have met Nigel Farage. I do not know him well but I know the world he moves in. We move in similar circles sometimes. The kind of private rooms and members clubs that most people in Britain will never see."
December 15, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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In 2026, the UK state pension age will rise to 67 from 66, fully implemented by 2028.

Rich retire whenever they want. The poor die at work, receive low pension, have shorter life.

Low wages = low private pension. Neoliberals want to cut state pension, inflict more misery on millions.
State pension age to increase to new threshold for millions of people
An increase in the age is on the horizon after it was announced more than a decade ago.
www.birminghammail.co.uk
December 14, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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🚨A Petition calling for a full, public inquiry into RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE IN UK POLITICS AND DEMOCRACY has hit the threshold for a debate, but a debate isn’t automatic. MPs need to show support.

Email your MP NOW & ask them to publicly support the call for a Commons debate
youtu.be/Cnl8MNhwEY0?...
Petition calling for a full, public inquiry into RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE IN UK DEMOCRACY hits threshold
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
December 14, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Human rights are universal - politicians may not always find them politically convenient but it shouldn’t fall to any government to say who those rights should & should not apply to. Because none of us then has rights, just privileges that can be taken away by those in power
youtu.be/bl0Lm7v_T18?...
The government won’t achieve ‘decency’ over ‘division’ by trying to be Reform Lite
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
December 13, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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Why do Republicans want unregulated AI and ban states from regulating it?

Answer - AI kills jobs, slashes labor costs, boosts profits, and centralizes power. Less accountability.
Unregulated AI Will Destroy 300 Million Jobs. Only Regulation Can Save Them
AI can be a detriment to our economy, and more specifically, the unemployment rate, so we cannot have uneducated officials controlling our fate.
www.newsweek.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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23,000 lives were lost due to Boris Johnson’s Covid decisions, yet he still gets £115,000 every year for life, funded by the public.

The thousands of families who lost loved ones deserve better. Politicians’ actions should have consequences.

Boris Johnson should lose his entitlement permanently.
December 13, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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The prime minister and his counterpart in Denmark want a concerted effort to weaken human rights across Europe. This isn’t pragmatism – it’s cruelty

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Starmer is lobbying Europe to join him in watering down the ECHR. This illiberalism will harm us all | Steve Valdez-Symonds
The prime minister and his counterpart in Denmark want a concerted effort to weaken human rights across Europe. This isn’t pragmatism – it’s cruelty, says Steve Valdez-Symonds, refugee and migrant rig...
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:37 AM