Ramplkev
@kevr.bsky.social
Retired public servant & HR director. Ex multi-sport athlete with a punished body. Passionate for open democracy, social justice & multiculturalism. Unashamedly woke. #FBPE #NHS free for all. Politics, jazz, food, wine, gardening. Plenty of rants!!
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18 months ago I felt hopeful that Starmer offered the UK a route - albeit slow & difficult - to correct the damage of Brexit.
Now I feel contempt for a prime minister who caves into bullies & puts the good of the country second to his own political interests
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Now I feel contempt for a prime minister who caves into bullies & puts the good of the country second to his own political interests
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Starmer rules out EU customs union after Labour rebellion - latest
Sir Keir Starmer faced a Labour rebellion on Tuesday after more than a dozen of his MPs backed a Lib Dem bill calling for the government to reopen talks with the EU
www.independent.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
18 months ago I felt hopeful that Starmer offered the UK a route - albeit slow & difficult - to correct the damage of Brexit.
Now I feel contempt for a prime minister who caves into bullies & puts the good of the country second to his own political interests
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Now I feel contempt for a prime minister who caves into bullies & puts the good of the country second to his own political interests
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
It's teeth now because NHS dentistry has been cut back & failing for years. But this is the forerunner. The nations health is heading in the same direction.
As with teeth, only those who can afford to pay will be 'healthy'. #NHSdecline
As with teeth, only those who can afford to pay will be 'healthy'. #NHSdecline
This is awful. Levels of tooth decay among adults in England are now similar to those last seen more than 25 years ago, according to new figures
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
English teeth are worse than they have been for 25 years
Experts said the findings are ‘deeply alarming’
www.independent.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 11:07 AM
It's teeth now because NHS dentistry has been cut back & failing for years. But this is the forerunner. The nations health is heading in the same direction.
As with teeth, only those who can afford to pay will be 'healthy'. #NHSdecline
As with teeth, only those who can afford to pay will be 'healthy'. #NHSdecline
The mortifying spectacle of perfectly likeable people obediently accepting racism and extremism because it would be inconvenient for them to do otherwise.-Marie Le Conte
I believe the strength of bsky is that we are those who don't think it is inconvenient but rather our moral imperative to fight.
I believe the strength of bsky is that we are those who don't think it is inconvenient but rather our moral imperative to fight.
December 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
The mortifying spectacle of perfectly likeable people obediently accepting racism and extremism because it would be inconvenient for them to do otherwise.-Marie Le Conte
I believe the strength of bsky is that we are those who don't think it is inconvenient but rather our moral imperative to fight.
I believe the strength of bsky is that we are those who don't think it is inconvenient but rather our moral imperative to fight.
And this tiny weany % of the global population is hell bent on trashing our ecosystem & any semblance of democracy. Everything that happens is about their power & money.
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:12 AM
And this tiny weany % of the global population is hell bent on trashing our ecosystem & any semblance of democracy. Everything that happens is about their power & money.
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
Pace has slowed. Come on folks, you know what to do. Let's keep the pressure on.
** Now over 2,000 signatures in just over 24 hours for #RejoinPetition3 **
So please sign and share the latest petition going directly to all MPs:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
And let's all tell Labour that the UK needs to Rejoin the EU to really increase growth in the UK.
#RejoinEU
So please sign and share the latest petition going directly to all MPs:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
And let's all tell Labour that the UK needs to Rejoin the EU to really increase growth in the UK.
#RejoinEU
December 9, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Pace has slowed. Come on folks, you know what to do. Let's keep the pressure on.
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** Now over 2,000 signatures in just over 24 hours for #RejoinPetition3 **
So please sign and share the latest petition going directly to all MPs:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
And let's all tell Labour that the UK needs to Rejoin the EU to really increase growth in the UK.
#RejoinEU
So please sign and share the latest petition going directly to all MPs:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
And let's all tell Labour that the UK needs to Rejoin the EU to really increase growth in the UK.
#RejoinEU
December 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
** Now over 2,000 signatures in just over 24 hours for #RejoinPetition3 **
So please sign and share the latest petition going directly to all MPs:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
And let's all tell Labour that the UK needs to Rejoin the EU to really increase growth in the UK.
#RejoinEU
So please sign and share the latest petition going directly to all MPs:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
And let's all tell Labour that the UK needs to Rejoin the EU to really increase growth in the UK.
#RejoinEU
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Pro-Brexit Majority Of 2016 'Has Literally Died Out', Polling Expert Reveals
The founder of YouGov said there is now an 8.1 million majority in favour of rejoining the EU.
#RejoinEU🇪🇺
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/ex-pol...
The founder of YouGov said there is now an 8.1 million majority in favour of rejoining the EU.
#RejoinEU🇪🇺
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/ex-pol...
Pro-Brexit Majority Of 2016 'Has Literally Died Out', Polling Expert Reveals
The founder of YouGov said there is now an 8.1 million majority in favour of rejoining the EU.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Pro-Brexit Majority Of 2016 'Has Literally Died Out', Polling Expert Reveals
The founder of YouGov said there is now an 8.1 million majority in favour of rejoining the EU.
#RejoinEU🇪🇺
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/ex-pol...
The founder of YouGov said there is now an 8.1 million majority in favour of rejoining the EU.
#RejoinEU🇪🇺
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/ex-pol...
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Musk and Trump hate the EU for the same reasons Farage and Putin hate it. It stands for civil rights, the rule of law, and regulation of oligarchs
December 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Musk and Trump hate the EU for the same reasons Farage and Putin hate it. It stands for civil rights, the rule of law, and regulation of oligarchs
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'Research shows the UK has just 53% of its biodiversity intact, placing us in the bottom 10% of countries worldwide – and the lowest in the G7. This means that one in six species across Great Britain is now at risk of extinction.'- Sienna Somers, Friends of the Earth www.bigissue.com/opinion/uk-w...
UK wildlife is in deep trouble – here's what needs to change
The government's new environmental plan is a start, but without a radical shift, UK nature and biodiversity will remain on a downward curve.
www.bigissue.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:24 AM
'Research shows the UK has just 53% of its biodiversity intact, placing us in the bottom 10% of countries worldwide – and the lowest in the G7. This means that one in six species across Great Britain is now at risk of extinction.'- Sienna Somers, Friends of the Earth www.bigissue.com/opinion/uk-w...
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“Labour and the country have reached a historic inflection point. For all the talk of Brexit ‘benefits’, the anti-EU ideologues know the tide has turned” @pollytoynbee.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Come with me to Jacob Rees-Mogg’s house. The Brexiters are rattled – and it shows | Polly Toynbee
Labour and the country have reached a historic inflection point. For all the talk of Brexit ‘benefits’, the anti-EU ideologues know the tide has turned, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:04 AM
“Labour and the country have reached a historic inflection point. For all the talk of Brexit ‘benefits’, the anti-EU ideologues know the tide has turned” @pollytoynbee.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
About time Labour left X too.
Oxfordshire County Council is “urgently reviewing” its use of X, formerly Twitter, as a result of “very recent news regarding Elon Musk and his use of his platform”. Devon, Southampton, and Warwick councils have all recently quit the platform.
December 9, 2025 at 11:51 AM
About time Labour left X too.
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Immigrants have helped, improved and enriched this country more than the likes of Farage and Yaxley-Lennon could do in a thousand lifetimes, so it would be quite nice if the government didn’t pander to feeble dickheads like them with rhetoric like this.
December 7, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Immigrants have helped, improved and enriched this country more than the likes of Farage and Yaxley-Lennon could do in a thousand lifetimes, so it would be quite nice if the government didn’t pander to feeble dickheads like them with rhetoric like this.
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The jail poor people for defrauding £100 of benefits.
Johnson presided over by £10,900,000,000 of fraud.
WHY IS HE NOT IN JAIL?
Johnson presided over by £10,900,000,000 of fraud.
WHY IS HE NOT IN JAIL?
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Confirming what we knew already - Boris Johnson was a disastrous Prime Minister who should never hold public office again!
#trevorphillips #BBClaurak #bbcbh #toriesGone520
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Confirming what we knew already - Boris Johnson was a disastrous Prime Minister who should never hold public office again!
#trevorphillips #BBClaurak #bbcbh #toriesGone520
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December 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The jail poor people for defrauding £100 of benefits.
Johnson presided over by £10,900,000,000 of fraud.
WHY IS HE NOT IN JAIL?
Johnson presided over by £10,900,000,000 of fraud.
WHY IS HE NOT IN JAIL?
Farage has always been racist, a white supremacist. Where were people during Brexit & his rants about an invasion of foreigners? This isn't new, it's the core nature of the man & what attracts him to so many. Get real, Britain is currently voting for racism 😡
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Former Dulwich pupil says Farage told him: ‘That’s the way back to Africa’
Exclusive: Yinka Bankole says he felt compelled to speak out after Reform leader’s attempts to ‘dismiss’ hurt of alleged targets
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Farage has always been racist, a white supremacist. Where were people during Brexit & his rants about an invasion of foreigners? This isn't new, it's the core nature of the man & what attracts him to so many. Get real, Britain is currently voting for racism 😡
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
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democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of Reform UK’s donations have come from just three rich men
Calls grow for donation caps as Democracy for Sale research reveals that three-quarters of Reform’s funding comes from a trio of wealthy donors
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
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Short-fused racist has tantrum at BBC for asking him about being a racist bully at school. Then tries to claim that Reform was given £9M by crypto billionaire, Harborne, for “absolutely nothing in return”.
That’s all that sorted then.
Racist *and* corrupt.
news.sky.com/story/politi...
That’s all that sorted then.
Racist *and* corrupt.
news.sky.com/story/politi...
December 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Short-fused racist has tantrum at BBC for asking him about being a racist bully at school. Then tries to claim that Reform was given £9M by crypto billionaire, Harborne, for “absolutely nothing in return”.
That’s all that sorted then.
Racist *and* corrupt.
news.sky.com/story/politi...
That’s all that sorted then.
Racist *and* corrupt.
news.sky.com/story/politi...
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And nor should it. Farage is a dangerous racist and yet is being fast tracked into No.10 on a ruinous populist agenda, funded by shady right wing money and malign foreign interests.
People must know who and what they are voting for. That’s the very lowest bar in a democracy.
People must know who and what they are voting for. That’s the very lowest bar in a democracy.
December 5, 2025 at 9:01 AM
And nor should it. Farage is a dangerous racist and yet is being fast tracked into No.10 on a ruinous populist agenda, funded by shady right wing money and malign foreign interests.
People must know who and what they are voting for. That’s the very lowest bar in a democracy.
People must know who and what they are voting for. That’s the very lowest bar in a democracy.
So many unfilled promises ......
Remember when Labour was all about abolishing the House of Lords. Happy days.
Keir Starmer expected to award 25 new Labour peerages
Exclusive: Former union bosses and Labour staffers on list as prime minister aims to balance chamber
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:38 PM
So many unfilled promises ......
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Remember when Labour was all about abolishing the House of Lords. Happy days.
Keir Starmer expected to award 25 new Labour peerages
Exclusive: Former union bosses and Labour staffers on list as prime minister aims to balance chamber
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Remember when Labour was all about abolishing the House of Lords. Happy days.
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Too little, too late. Pathetic. Starmer is as disingenuous as the last useless lot.
“we must all now confront the reality that the Brexit deal we have has significantly hurt our economy”
Keir Starmer
Keir Starmer
December 2, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Too little, too late. Pathetic. Starmer is as disingenuous as the last useless lot.
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🔥 The mood in Brexit-world is changing...
November 29, 2025 at 10:19 PM
🔥 The mood in Brexit-world is changing...
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If we want good public services, they need to be paid for. We've seen what happens with privatisation, eg water! The Tories underfunded & ruined our public services, Reform would destroy them. Labour are trying to save our essential services.
@labouruk.bsky.social
@labouruk.bsky.social
November 30, 2025 at 8:54 AM
If we want good public services, they need to be paid for. We've seen what happens with privatisation, eg water! The Tories underfunded & ruined our public services, Reform would destroy them. Labour are trying to save our essential services.
@labouruk.bsky.social
@labouruk.bsky.social
Lovely evening. Ganges, India.
November 21, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Lovely evening. Ganges, India.
Well done Starmer.
"Certainly, the insane briefing operation was of such staggering ineptitude that its end result was to make Streeting stronger, Starmer even weaker, and the government even more of a mirthless laughing stock."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"Certainly, the insane briefing operation was of such staggering ineptitude that its end result was to make Streeting stronger, Starmer even weaker, and the government even more of a mirthless laughing stock."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Who could be behind the phantom briefing and the tax rise that wasn’t? Inspector Starmer is on the case | Marina Hyde
Chaos and ineptitude dog our poor PM. Perhaps the explanation lies (very) close to home, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Well done Starmer.
"Certainly, the insane briefing operation was of such staggering ineptitude that its end result was to make Streeting stronger, Starmer even weaker, and the government even more of a mirthless laughing stock."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"Certainly, the insane briefing operation was of such staggering ineptitude that its end result was to make Streeting stronger, Starmer even weaker, and the government even more of a mirthless laughing stock."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...