Llangoed Phil
@llangoedphil.bsky.social
Retired North Wales academic - agriculture, environment and international development. Fishing, rugby, motor sport, also good food and drink, walking. No unsolicited DMs please, you will be blocked
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If you taxed every Billionaire in the UK so they only had £1bn you would get £1.1tn, an entire year’s worth of tax revenue.
It would affect only 173 People.
Tax the Rich, they’ve stolen all the money and dodged tax for decades.
It‘s time for payback.
It would affect only 173 People.
Tax the Rich, they’ve stolen all the money and dodged tax for decades.
It‘s time for payback.
December 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
If you taxed every Billionaire in the UK so they only had £1bn you would get £1.1tn, an entire year’s worth of tax revenue.
It would affect only 173 People.
Tax the Rich, they’ve stolen all the money and dodged tax for decades.
It‘s time for payback.
It would affect only 173 People.
Tax the Rich, they’ve stolen all the money and dodged tax for decades.
It‘s time for payback.
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Jo Cox was murdered before the vote by a far-right terrorist & this is the language this complete disgrace chooses to use
December 20, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Jo Cox was murdered before the vote by a far-right terrorist & this is the language this complete disgrace chooses to use
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Of course anyone with half a brain knew how this was going to end long ago: Walk away from Ukraine, walk away from NATO, blame Zelensky, lots of business deals between Trump, his cronies, and our new “friends” the murderous, corrupt, lying Russians.
December 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Of course anyone with half a brain knew how this was going to end long ago: Walk away from Ukraine, walk away from NATO, blame Zelensky, lots of business deals between Trump, his cronies, and our new “friends” the murderous, corrupt, lying Russians.
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My wife Bunty & I had the privilege of visiting Nigel Farage in his campaign office during the last election.
He was so lovely & allowed Bunters to take a photo of him (shown below).
There was absolutely no hint of him exceeding electoral expenses & being involved in fraud.
😊
He was so lovely & allowed Bunters to take a photo of him (shown below).
There was absolutely no hint of him exceeding electoral expenses & being involved in fraud.
😊
December 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
My wife Bunty & I had the privilege of visiting Nigel Farage in his campaign office during the last election.
He was so lovely & allowed Bunters to take a photo of him (shown below).
There was absolutely no hint of him exceeding electoral expenses & being involved in fraud.
😊
He was so lovely & allowed Bunters to take a photo of him (shown below).
There was absolutely no hint of him exceeding electoral expenses & being involved in fraud.
😊
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The flags were sold as “patriotism”. What they’ve delivered is fear: late-night confrontations, mobs gathering in minutes, and police shrugging when violence follows.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/loc...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/loc...
Left to danger: Norfolk council inaction leads to flag-related violence
As Norfolk refused to act on flag complaints, locals removing them instead found themselves threatened and violently attacked
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The flags were sold as “patriotism”. What they’ve delivered is fear: late-night confrontations, mobs gathering in minutes, and police shrugging when violence follows.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/loc...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/loc...
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We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools - Nature Communications
The relative importance of close-proximity interactions, shared space and air quality to the transmission of respiratory viruses is not well understood. Here, the authors investigate this question by ...
www.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
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The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.
The US has declared rhetorical war on the EU
The calls from America this weekend to destroy the EU are revealing. They hate the union because it's the only thing that can keep European countries from being Russian or American vassals.
davekeating.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.
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In 1968 Finland banned for profit education, the few private schools that exist in Finland have to reinvest any profit they make or pay it back to parents.
It has been in the Top 3 in education for the last 20 years.
There should be no profit in education or healthcare.
It has been in the Top 3 in education for the last 20 years.
There should be no profit in education or healthcare.
December 1, 2025 at 9:08 PM
In 1968 Finland banned for profit education, the few private schools that exist in Finland have to reinvest any profit they make or pay it back to parents.
It has been in the Top 3 in education for the last 20 years.
There should be no profit in education or healthcare.
It has been in the Top 3 in education for the last 20 years.
There should be no profit in education or healthcare.
Blimey
BASH: We have seen these attacks from the president at other people. It's not new. And I haven't heard you speak out about it until it was directed at you.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
November 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Blimey
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It’s not talked about enough that an Epstein and Ghislaine maxwell associate who sat on the board of one of Ghislaine’s companies got America’s First Lady her visa…
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November 16, 2025 at 2:06 AM
It’s not talked about enough that an Epstein and Ghislaine maxwell associate who sat on the board of one of Ghislaine’s companies got America’s First Lady her visa…
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Llyfyr newydd gan Ruth Richards
Mae’r ysgrifau hyn yn dwyn i gof atgofion o fwyd a bwyta, o datws pum munud i gyrris Vesta, yn rhyfeddu at gynnwys gwych a gwallgof rhai o’r llyfrau coginio Cymraeg cynharaf, ac yn dathlu’r berthynas glòs sydd ganddon ni â’r hyn sy’n tyfu yn ein milltir sgwâr.
Mae’r ysgrifau hyn yn dwyn i gof atgofion o fwyd a bwyta, o datws pum munud i gyrris Vesta, yn rhyfeddu at gynnwys gwych a gwallgof rhai o’r llyfrau coginio Cymraeg cynharaf, ac yn dathlu’r berthynas glòs sydd ganddon ni â’r hyn sy’n tyfu yn ein milltir sgwâr.
November 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Llyfyr newydd gan Ruth Richards
Mae’r ysgrifau hyn yn dwyn i gof atgofion o fwyd a bwyta, o datws pum munud i gyrris Vesta, yn rhyfeddu at gynnwys gwych a gwallgof rhai o’r llyfrau coginio Cymraeg cynharaf, ac yn dathlu’r berthynas glòs sydd ganddon ni â’r hyn sy’n tyfu yn ein milltir sgwâr.
Mae’r ysgrifau hyn yn dwyn i gof atgofion o fwyd a bwyta, o datws pum munud i gyrris Vesta, yn rhyfeddu at gynnwys gwych a gwallgof rhai o’r llyfrau coginio Cymraeg cynharaf, ac yn dathlu’r berthynas glòs sydd ganddon ni â’r hyn sy’n tyfu yn ein milltir sgwâr.
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Company linked to Michelle Mone owes £39m in unpaid taxes
Company linked to Michelle Mone owes £39m in unpaid taxes
PPE Medpro breached 2020 contract to health department to supply sterile surgical gowns
The firm linked to former Conservative peer Michelle Mone, which was found last month to have supplied unusable personal protective equipment during the pandemic, owes £39m in unpaid taxes, according to company documents.
PPE Medpro – owned by Mone’s husband, the Isle of Man-based businessman Doug Barrowman – was put into administration on 30 September, the day before the high court judgment was made public. Mrs Justice Cockerill ruled that the company had breached its contract with the Department of Health and Social Care, awarded in June 2020, to supply 25m sterile surgical gowns, and must repay the full £122m it received. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Company linked to Michelle Mone owes £39m in unpaid taxes
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Why the IDF... Maccabi fans were banned.
No the UK does not want dangerous War Criminals walking the streets.
No the UK does not want dangerous War Criminals walking the streets.
November 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Why the IDF... Maccabi fans were banned.
No the UK does not want dangerous War Criminals walking the streets.
No the UK does not want dangerous War Criminals walking the streets.
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'What’s stunning is that the idea that the royal establishment has tacitly protected one of its own, intimidating the police and foreign administrations to keep a safe distance, is treated as a matter of bland reportage.'
@peatworrier.bsky.social, via The National
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@peatworrier.bsky.social, via The National
archive.is/dosH8
November 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
'What’s stunning is that the idea that the royal establishment has tacitly protected one of its own, intimidating the police and foreign administrations to keep a safe distance, is treated as a matter of bland reportage.'
@peatworrier.bsky.social, via The National
archive.is/dosH8
@peatworrier.bsky.social, via The National
archive.is/dosH8
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The same applies to interviewing a Reform UK MP or spokesperson.
October 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The same applies to interviewing a Reform UK MP or spokesperson.
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This is what tolerance of anti-migrant political rhetoric leads to. A surge in racial abuse against nurses and care workers. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Racist incidents against UK nurses surge by 55%
Royal College of Nursing calls on government to stop using anti-migrant rhetoric, which it says emboldens racist behaviour
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:53 AM
This is what tolerance of anti-migrant political rhetoric leads to. A surge in racial abuse against nurses and care workers. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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To be clear: deportations to increase cultural homogeneity is the text book definition of ethnic cleansing. Demands that come even close to this are so far outside any democratic norm and the rule of law. What has happened to a country when this is not condemned in the strongest possible terms?
October 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
To be clear: deportations to increase cultural homogeneity is the text book definition of ethnic cleansing. Demands that come even close to this are so far outside any democratic norm and the rule of law. What has happened to a country when this is not condemned in the strongest possible terms?
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It's also funny how basically all royal regalia are a few centuries old at most. There's only one genuinely ancient bit of the British Crown Jewels left (the anointing spoon) because the rest of them either got lost by King John or flogged off by Cromwell.
October 19, 2025 at 10:33 AM
It's also funny how basically all royal regalia are a few centuries old at most. There's only one genuinely ancient bit of the British Crown Jewels left (the anointing spoon) because the rest of them either got lost by King John or flogged off by Cromwell.
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The fact that your politicians will stand up for Israel.
But not for Disabled People, Pensioners, Immigrants or against War Crimes.
Should disgust everyone.
But not for Disabled People, Pensioners, Immigrants or against War Crimes.
Should disgust everyone.
October 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The fact that your politicians will stand up for Israel.
But not for Disabled People, Pensioners, Immigrants or against War Crimes.
Should disgust everyone.
But not for Disabled People, Pensioners, Immigrants or against War Crimes.
Should disgust everyone.
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Letter to the editor:
In 2018 alone, the EU gave £5.9bn to help deprived UK regions.
Now the government calls £5bn over ten years “ambitious.”
Brexit really did take from the poor to give to a slogan.
In 2018 alone, the EU gave £5.9bn to help deprived UK regions.
Now the government calls £5bn over ten years “ambitious.”
Brexit really did take from the poor to give to a slogan.
Letter to the editor: £5bn over ten years isn’t ‘ambitious’ – it’s a fraction of what the EU once gave
Letter to the editor
eastangliabylines.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Letter to the editor:
In 2018 alone, the EU gave £5.9bn to help deprived UK regions.
Now the government calls £5bn over ten years “ambitious.”
Brexit really did take from the poor to give to a slogan.
In 2018 alone, the EU gave £5.9bn to help deprived UK regions.
Now the government calls £5bn over ten years “ambitious.”
Brexit really did take from the poor to give to a slogan.
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Oh no not again www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/ne...
October 14, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Oh no not again www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/ne...
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The poorest people spend every penny they get. Cut their income, and you cut spending in every local economy.
The Tory plan to cut £47 billion out of government budgets is £47 billion less in everyone’s pockets | Prof Richard Murphy
@richardjmurphy.bsky.social - with thanks
The Tory plan to cut £47 billion out of government budgets is £47 billion less in everyone’s pockets | Prof Richard Murphy
@richardjmurphy.bsky.social - with thanks
What happens when £47 billion disappears from Britain’s economy?
Tory Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride wants to take £47 billion out of the UK economy. That isn't prudence. It's managed decline
eastangliabylines.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
The poorest people spend every penny they get. Cut their income, and you cut spending in every local economy.
The Tory plan to cut £47 billion out of government budgets is £47 billion less in everyone’s pockets | Prof Richard Murphy
@richardjmurphy.bsky.social - with thanks
The Tory plan to cut £47 billion out of government budgets is £47 billion less in everyone’s pockets | Prof Richard Murphy
@richardjmurphy.bsky.social - with thanks
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The flew the entire military leadership in so they could see for themselves that the Secretary of Defense is a mouthbreathing dipshit and the Commander in Chief is a senile, weak old man who might keel over at any moment.
September 30, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The flew the entire military leadership in so they could see for themselves that the Secretary of Defense is a mouthbreathing dipshit and the Commander in Chief is a senile, weak old man who might keel over at any moment.