Mebo2
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PD at AOLMRadio, music lover, loves travel and seeing different cultures. FOH at the Westy. Liberal. Saints fan, Retired JP
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· Mar 27
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MPs warn that UK agreements with Donald Trump are ‘built on sand’.
UK bullied to pay billions more for NHS drugs produced by US companies, importing US beef, accept steel tariffs and more, without any reciprocity.
Can't trust Trump. US wants dominance, not partnership.
Rejoin the EU.
UK bullied to pay billions more for NHS drugs produced by US companies, importing US beef, accept steel tariffs and more, without any reciprocity.
Can't trust Trump. US wants dominance, not partnership.
Rejoin the EU.
MPs warn that UK agreements with Donald Trump are ‘built on sand’
Exclusive: Health select committee chair says UK government’s ‘naive belief’ Trump is a good faith actor ‘could cost UK taxpayer billions’
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:22 AM
MPs warn that UK agreements with Donald Trump are ‘built on sand’.
UK bullied to pay billions more for NHS drugs produced by US companies, importing US beef, accept steel tariffs and more, without any reciprocity.
Can't trust Trump. US wants dominance, not partnership.
Rejoin the EU.
UK bullied to pay billions more for NHS drugs produced by US companies, importing US beef, accept steel tariffs and more, without any reciprocity.
Can't trust Trump. US wants dominance, not partnership.
Rejoin the EU.
A crying shame, a lovely man of principle, unlike the BBC Executives who forced him out.
December 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
A crying shame, a lovely man of principle, unlike the BBC Executives who forced him out.
I hope that no comedian goes on any Infinite Monkey Cage programme without Robin Ince and that Prof Brian Cox also decides he cannot continue. How the hell do we get these BBC Executives to resign instead and get ‘Our’ BBC back.
December 13, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I hope that no comedian goes on any Infinite Monkey Cage programme without Robin Ince and that Prof Brian Cox also decides he cannot continue. How the hell do we get these BBC Executives to resign instead and get ‘Our’ BBC back.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social I noticed my WhatsApps to LBC get delivered but are not read? Have you been listening to the Reith Lectures, fascinating stuff, could make a phone in? Great show as always.
December 9, 2025 at 12:21 PM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social I noticed my WhatsApps to LBC get delivered but are not read? Have you been listening to the Reith Lectures, fascinating stuff, could make a phone in? Great show as always.
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So tell me again how Nigel Farage, who just took the largest ever political donation, from a Tory mega-donor, and another donation from the Viscountess wife of the non-dom owner of the Daily Mail, is planning to "take on the establishment"
December 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
So tell me again how Nigel Farage, who just took the largest ever political donation, from a Tory mega-donor, and another donation from the Viscountess wife of the non-dom owner of the Daily Mail, is planning to "take on the establishment"
What on earth are Labour thinking? Have the billionaires got them in their pocket?
I wish I was surprised. Buried in this Budget is a plan to slash the Digital Services Tax, giving a multi-billion tax cut to US tech giants and the likes of Elon Musk.
That's right, cutting taxes for the world's richest man while hiking them for millions of hard-working Brits.
That's right, cutting taxes for the world's richest man while hiking them for millions of hard-working Brits.
November 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
What on earth are Labour thinking? Have the billionaires got them in their pocket?
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The important bit about this story - in reality the only important bit because nothing here is new - is that it delivers to an audience previously unaware of it a truth about the BBC's relationship to power: craven. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC tells staff they cannot quote Trump line removed from Reith Lecture
Journalists not allowed to repeat Rutger Bregman’s corruption claims against US president in coverage of edit
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The important bit about this story - in reality the only important bit because nothing here is new - is that it delivers to an audience previously unaware of it a truth about the BBC's relationship to power: craven. www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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Thames Water bidder offering £1bn extra cash injection.
30%+ of the customer bill covers interest payments.
Any private owner would want profit, dividends, sewage dumping will continue, customers will be fleeced.
Must end the profit motive. Nationalise water industry.
30%+ of the customer bill covers interest payments.
Any private owner would want profit, dividends, sewage dumping will continue, customers will be fleeced.
Must end the profit motive. Nationalise water industry.
Thames Water bidder says it is offering £1bn extra cash injection
Castle Water says restructuring plans do not go far enough and extra funds will help resolve pollution crisis
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Thames Water bidder offering £1bn extra cash injection.
30%+ of the customer bill covers interest payments.
Any private owner would want profit, dividends, sewage dumping will continue, customers will be fleeced.
Must end the profit motive. Nationalise water industry.
30%+ of the customer bill covers interest payments.
Any private owner would want profit, dividends, sewage dumping will continue, customers will be fleeced.
Must end the profit motive. Nationalise water industry.
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The only purpose is cruelty, and that is not the basis for any government policy. Time for Labour MPs to stand up and speak out or leave. No economy was ever grown on the basis of hate. Disappointed that Parliamentary time will be wasted on this nonsense.
Refugees’ jewellery could be seized to pay for asylum costs, says Home Office minister
Refugees’ jewellery could be seized to pay for asylum costs, says Home Office minister
Idea borrowed from Denmark is latest attempt to reduce number of refugees coming to UK
Refugees could have jewellery or other valuables taken to pay for the costs of processing their cases, a Home Office minister has said, in another detail of changes to migration policy likely to cause worries among Labour MPs.
Speaking to broadcasters before the formal announcement of sweeping changes to asylum policy on Monday, the Home Office minister Alex Norris said while this would not involve seizing wedding rings, jewellery without sentimental value could be taken. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:40 AM
The only purpose is cruelty, and that is not the basis for any government policy. Time for Labour MPs to stand up and speak out or leave. No economy was ever grown on the basis of hate. Disappointed that Parliamentary time will be wasted on this nonsense.
History will look back at this time as The Misinformation Period, where a small number of people in positions of Power were able to spout lies for their own benefit and get away with it. The opposite of The Enlightenment.
November 16, 2025 at 12:11 PM
History will look back at this time as The Misinformation Period, where a small number of people in positions of Power were able to spout lies for their own benefit and get away with it. The opposite of The Enlightenment.
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As usual, the real Leader of the Opposition asks relevant questions.
Ed Davey is both likeable and a politician of substance. Unlike the actual Leader of the Opposition.
#PMQs
Ed Davey is both likeable and a politician of substance. Unlike the actual Leader of the Opposition.
#PMQs
November 12, 2025 at 12:25 PM
As usual, the real Leader of the Opposition asks relevant questions.
Ed Davey is both likeable and a politician of substance. Unlike the actual Leader of the Opposition.
#PMQs
Ed Davey is both likeable and a politician of substance. Unlike the actual Leader of the Opposition.
#PMQs
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"Yorkshire Water was privatised in 1989 under the Water Act, launched debt-free and promoted as the start of a new, efficient era.
What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."
What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."
Yorkshire Water: it’s time to end the rip-off
Handing the company back to local people would return both control and value to those who need it most
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM
"Yorkshire Water was privatised in 1989 under the Water Act, launched debt-free and promoted as the start of a new, efficient era.
What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."
What followed was anything but. Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt. Our rivers are polluted, our bills keep rising, and we’re told to pay still more..."
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One of the most rewarding parts of the job is helping people in Winchester get the help they deserve.
www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/2559146...
www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/2559146...
MP has helped residents with issues more than 10,000 times
He has supported people facing various challenges weekly, like those in mental health crises, struggling with visa or housing issues, and finding…
www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 12:42 PM
One of the most rewarding parts of the job is helping people in Winchester get the help they deserve.
www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/2559146...
www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/2559146...
Total hypocrisy
Nigel Farage, who has so far registered a total of £280,500 for four hours a month as a "brand ambassador" for a company selling gold bars, thinks a £10 an hour minimum wage for young people is too high bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...
Nigel Farage Says Minimum Wage Should Be Cut for Young People
The Reform leader said cutting the minimum wage for young people would boost business, as he attacked plans to raise taxes on the wealthy
bylinetimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Total hypocrisy
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But we were assured reform were on the verge of a 500-seat majority in Westminster
Another stonker of a week for us - gaining from the Conservatives and the Green Party in Surrey and from Labour in Preston. The media might not tell you this but the Liberal Democrats are winning all over the place.
This week's by-election scorecard 💪
Lib Dems 7
Reform 1
Con 1
Ind 1
This week's by-election scorecard 💪
Lib Dems 7
Reform 1
Con 1
Ind 1
October 17, 2025 at 11:46 AM
But we were assured reform were on the verge of a 500-seat majority in Westminster
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Thank you James, please do not bother to play Ms Badenoch’s speech. If I wanted to hear it I could so without it being taken up time on your show. I would just switch off if you do.
October 8, 2025 at 9:19 AM
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Thank you James, please do not bother to play Ms Badenoch’s speech. If I wanted to hear it I could so without it being taken up time on your show. I would just switch off if you do.
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£1.3bn profit has been paid out by the companies who own the trains which they rent to the train operators in the UK in the last 3 years
And it isn't even paid out in the UK, no it's paid out in Luxembourg so ZERO tax and ZERO spending in the UK.
And it isn't even paid out in the UK, no it's paid out in Luxembourg so ZERO tax and ZERO spending in the UK.
October 4, 2025 at 1:08 PM
£1.3bn profit has been paid out by the companies who own the trains which they rent to the train operators in the UK in the last 3 years
And it isn't even paid out in the UK, no it's paid out in Luxembourg so ZERO tax and ZERO spending in the UK.
And it isn't even paid out in the UK, no it's paid out in Luxembourg so ZERO tax and ZERO spending in the UK.
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Since privatisation England's water companies paid £88.4bn in dividends.
90% of water companies owned by foreign investors/govts.
90% of dividend not recirculated in the UK economy. No UK tax paid on dividends.
Public ownership would make a difference.
90% of water companies owned by foreign investors/govts.
90% of dividend not recirculated in the UK economy. No UK tax paid on dividends.
Public ownership would make a difference.
If the government wants economic growth it must bring essential industries into public ownership
Successive governments clobber households and small businesses by hiking interest rates to manage inflation, but don’t inconvenience corporations.
leftfootforward.org
September 30, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Since privatisation England's water companies paid £88.4bn in dividends.
90% of water companies owned by foreign investors/govts.
90% of dividend not recirculated in the UK economy. No UK tax paid on dividends.
Public ownership would make a difference.
90% of water companies owned by foreign investors/govts.
90% of dividend not recirculated in the UK economy. No UK tax paid on dividends.
Public ownership would make a difference.
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Ed Davey, "I'm afraid Nigel Farage should be apologising for helping cause this problem in the first place"
"Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people"
-Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats
"Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people"
-Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats
September 23, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Ed Davey, "I'm afraid Nigel Farage should be apologising for helping cause this problem in the first place"
"Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people"
-Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats
"Before Brexit we didn't have a small boats problem because we had 27 return agreements with EU countries and we could return people"
-Maybe we should call them Farage's Brexit Boats
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The justice system backlog is delaying justice. With more than 300,000 cases waiting to be heard in the magistrates' court, we cannot afford for hundreds of people to be arrested for protesting peacefully.
September 23, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The justice system backlog is delaying justice. With more than 300,000 cases waiting to be heard in the magistrates' court, we cannot afford for hundreds of people to be arrested for protesting peacefully.
When Estate Agents are more credible than journalists, the world becomes an infinitely more dangerous place.
September 23, 2025 at 10:05 AM
When Estate Agents are more credible than journalists, the world becomes an infinitely more dangerous place.
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The UK must lead on the world stage in acknowledging the genocide taking place in Gaza – and advocating for a return to diplomacy.
September 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
The UK must lead on the world stage in acknowledging the genocide taking place in Gaza – and advocating for a return to diplomacy.
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'Countless' BBC staff have told Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey that they agree with the party’s petition to “balance the BBC" away from Farage's party (as reported by Byline Times) he says in a pre-conference interview with the NS today
www.newstatesman.com/politics/lib...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/lib...
Can the Lib Dems escape obscurity?
Ed Davey on charges that he’s not cutting through and why he’s “obsessed” with politically homeless Tories.
www.newstatesman.com
September 18, 2025 at 6:54 AM
'Countless' BBC staff have told Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey that they agree with the party’s petition to “balance the BBC" away from Farage's party (as reported by Byline Times) he says in a pre-conference interview with the NS today
www.newstatesman.com/politics/lib...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/lib...
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Oh look, cancel culture
September 18, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Oh look, cancel culture
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Shame on Downing Street for going along with this. So much for being committed to a free press
September 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Shame on Downing Street for going along with this. So much for being committed to a free press