Michael H
@michaelh14.bsky.social
Left Politics Ex Labour
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UK & 🇫🇷 citoyen
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#OneDayataTime
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How the right-wing newspapers still manage to dictate BBC coverage.
Almost all of the Beeb's big post-Budget interview with the Chancellor devoted to asking whether she is a liar.
Next to nothing on any of the big measures announced this week
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
Almost all of the Beeb's big post-Budget interview with the Chancellor devoted to asking whether she is a liar.
Next to nothing on any of the big measures announced this week
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
The Real 'Benefits Street' Protecting Britain's Wealthiest
The sheer scale of outrage about plans to lift children out of poverty, by taxing millionaire homeowners, tells you everything you need to know about the priorities of the British press
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 9:36 AM
How the right-wing newspapers still manage to dictate BBC coverage.
Almost all of the Beeb's big post-Budget interview with the Chancellor devoted to asking whether she is a liar.
Next to nothing on any of the big measures announced this week
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
Almost all of the Beeb's big post-Budget interview with the Chancellor devoted to asking whether she is a liar.
Next to nothing on any of the big measures announced this week
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-b...
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It’s starting ❤️✊👍😊
November 29, 2025 at 10:38 AM
It’s starting ❤️✊👍😊
It’s starting ❤️✊👍😊
November 29, 2025 at 10:38 AM
It’s starting ❤️✊👍😊
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Income tax threshold freeze will hit poorer households harder, experts say
Rachel Reeves will punish poorer households more than the better off through the freezing of income tax thresholds www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Rachel Reeves will punish poorer households more than the better off through the freezing of income tax thresholds www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Income tax threshold freeze will hit poorer households harder, experts say
Move will have greater impact on living standards of taxpayers in bottom half of income scale, thinktanks say
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Income tax threshold freeze will hit poorer households harder, experts say
Rachel Reeves will punish poorer households more than the better off through the freezing of income tax thresholds www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Rachel Reeves will punish poorer households more than the better off through the freezing of income tax thresholds www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Income tax threshold freeze will hit poorer households harder, experts say
Rachel Reeves will punish poorer households more than the better off through the freezing of income tax thresholds www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Rachel Reeves will punish poorer households more than the better off through the freezing of income tax thresholds www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Income tax threshold freeze will hit poorer households harder, experts say
Move will have greater impact on living standards of taxpayers in bottom half of income scale, thinktanks say
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Income tax threshold freeze will hit poorer households harder, experts say
Rachel Reeves will punish poorer households more than the better off through the freezing of income tax thresholds www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Rachel Reeves will punish poorer households more than the better off through the freezing of income tax thresholds www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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"Children don't choose to be born & I don't think children should be punished or disadvantaged because their parents can't afford to put food on the table for them"
A woman in Coventry on the two child benefit cap. Well said #GMB
A woman in Coventry on the two child benefit cap. Well said #GMB
November 24, 2025 at 6:11 AM
"Children don't choose to be born & I don't think children should be punished or disadvantaged because their parents can't afford to put food on the table for them"
A woman in Coventry on the two child benefit cap. Well said #GMB
A woman in Coventry on the two child benefit cap. Well said #GMB
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📊 NEW | Reform lead by 6pts
‼️ Greens tied with Labour
➡️ REF – 26% (-2)
🔵 CON – 20% (+2)
🟢 GRN – 18% (+1)
🔴 LAB – 18% (-)
🟠 LD – 11% (-)
Via @LordAPolls, 13-17 Nov (+/- vs 20 Oct)
‼️ Greens tied with Labour
➡️ REF – 26% (-2)
🔵 CON – 20% (+2)
🟢 GRN – 18% (+1)
🔴 LAB – 18% (-)
🟠 LD – 11% (-)
Via @LordAPolls, 13-17 Nov (+/- vs 20 Oct)
November 24, 2025 at 10:16 AM
📊 NEW | Reform lead by 6pts
‼️ Greens tied with Labour
➡️ REF – 26% (-2)
🔵 CON – 20% (+2)
🟢 GRN – 18% (+1)
🔴 LAB – 18% (-)
🟠 LD – 11% (-)
Via @LordAPolls, 13-17 Nov (+/- vs 20 Oct)
‼️ Greens tied with Labour
➡️ REF – 26% (-2)
🔵 CON – 20% (+2)
🟢 GRN – 18% (+1)
🔴 LAB – 18% (-)
🟠 LD – 11% (-)
Via @LordAPolls, 13-17 Nov (+/- vs 20 Oct)
Ultra-processed foods: time to put health before profit - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Ultra-processed foods: time to put health before profit
The rise of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) in human diets is damaging public health,
fuelling chronic diseases worldwide, and deepening health inequalities. Addressing
this challenge requires a unified ...
www.thelancet.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Ultra-processed foods: time to put health before profit - The Lancet www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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The same people who convinced the British public to back a catastrophic Boris Johnson premiership are now pulling the same trick again with Nigel Farage
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
The Confidence Trick That Put Boris Johnson Into Power Is Now Being Used on Nigel Farage
The same people who convinced the British public to back a catastrophic Boris Johnson premiership are now pulling the same trick again with Nigel Farage
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The same people who convinced the British public to back a catastrophic Boris Johnson premiership are now pulling the same trick again with Nigel Farage
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
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Home Office: How dare people say we are acting like the far-right?
Also the Home Office: These far-right graphics look great, let's copy them.
Also the Home Office: These far-right graphics look great, let's copy them.
November 21, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Home Office: How dare people say we are acting like the far-right?
Also the Home Office: These far-right graphics look great, let's copy them.
Also the Home Office: These far-right graphics look great, let's copy them.
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A terrible price to pay…
November 20, 2025 at 10:31 PM
A terrible price to pay…
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The UK does not have a refugee problem
November 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The UK does not have a refugee problem
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Disappointing but not surprising. The manifesto was thin gruel. Labour assumed all they had to do was basically carry on as before, maintaining a neoliberal economic and political model which was clearly broken. Quite how that was going to work was never clear.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Lack of planning has hit Labour’s efforts to fix public services, says thinktank
Keir Starmer accused of failing to adequately strategise while in opposition, leading to uncoordinated policymaking
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Disappointing but not surprising. The manifesto was thin gruel. Labour assumed all they had to do was basically carry on as before, maintaining a neoliberal economic and political model which was clearly broken. Quite how that was going to work was never clear.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Morgan McSweeney: We keep moving further and further to the right. Why don't voters like us?
Progressive Voters: Because your politics are abhorrent.
Progressive Voters: Because your politics are abhorrent.
📊 NEW | As Labour announces fresh crackdown on refugees, their approval falls to an all-time low.
✅ Satisfied – 11% (-1)
❌ Dissatisfied – 82% (-)
Via @IpsosUK, 30 Oct - 5 Nov (+/- vs 11-17 Sep)
✅ Satisfied – 11% (-1)
❌ Dissatisfied – 82% (-)
Via @IpsosUK, 30 Oct - 5 Nov (+/- vs 11-17 Sep)
November 17, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Morgan McSweeney: We keep moving further and further to the right. Why don't voters like us?
Progressive Voters: Because your politics are abhorrent.
Progressive Voters: Because your politics are abhorrent.
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Is this what Labour politicians came into politics for?
To get cheered on by Tommy Robinson as they kick some of the most vulnerable people on earth?
How are they not all dying of shame
To get cheered on by Tommy Robinson as they kick some of the most vulnerable people on earth?
How are they not all dying of shame
November 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Is this what Labour politicians came into politics for?
To get cheered on by Tommy Robinson as they kick some of the most vulnerable people on earth?
How are they not all dying of shame
To get cheered on by Tommy Robinson as they kick some of the most vulnerable people on earth?
How are they not all dying of shame
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He also lobbies for U.S. Big Tech companies that have donated millions to Trump
'BBC Bias' Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:40 PM
He also lobbies for U.S. Big Tech companies that have donated millions to Trump
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Fun (or not so fun) fact - the author of the “BBC bias” memo is a lobbyist for the American Pharmaceutical Group.
U.S. pharma companies recently threatened to abandon the UK unless the NHS pays more for its medicines.
They also donated millions to Trump’s campaign and inauguration
U.S. pharma companies recently threatened to abandon the UK unless the NHS pays more for its medicines.
They also donated millions to Trump’s campaign and inauguration
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Fun (or not so fun) fact - the author of the “BBC bias” memo is a lobbyist for the American Pharmaceutical Group.
U.S. pharma companies recently threatened to abandon the UK unless the NHS pays more for its medicines.
They also donated millions to Trump’s campaign and inauguration
U.S. pharma companies recently threatened to abandon the UK unless the NHS pays more for its medicines.
They also donated millions to Trump’s campaign and inauguration
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63% of Kent voters didn’t want Reform to run Kent County Council but our ridiculous voting system gave them a huge majority anyway. Time to make our votes count!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reform UK expels Kent councillor after alleged video leak
Isabella Kemp said she "strongly" denied accusations that she had been involved with the leak.
www.bbc.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:40 AM
63% of Kent voters didn’t want Reform to run Kent County Council but our ridiculous voting system gave them a huge majority anyway. Time to make our votes count!
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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If you're cheering Trump on then you have no right to call yourself a patriot.
You absolute moron.
You absolute moron.
November 15, 2025 at 5:55 PM
If you're cheering Trump on then you have no right to call yourself a patriot.
You absolute moron.
You absolute moron.
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Just some British patriots in Benidorm, taking over a street in Spain to shout in their own language about unwanted foreigners. It’s a blessing that they are too thick to understand irony.
November 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Just some British patriots in Benidorm, taking over a street in Spain to shout in their own language about unwanted foreigners. It’s a blessing that they are too thick to understand irony.
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I've signed this cross party letter with many other politicians and leaders across civil society.
The Labour Government is making a disastrous mistake with nuclear weapons expansion - this will not make us any safer.
The opposite is true - more info below 👇🏼
@cnduk.bsky.social
The Labour Government is making a disastrous mistake with nuclear weapons expansion - this will not make us any safer.
The opposite is true - more info below 👇🏼
@cnduk.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I've signed this cross party letter with many other politicians and leaders across civil society.
The Labour Government is making a disastrous mistake with nuclear weapons expansion - this will not make us any safer.
The opposite is true - more info below 👇🏼
@cnduk.bsky.social
The Labour Government is making a disastrous mistake with nuclear weapons expansion - this will not make us any safer.
The opposite is true - more info below 👇🏼
@cnduk.bsky.social
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The International Criminal Court is ditching Microsoft Office, saying it’s too dependent on US tech, in favor of Open Desk, a German open source alternative.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative | Euractiv
The court will move its internal work environment to Open Desk, a German-developed open source software
www.euractiv.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The International Criminal Court is ditching Microsoft Office, saying it’s too dependent on US tech, in favor of Open Desk, a German open source alternative.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
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The BBC's senior leadership resigning en masse over one dodgy edit in one programme, simply because the right wing press demands it, tells you everything you need to know about where the power really lies in that relationship
November 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM
The BBC's senior leadership resigning en masse over one dodgy edit in one programme, simply because the right wing press demands it, tells you everything you need to know about where the power really lies in that relationship
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Drawn 133 years ago, and the con hasn't changed one bit.
November 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Drawn 133 years ago, and the con hasn't changed one bit.
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It’s actually a very good thing to not be willing to work with a self-confessed Zionist, an ‘island of strangers’ racist, a transphobe, an imperialist, someone who hates ‘tree-huggers’, pensioners, the longterm sick and disabled, children… list goes on
November 10, 2025 at 9:24 AM
It’s actually a very good thing to not be willing to work with a self-confessed Zionist, an ‘island of strangers’ racist, a transphobe, an imperialist, someone who hates ‘tree-huggers’, pensioners, the longterm sick and disabled, children… list goes on