@nalacat.bsky.social
Love North Yorkshire especially coastal walks. Politics, reading rubbish crime thrillers and family are my things.
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The @financialtimes.com revelations about TVCA finances are off the scale.
Auditors warn of material “misstatements”, “inconsistencies”, and £100s of millions in loans without proper legal agreements.
I'm raising with the Secretary of State this gross mismanagement.
www.ft.com/content/1a60...
Auditors warn of material “misstatements”, “inconsistencies”, and £100s of millions in loans without proper legal agreements.
I'm raising with the Secretary of State this gross mismanagement.
www.ft.com/content/1a60...
Auditors raise red flags at public body run by Ben Houchen
EY said errors included ‘material misstatements’ in latest setback for Conservative metro mayor
www.ft.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The @financialtimes.com revelations about TVCA finances are off the scale.
Auditors warn of material “misstatements”, “inconsistencies”, and £100s of millions in loans without proper legal agreements.
I'm raising with the Secretary of State this gross mismanagement.
www.ft.com/content/1a60...
Auditors warn of material “misstatements”, “inconsistencies”, and £100s of millions in loans without proper legal agreements.
I'm raising with the Secretary of State this gross mismanagement.
www.ft.com/content/1a60...
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Flag-shagging ain’t cheap — lad slapped with a £2,000 fine for decorating 64 lamp posts like it’s Brexit Christmas 🎄😂
November 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Flag-shagging ain’t cheap — lad slapped with a £2,000 fine for decorating 64 lamp posts like it’s Brexit Christmas 🎄😂
Loving pick of the pops. Know nearly all the words and singing along.
November 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Loving pick of the pops. Know nearly all the words and singing along.
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Less than a week ago, the PM warned about rising racist and divisive rhetoric.
Yet the government’s focus on asylum and immigration — while urgent issues like child poverty need their focus — risks fuelling that very division.
My comment on today's briefing👇
Yet the government’s focus on asylum and immigration — while urgent issues like child poverty need their focus — risks fuelling that very division.
My comment on today's briefing👇
November 17, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Less than a week ago, the PM warned about rising racist and divisive rhetoric.
Yet the government’s focus on asylum and immigration — while urgent issues like child poverty need their focus — risks fuelling that very division.
My comment on today's briefing👇
Yet the government’s focus on asylum and immigration — while urgent issues like child poverty need their focus — risks fuelling that very division.
My comment on today's briefing👇
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Anti-Muslim hate in the UK has reached record levels in recent months - we all have a duty to call out racism.
For Islamophobia Awareness Month, I met with @amnestyuk.bsky.social and @srtrcengland.bsky.social alongside @afzalkhanmcr.bsky.social to discuss how we challenge it.
#EndIslamophobia
For Islamophobia Awareness Month, I met with @amnestyuk.bsky.social and @srtrcengland.bsky.social alongside @afzalkhanmcr.bsky.social to discuss how we challenge it.
#EndIslamophobia
November 13, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Anti-Muslim hate in the UK has reached record levels in recent months - we all have a duty to call out racism.
For Islamophobia Awareness Month, I met with @amnestyuk.bsky.social and @srtrcengland.bsky.social alongside @afzalkhanmcr.bsky.social to discuss how we challenge it.
#EndIslamophobia
For Islamophobia Awareness Month, I met with @amnestyuk.bsky.social and @srtrcengland.bsky.social alongside @afzalkhanmcr.bsky.social to discuss how we challenge it.
#EndIslamophobia
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Clearly a campaign that resonates but it’s interesting how MPs feel they have to literally hold up signs outside No10 to signal what they want from the Budget. Don’t recall this ever happening before when a party is in government…
November 4, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Clearly a campaign that resonates but it’s interesting how MPs feel they have to literally hold up signs outside No10 to signal what they want from the Budget. Don’t recall this ever happening before when a party is in government…
It's international older person's day and I'm officially old. I don't want to do paper crafts, I can manage the Internet, I can lock my doors and can still walk and talk while chewing gum I like theatre, comedy clubs, films, going to a gig. Drinking wine Talking politics and the arts. #notdeadyet
October 1, 2025 at 3:30 PM
It's international older person's day and I'm officially old. I don't want to do paper crafts, I can manage the Internet, I can lock my doors and can still walk and talk while chewing gum I like theatre, comedy clubs, films, going to a gig. Drinking wine Talking politics and the arts. #notdeadyet
Excellent I hope other areas follow this example of common sense
Measured, sensible, and much welcomed statement from Faversham Town Council on the idiocy of the moronic flag pandemic.
September 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Excellent I hope other areas follow this example of common sense
Does long term relationship mean thinking what's for tomorrow's tea?
September 19, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Does long term relationship mean thinking what's for tomorrow's tea?
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More Ben Houchen lies… called out because local news amplified it instead of challenging him….
September 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
More Ben Houchen lies… called out because local news amplified it instead of challenging him….
This is a really good film, lots of unexpected bits.
Watching Sinners.
'It's a shame no one dresses like that anymore,' I say as I wear khaki shorts and a t-shirt and prop my feet in my Hello Kitty socks on the coffee table.
'It's a shame no one dresses like that anymore,' I say as I wear khaki shorts and a t-shirt and prop my feet in my Hello Kitty socks on the coffee table.
two men in suits and hats are standing next to each other with the hashtag #sinnersmovie on the bottom
ALT: two men in suits and hats are standing next to each other with the hashtag #sinnersmovie on the bottom
media.tenor.com
August 22, 2025 at 7:37 PM
This is a really good film, lots of unexpected bits.
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Watching Sinners.
'It's a shame no one dresses like that anymore,' I say as I wear khaki shorts and a t-shirt and prop my feet in my Hello Kitty socks on the coffee table.
'It's a shame no one dresses like that anymore,' I say as I wear khaki shorts and a t-shirt and prop my feet in my Hello Kitty socks on the coffee table.
two men in suits and hats are standing next to each other with the hashtag #sinnersmovie on the bottom
ALT: two men in suits and hats are standing next to each other with the hashtag #sinnersmovie on the bottom
media.tenor.com
August 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Watching Sinners.
'It's a shame no one dresses like that anymore,' I say as I wear khaki shorts and a t-shirt and prop my feet in my Hello Kitty socks on the coffee table.
'It's a shame no one dresses like that anymore,' I say as I wear khaki shorts and a t-shirt and prop my feet in my Hello Kitty socks on the coffee table.
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Teesside Freeport: A Blueprint for Corporate Plundering of the UK
How the UK's "flagship" Brexit freeport became a corporate goldmine at taxpayers' expense.
My latest article zooms in on the corporate excesses of Teesside Freeport.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
How the UK's "flagship" Brexit freeport became a corporate goldmine at taxpayers' expense.
My latest article zooms in on the corporate excesses of Teesside Freeport.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
Teesside Freeport: A Blueprint for Corporate Plundering of the UK
How the UK's "flagship" Brexit freeport became a corporate goldmine at taxpayers' expense
open.substack.com
July 28, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Teesside Freeport: A Blueprint for Corporate Plundering of the UK
How the UK's "flagship" Brexit freeport became a corporate goldmine at taxpayers' expense.
My latest article zooms in on the corporate excesses of Teesside Freeport.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
How the UK's "flagship" Brexit freeport became a corporate goldmine at taxpayers' expense.
My latest article zooms in on the corporate excesses of Teesside Freeport.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
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Spotlight on who we’re not seeing while the broadcasters wax on about Farage 24/7! Green Party’s Sian Berry, Plaid’s Ben Lake & the SNP’s Kirsty Blackman. All very impressive and articulate MPs. We want to hear from them and many others. Our broadcast media is failing us. Plurality now!
July 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Spotlight on who we’re not seeing while the broadcasters wax on about Farage 24/7! Green Party’s Sian Berry, Plaid’s Ben Lake & the SNP’s Kirsty Blackman. All very impressive and articulate MPs. We want to hear from them and many others. Our broadcast media is failing us. Plurality now!
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One year into this parliament there can be no doubt change has happened, and no doubt of the need to keep fighting for it. Swipe through to find out what that means in practice… #trueLabour 1/3
July 4, 2025 at 11:26 PM
One year into this parliament there can be no doubt change has happened, and no doubt of the need to keep fighting for it. Swipe through to find out what that means in practice… #trueLabour 1/3
£23billion in unclaimed benefits 2024.
I don't want to hear "we can't afford it" one more time from Labour.
Not while they continue to reinforce their Brexit red lines.
The amount of money being left on the table by not seeking to rejoin the EU is eye-watering.
The tax lost to Brexit would have paid for everything Labour needed.
Not while they continue to reinforce their Brexit red lines.
The amount of money being left on the table by not seeking to rejoin the EU is eye-watering.
The tax lost to Brexit would have paid for everything Labour needed.
June 27, 2025 at 7:29 PM
£23billion in unclaimed benefits 2024.
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Hi ‘Centre for Bioethical Reform’ you are currently outside my office in Walthamstow making a video about doorstepping me with anti abortion pack. If you had called ahead we could have told you I am not there. Please don’t hassle my staff and please contact your own MPs as that’s democratic process.
June 16, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Hi ‘Centre for Bioethical Reform’ you are currently outside my office in Walthamstow making a video about doorstepping me with anti abortion pack. If you had called ahead we could have told you I am not there. Please don’t hassle my staff and please contact your own MPs as that’s democratic process.
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Urgent! The choice is clear now - if you think abortion is a human right tell your MP NC1 sends the opposite message and ask them to sign NC20. Let your MP know you know the difference and make sure others do too by sharing this with them.
June 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Urgent! The choice is clear now - if you think abortion is a human right tell your MP NC1 sends the opposite message and ask them to sign NC20. Let your MP know you know the difference and make sure others do too by sharing this with them.
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We've got confirmation today that the Tees Valley will be receiving £1 billion to develop our transport network across the region and £60 million to create that third platform at Middlesbrough railway station.
So, a great, great day for transport in the Tees Valley.
So, a great, great day for transport in the Tees Valley.
June 4, 2025 at 7:02 AM
We've got confirmation today that the Tees Valley will be receiving £1 billion to develop our transport network across the region and £60 million to create that third platform at Middlesbrough railway station.
So, a great, great day for transport in the Tees Valley.
So, a great, great day for transport in the Tees Valley.
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Turn the sound up and ask yourself if you can believe what you are hearing - Women in Northern Ireland have rights you don’t.
Ask yourself MP to change that by co-signing NC20 to the policing bill - tag them here if you want them to listen to why it matters!
Ask yourself MP to change that by co-signing NC20 to the policing bill - tag them here if you want them to listen to why it matters!
June 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Turn the sound up and ask yourself if you can believe what you are hearing - Women in Northern Ireland have rights you don’t.
Ask yourself MP to change that by co-signing NC20 to the policing bill - tag them here if you want them to listen to why it matters!
Ask yourself MP to change that by co-signing NC20 to the policing bill - tag them here if you want them to listen to why it matters!
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Media - ‘we are in no way exaggerating Farage and Reform’s popularity, we just keep platforming them endlessly because the public like them’.
The polls -
The polls -
May 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Media - ‘we are in no way exaggerating Farage and Reform’s popularity, we just keep platforming them endlessly because the public like them’.
The polls -
The polls -
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Starmer and co are trashing Labour’s legacy. We must take back control of our party – before it’s too late | John McDonnell
Starmer and co are trashing Labour’s legacy. We must take back control of our party – before it’s too late | John McDonnell
Today’s government is unrecognisable from the party I joined as a young man. If we don’t act now, it might be lost for ever, says independent MP John McDonnell
www.theguardian.com
May 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Starmer and co are trashing Labour’s legacy. We must take back control of our party – before it’s too late | John McDonnell
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@channel4news.bsky.social so you going to do a huge report on the Lib Dems, Greens, Scottish Greens, SNP and Plaid later this week? They’ve all got lots to say. And why are you busy framing a GE 4 years out? Demand plural coverage now. Sign here petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
Petition: Ensure plurality of political coverage across UK broadcast media at all times
We want to ensure that a plurality of views from all political parties in Westminster are represented and the nations parliaments are heard all year round, not just election times. The rules for cover...
petition.parliament.uk
May 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
@channel4news.bsky.social so you going to do a huge report on the Lib Dems, Greens, Scottish Greens, SNP and Plaid later this week? They’ve all got lots to say. And why are you busy framing a GE 4 years out? Demand plural coverage now. Sign here petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
That's mad, everyone else knew and we talked about. But no one listened
Just one of many significant mistakes our previous government made re Brexit/immigration, & which our current government exacerbates.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Tories only realised Brexit impact on asylum ‘just before’ leaving EU, admits MP
Chris Philp says in leaked audio that Tories ‘ran some checks’ just prior to Brexit and realised ‘around half’ of small boat arrivals could have been returned under EU law
www.independent.co.uk
May 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
That's mad, everyone else knew and we talked about. But no one listened
How uncomfortable do those seats look?
May 15, 2025 at 7:52 PM
How uncomfortable do those seats look?