Old and raging leftie
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Retired teacher.Old leftie.Join a union.Fight the Right.Support the NHS.
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Is Farage still facing scrutiny over his partner’s £885k Frinton home.
Is it aggressive tax avoidance? Has he misled voters? Where’s the transparency? What’s happening?
Just asking questions.
#FrintonGate
Is it aggressive tax avoidance? Has he misled voters? Where’s the transparency? What’s happening?
Just asking questions.
#FrintonGate
December 2, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Is Farage still facing scrutiny over his partner’s £885k Frinton home.
Is it aggressive tax avoidance? Has he misled voters? Where’s the transparency? What’s happening?
Just asking questions.
#FrintonGate
Is it aggressive tax avoidance? Has he misled voters? Where’s the transparency? What’s happening?
Just asking questions.
#FrintonGate
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The OBR is run independently from Government. It literally was somebody else's fault.
You'd think Kemi Badenoch would know that given her own party created it in Government, but apparently not
You'd think Kemi Badenoch would know that given her own party created it in Government, but apparently not
December 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The OBR is run independently from Government. It literally was somebody else's fault.
You'd think Kemi Badenoch would know that given her own party created it in Government, but apparently not
You'd think Kemi Badenoch would know that given her own party created it in Government, but apparently not
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The budget didn't bother the powerful.
No windfall tax on banks. Govt subsidy of £23bn+ continues.
No windfall tax on energy companies, £125bn profit since 2020.
Corporate profiteering and subsidies continue. No curbs on corporate welfare.
85,500 have wealth of £2.8 trillion, hardly touched.
No windfall tax on banks. Govt subsidy of £23bn+ continues.
No windfall tax on energy companies, £125bn profit since 2020.
Corporate profiteering and subsidies continue. No curbs on corporate welfare.
85,500 have wealth of £2.8 trillion, hardly touched.
The government’s budget is simply managing decline
The budget does little to improve living standards or facilitate sustained economic growth
leftfootforward.org
December 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
The budget didn't bother the powerful.
No windfall tax on banks. Govt subsidy of £23bn+ continues.
No windfall tax on energy companies, £125bn profit since 2020.
Corporate profiteering and subsidies continue. No curbs on corporate welfare.
85,500 have wealth of £2.8 trillion, hardly touched.
No windfall tax on banks. Govt subsidy of £23bn+ continues.
No windfall tax on energy companies, £125bn profit since 2020.
Corporate profiteering and subsidies continue. No curbs on corporate welfare.
85,500 have wealth of £2.8 trillion, hardly touched.
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Greenwash
England’s water industry issued £10.5bn in ‘green bonds’ despite pollution record.
Industry dumps tons of raw sewage in rivers, lakes and seas. Destroys marine life, biodiversity; creates health hazards.
And spineless regulators call them green bonds. Travesty.
England’s water industry issued £10.5bn in ‘green bonds’ despite pollution record.
Industry dumps tons of raw sewage in rivers, lakes and seas. Destroys marine life, biodiversity; creates health hazards.
And spineless regulators call them green bonds. Travesty.
England’s water industry issued £10.5bn in ‘green bonds’ despite pollution record
River Action says use of issuance tied to environmental benefits is ‘corporate greenwash on steroids’
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Greenwash
England’s water industry issued £10.5bn in ‘green bonds’ despite pollution record.
Industry dumps tons of raw sewage in rivers, lakes and seas. Destroys marine life, biodiversity; creates health hazards.
And spineless regulators call them green bonds. Travesty.
England’s water industry issued £10.5bn in ‘green bonds’ despite pollution record.
Industry dumps tons of raw sewage in rivers, lakes and seas. Destroys marine life, biodiversity; creates health hazards.
And spineless regulators call them green bonds. Travesty.
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The Telegraph denounces Brexit as ‘unmitigated economic disaster’
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/the...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/the...
Told you so! The Telegraph denounces Brexit as 'unmitigated economic disaster'
We've now got The Telegraph joining the Brexit resistance, after the formerly pro-leave paper ripped into its 'near-disastrous' consequences.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The Telegraph denounces Brexit as ‘unmitigated economic disaster’
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/the...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/the...
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Badenoch is so incredibly unpleasant. Her response is nothing but personal attacks and describing support for kids in poverty as "hand outs". Grim.
November 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Badenoch is so incredibly unpleasant. Her response is nothing but personal attacks and describing support for kids in poverty as "hand outs". Grim.
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The rich keep getting richer. The poor keep getting poorer.
Nothing will change until we bring about a fundamental redistribution of wealth, ownership and power.
Nothing will change until we bring about a fundamental redistribution of wealth, ownership and power.
November 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The rich keep getting richer. The poor keep getting poorer.
Nothing will change until we bring about a fundamental redistribution of wealth, ownership and power.
Nothing will change until we bring about a fundamental redistribution of wealth, ownership and power.
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Covid bereaved families call for all Boris Johnson’s privileges received as a former prime minister including his ministerial pension, his place on the privy council & access to the public duty costs allowance to be withdrawn.
He should also not be made a sir!
#Covidinquiry
He should also not be made a sir!
#Covidinquiry
Covid bereaved call for Boris Johnson to lose ex-PM benefits over inquiry report
Campaign group says it will pursue all legal means to ensure personal accountability for ‘grave betrayal’
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Covid bereaved families call for all Boris Johnson’s privileges received as a former prime minister including his ministerial pension, his place on the privy council & access to the public duty costs allowance to be withdrawn.
He should also not be made a sir!
#Covidinquiry
He should also not be made a sir!
#Covidinquiry
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Boris Johnson didn't apologise to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, even when she told him in person the lasting impact his comments about her had on her detention in Iran, her husband tells the BBC
November 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Boris Johnson didn't apologise to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, even when she told him in person the lasting impact his comments about her had on her detention in Iran, her husband tells the BBC
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I’d have thought nothing cuts more against our precious British values than selling out your country for Russian bribes…
And yet Reform, the right‑wing press, and all those self‑styled guardians of these values have nothing to say
…funny that.
And yet Reform, the right‑wing press, and all those self‑styled guardians of these values have nothing to say
…funny that.
November 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I’d have thought nothing cuts more against our precious British values than selling out your country for Russian bribes…
And yet Reform, the right‑wing press, and all those self‑styled guardians of these values have nothing to say
…funny that.
And yet Reform, the right‑wing press, and all those self‑styled guardians of these values have nothing to say
…funny that.
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Reform councils are reducing all services
for the old or those who need care
'Ear defenders are not “insane.”
They are access.
They are inclusion.
They are what make school even remotely possible for so many autistic and neurodivergent kids.'
meme via Stories About Autism
for the old or those who need care
'Ear defenders are not “insane.”
They are access.
They are inclusion.
They are what make school even remotely possible for so many autistic and neurodivergent kids.'
meme via Stories About Autism
November 19, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Reform councils are reducing all services
for the old or those who need care
'Ear defenders are not “insane.”
They are access.
They are inclusion.
They are what make school even remotely possible for so many autistic and neurodivergent kids.'
meme via Stories About Autism
for the old or those who need care
'Ear defenders are not “insane.”
They are access.
They are inclusion.
They are what make school even remotely possible for so many autistic and neurodivergent kids.'
meme via Stories About Autism
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Jeremy Corbyn also supported more
House of Commons motions
condemning antisemitism
than any other MP
#ItWasAScam
"We tried to tell you."
via Eat the Rich
House of Commons motions
condemning antisemitism
than any other MP
#ItWasAScam
"We tried to tell you."
via Eat the Rich
November 19, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Jeremy Corbyn also supported more
House of Commons motions
condemning antisemitism
than any other MP
#ItWasAScam
"We tried to tell you."
via Eat the Rich
House of Commons motions
condemning antisemitism
than any other MP
#ItWasAScam
"We tried to tell you."
via Eat the Rich
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Farage a racist? Who knew?
Nigel Farage’s biographer says Reform UK leader should apologise after fresh claims of racism at school – UK politics live
Yesterday the Guardian published an investigation into Nigel Farage’s time as a schoolboy at Dulwich College, a private school in south London
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Farage a racist? Who knew?
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Another day, another story of racism in Reform.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reform's Laura Anne Jones faces 14-day Senedd ban for racial slur
Laura Anne Jones used a racial slur to describe Chinese people, in August 2023, in a WhatsApp chat.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Another day, another story of racism in Reform.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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If we're talking about bias, why do BBC politics programmes, from Politics Live to the Laura Kuennsberg Show, still always begin with a look at the newspaper front pages, which are overwhelmingly biased in one direction. Helps frame the entire news agenda and debate in their favour
November 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
If we're talking about bias, why do BBC politics programmes, from Politics Live to the Laura Kuennsberg Show, still always begin with a look at the newspaper front pages, which are overwhelmingly biased in one direction. Helps frame the entire news agenda and debate in their favour
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When was the last time anyone at the BBC had to resign for misrepresenting a leftwinger?
November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
When was the last time anyone at the BBC had to resign for misrepresenting a leftwinger?
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Meanwhile, in Reform's Lancashire CC, the councillor in charge of care homes, owns a private care home, and is closing council care homes. 👀
A resident’s son, a Reform party member, said any move would “kill” his mother. ~AA
#NeverThoughtTheLeopards
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
A resident’s son, a Reform party member, said any move would “kill” his mother. ~AA
#NeverThoughtTheLeopards
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close care homes and day centres
Questions about potential conflict of interest as council’s cabinet member for social care owns private care company
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Meanwhile, in Reform's Lancashire CC, the councillor in charge of care homes, owns a private care home, and is closing council care homes. 👀
A resident’s son, a Reform party member, said any move would “kill” his mother. ~AA
#NeverThoughtTheLeopards
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
A resident’s son, a Reform party member, said any move would “kill” his mother. ~AA
#NeverThoughtTheLeopards
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Prince William who doesn't even need to be there, went to the UN Climate Conference on a Private Jet.
He doesn't give the slightest toss about Climate Change, only getting publicity for doing nothing.
He doesn't give the slightest toss about Climate Change, only getting publicity for doing nothing.
November 8, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Prince William who doesn't even need to be there, went to the UN Climate Conference on a Private Jet.
He doesn't give the slightest toss about Climate Change, only getting publicity for doing nothing.
He doesn't give the slightest toss about Climate Change, only getting publicity for doing nothing.
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ITV in talks to sell television business to Sky.
Sky is owned by US-based Comcast, largest shareholders include Vanguard Group, BlackRock.
CMA must block the takeover. No one must own more than one major media outlet. Need diversity and competition.
Sky is owned by US-based Comcast, largest shareholders include Vanguard Group, BlackRock.
CMA must block the takeover. No one must own more than one major media outlet. Need diversity and competition.
ITV in talks to sell television business to Sky
The talks focus on ITV's Media and Entertainment division, which include its TV channels as well as its streaming service, ITV X.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 7:51 AM
ITV in talks to sell television business to Sky.
Sky is owned by US-based Comcast, largest shareholders include Vanguard Group, BlackRock.
CMA must block the takeover. No one must own more than one major media outlet. Need diversity and competition.
Sky is owned by US-based Comcast, largest shareholders include Vanguard Group, BlackRock.
CMA must block the takeover. No one must own more than one major media outlet. Need diversity and competition.
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Elon Musk is seeking a trillion-dollar pay packet. That's enough money to eradicate hunger worldwide, three times over.
October 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Elon Musk is seeking a trillion-dollar pay packet. That's enough money to eradicate hunger worldwide, three times over.
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Well done Susan and @ledbydonkeys.org
Lining up Farage’s other sources of income which makes his £93k MP’s salary
£1.1 million since he became an MP. Meanwhile Clacton isn’t feeling the benefit.
Lining up Farage’s other sources of income which makes his £93k MP’s salary
£1.1 million since he became an MP. Meanwhile Clacton isn’t feeling the benefit.
October 28, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Well done Susan and @ledbydonkeys.org
Lining up Farage’s other sources of income which makes his £93k MP’s salary
£1.1 million since he became an MP. Meanwhile Clacton isn’t feeling the benefit.
Lining up Farage’s other sources of income which makes his £93k MP’s salary
£1.1 million since he became an MP. Meanwhile Clacton isn’t feeling the benefit.
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America’s super-rich destroying the planet’s safe climate spaces.
Wealthiest 0.1% of the US burn carbon at 4,000 times the rate of the world’s poorest 10%.
Corporations spend $277,000 a year on anti-climate lobbying.
Super rich control political system, strangling life. What's to be done
Wealthiest 0.1% of the US burn carbon at 4,000 times the rate of the world’s poorest 10%.
Corporations spend $277,000 a year on anti-climate lobbying.
Super rich control political system, strangling life. What's to be done
America’s super-rich are running down the planet’s safe climate spaces, says Oxfam
Data shows wealthiest 0.1% of the US burn carbon at 4,000 times the rate of the world’s poorest 10%
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:03 AM
America’s super-rich destroying the planet’s safe climate spaces.
Wealthiest 0.1% of the US burn carbon at 4,000 times the rate of the world’s poorest 10%.
Corporations spend $277,000 a year on anti-climate lobbying.
Super rich control political system, strangling life. What's to be done
Wealthiest 0.1% of the US burn carbon at 4,000 times the rate of the world’s poorest 10%.
Corporations spend $277,000 a year on anti-climate lobbying.
Super rich control political system, strangling life. What's to be done
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The people of Caerphilly obviously recognise the danger of a Farage led Government, maybe the media could start doing their job and challenge Farage on his tin pot dangerous policies and downright racism.
October 25, 2025 at 7:46 AM
The people of Caerphilly obviously recognise the danger of a Farage led Government, maybe the media could start doing their job and challenge Farage on his tin pot dangerous policies and downright racism.