Oldnfat5705
@oldnfat5705.bsky.social
Retired and aged to perfection.
Still engaged despite being terminally married.
Exiled Baggie For Durham CCC and the North.
If you want me you can find me left of centre.
Still engaged despite being terminally married.
Exiled Baggie For Durham CCC and the North.
If you want me you can find me left of centre.
Naively thought Fiona Bruce's role was as a chair not to constantly interrupt contributors with her own opinions.
Let the people have their say and Zia stop being so bloody rude.Youve had your say
Let the people have their say and Zia stop being so bloody rude.Youve had your say
December 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Naively thought Fiona Bruce's role was as a chair not to constantly interrupt contributors with her own opinions.
Let the people have their say and Zia stop being so bloody rude.Youve had your say
Let the people have their say and Zia stop being so bloody rude.Youve had your say
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Zia Yusuf - the unelected multimillionaire policy chief of Reform - makes his fourth Question Time appearance tonight.
The party has five MPs
The party has five MPs
December 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Zia Yusuf - the unelected multimillionaire policy chief of Reform - makes his fourth Question Time appearance tonight.
The party has five MPs
The party has five MPs
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Neither Bernard Manning or the BBC seek our mandate to make them Prime Minister.
December 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Neither Bernard Manning or the BBC seek our mandate to make them Prime Minister.
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The super-rich rightwing are pouring money into Reform. Do ordinary voters really think their aim is to even out social inequality and make their lives better? Do they think they’re doing it so Farage invests in infrastructure and public services? Ffs. Democracy being beaten to death in plain sight.
December 4, 2025 at 10:10 AM
The super-rich rightwing are pouring money into Reform. Do ordinary voters really think their aim is to even out social inequality and make their lives better? Do they think they’re doing it so Farage invests in infrastructure and public services? Ffs. Democracy being beaten to death in plain sight.
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I didn't exactly have high hopes for the next iteration of Nigel Farage's defence against allegations of racism, but even I expected better than 'I can't be a racist because Bernard Manning was on telly in the seventies'
December 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I didn't exactly have high hopes for the next iteration of Nigel Farage's defence against allegations of racism, but even I expected better than 'I can't be a racist because Bernard Manning was on telly in the seventies'
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Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
December 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Data centres are energy hungry but what if we could use their waste heat to heat our homes?
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
That's exactly what happens in places like Finland: Cities are tapping the vast amounts of waste heat generated by data centres, and feeding it into district-heating networks.
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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"
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Farage leads an ignorant cult and he could probably get away with doing this in reality.
December 3, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Farage leads an ignorant cult and he could probably get away with doing this in reality.
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"It’s a curiosity that a large majority of voters backing Nigel Farage also want stronger working rights. Yet he and his MPs voted against every item in the bill."
"The day may come when the scales fall from the eyes of many Reform supporters."
https://bit.ly/4pCqo26
"The day may come when the scales fall from the eyes of many Reform supporters."
https://bit.ly/4pCqo26
It’s under fire from left and right – but Labour’s workers' rights bill is a huge achievement | Polly Toynbee
It makes no sense for union leaders to cry betrayal when it will be their members who benefit from these sorely needed reforms, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
"It’s a curiosity that a large majority of voters backing Nigel Farage also want stronger working rights. Yet he and his MPs voted against every item in the bill."
"The day may come when the scales fall from the eyes of many Reform supporters."
https://bit.ly/4pCqo26
"The day may come when the scales fall from the eyes of many Reform supporters."
https://bit.ly/4pCqo26
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I don’t recall as much fuss when the Tories were caught actually lying about their final Budget and keeping the truth from the OBR. What became of this investigation? www.theguardian.com/business/202....
Treasury may have broken law by failing to reveal £9.5bn spend in Tory budget, MPs told
Head of OBR says spending commitment would have ‘materially changed’ its forecast on Jeremy Hunt’s pre-election budget
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I don’t recall as much fuss when the Tories were caught actually lying about their final Budget and keeping the truth from the OBR. What became of this investigation? www.theguardian.com/business/202....
Have just dropped my sausage roll. Sack Rachel Reeves.
December 1, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Have just dropped my sausage roll. Sack Rachel Reeves.
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Kemi Badenoch performatively pretending not to understand that the OBR leak had absolutely nothing to do with Rachel Reeves because she has calculated that enough people are paying little enough attention that she can get away with it as an attack line. She really is a deeply contemptible person.
December 1, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Kemi Badenoch performatively pretending not to understand that the OBR leak had absolutely nothing to do with Rachel Reeves because she has calculated that enough people are paying little enough attention that she can get away with it as an attack line. She really is a deeply contemptible person.
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A reminder of how the BBC covered Boris Johnson's long record of lying, as being a "complicated relationship with the truth".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...
December 1, 2025 at 3:08 PM
A reminder of how the BBC covered Boris Johnson's long record of lying, as being a "complicated relationship with the truth".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...
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Dear twats. Just look at who has all the money. Then look at which newspapers they own. Then look at which politicians they support. Then look at which politicians they tell you to hate. Then look at yourself.
Then you might realise you’re being gaslit.
Then you might realise you’re being gaslit.
December 1, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Dear twats. Just look at who has all the money. Then look at which newspapers they own. Then look at which politicians they support. Then look at which politicians they tell you to hate. Then look at yourself.
Then you might realise you’re being gaslit.
Then you might realise you’re being gaslit.
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Gullis is a natural fit for Reform - a racist, a grifter, a chancer and a liar.
December 1, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Gullis is a natural fit for Reform - a racist, a grifter, a chancer and a liar.
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2014: “I admire Putin as an operator”
2010-14: Appeared on Russia today 17 times
2017: Knighted by a 7 year old girl on RT
2022: blames EU for Russian invasion
2024: “We provoked this war … of course it’s his fault – he’s used what we’ve done as an excuse”
Is this not dodgy?
2010-14: Appeared on Russia today 17 times
2017: Knighted by a 7 year old girl on RT
2022: blames EU for Russian invasion
2024: “We provoked this war … of course it’s his fault – he’s used what we’ve done as an excuse”
Is this not dodgy?
December 1, 2025 at 9:15 AM
2014: “I admire Putin as an operator”
2010-14: Appeared on Russia today 17 times
2017: Knighted by a 7 year old girl on RT
2022: blames EU for Russian invasion
2024: “We provoked this war … of course it’s his fault – he’s used what we’ve done as an excuse”
Is this not dodgy?
2010-14: Appeared on Russia today 17 times
2017: Knighted by a 7 year old girl on RT
2022: blames EU for Russian invasion
2024: “We provoked this war … of course it’s his fault – he’s used what we’ve done as an excuse”
Is this not dodgy?
Nigel Farage knows nothing of ethics (or Essex for that matter)
December 1, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Nigel Farage knows nothing of ethics (or Essex for that matter)
Lovely LBC listener has the head if the OBR thrown Rachel Reeves under the bus to protect his own job after leaking to the budget?
Discuss. @lbc.co.uk
Discuss. @lbc.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Lovely LBC listener has the head if the OBR thrown Rachel Reeves under the bus to protect his own job after leaking to the budget?
Discuss. @lbc.co.uk
Discuss. @lbc.co.uk
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Paging Robbie Gibb and Michael Prescott: if you’re pulling together another of those little dossiers on political bias at the BBC, I’ve got a submission for you.
November 30, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Paging Robbie Gibb and Michael Prescott: if you’re pulling together another of those little dossiers on political bias at the BBC, I’ve got a submission for you.
Revenge of the OBR.
November 30, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Revenge of the OBR.
The right wing press are just DESPERATE to bring down the government and instal Farage.
They didn't get the result they wanted at the GE and now all rules have been abandoned.
They didn't get the result they wanted at the GE and now all rules have been abandoned.
November 29, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The right wing press are just DESPERATE to bring down the government and instal Farage.
They didn't get the result they wanted at the GE and now all rules have been abandoned.
They didn't get the result they wanted at the GE and now all rules have been abandoned.
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"Just like in Kent, Reform are finding out that making big pledges about cutting wasteful spending is the easy part. When you actually get to the governing, it all becomes a lot more difficult."
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/reform-durham-county-council-darren-grimes-400775/
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/reform-durham-county-council-darren-grimes-400775/
Darren Grimes' Reform council sees financial black hole grow by £11m
The financial black hole of Reform-controlled Durham County Council - where Darren Grimes is deputy leader - has grown by £11.1m in two months.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
"Just like in Kent, Reform are finding out that making big pledges about cutting wasteful spending is the easy part. When you actually get to the governing, it all becomes a lot more difficult."
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/reform-durham-county-council-darren-grimes-400775/
https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/reform-durham-county-council-darren-grimes-400775/
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Is it over cynical of me to think the Farage school racism (that won't bother many Reform voters) has been planted to distract from the Nathan Gill story.
Why on Earth isn't the story of a British political leader being jailed for Russian Bribery not on the front page of every paper?
Why on Earth isn't the story of a British political leader being jailed for Russian Bribery not on the front page of every paper?
November 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Is it over cynical of me to think the Farage school racism (that won't bother many Reform voters) has been planted to distract from the Nathan Gill story.
Why on Earth isn't the story of a British political leader being jailed for Russian Bribery not on the front page of every paper?
Why on Earth isn't the story of a British political leader being jailed for Russian Bribery not on the front page of every paper?