Passport Steve
@passportsteve.bsky.social
My name is Stephen and I work with....
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At the weekend, the Sunday Times published it's Tax List which highlights which reveals the UK's biggest taxpayers.
You might expect it to line up with their Rich List - but there are some pretty significant differences...
You might expect it to line up with their Rich List - but there are some pretty significant differences...
February 2, 2026 at 4:10 PM
At the weekend, the Sunday Times published it's Tax List which highlights which reveals the UK's biggest taxpayers.
You might expect it to line up with their Rich List - but there are some pretty significant differences...
You might expect it to line up with their Rich List - but there are some pretty significant differences...
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⁉️ Why are many of the richest Brits missing from the list of the highest taxpayers? Funny how that works.
February 4, 2026 at 1:38 PM
⁉️ Why are many of the richest Brits missing from the list of the highest taxpayers? Funny how that works.
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457 UK armed forces personnel died in Afghanistan during the 20-year deployment.
This is a fucking hideous thing to say. Even by his non-existent standards.
This is a fucking hideous thing to say. Even by his non-existent standards.
Trump on NATO: "I've always said, will they be there if we ever needed them? That's really the ultimate test. I'm not sure of that. We've never needed them. They'll say they sent some troops to Afghanistan and this or that. And they did. They stayed a little back, off the front lines."
January 22, 2026 at 2:16 PM
457 UK armed forces personnel died in Afghanistan during the 20-year deployment.
This is a fucking hideous thing to say. Even by his non-existent standards.
This is a fucking hideous thing to say. Even by his non-existent standards.
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This statement will probably be deleted in the coming hours or days, or conveniently edited, but the Internet never forgets... We're going to need a new nickname that includes his flip-flop tendencies. Any ideas?
January 20, 2026 at 10:44 AM
This statement will probably be deleted in the coming hours or days, or conveniently edited, but the Internet never forgets... We're going to need a new nickname that includes his flip-flop tendencies. Any ideas?
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Some *free* weekend reading: our special report on the Teesside regeneration scandal ⤵️
As Tees Valley mayor Lord Houchen's defence of his deal with local businessmen crumbles, here's the Eye's recent special report on how Britain's flagship regeneration scheme secretly turned into one of the biggest giveaways of public money on record.
➡️ www.private-eye.co.uk/special-repo...
➡️ www.private-eye.co.uk/special-repo...
Special Report: Stripped Tees
IT WAS to be the UK’s largest regeneration scheme in decades, a model for regional devolution and the flagship post-Brexit freeport. But the redevelopment of the former steelworks on the south bank of...
www.private-eye.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Some *free* weekend reading: our special report on the Teesside regeneration scandal ⤵️
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It's now unconscionable for the government to be posting on X.
X is not a neutral utility, it is far, far darker: an environment that shapes behaviour, rewards cruelty, and normalises abuse.
@theleaduk.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/theleadu...
X is not a neutral utility, it is far, far darker: an environment that shapes behaviour, rewards cruelty, and normalises abuse.
@theleaduk.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/theleadu...
Abuse thrives where the government tweets – why it's time to quit X now
The use of AI tool Grok to generate en masse intimate images of real women and girls is sickening.
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:21 PM
It's now unconscionable for the government to be posting on X.
X is not a neutral utility, it is far, far darker: an environment that shapes behaviour, rewards cruelty, and normalises abuse.
@theleaduk.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/theleadu...
X is not a neutral utility, it is far, far darker: an environment that shapes behaviour, rewards cruelty, and normalises abuse.
@theleaduk.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/theleadu...
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It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
January 3, 2026 at 3:34 PM
It’s not about drugs. If it was, Trump wouldn’t have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
It’s about oil and regime change.
And they need a trial now to pretend that it isn’t. Especially to distract from his sinking under Epstein and skyrocketing healthcare costs.
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Number crunching: Telegraph editorial columns in December highlighting ‘the unreliability of social media’ v corrections the Telegraph has had to publish so far this year due to inaccurate reporting
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
December 27, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Number crunching: Telegraph editorial columns in December highlighting ‘the unreliability of social media’ v corrections the Telegraph has had to publish so far this year due to inaccurate reporting
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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“Is the person who said these things a fit person to be our prime minister?"
Peter Ettedgui tells @mrjamesob.bsky.social why he ‘didn’t hesitate’ to go public with his accusations against his former classmate Nigel Farage.
Peter Ettedgui tells @mrjamesob.bsky.social why he ‘didn’t hesitate’ to go public with his accusations against his former classmate Nigel Farage.
December 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
“Is the person who said these things a fit person to be our prime minister?"
Peter Ettedgui tells @mrjamesob.bsky.social why he ‘didn’t hesitate’ to go public with his accusations against his former classmate Nigel Farage.
Peter Ettedgui tells @mrjamesob.bsky.social why he ‘didn’t hesitate’ to go public with his accusations against his former classmate Nigel Farage.
I was just listening to Smith & Sniff about another beaching and this turns up? @sniffpetrol.com
Dead sperm whale – weight of a fully loaded tractor-trailer – has washed ashore in Nantucket and officials aren’t sure how to move it
Dead sperm whale washed ashore in Nantucket and officials aren’t sure how to move it
www.independent.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I was just listening to Smith & Sniff about another beaching and this turns up? @sniffpetrol.com
Relevant to BBC? @mrjamesob.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Relevant to BBC? @mrjamesob.bsky.social
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NEWS! Children in Need celebrates raising less than half the amount Michelle Mone still owes the government for faulty PPE
Children in Need celebrates raising less than half the amount Michelle Mone still owes the government for faulty PPE
Friday night saw Children in Need raise an incredible £46m, which is about 40% of the amount of money still owed by companies linked to Michelle Mone for faulty PPE delivered during the covid pande…
buff.ly
November 15, 2025 at 9:21 AM
NEWS! Children in Need celebrates raising less than half the amount Michelle Mone still owes the government for faulty PPE
Long overdue
Brussels and London committed to a youth mobility deal at this May's much-hyped EU “reset” summit, with the details to be thrashed out in long-running talks.
On one point, there's already a flashing red light.
On one point, there's already a flashing red light.
Brussels’ Brexit reset demands put Keir Starmer in a migration bind
The European Union’s pitch for youth mobility is asking Keir Starmer to break his manifesto pledges on migration.
www.politico.eu
October 22, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Long overdue
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Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.
October 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.
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NEWS! Nation capable of spotting spurious link between paracetamol and autism still baffled by obvious link between guns and mass shootings
Nation capable of spotting spurious link between paracetamol and autism still baffled by obvious link between guns and mass shootings
The United States has once again demonstrated its unique talent for scientific deduction by confidently declaring there may be a link between pregnant women taking paracetamol and children developi…
buff.ly
September 23, 2025 at 7:18 AM
NEWS! Nation capable of spotting spurious link between paracetamol and autism still baffled by obvious link between guns and mass shootings
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Wow.
Useful reminder from Peter Kellner on the problems we refuse to acknowledge are getting better, and the politics of hopelessness that this breeds
open.substack.com/pub/kellnerp...
open.substack.com/pub/kellnerp...
September 23, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Wow.
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Jamie Raskin's full speech roasting Farage and free speech imposters like him/Trump is now online here.....
Watch it all.
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
Watch it all.
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
HEATED DEBATE: Rep. Jamie Raskin DESTROYS Nigel Farage in Explosive Capitol Hill Clash | AC1G
YouTube video by DRM News
www.youtube.com
September 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Jamie Raskin's full speech roasting Farage and free speech imposters like him/Trump is now online here.....
Watch it all.
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
Watch it all.
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
Official spokesperson for the raving loony party?
Open borders and no nuclear power
And obligatory pronouns
And obligatory pronouns
August 1, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Official spokesperson for the raving loony party?
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The data breach occurred under Boris Johnson. The superinjunction was put in place under Rishi Sunak, who then kept it in place via the Court of Appeal in 2024. Labour ordered a review then lifted the injunction.
Conclusion: it's all Labour’s fault.
Conclusion: it's all Labour’s fault.
July 16, 2025 at 9:04 AM
The data breach occurred under Boris Johnson. The superinjunction was put in place under Rishi Sunak, who then kept it in place via the Court of Appeal in 2024. Labour ordered a review then lifted the injunction.
Conclusion: it's all Labour’s fault.
Conclusion: it's all Labour’s fault.
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Adding to the surreal nature of life at war in Ukraine, I never imagined that it would be my introduction of prawn cocktail crisps into Ukrainian amputee rehabilitation would be the post that earned me my 15 mins of fame on @mrjamesob.bsky.social LBC.
Yuliya: Why you have suitcase full of chips?! And you have cocktail made of fish?!?
Me: For the English patient at Superhumans.
Yuliya: And you bring him chips that taste of crazy British fish cocktails??!!!
Me: He asked for them.
Yuliya: Poor guy is sick. They give him too many drugs I think.
Me: For the English patient at Superhumans.
Yuliya: And you bring him chips that taste of crazy British fish cocktails??!!!
Me: He asked for them.
Yuliya: Poor guy is sick. They give him too many drugs I think.
April 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Adding to the surreal nature of life at war in Ukraine, I never imagined that it would be my introduction of prawn cocktail crisps into Ukrainian amputee rehabilitation would be the post that earned me my 15 mins of fame on @mrjamesob.bsky.social LBC.
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This is what we all feared. The United States and Russia bullying brave President Zelensky into a terrible deal.
Time for the United Kingdom and Europe to stand up to Trump and seize the Russian assets so we can go it alone.
Time for the United Kingdom and Europe to stand up to Trump and seize the Russian assets so we can go it alone.
April 23, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This is what we all feared. The United States and Russia bullying brave President Zelensky into a terrible deal.
Time for the United Kingdom and Europe to stand up to Trump and seize the Russian assets so we can go it alone.
Time for the United Kingdom and Europe to stand up to Trump and seize the Russian assets so we can go it alone.
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Can JD Vance go visit Putin please?
April 21, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Can JD Vance go visit Putin please?
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Unbelievable. Trump gives the tyrant Putin a US-Russia ice hockey game. Meanwhile he tells Zelensky to hand over Ukraine’s sovereign energy infrastructure and minerals.
America used to stand for something.
America used to stand for something.
March 20, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Unbelievable. Trump gives the tyrant Putin a US-Russia ice hockey game. Meanwhile he tells Zelensky to hand over Ukraine’s sovereign energy infrastructure and minerals.
America used to stand for something.
America used to stand for something.