Peter Maxson
@petermaxson.bsky.social
Director of Linxs Consultancy, football referee, MCFC fan and Lib Dem. But all views here are purely my own.
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Man who bought up 33,000 acres of farmland to avoid tax and moved his business to Singapore after the Brexit he voted for wants your sympathy.
December 28, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Man who bought up 33,000 acres of farmland to avoid tax and moved his business to Singapore after the Brexit he voted for wants your sympathy.
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As usual, Putin gets an opportunity to prime Trump with the Kremlin line before the US leader meets with Zelensky. #Wormtongue
December 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
As usual, Putin gets an opportunity to prime Trump with the Kremlin line before the US leader meets with Zelensky. #Wormtongue
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this is one of the most psychotic things Trump has ever posted
December 15, 2025 at 2:52 PM
this is one of the most psychotic things Trump has ever posted
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This is madness. Lammy has now been told off merely for admitting (very reluctantly) in an interview that the UK would be better off in a Customs Union with the EU, even though he was extra careful not to join the dots to any sort of suggestion that it was Labour policy.
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December 6, 2025 at 10:17 AM
This is madness. Lammy has now been told off merely for admitting (very reluctantly) in an interview that the UK would be better off in a Customs Union with the EU, even though he was extra careful not to join the dots to any sort of suggestion that it was Labour policy.
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Until England pick people on proven red ball form and technique and not feeling nothing will change. Stokes didn't like the arrogant label, well it fits pretty well
December 6, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Until England pick people on proven red ball form and technique and not feeling nothing will change. Stokes didn't like the arrogant label, well it fits pretty well
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Starmer: you going to explain we have tax rises and spending cuts because of Brexit?
Reeves: nah, my constituents voted for Brexit, I don't want to upset them
Reeves: nah, my constituents voted for Brexit, I don't want to upset them
November 25, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Starmer: you going to explain we have tax rises and spending cuts because of Brexit?
Reeves: nah, my constituents voted for Brexit, I don't want to upset them
Reeves: nah, my constituents voted for Brexit, I don't want to upset them
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For who? The people hit by this tax only have one paycheque, I doubt, say, a junior doctor is going 'oh - thank goodness, instead of just taking back that £1,508 a year from me by reversing Jeremy Hunt's NI cuts, you are taking that money via PAYE in a *different way*!|
Extending the scope of a tax is patently different to increasing it
November 25, 2025 at 10:58 PM
For who? The people hit by this tax only have one paycheque, I doubt, say, a junior doctor is going 'oh - thank goodness, instead of just taking back that £1,508 a year from me by reversing Jeremy Hunt's NI cuts, you are taking that money via PAYE in a *different way*!|
Pretty childish
Zack Polanski tells the BBC it would be "very tempting" for him to stand in Keir Starmer's seat at the next general election
November 23, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Pretty childish
Been reading Stephan Schmelt's piece on BBC website and all of it is true. At what point do people say captaincy, tactics, coaching and preparation are the problem.
Positive cricket did us well, poor preparation will never
Positive cricket did us well, poor preparation will never
November 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Been reading Stephan Schmelt's piece on BBC website and all of it is true. At what point do people say captaincy, tactics, coaching and preparation are the problem.
Positive cricket did us well, poor preparation will never
Positive cricket did us well, poor preparation will never
Did any journalist ask Stokes why he was so terrible as a captain today. Blame for this, 1, batsmen, 2, Stokes' captaincy. 3, bowlers
November 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Did any journalist ask Stokes why he was so terrible as a captain today. Blame for this, 1, batsmen, 2, Stokes' captaincy. 3, bowlers
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Rachael Johnson: "Boris did his best".
Only because his best has always been fucking awful.
Let's consider Boris Johnson, a moral man and a great politician: I'd love to talk about all three of them, but I only have space for Boris.
Only because his best has always been fucking awful.
Let's consider Boris Johnson, a moral man and a great politician: I'd love to talk about all three of them, but I only have space for Boris.
November 22, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Rachael Johnson: "Boris did his best".
Only because his best has always been fucking awful.
Let's consider Boris Johnson, a moral man and a great politician: I'd love to talk about all three of them, but I only have space for Boris.
Only because his best has always been fucking awful.
Let's consider Boris Johnson, a moral man and a great politician: I'd love to talk about all three of them, but I only have space for Boris.
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Baroness Jones, "The problem is that labour have not created enough safe managed routes"
"If we had safe managed routes people could come here, justify their arrival, start to work, start to pay tax, start to create business"
"And actually be a huge benefit to our society"
"If we had safe managed routes people could come here, justify their arrival, start to work, start to pay tax, start to create business"
"And actually be a huge benefit to our society"
November 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Baroness Jones, "The problem is that labour have not created enough safe managed routes"
"If we had safe managed routes people could come here, justify their arrival, start to work, start to pay tax, start to create business"
"And actually be a huge benefit to our society"
"If we had safe managed routes people could come here, justify their arrival, start to work, start to pay tax, start to create business"
"And actually be a huge benefit to our society"
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Have been thinking about “immigration has been tearing this country apart.” Surely I’m not the only person to think that it isn’t true, but inflamed rhetoric about immigration by politicians is what is tearing this country apart and so statements like that only makes it worse.
November 18, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Have been thinking about “immigration has been tearing this country apart.” Surely I’m not the only person to think that it isn’t true, but inflamed rhetoric about immigration by politicians is what is tearing this country apart and so statements like that only makes it worse.
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For the benefit of any doubt I am joking, but at the same time it’s fairly baffling why *any* Labour politician would want it briefed that they take inspiration from Trump’s mass deportation policies.
November 16, 2025 at 9:08 PM
For the benefit of any doubt I am joking, but at the same time it’s fairly baffling why *any* Labour politician would want it briefed that they take inspiration from Trump’s mass deportation policies.
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Another chilling aspect... The Tories simply passed a law declaring Rwanda "safe".
Do we really trust that this govt or the next won't resort to similar tactics if this finds them politically convenient?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Do we really trust that this govt or the next won't resort to similar tactics if this finds them politically convenient?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
November 16, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Another chilling aspect... The Tories simply passed a law declaring Rwanda "safe".
Do we really trust that this govt or the next won't resort to similar tactics if this finds them politically convenient?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Do we really trust that this govt or the next won't resort to similar tactics if this finds them politically convenient?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
November 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
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Someone in Labour needs to start telling the truth to the leadership. Soon. This can't go on - it's not just nasty, it's unsustainable.
November 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Someone in Labour needs to start telling the truth to the leadership. Soon. This can't go on - it's not just nasty, it's unsustainable.
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And look, not to defend Michelle Mone, but no, the problem was not '14 years of looting'. The problem is conscious decisions that mean we have a state that only does crisis spending, that crisis spending is by definition expensive, and so most taxpayers get nothing for their money.
November 15, 2025 at 11:25 AM
And look, not to defend Michelle Mone, but no, the problem was not '14 years of looting'. The problem is conscious decisions that mean we have a state that only does crisis spending, that crisis spending is by definition expensive, and so most taxpayers get nothing for their money.
That's basically the same thing
BREAKING Home Office is about to announce that police and crime commissioners are to be scrapped..
Established in 2012 by Theresa May, Labour has never been a fan of the PCC system…they’ll be replaced in 2028 by policing mayors & local policing boards ..
Established in 2012 by Theresa May, Labour has never been a fan of the PCC system…they’ll be replaced in 2028 by policing mayors & local policing boards ..
November 13, 2025 at 11:38 AM
That's basically the same thing
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BREAKING Home Office is about to announce that police and crime commissioners are to be scrapped..
Established in 2012 by Theresa May, Labour has never been a fan of the PCC system…they’ll be replaced in 2028 by policing mayors & local policing boards ..
Established in 2012 by Theresa May, Labour has never been a fan of the PCC system…they’ll be replaced in 2028 by policing mayors & local policing boards ..
November 13, 2025 at 11:13 AM
BREAKING Home Office is about to announce that police and crime commissioners are to be scrapped..
Established in 2012 by Theresa May, Labour has never been a fan of the PCC system…they’ll be replaced in 2028 by policing mayors & local policing boards ..
Established in 2012 by Theresa May, Labour has never been a fan of the PCC system…they’ll be replaced in 2028 by policing mayors & local policing boards ..
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Reversing radical ideas championed by Daniel Hannan, you say?
BREAKING Home Office is about to announce that police and crime commissioners are to be scrapped..
Established in 2012 by Theresa May, Labour has never been a fan of the PCC system…they’ll be replaced in 2028 by policing mayors & local policing boards ..
Established in 2012 by Theresa May, Labour has never been a fan of the PCC system…they’ll be replaced in 2028 by policing mayors & local policing boards ..
November 13, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Reversing radical ideas championed by Daniel Hannan, you say?
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One, ex-Sunday Times political editor turned lobbyist Michael Prescott, had worked at PR firm Hanover. While at the BBC, Prescott raised internal concerns about editorial standards - but after leaving this summer, he went to his old media contacts with a list of the BBC’s failings.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
One, ex-Sunday Times political editor turned lobbyist Michael Prescott, had worked at PR firm Hanover. While at the BBC, Prescott raised internal concerns about editorial standards - but after leaving this summer, he went to his old media contacts with a list of the BBC’s failings.
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‘Dirty Donald’ is what Trump should be called from now until the end of time
Jeffrey Epstein in 2018: "i know how dirty donald is."
November 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
‘Dirty Donald’ is what Trump should be called from now until the end of time
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NEW
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
emptycity.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...
The letter the BBC could send back to Trump
A proposal for a reply to his $1bn claim
By me. Enjoy.
emptycity.substack.com/p/the-letter...