Redsamo
@redsamo.bsky.social
Live in North Wales owned by Ivy. Football fan. Try to be socially responsible. 🏴
I bought one of these last year for my son and it was a great success and is much used
It's that time of year again! 🎄 Imagine the look on your loved ones faces when they unwrap their very own Orkney Library Tote Bag on #Christmas morning!
Sturdy canvas bags with the Orkney Library logo in Red, Green, Blue, Purple or Pink. £10 each.
Sturdy canvas bags with the Orkney Library logo in Red, Green, Blue, Purple or Pink. £10 each.
November 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I bought one of these last year for my son and it was a great success and is much used
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"We will always be on the side of working people", Farage's 'Letter to the Nation' says today.
What he neglects to admit is that Reform plans to cut £300+ billion from the public services that these "working people" rely on every day.
What he neglects to admit is that Reform plans to cut £300+ billion from the public services that these "working people" rely on every day.
November 27, 2025 at 9:47 AM
"We will always be on the side of working people", Farage's 'Letter to the Nation' says today.
What he neglects to admit is that Reform plans to cut £300+ billion from the public services that these "working people" rely on every day.
What he neglects to admit is that Reform plans to cut £300+ billion from the public services that these "working people" rely on every day.
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Let’s take a moment to remind ourselves what Farage thought of Truss’s budget that cost Britain about £30,000,000,000.
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Let’s take a moment to remind ourselves what Farage thought of Truss’s budget that cost Britain about £30,000,000,000.
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Lib Dem leader Ed Davey just called for a national investigation into Russian interference in British politics.
(PM doesn't commit but slams Nigel Farage's party for the Nathan Gill bribery scandal)
(PM doesn't commit but slams Nigel Farage's party for the Nathan Gill bribery scandal)
November 26, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey just called for a national investigation into Russian interference in British politics.
(PM doesn't commit but slams Nigel Farage's party for the Nathan Gill bribery scandal)
(PM doesn't commit but slams Nigel Farage's party for the Nathan Gill bribery scandal)
I've just added to the numbers in Wales
A petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics and democracy has reached over 60,000 signatures with the percentage of people signing it highest in Wales ✍️ Emily Price
Russian influence inquiry petition has higher concentration of signatures in Wales
Emily Price A petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics and democracy has reached over 60,000 signatures with the percentage of people signing it highest in Wales. T...
nation.cymru
November 27, 2025 at 10:55 AM
I've just added to the numbers in Wales
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Seeing the ranting of the right wing press proves there is some good stuff in Reeves' budget. After all these newspapers were the ones that welcomed Truss and Kwarteng's budget calling it a 'true Tory budget'!
November 27, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Seeing the ranting of the right wing press proves there is some good stuff in Reeves' budget. After all these newspapers were the ones that welcomed Truss and Kwarteng's budget calling it a 'true Tory budget'!
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Resolution Foundation analysis of the Chancellor's Budget:
Typical families gain approximately £230 from energy bill support, fuel duty & rail fare measures.
Scrapping two-child benefit limit helps over half a million families by an average of £5,000.
The Budget is progressive overall, RF finds.
Typical families gain approximately £230 from energy bill support, fuel duty & rail fare measures.
Scrapping two-child benefit limit helps over half a million families by an average of £5,000.
The Budget is progressive overall, RF finds.
November 27, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Resolution Foundation analysis of the Chancellor's Budget:
Typical families gain approximately £230 from energy bill support, fuel duty & rail fare measures.
Scrapping two-child benefit limit helps over half a million families by an average of £5,000.
The Budget is progressive overall, RF finds.
Typical families gain approximately £230 from energy bill support, fuel duty & rail fare measures.
Scrapping two-child benefit limit helps over half a million families by an average of £5,000.
The Budget is progressive overall, RF finds.
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Vote accordingly: Net migration drops by two thirds in a year in boost to Keir Starmer
Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates long-term net migration was 204,000 in the year to June - down from 649,000 the year before.
Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates long-term net migration was 204,000 in the year to June - down from 649,000 the year before.
Net migration drops by two thirds in a year in boost to Keir Starmer
Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates long-term net migration was 204,000 in the year to June - down from 649,000 the year before
www.mirror.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Vote accordingly: Net migration drops by two thirds in a year in boost to Keir Starmer
Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates long-term net migration was 204,000 in the year to June - down from 649,000 the year before.
Figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) estimates long-term net migration was 204,000 in the year to June - down from 649,000 the year before.
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Am writing a budget thread but just something to note: in real terms the 1 January price cap 'typical bill' is already £250 lower than it was same period two years ago.
Energy prices are going down, not up. Any journalist who says they're going up is wrong.
Energy prices are going down, not up. Any journalist who says they're going up is wrong.
November 27, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Am writing a budget thread but just something to note: in real terms the 1 January price cap 'typical bill' is already £250 lower than it was same period two years ago.
Energy prices are going down, not up. Any journalist who says they're going up is wrong.
Energy prices are going down, not up. Any journalist who says they're going up is wrong.
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Since we introduced free school meals for London’s state primary school children two years ago, an incredible 100 million have now been provided.
Thank you to everyone who has worked together to reach this historic milestone.
Thank you to everyone who has worked together to reach this historic milestone.
November 27, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Since we introduced free school meals for London’s state primary school children two years ago, an incredible 100 million have now been provided.
Thank you to everyone who has worked together to reach this historic milestone.
Thank you to everyone who has worked together to reach this historic milestone.
This is a long and laudable list and what is in the media? - tax goes up and Starmer out. Let's hope people see the improvements in their lives and in services and come to the right conclusion. Do I think this government is perfect - definitely not - do I fear an alternative - definitely.
What spending was announced / funded / committed to in the 2025 Budget?
It's a long list - and likely incomplete, so will add more if I hear of them!
+ recommits to £120bn public investment across the Parliament
+ doubling local roads funding - now over £2bn
1/10
It's a long list - and likely incomplete, so will add more if I hear of them!
+ recommits to £120bn public investment across the Parliament
+ doubling local roads funding - now over £2bn
1/10
November 27, 2025 at 7:26 AM
This is a long and laudable list and what is in the media? - tax goes up and Starmer out. Let's hope people see the improvements in their lives and in services and come to the right conclusion. Do I think this government is perfect - definitely not - do I fear an alternative - definitely.
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+ £4.2m will clean up contaminated ‘brownfield’ land in Port Talbot
+ AI Growth Zone will in North Wales with £5m investment & AI Growth Zone in South Wales
+ £25m for the Anglesey Freeport
+ £820m for the Scottish Government on top of the extra £9.1bn in the spending review
5/10
+ AI Growth Zone will in North Wales with £5m investment & AI Growth Zone in South Wales
+ £25m for the Anglesey Freeport
+ £820m for the Scottish Government on top of the extra £9.1bn in the spending review
5/10
November 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
+ £4.2m will clean up contaminated ‘brownfield’ land in Port Talbot
+ AI Growth Zone will in North Wales with £5m investment & AI Growth Zone in South Wales
+ £25m for the Anglesey Freeport
+ £820m for the Scottish Government on top of the extra £9.1bn in the spending review
5/10
+ AI Growth Zone will in North Wales with £5m investment & AI Growth Zone in South Wales
+ £25m for the Anglesey Freeport
+ £820m for the Scottish Government on top of the extra £9.1bn in the spending review
5/10
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+ £1.5bn over the next 3yrs for the Youth Guarantee & the Growth and Skills Levy, apprenticeship training totally free for under 25s in SMEs
+ £25m to double the number of Youth Hubs from 111 to over 200
+ £505m for the Welsh Government
4/10
+ £25m to double the number of Youth Hubs from 111 to over 200
+ £505m for the Welsh Government
4/10
November 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
+ £1.5bn over the next 3yrs for the Youth Guarantee & the Growth and Skills Levy, apprenticeship training totally free for under 25s in SMEs
+ £25m to double the number of Youth Hubs from 111 to over 200
+ £505m for the Welsh Government
4/10
+ £25m to double the number of Youth Hubs from 111 to over 200
+ £505m for the Welsh Government
4/10
If you own a house worth this much you can afford this paltrey additional payment every year. It just modernises the current council tax system in an easy way. I am not sure mansion tax is the right name.
🚨 NEW: Rachel Reeves sets out the details of "mansion tax" from 2028 for homes above £2m
Homes worth above £2m+ will pay an extra £2,500 a year and £5m+ homes will pay an extra £7,500 a year
#Budget
Homes worth above £2m+ will pay an extra £2,500 a year and £5m+ homes will pay an extra £7,500 a year
#Budget
November 27, 2025 at 7:21 AM
If you own a house worth this much you can afford this paltrey additional payment every year. It just modernises the current council tax system in an easy way. I am not sure mansion tax is the right name.
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Ada, Countess of Lovelace, daughter of Lord Byron, mathematician & a pioneer of computing; born 1815, died #OTD 1852. #WomeninStem
Painted by Margaret Sarah Carpenter 1836
UK Government Art Collection
Painted by Margaret Sarah Carpenter 1836
UK Government Art Collection
November 27, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Ada, Countess of Lovelace, daughter of Lord Byron, mathematician & a pioneer of computing; born 1815, died #OTD 1852. #WomeninStem
Painted by Margaret Sarah Carpenter 1836
UK Government Art Collection
Painted by Margaret Sarah Carpenter 1836
UK Government Art Collection
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“We are ramping up sanctions on Russia…
We are freezing known Russian assets…
But let me be clear, I don’t actually mean the right honourable member for Clacton.”
We are freezing known Russian assets…
But let me be clear, I don’t actually mean the right honourable member for Clacton.”
Reeves aims a searing ‘Russian assets’ gibe at Farage
Rachel Reeves used her Budget speech to jab at Nigel Farage, invoking Russia amid renewed security concerns
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
“We are ramping up sanctions on Russia…
We are freezing known Russian assets…
But let me be clear, I don’t actually mean the right honourable member for Clacton.”
We are freezing known Russian assets…
But let me be clear, I don’t actually mean the right honourable member for Clacton.”
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Two members of the National Guard have been shot outside the White House.
Surely the White House will call for unity and not assign blame prematurely.
Surely the White House will call for unity and not assign blame prematurely.
November 26, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Two members of the National Guard have been shot outside the White House.
Surely the White House will call for unity and not assign blame prematurely.
Surely the White House will call for unity and not assign blame prematurely.
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Dear #bbcwalesnews Please teach your subtitles how to spell the name of the town of Mold.
(Not Mould)
(Not Mould)
November 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Dear #bbcwalesnews Please teach your subtitles how to spell the name of the town of Mold.
(Not Mould)
(Not Mould)
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Online claims that pork was removed from some school menus in a Welsh city are not true, a senior councillor has confirmed amid warnings about 'rumour and speculation'
Pork ‘isn’t off the menu’ amid false rumours of school lunch ban
Nicholas Thomas – Local democracy reporter Online claims that pork was removed from some school menus in a Welsh city are not true, a senior councillor has confirmed amid warnings about “rumour and sp...
nation.cymru
November 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Online claims that pork was removed from some school menus in a Welsh city are not true, a senior councillor has confirmed amid warnings about 'rumour and speculation'
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I was in a bad zone in UK. Now in a good zone in Spain.
November 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I was in a bad zone in UK. Now in a good zone in Spain.
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"This was a relatively modest and uneventful budget, and yet it’s dominated the headlines for three months … In policy terms, and on the substance, Labour has just about got itself a passing grade with this budget. The way it’s been sold to the public is a catastrophic failure."
The Budget: Rachel Reeves’s missed opportunity
A government doesn’t get many chances to make real change. Today was one of those opportunities - the chancellor missed it
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"This was a relatively modest and uneventful budget, and yet it’s dominated the headlines for three months … In policy terms, and on the substance, Labour has just about got itself a passing grade with this budget. The way it’s been sold to the public is a catastrophic failure."
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Trump is making foreign tourists to US national park pay $100 (£76) per person to access 11 of the most popular sites.
Makes £1.30 per night tourism tax in Wales seem a bit tame doesn't it?
Weird that the politicians who said this would "kill tourism" in Wales are quiet about this...
Makes £1.30 per night tourism tax in Wales seem a bit tame doesn't it?
Weird that the politicians who said this would "kill tourism" in Wales are quiet about this...
November 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Trump is making foreign tourists to US national park pay $100 (£76) per person to access 11 of the most popular sites.
Makes £1.30 per night tourism tax in Wales seem a bit tame doesn't it?
Weird that the politicians who said this would "kill tourism" in Wales are quiet about this...
Makes £1.30 per night tourism tax in Wales seem a bit tame doesn't it?
Weird that the politicians who said this would "kill tourism" in Wales are quiet about this...
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Political 'journalists' no longer report on the facts and truth.
They share gossip and speculation.
And when the facts are know they move on to the next round of speculation and gossip.
I can guarantee you before the end of today, many in the media will be speculating about the next Budget!
They share gossip and speculation.
And when the facts are know they move on to the next round of speculation and gossip.
I can guarantee you before the end of today, many in the media will be speculating about the next Budget!
November 26, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Political 'journalists' no longer report on the facts and truth.
They share gossip and speculation.
And when the facts are know they move on to the next round of speculation and gossip.
I can guarantee you before the end of today, many in the media will be speculating about the next Budget!
They share gossip and speculation.
And when the facts are know they move on to the next round of speculation and gossip.
I can guarantee you before the end of today, many in the media will be speculating about the next Budget!
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As for Farage’s use of racist slurs being confined to his childhood - well, that's not what Alan Sked, the founder of UKIP, claimed in this 2014 interview.
He says here that Farage was using the "n" word as late as 1997.
Farage would have been about 33 at time.
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
He says here that Farage was using the "n" word as late as 1997.
Farage would have been about 33 at time.
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
Ukip founder Alan Sked: 'The party has become a Frankenstein's monster'
He may have founded Ukip, but Alan Sked's moderate, Brussels-boycotting party has gone rogue. Stuart Jeffries meets the academic who's desperate to stop the bandwagon he first set rolling
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
As for Farage’s use of racist slurs being confined to his childhood - well, that's not what Alan Sked, the founder of UKIP, claimed in this 2014 interview.
He says here that Farage was using the "n" word as late as 1997.
Farage would have been about 33 at time.
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
He says here that Farage was using the "n" word as late as 1997.
Farage would have been about 33 at time.
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...