Richard Davies
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“How many refugees have been granted asylum in the UK?”
Most people overestimate the number - by a lot. With far-right figures spreading misinformation, it’s hard for the public to know the truth.
Watch the video to see just how wide the gap is between perception and reality.
Most people overestimate the number - by a lot. With far-right figures spreading misinformation, it’s hard for the public to know the truth.
Watch the video to see just how wide the gap is between perception and reality.
November 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
“How many refugees have been granted asylum in the UK?”
Most people overestimate the number - by a lot. With far-right figures spreading misinformation, it’s hard for the public to know the truth.
Watch the video to see just how wide the gap is between perception and reality.
Most people overestimate the number - by a lot. With far-right figures spreading misinformation, it’s hard for the public to know the truth.
Watch the video to see just how wide the gap is between perception and reality.
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Labour policy is being celebrated by Tommy Robinson.
That's it.
That's all you ever need to say to explain who Labour are.
That's it.
That's all you ever need to say to explain who Labour are.
November 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Labour policy is being celebrated by Tommy Robinson.
That's it.
That's all you ever need to say to explain who Labour are.
That's it.
That's all you ever need to say to explain who Labour are.
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
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I’m angry at the BBC fucking itself over in a vain attempt to appease the right-wing media, of course I am, but the majority of my deep displeasure and fury is aimed squarely at the Murdoch papers, the Mail and the Telegraph. Their toxic bullshit is destroying everything good about this country.
November 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I’m angry at the BBC fucking itself over in a vain attempt to appease the right-wing media, of course I am, but the majority of my deep displeasure and fury is aimed squarely at the Murdoch papers, the Mail and the Telegraph. Their toxic bullshit is destroying everything good about this country.
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Never forget this. Monster.
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Never forget this. Monster.
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REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”
October 31, 2025 at 2:33 AM
REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”
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Seasonal reminder, Pumpkins make Hedgehogs sick, so don't leave any out where they can reach them.
October 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Seasonal reminder, Pumpkins make Hedgehogs sick, so don't leave any out where they can reach them.
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Just remember what the roundabout painters are telling you, it's the lads in the boats that are costing you a fortune.
The boats are in water so that means your water bill goes up 36%
Nothing to do with the unchecked greed of water companies for decades.
The boats are in water so that means your water bill goes up 36%
Nothing to do with the unchecked greed of water companies for decades.
Millions of households face jump in water bills after regulator backs more price rises
Millions of households face jump in water bills after regulator backs more price rises
Competition watchdog agrees requests from Anglian, Northumbrian, Southern, Wessex and South East to raise household bills
Millions of households in England will see their water bills increase by even more than expected, after the competition regulator gave the green light for five water suppliers to raise charges to customers – but rejected most of the companies’ demands.
An independent group of experts appointed by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) provisionally decided to allow the companies to charge customers an extra £556m over the next five years, it said on Thursday. That was only 21% of the £2.7bn that the firms requested. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Just remember what the roundabout painters are telling you, it's the lads in the boats that are costing you a fortune.
The boats are in water so that means your water bill goes up 36%
Nothing to do with the unchecked greed of water companies for decades.
The boats are in water so that means your water bill goes up 36%
Nothing to do with the unchecked greed of water companies for decades.
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When Adolf Hitler came to power he released his imprisoned supporters from jail, crushed social security programmes in return for tax cuts for the rich and sent his thugs out to arrest immigrants and minorities.
See any similarities?
See any similarities?
October 4, 2025 at 10:51 PM
When Adolf Hitler came to power he released his imprisoned supporters from jail, crushed social security programmes in return for tax cuts for the rich and sent his thugs out to arrest immigrants and minorities.
See any similarities?
See any similarities?
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History repeats.
October 4, 2025 at 6:54 AM
History repeats.
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Right-wing media fluffs Farage for years, to the point where he now leads the polls, and then start whining about Starmer being 'obsessed' when he starts telling some long overdue home truths. It's actually hilarious.
October 1, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Right-wing media fluffs Farage for years, to the point where he now leads the polls, and then start whining about Starmer being 'obsessed' when he starts telling some long overdue home truths. It's actually hilarious.
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If I was an allegedly centrist Prime Minister of the UK who is facing being wiped out by fascists in a few years, I probably wouldn’t be building them infrastructure with which they can track & surveil citizens.
But that’s probably just me.
But that’s probably just me.
September 29, 2025 at 5:34 AM
If I was an allegedly centrist Prime Minister of the UK who is facing being wiped out by fascists in a few years, I probably wouldn’t be building them infrastructure with which they can track & surveil citizens.
But that’s probably just me.
But that’s probably just me.
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And yet - nothing about this is on the BBC main app.
It’s hidden under Welsh news.
Nothing in the Daily Mail, Express, The Sun, The Times.
Seems like Farage’s opinions on everything make front page news EXCEPT when one of his guys admits to taking Russian bribes….🤷🏼♀️
13/14
It’s hidden under Welsh news.
Nothing in the Daily Mail, Express, The Sun, The Times.
Seems like Farage’s opinions on everything make front page news EXCEPT when one of his guys admits to taking Russian bribes….🤷🏼♀️
13/14
September 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
And yet - nothing about this is on the BBC main app.
It’s hidden under Welsh news.
Nothing in the Daily Mail, Express, The Sun, The Times.
Seems like Farage’s opinions on everything make front page news EXCEPT when one of his guys admits to taking Russian bribes….🤷🏼♀️
13/14
It’s hidden under Welsh news.
Nothing in the Daily Mail, Express, The Sun, The Times.
Seems like Farage’s opinions on everything make front page news EXCEPT when one of his guys admits to taking Russian bribes….🤷🏼♀️
13/14
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So yes, UKIP/Brexit/Reform are all largely the same party
Brexit/Reform is literally the same party
Yes, Gill was very much Farage’s guy in Wales
The bribes happened during his time as Brexit party MEP with Farage
This is 100% Reform’s man
12/14
Brexit/Reform is literally the same party
Yes, Gill was very much Farage’s guy in Wales
The bribes happened during his time as Brexit party MEP with Farage
This is 100% Reform’s man
12/14
September 27, 2025 at 1:43 PM
So yes, UKIP/Brexit/Reform are all largely the same party
Brexit/Reform is literally the same party
Yes, Gill was very much Farage’s guy in Wales
The bribes happened during his time as Brexit party MEP with Farage
This is 100% Reform’s man
12/14
Brexit/Reform is literally the same party
Yes, Gill was very much Farage’s guy in Wales
The bribes happened during his time as Brexit party MEP with Farage
This is 100% Reform’s man
12/14
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More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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⚠️This is the Jimmy Kimmel monologue that got his show pulled.
Not hate. Not celebration of death.
Just the truth: Republicans rushed to blame the left before any facts about the shooter or motive were known.
Keep sharing it. Spread the truth.
Not hate. Not celebration of death.
Just the truth: Republicans rushed to blame the left before any facts about the shooter or motive were known.
Keep sharing it. Spread the truth.
September 18, 2025 at 5:56 PM
⚠️This is the Jimmy Kimmel monologue that got his show pulled.
Not hate. Not celebration of death.
Just the truth: Republicans rushed to blame the left before any facts about the shooter or motive were known.
Keep sharing it. Spread the truth.
Not hate. Not celebration of death.
Just the truth: Republicans rushed to blame the left before any facts about the shooter or motive were known.
Keep sharing it. Spread the truth.
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multiculturalism has been a success for the UK. Austerity should be blamed for failing the country. It's not a hard message to communicate
September 16, 2025 at 1:27 PM
multiculturalism has been a success for the UK. Austerity should be blamed for failing the country. It's not a hard message to communicate
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Private Eye nailing it again
September 16, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Private Eye nailing it again
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We'll never surrender to them!
Also. Let's listen to them and allow them to shape our policy
Also. Let's listen to them and allow them to shape our policy
September 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
We'll never surrender to them!
Also. Let's listen to them and allow them to shape our policy
Also. Let's listen to them and allow them to shape our policy
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If Starmer and the Labour front-bench continue to sit on their hands and look the other way while fascism rises and multi-billionaires are calling for violence, then what exactly is the point of them?
September 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
If Starmer and the Labour front-bench continue to sit on their hands and look the other way while fascism rises and multi-billionaires are calling for violence, then what exactly is the point of them?
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Sky News says police are "overwhelmed by the numbers". Met coped perfectly well with 2x as many at the pro-Gaza rally, 5x as many at the anti-Brexit march, and 15x as many at London Pride.
They're not overwhelmed by the numbers. They're overwhelmed by the ratio of violent thugs in those numbers.
They're not overwhelmed by the numbers. They're overwhelmed by the ratio of violent thugs in those numbers.
September 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Sky News says police are "overwhelmed by the numbers". Met coped perfectly well with 2x as many at the pro-Gaza rally, 5x as many at the anti-Brexit march, and 15x as many at London Pride.
They're not overwhelmed by the numbers. They're overwhelmed by the ratio of violent thugs in those numbers.
They're not overwhelmed by the numbers. They're overwhelmed by the ratio of violent thugs in those numbers.
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Also…amazing how quickly we went from a post Adolescence “how can we protect our children from online misogyny and extremism?” to “Charlie Kirk was a political activist” 👀
September 13, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Also…amazing how quickly we went from a post Adolescence “how can we protect our children from online misogyny and extremism?” to “Charlie Kirk was a political activist” 👀
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Starmer has the worst political instincts of any party leader in history. His entire strategy is trying to appease a bunch of people who already decided years ago they hated him. Meanwhile he's pissing off everybody who tolerated him.
September 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Starmer has the worst political instincts of any party leader in history. His entire strategy is trying to appease a bunch of people who already decided years ago they hated him. Meanwhile he's pissing off everybody who tolerated him.
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Thanks to Mike (I think) for bringing this hilariously inaccurate piece of revisionist nonsense to my attention. As he says, it's difficult to know where to start, because it is so full of easily-refutable historical errors and false assumptions. But I'm going to try, because it's important.....
Where to begin with such poorly researched villagism presented as the solution for a professional sport.
nation.cymru/sport/the-we...
nation.cymru/sport/the-we...
The Welsh Rugby Union is guilty of trying to fix something that wasn’t broken
Evan Wall I argue that the regionalisation (the attempted franchising of rugby in Wales) is a mistake we are still paying for. When the four regions were introduced, it killed every chance of competit...
nation.cymru
September 4, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Thanks to Mike (I think) for bringing this hilariously inaccurate piece of revisionist nonsense to my attention. As he says, it's difficult to know where to start, because it is so full of easily-refutable historical errors and false assumptions. But I'm going to try, because it's important.....
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On the same day in the Telegraph:
![The Telegraph
Rayner tax scandal - £40k tax dodge - Statement
Angela Rayner dodges £40,000 stamp duty
Deputy Prime Minister reduces tax bill for Hove flat by declaring it as her main residence
[Photo: Angela Rayner pictured at the weekend in Hove, where she has just bought a flat Credit: Dan Charity/The Sun on Sunday]
Robert Mendick Chief Reporter. Amy Gibbons Political Correspondent
29 August 2025 8:57am BST](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreihe5mm7nwmwvzhtgadmsafyvsaxhrufuai2d2j2rju5zt6g2lytea@jpeg)
![The Telegraph
Money > Property > Second homes
How to avoid tax on your second home
From stamp duty to council tax, shield your wealth from Labour's tightening net
[Photo of houses around a bay - Areas such as Cornwall have added a premium to council tax bills for second homes Credit: iStockphoto]
Fran Ivens Senior Money Writer
29 August 2025 1:21pm BST](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreieuwgc2vsmyfcctmf4cnpcqckij2pqdk2gmzajpnihrsqyqmzyr5e@jpeg)
September 5, 2025 at 7:55 AM
On the same day in the Telegraph: