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Hang on a minute. For the third consecutive day there’s a good news Labour story in MSM. Something in the air???
Let me tell you the good things the government has done in 2025 – because it certainly won’t
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Let me tell you the good things the government has done in 2025 – because it certainly won’t
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Let me tell you the good things the government has done in 2025 – because it certainly won’t | Polly Toynbee
It’s all there: more apprenticeships, more rights for workers and renters – and most of all, a focus on children. What a shame Labour wavers about saying so, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Hang on a minute. For the third consecutive day there’s a good news Labour story in MSM. Something in the air???
Let me tell you the good things the government has done in 2025 – because it certainly won’t
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Let me tell you the good things the government has done in 2025 – because it certainly won’t
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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In unsurprising news, Conservatives are annoyed that the new Equality and Human Rights Commission head has suggested that immigration is not the most important issue facing the UK
Conservatives (and Reform) want to create division
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
Conservatives (and Reform) want to create division
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
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www.telegraph.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 8:21 PM
In unsurprising news, Conservatives are annoyed that the new Equality and Human Rights Commission head has suggested that immigration is not the most important issue facing the UK
Conservatives (and Reform) want to create division
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
Conservatives (and Reform) want to create division
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
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I need your help!
I'm putting together a list of many of the key things the Labour government has done outside of Bills.
So: Strategy document, organisation launches, finance plans, white papers, action plans, reviews, audits, inquries etc.
Can you help?
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I'm putting together a list of many of the key things the Labour government has done outside of Bills.
So: Strategy document, organisation launches, finance plans, white papers, action plans, reviews, audits, inquries etc.
Can you help?
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December 22, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I need your help!
I'm putting together a list of many of the key things the Labour government has done outside of Bills.
So: Strategy document, organisation launches, finance plans, white papers, action plans, reviews, audits, inquries etc.
Can you help?
1/4
I'm putting together a list of many of the key things the Labour government has done outside of Bills.
So: Strategy document, organisation launches, finance plans, white papers, action plans, reviews, audits, inquries etc.
Can you help?
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London is just wonderful this evening! There is so much nonsense talked about how much trouble there is. It’s beautiful and diverse and incredibly welcoming. Great day.
December 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
London is just wonderful this evening! There is so much nonsense talked about how much trouble there is. It’s beautiful and diverse and incredibly welcoming. Great day.
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Only if one has a very narrow sense of identity. Britain has always been a land of immigrants and of cultural mixing. I cannot think of a single century in the past two millennia where there hasn't been a significant wave of migration to these islands.
December 22, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Only if one has a very narrow sense of identity. Britain has always been a land of immigrants and of cultural mixing. I cannot think of a single century in the past two millennia where there hasn't been a significant wave of migration to these islands.
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Exactly - and that applies to the entire European continent and to other parts of the world as well.
Those who consider immigration as the biggest problem of our time have not the slightest knowledge of human history at all.
Those who consider immigration as the biggest problem of our time have not the slightest knowledge of human history at all.
How Migration Has Shaped the World Throughout History
André Medici Introduction Migration has been a fundamental driver of human history, shaping civilizations, economies, cultures, and geopolitics. It has occurred in waves, often driven by environmental...
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December 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Exactly - and that applies to the entire European continent and to other parts of the world as well.
Those who consider immigration as the biggest problem of our time have not the slightest knowledge of human history at all.
Those who consider immigration as the biggest problem of our time have not the slightest knowledge of human history at all.
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If you've never listened to my podcast before do give this episode a try. It's possibly the best one we've ever done, it's warm, hopefully inspiring & just in time for Christmas and I think many of you will enjoy it.
Council Tax £6,000 refund! £700 saved ditching O2! An iPhone 'ignore the warranty' winner! & more. MY NEW QUESTION TIME PODCAST 'success time' celebration and how you can do it to. Do give it a listen
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www.BBC.co.uk/sounds/brand...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
open.SPOTIFY.com/show/6tsU1yc...
www.BBC.co.uk/sounds/brand...
December 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
If you've never listened to my podcast before do give this episode a try. It's possibly the best one we've ever done, it's warm, hopefully inspiring & just in time for Christmas and I think many of you will enjoy it.
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Strange that!
Don’t forget. Biden’s DoJ was investigating uncharged third parties in the Epstein files up until the last minute. Trump shut down the investigation, sent the files to DC, & fired the prosecutors. They went through them, redacted Trump’s name, then elected not to release them and closed the matter.
December 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Strange that!
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Fair point. Reform just needs scrutiny. Bucket loads of it. If Farage wants to be PM, make him work for it, account for himself and his nasty, idiotic, unworkable policies. Make him angry. Show people what they’re voting for.
December 21, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Fair point. Reform just needs scrutiny. Bucket loads of it. If Farage wants to be PM, make him work for it, account for himself and his nasty, idiotic, unworkable policies. Make him angry. Show people what they’re voting for.
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This is lovely.
keirstarmer.substack.com/p/home-for-c...
keirstarmer.substack.com/p/home-for-c...
Home for Christmas
And why we are lucky we get to be
keirstarmer.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:24 AM
This is lovely.
keirstarmer.substack.com/p/home-for-c...
keirstarmer.substack.com/p/home-for-c...
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“We have sacrificed our national success because of our fear of immigration. And now, if Farage has his way, we'll do it all over again”
Superb, important analysis of the profound harm Farage does to our country in his rabidly racist and egotistical bid for power
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/407...
Superb, important analysis of the profound harm Farage does to our country in his rabidly racist and egotistical bid for power
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/407...
December 22, 2025 at 7:18 AM
“We have sacrificed our national success because of our fear of immigration. And now, if Farage has his way, we'll do it all over again”
Superb, important analysis of the profound harm Farage does to our country in his rabidly racist and egotistical bid for power
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/407...
Superb, important analysis of the profound harm Farage does to our country in his rabidly racist and egotistical bid for power
liveapp.inews.co.uk/category/407...
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And the Telegraph/Farage and all the usual suspects are now whipping up their useful idiots with "attacks on rural Britain". Give me strength!!
The new Animal Welfare Bill. Highlights
Labour making me doubly happy I voted for them. And will continue to vote for them.
Labour making me doubly happy I voted for them. And will continue to vote for them.
![1. Labour will introduce the most comprehensive animal welfare package in a generation
- [ ] Ban the use of snare traps, an extremely painful thin wire noose used to trap rabbits and foxes.
- [ ] Hen cages and pig farrowing crates to be outlawed in England
- [ ] End the illegal smuggling of animals including dogs, puppies and kittens.
- [ ] Bring an end to the horrific practice of illegal puppy farming by criminal gangs who profit from animal cruelty.
- [ ] Ban the sale of animals with cropped ears, where part or all of an entire ear flap is removed
- [ ] Prohibit the importation of dogs and cats with fashion-based mutilations.
- [ ] Ban the importation of heavily pregnant cats and dogs because of the pain and misery they suffer.
- [ ] Accelerate the phasing out of animal testing
- [ ] Bring back the Hunting Trophies Bill in full,
- [ ] End trail hunting](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:h4oe5ydbclpkhkocdjnaaaww/bafkreica45pnplf3kst37lr6spnmta2m6rmpg53v2ymw7d3i4rgavktugy@jpeg)
December 22, 2025 at 8:24 AM
And the Telegraph/Farage and all the usual suspects are now whipping up their useful idiots with "attacks on rural Britain". Give me strength!!
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Today’s Animal Welfare Strategy will safeguard animals:
🐶In the home
🐮On the farm
🦊In the wild
We've improved zoo standards, ended puppy smuggling and protected livestock from dog attacks.
Now, we'll ban caged hens, cruel snares, trail hunting, and curb low welfare dog breeding.
🐶In the home
🐮On the farm
🦊In the wild
We've improved zoo standards, ended puppy smuggling and protected livestock from dog attacks.
Now, we'll ban caged hens, cruel snares, trail hunting, and curb low welfare dog breeding.
Defra announces biggest animal welfare reforms in a generation
Government launches new plans to protect and improve the lives of our pets, farmed and wild animals
www.gov.uk
December 22, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Today’s Animal Welfare Strategy will safeguard animals:
🐶In the home
🐮On the farm
🦊In the wild
We've improved zoo standards, ended puppy smuggling and protected livestock from dog attacks.
Now, we'll ban caged hens, cruel snares, trail hunting, and curb low welfare dog breeding.
🐶In the home
🐮On the farm
🦊In the wild
We've improved zoo standards, ended puppy smuggling and protected livestock from dog attacks.
Now, we'll ban caged hens, cruel snares, trail hunting, and curb low welfare dog breeding.
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⭐️ Day 21 of LAHS Advent ⭐️ Two Incursions a Millennium Apart into Leicester by the Marquis Family
LAHS Member Steve Marquis explores his own connection to the 10th C Viking occupation of Leicester
Visit lahs.org.uk/blog/two-inc...
Image: BL Harley MS. 15 C. Ívarr and Ubba ravaging the countryside
LAHS Member Steve Marquis explores his own connection to the 10th C Viking occupation of Leicester
Visit lahs.org.uk/blog/two-inc...
Image: BL Harley MS. 15 C. Ívarr and Ubba ravaging the countryside
Two Incursions a Millennium Apart into Leicester by the Marquis Family - LAHS
lahs.org.uk
December 22, 2025 at 7:47 AM
⭐️ Day 21 of LAHS Advent ⭐️ Two Incursions a Millennium Apart into Leicester by the Marquis Family
LAHS Member Steve Marquis explores his own connection to the 10th C Viking occupation of Leicester
Visit lahs.org.uk/blog/two-inc...
Image: BL Harley MS. 15 C. Ívarr and Ubba ravaging the countryside
LAHS Member Steve Marquis explores his own connection to the 10th C Viking occupation of Leicester
Visit lahs.org.uk/blog/two-inc...
Image: BL Harley MS. 15 C. Ívarr and Ubba ravaging the countryside
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The Peregrine Falcon’s Spectacular Flight in the Sky. #saturdaymorning
December 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The Peregrine Falcon’s Spectacular Flight in the Sky. #saturdaymorning
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FYI, across Christmas, the BBC is showing brilliant Hitchcock and Billy Wilder classics in the daytime, as well as screwball delights like What’s Up, Doc? and Bringing Up Baby
Also, Paddington 1 & 2, and Spiderverse 2
So many cinematic masterpieces to enjoy with your turkey
Also, Paddington 1 & 2, and Spiderverse 2
So many cinematic masterpieces to enjoy with your turkey
December 21, 2025 at 8:05 PM
FYI, across Christmas, the BBC is showing brilliant Hitchcock and Billy Wilder classics in the daytime, as well as screwball delights like What’s Up, Doc? and Bringing Up Baby
Also, Paddington 1 & 2, and Spiderverse 2
So many cinematic masterpieces to enjoy with your turkey
Also, Paddington 1 & 2, and Spiderverse 2
So many cinematic masterpieces to enjoy with your turkey
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The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.
December 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.
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Trail hunting ban
Our Labour government are to start work on delivering more manifesto promises, with the publication of the new animal welfare strategy tomorrow.
It is exected to include a ban on trailing hunting across England & Wales along side many other measures to protect animals.
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Our Labour government are to start work on delivering more manifesto promises, with the publication of the new animal welfare strategy tomorrow.
It is exected to include a ban on trailing hunting across England & Wales along side many other measures to protect animals.
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December 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Trail hunting ban
Our Labour government are to start work on delivering more manifesto promises, with the publication of the new animal welfare strategy tomorrow.
It is exected to include a ban on trailing hunting across England & Wales along side many other measures to protect animals.
1/3
Our Labour government are to start work on delivering more manifesto promises, with the publication of the new animal welfare strategy tomorrow.
It is exected to include a ban on trailing hunting across England & Wales along side many other measures to protect animals.
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No one should be forced to sleep rough in our capital.
If you see someone sleeping rough, you can help get them out of the cold.
Contact StreetLink to connect them with local support:
thestreetlink.org.uk
If you see someone sleeping rough, you can help get them out of the cold.
Contact StreetLink to connect them with local support:
thestreetlink.org.uk
December 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
No one should be forced to sleep rough in our capital.
If you see someone sleeping rough, you can help get them out of the cold.
Contact StreetLink to connect them with local support:
thestreetlink.org.uk
If you see someone sleeping rough, you can help get them out of the cold.
Contact StreetLink to connect them with local support:
thestreetlink.org.uk
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Last month I joined other Nottinghamshire MPs to meet with trade union UNISON to take about social care. It was great to hear from the workers themselves and listen to what improvements they want to see.
December 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Last month I joined other Nottinghamshire MPs to meet with trade union UNISON to take about social care. It was great to hear from the workers themselves and listen to what improvements they want to see.
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Orphaned teen seeks to reconnect with his hesitant half-brother and cousins, in this thoughtful and heartwarming social realist drama from Ireland
Now on various VoD platforms:
dmovies.org/2025/08/18/c...
Now on various VoD platforms:
dmovies.org/2025/08/18/c...
Christy - DMovies
Orphaned teen seeks to reconnect with his hesitant half-brother and cousins, in this thoughtful and heartwarming social realist drama from Ireland - on various VoD platforms on Monday, October 27th (a...
dmovies.org
December 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Orphaned teen seeks to reconnect with his hesitant half-brother and cousins, in this thoughtful and heartwarming social realist drama from Ireland
Now on various VoD platforms:
dmovies.org/2025/08/18/c...
Now on various VoD platforms:
dmovies.org/2025/08/18/c...
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Also: “social mobility”? Our mission is opportunity for all, and an end to poverty. We’re about everyone having enough - and no limits to ambition
December 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Also: “social mobility”? Our mission is opportunity for all, and an end to poverty. We’re about everyone having enough - and no limits to ambition
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This is and always has been a pointless quango. Made no difference to the Tories’ decisions, prioritises lifeboats for the few rather than material improvements for the many, and is now criticising a Labour government with a substantial evidenced child poverty strategy
Starmer lacks ‘coherent’ social mobility plan, says advisory body chair
Starmer lacks ‘coherent’ social mobility plan, says advisory body chair
Exclusive: Warning from head of Social Mobility Commission comes after UK report found ‘entrenched disadvantages’
Keir Starmer has no “coherent” strategy to tackle entrenched inequalities harming the life chances of millions of people, the government’s social mobility commissioner has said.
A major official report warned last week that young adults in Britain’s former industrial heartlands were being left behind as a result of failed or abandoned promises by successive governments. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
This is and always has been a pointless quango. Made no difference to the Tories’ decisions, prioritises lifeboats for the few rather than material improvements for the many, and is now criticising a Labour government with a substantial evidenced child poverty strategy