Old and raging leftie
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Retired teacher.Old leftie.Join a union.Fight the Right.Support the NHS.
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In the UK we suffer from a lower pension, later retirement age and lower life expectancy than most European countries
This means the amount of state pension we actually receive is much lower than in other countries
This means the amount of state pension we actually receive is much lower than in other countries
September 16, 2026 at 1:53 PM
In the UK we suffer from a lower pension, later retirement age and lower life expectancy than most European countries
This means the amount of state pension we actually receive is much lower than in other countries
This means the amount of state pension we actually receive is much lower than in other countries
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What a surprise
No wonder why billionaires are supporting Reform
Reform and Farage only care about their donors
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
No wonder why billionaires are supporting Reform
Reform and Farage only care about their donors
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform-linked thinktank ‘to call for big tax cuts for the rich’
Centre for a Better Britain will urge abolishing inheritance tax and phasing out capital gains tax, report says
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2026 at 2:19 PM
What a surprise
No wonder why billionaires are supporting Reform
Reform and Farage only care about their donors
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
No wonder why billionaires are supporting Reform
Reform and Farage only care about their donors
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Never has a political party promised so much
before shedding umpteen elected Councillors
and collapsing in scandal and disarray
memes via Reform Watch
before shedding umpteen elected Councillors
and collapsing in scandal and disarray
memes via Reform Watch
September 16, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Never has a political party promised so much
before shedding umpteen elected Councillors
and collapsing in scandal and disarray
memes via Reform Watch
before shedding umpteen elected Councillors
and collapsing in scandal and disarray
memes via Reform Watch
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🔴 Reform UK Could Pocket Nearly £500,000 in Interest if They Are Forced to Return £72 Million Crypto Billionaire Donations
Exclusive: Electoral Commission confirms interest earned on impermissible gifts can be kept, prompting calls for Nigel Farage to hand any proceeds to charity
Exclusive: Electoral Commission confirms interest earned on impermissible gifts can be kept, prompting calls for Nigel Farage to hand any proceeds to charity
Reform UK Could Pocket Nearly £500,000 in Interest if They Are Forced to Return £72 Million Crypto Billionaire Donations
EXCLUSIVE: Electoral Commission confirms interest earned on impermissible gifts can be kept, prompting calls for Nigel Farage to hand any proceeds to charity
bylinetimes.com
September 16, 2026 at 8:52 AM
🔴 Reform UK Could Pocket Nearly £500,000 in Interest if They Are Forced to Return £72 Million Crypto Billionaire Donations
Exclusive: Electoral Commission confirms interest earned on impermissible gifts can be kept, prompting calls for Nigel Farage to hand any proceeds to charity
Exclusive: Electoral Commission confirms interest earned on impermissible gifts can be kept, prompting calls for Nigel Farage to hand any proceeds to charity
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"Do BBC news work for Reform?"
via Harry Eccles
via Harry Eccles
September 16, 2026 at 8:55 AM
"Do BBC news work for Reform?"
via Harry Eccles
via Harry Eccles
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Solidarity!
The billionaire venue owners objected to 'Free Palestine'
But now Finneas, Aaron Rowe, Beoga and Lukas Graham have all walked away in solidarity with Macklemore
"All supporting acts withdraw from Ed Sheeran’s tour in solidarity with Macklemore"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
The billionaire venue owners objected to 'Free Palestine'
But now Finneas, Aaron Rowe, Beoga and Lukas Graham have all walked away in solidarity with Macklemore
"All supporting acts withdraw from Ed Sheeran’s tour in solidarity with Macklemore"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
All supporting acts withdraw from Ed Sheeran’s tour in solidarity with Macklemore
Four openers and live band for Sheeran’s tour depart after removal of Macklemore over ‘free Palestine’ comments
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Solidarity!
The billionaire venue owners objected to 'Free Palestine'
But now Finneas, Aaron Rowe, Beoga and Lukas Graham have all walked away in solidarity with Macklemore
"All supporting acts withdraw from Ed Sheeran’s tour in solidarity with Macklemore"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
The billionaire venue owners objected to 'Free Palestine'
But now Finneas, Aaron Rowe, Beoga and Lukas Graham have all walked away in solidarity with Macklemore
"All supporting acts withdraw from Ed Sheeran’s tour in solidarity with Macklemore"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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£72million can’t fix this. Nothing can fix this. This is Reform.
A bunch of raging liabilities who shouldn’t ever be anywhere near public office.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A bunch of raging liabilities who shouldn’t ever be anywhere near public office.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reform's Dan Thomas resigns as Wales leader after arrest
Thomas said he has done nothing wrong as Gwent Police confirms arrest on suspicion of assault.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 16, 2026 at 6:05 AM
£72million can’t fix this. Nothing can fix this. This is Reform.
A bunch of raging liabilities who shouldn’t ever be anywhere near public office.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A bunch of raging liabilities who shouldn’t ever be anywhere near public office.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The OAP triple lock isn’t a problem. The cost of pension tax relief is. youtu.be/BfcjgWXk36c?... Commentators are saying we cannot afford pensions for the most vulnerable. But none of them is questioning the £83 billion a year spent subsidising the pensions of the wealthiest. Why is that?
The OAP triple lock isn’t a problem. The cost of pension tax relief is.
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
September 16, 2026 at 6:16 AM
The OAP triple lock isn’t a problem. The cost of pension tax relief is. youtu.be/BfcjgWXk36c?... Commentators are saying we cannot afford pensions for the most vulnerable. But none of them is questioning the £83 billion a year spent subsidising the pensions of the wealthiest. Why is that?
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Complaints to watchdog about England water firms jump 84%, up from 8,235 to 15,115.
Complaints about bills, affordability, services.
Millions suffer in silence but don't formally complain.
Sewage dumped, leaks everywhere, customers fleeced, shareholders and execs rewarded.
Complaints about bills, affordability, services.
Millions suffer in silence but don't formally complain.
Sewage dumped, leaks everywhere, customers fleeced, shareholders and execs rewarded.
Complaints to watchdog about water firms jump 84%
Many complaints were about affordability, after customers saw steep hikes to bills.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 16, 2026 at 6:27 AM
Complaints to watchdog about England water firms jump 84%, up from 8,235 to 15,115.
Complaints about bills, affordability, services.
Millions suffer in silence but don't formally complain.
Sewage dumped, leaks everywhere, customers fleeced, shareholders and execs rewarded.
Complaints about bills, affordability, services.
Millions suffer in silence but don't formally complain.
Sewage dumped, leaks everywhere, customers fleeced, shareholders and execs rewarded.
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Dan Thomas resigns as Reform Wales leader after arrest on suspicion of assault.
Last yr Nathan Gill, former Reform UK leader in Wales, received 10.5 years prison sentence for taking bribes to make pro-Russia interviews and speeches.
Taking back control?
Last yr Nathan Gill, former Reform UK leader in Wales, received 10.5 years prison sentence for taking bribes to make pro-Russia interviews and speeches.
Taking back control?
Reform's Dan Thomas resigns as Wales leader after arrest
Thomas said he has done nothing wrong as Gwent Police confirms arrest on suspicion of assault.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 16, 2026 at 6:54 AM
Dan Thomas resigns as Reform Wales leader after arrest on suspicion of assault.
Last yr Nathan Gill, former Reform UK leader in Wales, received 10.5 years prison sentence for taking bribes to make pro-Russia interviews and speeches.
Taking back control?
Last yr Nathan Gill, former Reform UK leader in Wales, received 10.5 years prison sentence for taking bribes to make pro-Russia interviews and speeches.
Taking back control?
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You can't blame Ed Sheeran for caving in to American stadium owners I suppose. I mean, take these guys in the 60s, they refused to play to racially-segregated audiences in stadiums in the southern states of the USA and who remembers them now?
The Beatles banned segregated audiences, contract shows
The Beatles refused to play to segregated audiences in the US, a contract for one of the group's concerts shows.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 15, 2026 at 12:04 PM
You can't blame Ed Sheeran for caving in to American stadium owners I suppose. I mean, take these guys in the 60s, they refused to play to racially-segregated audiences in stadiums in the southern states of the USA and who remembers them now?
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Imagine having more money than you could ever need and instead of using it to tackle poverty or disease you give it to a bunch of entitled grifters who don't give a shit about anyone but themselves.
September 13, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Imagine having more money than you could ever need and instead of using it to tackle poverty or disease you give it to a bunch of entitled grifters who don't give a shit about anyone but themselves.
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£72m to Reform isn’t a ‘show of force’. It’s a supermarket sweep of the UK electoral system. A healthy media environment wouldn’t simply raise its eyebrows and sigh.
September 12, 2026 at 12:10 PM
£72m to Reform isn’t a ‘show of force’. It’s a supermarket sweep of the UK electoral system. A healthy media environment wouldn’t simply raise its eyebrows and sigh.
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British democracy is being bought by crypto billionaires
We need to do something to stop it - urgently
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
We need to do something to stop it - urgently
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
www.telegraph.co.uk
September 12, 2026 at 12:35 PM
British democracy is being bought by crypto billionaires
We need to do something to stop it - urgently
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
We need to do something to stop it - urgently
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
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Britain is just looking on as a handful of tax hating billionaires buy our political future.
September 12, 2026 at 12:41 PM
Britain is just looking on as a handful of tax hating billionaires buy our political future.
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well, if this pushes up house prices, at least the govt will finally think these guys are a problem
In the latest episode of “The Far-Right is Utterly Batshit”, Danny “Tommo”, Tiny-Tommy-Ten-Names’s Mate is currently stood outside the Daily Mail with 20 of his balaclava clad mates demanding that they… checks notes…
Buy his mum a new house within 48 hours.
You could not make this shit up.
Buy his mum a new house within 48 hours.
You could not make this shit up.
September 9, 2026 at 5:05 PM
well, if this pushes up house prices, at least the govt will finally think these guys are a problem
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Who wasn't at PMQs today? The newly elected Member for Clacton.
September 9, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Who wasn't at PMQs today? The newly elected Member for Clacton.
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Might have missed it, but where is the condemnation and robust reaction from the government to masked thugs on the streets?
Unlike, say, Stop Oil they're not demonstrating. Their schtick is intimidation.
Spare us the "legitimate concerns" bullshit, too.
Unlike, say, Stop Oil they're not demonstrating. Their schtick is intimidation.
Spare us the "legitimate concerns" bullshit, too.
September 7, 2026 at 5:50 AM
Might have missed it, but where is the condemnation and robust reaction from the government to masked thugs on the streets?
Unlike, say, Stop Oil they're not demonstrating. Their schtick is intimidation.
Spare us the "legitimate concerns" bullshit, too.
Unlike, say, Stop Oil they're not demonstrating. Their schtick is intimidation.
Spare us the "legitimate concerns" bullshit, too.
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80 year-olds with pro-Palestine signs: arrested as terrorists.
Greens planning to block a road, to highlight an existential crisis: sent down for years.
Masked far-right thugs blocking roads and ports, using intimidation, obstruction & threatening behaviour: no arrests.
The real two-tier policing.
Greens planning to block a road, to highlight an existential crisis: sent down for years.
Masked far-right thugs blocking roads and ports, using intimidation, obstruction & threatening behaviour: no arrests.
The real two-tier policing.
September 7, 2026 at 5:59 AM
80 year-olds with pro-Palestine signs: arrested as terrorists.
Greens planning to block a road, to highlight an existential crisis: sent down for years.
Masked far-right thugs blocking roads and ports, using intimidation, obstruction & threatening behaviour: no arrests.
The real two-tier policing.
Greens planning to block a road, to highlight an existential crisis: sent down for years.
Masked far-right thugs blocking roads and ports, using intimidation, obstruction & threatening behaviour: no arrests.
The real two-tier policing.
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At the same time as banning myself and other journalists from their conference this week, this is who Reform laid out the red carpet for www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Raise the Colours leader given access to Reform UK conference while on bail
Ryan Bridge, arrested this year on suspicion of religiously and racially aggravated harassment, says party invited him
www.theguardian.com
September 7, 2026 at 7:15 AM
At the same time as banning myself and other journalists from their conference this week, this is who Reform laid out the red carpet for www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Nick Robinson on Today is literally talking about ‘legitimate concerns’ after second night of organised men dressed in black - sorry ‘protesters’ - mobilising en masse in another littoral town.
This is how street fascism is normalised
This is how street fascism is normalised
September 7, 2026 at 7:21 AM
Nick Robinson on Today is literally talking about ‘legitimate concerns’ after second night of organised men dressed in black - sorry ‘protesters’ - mobilising en masse in another littoral town.
This is how street fascism is normalised
This is how street fascism is normalised
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It’s Monday & Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood still has no response to hundreds of masked men blocking ports first in Dover now Portsmouth . No speech about keeping our communities safe , increasing the UK terror threat level , a crackdown on protest or calls to proscribe Patriot Platform 😳..
September 7, 2026 at 7:34 AM
It’s Monday & Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood still has no response to hundreds of masked men blocking ports first in Dover now Portsmouth . No speech about keeping our communities safe , increasing the UK terror threat level , a crackdown on protest or calls to proscribe Patriot Platform 😳..
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Labour need to be clear. Neither the thugs at Dover nor the mobs at Portsmouth have ‘legitimate concerns’. They’re racist hate-driven violent thugs.
September 7, 2026 at 7:46 AM
Labour need to be clear. Neither the thugs at Dover nor the mobs at Portsmouth have ‘legitimate concerns’. They’re racist hate-driven violent thugs.
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Turns out that if you are an old lady with a banner supporting Palestine, the government arrests you on charges of terrorism. If you are a masked white male thug bringing a national port to a standstill, the government does absolutely nothing, and the media covers it like some lads on a day out.
September 7, 2026 at 7:46 AM
Turns out that if you are an old lady with a banner supporting Palestine, the government arrests you on charges of terrorism. If you are a masked white male thug bringing a national port to a standstill, the government does absolutely nothing, and the media covers it like some lads on a day out.
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Surely, the climate protesters and pro-Palestine protesters have legitimate concerns too.
September 7, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Surely, the climate protesters and pro-Palestine protesters have legitimate concerns too.