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Michael Shackleton
Michael Shackleton
@michaelshackleton.bsky.social
Proud to come from Teesside. Let’s have a cup of tea. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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Why are reporters accepting his shit time and time again? There should be live fact checking on ALL politicians and the things they say on terrestrial news channels.
This morning on BBC Breakfast, Nigel Farage said he had received “zero help from the state” with his security. Yet reports say he had previously received publicly funded protection and was offered a taxpayer-funded package including a bodyguard, a secure car and a trained driver.
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Powerful thread. Incompetence reigned in the Tory government. The amount of money wasted and the lack of any form of planning are staggering.
The Covid Inquiry’s Module 6 report is devastating. Its central conclusion: adult social care was treated as “something of an afterthought”, while “protecting the NHS” sometimes came at the expense of people receiving and providing care. 1/10
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Larry Ellison’s TikTok has shut down the promotional account for Alex Gibney’s Elon Musk documentary. www.theverge.com/tech/1013453...
Yes and I have climbed Everest every day since turning 40 despite all evidence to the contrary.
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“There is not a single sign of any overall economic damage done by Brexit” says Nigel Farage Meanwhile back on planet earth by almost every economic & financial measure Brexit has been disastrous for the UK Is anyone seriously buying his bull****? Get the FACTS here👇 youtu.be/DQRzdz-7R8U?...
Basically just a conveyor belt of investigations at this point. That’s without the defections, the lack of attendance and the people who’ve simply just quit. Not a serious party and no real solutions.
Reform UK said "Where members, activists & councillors have clearly behaved inappropriately, investigations have commenced. In some cases, there have been suspensions & due process must be followed."
Sounds like someone needs a bigger bible. Lock this twat up.
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The standard argument is if you tax the rich they’ll leave the country and make the place poorer. On the other hand, if you don’t tax them and they stay, they pull this shit, making the country *much* poorer in so many ways.
"Elon Musk has quietly funneled more than $276 million into Republican groups and his super PAC since the start of July, building a huge turnout operation to help the party battle headwinds in the midterm elections."