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“The UK government doesn’t need to ‘borrow’ in any conventional sense. Spending by the government is an act of money creation … Gilts are not a necessity but a political choice.” new-wayland.com/blog/euthani...

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So this is what immigrants refusing to integrate into society looks like.

You will freeze, you will starve, and they will have lavish parties in Trump’s ballroom. Trump despises you. https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/government-shutdown-threatens-delay-home-heating-aid-millions-127104760

No smoking 🚭

Job: Podcast Producer at Message Heard in London, UK #jobs #hiring #mediajobs #podcasting

Prince Andrew stepped back from public life after defending his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Now he says he’ll stop calling himself the Duke of York - but it shouldn’t be up to him. Tell your MP to strip him of his title. It only takes two minutes. ⬇️ https://goodlaw.social/9155af

Mike Graham tried to troll me once by pointing out to his numbskull acolytes that I use a pen name. It was all going so well... until I pointed out that his real name is Archibald. Hilarity ensued.

Edi Rama gets it. bsky.app/profile/grah...

“You left Europe because you wanted less boats, and you have more boats. You left Europe because you wanted more investment. You have less investment. You left Europe because you wanted more happiness. Now you are depressed." Albanian PM www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Tory policy is to revoke permanent residence (ILR) for everybody who does not earn £38k - deporting most nurses who have ILR This is put in the video as "who is unlikely to contribute more than they cost" NB: video does not say EU settled status is exempt No govt since Idi Amin has done this

A waiting list of thousands, and just five new homes for social rent: this city shows the depth of Britain’s housing crisis | John Harris

The Conservatives have got a nerve branding English a “rip-off” degree, when they can’t even spell the name of the country we sacked them from governing.

My secret evil plot to ‘destroy Britain’ has been unveiled by (checks notes) the same paper that endorsed Liz Truss. If I don’t know better I’d say we’ve got them entirely rattled. Join.greenparty.org.uk

Utterly beholden to lobbyists, staggeringly ignorant and dismissive of the natural world: Rachel Reeves might not look or sound like Donald Trump, but she is behaving very much like him. This government is even more of an ecological hazard than the Tories were. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

We flounced out of the EU on the say-so of politicians who lied to us. And what a total shitshow that’s turned out to be. The polar opposite of what they promised. Now the call to flounce out of the ECHR. By the same people. Telling the same lies. Has the country been kicked in the head by a horse?

Democrats need to wake up and realize tax payers do not create the national currency The state creates the national currency Euro using countries do, in fact, create the euro backed by the ECB In fact this is how it works But the ECB only reluctantly acts like it bsky.app/profile/defe...

Thatcher: Government has no money if its own. There’s only “tax payer money”. Also Thatcher: I refuse to adopt the euro & give up my government’s ability to create its own currency

"Milei is amazing. It's Thatcherism on steroids. Cutting and slashing. That's leadership" - Nigel Farage Milei would be the "template" for my government - Kemi Badenoch

Labour is more Tory than the Tories. Leftism is out, Blairism is back. Thatcherism lives!

I wonder what Starmer’s ulterior motive is for digital ID in the UK? 🤔 www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/fileadmin/fi...

This is an idea whose time has come in many countries. The clamour for young people to “learn a trade” instead of going to university is loud. But a “white collar” graduate career is arguably easier on the body. Who’s more likely to make it to 67 unscathed: a plumber or, say, a journalist?

“Despite making up just 7 per cent of the student population at age 16, the alumni of private fee-paying schools dominate elite professions.”

🚨 BREAKING | Starmer would LOSE leadership election if Andy Burnham challenged him for the leadership. 🔴 Andy Burnham – 68% 🔴 Keir Starmer – 32% (Source: @YouGov)

New research shows how AI models default to Western-style directness, missing the cultural cues that govern everyday interactions for millions of Persian speakers worldwide — with the potential to derail negotiations, damage relationships, and reinforce stereotypes. arstechnica.com/ai/2025/09/w...

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to be a major owner of TikTok. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

If this transfers to the West End, I’m going!

“Swiss voters approve plan to introduce digital ID”, reports the BBC. Yes: 50.4% No: 49.6% Less than 1% in it. Not exactly an overwhelming vote of confidence in digital ID. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, once Bill and Ted, reunite on Broadway in Beckett’s "Waiting for Godot." They tell Tracy Smith about their enduring friendship, Winter’s break from fame, and the risks Reeves sees in live theater.

For a large proportion of the Northern Irish population being required to have a document which identifies you as a UK citizen is impossible. So you need a compatible Irish ID card system. Which means you need the Irish govt to introduce one. And share the info. And that's not going to happen.

The case against digital ID cards: imagine how a Reform government could use them | Gaby Hinsliff

Would you like to see the wine list, sir? Nah, just bring me a beer. Which one sir? We have several… www.bransgorerotary.com/bransgore-ro...

At last, Starmer has united the country… …against his digital ID. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

I have just submitted an FOI to the Home Office demanding FULL TRANSPARENCY on Palantir’s role in tomorrow’s “Brit Card” mandatory digital ID scheme 🚨 WHY THIS MATTERS: Palantir already has its surveillance tentacles deep in UK infrastructure with 24+ government contracts including: Thread

Which is it? We need ID cards or we don’t need ID cards. Because Councillor Darren Grimes can’t make up his mind.

“Keir Starmer to announce plans for digital ID scheme” When Labour is voted out, no subsequent government of any stripe will ever axe digital ID. They’ll all find an excuse as to why it has to stay. If we don’t end this now, it’s a done deal. For ever. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I’m rewatching Life on Mars. Even better than I remember it. “Drop your weapons! You’re surrounded by armed bastards!” m.youtube.com/watch?v=E1l8...

Doctors are patients too! #NHS is for all of us, although if you’re healthy & wealthy you may not need it As a society having access to care, free at the point of need, is worth fighting for Why? Because you never know when YOU might be in need! That’s a functioning society

"He has no values, no principles and he will defend Peter Mandelson up until he thinks he needs to for his own career" 👀

When Trump said he was going to create jobs for Americans, he meant for his corrupt friends. When Trump said he was going to make America rich, he meant his corrupt friends. When Trump said he was going to- you get the picture…

I think all those who oppose unions should be expected to give up all the rights won by those unions over the years. They might change their minds I reckon.

“What does it mean to be Monetarily Sovereign and why does it matter?” podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

“Governments don’t borrow in the way households or companies do … when a government with its own central bank spends, it creates money … so-called ‘borrowing’ isn’t a necessity, it’s a policy choice … government never needs to issue bonds to fund spending”. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/09...

“Governments don’t borrow in the way households or companies do … when a government with its own central banks spends, it creates money … so-called ‘borrowing’ isn’t a necessity, it’s a policy choice … government never needs to issue bonds to fund spending”. www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/09...

If Farage wins the next election, it will be down to one person. His name is Keir Starmer. This thread explains why. 1. Destroying faith in democracy. The UK decisively voted out the Tories, only for Starmer to give us a Continuity Tory government, shamefully beholden to economic power. 🧵

Just when you thought the Daily M**L couldn’t sink any lower…

Does Reform not practice what it preaches over free speech? Imagine that 😏 “Reform media ban is a disturbing glimpse of a future with Nigel Farage in power”, says The Independent www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...