www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... always a good read when they do articles like this. The 1st lady struck me.. "Chloe, 40, and her son have cut back on luxuries like going to M&S and the cinema, and she now tries to limit the weekly food shop to £40." £40 for an adult & 16yo boy. How?
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This went on for the rest of the full hour, at which point the BBC apologised for having to go to the weather and urged viewers to follow continuing live coverage on iPlayer. Forty-one minutes of unfiltered, unchallenged propaganda by a far right party with 8 MPs, now third in the polls. Discuss.
BBC News just interrupted its coverage to go, live, to Nigel Farage - a man with no contitutional standing in our setup - responding to the budget - a document which nobody has seen yet. WHY
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These are the 'small boats' that the media and politicians should be looking at...
Russia is deploying fishing trawlers to spy on the UK’s critical undersea cables, The Telegraph can disclose. Civilian vessels are being tracked by Nato as they carry out espionage for Vladimir Putin in waters around Britain. Ministers have confirmed that Moscow is using “commercial proxies” to
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... A small sample size of course but... is this part of a wider patten? Where are these people going to find new jobs?
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just when you thought it couldn’t get worse
US officials stepped up pressure on Ukraine to stop striking Russian oil refineries and threatened to cut off vital intelligence sharing as Donald Trump announced a deal with Moscow to release diesel on to the world market. www.ft.com/content/7fd4... via @financialtimes.com
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We went from $200 million and you will pay for absolutely none of it to $600 million *at a bare minimum* and you will pay for almost all of it No president has ever stolen more money from the American people
New footage reveals the staggering scale of the president’s controversial pet project as its price tag soars past $600 million.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... - Company doing well on stock market (yes, some obvious customer service and data privacy issues occurred). - PE buys company. - Administration. Oops.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... This is crazy. Gov Minister response is very weak too. Student Loan interest needs to be scrapped and the cost of living deal with properly.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... So odd that his wife is from Slovenia too.. what a coincidence!
I'd rather they scrapped proposed road taxes on EVs... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... But a good shout on removing VAT from public chargers.
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YouGov’s latest poll: 628 out of 632 constituencies in Britain want to rejoin the EU. It couldn’t be clearer: It’s time to talk about EU membership. Read more: https://bestforbritain.org/uk-membership-most-popular-eu-policy-in-all-uk-seats-bar-four-megapoll-finds/
TBF, Co-Pilot can't even change the colours in a PowerPoint slide so I think we're safe from Microsoft.. BBC News - Microsoft says AI rival Anthropic could have 'disastrous impact' on humanity - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Meanwhile, UK economy continues to be in the toilet as our government can't face the RW press...
Here we go: “the bloc must urgently rethink its partnerships”. “I would like to work with you on opening the door for Canada to be the first associate member of the EU,” von der Leyen told Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carne
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Since taking control of St Helens Council in May, Reform have: - Pulled support and funding for Refugee Week events - Pulled support and funding for Pride events - Scrapped a scheme to help families with school uniform costs
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This is a great example of all that is wrong with leasehold: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We're being bled dry for basic utilities. BBC News - Household energy bills to hit three-year high as Ofgem announces 4% rise from October www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Energy and water need to be back in public hands right now @andyburnham.bsky.social.
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How has a 'public' utility been allowed to get into such a state? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... @andyburnham.bsky.social needs to get on with it and bring water into public hands ASAP.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... BBC News now happily calling Jenrick the "Shadow Chancellor". Is there no Editor in Broadcasting House anymore? There is only one shadow chancellor. Appointed by HMO (currently the Tories). This is basic stuff. Come on Beeb.
@martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com Barclaycard having massive issues, customers unable to pay bills via app and now by phone. Worth looking at.