RichardTh #FBPE

RichardTh #FBPE

@richardth.bsky.social

We are now in a straight fight against fascism. Ex Armed Forces. Ex aerospace CEO. Retired. Hates Brexit. Rejoin EU. Anti fascist. Slava Ukraini. Loves F1, politics & good wine. No DMs

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“Farage & Jenrick were forced to face rows of empty seats as they set out a limp package of rehashed plans ahead of the Budget..The miserable turnout another sign of Reform’s sliding popularity…Ipsos this weekend put Labour on 32%, Tories on 24% & ReFUK on 20%..” www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

mirror.co.ukFarage and Jenrick face rows of empty seats as big speech falls flatNigel Farage and Robert Jenrick were forced to face rows of empty seats as they set out a limp package of rehashed plans ahead of John Healey's Budget

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What is the BBC's justification for maintaining this level of coverage of Reform now it has slipped into third place?

Alex Andreou@sturdyalex.bsky.social

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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This arrived today and has pissed me off hugely. I felt that little pang of grief I had the morning after the referendum. Brexit Bastards.

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Rafa Sales Ross@rafiews.com

In his acceptance speech, Lula says he will work to regulate digital platforms in Brazil. “Digital crimes must be dealt with like real-life crimes.” This comes after Meta directly interfered with the Brazilian elections, favouring Flávio Bolsonaro.

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US President Donald Trump tells reporters that both Ukraine and Russia are cooperating with his wife, Melania Trump, and that she is "doing a very good job". The USA is an insane asylum.

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Kroger just announced the largest layoffs in its history, with plans to cut 3,000 employees as it ramps up use of AI. Reminder that Kroger has spent $12.3B on stock buybacks since 2019 and paid its CEO $14M last year — 417x its median worker's pay. AI is turbo-charging corporate greed.

newsweek.comKroger plans largest layoffs in its nearly 150-year historyThe company's CEO said it was committed to "simplifying" operations and "deploying more resources where they matter most

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California’s billionaires have a combined net worth of $2.4 trillion. Under Prop 40, their net worth would fall to…just under $2.3 trillion. What amounts to a rounding error for them would allow millions of their fellow Californians to afford healthcare. Vote yes on Prop 40.

theguardian.comThe ultra-rich are spending one million dollars a day fighting California’s proposed billionaire taxTech billionaires have raised more than $340m to defeat Prop 40, a one-time 5% wealth tax that will fund healthcare and

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In Ireland we suffered under 60 years of Roman Catholic theocracy (they did more harm than the Brits in the 20th century) before throwing off the yoke of church fascism & become one of the most liberal countries in the world & I can tell u cruxification would be too good for everyone in this photo.

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Just evil!

Bremain in Spain@bremaininspain.com

A private security firm, hired by Reform UK and paid for with public money, has been caught abusing teenage girls by handcuffing them illegally. It's just the latest in a long list of cases where it's obvious that Reform UK, and those supporting them, do not wish to protect women and girls...