◾ >9 years since Tees Valley voted for supposed benefits of Brexit ◾ >8 since Houchen was elected Mayor of Tees Valley ◾ >6 since Johnson promised to level up left-behind areas ...Middlesbrough remains the local authority with the highest proportion of most deprived neighbourhoods in England.

This Government has introduced free breakfast clubs, additional free childcare hours and increased the minimum wage, it'll be great news if they remove the 2 child cap but let's not pretend they've done nothing for the less well off.

Michael Prescott's report makes vital points about the importance of being accurate, and also how difficult that is. For instance, he describes himself as having been Political Editor of the Sunday Times for 10 years, which is not what the Guardian reported when he left the job.

The BBC’s core problem is that, like the NHS, it models the benefits and virtues of a not-for-profit public service in a world of rapacious corporate greed and unstinting right-wing hostility to the idea of the public good www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/w...

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Not in my garden!

A Reform-led council is planning to double council tax on second homes six months after party leader Nigel Farage denounced the idea as “madness” and “extortion” North Northamptonshire is expected to approve the measure on Tuesday, in plans seen by PolHome @cjayanetti.bsky.social reports

& look what Amazon gets through tax avoidance in Luxembourg

Trump is incredibly unpopular here! including amongst Tory voters. What are they doing?

The BBC is ours. It's ours to love. Ours to criticise. Ours to shout at when we feel in the mood. And if Farage thinks that the way to win favour with voters is to stand around cheering as Trump takes down the BBC for $1 billion of personal enrichment then he's a bigger fool than anyone thought.

The flying of St George's flags across the country are creating "no-go" zones for NHS staff, with some facing frequent abuse, health bosses have warned news.sky.com/story/st-geo...

Reform UK won control of Durham County Council in May, hoping to cut council tax... ...they now contemplate a significant increase in that tax.

That the virus was more dangerous than the vaccine was pretty clear 4.5 years ago, though an enormous propaganda machine led by our current medical establishment claimed otherwise. sciencebasedmedicine.org/covid-19-and...

the fun thing about the BBC story is that I can't actually read about it for more than couple of minutes at a time because it makes me feel too insane :)

Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?

You honestly can't make this up. There was no way #Brexit was ever going to cut regulation or bureaucracy for exporters to the #EU, large or small, unless we opted to stay in the Single Market and Customs union. Many of us in business repeatedly made that point. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

& Nick Gibb is the Tory who destroyed the English schools’ curriculum

I do not understand the Labour government's reticence over defending the BBC and social media regulation. Their long-term survival basically depends on it. Their cowardice in the face of it may be the single thing they are most remembered for. on.ft.com/3JVxC1Z via @FT

If we're talking about bias, why do BBC politics programmes, from Politics Live to the Laura Kuennsberg Show, still always begin with a look at the newspaper front pages, which are overwhelmingly biased in one direction. Helps frame the entire news agenda and debate in their favour

Incredible that Robbie Gibb - most influential person on BBC board by many accounts and from journalists I speak in BBC - was involved in setting up GB News. GB News of course has breached Ofcom rules on *multiple* occasions - no sign of resignations though www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The 8 Kent offenders sent to jail for more than 100 years. These are the most common types of faces of sex offenders. White British.

This is the exact issue I foresee for Covid vaccines next year, and what I have also been harping on for the past year. Surveillance is important. We need to invest in it - this includes participation and cooperation on the global scale (aka proactive participation with the WHO).

Wee cokey-Grove is in it up to his wattles. open.substack.com/pub/bylinesu...

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Are you passionate about public services for people not profit? Last chance to apply to work with @weownit.org.uk on operations or communications and campaign support Deadline: tomorrow Sunday 9th November weownit.org.uk/about-us/vac...

'Risk of rare heart complications in children higher after COVID-19 infection than after vaccination.' @lancetchildadol.bsky.social Led by scientists at @cam.ac.uk, @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social, and @ucl.ac.uk, with support from bhfdatasciencecentre.org HDR UK. www.cam.ac.uk/research/new...

'there is simply no sign of a fiscal catastrophe from the “Boriswave"...this would seem to suggest that the recent collapse in immigration will harm Britain’s finances..' @lgilbert.co for @ukandeu.bsky.social on the economics of immigration ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...

Vaccination against COVID-19 'This study supports vaccination as a strategy for preventing Long COVID by demonstrating an important secondary prevention effect.' T. Thaweethai, T., M. Stockwell et al. @columbiamed.bsky.social @elsevierconnect.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Looking for the truth?

The Education Minister has said that the OBR will show “the damage of the chaotic Brexit we saw, the damage of years and years of austerity was even more serious than we anticipated”. Opportunities down and prices up - it is the Cost of Brexit. https://bit.ly/43Oh9mY

Andrew Lownie wrote an explosive book about Prince Andrew Then came the backlash. Legal threats. Palace sources told journalists not to speak to him Anonymous social media accounts accused Lownie of visiting sex workers. New on Democracy for Sale: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/inside-the...

#PopeLeo calls for 'deep reflection' about treatment of detained migrants in the United States religionnews.com/2025/11/06/p...

“Karoline Leavitt: ‘Every time I travel to the United Kingdom with President Trump and am forced to watch the BBC in our hotel rooms, it ruins my day.” HOORAY!!! 😂😂😂

Tees Valley mayor Lord (Ben) Houchen promised renewal. Instead, Britain’s biggest regeneration project has turned into a taxpayer-funded scandal - enriching a few local businessmen while leaving public bodies on the brink. Watch the latest episode of Page 94, The Private Eye Podcast, on YouTube.

In general the smaller the GP practice the better the satisfaction from patients, the more appointments offered per patient, the shorter the waits, lower costs Yet … Wes & NHSE are pushing for large Neighbourhood Centres ignoring existing GP practices Why? What’s the reason?

This will impact EVERYONE. Combined with other anti-protest measures proposed like bans on face coverings, the Crime & Policing Bill will see the right to protest in the UK stripped to the bone. Protest is fundamental to democracy. We must protect it. www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/govern...

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Devastating— “I’m afraid for my parents to leave the house. They treat us like dogs because of the color of our skin. I shouldn’t be scared, I should be focusing on school.” A 16yo American living in fear of the Trump regime’s ICE goons terrorizing brown people pleads for help.

The Government needs to take back control. Energy, Water, Rail, Public Transport, Medicine... We should not be relying on anyone else, especially not US Billionaires.

Conservative Councillor says "young black males" are "flooding" the UK Contacted by Byline, she defended her comments, saying “we cannot sustain the volume of.. black males” that “jeopardises [our] security" Asked why their skin colour matters, she replied “because they are [black], aren’t they?"

“.. in a group Signal chat, .. he wrote in part: ‘I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.’” @reuters.com #Chicago www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...

‘We need help’: devastated Jamaican communities still await aid after Hurricane Melissa

"There is simply no sign of a fiscal catastrophe from the 'Boriswave'. Recent migrants are very likely to be employed, paying tax and seem to be contributing to British society..it will help, rather than hurt, Britain’s fiscal position." Analysis by @lgilbert.co ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...

Fully removing the two-child benefit cap is the most effective way to support struggling families. It would lift 470,000 children out of severe hardship. That’s a no brainer, isn’t it?!

❗️3.8 MILLION children are facing hunger in the UK. And the biggest driver? The two-child benefit cap. This cruel policy restricts support for families on a low income to their first 2 kids.

Richard lll should remain in Leicestershire where he fell

Post Office knew of Capture software faults before 1992 rollout, documents show

People have long argued that Brexit - mainly engineered by Cummings and Farage/Bannon - was actually a racist project, and little to do with sovereignty I think the current configuration of Cummings/Farage/Bannon has proved them right.

"Home Office data suggests that recent immigrants are more likely to be working than British nationals and make higher wages than them." ✍️ Lauren Gilbert argues that migrants to the UK are net fiscal contributors, adding much more to the economy than they take out, ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...

You are so right - my heart went through the floor. Knowledge rich or child-centred? A clear choice.