I'm on shared parental leave for three months after this weekend 🎉 (Once I've covered Your Party conference) Very excited & lucky to have the opportunity. Shared parental leave is a right in the UK for employees but not many people use it, in large part because it's unpaid. If you have Qs, do ask.

Nigel Farage went to Dulwich college which charges £55,155 a year. He then went on to be a Stock Trader like Rishi Sunak, he has never worked a day in his life.

“Tyne Pedestrian and Cyclist Tunnel restoration saga cost £11m more than planned” What *IS* wrong with British infrastructure projects these days??

You only really see how fundamentally broken Britain is when you take the time to look. Example: international postage. We pay much MUCH more to send letters to the rest of the world than they do to send them to us. UK to anywhere else: £3.40 Other countries to UK: 68p to £2.15

“We are ramping up sanctions on Russia… We are freezing known Russian assets… But let me be clear, I don’t actually mean the right honourable member for Clacton.”

When Barry Chuckle died they should have planted a 2 metre Yew.

This is the scandal. Trump isn’t targeting dangerous people. He’s targeting peaceful immigrants. Almost exclusively.

Reeves talks about the mineworkers pension funds, stating she will transfer the investment reserve from the British Coal fund to its members. #Budget2025

USA take note!

“I often racially abuse people, but never in a hurtful or insulting way”

Reform UK & Nigel Farage hate media scrutiny, it shows them up for the hypocrites they are. Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media

Income inequality is higher in the US today than it was in 1774, even if you factor in slavery.

Bring Energy companies into public ownership. Wasn't that a pledge by @uklabour.bsky.social ? Average Cost of 1 unit of electricity UK 30p France 20p Spain 18p Japan 17p USA 14p China 6p

@chelleld16.bsky.social @dropdeadfred.bsky.social @bradykenda.bsky.social @peterinnorthfield.bsky.social @bluestormcomin1.bsky.social @binzah.bsky.social @john0634.bsky.social @rogersiebert.bsky.social @mommio.bsky.social @donnalaverty.bsky.social @ltwlauren.bsky.social

A 67-year-old, who’s struggling so needs to get a part-time job, and wants to know if she’ll pay tax, even though her State Pension is under £12,000 a year? For more watch The Martin Lewis Money Show on www.itv.com/watch/the-ma...

Imagine if this was the country. People really need to wake the fk up!...quickly. Tell your friends, loved ones & acquaintances, they are a scam outfit, couldn't run a piss up in a brewery. The problem is, most people voting for Reform are absolute racists & fascists.

Farage

It doesn’t sound so bad does it. Your 8-3 Chicago Bears. 🐻⬇️ #NFL #TheBears

Chi-cardiac Bears win. That tea are no good for my blood pressure. 🐻⬇️ #NFL #TheBears

So Rodgers arse has fell out the fuckin 🛎🔚 🐻⬇️ #NFL #TheBears

Let’s Bear the fuck down and mangle that cunt today. 🐻⬇️ #NFL #TheBears

We now have leaders of allied nations unable to trust a word the US tells them. We are witnessing one of the greatest diplomatic and foreign relations blunders of our lifetimes.

For shame

The UK has twice as many food banks as branches of McDonald's. 🍔 1,400 McDonald's 🍔 2,900 food banks Sixth richest country in thw world, apparently

Child Poverty % Denmark 2.4% Finland 3.2% Norway 3.6% Sweden 3.6% The UK 32.1%

The Conservatives & Johnson were compromised by Russian money & influence over years. Reform obviously are. Is Labour too? Could that be why Starmer won’t investigate? @eddavey.libdems.org.uk @zackpolanski.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/news/2022/ju...

Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.

“Trump criticized the new kickoff rules. What’s your reaction?” Chiefs special teams coordinator Dave Toub: “He doesn’t even know what he’s looking at. He has no idea what’s going on with the kickoff rule… and I hope he hears it.”

It is 90 years since George Orwell travelled to the north of England to learn about the living conditions of the northern working-class, during the long Depression of the 1930s. Today’s figures show not much has changed.

I hope Rogers plays on Sunday and I want Dennis Allen to blitz him on every fuckin play and mangle the fucker. 🐻⬇️ #NFL #ChicagoBears

Breaking: An Epstein survivor just silenced press conference attendees when she delivered the following remarks: “Today we stand in a moment that will decide whether our government belongs to the American people, or to those who prey on them.”

There is a direct line between Donald Trump trying to destroy the BBC and him excusing the brutal murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Trump hates the independent free press – whether in the US, Saudi Arabia or the UK. We will always defend it.

The UK isn’t a “soft touch” on asylum. UK asylum seeker benefits are similar to European neighbours No right to work before 12 months (it’s 6 months in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands) UK settlement after 5 years (it’s 3 or 4 in Germany) Let’s cut out the alarmist rhetoric.

Judgments from the @echr.coe.int have influenced policy in areas like mental health, reproductive rights and access to essential medical treatments. Leaving the #ECHR would be a blow for health, justice and accountability, writes @martinmckee.bsky.social👇 🔗 www.bmj.com/content/391/... via @bmj.com

Please repost and share this petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics. Given Farage's poll lead, this is the most important issue in British politics. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

“We welcome migrants, we don’t scapegoat them". How Keir Starmer promised Labour MPs and members he would lead his party on immigration

Tony Romo is further up Mahomes arse than the refs are. #NFL

Good job the Vikings receivers thought they were ours from last week. Drops helped us a lot this week, and far too many pre snap penalties again. 🐻⬇️ #NFL #ChicagoBears

Can they just change the name now yo The Chi-cardiac Bears. This is no good for an old man’s heart rate. Still a great win tho, which we deserved. 🐻⬇️ #NFL #ChicagoBears

Now that’s how to do a domed stadium. Hope your taking notice @chicagobearsnews.bsky.social 🐻⬇️

Inconvenient facts for malign (often foreign) influencers who try to portray my home city as a lethal no go zone. After more than half a century living here, I’ve never felt safer And kudos to Fraser Nelson for his work on this

Reform UK 5% Council Tax Hikes confirmed in: ➡️ Durham ➡️ Kent ➡️ Warwickshire ➡️ Worcestershire ➡️ Leicestershire ➡️ Lincolnshire thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

The latest South Park episode Was so funny I died.

Last one, I promise. 🤣

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