The rapist isn't an asylum seeker, so he won't be on national news and there won't be any outrage from Farage and Tommy two-names. www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/2561793...

Oh dear. One of the handful of "independent" MPs who started Corbyn & Sultana's Party has resigned, saying "Instead of openness, cooperation & outward focus, the environment has too often felt toxic, exclusionary & deeply disheartening" Who'd have thunk it? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

OK, let me explain: The Government (& UK economy) is damaged by leaks to hostile media. Media pay (one way or another) leakers. The way to identify a leaker is to tell everyone suspected a slightly different story, & see which one emerges. The way to sow lack of trust in sources is to misinform them

On 1 May 2026, we will abolish Section 21 ‘no-fault’ evictions when we switch on the new private rented sector tenancy system. More details in our roadmap for implementing the Renters’ Rights Act published today 👇🏻 www.gov.uk/government/p...

After an economic crash you always see headlines like What Was Everyone Thinking? What do you mean everyone, most of us are waving our arms and screaming every day, it's a handful of insanely rich assholes who aren't listening

I have never bought into this idea that "Labour has no clear idea of what it's for". Labour is in Government *to make things better, fairer, safer for the majority*. This Labour Government is excellent. Tories go into Government with the sole objective of reversing all that in favour of the top 10%

This "modern convenience" will last just a little bit longer than the point where its used for a terrorist attack. 100% foreseeable, no need for "20/20 hindsight".

There was absolutely NOTHING in the Chancellors press conference to suggest income tax was going up. That was the media. Again. Going into it believing it was going up a coming out of it repeating the claim. I never thought it was going up before & didn't think it after. @mrjamesob.bsky.social

I'd like to see someone calculate how much all this *totally baseless media speculation* has cost *all of us* due to the Gilt markets going up & down like yo-yos after each "leak" & "u-turn". And then I'd like to see the Media forced to pay for it all. news.sky.com/story/starme...

And...there it is. Another #NonStory based on *speculation & absolutely zero facts*, published despite both Starmer & Reeves going on the record in the last 3 weeks saying they'd stick to the Manifesto, proving there was nothing in the rumours. #NotAUTurn news.sky.com/story/starme...

Latest ONS data show 124 deaths in England involving COVID-19: w/ending 31 Oct 2025. Latest NHS data indicate numbers in hospital down to 1,602 as of 31 Oct 2025. The virus is still here. People still being infected. #LongCOVID disabling. Need to protect the vulnerable, and improve vaccine access.

North Wales to pioneer UK’s first small modular reactors Anglesey set for thousands of new jobs as PM confirms Wylfa will host UK's first small modular nuclear reactors. This is excellent news and, if we are serious about reaching net zero and tackling climate change, an absolutely essential step.

Reminder to "Disingenuous Dan" Hannan: Successive Tory Governments slashed Mental health Care in the UK over & over again, closing specialist care centres & abandoning them in the community without help, medication or support. That's what is behind these occasional attacks, at their root.

Progress! - EU countries have agreed to fast-track talks on an electricity trading agreement with the UK - a major win for Keir Starmer’s Brexit reset. They also approved mandates for talks on an agri-food deal to ease cross-Channel trade frictions, & to link the EU & U.K. emissions trading systems

Or, to write a more accurate headline, "UK economy grew 0.1% despite JLR hack knocking 0.2% off". Given that it had such a huge effect on the UK motor industry, to still show overall growth is pretty encouraging! www.theguardian.com/business/202...

If you are calling for Sir Keir Starmer to stand down, who ever you are, then you are doing Farage's work for him. It's the way his desire for an election in 2027 comes about. Just shut up and stop it. Let the government get on with the job we elected them to do - and which they ARE doing.

So - it was all just another non-story about *nothing at all*. There was no "Briefing from No10 insiders". No "tips sent to reporters". No "plot to oust Starmer". No "kneecapping by putting Streeting on the media rounds". All just totally made up by the UK Media. #Leveson2Now!

So this is interesting from Robert Peston. The claims of people inside No 10 briefing the press about the PM fighting for his leadership appear to be wrong. As I speculated this morning, it appears to have been nothing more but a response to a question from a journalist! @mrjamesob.bsky.social

Reinvesting in the NHS The next phase of merging NHS England directly into the DHSC has been given the go ahead. This alone is expected to lead to £1bn in savings per year, which will be reinvested into front line health services. This is on top of a record £29bn increase in health funding. 1/2

Winter Fuel Payments 9m pensioners are to benefit from vital support for energy costs during the colder months as Winter Fuel Payments start being paid today. Payments between £100 & £300 will be made across Nov & Dec. 1/2 www.gov.uk/government/n...

Quick action from Labour on ending mistakes in prisoner releases, in addition to the new checklists introduced by David Lammy the day after it made News. Reminder: 900 prisoners were released in error by Tories. The only action they took was to make sure we didn't know. www.gov.uk/government/n...

News that UK Media will hope you don't see today: - £75million funding to develop non-animal testing - End of animal testing for skin & eye products within 14months - Drug testing on dogs & primates much reduced by 2030. Ask yourself why you didn't know this? www.gov.uk/government/n...

Buried news of the day IMO "Government vows to phase out animal tests as alternative methods come on stream with new strategy welcomed as ‘ambitious’ and ‘timely’ by animal welfare & life sciences organisations." Plus new £75 million funding to bring forward new testing methods for health products

How much press/media coverage did any of this get? Clue: maybe 10% and that's being generous.

Keep asking yourself/reminding yourself who OWNS the majority of UK press and media, and then you can stop wondering why they're so anti-UK, anti-Labour and pro Faragrifski/Boris/Tice etc. After you've learned that, ask who's funding them. This is all you need to do to maintain a healthy skepticism.

Joke of the day from Moscow: Russia tried to unveil its first humanoid AI robot, Aidol. Key word: tried. The robot collapsed during its debut, forcing organizers to cut the presentation short. Their rushed attempt to lift the prop only made things worse.

In the Week Ending 2nd November, Zero small boats arrived in the UK, & 3 were prevented. For people about to reply claiming its due to the weather - the weather didn't prevent the 3 boats who attempted to cross, the French police did, under the agreement signed with Labour.

"Food inflation drops by 10%" should really be the headline in all papers today (but of course, they don't really want you to know). Its not due to the seasonal goodwill of supermarkets as claimed though. Its been high due to their *profiteering* all year www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Gambling companies should be treated like smoking companies - taxed into oblivion & banned from advertising & sponsorship. They are a totally parasitic curse on society, responsible for misery, poverty, suicide & domestic abuse. We don't need them. It's not "fun" www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Scope are pointing out the number of employed disabled people fell by 349,000 between Q3 2024 & Q3 2025, with 52.3% of disabled people now employed vs 54.5%. Unemployment among disabled is now 9.1% vs 6.7%. So its a *good thing* Labour is giving them more help to work - right?

Gloomy headline...but as usual, *its wrong*. The truth: - We have the largest number of people of working age ever. - The number of those *in work* is almost the largest ever - The percentage unemployed is among the lowest in 50yrs. #FactsMatter www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Reality bites! A Reform-led council is planning to double council tax on second homes six months after party leader Nigel Farage denounced such policies as “madness” and “extortion”. By @cjayanetti.bsky.social

This is just part of Labour's £39bn vision to build the most social homes and affordable homes in more than generation. ✅ £7bn to deliver thousands of social homes across England ✅ Councils building at scale again ✅ £150m to transform brownfield sites www.instagram.com/reel/DQ3-MTs...

In anticipation of the Tory and media outrage about any tax rises, here's a few manifesto pledges the Tories broke. Build 300,000 new homes, end rough sleeping, ban no fault evictions, build 40 new hospitals, no new tax rises, cut NHS waiting lists, end child poverty, levelling up @lbc.co.uk

It beggars belief that Southern Water allowed a "Single Point of Failure" event such as this. It tells us everything about how little they care about their responsibilities these days & how they cannot be cosidered guardians of the environment. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Budget context: The historical UK tax burden (overall) hasn't really changed much since WW2, despite Tory hysteria about "Labour tax & spend" & assertions of their own "low tax policy". Its stayed 32-35% until Sunak. Its just a matter of when you pay it, whether before salary or during purchases.

This is seen as failure, but if we could identify "all murders" or "all thieves" with a 54% success rate (ie detecting all the bad guys but with some overspill into people who could easily prove innocence), *it's a win*. HMRC can add checks & improve it. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

It’s as if they think we’ve all been in a coma for the last 15 years, rather than watching the Tories smash it all up in front of us. Very good on our ‘let’s-not-bother-with-right-wing-racism-or-Farage’s-corruption-and-let’s-blame-Labour-for-everything’ media. www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...

Another "Reeves told" story (which means "public made aware to put pressure on", as she already knows). As always, its a *non-story*, because if Labour moves home insulation out of the Energy Bill "Green levy", they'll put it into the "Warm Homes" budget. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Did you know Water Companies *don't refill reservoirs when it rains hard*? High river flows bring shitty sediment that silts up reservoirs. They could intercept that with holding ponds, or stop dumping sewage, but it costs money. So they ration us instead www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Don't be fooled by all these groups, MPs, businesses, experts & thinktanks who give new "warnings" & express "concern" every day to Rachel Reeves. - They don't know what's in the Budget - They aren't *influencing* the Budget Its just said by Media to worry *you* www.theguardian.com/environment/...

It seems many (including Telegraph) are confused about what OBR gets told vs what ends up in the Budget. The "Front Page scoop" about income tax is just something the Government have asked the OBR to look at it one of the 3 or4 packages of possible measures provided. The Budget isn't finalised yet.

Imagine if somneone at the Office of Budgetary Responsibilty *had* leaked sensitive Budget information to Steven Swinford at the Telegraph... Does anyone think they'd keep their job? Does anyone think the OBR would ever be allowed privileged access to assess impacts of *possible policies* again?

Ffs people, stop reporting speculative fact free articles which started in the Telegraph, Rachel Reeves is very unlikely to have told anyone in the media her budget plans. We had this before the last budget and none of the media forecasts came to owt. There must be some actual news to report.

Note to people concerned about "lost farmland": Solar panels aren't flat on the ground. They are raised up a couple of metres from the ground at an angle. 72% of UK farmland is pasture. Cattle love rubbing on the solar panel posts, & sheep like to shelter under them. Chickens love them too! 1/2

...suddenly people are now concerned over the use of green fields and farm land for them. Where is this coming from? As it's not just the right, but the left too. 2/2

Why are my posts on green energy, specifically solar farms now getting more opposition? Before everyone seemed to accept we needed more solar farms. As Labour have got on and approved more solar farms across the country and I share those stories and their wider green energy plans... 1/2

Showing their true colours now. Let’s hope the public wakes up before its too late Plans to save £4m a year by closing five council-run care homes and five day centres and moving residents into the private sector. Reform’s cabinet member for social care in Lancashire, owns a private care company

Natural England sets out new vision for nature and growth with its new strategy. The plan will focus on outcomes, not process and will aim to deliver outcomes in four areas: + Recovering Nature + Building Better Places + Improving Health and Wellbeing + Delivering Security through Nature

I see many forces trying to bring Starmer down. They represent evil in the world. Message ends.