๐ฃ Pressure is growing on Andy Burnham to impose a windfall tax on Britainโs largest banks. ๐ฆ Major banks reportedly generated combined profits of ยฃ29.2 billion during the first six months of the year, with approximately ยฃ13.7 billion returned or allocated to shareholders.
Darren Fower
@darrenfower.bsky.social
โ๐ผ Campaigner, ๐ฅ๏ธ blogger and ๐ political analysts/commentator ........ Based in #Peterborough ๐ฌ๐ง
Could prove interesting ๐ค .... โก๏ธ Charity Commission has launched a formal statutory class inquiry to examine whether UK registered charities are inappropriately expending charitable assets in illegal Israeli settlements in ๐ต๐ธ Palestine!
Kemi Badenoch is under pressure after defending the selection of former neo-Nazi activist Joshua Bonehill-Paine as a Conservative council candidate.
After grafting for two whole weeks, minus a couple of days, PM Burnham's decided to take a break! We don't know where he has gone? We don't know how long he'll be gone for? ๐คฃ๐๐
RE: #SmallBoatsCrisis = It does seem MAD to me - that UK taxpayers are NOW essentially paying the wages of French police and border force officers .... when our OWN police forces are short of cash? ๐คฆโโ๏ธ
#OperationFortress = Is it time for the British Navy to get involved? #ZiaYusuf #ReformUK #SmallBoatsCrisis #MigrationCrisis #EnglishChannel #AsylumSeekers
The UK's has (so far) allocated ยฃ1.313 billion for the French, to stop the small boats, but they don't seem to be doing it? #ZiaYusuf #ReformUK #SmallBoatsCrisis #MigrationCrisis #EnglishChannel #AsylumSeekers
Q: Would YOU like to see the use of the Royal Navy, to deter people crossing the Channel? #ZiaYusuf #ReformUK #SmallBoatsCrisis #MigrationCrisis #EnglishChannel #AsylumSeekers
Security services (MI5) and police have disrupted more than 20 potentially lethal, Iranian-backed plots targeting peeps in the UK (Source: HofC library). #ZiaYusuf #ReformUK #SmallBoatsCrisis #MigrationCrisis #EnglishChannel #AsylumSeekers
Should FRANCE take back those who cross the Channel? #ZiaYusuf #ReformUK #SmallBoatsCrisis #MigrationCrisis #EnglishChannel #AsylumSeekers
It's been 730 days since #KeirStarmer first promised to "smash-the-gangs"! Since then, over 65,922 people have arrived via the #EnglishChannel! #UKLabour #MigrationCrisis #SmallBoatsCrisis
#ReformUK says it wants to ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ต "๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ณ ๐๐ธ๐ฐ" to stop small boats arriving from France! #NigelFarage #SmallBoatsCrisis #EnglishChannel
Should there be criminal charges against those involved? "๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ยฃ๐ฏ๐ฎ.๐ณ ๐๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ค๐ฃ, ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ-๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ด% ๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐ฏ.๐ฒ% ๐ง๐ฆ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด. ๐๐ต'๐ด ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ*๐ด๐ด!?" #HS2 #HS2Saga
A High Court challenge against the construction of a Chinese mega embassy in London has ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ! The case was brought forward by the campaign group the Royal Mint Court Residents' Association, who fear it'll be used to enforce "๐ฅ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ" Chinese laws in the UK and to target dissidents!?
๐๏ธ ๐ด๐ต more days for UK citizens to ๐ธ๐ข๐ช๐ต before they know how much their taxes are going to go up to fund ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฎ'๐ด spending addiction, eh? #UKLabour #JohnHealeyMP #Budget2026
Air passengers face ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ as Heathrow moves to recoup early ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ planning costs. With ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ holiday flight costs already up ๐ญ๐ด% since 2023, is it fair for travellers to foot the bill for airport infrastructure?
Ofgem proposes charging data centers fees to jump grid connection queues, as green energy projects face up to 10-year waits. ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐๐ฐ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ pay extra to protect renewable power rollout? ๐ง๐ต๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐๐?
๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ elected officials be held to stricter social media conduct standards than ordinary citizens? With online ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ toxicity up ๐ฏ๐ฑ% year-on-year, would ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ support stricter party disciplinary rules! ๐
Global conflicts are driving up UK borrowing costs, forcing heavy trade-offs ahead of the Budget. Defense spending sits at ๐ฎ.๐ฏ% of GDP - should government raise it to ๐ฎ.๐ฑ% or protect domestic services? ๐ง๐ต๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต๐๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ ๐ฝ๐น๐ ....! #UKLabour #CostOfLivingCrisis
With an estimated ๐ญ.๐ฒ ๐บ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป older people lacking the care they need, ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฎ has two options! 1) Tax the rich ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ! 2) Tax ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐บ else ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ! #UKLabour #AndyBurnham #SocialCareCrisis
๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐บ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฎ has fast-tracked the ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ to next summer to establish a National Care Service - but with A&E attendances for over-65s surging from ๐ฏ.๐ฏ๐ to ๐ฑ.๐ด๐ , can the ๐๐๐ afford to wait?
Q: Can Andy "๐ด๐ฎ๐ข๐ด๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ด"? Since becoming the Prime Minister, on 29th July, #AndyBurnham has been ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ quiet about the small boats crossing the #EnglishChannel! Why do ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ think that is? #MigrationCrisis
The population of England and Wales was an estimated 62 million in mid-2025, up by ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฐ,๐ต๐ฌ๐ฌ โ from 61.8m in mid-2024. During the same period there were ๐ฑ๐ด๐ด,๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ births and ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ด,๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฌ deaths, which contributed just 19,600 to the change.
Green Party Leader, #ZackPolanski is refusing to apologise to #NigelFarage for re-posting a photo of a man wearing a t-shirt with an image of a guillotine and the slogan "๐ธ๐ฆ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฆ๐ญ"! Q: ๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ผ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฒ?
RE: #SocialCareCrisis - PM #AndyBurnham has said more could be done with existing resources and "๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด" would have to be taken ... But what exactly is he going to do? ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ? #UKLabour
The ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ข๐บ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ is getting feisty! ๐ฏ -> Result on Thursday! ๐ LATEST odds have ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ on ๐ญ/๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ, #ReformUK on ๐ฎ๐ฑ/๐ญ, Greens at ๐ฐ๐ฌ/๐ญ and Restore Britain at ๐ฒ๐ฒ/๐ญ .... the ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด are on between ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ฌ/๐ญ to ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฌ/๐ญ! ๐ #MontgomeryToms #RestoreBritain #GMMayor #GreaterManchesterMayor
๐คฅ #ShpresimKoka had claimed to be a Kosovan refugee when he first arrived in Britain in 2001, aged just 14! #MigrationCrisis #HomeOffice #ShabanaMahmoodMP #WeakLabour
In ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ opinion, is this image, ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ by the ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ leader an "๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ท๐ช๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ" or just a bit of a laugh? ๐ค PS - #ZackPolanski has since ๐คณ ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ the Twitter/X shared postโ๏ธ
The average monthly private sector rent in England is now reportedly ยฃ๐ญ,๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฒ, this time two years ago it was ยฃ๐ญ,๐ฏ๐ต๐ต! - Given the median monthly Pay is ~ยฃ๐ฎ,๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฎ a month, that's about ๐ฑ๐ฑ% of your pay going on rent! #UKLabour #HousingCrisis #GenerationRent