Darren Fower

@darrenfower.bsky.social

โœŠ๐Ÿผ Campaigner, ๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ blogger and ๐Ÿ“Š political analysts/commentator ........ Based in #Peterborough ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง

๐Ÿ—ฃ Pressure is growing on Andy Burnham to impose a windfall tax on Britainโ€™s largest banks. ๐Ÿฆ 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.

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Could prove interesting ๐Ÿค” .... โžก๏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 ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ Palestine!

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? ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜…

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#ReformUK says it wants to ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต "๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ž๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜›๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ" to stop small boats arriving from France! #NigelFarage #SmallBoatsCrisis #EnglishChannel

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Should there be criminal charges against those involved? "๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ยฃ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฎ.๐Ÿณ ๐™—๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ-๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿด% ๐˜ด๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ'๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฏ.๐Ÿฒ% ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด. ๐˜๐˜ต'๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ*๐˜ด๐˜ด!?" #HS2 #HS2Saga

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A High Court challenge against the construction of a Chinese mega embassy in London has ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ! The case was brought forward by the campaign group the Royal Mint Court Residents' Association, who fear it'll be used to enforce "๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ" Chinese laws in the UK and to target dissidents!?

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Air passengers face ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ as Heathrow moves to recoup early ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ planning costs. With ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ holiday flight costs already up ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿด% since 2023, is it fair for travellers to foot the bill for airport infrastructure?

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Ofgem proposes charging data centers fees to jump grid connection queues, as green energy projects face up to 10-year waits. ๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐—”๐—œ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ pay extra to protect renewable power rollout? ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€?

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๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ elected officials be held to stricter social media conduct standards than ordinary citizens? With online ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ toxicity up ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฑ% year-on-year, would ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ support stricter party disciplinary rules! ๐Ÿ‘‡

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Global conflicts are driving up UK borrowing costs, forcing heavy trade-offs ahead of the Budget. Defense spending sits at ๐Ÿฎ.๐Ÿฏ% of GDP - should government raise it to ๐Ÿฎ.๐Ÿฑ% or protect domestic services? ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐˜‡ ....! #UKLabour #CostOfLivingCrisis

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With an estimated ๐Ÿญ.๐Ÿฒ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป older people lacking the care they need, ๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ has two options! 1) Tax the rich ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ! 2) Tax ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜บ else ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ! #UKLabour #AndyBurnham #SocialCareCrisis

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๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜บ ๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ has fast-tracked the ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜„ to next summer to establish a National Care Service - but with A&E attendances for over-65s surging from ๐Ÿฏ.๐Ÿฏ๐—  to ๐Ÿฑ.๐Ÿด๐— , can the ๐˜•๐˜๐˜š afford to wait?

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The population of England and Wales was an estimated 62 million in mid-2025, up by ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ,๐Ÿต๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ โ€“ from 61.8m in mid-2024. During the same period there were ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿด๐Ÿด,๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ births and ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿด,๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ deaths, which contributed just 19,600 to the change.

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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 "๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ'๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜•๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ"! Q: ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ?

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RE: #SocialCareCrisis - PM #AndyBurnham has said more could be done with existing resources and "๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด" would have to be taken ... But what exactly is he going to do? ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ? #UKLabour

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The ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜Œ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ is getting feisty! ๐Ÿ˜ฏ -> Result on Thursday! ๐Ÿ‡ LATEST odds have ๐˜“๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ on ๐Ÿญ/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ, #ReformUK on ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ/๐Ÿญ, Greens at ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฌ/๐Ÿญ and Restore Britain at ๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฒ/๐Ÿญ .... the ๐˜›๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด are on between ๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ/๐Ÿญ to ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ/๐Ÿญ! ๐Ÿ˜‚ #MontgomeryToms #RestoreBritain #GMMayor #GreaterManchesterMayor

In ๐—ฌ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฅ opinion, is this image, ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ by the ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜† leader an "๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ" or just a bit of a laugh? ๐Ÿค” PS - #ZackPolanski has since ๐Ÿคณ ๐——๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ง๐—˜๐—— the Twitter/X shared postโ‰๏ธ

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