Fannywobble induced by-election in Boston and Skegness incoming!

Politics UK@politicsuk.com · 3d ago

🚨 NEW: Richard Tice is now being investigated by Parliament’s Standards watchdog for allegedly failing to declare a financial interest

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Reform given six-figure donation by firm that received £6...

Nigel Farage’s party is facing questions about the lack of transparency over £100,000 in funds donated by a management consultancy

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Look at the list of 33 candidates that Farage is running against. It’s going to be an absolute circus, which is fitting for the poisonous clown. 3 from the Official Monster Raving Loony Party Nick The Incredible Flying Brick Howling Laud Hope Baron Von Thunderclap. Full consumes, I hope

David Willetts makes a good point. Parents are stepping up to support their kids well into adulthood because the opportunities are not there to do it alone. Too bad if you don't have parents with means. It's the McJob trap for you.

Resolution Foundation@resolutionfoundation.org · 3w ago

'we've ended up better parents than citizens' In our recent podcast discussion, David Willetts reflected on how opportunities for young people have become limited in wider society. Listen now buff.ly/YC754Cy

Water companies reclassify bonus as retention payments, circumvent rules. Anglian Water CEO gets £1.3m retention pay. AW won't meet its regulatory targets. 44% rise in customer bills, sewage in rivers, 182m litres a day lost to leaks, criminal convictions. Govt/Ofwat do nothing. archive.ph/kmZz8

Anglian Water hands chief £1.3mn in retention pay despite bonus curbs

Nearly two-thirds of £1.9mn pay package paid by parent company unregulated by Ofwat

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Nationalise South East Water now before it collapses! We'll pay for it anyway, better to start now and beat the sunk cost trap.

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3w ago

South East Water warns over survival as funds dry up

As the owner of a company put out of business by these incredibly complicated "disguised renumeration" tax laws. I've been puzzled for weeks how Farage has simply been able to ignore them. Dan Neidle with excellent synopsis:

Dan Neidle@danneidle.bsky.social · 3w ago

In May we said Nigel Farage probably didn't owe tax on his £5m gift. The Guardian now reports the gift followed talks where Farage said he'd need £5m to return to frontline politics. *If* that's right, we think there's a high risk of a £3m tax bill - payable by Reform.

The public is clear what they want to happen with Thames Water MPs are clear too. And they are standing up and demanding that the government take it into special administration. Share this if you agree with them.

Carbon capture lives like a dream in the heads of politicians who want to keep going with fossil fuels. Is there any evidence that it’s a reality? https://projects.propublica.org/why-carbon-capture-cant-solve-climate-change/

The Government™ has made an ad about Palantir, and it's surprsingly honest and informative.

Honest Government Ad | Palantir

YouTube video by thejuicemedia

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Bicycles are hugely space efficient, which is why they make a lot of sense in congested cities. This video demonstrates why there aren’t traffic jams in bike lanes. Just imagine the traffic queues if every bicycle here was a car.

Unfortunately I can't make the debate on second jobs as I'm in America for a speaking engagement before coming back to promote gold bullion then doing my GB News show and squeezing in a few Cameo recordings before bed.

Prior to Brexit there were no small boat crossings to the UK. Not one. The Farage Boats are there in large part because of leave.

Richard Dale@inhalewithdale.bsky.social · last mo.

Fair to say I've been lost in the woods lately, but emerging to post this video to my 959 followers, on behalf of a very close friend of mine; marking one of the biggest achievements of Brexit.

He didn’t think it was his job to have a plan. Which of course explains why he didn’t stand for leader when Cameron resigned. No way was he going to take responsibility or do any work. No, just let May do it, carping from the sidelines, then swoop in and take the “glory”. Lazy, traitorous arsehole.

European Movement UK@europeanmovement.co.uk · last mo.

In a BBC documentary, Boris Johnson admits: “We didn’t have a plan for what to do next. We didn’t think it was our job to have a plan.” Ten years on from the vote to leave the EU, and after seeing the consequences that followed, what should the plan be for the UK to rejoin the European Union?

Topical question of the day. What were the worst failed policy acts of self-harm in human history?

The question is no longer whether Brexit worked. It didn’t. The question is whether Britain is prepared to admit it and correct the mistake. - Mehdi Hasan

Mehdi Hasan@mehdirhasan.bsky.social · last mo.

“Ten Years On From the Brexit Referendum, It’s Time for a Breturn to the EU” On the 10th anniversary of the referendum, I make the case for Britain rejoining the EU, and look back on a decade of lies and political and economic chaos. Me, for Zeteo UK:

It's the 10th anniversary of the dumbest moment in modern British history so let's celebrate some of the idiots who made it happen. First up ... Jacob Rees-Mogg and his promise of cheap food and wine... In fact food prices have increased some 12% as a direct result of Brexit (LSE) 1/5

Ten years ago today the whole country and its future were sacrificed on the altar of Boris Johnson’s ego, David Cameron’s stupidity and Nigel Farage’s prejudice. A decade thrown away and a nation left angrier and poorer. Thanks, you absoute pricks.

Nice one @libdems.org.uk 👍

The 'ten years' bit is a clue.

The #Brexit referendum was 10 years ago and we are still paying for it. The rise of people like #NigelFarage is exactly what we warned would happen. #costofliving #ukpolitics See you at 12 pm! #Brexit @marchforrejoin.co.uk

Incredibly, the data on the effects of the calamitous Brexit decision is out there, but every BBC 'analysis' of Brexit "ten year on" is 'ooh, wasn't Farage clever, oh my Cummings was so smart, look how Boris and Dave hated each other'. Meanwhile the country burns. #r4today

I Am Incorrigible@imincorrigible.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"The UK economy has taken a 6% hit from the effects of Brexit, according to economists' analysis of internal Bank of England data about the decisions, views and financial results of thousands of British companies since the referendum a decade ago" #r4today www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Brexit is costing us £2 billion a week Let’s ditch it and fund Britain 🇬🇧 instead and get freedoms to travel, work, study in Europe again. #BreJoinEU

VERY EXCITING The government finally pushes back against Thames Water's creditors' dodgy deal Saying they "will always act in the national interest — and our priority is protecting consumers" 🙌🙌🙌 WELL DONE everyone campaigning on this, keep going! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Thames Water moves step closer to nationalisation after government objects to rescue deal

A government spokesman tells the BBC the current offer "does not do enough to protect consumers or the environment".

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Saturday 20th June, 12noon - 4:30pm LONDON, Temple Station - Parliament Square To mark 10 years since the referendum, we NEED YOU THERE! Please come along, tell everyone you know and share this post everywhere! #RejoinEU #RejoinMarch

Ukrainian Roman Lavrynovych, 22, and Romanian Stanislav Carpiuc, 27, acted on the orders of a Russian-speaking Telegram contact called "El Money", the Old Bailey heard. But that was just the last in a string of Russian directed acts aimed at stirring up discord in 🇬🇧 www.ft.com/content/dd79...

Arson targeting Keir Starmer properties originated in Russia

Handler was affiliated with a pro-Kremlin hacktivist group

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