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A population well practiced in critical thinking is harder to subjugate.
So under Labour energy price cap went up £200 last week and now Burnham gives back £42 starting in October for a year. This leaves people £158 out of pocket.
is this true Pay-per-mile electric and hybrid car taxes confirmed for 2028 as Labour unveils new changes for millions of drivers. Labour are the Ryanair of the UK.
Twenty years ago Lord Sainsbury gave Labour millions, got a peerage and a ministerial job, failed to disclose a £2m loan, apologised and carried on giving. £18.5 million and counting. They are all the same.
A message from YouTube to its content creators has been verified It warns the UK government will force them to push outlets like the BBC, ITV, and Channel 4, over independent journalists and creators.
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Starmer’s goodbye gift to Britain: a US pharma deal that could be more lethal than Covid | Aditya Chakrabortty
The deal on medicine imports will cost the NHS billions and take funding away from doctors, nurses, cancer scans and the rest, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
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HMRC announces 22% tax on cash interest held in stocks and shares Isas 🤦♀️ www.theguardian.com/money/2026/j...
HMRC announces 22% tax on cash interest held in stocks and shares Isas
Treasury also promises a new first-time buyer Isa with no upper age limit, as the ‘age at which a first home is bought is rising’
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So, a list of Brexit winners: customs agents novel food industry migrant workers from outside the EU (if you ignore the racism) Northern Ireland Dutch/EU logistics And of course Farage, Johnson, Gove etc who all got richer but were never held to account. Ffs giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
The winners of Brexit
Even in a decade marked by economic damage, some players have thrived from the disruption
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UK Government clarifies adults will still be able to use social media by verifying their identities with digital IDs, facial recognition, passports, and credit cards...erm.i don't think so, no system is safe. That will be it for me on social media.
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“Under a Labour government we would freeze energy bills. We wouldn’t allow them to go up.” ~ Keir Starmer
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Left: BBC News reporting on the fall in migration to the UK Right: FT reporting universities cutting job due to a fall in overseas students
This is insane self harm. A Labour government is doing this. Alone it justifies Starmer's removal.
Giles Wilkes@gilesyb.bsky.social · 2mo agoUK universities cut jobs, research and teaching amid squeeze in overseas students - www.ft.com/content/ded7... I don't really understand why any administration would not try to reverse the fall in overseas student numbers, but I guess I'm a naive liberal
2.9 million Britons signed a petition against Digital ID Parliament debated it. The government ignored both and put it in the King's Speech anyway.
Also be aware that Christopher Harborne donated £10 million to the Brexit Party in 2016 (10 years ago). Panorama (clip) asked Nigel Farage about it and Farage seemed to want to avoid discussing it.
