BREAKING: Reform UK leader Nigel Farage bought a £1.4 million property in cash shortly after receiving a £5m personal gift from billionaire donor Christopher Harborne, according to property records seen by Sky News.
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Glass of red and some time to get into the Book I received for Christmas. Perfect Boxing day evening. Cheers @jonawils.bsky.social
‘Death by a thousand cuts’: the people who could face deportation under Reform
‘Death by a thousand cuts’: the people who could face deportation under Reform
As party’s rise fuels fears over future visa rules, people share how the lives they have built are in jeopardy
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English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books
English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books
Survey finds 60% of key cities councils are planning to sell assets to meet costs of adult and children’s social care English councils are planning to sell social clubs, sports centres and shopping arcades as they bet on a fire sale of assets to balance the books, according to a survey of local authorities. The key cities group of councils, which represents second-tier cities in England, said 60% of councils were planning to sell assets to meet the escalating costs of adult and children’s social care. Continue reading...
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Went into a Halifax branch to open a bank account for the 12 yo, was told to do it through the app. Application has since been denied for unknown ID photo issue from generic email account. Make it make sense. Modern Technological life is making things harder.
The people of Paulsgrove sound a barrel of laughs. NAAAT.
Britain Elects@britainelects.com · 10mo ago❗ Reform GAIN from Independent Group Paulsgrove (Portsmouth) council by-election result: REF: 64.2% (+64.2) CON: 11.3% (-14.9) LAB: 10.5% (-4.3) LDEM: 8.7% (+4.6) GRN: 5.3% (+5.3) No IndGrp (-55.0) as prev. +/- 2022 Estimated turnout: ~27% (+0) andrewteale.me.uk/previews
This is the article, I believe, that first kicked things off. That was when the attacks began in earnest. @peterjukes.bsky.social & I revisit this whole dark period in Sergei & the Westminster Spy Ring… www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
Brexit, the ministers, the professor and the spy: how Russia pulls strings in UK
The charges filed against a Trump aide shocked the US – but also shed new light on the complex connections that link Russia to Brexit and the Foreign Office
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Don't suppose Football Weekly live will be available to rewatch? Or be listenable through usual avenues at some point? Missed it as celebrating an anniversary last night 😒 obvs still happy to pay the fee. Keep up the good work 🍻@maxrushden.bsky.social @barryglendenning.bsky.social
New Wolf Alice album... It's ok? Can tell it's done by a big label. Beige. Fucking love White Horses though.
Just finished the brilliant 'Up Pohnpei', which has made me nostalgic for travel on top of keeping me motivated for continuing to coach youth football. Thanks to @paul-c-watson.bsky.social. Are you still in contact with Dilshan?
Any shares of this for algorithmical purposes much-appreciated. I'd love to get these books out of my spare room & into the world before my new novel comes out. I'll sign them all & I really am happy to let people choose what they pay. (Postage to UK is £4.)
Tom Cox@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 12mo agoAll I have left of the 1000s of books I bought from my ex-publisher's warehouse are about 200 copies of Ring The Hill. I'd *love* to get them to good homes this week. If you're in the UK & you'd like one, for the price of your choice (any price!), pls email me your address at hello@tom-cox.com.
Recurring thought over the past few years with climate carnage on the horizon.
Anon Opin@anonopin.bsky.social · last yr.My decision to keep my debts to a minimum is going to look pretty fucking silly if World War 3 followed by armageddon happens.
My decision to keep my debts to a minimum is going to look pretty fucking silly if World War 3 followed by armageddon happens.
Say what you like about Spoons but a sit down meal with a pint plus table service for under a tenner is one of the last bastions of value left in the country.
The main problem with our world is that the sun will burn out in about 5 billion years. We need a way to mix the unburned hydrogen into the core, so we can prolong the fusion phase. This is urgent. We probably need a solution within the next 500 million years.
Everything makes sense if you see Trump as a Russian asset.