Kev Woods

@kev-woods.bsky.social

Derby County to the core. Labour voter🌹. No dm's pls Seek balance and talk to each other it may surprise you..

60 pts in total for City would be a farce. Here’s what I would do: 200pts in total. Season 1 = -80pts Season 2 = -60pts Season 3 = -60pts (halved if financial targets and fair play rules have been met) 3 year transfer ban and restrictions on salaries for new loans/ free agents.

Drax’s planned datacentre to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood to produce its electricity, nearly double the CO2 emissions of all flights from London Gatwick airport. Drax, a highly profitable company gets subsidies to burn wood and produce electricity How many lives will it ruin?

Drax datacentre could create nearly twice the yearly emissions of all Gatwick flights

Exclusive: Campaign group’s analysis of North Yorkshire plans finds datacentre would have to burn 4.9m tonnes of wood a year

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Zack Polanski’s absence from the ‘Zionism is Racism’ vote “doesn’t look like leadership, it looks like cowardice”, says Jon Sopel. "If Polanski wants to lead the party, he should lead in support of the motion. "If he opposes the motion, why isn't he leading in opposition to it?"

Free social care is coming… but only if you’re over 65, says UK govt. Govts awaits the Casey Review for further decisions. 12% of children, 24% of working-age adults, 45% of adults over State Pension age have a disability Low incomes; poor food, housing, healthcare; NHS queues adds to problems

Free social care is coming… but only if you’re over 65, government confirms after Burnham speech

Andy Burnham’s announcement of free personal care as part of a new National Care Service will only apply to those over 65, and not to working-age disabled people, No 10 has confirmed, sparking shoc…

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Robert Jenrick chasing a guy in his ridiculous videos, who stole a bottle of Coke. This is the same Robert Jenrick who helped his mate avoid paying £40 million in tax when he was Housing Secretary.

More bad news for Farage/Reform 1 October 2026 · 6 Council By Election Results: Claremont, Blackpool - Labour hold Wick & East Caithness, Highland Lib Dem gain from Ind Long Whatton & Diseworth, North West Leicestershire Conservative hold Amble, Northumberland - Labour gain from Reform 1/2

Even though it’s the Tories who let our prisons rot, built no prisons and only made 500 prison more places in 14 years? The media blamed Keir Starmer for having to let prisoners out early because prisons are full and of course now it’s all Andy Burnham’s fault.

Manchester City cheated Premier League rules, the Commission found. Did it also cheat HMRC? We've examined the decision and leaked Mancini documents. We think City likely failed to pay £12m in tax. There should be a criminal investigation. Thread:

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The man who murdered student Henry Nowak is being allowed to appeal against the length of his sentence Vickrum Digwa stabbed 18 yr old Henry Nowak to death in Southampton in 2025. In June, he was jailed for life with a minimum term of 21 years

John Healey will, according to reports, head into the Budget with a £4bn to £6.5bn chunk of his fiscal headroom having mysteriously gone walkabouts. The cause? A sharp drop in immigration to the UK. Almost as though migrants aren’t all just wandering around devouring taxes for shits and giggles.

Net Migration if Falling - now the Treasury needs to Pay the Bill for it.

After years of promising that fewer migrants would relieve pressure on Britain, Labour is discovering that cutting migration also means cutting workers, taxpayers and economic headroom.

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We should come down like a ton of bricks on those who are violent against women – whatever their background. Yet today, you only ever hear women's safety mentioned by right-wing politicians when they are discussing immigration. It's weaponisation. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Farage and Badenoch have ‘weaponised’ violence against women, Phillipson claims

Exclusive: Labour chair tells The Independent that the Tories and Reform are ignoring ‘the national emergency’ of women’s safety

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Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the UK population. The govt can do so immediately by increasing income tax-free personal allowance by £3,000. All it needs to do is to end subsidies to commercial banks.

This is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardship

Sustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population

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