Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.
Lul
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OAP in training - enthusiastic cyclist (means "awful") - full time bike builder & mechanic, part time blogger, mostly human. https://www.sportive.com/authors/andy-lulham
NEW: The Abramovich connection. How convicted money launderer George Cottrell - & close aide to Nigel Farage - ‘signed documents’ for one of Putin’s closest allies. My latest for @thenerve.news 1/ www.thenerve.news/p/george-cot...
Farage, George Cottrell and Putin’s friend Abramovich
Source reveals convicted money launderer and Reform leader’s close ally worked as a young man for the now-sanctioned oligarch after becoming friends with his son. Report by Carole Cadwalladr
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My mother had Alzheimer's, and it lasted a decade. That wilderness she descended into was made far worse by a state that essentially said "good luck" and "goodbye" having to navigate care and selling her house and worrying that we'd run out of money to finance it all. If anyone can fix it, good.
Here it is. My manifesto for the 2026 Clacton By-Election. It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Join me, clean up Clacton and let's make 13th August Bin Day! #VoteBinface #VoteyMcVoteface #YesWeTinCan
If I wear a t-shirt with the word 'Burnham' on it, will I be done for inciting the far right to push wheelie bins at migrant hotels? Asking for a Lucy Connelly
A mate sent me this picture saying this is what their bedsheets look like these days, and TBF I piss the bed a lot too.
At a time when trans people face growing hostility, solidarity matters. This weekend, tens of thousands of Londoners and visitors will come together at London Trans+ Pride to show that our city stands for inclusion, respect and equality.
London Trans+ Pride march to end in Trafalgar Square for first time
London Trans+ Pride will end in Trafalgar Square for the first time when it returns to central London on Saturday (25 July).
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@mrjamesob.bsky.social Now that you have your audience thinking of Corrie every time someone says 'London', I think of this every time I hear 'Stoke on Trent' share.google/Iz6VCLJcCgUc...
Dick and Dom's Cat - singing the "Stoke on Trent #song"
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@mrjamesob.bsky.social - You haven't told us about Grant Shapps yet, but here's one of his greatest hits about what they though Working Class Values were about in 2014
@mrjamesob.bsky.social You'll not find the elephant - 52% of the population have been ignoring the one in their room since 2016
While this place is 100x better than the hellsite, there are still a few people who seem determined to spoil the experience. So here are my instant blocking criteria: - Insults or abuse - Performative idiocy - False accusations - Pointless conflict - Racism, sexism or other prejudices.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social @lbc.co.uk #lbc
River@riverlorien.bsky.social · 3mo agoBadenoch repeatedly claims that welfare is too generous. Trussell Trust: "People are being forced to turn to food banks because their income isn’t enough to cover the essentials like food, bills and toiletries." "Universal Credit isn’t set at a level that covers life's essentials"
The Government is capping bus fares and cutting VAT on Energy Bills. It could also cap profits, for 14 years wages rose at inflation or below. It is time for the same on bills and rents.
Basic wage growth (3.4%) is still outpacing inflation (2.6%), as it has done for the past 2 years under the Labour Government. Why don't we ever hear this from the media? www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c6...
UK inflation rate falls to 2.6% - live updates
The rate was 2.8% in May - above the Bank of England's 2% target.
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1/13 For the last two weeks I have been focused on the Strait of Hormuz. The horror, destruction and loss of life there continues on all sides, with no obvious path back to stability. But conflicts like this rarely stay confined to one maritime theatre. They spread. #TheHormuzCrisis
Whatever you do, Do NOT read this book by @russincheshire.bsky.social Not before you've bought and read the three previous books in the series I can't remember enjoying anything more than the 'Erin Callahan' thrillers. Destined to become a star-studded series on a streaming service soon 🤞
Of course we want a fiscally responsible government but oh my God, the handwringing about “where will this £850mn come from?” from the same country that spaffed £40bn on a Brexit divorce bill plus a further £100bn a year yet no one seemed to give a shit where that would all come from!
Just about to bleed the brakes on this Scott bike and it takes the piss
Lying about Mitch McConnell’s death to avoid a special election is election fraud.
Trump says an election was stolen—but if there's an election that deserves scrutiny, it's 2024, not 2020. And the focus, according to this view, isn't China… It's Elon Musk. Every. Accusation. Is. A. Confession. 😎✨
I got ID'd in ASDA yesterday buying booze 🤣 The assistant was kidding, but it brightened up both our days as I had ID on me, which is a terrible picture and 10 years old
No longer a joke candidate, Count Binface offers a manifesto that delivers far more for Clacton than Farage ever has.
