Pie Thagoram
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#RejoinEU #FBPE #FBPR #BushyPark #C4News #MentalHealthAwareness #TravelPhotography #ProgressiveAlliance 25/3/26 completed 59yrs of supporting #Notts County. Ipcress File's Palmer bests sums it up, "Must we sit through any more of this torture? #COYP
Windfall tax on colossal bank profits could raise £19bn in 2026. Result of profiteering and govt policies. Sufficient to increase frozen personal income tax allowance by nearly £2,000. Banks paid out £25bn in bonuses in the year to March, can easily pay more tax.
Windfall tax on colossal bank profits could raise £19bn in 2026
Burnham urged to resist lobbyists and tax banks to pay for his cost of living measures
positivemoney.org
In @bradfordtanda.bsky.social 📰: PM #AndyBurnham must break #Brexit silence. Ignoring £182bn annual #UKEconomy hit makes better public services impossible. @europeanmovement.co.uk: This isn't time to sideline #EU reset! #Bradford #UKPolitics #RejoinEU 👇 Also view & share via @bestforbritain.org 👇
Best for Britain@bestforbritain.org · 2d agoEU membership is the best way to grow the UK economy. 🔊 'Mr Burnham cannot present himself as a "step forward" while sliding backwards on Europe. To fund social care without raising taxes or borrowing, he urgently needs economic growth.'
🏴🚂🚃🚃🚃🚃 "Staff at The Traitors railway site abused over train wildfire ban. Aviemore's Strathspey Railway has appealed for respect after staff were abused over the suspension of steam trains due to the Highlands wildfire risk." www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...
Staff at The Traitors railway site abused over train wildfire ban
The Aviemore-based Strathspey Railway has appealed for respect after staff were abused over the suspension of steam trains due to the Highlands wildfire risk
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🍛🍷🛫 "British Airways business-class passengers have been left without onboard meals for a month after a new catering contract for flights to and from London City airport backfired." 🆓 ⏬️ www.thetimes.com/business/com...
Business-class meals halted by British Airways at City airport
Full service to return this week after bungled handover of catering contract leaves flights without full onboard meals during July
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🏴 "ScotRail apologises to customers over new app 'shambles'. Hundreds of passengers were unable to book tickets with Scotland's nationalised rail company after it replaced its existing system." 🆓 ⏬️ www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...
ScotRail apologises to customers over new app ‘shambles’
Hundreds of passengers were unable to book tickets with Scotland’s nationalised rail company after it replaced its existing system
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Thank you, @josiahmortimer.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social 🙏 bylinetimes.com/2026/08/04/r...
Reform Council Leader’s Firm Advised £95 Million Project Which His Own Council Is a Partner In
Cllr Paul Mackings' consultancy has advised on the South Tyneside College relocation since 2021 and his firm gave £111,000 to Reform UK weeks before he stood as a candidate
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High speed levy proposed to protect France’s socially desirable TGV services https://www.railwaygazette.com/high-speed/2026/08/05/high-speed-levy-proposed-to-protect-frances-socially-desirable-tgv-services/
High speed levy proposed to protect France’s socially desirable TGV services
FRANCE: The government has confirmed that it favours the introduction of financial incentives and cross-subsidies to support the continued operation of high speed passenger trains which are considered socially desirable but are not commercially viable. Faced with the prospect of increasing competition for the most profitable passenger services, and growing concern from incumbent state-owned operator…
railwaygazette.com
This video was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1961. The Blue Danube. Original post
Bought the cheapest ticket to the Proms, restricted view. Have been given a free upgrade to near the front. Benefits of holidaying solo.
This is a war crime. This is attempted murder. This guy isn’t an enemy combatant. This is some Russian POS controlling a drone to try and murder someone, anyone. Russia is a terrorist state lead by a homicidal terrorist.
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‘This isn’t some vendetta’ – Tulisa Contostavlos on taking on the tabloids, sex tapes and shame
The N-Dubz and X Factor star’s career went into freefall after an elaborate sting by the Sun on Sunday, and she’s still campaigning for tougher press regulation. But will it work?
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CITY AM: With banks posting bumper profits and paying £13.7bn to shareholders, calls for a £19bn windfall tax are growing. Burnham and Healey face City pressure - and a threat to pull JP Morgan’s £3bn tower. - by Samuel Norman
Big bank bosses on alert as tax noise gets louder under Burnham
cityam.com
Republicans just voted to slash Medicare benefits that seniors rely on every single day. They call it “reform.” Patients will call it higher costs, fewer doctors, and longer waits. This isn’t abstract. It’s your parents’ meds. Your grandparents’ care. #RepublicanMedicareCuts
Matt @MattCartoonist on the #Prison early release @Telegraph – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com
Farage, Reform, and its top team's finances have so far led to investigations by: The Met Police The Electoral Commission Parliamentary Standards Multiple banks' financial-compliance teams National Crime Agency And the FBI Like I said. It's very simple. Nothing to see here. Move along.
Kemi Badenoch’s candidates: Grant Shapps out Former neo-Nazi with criminal record in open.spotify.com/episode/6WqM...
Should a former neo-Nazi be allowed to stand for election?
James O'Brien Daily · Episode
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