Nigel Farage, if he wins the Clacton by-election, won't be able to claim a victory for the “people versus the establishment”. Just about every candidate is an Independent; certainly not the establishment. #FarageGrifter #UKPolitics #Clacton www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...

Nigel Farage to face 33 rival candidates in the Clacton by-election

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Patients deserve dignity, not a public gauntlet. Safe-access buffer zones protect confidential healthcare from harassment. Religious freedom ends where intimidation begins. #BufferZones #SafeAccess #ProtectHealthcare #ClinicSafety grandad68.substack.com/p/harassment...

Harassment Is Not a Holy Right

Stop Framing Clinic Intimidation as "Religious Freedom"

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The banks pay £5bn a year less tax than in 2022 because of Rishi Sunak's bank tax cut which has never been reversed.

The end of the Westminster subsidy? Wealthiest properties pay the least tax, thanks to billions in central government grants. Time to level up? 📉🏗️ #Westminster #CouncilTax #TaxFairness #UKPolitics open.substack.com/pub/grandad6...

The Great Westminster Tax Rip-Off: Why Britain’s Richest Postcodes Are Crying Wolf

Central London’s multi-millionaires have relied on taxpayers to subsidize their artificially low council tax for decades, it’s time to pay their fair share.

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The Daily Express outrage machine is at it again, framing Andy Burnham's planned holiday as a crisis. Aren't working-class leaders allowed time off? Total non-story hypocrisy. #AndyBurnham #DailyExpress #TabloidBias #UKPolitics www.express.co.uk/news/politic...

Andy Burnham goes on holiday leaving fraudster Louise Haigh in charge of the UK

The new Prime Minister has taken a break after less than three weeks in the job.

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As energy giants profit from the Middle East conflict, families face surging bills. A windfall tax could fix UK social care & protect the vulnerable. #WindfallTax #SocialCare #EnergyProfits #CostOfLiving open.substack.com/pub/grandad6...

Profiting from Crisis: The Human Cost of Energy Windfalls

Why taxing wartime oil profits could fund the lifeline Britain’s social care system desperately needs

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Reform UK built its brand on calling out corruption—yet its own leaders now face probes over undeclared gifts, funded trips & dodgy donations. Glass houses, indeed! #ReformUK #UKPolitics #PoliticalAccountability #Westminster open.substack.com/pub/grandad6...

Glass Houses and Golden Handshakes: Reform UK’s Hypocrisy Problem

For a party obsessed with calling out political corruption, Nigel Farage and his inner circle are spending a lot of time dodging watchdogs and explaining away millions in mysterious cash.

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Calling unemployed youth "gormless" ignores kids with Autism & PDA being failed by a broken system long before age 18. They don't need humiliation; they need support. #YouthUnemployment #Neurodiversity #JeremyClarkson #WelfareReform open.substack.com/pub/grandad6...

Jeremy, don't Call Them Lazy When We Built a World That Rejects Them

Behind the easy caricatures of "gormless" youth are kids with Autism and PDA, fighting a rigid, unyielding system that treats their anxiety as defiance and their needs as an inconvenience.

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Gove’s education reforms built an exam factory for the few while abandoning vocational & creative paths for the rest. We didn't fail our youth; our system failed them. #UKEducation #YouthUnemployment #SkillsCrisis #EducationReform open.substack.com/pub/grandad6...

The Hollow Victory of Gove's Exam Factory

How a decade of ignoring Sir Ken Robinson’s warnings created Britain's youth worklessness crisis.

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Classic rage-baiting framing. "Labour paid £6.5m to foreign criminals" leaves out the key facts: it’s the Facilitated Return Scheme, run by Tories for 14 yrs & Blair before that. Saves £45k/yr per inmate. #MediaBias #FactCheck #UKPolitics #JournalismMatters www.dailymail.com/news/article...

Labour paid foreign criminals £6.5m of taxpayer cash to leave UK

Some £6.5million has been paid out to foreign criminals from when Labour came to power in July 2024 until October 2025, including £500 to convicted sex offender Hadush Kebatu (pictured).

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Well, they're on their way back to Morocco actually, as they never had any way to reach mainland Spain, let alone the UK, but who needs facts when you're Bobby J the King of Bullshit.

The Tories are crying foul over rising council tax, conveniently forgetting they built the system that made 5% annual hikes inevitable. My take on the Tory amnesia: 👇 #CouncilTax #UKPolitics #LabourParty #CostOfLiving open.substack.com/pub/grandad6...

The Tory Council Tax Amnesia

How the Conservatives are blaming Labour for a bill crisis fourteen years in the making.

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Nigel Farage is furious at missing PM Andy Burnham’s social care talks. But when you step down as an MP, you don't get a seat at the table. Read why his outrage is pure performance 👇 #UKPolitics #NigelFarage #SocialCare #Westminster open.substack.com/pub/grandad6...

Out of Parliament, Out of the Room

Nigel Farage chose to walk away from Westminster; he shouldn't be surprised when the doors close behind him.

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Can Andy Burnham out-talk Reform UK? Fix public buses, deliver real local wins, and skip the jargon—here's how the PM could out-communicate populism. #ProblemSolvingNotPointScoring #PoliticsThatDelivers #RealTalkPolitics #BeyondTheOutrage open.substack.com/pub/grandad6...

Can Andy Burnham Out-Talk the Populists?

Why fixing local buses and ditching political speak might be the best weapon against the populist right.

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14 years in power. Thousands of promised prison cells that were never built. Emergency early releases started on their watch. Read why Kemi Badenoch's sudden zeal for prison building is pure political posturing: open.substack.com/pub/grandad6...

The Irony of Kemi Badenoch’s Sudden Zeal for Prison Building

How a decade of Conservative planning cowardice created the very crisis Badenoch now lectures us about.

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Rules for thee, but not for me? Why does Reform UK demand tough probes into opponents, yet label basic scrutiny of their own funding a "hit piece"? Read more 👇 #UKPolitics #ReformUK #Accountability #PoliticalAccountability #MediaScrutiny open.substack.com/pub/grandad6...

Rules for Thee, but Not for Me

The Asymmetric Ethics of Reform UK

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GB News trades journalism for ragebait. Their hit piece on PM Andy Burnham ignores a key fact: small boat crossings have fallen since Labour took power. Read how they spin fear over facts ⬇️ #GBNews #UKPolitics #MediaBias #SmallBoats open.substack.com/pub/grandad6...

Manufactured Fear

How GB News Trades Journalism for Right-Wing Dog-Whistles

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Water bosses are dodging the bonus ban with "retention fees" while bills soar & rivers rot. £25m+ to execs for leaking pipes and sewage spills? Time to end the corporate heist. 🌊🚯 #WaterCrisis #StopThePollution #HoldWaterBossesAccountable #RipOffBritain open.substack.com/pub/grandad6...

The Great Water Heist

How Boardrooms Bypass the Bonus Ban While Our Rivers Rot

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Tax isn't theft; it's the price of a civilised society. My take on why higher taxes for social good are a bargain, contrasting with Kemi Badenoch's view: #UKPolitics #TaxForGood #PublicServices #UKEconomy open.substack.com/pub/grandad6...

The Tax Myth

Kemi Badenoch sees taxation as theft, I see it as the foundation of a decent country

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The right-wing media is outraged Labour won't blindly commit to 3% defence spending. Funny how they forgot 14 years of Tory cuts that hollowed out our military to historic lows. Full piece 👇 #UKPolotics #DefenceSpending #ToryHypocrisy #LabourParty open.substack.com/pub/grandad6...

Hypocrisy at 3%

How the Right-Wing Press Covers for 14 Years of Tory Defence Cuts

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Don't fall for the Daily Express scaremongering! Andy Burnham & new Energy Sec Miatta Fahnbulleh aren't creating a "nightmare"; they're slashing VAT on energy bills & driving down costs with local green power. #CleanEnergyUK #EnergyTransition #NetZero #UKPolitics open.substack.com/pub/grandad6...

Ignore the Daily Express Hysteria

Burnham and Fahnbulleh’s Energy Plan Is Common Sense, Not a "Nightmare"

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Farage's victim card. #Farage #CPAC #ReformUK #UKPolitics open.substack.com/pub/grandad6...

Farage at CPAC

The Masterclass in Playing the VictimThe Masterclass in Playing the Victim

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China is such an evil communist dictatorship that 92% of people own their own home, they have better healthcare than the USA and food and energy is much cheaper. Oh no! What would you do if the evil communism came to the USA?

Andy Burnham isn’t even in No. 10 yet, but the right-wing press has already lost its mind, from imaginary tax raids to pure panic. #AndyBurnham #MediaBias #UKPolitics #Labour open.substack.com/pub/grandad6...

Pre-Emptive Panic

The Right-Wing Press Has Already Lost Its Mind Over Andy Burnham

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Whitehall control vs 'Manchesterism'. How do Starmer and Burnham differ on devolution, housing, and public ownership? #UKPolitics #StarmerVsBurnham #LabourParty #Manchesterism open.substack.com/pub/grandad6...

Starmer vs. Burnham: Two Paths for a Divided Britain

From "Number 10 North" to the Bee Network—the major policy divides shaping the future of the UK state

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