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Retired credit manager. UK based. Lean to the left. Enjoy photography, music,cars, reading, cats, military models, Liverpool FC, play bass guitar and enjoy sensible discussions about politics. #FBPE

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Nigel Farage Says Minimum Wage Should Be Cut for Young People The Reform leader said cutting the minimum wage for young people would boost business, as he attacked plans to raise taxes on the wealthy

πŸ”΄Nigel Farage Says Minimum Wage Should Be Cut for Young People

The Reform leader said cutting the minimum wage for young people would boost business, as he attacked plans to raise taxes on the wealthiest

bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...

04.11.2025 09:50 β€” πŸ‘ 130    πŸ” 65    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 14

Total wealth of billionaires in 1990 = Β£59 BILLION

Total wealth of billionaires in 2025 = Β£795 BILLION

Number of food banks in 1990 = 0

Number of food banks in 2025 = 2400

Tax the rich.

04.11.2025 09:46 β€” πŸ‘ 112    πŸ” 65    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 4

An Exit Tax taxes individuals when they leave or remove assets from a country.

Many countries have them including Canada, USA, Germany and France.

The UK doesn't.

It should.

02.11.2025 20:27 β€” πŸ‘ 158    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't resent poor people who use food stamps to buy another soft drink.

I resent rich people who take away the funds for food stamps to buy another yacht.

02.11.2025 17:17 β€” πŸ‘ 27519    πŸ” 7051    πŸ’¬ 538    πŸ“Œ 264

Not only does he not care, he's got extremely poor taste.

02.11.2025 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Around Β£500 of a Β£1700 energy bill is pure profit. In plain English, that's extortion.

02.11.2025 13:52 β€” πŸ‘ 297    πŸ” 103    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 4
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Defence Housing Strategy: A Β£9bn β€˜generational renewal' for forces family housing and 100,000 new homes on MOD land to drive growth The MOD is announcing its new Defence Housing Strategy, with Β£9bn to improve over 40,000 military homes.

Defence Housing Strategy

The government has launched the strategy which will see Β£9bn invested in houses for armed forces personnel & families.

It will see 40k homes modernised, refurbished or rebuilt.

A further 100k new homes will be built on MOD land, for both military & civilian families.

02.11.2025 07:11 β€” πŸ‘ 75    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2

Winter fuel payments should be unnecessary. The gas supply giants should not be able to rip everyone off and make such huge profits.

02.11.2025 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The driver "managed to contact the control
centre at Network Rail and get the train
diverted onto the slow line", Calder says.


"That was absolutely crucial because this
train was scheduled to be travelling through
Huntingdon station on the tracks with no
platform at 125mph."


"It didn't stop in the middle of nowhere,
which would have been very difficult."


Calder thinks this was handled in the "safest
possible way" thanks to the "incredible
professionalism from the driver and the
police". Train drivers are trained on how to
take appropriate action, he adds,

The driver "managed to contact the control centre at Network Rail and get the train diverted onto the slow line", Calder says. "That was absolutely crucial because this train was scheduled to be travelling through Huntingdon station on the tracks with no platform at 125mph." "It didn't stop in the middle of nowhere, which would have been very difficult." Calder thinks this was handled in the "safest possible way" thanks to the "incredible professionalism from the driver and the police". Train drivers are trained on how to take appropriate action, he adds,

Next time someone tells you that train drivers "just push buttons" show them this from the BBC

02.11.2025 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3645    πŸ” 1045    πŸ’¬ 72    πŸ“Œ 37

Trump has shown time and time again that he is mentally unstable. There's no might about it!

02.11.2025 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Reform UK, the Russian spy and rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill How did a former Mormon bishop end up pleading guilty to taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia in the European parliament?

Thorough piece on Farage’s close colleague and friend Nathan Gill and the Kremlin cash he took

www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

01.11.2025 08:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1006    πŸ” 562    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 23

Reform UK Just Won Britain's Least-Prestigious Award – For 'Promoting Pseudoscience' – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2025/10/29/r...

31.10.2025 09:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Reform UK Just Won Britain's Least-Prestigious Award – For 'Promoting Pseudoscience' Nigel Farage's party was recognised for β€œwidespread embrace of climate change denialism and antivaccine misinformation”

Reform UK Just Won Britain's Least-Prestigious Award – For 'Promoting Pseudoscience' – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2025/10/29/r...

31.10.2025 08:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Tax wealth, windfall tax on energy companies, windfall tax on banks, tax large SUV's, the list is endless.

30.10.2025 09:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nigel Farage loses major vote as he's accused of 'making career by damaging UK' Nigel Farage's call for the UK to leave the European Convention for Human Rights (ECHR) was voted down by MPs, with Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey branding it "un-British"

Well well well, thats a big Farage fail.

Leaving the ECHR was never getting through parliament & now he’s probably going to be throwing his toys out the pram yet again because he didn’t get what he wanted.

It’s time to bugger off Farage & leave our country alone!

#NeverVoteReform

29.10.2025 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 200    πŸ” 49    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 4

It's a non story. Move on.

30.10.2025 09:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Renter's Rights Bill is now law - meaning from early next year, renters in Luton North will have the protections Labour promised at the election. 🏠

This govt believes everyone has the right to live in a safe home, protected from exploitation and malpractice. This new Act delivers on that.

28.10.2025 10:18 β€” πŸ‘ 59    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 3
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What does the Renters Rights Act mean for renters in #Battersea?

Watch me explain more with the help of some friends at Battersea Dogs & Cats Home 🐢

29.10.2025 10:47 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I understood there's a nuclear bunker underneath.

28.10.2025 09:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A man is judged by the company he keeps.

28.10.2025 07:12 β€” πŸ‘ 574    πŸ” 307    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 26

Given the party's refusal to act on Pochin's brazen racism, it should be as socially unacceptable to vote for Reform as it was in the early 2000s to vote for the BNP.

And we should be prepared to say this to people's faces.

28.10.2025 07:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3689    πŸ” 1186    πŸ’¬ 166    πŸ“Œ 45
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King Charles: Strip Prince Andrew of ALL royal titles He says he'll drop the Duke of York β€” but he’s still Prince Andrew. It’s time for King Charles to act and properly strip him of ALL his titles. πŸ‘‰ Join me and sign the petition today: ✍️

He says he'll drop the Duke of York β€” but he’s still Prince Andrew. It’s time for King Charles to act and properly strip him of ALL his titles. πŸ‘‰ Join me and sign the petition today: ✍️ 38d.gs/tsdw

26.10.2025 17:48 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Only if the Conservatives, or Reform were in power. I really hope that won't happen in my lifetime. I would also like to see the facilitators of the last VIP lane prosecuted to deter anyone from repeating it.

26.10.2025 14:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If the President of the USA can willy nilly raise tariffs on a sovereign nation and ally, all because he got pissed off about an ad in TV, and without the consent of Congress, do you have a functioning government anymore? Congress is dead and useless and so is your constitution. Wake up,people!

26.10.2025 12:05 β€” πŸ‘ 341    πŸ” 116    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 4
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Reform MP Sarah Pochin's comments about adverts were 'racist', Wes Streeting says Sarah Pochin apologises for saying "it drives me mad when I see adverts full of black people, full of Asian people".

If Reform UK are happy to have an overt racist on their benches then what does that tell you about the party?

Pochin should have had the whip removed 24 hours ago.

Or are Reform condoning it by their silence?

www.bbc.com/news/article...

26.10.2025 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 925    πŸ” 279    πŸ’¬ 101    πŸ“Œ 18

Striking to hear a senior Government minister in Wes Streeting clearly condemning Sarah Pochin's racism and the wider spread of racism across the UK, while defending the contribution of migrants to our country. Feels like a long time since we've heard a government minister speak like that

26.10.2025 09:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2288    πŸ” 432    πŸ’¬ 167    πŸ“Œ 60

Just one more reason never to vote for Farage, or join Reform. Fox hunting should be consigned to the history books. Abhorrent, barbaric and nasty.

26.10.2025 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Pochin is a blatant racist and it shows. She should have been advised to stand down, or simply resign if she had any morals.

26.10.2025 10:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Rwanda was wrong on every level. We need to rejoin the EU, if they will have us back. Then we can return migrants as we did as a member of the EU.

26.10.2025 10:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I think everyone was surprised by the result of the referendum. However, the vote was only advisory, in no way was it binding and there were no rules as to how large the percentage of "leave" or "remain" should be to make it so. The Tories accepted it was the "will of the people" and ran with it.

26.10.2025 10:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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