@backosaur.bsky.social
Greater Manchester Squirrel
Happy to grant him a personal opt-out, and then we can control his Human Rights instead.ππ
29.10.2025 20:58 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The triple lock ceases to be effective when tax bands are frozen. A rise based on average earnings is only inline with inflation once tax has been applied.
28.10.2025 07:45 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Image of the back of a $20 bill showing a wrecker tearing down part of the White House.
Not a fan of the new $20 billβ¦
22.10.2025 13:12 β π 414 π 144 π¬ 3 π 13Thank God the match is scheduled for Nov 6, when shops won't be crammed full of fireworks.ππ±
20.10.2025 19:01 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 1 π 0A better conspiracy theory: the case itself was politically-motivated by anti-China politicians to negatively impact the UK-China relationship? π€·ββοΈ
16.10.2025 16:17 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I expect we will see this "surcharge" reflected in manifestoes at the next election. It will give pro-EU parties more cash to balance projected spending.
15.10.2025 07:12 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Reform UK Reform UK abandoning manifesto pledge of Β£90bn in tax cuts, deputy leader admits Richard Tice says party will concentrate on cutting civil service and scrapping net zero once in government
BREAKING NEWS
In a move that has shocked absolutely no one with basic arithmetic skills, populist right wing party trying to win votes with fantasy economics traipses around in fetching hair shirt after all their policies are found to be economic fantasy.
Are you running Windows 10?
Today's the day that Microsoft stops updating it, meaning that in future it will be vulnerable to new security threats.
(You can get an extra year of extended support, but you have to manually apply for it.)
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Apricot -> Cheese -> Bin
12.10.2025 15:20 β π 11 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
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11.10.2025 11:00 β π 68 π 14 π¬ 0 π 0From Sunday, travelling into Europe gets tougher for Brits.
New EU border rules mean fingerprint scans, photo registration and longer queues.
This is the real-world cost of Brexit - more hassle, more red tape, more delays.
The UK Media is very interesting, Angela Rayner who tried to avoid tax was on the TV and in Media every day of the week.
But Reform UK's ex-Welsh Leader pleads guilty to Bribery Charges.
And we need to forget about it instantly.
Can't be having bad PR for Reform.
Cancelling Stamp Duty is for millionaires, these are the savings in London.
Up to Β£500,000 - Β£0
Β£600,000 - Β£5,000 (1x)
Β£1,200,000 - Β£48,750 (Nearly 10x)
Β£2,400,000 - Β£186,750 (37.3x)
Β£5,000,000 - Β£498,750 (99.75x)
Is this the same Magic Money Tree that the Tories stripped of all cash, chopped down the branches and ground the stump to dust?
08.10.2025 11:33 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Yeah. Who needs English?
08.10.2025 08:31 β π 244 π 35 π¬ 7 π 2
1. The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is the ethical DNA of modern Europe.
2. It was created after WW2 as a safeguard against the types of crimes committed by the Nazis.
3. Leaving the ECHR would leave you defenceless against the criminal whims of whatever politicians are in power.
Ruthless EU has just taught Starmer a painful lesson Steel tariff threats are a reminder of how Brussels really feels towards post-Brexit Britain
Once again, the Telegraph seems shocked that the EU is acting like⦠the EU.
This is exactly what sovereignty looks like when youβre on the outside.
Worst ventriloquist act I've ever seen! The dummy's lips were clearly moving throughout.π
07.10.2025 12:34 β π 11 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Leaving the ECHR would allow the State Pension, the Minimum Wage, Sick Pay, Maternity Pay, Paid Holiday and working hour limits to all be abolished.
They would make hundreds of billions from this.
That is what they want.
05.10.2025 22:02 β π 32 π 7 π¬ 0 π 0
Coming to a street near you.
nICE one Kemi.
newrepublic.com/post/201258/...
Lucky for Nigel Farage that he never met that bloke who took bribes from the Russians, otherwise the media would be all over it.
04.10.2025 13:32 β π 1092 π 435 π¬ 23 π 13
On the anniversary of The Battle of Cable Street, let us remember that the Daily Mail was cheering on Fascists then and continues that proud tradition today.
04.10.2025 18:29 β π 516 π 205 π¬ 11 π 6
Manchester Council of Mosques have issued this statement in sadness, shock and solidarity with the Jewish community about this attack at the synagogue in Manchester
02.10.2025 12:47 β π 1116 π 332 π¬ 16 π 17It's like stupid Stalinism
30.09.2025 13:12 β π 1267 π 262 π¬ 42 π 11Leaving the ECHR would allow the State Pension, the Minimum Wage, Sick Pay, Maternity Pay, Paid Holiday and working hour limits to all be abolished.
They would make hundreds of billions from this.
That is what they want.
...and now, over to the BBC to ask the Reform Party what it thought of Starmer's speech...
30.09.2025 15:07 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Richard Tice with his Reform chum Nathan Gill, who has just admitted taking bribes for spreading Kremlin misinformation. What could be more patriotic than that?
28.09.2025 18:16 β π 869 π 384 π¬ 36 π 18
#Swan
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