Soloman Smith

Covid fraud under the Tories cost the taxpayer £10.9 billion The counter-fraud and error measures during the pandemic under the Conservative Government were accused of being 'so lax they may as well have left the door wide open'

Covid fraud under the Tories cost the UK taxpayer £10.9bn.

VIP lanes and crony contracts.

Lack of anti-fraud controls in Covid scheme.
Money handed out for non-existent employees
Newly formed companies got public money
No competitive tenders
Poor checks on quality.

How much would be recovered?

The Wheels Are Falling off the Nigel Farage Project The Reform leader's increasingly rattled public appearances betray a growing sense that the opportunity of a lifetime could be about to slip from his fingers

Farage hopes he can breeze into power without scrutiny. But his racism, corrupt donations, shady links to Russia and MAGA… make it harder for him to hide. And his tantrum reactions to being challenged reveal him for the nasty inadequate he really is.
#NeverPM

www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-wheels...

Finally someone says it.

Putin’s Plot Against ‘Great’ Britain – And How He Got Away With It Peter Jukes tracks Vladimir Putin’s long war against the West and the allies he has found in the pro-Brexit establishment in the plot to derail Britain

As Trump and Putin work to crush Ukraine and destabilise Europe and Farage’s ally gets sentenced to 10yrs for taking Russian bribes, it’s a good time to revisit this excellent report on how the British rightwing has betrayed us all.
Brexit was their weapon of choice.
bylinetimes.com/2022/03/08/p...

Millionaires call on Rachel Reeves to raise their taxes in Budget Two wealthy businessmen say the chancellor should make them pay more ahead of the Budget.

UK millionaires say 'we want to pay more tax'.

Why is that UK govts only listen to the rich who resent paying tax and decent wages?

The rich can't feel secure whilst masses live in poverty. Poor people can't buy goods/services to boost the economy.

Trump signs bill ordering release of Jeffrey Epstein files The bill gives the US Justice Department 30 days to release all the files in a searchable format.

On the face of it, it is a result for victims. Call me a cynic. Isn't it just a way to tie things up in the courts for the next 3+ years?

Arse ....50-minute break .... hat!

I’ve written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage urging them to condemn Donald Trump’s attack on the BBC.

The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.

1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.

The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵

Jaywick named most deprived area - again A seaside neighbourhood in Essex, part of the parliamentary constituency represented by Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, has once again been named the most deprived in England. The latest official data showed that an area of the coastal village of Jaywick, close to the town of Clac-ton-on-Sea in the local authority of Tendring, has been classed the most deprived neighbourhood for the fourth time. Areas of Blackpool again make up most of the rest of the top 10, along with new appearances for neighbour-hoods in Hastings and Rotherham. Yesterday's data, published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), presented relative levels of deprivation in areas or neighbourhoods of England in 2025. The data highlighted "the scale of the challenge" but does not "reflect the progress made since 2019 or the strength of the people who call Jay-wick Sands home" , the Tendring District Council website said. MHCLG said Middlesbrough, Birmingham, Hartlepool, Kingston upon Hull and Manchester had the highest proportions of neighbour-hoods among the most deprived in England.

Farage earns more than £1m a year for non-MP work GETTY IMAGES - photo of the grifter Damian Grammaticas > Political correspondent 17 August 2024 Nigel Farage has revealed he is earning well over a £1m a year from work he does outside parliament, in addition to his job as an MP. It is thought his outside income is significantly higher than that of any other member of parliament.

Compare and contrast.
Absentee MP -v- his constituency.
Greedy grifting spiv -v- most deprived English neighbourhood.
He really couldn’t give a shit.
He feeds off the inequality and anger to line his own pockets. He doesn’t want solutions because the problems are his income stream.
(iPaper & BBC)

Don't forget that in the UK, we put the clocks back tonight ... to 1930 should do it!

Ministers confirm plans to reduce London’s affordable housing quotas Developers will qualify for fast-track planning status if they include 20% affordable housing instead of current 35% target

Govt reduces London’s affordable housing quotas.

Developers to get subsidies if they include 20% affordable housing instead of current 35% target.

Bigger profits for developers.
Yielding to developers won't solve homelessness and poverty crisis.

Let councils build affordable homes.

This!

The world joined us and said, “No Kings.”

No Kings protests draw huge crowds at anti-Trump rallies across US The demonstrations against the US president - which Republicans had called

BBC News - No Kings protests draw huge crowds at anti-Trump rallies across US - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Hopefully, we may only have to suffer the orange idiot for 3 more years? Sadly, his legacy will leave a 'shit stain' on humanity for years!

I think you mean 'grifts', as opposed to 'earns'!

For shame. 😡

Please share and spread

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

Water bills: millions of households in England could face even bigger rises CMA poised to give verdict after appeal by five firms for permission to increase bills higher than allowed by Ofwat

England households could bigger water bills as the competition regulator prepares to give verdict on industry appeal.

36% rise already approved by OFWAT.

People will continue to be robbed. Companies raise capital from customers, shareholders get returns.

End the scam. Nationalise water.

What is it with this country! Tories now trying to 'out' right wing Reform!

Absolutely. Bits I've seen/read are worrying (to say the least). Have been following Facebook reels of #CarsieBlanton now 🙏 she will be okay. And Greta, of course. Well, infact all those brave individuals who stand for more than just their number 🙏 Halted in an act of compassion!

Police to get broader powers to crack down on repeated protests The move is not a ban on protests but

I once read 1984, didn't think I'd be living it!

Police to get new powers to crack down on repeated protests, says Home Office Move follows arrest of almost 500 people at latest pro-Palestinian demonstration in London on Saturday

The Home Office sham "consultation" on cumulative protests closed on 29 September, so this immediate announcement shows Labour had already decided – yet again – to expand public order powers, well before the Manchester attack that is now used to justify it
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Israel accused of detaining Greta Thunberg in infested cell and making her hold flags Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water

If reported accurately, this is worse than disgraceful and perhaps telling!

America, what did you do! Unstable or what!

A bloody disgrace 😤

Right wing media now lining up to tell Labour to scrap the Employment Rights Bill. Because it’s unthinkable to the rich and powerful that greater respect for their workforce could improve productivity and wellbeing. ‘We can’t afford to not be able to treat you like shit’ isn’t persuasive to me.

Hypocrisy!