Jon McDevitt

Why do people keep paying him to talk?

RFK Jr has been a liar for as long as I can remember.

So, Corbyn can write an op-ed for the Telegraph unchallenged by the left, but if Starmer does it, that makes him a Tory. Make it make sense.

Parents beat VAT on private school fees raid by paying £500m up front Large scale of advance payments could impact government plan to raise revenue, tax experts warned

"People who are 'too poor to pay tax' find a spare half billion quid to pay UPFRONT for something that's entirely voluntary."

There, I fixed it for you.

www.thetimes.com/uk/education...

The man's an absolute cunt. I hope he dies of one.

To mark the 50th anniversary of Shostakovich's death this week, we've done a bonus episode about the power of music and the music of power. It's a thriller and a mystery.

£22bn of water bill hikes will go to private investors - not cleaning up rivers Investors will see their returns from water bills double over the next five years

Imagine borrowing someone’s credit card, spending it on yourself.. then charging them for the privilege.

That’s the scam of privatised water.

Households foot the bill for upgrades, but £22bn will go to investors and creditors.

inews.co.uk/news/consume...

‘I worked in the NHS for decades – here’s how to fix it’ Britain’s demoralised doctors and nurses must be rallied with better job satisfaction and fair pay

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People are appallingly ignorant about immigration.

They don't understand basic things about "net immigration statistics" and have a completely warped sense of what is going on.

It is up to the government and the media to educate, but both are too busy batting their eyes at Nigel Farage's voters.

The voting system must catch up with voting behaviour!

No one has ever fallen from such a height in my personal esteem to such unthinkable depths as Rowling.

Legally, there isn't the slightest basis to the complaint, even on the most extreme possible interpretation of the Supreme Court judgement. A shop floor is not a single sex space, regardless of whether they sell bras or not. This is just hatred and spite, unleashed.

As for what the public currently thinks: It’s no surprise the “social fabric” is in the state it’s in, given what this new YouGov polling shows about public attitudes and awareness of immigration. Almost half of Brits (47 percent) believe immigration to the U.K. is primarily illegal rather than legal, when the reality is that irregular or illegal migration accounted for just 4 percent of overall immigration in the year to March. Forty-five percent support ending all immigration and forcing recent migrants to leave. Then again: The scale might be overestimated — but the reality remains that Brits (and now even some officials at the OBR, of all places) think legal and illegal migration is too high. And no politician is going to be bold enough to tell voters they’re wrong in “small boats week.”

Large parts of our media and politicians bear responsibility for the misconceptions voters have about migration. Via Politico

FARAGE SPARKS FURY. FANNING THE FLAMES. NIGEL Farage has been accused of stoking hate in a repeat of the lead-up to the Southport rlots. The Reform boss yesterdsy made elaims of "cover-up" over TWO men in a child rape case, amid unverifled allegations +they were asylum: seakers They were smilar to his comments after the Southport murders., Labour's Mike Tapp: said: Farage is a fake patriot. He seeks to fan the flames of hate" Reform leader 's lablled fake. He's accused of stoking tensions patriot seaking to exploit division over migrants with cover tp claims.

Nigel Farage has been accused of stoking up hate in a repeat of the lead-up to the Southport rlots...

I turn on TV and see Farage all over Sky News. Ed Davey would never be given this coverage.

The MSM is serving as the propaganda mouthpiece for Putin's lying fascist tool, Farage.

And when will our media question Farage's creepy support for Andrew Tate?

UK inflation is 3.4%. Eurozone inflation is 2.0%

The Bank of England interest rate is 4.25%. The ECB rate is 2.0%

Brexit is costing the government around £50bn a year.

We are paying a massive cost for not being in the EU and the Eurozone, in higher inflation, interest rates, and taxes.

YouTube video by A Different Bias How Farage's Racist Lies Could Sink Britain

Manipulated statistics - somewhat vital that this is understood:
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Women and girls are still highly likely to be assaulted and raped in any given year, but mostly by men they already know. Farage doesn't care about women, though.

My 85 year-old mother regularly wanders around the West End post theatre.

Sunday Times cover saying new poll shows only 29% would vote for Brexit now.

And expect that number to shrink further.

No matter how much the government, major parties, or tabloid press push “Brexit benefits…”

People know Brexit doesn’t.

Brexit leaves the UK in a structurally weaker position, bleeding money, time, efficiency and opportunity daily.

Nick Timothy here, still making inflammatory falsehoods about migration

The Renewable Illusion: Why Fossil Fuels Keep Winning Global renewables hit records in 2024, but fossil fuel use still rises. Here’s why solar’s surge isn’t enough—and what the latest energy data really shows.

1. This is something I've been saying for 25 years, but it's hard to get many people to listen. What counts is not the new energy sources you add, but the old ones you retire. Unfortunately it's politically easier to build renewables than to shutter fossil fuels.🧵
www.forbes.com/sites/rrapie...

Change of culture desperately needed.

Rachel Reeves rules out wealth tax: People have paid enough Rachel Reeves has faced calls from her party to tax property and savings, but says she has to ‘get the balance right’ to attract jobs and investment to the UK

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has appeared to rule out a wealth tax, suggesting that levies on private jets and second homes, as well as increased capital gains tax, had already made those with the “broadest shoulders” pay enough

www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Line graph from the FT article showing disposable incomes for Finland and the UK. At the lower end, people in Finland have a higher disposable income. At the higher end, people in the UK have more to spare

Happiest countries in the world?

Those with lower inequality

Finland
Denmark
Iceland
Sweden

People on lower incomes in Finland have a much higher disposable income than the UK

While the richest in the UK have more to spare

Source : www.ft.com/content/ef26...

Right to buy in England ‘fuelled housing crisis and cost taxpayers £200bn’ Common Wealth report calls discounted sales of council homes one of the ‘largest giveaways in UK history’

No shit, Sherlock!
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

France, UK, Canada, Portugal, Australia, Andorra, Australia, Finland, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Portugal, San Marino, Malta, and Slovenia will recognize or formally back Palestine as a state at the UN this September. #3E #FreePalestine

Might I encourage you to listen to Parts I & II of Aesop, before the final part is out next week? And maybe to recommend it to someone who you think might enjoy it?

He is the most political topic I have tackled, and the most accessible, so a perfect introduction to this podcast.

And here is Part II of Aesop.

Aesop III and an episode on Medusa 16/8 are the last of Season 1. As I research and write Season 2, if you can afford to support my work you can do so on ko-fi.com/podyssey - a monthly subscription is best. Thanks, you lovely people.

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Kenny and I put the world to rights 🎧👇