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Kevin Kibble

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Retired former charity CEO, into animal welfare, social reform, and a fairer world. Living with, and campaigner for, prostate cancer. Trustee of Abney Park Trust.

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Trump Pardon Buries FBI's Secret Work for Putin's Oligarchs The former FBI agent was pardoned after his co-defendant’s daughter donated $3.5 million to Donald Trump

πŸ”΄Trump Pardon Buries FBI’s Secret Work for Putin’s Oligarchs

The former FBI agent's pardon came after his co-defendant’s daughter donated $3.5 million to Donald Trump

bylinetimes.com/2026/02/11/t...

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BREAKING: β€œThe fight coming in politics, the REAL fight, is not in the Labour Party, it’s with .. Reform. The politics of divide divide, grievance, grievance, grievance that will tear our country apart”

Prime minister Keir Starmer

10.02.2026 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 149    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 35    πŸ“Œ 15
Wetherspoon boss urges pubs to back Reform
By Henry Saker-Clark
The founder of Wetherspoon has urged other pubs to back
Reform UK.
Sir Tim Martin, chairman of JD
Wetherspoon, said Reform's plans to slash beer duty would help the sector move towards "tax parity with supermarkets".
Nigel Farage's party announced a series of proposals to support pubs last week.
They included pledges to cut
VAT in the hospitality sector by 10 per cent, cut beer duty by the same fraction. Reform also said it would reverse the recent rise in employers' national insurance contributions (NICs) for the sector and gradually remove business rates for all pubs.
The party has said it would fund this package with around 23on, which it plans to secure through reinstating the two-child benefit cap, except for families with two British-born parents.
In a lengthy stock exchange filing yesterday, Martin (inset) told industry leaders "there's no question that this initiative would utterly transform the competitiveness of pubs"
He said: "By eliminating the tax differential between supermarkets and the hospitality industry, and restoring margins to devastated businesses, these changes would enable pubs to regain some, or all, of their lost trade.
"You would think that this offer from Reform would have been greeted by a crescendo of enthusiasm, ecstasy and support from the licensed trade and its supporters.
"However, surpris-ingly, initial support has been underwhelming, at least from the great and the good in the hospitality industry"
Last month, Labour announced additional business rates support for pubs. The announcement was a U-turn following complaints from pubs about rates changes in November's Budget.

Wetherspoon boss urges pubs to back Reform By Henry Saker-Clark The founder of Wetherspoon has urged other pubs to back Reform UK. Sir Tim Martin, chairman of JD Wetherspoon, said Reform's plans to slash beer duty would help the sector move towards "tax parity with supermarkets". Nigel Farage's party announced a series of proposals to support pubs last week. They included pledges to cut VAT in the hospitality sector by 10 per cent, cut beer duty by the same fraction. Reform also said it would reverse the recent rise in employers' national insurance contributions (NICs) for the sector and gradually remove business rates for all pubs. The party has said it would fund this package with around 23on, which it plans to secure through reinstating the two-child benefit cap, except for families with two British-born parents. In a lengthy stock exchange filing yesterday, Martin (inset) told industry leaders "there's no question that this initiative would utterly transform the competitiveness of pubs" He said: "By eliminating the tax differential between supermarkets and the hospitality industry, and restoring margins to devastated businesses, these changes would enable pubs to regain some, or all, of their lost trade. "You would think that this offer from Reform would have been greeted by a crescendo of enthusiasm, ecstasy and support from the licensed trade and its supporters. "However, surpris-ingly, initial support has been underwhelming, at least from the great and the good in the hospitality industry" Last month, Labour announced additional business rates support for pubs. The announcement was a U-turn following complaints from pubs about rates changes in November's Budget.

Multimillionaire Brexiter, Tim Martin, urges pubs to back Reform. Just like he urged the country to vote for Brexit. Too bad if it makes you poorer. Too bad for the children he’ll push back into poverty. Tim wants more money. And he couldn’t give a shit about the cost for everybody else.
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10.02.2026 07:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1561    πŸ” 602    πŸ’¬ 168    πŸ“Œ 54
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The Labour government have today given development consent to Outer Dowsing Offshore Windfarm, off the Lincolnshire coast.

The farm will deliver 1500MW of electricity.

It is the 6th major wind farm development Labour have proved since coming in to office. They will generate a total of 6.48GW.

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Powerful, privileged, predator: how wealth and influence protect sexual abusers Sexual abuse is often imagined as hidden and marginal, yet wealth and power quietly enables harm to continue, unseen and unchallenged

"Sexual predators with wealth or status rarely act entirely alone. They benefit from a network, sometimes intentional, sometimes passive, that shields their behaviour. These layers of protection may include:

1. Recruiters and enablers..."

10.02.2026 08:41 β€” πŸ‘ 232    πŸ” 103    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 3
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Reform MPs Accused of Pandering to Putin After Skipping Russian Interference Debate Nigel Farage's party refused to attend the debate, called after more than 100,000 people signed a petition demanding a public inquiry into Russian interference in British politics

Reform MPs Accused of Pandering to Putin After Skipping Russian Interference Debate

Nigel Farage’s party refused to attend the debate, after more than 100,000 people signed petition demanding a public inquiry into Russian interference in British politics

bylinetimes.com/2026/02/10/r...

10.02.2026 18:19 β€” πŸ‘ 879    πŸ” 421    πŸ’¬ 61    πŸ“Œ 34

Excellent

09.02.2026 11:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Redirecting...

www.facebook.com/share/p/1VRH... American chums in case you didn't know

09.02.2026 11:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just this πŸ‘‡

03.02.2026 13:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Doing the same sh*t I usually do on a Saturday

30.01.2026 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Reform by-election candidate endorsed by far-right activist Tommy Robinson

Reform by-election candidate endorsed by far-right activist Tommy Robinson

www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...

30.01.2026 13:56 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Given his appalling remarks about Sunak its absolutely shocking that Konstantin Kisin is anywhere near the mainstream let alone on #bbcqt

30.01.2026 07:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1405    πŸ” 464    πŸ’¬ 103    πŸ“Œ 20
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Maybe France should ask for it back

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Awkward

29.01.2026 13:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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More good news in Starmer's Britain

29.01.2026 12:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
hold on because Labour is actually helping ease the cost of living...
- Increasing the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage
- Freezing rail fares, the first government to do so in 30 years
- Freezing prescription charges at under a tenner
- Rolling out thousands more free breakfast clubs in schools
- Providing 30 hours of free childcare, worth up to 7,500 a year
- Lifting nearly 450,000 children out of poverty by lifting the two-child limit

hold on because Labour is actually helping ease the cost of living... - Increasing the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage - Freezing rail fares, the first government to do so in 30 years - Freezing prescription charges at under a tenner - Rolling out thousands more free breakfast clubs in schools - Providing 30 hours of free childcare, worth up to 7,500 a year - Lifting nearly 450,000 children out of poverty by lifting the two-child limit

More money in your pocket to help with the cost of living, that's the difference with Labour.

#Labour #KeirStarmer

29.01.2026 11:45 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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A beautiful London morning for walking the dog

28.01.2026 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I haven’t forgotten about the Epstein Files. I never will forget about the Epstein Files. Every single survivor deserves justice.

Leak the Epstein Files.

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UK’s first Electric Freightway LIVE! ⚑ eHGV Motorway charging hubs now open for electric trucks πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§
YouTube video by GRIDSERVE UK’s first Electric Freightway LIVE! ⚑ eHGV Motorway charging hubs now open for electric trucks πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§

Big Oil and their paid mouthpieces in Parliament, Tufton Street, and the media want to keep us hooked on fossil fuels, but a different, cleaner, more optimistic Britain is possible, if only we have to courage to seize it with both handsβ€¦πŸ‘‡

youtu.be/i4ct0TQvCX4?...

28.01.2026 14:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2197    πŸ” 583    πŸ’¬ 55    πŸ“Œ 28

The whole veterinary industry needs looking into by the competition regulator

28.01.2026 16:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Do you get free popcorn?

28.01.2026 16:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Your gentle reminder that grabber Trump is explicitly named as a rapist in the Epstein files.

20.01.2026 22:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1776    πŸ” 441    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 9

Clearly mentally not fit for office

21.01.2026 05:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

She really doesn't have a clue

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β€œWe do prefer respect to bullies, We do prefer science to politicism and we prefer rule of law to brutality"

President MacronπŸ‘

20.01.2026 16:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1210    πŸ” 267    πŸ’¬ 51    πŸ“Œ 48
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Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "

20.01.2026 15:50 β€” πŸ‘ 20620    πŸ” 6596    πŸ’¬ 834    πŸ“Œ 1067
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🚨The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party now has 43,000 signatures! Let’s get the 100,000 needed!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

20.01.2026 13:50 β€” πŸ‘ 775    πŸ” 546    πŸ’¬ 47    πŸ“Œ 52
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"Don't believe everything you read on the Internet" - Albert Einstein. Get this T-shirt with FREE UK delivery here >>> buff.ly/1LRoXpQ

15.01.2026 15:15 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Another 12 weeks over and the PSA level is undetectable πŸ™‚. The week between blood test and getting the results from the oncology team doesn't get any easier. #prostatecancer #psa

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