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@scarciglian.bsky.social

Retired πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§but forever European. Denied a vote but I’ll never forgive those who took us out. Coffee and wine lover Just returned to the Uk after 40 years in Europe #FBPE Loving Co Durham DMs 🚫

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Reeves speech did not mislead on challenges facing
UK ahead of Budget, says OBR official

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BBC NEWS Reeves speech did not mislead on challenges facing UK ahead of Budget, says OBR official Photo of Rachel Reeves

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Chris Mason: Why, in my judgement, Reeves was misleading on one specific point

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BBC NEWS Politics Parliaments Brexit δΈ‰ Menu Chris Mason: Why, in my judgement, Reeves was misleading on one specific point Photo of Reeves

Oh dear Chris. And BBC.

Think we’ll all go with the OBR official, rather than you and your unprofessional biased nonsense.

Feel free to issue an apology and have a bit of a think. Maybe about the years of barely scrutinised *Tory* policies that got us into this mess.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

02.12.2025 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 480    πŸ” 150    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 4

I just signed the campaign calling the Government must tax the super-rich, not us!

19.11.2025 09:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Why do people bag dog waste only to leave it behind on fence posts or toss it on the verge? It's not a solution - the bag will just degrade and leave a mess for others to step in.

19.10.2025 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Breakfast sautΓ©ed lamb’s kidney on toast (SOAR)

16.10.2025 12:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The 't' in twenty in not silent
The 't' in thirty is not silent
The 't' in forty is not silent
Etcetera etcetera etcetera
And it's 'aitch' not 'Haitch'

19.06.2025 09:15 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m sick of hearing about Reform and Farage. Every other story is about them not the Lib Dem’s or Greens. We are being force fed a diet of fascism & have no way to stop it. The media are a disgrace. They need to be revamped and only owned by those who live and pay tax here. The BBC disgusts me 😑

09.06.2025 12:54 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2
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Farage, now socialist, is pretending to back left-wing policies - the same man who spent years whipping up hate, demonising migrants, and torching the welfare state. Don’t be fooled. This isn’t a change of heart - it’s a desperate grifter sniffing votes wherever he can. #ukpolitics

25.05.2025 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 177    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 1
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Trump ambushes South African president with video and false claims of anti-white racism Cyril Ramaphosa responds to hectoring stunt in Oval Office and egregious claim of white genocide by suggesting calm

World leaders - boycott Trump
Starter - withdraw the invitation to the King

22.05.2025 04:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I did follow, but have now unfollowed.

21.05.2025 08:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This new EU deal is great for Britain. Now, Labour, focus on the future, not on Farage | Polly Toynbee We are finally on a path to repair the colossal damage Brexit has done, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

And the right wing press.

19.05.2025 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If Starmer et al continue to bring us closer to the EU I could almost forgive them (almost) for taking away my winter fuel allowance and my WASPI wife's compensation. Almost.

19.05.2025 13:43 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gary Lineker is a good man, a national treasure, a role model.

Being forced out of MOTD because he’s horrified by war criminals murdering kids (in a war the BBC refuses to cover without fear or favour) is enraging.

The BBC allows free speech, but only if you’re right wing.

19.05.2025 12:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1114    πŸ” 233    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 8
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New UK-EU agreement just published.

Promises to implement a new youth mobility scheme and resurrect the UK's membership of the Erasmus scheme

19.05.2025 11:04 β€” πŸ‘ 695    πŸ” 144    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 35
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Keir Starmer's EU Reset Deal Is the First Crack in the Brexit Wall Holding BritainΒ Back This agreement marks the beginning of the end of the suffocating Brexit consensus that has gripped British politics for a decade, argues Adam Bienkov

Starmer's EU deal is a big break in the suffocating Brexit consensus that has held Britain back for the past decade.

For the first time a British government is doing things to actually undo the damage of Brexit, rather than increase it. For that alone it should be welcomed

19.05.2025 12:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1131    πŸ” 272    πŸ’¬ 22    πŸ“Œ 8
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Starmer hails β€˜common sense’ EU deal as Brexiteers condemn β€˜surrender’ Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said he wanted β€˜practical solutions which get the best for the British people’.

www.standard.co.uk/business/bus...

What surrender may I ask? These little Englanders were stupid enough to listen to Johnson and Farage’s lies and walk away from our largest trading partner. If that’s not surrender I do not know what is.-absolute imbeciles.

19.05.2025 12:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The U.K. fishing industry - weaponised & then betrayed & then abandoned, by Johnson, Farage & the rest of them - is better off under Starmer’s deal than it was under Johnson’s. That’s not an opinion. It’s counting. Anyone claiming otherwise is a liar.

19.05.2025 12:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3538    πŸ” 869    πŸ’¬ 95    πŸ“Œ 20
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You can taste the fear in the air today. The Brexit brigade looks rattled, like they just realised the grown-ups are back in charge. #ukpolitics

19.05.2025 07:01 β€” πŸ‘ 570    πŸ” 92    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 6
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'No There Has Not Been an 'Exodus' of UK Millionaires and New Wealth Taxes Won't Force Them to Leave Either' Forget the fear-mongering about a flight of the super rich. The reality is they're not going anywhere, argues Kate Bermingham

πŸ”΄β€˜No There Has Not Been an β€˜Exodus’ of UK Millionaires and New Wealth Taxes Won’t Force Them to Leave Either’

Forget the fear-mongering about a flight of the super rich. The reality is they’re not going anywhere, argues Kate Bermingham

bylinetimes.com/2025/01/24/n...

15.05.2025 08:30 β€” πŸ‘ 144    πŸ” 58    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 5
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Reform UK β€˜would trigger immediate and violent sterling crisis’ Nigel Farage’s tax-cutting plans risk blowing an Β£80bn hole in public finances if he wins power, economists warn

Nigel Farage’s Reform β€˜would trigger immediate and violent’ sterling crisis

www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

15.05.2025 08:24 β€” πŸ‘ 199    πŸ” 82    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 11

When you’re too loony for the Telegraph 😳

15.05.2025 08:31 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

πŸ‘πŸ˜ #Springsteen πŸ’ͺ😎

15.05.2025 01:21 β€” πŸ‘ 81    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Nigel Farage’s economic plans are a disaster Three choices: fiscal implosion, deep austerity or a hasty U-turn

Nigel Farage’s economic plans are a disaster - The Economist.
Three choices: fiscal implosion, deep austerity or a hasty U-turn.
www.economist.com/britain/2025...

09.05.2025 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump isn’t gonna like this.

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When two Popes dislike you, it’s a divine sign.

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The Economist.
Who knew?

09.05.2025 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2

Hey British media,
It’s no surprise that if you give Farage the run of the place, he’ll start winning.
Time to do your actual jobs and start interrogating him on his Brexit shitshow, his funding, his Trumpiness, his idiotic manifesto, his real plans for the NHS… instead of drumrolling him into No.10

04.05.2025 07:41 β€” πŸ‘ 9205    πŸ” 2721    πŸ’¬ 440    πŸ“Œ 175

Hello Chris Mason, Beth Rigby and Laura Kuenssberg. Let us know when you will start asking Nigel Farage at #Reform about actual policies. Or is that too much to ask.
#BBCBreakfast #LocalElections2025
#SkyNews #BBCLauraK

04.05.2025 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Reform chairman Zia Yusuf wanging on about cutting DEI

Straight from the Trump playbook…and just as ridiculous

#bbclaurak

04.05.2025 08:28 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tory leader Kemi Badenoch suggesting 9 months isn’t long enough to turn the Tory Party around but the exact same duration *is* more than enough for Labour to turn around a country crippled by 14 years of a government she played a major role in

#bbclaurak

04.05.2025 08:34 β€” πŸ‘ 113    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 0