@ehdc-cllr-dave.bsky.social
I am a Labour councillor on East Herts District Council.
This investigation by @skynewsrss.bsky.social, using an LLM to show how X's algorithm pushes right-wing posts on its users, is an excellent piece of data journalism. Particularly impressed by how they've visualised the data to make it easier to understand news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
06.11.2025 12:19 β π 15 π 6 π¬ 0 π 1X, Grok, Musk cannot be trusted to provide reliable, accurate information. British government and MPs should not be on the platform.
02.11.2025 22:21 β π 231 π 91 π¬ 8 π 1A woman is killed by a man every 3 days in the UK...
78% are murdered by a partner/ex
Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this
Not once have I heard them back measures to protect womenβs safety
In fact, they voted against them...
Betting firm threatens to end its entire High St presence if it has to pay any more tax bit.ly/4qhaL1j yet another in the too rich and too important to pay tax series
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Every day is a good day to point out that 92% of Reform's donations were found to come from figures and groups linked to the fossil fuel industry. @desmog.com
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Who benefits from the abolition of stamp duty land tax?
The first answer: people buying very expensive homes. Average saving for someone buying a Β£10m+ home is Β£1.7m. Average saving for someone buying a Β£250k-Β£500k home is Β£5k.
Under UK law, a company can make Β£200m+ in sales and still hide its profit & loss by calling itself βsmallβ.
Thatβs how PPE Medpro kept its finances secret.
A short thread on one of Britainβs daftest loopholes, the 1970s EU compromise that created it β and how to fix it.
In other news, Kemi Badenoch's party has taken at least Β£7 million in donations from funders and directors of climate change denial lobby groups bylinetimes.com/2025/03/18/k...
02.10.2025 06:01 β π 1324 π 661 π¬ 95 π 62Before they start accusing us of faking the injury!
28.09.2025 21:29 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Tice on tv again for some reason. Claims crime is out of control in London. Reporter points out serious
violent crime and murder are down. Ticeβs answer is that nobody reports crime anymore.
Iβm fairly sure murder and serious violent crime are reported quite well.
What you hear a lot from sympathetic politicians and commentators is that these protestors have valid grievances and need to be listened to. Tell me, what is to be gained from listening to thugs who chase someone around while calling him a paedophile?
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This also isnβt true.
Raskin literally said: βthereβs no free speech crisis in Britainβ
Nigel Farage has, inevitably, said that this ruling means βIllegal migrants have more rights than the British people under Starmerβ.
The courtβs short summary makes it explicit in two separate places that didnβt even enter into its reasoning, which centred on criteria for injunction.
CEO-to-worker pay gap surges to 632 to 1 at USβs lowest-paying large firms.
Starbucks CEO collected $95.8m, 6,666 times as much as the companyβs $14,674 median pay.
Workers rely on food banks and charity for survival whilst company engaged in union busting.
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26.05.2025 07:14 β π 12 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0I know residents in Hertford are concerned about the fire-damaged barge on the River Lea.
Iβve also heard reports of a possible oil leak into the river and understand the worry this is causing.
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Thousands more victims of domestic abuse, sexual violence, βhonourβ-based abuse and stalking will have access to specialist support services thanks to a boost of nearly Β£20 million announced by the Safeguarding Minister Jess Phillips today.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
My dad was 15 when he joined the Royal Navy. I never asked him what it was like during the war, and he never talked about it, but I still have his medals and photos.
Remembering the millions who died fighting fascism.
Reform on LK now starting as they mean to go on. Give a soundbite, make up a figure and then attack and abuse. Politics of division directly from the Trump playbook.
04.05.2025 08:10 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Perfect
03.05.2025 21:47 β π 357 π 42 π¬ 24 π 3
Nigel Farage defends allowing US chlorinated chicken into UK as part of trade deal
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Our next #cycling event is on Sunday 27th April at 10am starting and finishing at The Terrace Cafe in Castle Park.
This family friendly 12 mile circular route is free to join. A donation to our 2025 nominated charity @HelpingHerts is encouraged.
greatbigcycleforherts.heroes.help/campaigns/Cy...
Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
09.04.2025 06:33 β π 88892 π 27570 π¬ 870 π 1260Anyone thinking of voting Reform in the council elections should look at their performance in the European Parliament. Collecting their expenses while embarrassing our country on the world stage with petty theatrics and offering no solutions.
09.04.2025 07:43 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
The strange story of ZLX - a Glasgow tax firm with no tax qualifications, promising clients they can claim tax relief for fridges and vegan doughnut recipes, suing clients who complain, and threatening its critics with lawsuits.
buff.ly/GZ0TDjf
The former ambassador to Denmark for the United States, Rufus Gifford, posted this video on his Facebook account:
Ht: @hpsc24.bsky.social
Suddenly, recent posturing makes a whole lot of sense.
(2022 article via @renzelen.bsky.social)
Such a strange coincidence that all the countries that need to be secured for world peace have massive mineral reserves.
29.03.2025 08:16 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Our next monthly meeting, 8pm on Tuesday 1st April, will be at the Windhill Church Centre, Bishop's Stortford. All welcome to join.
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