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Peter Beal

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Usually found with a coffee cup in hand Landscape Photographer My opinions are my own but I'm not afraid of hearing those of others & I'm willing to change all be it after a struggle

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Appalling!!!

13.02.2026 08:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

From the BBC no less! Now that really is the pot calling the kettle black!

11.02.2026 17:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Are you arguing that Trump should be the yard stick we should be used to judge our politicians? Damn that a bar!

11.02.2026 17:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It seems like it.

11.02.2026 14:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

U.K. might lose a prime minister because a guy who worked for him knew another guy who hung out with Epstein. Meanwhile the U.S. opposition party is telling our President, who was Epstein's best friend, that his secret police should get better training so their public street murders look less messy.

09.02.2026 16:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32511    ๐Ÿ” 9738    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 535    ๐Ÿ“Œ 351
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Post-Brexit sales of British farm products to EU fall by 37% NFU warn it could take years to restore Brexit losses despite efforts to smooth negotiations on farming and other elements of UK-EU reset

Post-Brexit sales of British farm products to EU fall by 37%.

Brexit has brought no benefits and left the UK exposed in the era of tariffs and trade wars.

Farage and Tories lied about Brexit.

Govt can get economic growth by rejoining the EU. Our future is in Europe, not in being the 51st state.

09.02.2026 17:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 259    ๐Ÿ” 102    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Both Farage and a load of disaster capitalist benefited.

09.02.2026 18:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Indeed they are.
These days I worry that Iโ€™m becoming a conspiracy theorist. I look around me, look at survey data then at the political landscape and am convinced that something is very very wrong

07.02.2026 17:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ministers to crack down on profiteering in care sector and make renewed fostering push Josh MacAlister issues warning as government launches ยฃ88m โ€˜call to armsโ€™ to find homes for 10,000 foster children

UK Ministers to crack down on profiteering in care sector.

Promise made over a year ago. No legislation.

Corporations are profiteering everywhere - water, energy, mail, healthcare, dentists, banking, vets ...

Political parties funded by corporations, don't bite the hand that feeds them.

06.02.2026 07:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 262    ๐Ÿ” 121    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

I think Barry Gardener expressed it well when talked of a strata of grandees at the top of the party. They all need clearing out Mc Sweeney alone would fix whatโ€™s wrong

06.02.2026 07:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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When you're so coked up and stupid you put the scope on backwards:

05.02.2026 18:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23890    ๐Ÿ” 5970    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2162    ๐Ÿ“Œ 665
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Every American needs to watch this:

05.02.2026 20:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20243    ๐Ÿ” 10145    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 565    ๐Ÿ“Œ 960
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Barclays reportedly cuts ties with lobbying firm co-founded by Peter Mandelson Vodafone also reviewing its contract with Global Counsel after revelations of former ministerโ€™s links to Jeffrey Epstein

Barclays cuts ties with Mandelson lobbying firm. Vodafone may too.

This is public posturing, isn't it.

For years they used Mandelson to gain political advantage despite his history - forced to resign as minister, ambassador, his links with Epstein were known.

Now trying to reinvent themselves.

06.02.2026 07:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 337    ๐Ÿ” 122    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

A rare thing these days - something to make you smile ๐Ÿ˜Š

06.02.2026 07:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And there we have it. The modern Labour Party. All roads lead further right.

05.02.2026 12:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Zack Polanski, "Palantir.. ยฃ240 million contract last month"

"That was lobbied by Global Counsel which is Peter Mandelson's lobbying group"

"The idea that a defence company from the US has its fingerprints all over our healthcare system, alongside Peter Mandelson"

04.02.2026 23:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1736    ๐Ÿ” 760    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 59    ๐Ÿ“Œ 62
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EuropeanPowell (@europeanpowell) You know what punishment would most affect these millionaires and billionaire pedophiles? Take away all their money, compensate the victims, and redistribute the rest to social infrastructure, inclu...

"You know what punishment would most affect these millionaires and billionaire pedophiles?

Take away all their money, compensate the victims, and redistribute the rest to social infrastructure, including Universal Basic Income." x.com/hashtag/EpsteinFiโ€ฆ

04.02.2026 17:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn States and financial bodies using modelling that ignores shocks from extreme weather and climate tipping points

William Nordhaus received the Nobel Memorial Prize for these flawed economic models, and Bjorn Lomborg built a highly lucrative career on them.
They told rich and powerful people what they wanted to hear.
While helping to consign us all to catastrophe.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

05.02.2026 08:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1236    ๐Ÿ” 583    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 43    ๐Ÿ“Œ 66
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Breaking: Juries Defend Filton 24 Protestors JUST HOURS AGO, a jury acquitted or refused to convict all six Filton 24 defendants of every charge they faced. After eight full days of deliberation, not a single conviction was returned. The most se...
04.02.2026 17:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Ann Pettifor on how Wall Street gambles with your future
YouTube video by The BREAKโ€”DOWN Ann Pettifor on how Wall Street gambles with your future

Thd ever excellent Ann Pettifor on economics, global politics and climate change.

youtube.com/watch?v=psMM...

04.02.2026 17:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests

04.02.2026 14:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19487    ๐Ÿ” 5638    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 418    ๐Ÿ“Œ 289
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Mandelson was given secret spreadsheet to vet left-wing MPs in Labour power struggle Whistleblower's revelation shows extent of his direct involvement in bitter battle to gain control of the party ahead of 2024 election

Peter Mandelson was directly involved in helping Morgan McSweeney select Labourโ€™s parliamentary candidates ahead of the 2024 general election.

This is despite his past misbehaviour.

It was all part of the purge of the left and push Labour to the right.
archive.ph/FXGiY

04.02.2026 15:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 332    ๐Ÿ” 164    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20    ๐Ÿ“Œ 18
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The most dangerous man in America Understanding Stephen Miller: โ€œTrumpโ€™s Prime Ministerโ€

New post out:

"The most dangerous man in America"

Understanding "Trump's Prime Minister" Stephen Miller - the nexus of all the streams of right-wing thought and behaviour that embody the current regime.

(ยฃ/free trial)

open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...

04.02.2026 09:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 263    ๐Ÿ” 88    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 27    ๐Ÿ“Œ 21
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Public ownership of water is the only way to deliver security, efficiency, investment and value for money 37 years of privatisation has been a disaster

England's water companies have paid ยฃ85bn in dividends.

Borrowed ยฃ82.7bn. 35% of customer covers interest payments and shareholder payouts.

Sewage in rivers, insecure water supplies. Customer complaints up 50% last year. No exec prosecuted

Govt response - abolished fines on water companies.

04.02.2026 09:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 285    ๐Ÿ” 155    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 9    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Oh that's Bondi. I didn't recognise her without shit on her nose

04.02.2026 07:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Reforms backers either don't have the UKs interests at hear or are disaster capitalists that believe they can make money off the back of this.

#Reform #ukpol #immigration

04.02.2026 07:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is just one part of a bigger story in which the powerful think they are a race apart from the rest of us. Rules don't apply to them.

#epstein #ukpol #politics #power

04.02.2026 07:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Mehdi Hasan WIPES THE FLOOR With Douglas Murray In Viral Debate.
YouTube video by Balance Of Power Mehdi Hasan WIPES THE FLOOR With Douglas Murray In Viral Debate.

I nay have shared this before but I don't care. Someone out there who needs to see this nay have missed it. #UKpol #reform #byelection

youtube.com/watch?v=N5bC...

04.02.2026 07:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Public ownership of water is the only way to deliver security, efficiency, investment and value for money 37 years of privatisation has been a disaster

England's water companies have 1,200 criminal convictions.

They lose a trillion litres of water to leaky pipes. Dump sewage in rivers for 4m hours. Customers fleeced.

None has its licence revoked. No exec prosecuted. Corporate fines are not collected

Whatever happened to democracy, rule of law?

03.02.2026 09:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 475    ๐Ÿ” 239    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9

They bought our democracy do they could buy the rest

03.02.2026 08:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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