Pick up the nearest book, turn to p. 42, and post the second sentence:
“When William Hague declared that he was ‘someone we have never heard of’, Banks promptly raised the donation to £1 million.”
Yeah, yeah. I know. America is important. But I'm so fucking sick of it absolutely dominating the UK news cycle. I get it. You voted in a turd and now you're swimming in fascist shit. But we have our own rightwing wanklord problems that need more national coverage. anon_opin GOLD from 9th October 2025
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When Angela Rayner underpaid £40,000 in stamp duty, Richard Tice said it was "morally completely indefensible” and she should resign if she had “any moral decency”.
Now we learn he set up four shell companies that let him avoid paying £100,000 he owed in tax and to then transfer the cash to Reform
Wes Streeting supports welfare cuts to fund defence.
He lets private equity make billions from outsourcing NHS, social care.
Silence on corporate welfare spending.
Since 2010 HMRC failed to collect £500bn in taxes. Capital gains and dividends taxed at lower rates than wages.
I stayed for drinks at work and was listening to a geeky podcast on the train, which has encouraged me to listen to A-Ha on Spotify 😬
So it's got to come from poor, vulnerable people rather than the rich, according to this Labour government. Shocking.
Keep a check on the Echo for when they're back and want to use the NHS, or want their state pension...
www.echo-news.co.uk/news/2602084...
Cartoon by @deadder.bsky.social.
The inside of the leaflet is white and lists what Reform think are bad things the council has done. The Reform logo is at the bottom.
But inside it turns out it’s a Reform leaflet. Looks like they don’t have any proposals or anything positive to say. Not surprised.
A red leaflet with white writing saying “what a Labour council has done for Southend”
This leaflet got put through our letterbox this morning
Will I ever grow up? I don’t think so.
What about conversations about the birds though?
Our apologies! Maybe one day? 😃
I guess you’ll be also thinking about this!
Ah…not even sure what I do 😂. Something to think about when I can’t sleep tonight 😂
Haha! Mind are always under my pillow!
I’m really not!
“Think she feels the same”. Sure.
When satire appears to no longer exist
spectator.com/article/ai-d...
New Brexit metaphor just dropped.
British Steel on track to be fully nationalised within weeks.
Since privatisation steel companies have received subsidies; govts didn't take equity stake.
Water and energy are also vital. Need to be nationalised to promote investment, end profiteering, reduce business and household costs.
Didn't the media make out Corbyn's defeat in 2019 was the worst ever, or something? Certainly they thought Starmer's in 2024 was amazing. Can't wait for the next one...
No, Morgan McSweeney didn't "win the 2024 election for Labour". Boris Johnson won it for them at his Christmas do, with Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak taking the assist. Actual Labour figures are lucky to make top 10.
I think we received a months worth of post yesterday, if anyone is wondering how privatisation (and being bought by a foreign billionaire) is going
www.echo-news.co.uk/news/2596900...
They say how big this trust is, but I don't remember these problems before they combined Southend, Basildon and Broomfield.
www.echo-news.co.uk/news/2596599...
Reading a book at the moment that talks about this (The Trading Game by Gary Stevenson). The economy will never grow when the rich are taking more and more from everyone else.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Yes, we know. That's what austerity did to the NHS, and we're still not out of it. If it wasn't for lockdowns, it would have collapsed, not that anti-lockdown Reform-types care.
"Train stations also become a travel set, with Southend Airport alongside Southend train station"
Has the reporter been to Southend before? There is no "Southend train station" There are 10(?) railway stations in Southend, none of them called just Southend!
www.echo-news.co.uk/news/2594874...
Maybe next year?! 😂
