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(UK) Retired NHS Nurse Director. Loving life. Left leaning Scot, politics junky - Labour supporter. Love a laugh πŸ˜„

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The barrister who failed to sue me for Β£8m was suspended by the Bar Standards Board on 6 March, using a procedure reserved for β€œvery serious and urgent cases”.

He continues to advertise his services to the public - as a barrister.

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🚨 NEW: Keir Starmer’s Independent Ethics Adviser says he doesn’t have the grounds to investigate Starmer over Peter Mandelson’s appointment

β€œThe documentation that has been made public indicates that the relevant process for a political appointee was followed”

14.03.2026 09:50 πŸ‘ 56 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1
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From the Labour Party. Sharing just in case it’s not made
It over here

14.03.2026 12:59 πŸ‘ 116 πŸ” 42 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 1

The Greens under Polanski appear to be very much, "criticism of thee but not for me". They are allowed to tell Labour to ditch policies, but not the other way around, apparently, because that is undemocratic.

14.03.2026 08:23 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1
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Nigel Farage regrets running 'bankrupt' Worcestershire Council The Reform UK leader says he wishes the party

β€œFarage has said he wishes the party "hadn't bothered" to take minority control of Worcestershire County Council, because of its financial problems”

V much summing up his approach to power.
Grifting and gobshiting - yes please.
Hard work and responsibility - god no.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

14.03.2026 09:05 πŸ‘ 2346 πŸ” 920 πŸ’¬ 157 πŸ“Œ 47
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Here is a tale of ordinary misogyny.

Except it isn’t. This man is a barrister who has been warned before, and who feels so secure, that he provides his chambers contact in his Twitter profile.

Here is the Tweet, please follow the thread:

13.03.2026 20:11 πŸ‘ 630 πŸ” 196 πŸ’¬ 126 πŸ“Œ 22
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Dozens of MPs urge Greens to officially ditch β€˜normal’ childbirth policy immediately The Green Party apologised in 2024 for the upset caused by the policy

A Green Party spokesperson said: β€œWe are a democratic party and our policies are determined by our members, not MPs belonging to a different party.” Okay, so does that mean the Greens will stop telling Labour to ditch policies?
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

14.03.2026 08:13 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 4

Didn't realise the 2nd season was out. Cheers @csav55.bsky.social πŸ‘

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"We look terrible and the public completely disagrees with us. We should stick to this"

14.03.2026 06:23 πŸ‘ 861 πŸ” 172 πŸ’¬ 95 πŸ“Œ 29
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British expats who fled Gulf desperate to avoid huge tax bills after London return The tax implications of a return to the UK are β€˜troubling’ expats who have flown back to the UK from tax havens like Dubai

If you’ve spent years abroad paying little or no UK tax, it’s reasonable to pay Capital Gains Tax when you return.

You’re coming back to the roads, hospitals and schools the rest of us have been funding.

www.standard.co.uk/news/politic...

14.03.2026 05:58 πŸ‘ 252 πŸ” 83 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 2
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Tell me peeps, would the English print media or our National Broadcaster allow our Prime Minister, or indeed ANY Labour MP, get away with almost zero scrutiny on these things?

Why is this happening in plain sight?

14.03.2026 07:50 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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Ethics adviser rejects Tory call for inquiry into PM over Mandelson appointment Sir Laurie Magnus said the relevant process appeared to have been followed when Lord Mandelson was made ambassador.

Oh. Due process followed perfectly. The Tory politicians & client journalists lying desperately about all this were, of course, cheering & chuckling away when *two* of Boris Johnson’s ethics advisers resigned in disgust at his staggering contempt for ethics.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

14.03.2026 07:40 πŸ‘ 1416 πŸ” 385 πŸ’¬ 65 πŸ“Œ 15

Starmer says government will step in if fuel companies rip off customers as trade body U-turns on decision not to meet Reeves

Starmer’s best week since he became pm. πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘πŸ‘

13.03.2026 19:51 πŸ‘ 73 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

FIFA is threatening to punish Iran for not coming to the world cup in the United States, which just bombed them to bits and this is the same FIFA that gave the president of the country that bombed them a peace prize????

I wish England weren’t going.

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Reform UK's Crypto Provider on Register That Housed North Korean Money Laundering Reform UK processes cryptocurrency donations through a foreign infrastructure that housed a US Treasury sanctioned crime syndicate laundering $4 billion in illicit funds – including proceeds from Nort...

Reform UK’s Crypto Provider on Register That Housed North Korean Money Laundering

bylinetimes.com/2026/03/12/r...

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Totally agree @dhothersall.bsky.social

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Good news! πŸ‘ Rachel Reeves will push for greater single-market access.

'Reeves has been ratcheting up the rhetoric on closer EU relations, which she has described as the β€œbiggest prize” in trade.'

https://www.ft.com/content/111fbe8d-db64-4433-b3dd-fc8b95d0022d

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The only way to protect ourselves from oil and gas price spikes is to get off the rollercoaster of fossil fuel markets and onto clean homegrown power.

That’s the mission of this Labour Government.

#BBCQT

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Despite the busiest winter on record, NHS waiting lists have continued to fall with this Labour Government.

13.03.2026 12:42 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Labour looking after British citizens by confirming price gouging by energy companies will not be tolerated.

Unlike the Tories who ensured all
Shareholders and CEOs could rip off the plebs they were meant to look after as much as possible.

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Peter Kyle: "Despite being Reform’s new β€˜Shadow Business Secretary’, Richard Tice was nowhere to be seen at oral questions this morning. However, I did see him in the tea room just before.

Same old Reform - all mouth and no trousers."

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The Middle East is on fire, UK military bases are under attack, energy prices are going through the roof and the official opposition is spending its week wanging on about pictures of otters
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/kemi-baden...

13.03.2026 11:03 πŸ‘ 961 πŸ” 229 πŸ’¬ 109 πŸ“Œ 21
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Rachel Reeves to make new push for greater single-market access Some member states, led by France, expect the UK to pay into the EU budget in return

β€œReeves has been ratcheting up the rhetoric on closer EU relations which she described as the β€œbiggest prize” in trade”

If only we’d acknowledged this BEFORE we threw it away in a fit of arrogant prejudice. Getting back in the room is far harder than flouncing off
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

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WAITING LISTS HAVE FALLEN BY ANOTHER 43,000,
TAKING THE TOIAL I 374,000
SINCE THE ELECTION.

WAITING LISTS HAVE FALLEN BY ANOTHER 43,000, TAKING THE TOIAL I 374,000 SINCE THE ELECTION.

Despite the busiest winter on record, NHS waiting lists have continued to fall with Labour.

#Labour

12.03.2026 15:13 πŸ‘ 74 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Yeah Streeting wants to privatise it.
The easiest way to privatise something is let it fail,like Tories tried, and sell it off.
I see no evidence of privatisation just some on here and elsewhere who simply hate Labour and Streeting and will NEVER say anything positive.

12.03.2026 15:49 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It's official.

450,000 children are being lifted out of poverty by the actions of this Labour government.

The bill to life the 2-child cap on benefits has passed all it's stages in the Lords to day.

It means it's has passed both Houses and can now go for Royal Assent and become law.

12.03.2026 18:43 πŸ‘ 197 πŸ” 52 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 1

ThisπŸ‘‡πŸΌfrom Warren great news for children in poverty thanks to this GovtπŸ‘ŒπŸΌ

Tories left millions of children in poverty, Reform have no interest, as for LibDems & Greens to be fair I don’t know their policies

This Govt isn’t perfect but only it’s failings are leapt on by MSM not its successes

12.03.2026 19:32 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

🚨 Asked about council tax promises, Nigel Farage just shouts:

β€œWrong! Wrong! Wrong!”

Then threatens to end the interview with Beth Rigby.

The man who sold Britain β€œthe easiest deal in history” still struggles with basic questions about the consequences.

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