Reposted by Daniel KingFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 05/01/2025Laura Kuenssberg, "Elon Musk.. attacking Keir Starmer.. over the grooming scandal" Alan Johnson, "It's Orwellian.. We've had a public inquiry into grooming, it took 7 years, it cost £200 million" "What Elon Musk is proving is having lots of money doesn't make you intelligent about world affairs" 38969270
Reposted by Daniel KingSupertanskiii @supertanskiiii.bsky.social · 03/01/2025And so it begins… You can’t appease these people. They only respond to decisive limits. Don’t implement them and they’ll take the piss. We are already in a democratic recession. Labour’s inaction won’t just screw them, it’ll screw us all. Our elections will be bought. 961391525
Reposted by Daniel KingJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 20/12/2024Delighted this feature I did with @inews.co.uk is now online – telling the story of 2024 in 14 charts. It's a whole range of topics, some UK and some internationally – and we did also work to make sure they weren't all gloomy. Do take a look. inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...inews.co.ukFrom pay rises to NHS waiting lists: The 14 graphs that tell the story of 2024From immigration to home ownership, smoking to birth rates, the data that reveals how we really lived this year 12616
Reposted by Daniel KingAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Jeffries: In our nation's history, 25% of our nation's debt was accumulated during the four years of the former president, 25%. How dare you lecture America about fiscal responsibility ever. 10095252216538
Reposted by Daniel KingMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 15/12/2024“All donations that originate from abroad, no matter who is the final donor, should be banned. Only UK citizens should be allowed to donate to British political organisations. This would, by necessity mean no donations from private companies; PLCs, LTDs, whatever.”eastangliabylines.co.ukFight back against fascism: how big money is threatening democracyFascism thrives when democracy falters. From funding Reform to vigilance, here’s how we protect our future 26863741956
Reposted by Daniel Kingwint @dril.bsky.social · 08/12/2024a cloak believed to belong to the shooter transformed into a dozen beautiful white doves and flew away, Authorities said, 313472507588
Reposted by Daniel KingGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Ah, the faces of cowardice. 834280946759
Reposted by Daniel KingPeter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Probably just as important as growing economic inequality is the degradation of news by Big Tech, and the loss of a common accepted reality amid the massive growth (often foreign inspired) of 'alternative facts' and conspiracy theory networks 78230
Reposted by Daniel KingOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 03/12/2024By far and away, my favourite thing about this spectacularly dumb post... Is that that's THE MATTERHORN 814105421695
Reposted by Daniel KingAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Kemi Badenoch's condemnation of Keir Starmer for appointing a politician with a previous criminal conviction, would have been more credible if she hadn't just dismissed the criticism of her own predecessor, for receiving a conviction while in office, as being "overblown" 44721181
Reposted by Daniel KingBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 04/12/2024"Brexit has ruined this country, and now the majority of Britons thinks so too." RP if you are that majority. 271007570
Reposted by Daniel KingMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 04/12/2024YouGov has just done a poll on whether Brits are happy or unhappy that Trump was elected US president: Unhappy: 60% Happy: 16% They then asked them to say why, in their own words, they felt this way. Leading "unhappy" reason: He's a criminal Leading "happy" reason: He's not Harris/Biden/Democrats 641055389
Reposted by Daniel KingPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 04/12/2024The Brexit Curse British food exports to EU ‘have fallen £3bn a year since Brexit’. Border checks, lower standards on pesticides, veterinary drugs, animal welfare make UK exports harder. Brexit costing UK economy about £100bn a year. Rejoin EU. www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comBritish food exports to EU ‘have fallen £3bn a year since Brexit’Centre for Inclusive Trade Policy report finds trade flows have shown no signs of returning to previous levels 13625891064
Reposted by Daniel KingDr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Irish equivalent of the GMC says it’s not the appropriate regulator for anyone other than Doctors GMC had the same view in 2014 as the UK ‘Independent’ Regulator of Doctors However it was ‘persuaded’ by UK Govts not long after Charlie Massey joined in 2016 🤔 www.imt.ie/news/medical... 14319
Reposted by Daniel KingAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 02/12/2024So it turns out they spent £715 million on sending a grand total of FOUR volunteers to Rwanda. For comparison, this is more than you could expect to spend on building an entire brand new hospital in the UK 9523081242
Reposted by Daniel KingJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 02/12/2024"We cannot continue to participate in the social network feed of a man who proclaims the death of the media and therefore of journalists... X is a platform that no longer serves the public interest at all, but the special ideological and financial interests of its owner and his political allies"thelondoneconomic.comEuropean Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on XThe EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries. 20488041115186
Reposted by Daniel KingRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Last year, Trump’s FBI Director was selling magic pills which would supposedly cleanse your body of the Covid vaccine to “reverse the vaxx” if you ever had one. A complete scam. 46288223332
Reposted by Daniel KingBrian Moore @brianmoore666.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Nobody got rich on their own. Elizabeth Warren's observation also underpins the argument as to why it is right for the rich to say their fair share of tax. 521882669
Reposted by Daniel KingRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Did you know? Black Friday is named in honor of Rebecca Black, who invented Friday in 2011. 5194120911256
Reposted by Daniel KingBrian Cardone @cardonebrian.bsky.social · 29/11/2024Well they say a picture is worth a thousand words, this is spot on. Do not obey in advance! 754297867677
Reposted by Daniel KingMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 29/11/2024“We must leave the EU to control our borders and stop mass immigration,” they said. And it was the same people who said that who were then in government. Brexit has simply led to the reverse of everything it said it was about. 941757548
Reposted by Daniel KingIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 29/11/2024And then, because this is arguably the most preposterous country on earth, Speaker Lindsay Hoyle says: "Right, thank you everybody. We're going to move on to the ferrets bill if people wish to leave." 41878175
Reposted by Daniel KingBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Not a single person has been put on trial for killing 72 people at Grenfell. But they can lock up non-violent protestors for 21 years, because they are a 'danger'. 6732881154
Reposted by Daniel KingLed By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 28/11/2024Nigel Farage loves open borders - for the super rich youtu.be/SA8T29zWNCw?...youtu.beNigel Farage loves open borders - for the super richYouTube video by Led By Donkeys 10338062096
Reposted by Daniel KingJamie Carter @jctheresistance.demcast.com · 27/11/2024EVERY. WORD. OF. THIS. 1070327319113
Reposted by Daniel KingSchooley @schooley.bsky.social · 27/11/2024James Bond movies never show the part where the supervillain collects government subsidies to build his death tech. 699575077969
Reposted by Daniel KingPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 25/11/2024On Elon Musk’s repeated attacks on Keir Starmer’s government Sky’s @samcoatessky.bsky.social rightly points out “If we were talking about a figure close to the Kremlin or the government in Moscow we would be asking the question whether this was foreign interference” @sophyridge.bsky.social 952496712
Reposted by Daniel KingDr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Only 3 weeks to sort a national scope of practice for #physicianassociates with Royal Colleges pushing for scope of practice GMC refusing to set scope Government playing games NHs England complicit No pressure🙏 Except there is an urgent need to sort this out NOW 35431
Reposted by Daniel KingMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 25/11/2024And there it is. Netanyahu's govt has put sanctions on the Israeli newspaper Haaretz for its criticisms of Israel's behaviour. Sanctions include prohibiting all public institutions from communicating with the paper. This profoundly undermines democracy. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...haaretz.comIsraeli government imposes sanctions on Haaretz, cuts all ties and pulls advertising*** 951818867
Reposted by Daniel KingMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Difficult to describe what a dangerous moment we are in. The owner of Twitter/richest man in the world/closest adviser to the next US president is promoting a far-right Tommy Robinson (!) documentary to his 200 million followers. This is the mainstreaming of violent, Islamophobic fascism. 608167874684
Reposted by Daniel KingPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Turn away from Trump and look to EU for trade, say voters Asked 'is Europe or the US more important to the UK' in 'terms of trade', 58% chose Europe and just 34% the US inews.co.uk/news/politic...inews.co.ukTurn away from Trump and look to EU for trade, say votersAsked 'is Europe or the US more important to the UK' in 'terms of trade', 58 per cent chose Europe and just 34 per cent the States 381521411
Reposted by Daniel KingMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Those accusing the ICC of being “political” do not fully understand the law. Post WWII, we in “the West” stipulated a set of shared rules that we believed applied to everyone - enemies, allies and ourselves. If an ally breaches those rules, the rules have not suddenly become “political” overnight. 512753774
Reposted by Daniel KingClive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 21/11/2024This post from the PM is problematic for a number of reasons. A thread…🧵 1431675776
Reposted by Daniel KingMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Not much of a fan of Trudeau, but he got this one spot on. 👌 #ICC #Netanyahu 25787137
Reposted by Daniel KingMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 22/11/2024“Handing vital infrastructure to private investment companies will generate windfalls for investors and leave the rest of us worse off. We need a better plan.” A stark warning about BlackRock… they’re not here to help. They are here to seize control. That’s what they do.theguardian.comLabour is putting its plans for Britain in the hands of private finance. It could end badly | Daniela GaborHanding vital infrastructure to big finance will generate windfalls for investors and leave the rest of us worse off. We need a better plan, says Daniela Gabor, a professor of economics and macrofinan... 831698728
Reposted by Daniel KingAlistair Green @mralistairgreen.bsky.social · 20/11/2024Silly I know but I’ve penned an ode- or poem if you will- to my new favourite app, bluesky. Be kind in your judgement I beseech you my liege!. lol 🪶 921193178