Reposted by @geoff2011.bsky.socialStanding Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The olive harvest season has barely begun, and already Palestinians have been killed, beaten, shot at and driven from their land, while their trees, homes, vehicles, crops and equipment have been attacked by Israeli settlers. 22515
Reposted by @geoff2011.bsky.socialFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Left: The Tories claim they’ll save taxpayers nearly £1bn a year by cutting student loans to “foreign students”. Right: Most international students on Student visas don’t qualify for UK student finance in the first place. So where exactly are these £1bn “savings” coming from? 2322076
Reposted by @geoff2011.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 01/10/2026UK law firm partners collect record pay, up to £2.5m per equity partner. Partners treated as self-employed. Firms don't pay employer national insurance (ENI) on profit taken by partners. £150k ENI dodged for every £1m profit shared. Public purse deprived. Must end this tax perk. archive.ph/vJCIjft.comTop UK law firm partners take home record paySpate of listings in Hong Kong boosted IPO work and related transactions 7210116
Reposted by @geoff2011.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Burnham could change tax relief on pension contributions for his projects. Gross tax relief in 2024-2025 was £83.9bn. 71% went to 7.7m additional & higher rate taxpayers. 29% to 30.4m basic rate taxpayers. Giving relief to all at 20% leaves £14.5bn spare for social care. But equality/equity? 9266119
Reposted by @geoff2011.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Richest 1% of Britons owns more wealth than the bottom 70% of the population combined. 50 richest families hold more wealth than the poorest half of the population combined. The concentration of wealth in fewer hands has not provided the necessary economic stimulus. Need redistribution.leftfootforward.orgThis is how the Chancellor can increase the personal allowance and lift millions out of hardshipSustained economic growth can’t be achieved without a major boost to the purchasing power of the bottom 50% of the population 971890708
geoff2011.bsky.social @geoff2011.bsky.social · 30/09/2026You forgot: When you hand over core public services to the private sector it fails 001
Reposted by @geoff2011.bsky.socialYouGov @yougov.co.uk · 29/09/2026SNAP POLL / By 48% to 28%, Britons support Andy Burnham's proposal to change the triple lock in order to help fund part of a national care service yougov.com/en-gb/daily-... yougov.com/en-gb/daily-... yougov.com/en-gb/daily-... 1028295
Reposted by @geoff2011.bsky.socialBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 28/09/2026More than 7,500 people have signed our petition calling on Ofcom to take immediate action. Add your name: bestforbritain.org/petition/farage-… 12355169
Reposted by @geoff2011.bsky.socialStanding Together @standing-together.bsky.social · 29/09/2026From our webinar with Tom and Yevheniia on Sunday! Click the link to help the Solidarity Guard, our protective presence force, continue urgent actions on the ground alongside Palestinian communities: standtog.org/4yimZu9 01813
Reposted by @geoff2011.bsky.social+972 Magazine @972mag.com · 29/09/2026Under a court order, Mohammad Tubasi and his family returned to their homes in Jalud, which settlers had vandalized. Minutes later, over 150 settlers attacked. The family was forced to flee for their lives. Soon after, settlers set their homes on fire. By Oren Ziv @mekomit.bsky.social 12926
geoff2011.bsky.social @geoff2011.bsky.social · 27/09/2026www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...haaretz.comReport: Israeli defense officials had urgent meeting on Gaza weeks before Oct. 7Sufian Abu Zaida, dubbed 'Coal Eyes,' said he conveyed the Hamas leader's threat to his Israeli contacts 22 days before the October 7 attack, receiving a call less than half an hour later before being... 000
geoff2011.bsky.social @geoff2011.bsky.social · 26/09/2026England have played well, but Spain are a better all round team and I suspect they've clocked up more miles pressing hard+ effectively. England have misplaced too many passes in dangerous areas and some of our defenders aren't convincing. But overall no reason to despair. #England 000
Reposted by @geoff2011.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Only 10% of the richest 0.01% of the population paid close to the top 47% (45% income tax marginal rate + 2% NIC) rate on earnings. A quarter of that group paid an effective average tax rate of 20% or less. The tax system appears to be progressive for some but is frequently not so at the very topbmmagazine.co.ukOnly one in ten top UK earners pay close to top tax rate, says CenTaxCenTax says equalising capital gains tax with income tax could raise £19.7bn by 2030, as HMRC data shows few top earners pay the 47 per cent top rate. 14296163
Reposted by @geoff2011.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The hit the poor and cut corporation tax (CT) brigade are out in force. UK headline CT rate is 25%. Companies pay about 10% less as govts give them numerous reliefs which reduces taxable profits. Companies also dodge tax by shifting profits to tax havens. obr.uk/box/corporat... 518699
Reposted by @geoff2011.bsky.socialJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026🔴 Rupert Murdoch Flew Kemi Badenoch and Her Deputy to Mediterranean for Summer Trips Worth £12,000 The Conservative leader and Alex Burghart MP held “off-site meetings” with the billionaire media mogul in August bylinetimes.com/2026/09/25/r...bylinetimes.comRupert Murdoch Flew Kemi Badenoch and Her Deputy to Mediterranean for Summer Trips Worth £12,000The Conservative leader and Alex Burghart MP held "off-site meetings" with the billionaire media mogul in August 11192116
Reposted by @geoff2011.bsky.socialGeorge Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Your regular reminder that UK taxes are average by western standards and low on middle-earners. Labour figures, especially, should not fall into the trap of pretending that we have a “high” tax burden and that taxes are to blame for the living standards crisis. www.arguably.uk/p/the-tax-tr... 510137
Reposted by @geoff2011.bsky.socialByline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026📌 ICYMI — Royal British Legion Says It Wants ‘No Association’ With Anti-Migrant Group Behind Poppy Fundraisers — @josiahmortimer.bsky.social The charity says it never authorised a Hampshire group's 'Raise the Poppies' appeal, as crowdfunding sites take pages downbylinetimes.comRoyal British Legion Says It Wants ‘No Association’ With Anti-Migrant Group Behind Poppy FundraisersThe charity says it never authorised a Hampshire group's 'Raise the Poppies' appeal, as crowdfunding sites take pages down 79634
Reposted by @geoff2011.bsky.socialMic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026NEW | I’m not surprised, but I am livid. BBC NEWS, ‘DANNY TOMMO’ AND THE DINGHY ATTACK THAT DISAPPEARED While the rest of the media – even the very worst parts – report on Daniel Thomas’ actions, BBC News fails to give its audience the facts. brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/bbc-news-d...brokenbottleboy.substack.comBBC News, ‘Danny Tommo’ and the dinghy attack that disappearedWhile the rest of the media – even the very worst parts – report on Daniel Thomas’ actions, BBC News fails to give its audience the facts. 72972426
Reposted by @geoff2011.bsky.socialJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026🔴 Royal British Legion Says It Wants ‘No Association’ With Anti-Migrant Group Behind Poppy Fundraisers Exclusive: The charity says it never authorised a Hampshire group’s ‘Raise the Poppies’ appeal, as crowdfunding sites take pages down bylinetimes.com/2026/09/22/r...bylinetimes.comRoyal British Legion Says It Wants 'No Association' With Anti-Migrant Group Behind Poppy FundraisersThe charity says it never authorised a Hampshire group's 'Raise the Poppies' appeal, as crowdfunding sites take pages down 18666283
Reposted by @geoff2011.bsky.socialJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 22/09/2026I may get shouted out for this, but it's a real observation: Polanski has a pattern of behaviour of making trouble for himself by telling fibs when he absolutely doesn't need to do so. He lies reflexively and then creates several more news cycles as a result. 1211221
Reposted by @geoff2011.bsky.socialJordan Green @byjordangreen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of pages of newly released FBI documents shed light on the agency's role in the Greensboro Massacre. Two Klansman, including one who was a former FBI informant, separately warned the agency about the potential for violence. (paywalled) www.rawstory.com/raw-investig...rawstory.comBombshell memo on horrific race massacre exposes complicit FBI: 'They lied like crazy'GREENSBORO, N.C. — In July 1979, a North Carolina Ku Klux Klan leader named Joe Grady summoned two FBI agents to a Waffle House to warn them “about possible violence in the future.”Earlier that month,... 3198107
Reposted by @geoff2011.bsky.socialTHE NERVE @thenerve.news · 20/09/2026Good morning @tomwatsonofficial.bsky.social Your journey from MP who most understood the Cambridge Analytica scandal to paid-up Palantir apologist is really quite the journey. Hope the pay packet is worth it. 💰 Here’s some background reading ahead of your first day 🧵👇 19418168
Reposted by @geoff2011.bsky.socialJan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 13/12/2025No surprise: new analysis shows that heat pumps can deliver excellent performance even in older buildings with no meaningful correlation between building age & heat pump efficiency. This is in line with my own experience of having a heat pump in a 1880 Victorian home with only modest insulation. 1563052663
Reposted by @geoff2011.bsky.socialM @captainmeg.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Don’t really think there’s a public interest in the story to give it this much publicity on the BBC. He’s literally just publicising his book! 1664
Reposted by @geoff2011.bsky.socialStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 20/09/2026In addition, I just think the Earl Spencer story is…quite cruel. Ultimately we’re talking about two people’s dad talking about their dead mum. 2625631
Reposted by @geoff2011.bsky.socialCiaran Martin @ciaranm.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Absolutely right. Mr Burnham must run Britain just like Sir Jim Ratcliffe has run Manchester United. Like Britain, ManU was once a proud global giant. But like the UK, the club had entered a lengthy period of stagnation. Since Ratcliffe took over at Man Utd this once proud club has oh wait 1918743
Reposted by @geoff2011.bsky.socialStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 19/09/2026A lot of Labour people visibly believe that a Labour government gives off tolerance particles, and therefore sitting mute is fine and good. The reality is that it took a cross party, whole society effort to make us, as Sunak says, the most successful multiethnic, multifaith democracy in the world:thetimes.comRishi Sunak: Britishness must not be turned into a DNA testI worry that the immigration debate is going far beyond arrival numbers 1447183
geoff2011.bsky.social @geoff2011.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Kuenssberg framed one question as "tax and tax and tax again". Politicians, or Labour at least, need to challenge the negative assumption that tax is bad. Tax pays for the army, the NHS, teachers, social care, etc. We need these things and probably more of them. 020
geoff2011.bsky.social @geoff2011.bsky.social · 19/09/2026It happens when a player loses control of the ball, lunges to try+ retain control or win the ball back. They are stretching+ reacting instinctively but don't see the risk from the opposing player doing the same. He may touch the ball first+ the studs miss the shin but the follow through is dangerous 100
geoff2011.bsky.social @geoff2011.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Extraordinary turnaround+ thrilling second half get Rangers a point, but, really even with our wayward finishing we should have won this game. Cirkin's red looks fair enough to me, reckless! The constant 2nd half pressure was gripping but we need more sharpness when trying to convert chances #QPR 030
geoff2011.bsky.social @geoff2011.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Smyth and Saito for Scarlett and Poku. Need more energy and experience. A real test of character but Rs can still get something from this game 000
geoff2011.bsky.social @geoff2011.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Disaster after catastrophe! A slip by Jimmy, reckless challenge from Cirkin, comedy defending for the second, too much pointless passing around the centre circle = dreadful! A few glimmers of hope just before half time but PNE can time waste the next 45 and we're still vulnerable to the counter #QPR 100
geoff2011.bsky.social @geoff2011.bsky.social · 19/09/2026LFW predicts easy win. All 3 pundits on West London Sport the same. So we all knew what would happen. ☹️😫😬 010
Reposted by @geoff2011.bsky.socialZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Palantir have just bought themselves a Labour Lord with close links to the Labour government. No other word to describe this other than corruption. How can Watson remain a member of the House of Lords and keep the Labour whip? 932316828
Reposted by @geoff2011.bsky.socialAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Why does the BBC have as one of its lead news stories this morning another Britain-hating interview with Jim 'the UK has been colonised by immigrants' Ratcliffe? What public interest is this serving? 5253370722
geoff2011.bsky.social @geoff2011.bsky.social · 19/09/2026"Dykes spurned a chance to win it for Millwall in stoppage-time." What a surprise! 000
Reposted by @geoff2011.bsky.socialJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 18/09/2026my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform www.ft.com/content/f270... 6428101169
Reposted by @geoff2011.bsky.socialNeil Charles @neilcharles.bsky.social · 18/09/2026"If this had been about the BBC promoting polls secretly funded by the Labour party, all hell would have broken loose... damning coverage by the papers, dominating the news agenda to the exclusion of all other matters, and probably leading to the resignation of the director general" 522884
Reposted by @geoff2011.bsky.socialHardeep Matharu @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social · 17/09/2026"It is vital the rise of the far-right that has infiltrated certain establishments – Cambridge possibly being one of them – is looked into. The task ahead for Cambridge & society is huge. Cambridge holds the future of many influential minds. Who influences those minds is fundamental" Dawn Butler MP 16519
Reposted by @geoff2011.bsky.socialSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026In their wildest dreams Hamas couldn't do as much damage to Israel as Netanyahu and his government has. 752250
Reposted by @geoff2011.bsky.socialPeter Hardy @peterjhardy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Arguably it is the least multi-taxed of any tax given much of it has been based on rocketing house prices which are entirely unearned. 081
Reposted by @geoff2011.bsky.socialCllr Sam Casey-Rerhaye @samcaseyr.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Not a dope, calculated messaging to attract wealthier voters. See also ‘politics of envy’ 0172
geoff2011.bsky.social @geoff2011.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The Lime bike gang + eBike riders are 3 groups: -couriers poss on strict time schedules, -kids who may be adults but have never understood basic road safety/Highway Code + think it's a lark, -a few responsible cyclists. I write as a cyclist who is cut up by ebikes more often than by cars. 020
geoff2011.bsky.social @geoff2011.bsky.social · 13/09/2026"A survey of [Reform's] UK policies makes it look like a crypto lobbying outfit with a political party halfheartedly bolted on" frasernelson.substack.com/p/farage-may...frasernelson.substack.comFarage may be about to discover what £72m can’t buyAfter two megadonations, Reform UK is now flush as Nigel Farage himself. But can money really buy votes? 000
Reposted by @geoff2011.bsky.socialwhoopsbuni @whoopsbuni.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Funny how so many “patriots” giving money to the “patriotic” party don’t seem to live in the country they have so much “patriotism” about… 38114