Reposted by Ghislaine HullPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 6hDeloitte paid its UK-based partners £1.125m. Firm has 784 equity partners. Due to self-employed status of partners, employer national insurance (ENI) is not paid on profits shared. 150,000 ENI avoided on every £1m of profits shared. Billions lost across the country. Must end this privilege.cityam.comDeloitte UK advisory arm rebounds to growth as new boss insists AI 'can’t replace lived experience'Big Four giant Deloitte's new UK boss, Darren Graves, insisted AI “can’t replace lived experience” as the firm's advisory arms return to growth. 14396171
Reposted by Ghislaine HullSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 4hSome v negative responses to posts about Burnham. I understand the cynicism. What I don’t understand is the refusal to wait and see and to look for the positives. Politics cannot be about perfection. It’s compromise. It’s effective communication… and persuasion. Why not be prepared to be persuaded? 8521921
Reposted by Ghislaine HullSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 5hThis mindset is the least we deserve from a leader. Of course it has to be turned into action. But this kind of ambition and love for the country, this kind of personal but positive vision is what takes people with you. How feeble-minded Farage and Badenoch seem. www.theguardian.com/politics/202... 35787186
Reposted by Ghislaine HullNKBTN @nkbtn.bsky.social · 15hFucking hell. Andy Burnham's labour conference speech is actually rather good, despite the people dunking on Ian Dunt. Proper old-school Labour stuff, council houses, renationalising water and energy (sort of), plus finally decoupling gas and electricity prices. Devil's going to be in the details 132
Reposted by Ghislaine HullDazBev @darrenb7.bsky.social · 15hCutting immigration to the UK means billions less for the Treasury. Can the country really afford that? | Zoe Williams www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Same old Labour despite Burnham crying on stagetheguardian.comCutting immigration to the UK means billions less for the Treasury. Can the country really afford that? | Zoe Williams‘Taking back control’ turns out to be staggeringly expensive. That’s something to mull over as budget day approaches, writes Zoe Williams 013
Ghislaine Hull @ghizzybear.bsky.social · 15h Reform councillors in Barnsley, who made it very clear that they will not submit the standard DBS check that even a parcel delivery driver has to provide, have instantly convinced the nation that they must have been up to some heinous s**t. 262
Reposted by Ghislaine Hullmssgc.bsky.social @mssgc.bsky.social · 18hI fail to comprehend how you have more than you could ever possibly spend & yet you still wish to keep it to yourself. Something very wrong in the makeup of these people. If I ever had significant funds I would look to do good with it without question. 2484
Reposted by Ghislaine HullOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 18hIf people don't want to pay tax to make this country function and help out the rest of society and particularly those who need help most... then maybe they should move to Dubai and stop bleating about it. Really sick to death of it. 1172442463
Reposted by Ghislaine HullRuss Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I'm saying: I live on this planet, and remember enough real events to be able to predict consequences when a more extreme version of them happens. And unless we prevent this, we're in trouble. The best way to prevent it is to make it too commercially expensive. Tax does that. Tax the compute. 11079
Reposted by Ghislaine HullRuss Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 29/09/2026And this bubble is adding to levels of inequality multiple times those seen before the French Revolution. How do you think an army of permanently discarded people will respond to that? People who are already angry at the world. So I'm not just saying: I'm a lefty and see a new source of tax: yay! 2616
Reposted by Ghislaine HullRuss Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 29/09/2026How is it free? Because the absence of tax and overheads allows a vast investor bubble, which will burst and cause a financial crisis like 2008, when we haven't even recovered from that yet. You think the far right came from nowhere? No, it came from a financial crisis. Which we are still in. 1556
Reposted by Ghislaine HullRuss Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The big risk isn't AI nuking us. The big risk? In the 80s 1-in-10 were employed for 18 months and we had riots What happens when 1-in-4 are unemployed forever? What policing could possibly contain that? 1556
Reposted by Ghislaine HullRuss Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I know this sounds like a lefty saying "tax things, all the time," but nothing like AI has happened before. The societal change will be extreme, and we have to plan. And a single datacentre releases equivalent CO2 of 17000 flights to the USA, on a planet already boiling. 1614
Reposted by Ghislaine HullRuss Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 29/09/2026AI brings genuine benefits. Medical research, better understanding of complex systems. Useful. Keep that. Making 25% of us permanently unemployed and rendering pics of Fat Johnny Depp is not useful. It harms the planet and society. If it costs users money, it will stop. So tax the compute. 2707
Reposted by Ghislaine HullRuss Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Just tax the compute. Datacentre? Cool. Fund your own power generation and water reservoirs, and then pay tax for every computational act your datacentre does. And we'll use the tax income to offset societal and job damage. Overnight, AI becomes something AI giants are desperate to restrict. 531575
Reposted by Ghislaine HullRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Donald Trump, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner think the way to negotiate with these barbarians is to offer them business deals. 17724171022
Reposted by Ghislaine HullMarina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Here’s an idea… Why don’t we try facts first, frothing later? Let the Fairford investigation finish before anyone decides what it means …and for goodness sake, don’t believe a word from Trump and his lot. Me on @jeremyvineon5 this morning… 25553101
Reposted by Ghislaine HullOliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"This explains why most MPs don't have a clue about what it is like for The Working Class, for normal people who are living and struggling in the real world ....." via Angel Stroyan 68242
Reposted by Ghislaine HullFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Chris Bryant, "I have this warning for Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch. They say they'll bin the European Convention on Human Rights" "They've clearly never read the Good Friday Agreement, or maybe they don't even care about it" "I promise you this: we will not dump the ECHR, we will stand by it" 10676150
Reposted by Ghislaine HullThe Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 29/09/2026The Fairford incident is dominating the news cycle - and the right-wing. Over the past 48 hours we’ve seen speculation, insinuation and implication attempt turn a serious story about security into one about immigration. This is a long one. Make some tea.bearlypolitics.co.ukA Dissection: The Fairford FannywobbleHow the right-wing commentariat turned an ongoing investigation into a migrant story before the facts were known. 1513163
Reposted by Ghislaine Hullcait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 29/09/2026this is the rape culture btw. the one women have been warning you about, and were told we were hysterical and over-sensitive and couldn't take a joke, and that rape allegations ruin men's lives, and now we live in a meritocracy where the only "merit" is who has hurt the most women 92498520
Reposted by Ghislaine HullThe Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 29/09/2026Keeping in mind that the American Government has a somewhat unfortunate tendency to lie, deceive and distort, I’m not sure this is the win that Jenrick thinks it is. Also, Fairford. Imaging having an immigrant have to correct you on your spelling. 612134
Reposted by Ghislaine HullFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Angela Rayner, "Farage isn't standing up to vested interests, he's falling at their feet" "Does anyone really think that Farage's crypto billionaire sugar daddies are handing him millions because he's standing up for the working people of Britain?" "Give me a break" 326974
Reposted by Ghislaine HullZack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 23hWhy is the Government going after pensioners? It's time to tax the rich 2111444387
Reposted by Ghislaine HullSir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Surely it is time for the authorities to take this Fairford terrorism case out of the hands of the police & pass it over to Nigel Farage, Richard Tice & Isabel Oakeshott etc. These people have the expertise & skills to have this all solved & explained to the public by tonight.👍 1021225299
Reposted by Ghislaine HullJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It never stops being important that, no matter what the subject, politicians like Farage, Trump & Rubio are entirely untethered from the most basic requirements of honest discourse. They might turn out to be telling the truth sometimes but only ever in the spirit of stopped clocks. 491332241
Reposted by Ghislaine HullRovers and Politics @slice404.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Well, that’s not going to happen with Farage and Tories and their majority media paying for and owning the narrative is it? We’re going the opposite way, they want to actively accelerate our doom 022
Reposted by Ghislaine HullNick Beales @nickbeales.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This country would be in a far better place, as would the Labour Party, if more of their senior figures had spent the last 2 years speaking like Angela Rayner does here. Starmer legitimised the far-right and dehumanised migrants for sport. It’s a long road back. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.com‘Intimidatory’ far-right marches should not be allowed, says Angela RaynerThe UK communities secretary decried protests by ‘men in black wearing face masks’ and those ‘whipping up hatred’ towards lifeboat volunteers 054
Reposted by Ghislaine Hull🅽ew🆂mart EN 🍋🟩 Verified. Not Amplified. @toppnews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026 #Andy Burnham #demographic change #government #immigration #Li #life expectancy #NHS #past #politics #public health #society #spotlight #UK #women 🌐 www.newsmart.chtheguardian.com→ zum Artikel 011
Reposted by Ghislaine HullAndrew Sparrow @andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Burnham is told axing pension triple lock would be ‘electoral suicide’ as he prepares to address Labour conference - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv... 6143
Reposted by Ghislaine HullWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Haven’t been following the story closely but releasing people on bail suggests maybe this wasn’t the security threat reported rather than evidence of a woke criminal justice system? 1113522
Reposted by Ghislaine HullParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This two tier policing is disgraceful. It's as if there is one approach for people who helpfully film themselves committing crimes and another approach when there is insufficient evidence. 1121735466
Reposted by Ghislaine HullMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026💥 Well done everyone! We have now covered all 650 MPs in the UK - and some MPs have received over 100 emails from you! Keep getting family, colleagues, friends to send emails to their MP with this link —> www.europeanmovement.co.uk/contact-mp-a... 724997
Reposted by Ghislaine HullPeter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Trump clearly saw the Fairford story developing and decided to fabricate a story with him at the centre. That's worrying enough, but watching politicians on both sides of the Atlantic indulge his fantasy is even even worse. 825278
Reposted by Ghislaine HullReform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Nandy labels Farage ‘master of conspiracy theory’ over Fairford claims www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comNandy labels Farage ‘master of conspiracy theory’ over Fairford claimsCulture secretary criticises Reform leader after he tried to link suspected bomb plot to small boat crossings 1816038
Reposted by Ghislaine HullCerulean Man 🐝 🏳️🌈 🌹 🐶 @ceruleanman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Rubio knows nothing about what happened at RAF Fairford, he knows nothing about the reasoning for their release. This is Rubio & the Americans trying to drag us into the Iran war with the implications for the mid-term elections. Trump is a troublemaker. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comRubio says foreign actor was ‘clearly’ behind suspected RAF Fairford bomb plotThe US secretary of state offered no evidence for his claims, and also said many people were ‘disturbed’ that the five suspects had been released on bail 2928178
Reposted by Ghislaine HullSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Burnham edges Labour closer to finally, maybe, being sane about Brexit. Over 10 years, £Billions of cost, thousands of business failures, mountains of red tape, wasted resources and lost opportunities later…. our govt may, at last, cautiously, start to be honest about the Brexit moronathon. Yay. 491121288
Reposted by Ghislaine HullRoland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Why might that be, Telegraph? 40620151
Reposted by Ghislaine HullPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Schools forced to shut amid burst Thames Water pipe ‘leaking 750 litres a second. TW infrastructure has average age of 79 years. Industry average is 56 years. 40% of TW assets are over 100 years old. Profits siphoned-off, investment neglected, execs rewarded, customers fleecedtheguardian.comSchools forced to shut amid burst Thames Water pipe ‘leaking 750 litres a second’Leak causes outages and low pressure in parts of London and Surrey, affecting 6,000 properties and leaving some without water 32416225
Reposted by Ghislaine HullGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 29/09/2026For all we know at the moment, the 5 men arrested near RAF Fairford might have been on a stag night. But the wild claims by Trump and Rubio suggest that, if they'd been apprehended in the US, they would have been denied due process. I hope our government tells them to butt out of our justice system. 901285259
Reposted by Ghislaine HullAlice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Reform want to indoctrinate our children. Freedom of (and from) belief is a human right. humanists.uk/2026/09/10/s...humanists.ukReform UK Braverman promises 'consequences' if pupils don't sing hymnsReform UK has said schools will face ‘consequences’ if they fail to make pupils regularly sing hymns and the national anthem under a Reform government. The party’s education spokesperson, Suella Brave... 2961814540