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I'm one of the weirdos, mister. Collared and cuffed.

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GothboyUK @gothboyuk.bsky.social · 2m
Now I can clearly see why the BBC cancelled #DragRaceUK. Yikes.
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GothboyUK @gothboyuk.bsky.social · 1h
It's like everything else, it's an evolution and not a carbon copy of the sacred text. It's entertainment and not scripture! I haven't seen it yet but I know you have good taste so I will! ☺️ 🖤
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GothboyUK @gothboyuk.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Reform said Reform did nothing wrong. FFS. 🙄 - Reform internal inquiry says party did not break law over donations sting www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Reform internal inquiry says party did not break law over donations sting
Officials were recorded by undercover journalists discussing a potential way to secure foreign donations to the party.
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GothboyUK @gothboyuk.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Colour me shocked... 🙄 - www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Reform MP raises concerns about second homes – then buys one for £800,000
Sarah Pochin bought Anglesey property two days after writing to minister about impact of second homes on rural communities
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GothboyUK @gothboyuk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Let's not rewrite history, he was a liar and went to prison for perjury. You don't have to kick a dead man but you DO have to report things accurately. He was a disgraced politician. - Author and former politician Jeffrey Archer dies aged 86 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Jeffrey Archer: Best-selling author and former politician dies aged 86
His last book, Adam and Eve, is set to release this month.
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GothboyUK @gothboyuk.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Am I tripping at 1am or did #GBBO just only have 2 minutes of programme between advert breaks? I swear one break ended at 71mins on my SkyHD and the next started at 73min. 🤔
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GothboyUK @gothboyuk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Israel does not have right to close UK consulate in Jerusalem, Foreign Office advised www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Israel does not have right to close UK consulate in Jerusalem, Foreign Office advised
Former attorney general Dominic Grieve says Israel is not entitled to shut mission in occupied Palestinian territory
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GothboyUK @gothboyuk.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
So the legally required consultees didn't agree with the plans as they stand so Trump's cronies cancelled the consultation and are going ahead anyway. We call that a Dictatorship. 🙄 - Trump's plans for massive arch move ahead www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Trump's plans for massive arch move ahead
Opposition to building the 250-foot arch, and using it for military purposes, is growing with one Democrat blasting Trump's plans as "foolhardy".
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GothboyUK @gothboyuk.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Turns out Danny Thomas, the 'anti-immigrant and anti-scrounger' activist friend of Tommy TwoNames, is actually homeless. Turkeys voting for Christmas (again). Just like those homophobes who lust for 🍆. 🙄 - Anti-migrant activist arrested over video of dinghy slashing www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Daniel Thomas arrested over video of dinghy slashing
Police had been looking into footage appearing to show the man, also known as Danny Tommo, slashing at a boat in the English Channel with a knife.
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GothboyUK @gothboyuk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
There's not a single employer (other than tiny companies) that doesn't have a sickness/back-to-work policy. They're already doing this. It has been standard for DECADES. They regularly call. - Off sick? You need to phone your boss, back-to-work adviser says - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Off sick? You need to phone your boss, back-to-work adviser says
Relying on text and email means sick workers disengaged and were less likely to work again, says Sir Charlie Mayfield.
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GothboyUK @gothboyuk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
He's using bullying tactics. Ever since Andy Burnham became PM he's complained about everything British. We've seen this before, it happened when Blair became PM. - Sir Jim Ratcliffe's Ineos to mothball three major chemical sites in Hull www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Sir Jim Ratcliffe's Ineos to mothball three major chemical sites in Hull
The wholesale price of natural gas has almost doubled in the UK and Europe since July.
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GothboyUK @gothboyuk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Another icon. 😔 - Tenko and Doc Martin actress Stephanie Cole dies aged 84 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Stephanie Cole: Tenko and Doc Martin actress dies aged 84
She was best known for playing the character Dr Beatrice Mason in the 1980s BBC wartime TV drama
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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 18/09/2026
LGBT souls exist🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 No special permission is needed. Not understanding is no right to harm. Show courtesy, then step back. They want ordinary human things: laughter, love, and growth beside those they choose. To trans families — let’s keep smiling. Let’s fill the world with Love🌈
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GothboyUK @gothboyuk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This makes me want to kick heads in. 😡 - www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Lifeboat station in Portsmouth forced to temporarily shut after far-right action
RNLI facility had been targeted by activists trying to stop asylum seekers landing in boats from the Channel
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GothboyUK @gothboyuk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Look at all the effs I give. 😂 #FAFO - www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
theguardian.com
‘I believed the hype’: the white South Africans denied refugee status in the US
Drive to save thousands of Afrikaners from false claims of ‘white genocide’ appears to show signs of slowing
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GothboyUK @gothboyuk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Then why do you have affiliate groups that are very openly transphobic? They're even supported by your own MPs.
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GothboyUK @gothboyuk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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bbc.com
Police appeal for information on six men over anti-migrant protest
Force releases images of individuals it wants to speak to after disorder at Eastney Marina on 6 September.
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GothboyUK @gothboyuk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I was just pointed to a Twitter/X account affiliated to the @greenparty.org.uk and followed by MPs. They appear to be both transphobic and homophobic. I am so disappointed to see there's still such factions welcomed by the Green Party. I thought I'd finally found a party free from discrimination.
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GothboyUK @gothboyuk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
BBC News - Ex-Tory campaign chief pleads guilty over election bet www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Former Tory campaign chief pleads guilty over election bet
Anthony Lee passed confidential information to his wife Laura Lee about when the 2024 election would be held.
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Bremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 10/09/2026
West Midlands Police announced today its investigation into a number of assaults during the REfrom conference last week "We are investigating assaults on five people which took place on 4 September, as a number of people were removed from the conference hall by other members of the public"
mirror.co.uk
Police investigate five assaults at Reform conference after clips shared online
West Midlands Police said it was aware that names and footage had been shared online but then urged people to to speculate about the those involved in the incident
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GothboyUK @gothboyuk.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
NICE (the people who decide what medicines the NHS will supply) are thinking about refusing to supply injectable PrEP. No daily pills needed to stop you catching HIV, just a 6-monthly injection. A real lifesaver. Don't let them stop this useful drug! - tht.org.uk/news/tell-ni...
tht.org.uk
Tell NICE, NHS England and Gilead: don’t block access to twice-yearly injectable PrEP | Terrence Higgins Trust
NICE has recommended against making lenacapavir – a twice-yearly injectable form of PrEP – available for HIV prevention in England and Wales. This is profoundly disappointing.
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GothboyUK @gothboyuk.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
They are claiming being against Jewish war crimes will makes Jews look bad. Does anyone say we mustn't imprison male rapists because it makes men look bad? - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm... Israel to shut down UK consulate in Jerusalem in response to sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements - BBC News
bbc.co.uk
Israel to shut down UK consulate in Jerusalem in response to sanctions on Israeli settlements in West Bank
Israel's foreign minister announced the move after UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband accused Israeli "settler terrorists" of "ethnic cleansing" in the illegally occupied West Bank.
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GothboyUK @gothboyuk.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Proof many American politicians are dangerously uninformed. The US Ambassador to Israel claims the UK has no sanctions against Russia, China or North Korea. Moronic. - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm... Israel and US warn UK as it plans sanctions on Israeli settlements in occupied West Bank - BBC News
bbc.co.uk
Israel and US warn UK as it plans sanctions on Israeli settlements in occupied West Bank
The restrictions come amid increased settler attacks on Palestinians and as Israel plans to develop 1,200 new homes in the occupied territory.
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GothboyUK @gothboyuk.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Reformers love to cost the public MONEY. 😡 - Northumberland councillor to stand in by-election he triggered - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Northumberland councillor to stand in by-election he triggered
John Allen is standing as an Independent after losing the seat for not going to council meetings.
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GothboyUK @gothboyuk.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
I had an amazing experience as a disabled person at school in the 70s. Since then, discrimination has got far worse | Mik Scarlet
Toxic narratives around ‘benefit scrounging’, fed by successive governments, have become embedded in the national psyche, says Mik Scarlet, campaigner and co-CEO of the national charity Phab
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GothboyUK @gothboyuk.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Dolly Parton's sister pleads for end to 'AI garbage' posts after singer's death www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Dolly Parton's sister pleads for end to 'AI garbage' posts after singer's death
Since Parton's death in late August, dozens of AI-generated songs, images and videos have appeared online.
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GothboyUK @gothboyuk.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
People have gone to prison for just DISCUSSING blocking roads for climate and pro-Palestine protests. Roads are being blocked by the Far-right, all while being encouraged by right wing politicians and rabble rousers. Nothing happens. Why? - www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
theguardian.com
Far-right protesters descend on Portsmouth after small boat arrival
Influencer livestreams event calling for men to travel to port to block coaches carrying asylum seekers from leaving
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GothboyUK @gothboyuk.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
When it's Muslim women in a niqab it's 'against our values'. When it's asylum seekers escaping tyrants who want anonymity it's 'terrorists'. But a huge group of white men dressed in black and covering their faces is just 'a protest'. Typical. - news.sky.com/story/dozens...
news.sky.com
Dozens of masked men stop traffic at Port of Dover as part of 'protest'
Demonstrators dressed all in black and wearing balaclavas have been seen at the site in Kent. Officials say they are dealing with an "ongoing public order incident", with police describing it as a "pr...
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GothboyUK @gothboyuk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
They immediately threaten. If that doesn't work they'll claim antisemitism. Then state the UK is a Hamas ally. The Israeli people need to elect a government that represents their best interests, not seperatism. - Israel warns it will retaliate if UK imposes sanctions www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Israel warns it will retaliate if UK imposes sanctions
The UK's Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband pledged on Tuesday to introduce a "comprehensive reset" of policy on Israel.
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GothboyUK @gothboyuk.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
They changed the name of the ship named after gay navy veteran Harvey Milk, now they want to do it to the first ship named after a black navy hero. America, land of the free, home of the Straight White. 😡 - edition.cnn.com/2026/08/20/p...
edition.cnn.com
Exclusive: Navy weighs renaming carrier slated to honor Black war hero, potentially switching it to Trump | CNN Politics
The US Navy is working to rename an aircraft carrier under construction that was set to honor a Black sailor hailed for his heroic actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor, three sources familiar wit...
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GothboyUK @gothboyuk.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Reform (until expelled for threatening harm to Kier Starmer). BBC News didn't put that in the headline. - Northumberland councillor loses seat after six-month no show - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Northumberland councillor loses seat after six-month no show
A by-election to replace John Allen will take place in the next 35 days.
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GothboyUK @gothboyuk.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Nobody will be held responsible, they never are. - Israeli army orders criminal investigation into killing of Palestinian girl Hind Rajab in Gaza www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Israeli army orders criminal investigation into killing of Palestinian girl Hind Rajab in Gaza
The five-year-old spent hours on the phone to paramedics before her body was recovered days later in Gaza City in 2024.
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GothboyUK @gothboyuk.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Brilliant, although I don't use public transport. - Free bus travel for disabled people in England to be extended to 24 hours a day - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Free bus travel for disabled people in England to be extended to 24 hours a day
The change, which has been welcomed by campaign groups, will come into effect in England from April.
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GothboyUK @gothboyuk.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Bringing back work houses and slavery. Enough said. - Jenrick says Reform would make long-term benefits claimants clean up high streets – as it happened www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
theguardian.com
Jenrick says Reform would make long-term benefits claimants clean up high streets – as it happened
Party’s ‘welfare to work’ policy would force long-term claimants to do community work or face losing benefits
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GothboyUK @gothboyuk.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Fucking psychopath. That WOULD start World War III. - Trump threatens to bomb Oman if it 'gets in the way' over Iran issue www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Trump threatens to bomb Oman if it 'gets in the way' over Iran issue
The president also told Fox News the US had a direct backchannel with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps - something it denies.
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GothboyUK @gothboyuk.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
This is an Israeli government minister. Not an armchair racist but someone with the power to do it. If any other govt suggested to do the same to Jewish people there'd (rightly) be an international summit on how to deal with it. Are Muslim Palestinians not human? 😡 - www.euronews.com/2026/08/17/b...
euronews.com
Ben-Gvir calls for nightly killing and mass emigration of Palestinians
In a taped interview, the far-right national security minister also advocated for encouraging the mass emigration of the Gaza Strip, saying he views the territory as entirely Israeli.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
As Britain swelters through another heatwave, few people will have heard that ministers have quietly dropped plans for solar carports. Cars cooler in summer. Shelter from the rain in winter. Clean electricity all year round. A missed opportunity?
eastangliabylines.co.uk
As Britain bakes, ministers quietly park plans for solar carports
Ministers have quietly shelved plans that could have transformed Britain's biggest car parks into shaded power stations
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GothboyUK @gothboyuk.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
How many years are we betting on before it folds? It'll get asset stripped and the carcass sold on. - Harvey Nichols bought by owner of Sports Direct www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Harvey Nichols bought by owner of Sports Direct
The department store made famous by sitcom Absolutely Fabulous had warned it would cease trading.
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GothboyUK @gothboyuk.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Dystopian horror. - US immigration officers to be equipped with gloves that deliver electric shocks www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
ICE equipping agents with gloves that deliver electric shocks
The US immigration agency is buying enforcement officers and agents $20m worth of gloves, which the maker says are safe when properly used.
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GothboyUK @gothboyuk.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
It's fascinating to see the different sides in this case. - www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/i-wa...
timeshighereducation.com
I was reported to police over the Arday case. I was just doing my job
My investigation into alleged plagiarism was undertaken seriously – journalistic enquiries should not be a matter for Scotland Yard, writes THE reporter Jack Grove
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GothboyUK @gothboyuk.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
They polled 788 members out of around 250,000. Of those only 7% said welfare benefits was an important issue. I've never seen a survey twisted in such a way. It's offensive and highly misleading. - www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Labour members ‘have tougher view on welfare than you might think’, poll suggests
Survey finds party members see health, the economy, cost of living and climate crisis among biggest challenges
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GothboyUK @gothboyuk.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Reform will be frothing at the mouth. 😂 - Police to take no further action against Polanski over guillotine re-post www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
No further action against Zack Polanski over guillotine re-post, police say
The Green Party leader has said he made an "inadvertent mistake" when he shared the image with his social media followers.
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GothboyUK @gothboyuk.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
What an utterly irresponsible headline. They sailed into the middle of a training exercise and were shocked by rifle fire (NOT aimed at them). All so the BBC can get political anti-immigrant fodder for the Tories. - French patrol boat appears to fire shots mid interview www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
French patrol boat heard firing shots during BBC interview in Channel, MP says
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp says the vessel fired 17 shots as he was giving a BBC interview.
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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
After banning Pride marches, Pride flags and Pride events in areas that Reform U.K. control. They now care deeply about LGBTQ people. But ONLY because the murderer in Berlin was a Muslim. Hierarchy of hate.
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Nate O @nateo.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
British public wrong about nearly everything, survey shows

Research shows public opinion often deviates from facts on key social issues including crime, benefit fraud and immigration


Jonathan Paige
Tuesday 09 July 2013 15:16 BST
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GothboyUK @gothboyuk.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Ethnic cleansing. Crimes against humanity. Yet nothing will ever be done. It was abhorrent when done to Jewish people in the past and it's abhorrent when done to Muslims now. 🖤 - Israeli settlers set fire to mosques, cars and farm land in West Bank, Palestinians say www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Israeli settlers set fire to mosques, cars and farm land in West Bank, Palestinians say
The latest attacks come two days after a clash between settlers and Palestinians near the village of Tell, which left four Palestinians and two Israelis dead.
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FINAL FANTASY XIV @en.finalfantasyxiv.com · 25/07/2026
The music and sound effects used in the alliance raid trailer are copyrighted by rights holders other than Square Enix and are licensed for use only through the end of October 2026. If you publish videos containing the trailer, please mute or remove the audio by the end of October 2026.
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Disillusioned with Conservatives @neverevertory.wsocial.eu · 25/07/2026
Lib Dems reveal it would cost £263,000 to ensure children in Clacton who have not had a dental check-up get one Cost of Farage's by-election circus is estimated to cost between £250,000 & £300,000 equivalent to funding NHS dental check-ups for thousands of kids who have not had one
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Nigel Farage's costly stunt could have paid for thousands of kids to see dentist — The Mirror
EXCLUSIVE: Analaysis of NHS data by the Lib Dems reveals it would cost £263,000 to ensure children in Clacton who have not had a dental check-up get one - around the same as the cost of Farage's by-el...
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 24/07/2026
Gary Lineker "Our richest people can do more and most want to. To live up to our national values our new government must raise taxes on extreme levels of wealth for a fairer, better, more hopeful Britain." @patmillsuk.bsky.social
centralbylines.co.uk
Millionaires tell new Prime Minister: Tax us, we’re proud to pay
'Tax us, we're proud to pay'': Patriotic Millionaires urge Andy Burnham to charge a wealth tax for the richest of our society
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GothboyUK @gothboyuk.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
To a European the labour laws in the US seem like bordering on slavery, never mind 'just' forced labour. Maybe the EU and UK should unilaterally slap tariffs on the US. - www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
theguardian.com
‘Forced labour’ rationale for Trump tariffs met with bewilderment
Measures effectively replace blanket 10% tariffs Trump imposed in February that were struck down by US supreme court
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