Reposted by @ianr17.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Filed my tax return last week. Wondering what the HMRC would have done if I'd neglected to declare £380,000 on account of the fact that "I don't do computers." #Farage 901792405
Reposted by @ianr17.bsky.socialRuss Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Anonymous Tory MP in 2018: "If we try to cancel Brexit, we destroy ourselves. If we go ahead with it, we destroy the country." They did both. And now the culprits are running from the wreckage. 929778
Reposted by @ianr17.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 18/01/2026All of these people - Mogg, Farage, Carswell, Jenrick, Hannan and the rest need to be forever reminded of what they backed and supported 881878610
Reposted by @ianr17.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Much of the £10.9bn UK Covid scheme fraud 'beyond recovery', report says. Lack of checks on Eat Out, Bounce back loans, furlough support & more. £13.6bn spent on 38bn PPE items, 11bn unused. £10bn loss from over-ordering, £324m fraud. Organized looting. Will anyone be held to account?bbc.co.ukCovid scheme fraud hit almost £11bn but much 'beyond recovery', report saysThe response to the pandemic led to 23248138
Reposted by @ianr17.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Disabled people driving luxury cars on your dime? Just the latest rightwing lie peddled by Labour. Govts stigmatize people claiming benefits as scroungers, claim fraud is rife. Silence on corporate welfare, tax abuse by corporations/rich. HMRC failed to collect over £500bn tax since 2010.theguardian.comDisabled people driving luxury cars on your dime? Just the latest rightwing lie peddled by Labour | Frances RyanStarmer’s ailing government is happy to pursue ideas like cutting Motability, but all ministers will do is damage lives and themselves, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan 20437197
Reposted by @ianr17.bsky.socialMax Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 22/11/2025It’s crazy to think about the crimes we’re going to learn about after this regime ends. We’re already hearing about Watergate level crimes every week. Imagine what will come out after it’s over. We’re going to need a full accounting of all that’s been done in violation of the constitution. 1928376497560
Reposted by @ianr17.bsky.socialMartin McKee @martinmckee.bsky.social · 23/11/2025Powerful piece by @drrachelclarke.com on the COVID inquiry. Those who say it’s easy to be wise in hindsight are being utterly disingenuous. Many of us spoke out at the time, and it’s in the public record. @independentsage.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/nationa...observer.co.ukI’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer 8748298
Reposted by @ianr17.bsky.socialBylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 23/11/2025Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances. A new decade-long Brexit study explains it: a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else. Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer. @eastangliabylines.co.ukeastangliabylines.co.ukNew: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half rightNearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer 20440186
Reposted by @ianr17.bsky.socialSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 21/11/2025So, #r4today reports on the Covid inquiry and the “too little, too late” Tory govt, then says they’ll be talking to *Lord* Gove about it. Ugh. That just sums up so much that’s so very wrong with our politics and media. Rewarding, rather than punishing, those responsible for failing us all. 881382393
Reposted by @ianr17.bsky.socialEuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Nearly there! We need around 50 signatures to push my petition calling for transparency and a review of deregulated free zones to 10,000. Please sign and share across your social media platforms. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72... 20123121
Reposted by @ianr17.bsky.socialBrian Hughes @bmhughes.bsky.social · 06/08/2025Proud to be on the Science Advisory Board for DecodeME, a peripheral role but a fantastic vantage point from which to witness such outstanding work by Chris Ponting @cgatist.bsky.social and colleagues #MECFS #pwME www.theguardian.com/society/2025...theguardian.comScientists find link between genes and ME/chronic fatigue syndromeLarge study suggests people’s genetics could ‘tip the balance’ on whether they would develop the illness 19328
Reposted by @ianr17.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 07/08/2025To say this is somewhat at odds with the news and social media narrative would be the understatement of the year. Also if Ed Davey is that popular vis Farage why is the mainstream media practically ignoring him? 54380116
Reposted by @ianr17.bsky.socialGreta's Cabal @gretascabal.bsky.social · 06/08/2025We cannot heal the open wound of Brexit until we tackle the serious issues (rigged political system, corrupt media, foreign/corporate interference) that caused us to self harm in the first place. Other countries can see that, yet we can't? 621661
Reposted by @ianr17.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 01/08/2025Heathrow Airport's expansion plans to cost £49bn. Previous plans abandoned as passenger numbers dropped. Expansion of foreign-owned airport would release millions of tonnes of CO2 while benefiting a few rich flyers. How about cutting rail fares?bbc.co.ukHeathrow Airport's expansion plans to cost £49bn, plans revealHeathrow says expansion is 29380150
Reposted by @ianr17.bsky.socialEuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 28/07/2025Teesside Freeport: A Blueprint for Corporate Plundering of the UK How the UK's "flagship" Brexit freeport became a corporate goldmine at taxpayers' expense. My latest article zooms in on the corporate excesses of Teesside Freeport. open.substack.com/pub/european...open.substack.comTeesside Freeport: A Blueprint for Corporate Plundering of the UKHow the UK's "flagship" Brexit freeport became a corporate goldmine at taxpayers' expense 28055
Reposted by @ianr17.bsky.socialEdward Fitzgerald ☘💙🗽⚖🌻 @eafitzgerald.bsky.social · 21/06/2025 1165096
Reposted by @ianr17.bsky.socialPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 21/06/2025This will probably come as no surprise to anyone but.. www.independent.co.uk/bulletin/new...independent.co.ukMajority of Brits think Brexit has been a failure 41540117
Reposted by @ianr17.bsky.socialEuropean Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 19/06/2025Lives are at risk like never before, Chair of the National Pharmacy Association tells LBC - with the loss of EU-wide medicine safety checks fuelling online sales.lbc.co.ukBrexit has unleashed ‘backstreet medicine’ across Britain, warns leading pharmacistLives are at risk like never before, Chair of the National Pharmacy Association tells LBC - with the loss of EU-wide medicine safety checks fuelling online sales 46033
Reposted by @ianr17.bsky.socialEuropean Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 23/05/2025What a total waste of time and money.theguardian.comGovernment considers sale of Brexit border checkpoint in Kent – reportsNew trade deal with EU could make 41 border control posts built after Brexit redundant 79524
Reposted by @ianr17.bsky.socialStay European #RejoinEU 🇪🇺 #FBPE @stayeuropean.bsky.social · 09/05/2025The more you know about economics, the more you know that what we need is the EU. A case in point:bbc.co.ukBank of England boss: UK must 'do everything' to rebuild trade with EUAndrew Bailey says he does not take a view on Brexit, but reversing the post-Brexit hit to UK-EU trade would be 615750
Reposted by @ianr17.bsky.socialEuropean Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 09/05/2025Happy Europe Day! 🇪🇺 313042
Reposted by @ianr17.bsky.socialSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 04/05/2025Hey British media, It’s no surprise that if you give Farage the run of the place, he’ll start winning. Time to do your actual jobs and start interrogating him on his Brexit shitshow, his funding, his Trumpiness, his idiotic manifesto, his real plans for the NHS… instead of drumrolling him into No.10 43191522710
Reposted by @ianr17.bsky.socialJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 10/04/2025It's long past time to ban insider trading in Congress. 11833610710838
Reposted by @ianr17.bsky.socialEuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 10/04/2025You're not meant to know anything about deregulated Special Economic Zones and Freeports until it's all too late. 5282107
Reposted by @ianr17.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 08/04/2025The French would like to thank the UK for funding to them. 2020 - 2024: EDF owned by the French state made £91bn operating profit in the UK, subsidises French households/industry. UK govts oppose public ownership but happy to let foreign govts own UK infrastructure, export billions of profits.leftfootforward.orgWith bills having gone up, it’s time to take energy back into public ownershipThe obscene profits of the energy industry show the sector is broken 36664354
Reposted by @ianr17.bsky.socialBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 08/04/2025I cannot remind Americans about this enough, you had a revolution because you didn't want to pay Tariffs on Tea. 15788213
Reposted by @ianr17.bsky.socialBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Why is it then that MP's can't manage without expenses? 29030
Reposted by @ianr17.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Starmer: I'll only sign US tariffs deal if it suits UK. It will be a terrible deal. NHS will vanish. Expensive branded drugs instead of generic drugs. Hormone injected beef, chlorinated chicken, becoming the 51st state. Far better to join the EU.bbc.co.ukPM: I'll only sign US tariffs deal if it suits UKThe UK hopes to limit the impact of President Trump's tariffs in an economic agreement with the US. 62858326
Reposted by @ianr17.bsky.socialPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Mark Carney says he has 'seen this movie before', and believes that the US economy is heading for a Brexit-style downturn www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/us-... 26984142313
Reposted by @ianr17.bsky.socialEuropean Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 07/04/2025@carolinelucas.bsky.social on the US tariffs. 619277
Reposted by @ianr17.bsky.socialEuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 25/03/2025So we've got 74 deregulated SEZs and 12 Freeports set up by Sunak and Starmer immediately after Brexit, which is literally carving up the UK into corporate-governed feudal enclaves. Thread 311689
Reposted by @ianr17.bsky.socialUK Politics News // Papernaut @ukpolitics.papernaut.co · 22/03/2025THE INDEPENDENT: Labour vows to dismantle Brexit trade barriers as staggering £37bn loss leaves UK businesses reeling, igniting calls for renewed ties with the EU. - by Kate Devlinindependent.co.ukNew figures reveal Brexit costing UK business £37bn a yearExclusive: Billions of pounds worth of lost business with other European Union countries prompts calls to re-enter customs union and single market 97739
Reposted by @ianr17.bsky.socialDr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 18/03/2025If you oppose NHS privatisation, please could you repost this? I’m fed up of being told that we’re ‘radical’ - most people oppose NHS privatisation! Let’s send a message to those destroying the NHS! 🚨💙 5324376
Reposted by @ianr17.bsky.socialEuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 14/03/2025My latest article 'Here's what's really happening behind that 'special relationship' is up on Substack, please subscribe and where possible take out a paid subscription. Or drop a tip in my online Ko-Fi jar here. ko-fi.com/europeanpowell Substack is where it's at! open.substack.com/pub/european... 15846
Reposted by @ianr17.bsky.socialDr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 11/03/2025In case you’re not sure why the NHS isn’t working any more, it’s because the service is being slowly dismantled by politicians who are turning it into a cash cow for private companies, starving it of resource so it doesn’t work properly, and enabling the private sector to expand rapidly 🚨 9311145
Reposted by @ianr17.bsky.socialBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 07/03/2025The supervised toothbrushing scheme at school is fine. But the real problem is 50+% of people don't have access to an NHS dentist and Private dentists are charging 5-10x more. Everyone needs to go to the dentist, it doesn't matter how well you brush your teeth. 29458102
Reposted by @ianr17.bsky.socialAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 01/03/2025🔴Keir Starmer and the Trump Appeasers Why those in Downing Street deluding themselves that Britain can somehow flatter Donald Trump into allying with our interests need to wake up, and fast www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/keir-starm...adambienkov.co.ukKeir Starmer and the Trump AppeasersThose deluding themselves that Britain can somehow flatter Donald Trump into allying with our interests need to wake up, and fast 59529120
Reposted by @ianr17.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 15/02/2025The irony of the richest man in the world almost single-handedly destroying an agency designed to help the world’s poor, so that the U.S. federal budget has more room for another giant tax cut for the richest man in the world and his pals, should not be lost on anyone. [Cartoon by Mike Luckovich] 8963324210804
Reposted by @ianr17.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Ex-Reform UK employees issue claims for alleged unpaid wages. Employees claim they were summarily dismissed after the UK general election without payment for several months of work. Reform MPs voted against Labour's modest Bill on workers' rights. Be careful what you wish for. archive.ph/4O17Yft.comEx-Reform UK employees issue claims for alleged unpaid wagesReform says claims brought by former workers — who say they were dismissed after the election — are ‘fraudulent’ 25466220
Reposted by @ianr17.bsky.socialMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 16/02/2025If Brexit had never happened… …we’d be much wealthier, with more investment in public services, better trade - and with our parliament & govt having spent the last decade doing far more productive things. 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺 1072943905
Reposted by @ianr17.bsky.socialEuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Labour's deregulatory race to the bottom will reconfigure the UK's economy as something for the asset-classes to extract and exploit for decades to come. 314148
Reposted by @ianr17.bsky.socialBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 08/02/2025In the 1980's Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher allowed the richest to buy all our Public Resources, then the billionaires used all the money stolen from you to buy the Government. That is how we got to the hell we have now. 221026338
Reposted by @ianr17.bsky.socialBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Personally I think the UK billionaires who are making £2m a day each, paying only 11% tax, less than a person on the minimum wage, and costing the same as 60,000 people on benefits each. Are the ones taking the mickey. 7514152
Reposted by @ianr17.bsky.socialThe Braes o' Bonúll @bonullbraes.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Brexit making the headlines. 258205073533
Reposted by @ianr17.bsky.socialPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 08/02/2025No growth and less trade: Five yeas later, Brexit is a ‘flop’ for London Promises remain unfulfilled, and for the time being, we see only the negative effects of choice that reduces productivity by 4 percent and exports by 15 percent www.eunews.it/en/2025/02/0...eunews.itNo growth and less trade: Five years later, Brexit is a 'flop'For the time being, we only see the negative effects of Brexit that reduces productivity by 4 percent and exports by 15 percent 1333166928
Reposted by @ianr17.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024. You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right? Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year. You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.truthout.orgTesla Paid Zero Federal Income Tax in 2024, Despite $2.3 Billion in IncomeThis brings Tesla’s average tax rate over the past three years to 0.4 percent. 14454741220203