Reposted by LaughingjohnParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 16h"I should just point out that we don't have any Lib Dems on the panel as they only have 71 MPs, but Suella Braverman is here because Reform have 8 MPs" 962037643
Reposted by LaughingjohnPrem 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 7198115
Reposted by LaughingjohnPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“Brexit was a huge loss both for the British people and for the European project as a whole. If the United Kingdom were to make such a decision, Spain would welcome it with open arms and once again embrace our friends in Britain.” - President Sánchez 401317319
Reposted by LaughingjohnThe Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 01/10/2026Bad news, everyone - Brexit has apparently caused the entire United Kingdom to detach from Europe and drift several thousand miles west. We are now slowly approaching Newfoundland. Can someone please let Eurostar now there might be some issues. 2601470282
Reposted by LaughingjohnJane @localnotail.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I still worry about the safety of this woman in Crowborough. 420035
Reposted by LaughingjohnHoward Barrett @howardbarrett.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Not forgetting Hannan’s famous assertion that “of course we won’t be leaving the single market or customs union”. Somewhat cynical, as in brass neck, drawing a salary and now pension as a Euro MP for 21 years to then coengineer Brexit. 2378
Reposted by LaughingjohnPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026🔴 We asked Tony Blair's think tank about charging businesses £500k for political access at party conferences and why one of its sponsor's logos disappeared after our reporting last week on TBI's alleged cash for access scheme This is what they said 72926344
Reposted by LaughingjohnElaine Burke @elaineburke.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Astoundingly, not a headline from The Onion. 032
Reposted by LaughingjohnChris Wade-Evans @cwadeevans.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Palantir are fucking evil and should be nowhere near our government, police or health care. 25610
Reposted by LaughingjohnAlan Rew @alanrew.bsky.social · 30/09/2026@philsturgeon.com FYI www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comHalf a million trees to be planted in England in three years, says governmentExclusive: Environment secretary Angela Eagle to make pledge as part of efforts to protect against extreme weather 111
Reposted by LaughingjohnEmily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 28/09/2026Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today. A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field. Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission. The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.wisn.comSkydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airportFour people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m. 122102912668
Reposted by LaughingjohnDan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Luxury retailers want taxpayers to fund a 20% tax break for foreign tourists. They paid consultancy Cebr to claim this will raise £2.6bn for the UK. That convinced Sadiq Khan and Kemi Badenoch. But it's false: a free lunch. Four basic errors mask a £600m loss. Thread: 6496225
Reposted by LaughingjohnPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Swiss private equity firm and UK investor buy 1,570-bed student accommodation. Another sector taken over by PE, loaded with debt, high rents, profiteering. Rents outstrip govt maintenance loans. No UK tax charged on dividends paid to foreign investors.living.insidehousing.co.ukSwiss private equity firm and UK investor buy 1,570-bed student housing portfolioA Swiss private equity firm and UK investor have bought a 1,570-bed student housing portfolio for £165m. 31404231
Reposted by LaughingjohnPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Private equity controlled TalkTalk, UK's 4th largest broadband provider, facing administration. Loaded with debt by PE, asset-stripped, low investment, poor service. PE control of essential services damages economy and national security. Neoliberals eye a bailout.lbc.co.ukNational security concerns as broadband giant TalkTalk 'could go into administration within days' | LBCSecurity officials are warning that the Ministry of Defence could be impacted if the telecom provider goes under 25222109
Reposted by LaughingjohnHeather B @heatcb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026PE ruins everything part 963 Honestly there really needs to be curbs on PE buying up essential services. It’s bad enough PE bringing restaurants and shops to their knees but this should be regulated against. 0105
Reposted by LaughingjohnMatthew Todd @matthewtodd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026‘Not acting on climate change means a certain World War in the lifetime of anybody born from now on.’ Scientists explain that climate change is a far bigger threat than governments are telling you: 37845
Reposted by LaughingjohnAdam Chapman @adamchapman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026And #CrapColourisation of the day too: London trams (like the buses), were red and - at this point in time - cream. 4295
Reposted by LaughingjohnKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 27/09/2026Just for once I'd like one of these "why I quit Britain" pieces to say "I hate poor people and I want to keep all my money, it's all miiiiiine, screw you guys"static.klipy.comMr Rogers' Unexpected ResponseALT: Mr Rogers' Unexpected Response 1854573
Reposted by LaughingjohnLiberty @libertyhq.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Privacy isn't a privilege; it’s a human right. That’s why we’re exposing hidden threats to privacy, challenging attempts to weaken encryption, and campaigning for stronger privacy safeguards. Support our work:crowdfunder.co.ukProtect Our Personal DataOur right to privacy is under threat. Help Liberty defend personal data security, expose hidden misuse and fight for stronger safeguards. 096
Reposted by LaughingjohnPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026There’s no excuse for being Camilla Tominey. 3048862
Laughingjohn @laughing-john.bsky.social · 26/09/2026We updated the nuget libraries our software uses after the company that bought us out sent us a 'security scan'. We had an issue with one of the libraries and when I looked at the cve number mentioned, it was for a different library and the version it suggested we upgrade to doesn't exist. Fuck #ai 000
Reposted by LaughingjohnJamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Can’t eat a sandwich until you subscribe to sandwiches. Can’t eat today’s sandwich until it has applied daily sandwich updates. Sandwich now has adverts even though you paid for ad-free sandwich. Can pay again to have less sandwich adverts. Now you can eat the sandwich, but it’s smaller. 20847501188
Reposted by LaughingjohnRachel Salvidge @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social · 26/09/2026“My husband, mum, sister, father and neighbours died of cancer. I have cancer in my head and a tumour in my spine.” She doesn’t want to be named but wants her story told. For years she ate food from an allotment by a chemicals company. We tested her blood substack.com/@watershedinve… 14021
Reposted by LaughingjohnProf Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This says everything about the capitalist corporations that used to be British universities. Just obscene www.theguardian.com/education/20...theguardian.comBacklash as Indian oil heir made professor of sustainability by Newcastle UniversityRole for Anant Ambani, son of India’s richest person, who also runs a controversial mega-zoo, met with incredulity 111144
Reposted by LaughingjohnDr Susan Greaney @suegreaney.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Walked the ramparts of enormous Uley Bury hillfort, Gloucestershire, at the weekend. Lovely views and a whole series of hollow ways in the area - perhaps some date back to the Iron Age? #HillfortsWednesday 06510
Reposted by LaughingjohnKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 23/09/2026Haven't seen a better AI explainer than this one (even if it somewhat overstates the AI safety stuff) www.instagram.com/reel/Ddlt1kR... 8240119
Reposted by LaughingjohnDoug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Objections to giant water- and energy-guzzling datacentres are holding back Britain, says ex-politician-for-hire whose job it is to get datacentres built www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comOpenAI’s George Osborne says datacentre nimbys holding back BritainFormer chancellor, now senior figure at OpenAI, says UK needs datacentres to maintain ‘sovereignty’ over AI tech 2137
Reposted by LaughingjohnAndrew Thatcher @andythatcher1.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Good work Battersea! 114741
Reposted by LaughingjohnTax Justice UK @taxjusticeuk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Our politics, as well as our economy have been captured by the super-rich. That’s why we should set a hard cap on political donations. Once again though, winning this common sense policy is often painted as unworkable & unachievable. Here's why we know that's nonsense... 🧵 1/6 13420
Reposted by LaughingjohnPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Vet prescription fees capped at £21 under rule changes. Doesn't deal with the real problems. Control of vet services by private equity, local monopolies. Profiteering High charges for treatment PE has overlapping interest in insurance and pet medicines.bbc.co.ukVet prescription fees to be capped under rule changesVets must also tell clients if cheaper medicine is available online as part of the rule updates which surgeries have the coming months to bring in. 22500195
Reposted by LaughingjohnPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Thousands of university jobs lost too, and barely a peep either. 381082332
Reposted by LaughingjohnThe Doom That Came to Aram @rawfishandbeer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Monday is new comic day around these parts. the comic: mandatoryrollercoaster.com/post/8283867... subscribe: patreon.com/mandatoryrollercoaster 03216
Laughingjohn @laughing-john.bsky.social · 21/09/2026"If we extend personhood to these climate-shredding, water-chugging AI models, their personhood will demand the sacrifice of animals, the natural world, and our own wellbeing." 1287
Reposted by LaughingjohnAgonyFlips @agonyflips.bsky.social · 20/09/2026When you're ticked off and a friend sends you something to make you feel better. 🐑🔊 493157193830
Reposted by LaughingjohnStephen Kinsella @stephenstroud.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Thanks. I gave an interview on that Chris Rokos story last week. It’s very unlikely that much of the £300 million was his personal tax so it will still be collected from his businesses. Another non-story made up by the tax avoidance industry.  071
Reposted by LaughingjohnReform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 21/09/2026‘Captured by crypto’: Fears grow over Farage’s threat to Bank of England independence – and the economy www.thenerve.news/p/nigel-fara...thenerve.news‘Captured by crypto’: Fears grow over Farage’s threat to Bank of England independence – and the economyReform's biggest donor holds a direct stake in an industry the Bank regulates. A crossbench peer is calling for powers to block a Trump-style influence grab at the top of the institution, writes Ian… 34017
Reposted by LaughingjohnRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Fixed that story about Sir Jim Ratcliffe on the BBC. 18751215
Reposted by LaughingjohnJim 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... 6428081169
Reposted by Laughingjohnkatie @supermathskid.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I really need a job, if anybody knows of somewhere looking to hire a good writer with connections in scientific academia and a few random folks in government please lemme know 36596
Reposted by LaughingjohnOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 17/09/2026In May of 1940 there was a mass panic in Britain - stirred up by the tabloid press - about 'fighting aged men' who had come to Britain as 'refugees' posing a threat to the women and children of this country - and essentially forming a 'fifth column' that could, at any moment rise up against everyonestatic.klipy.comWW2 Soldiers in Croatia: Ivan Janjic StorefrontALT: WW2 Soldiers in Croatia: Ivan Janjic Storefront 411256560
Reposted by LaughingjohnDr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Argh!!! Tom Watson! Palantir! 🚨 www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article... 62599312
Reposted by LaughingjohnB heard media 💚🇵🇸 @bheardmedia.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Patient data from five GP surgeries in England is being fed into the NHS’s Palantir-built data platform, pushing the US firm’s reach beyond its initial remit of hospital operations into local surgeries. An internal NHS note seen by the FT called it a “significant milestone”. 🤔 21113
Reposted by LaughingjohnParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 17/09/2026On Question Time Danny Kruger just explained that our crypto billionaire donors will "get absolutely nothing" in return for their donations. In unrelated news, we plan to cut capital gains tax on crypto assets from 24% to 10% and set up a Bank of England Bitcoin Reserve Fund. 24707248
Reposted by LaughingjohnBonkers Economics @martinwhitlock.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Look at this image: the tiny red sliver is all the physical cash in the UK, the notes and coins. The huge blue chunk? That's all invented. Numbers typed into a computer. No gold, no salt, no intrinsic value. Just trust. Watch the full story: youtu.be/E8ksSB699OI 021
Reposted by LaughingjohnLiberty @libertyhq.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Today is the first hearing of our legal challenge against the UK Government’s attempts to break encryption We’re at the Investigatory Powers Tribunal alongside @privacyinternational.org and Apple to find out how our cases will be managed 23922
Reposted by LaughingjohnJoel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Brilliant. And in that same lovely back-footed Scandi-English key as Norsemen, which is blissful. 17328
Reposted by LaughingjohnJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Byline Times has identified seven Reform councillors who are listed as members of the masked anti-migrant groups bylinetimes.com/2026/09/16/t...bylinetimes.comThe Reform Councillors Embedded in Britain’s Masked 'Patriot' Anti-Migrant NetworkA Reform councillor and campaign co-ordinater urged his followers to join and support the masked group 20696408