Laura Purkess @laurapurkess.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Nah I was anticipating the aliens turning up in the next 2 minutes what the heck 070
Laura Purkess @laurapurkess.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Oh god not the BBC now having to justify its own worth 0101
Laura Purkess @laurapurkess.bsky.social · 19/07/2026static.klipy.comWhite Persian Guardian: What Is Happening?ALT: White Persian Guardian: What Is Happening? 0100
Laura Purkess @laurapurkess.bsky.social · 19/07/2026What’s the purpose of a lip syncing Madonna here please 161
Reposted by Laura PurkessByline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 16/07/2026📌 ICYMI — ‘The BBC’s Ill-Conceived Cuts Sacrifice Journalists In Order To Save Managers’ The BBC is sacking journalists whilst leaving layers of largely superfluous and expensive management in place, argues former BBC reporter Patrick Howsebylinetimes.com‘The BBC’s Ill-Conceived Cuts Sacrifice Journalists In Order To Save Managers’The BBC is sacking journalists whilst leaving layers of largely superfluous and expensive management in place, argues former BBC reporter Patrick Howse 57537
Laura Purkess @laurapurkess.bsky.social · 13/07/2026What a legend 💛 www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cr...bbc.co.ukSam Neill, Jurassic Park and Peaky Blinders actor, dies aged 78The New Zealand actor, who was born in Northern Ireland, died in Sydney. He had recovered from cancer and "the loss was sudden and unexpected", his family says. 0160
Reposted by Laura PurkessJessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 09/07/2026The latest one is how he had a baby and how he will neglect his children to campaign as a comedy character. Guys?! He doesn’t campaign? He literally turns up on the night. Just trying thinking about it for more than two seconds. Do you think he goes door knocking with his head in a bin? 39115088
Reposted by Laura PurkessJessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 09/07/2026“Who funds him?” No one funds him! There’s nothing to fund. He just gets the same bin costume out the loft for one evening every 6-12 months. 441384116
Reposted by Laura PurkessSweary Spider @swearyspider.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Fucking hell. Rachel Reeves throwing proper shade. 67419
Reposted by Laura PurkessSimon Harrington @simonharrington.bsky.social · 23/06/2026A terrible policy based on an assumption of consumer behaviour which just does not exist. 111
Laura Purkess @laurapurkess.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Scoop for Citywire - the government is set to publish draft cash ISA reforms today, which will include the loathed 22% charge on interest on cash held in a stocks and shares ISA - money market funds will be allowed but not 100% of the portfolio citywire.com/new-model-ad...citywire.com 0131
Laura Purkess @laurapurkess.bsky.social · 23/06/2026it’s a good thing our trains are equipped to handle these heat waves we now get several times a year so the capital doesn’t repeatedly grind to a halt 091
Reposted by Laura PurkessJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 22/06/2026I've had 2 journalists today asking if Miliband as Chancellor would be a "Liz Truss moment" and find it difficult not to just respond "are you on crack?". 1062255375
Laura Purkess @laurapurkess.bsky.social · 20/06/2026One of the most miserable columns I’ve ever read - and, shock, the writer professes to have never even read or engaged with the material she’s complaining about. It seems exhausting to be this bitter about something that innocently brings millions of people joy www.ft.com/content/8d7a... 391
Laura Purkess @laurapurkess.bsky.social · 15/06/2026This is excellent news. YouTube Kids is an absolute menace - mindless scrolling aside, why the hell are 4 year olds being served adverts?! www.gov.uk/government/n...gov.ukSocial media to be banned for under-16s in landmark government move to give kids their childhood backSocial media platforms to be blocked from offering services to under-16s, marking a line in the sand and setting a new normal for future generations. 192
Laura Purkess @laurapurkess.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Very grim picture painted here. The UK can’t cope with extreme heatwaves, but it needs to start preparing to right now www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comHeatwaves are becoming the norm. This is what Britain will look like in the year 2052 | Bill McGuirePeople sleep outside because their houses are too hot to inhabit, water is scarce and supermarkets are for the wealthy, says climate academic Bill McGuire 272
Laura Purkess @laurapurkess.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Last week, I revealed in The Sun that the government was investigating extra childcare fees for funded hours following complaints and would announce a wider review of the childcare sector this week: www.thesun.co.uk/money/391866... The government has confirmed this today: www.gov.uk/government/n...thesun.co.uk 040
Laura Purkess @laurapurkess.bsky.social · 11/05/2026time to get on with some work and stop posting my intrusive thoughts on the internet 020
Laura Purkess @laurapurkess.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Lobby journalists exist in such a Westminster lobby bubble it makes it impossible for them to actually serve their readers properly. They ask strange political gotcha questions instead of pushing the government on meaningful policy change and holding them to account over regional failures 1171
Laura Purkess @laurapurkess.bsky.social · 11/05/2026I like Pippa but “do you think Britain is ungovernable?” Seriously? I am begging the lobby to leave London sometimes other than on a plane and get a sense of what’s actually going on out there, and then ask some meaningful questions that might warrant somewhat meaningful answers. Christ 282
Laura Purkess @laurapurkess.bsky.social · 11/05/2026It literally doesn’t matter what words you draft for someone who is naturally not a charismatic speaker. It all sounded inauthentic and that’s what voters take away. It doesn’t matter that he’s from a working class family - he’s not working class any more and it is evident he’s out of touch now 070
Laura Purkess @laurapurkess.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Not Keir saying university graduates are on a pedestal when most young people will pay his party £50k in student loan interest over the next 40 years while being unable to afford a house 42111
Laura Purkess @laurapurkess.bsky.social · 11/05/2026“When you come from a working class background like me” ✅ Keir Starmer bingo card 170
Laura Purkess @laurapurkess.bsky.social · 11/05/2026God… you can tell he’s really trying to sound sympathetic and sad, but he just doesn’t sound genuine or authentic at all 060
Laura Purkess @laurapurkess.bsky.social · 30/04/2026The death of cheap and cheerful family chains feels like a microcosm of the general enshittification of life in the UK www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comLast Beefeater and Brewers Fayre restaurants to close, with loss of 3,800 jobs, Premier Inn owner saysWhitbread to call time on restaurants in UK and Ireland blaming higher costs and taxes for latest strategic reset 241
Reposted by Laura PurkessJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 27/04/2026Voters without ID have just one day left to apply for a free Voter Authority Certificate to use at the upcoming local elections in England. To vote at a polling station, voters must present an accepted form of photo ID. A Voter Authority Cert. is a free form of ID for those who lack any. 5161214
Laura Purkess @laurapurkess.bsky.social · 07/04/2026This is the most nothingy attempt to address this they could possibly have made. It will quite literally do nothing to improve the issue. 6% is still obscene and this doesn’t even touch on actual repayments. Why is there any interest on student loans at all? *screams* www.gov.uk/government/n...gov.ukInterest rate cap introduced to protect Plan 2 borrowersInterest on Plan 2 and 3 student loans will be capped at 6%, instead of RPI+3%, to provide borrowers with certainty in an uncertain world. 151
Laura Purkess @laurapurkess.bsky.social · 03/03/2026oh that’s weird, our incessant “cost cutting” drive where we sacked all our journalists and now produce unreadable AI slop hasn’t worked…. Don’t worry though we’ll just cut costs further. What’s that sorry? Produce half-decent output that adds value? Nah www.ajbell.co.uk/news/article...ajbell.co.ukMirror publisher Reach swings to loss in 2025, cuts costs further | AJ BellReach PLC on Tuesday said it swung to a hefty loss in 2025 after a £222.8 million non-cash impairment charge, as revenue f 171
Laura Purkess @laurapurkess.bsky.social · 03/03/2026me, a serious journalist, standing in my kitchen in my dressing gown cutting myself slices of double Gloucester cheese at midday while Whatsapping economists 350
Laura Purkess @laurapurkess.bsky.social · 03/02/2026not me writing 50 articles about the upcoming self assessment filing deadline and then personally missing the self assessment filing deadlinemedia.tenor.coma man in a black shirt is making a funny face while holding a piece of meat in his hand .ALT: a man in a black shirt is making a funny face while holding a piece of meat in his hand . 091
Reposted by Laura PurkessKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 18/01/2026Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff. Game on. 476143974590
Laura Purkess @laurapurkess.bsky.social · 18/01/2026www.aljazeera.com/amp/opinions...aljazeera.comThe threat against Greenland shows that we need to stop appeasing TrumpThe world must unite in standing up to imperial bullying and preserving the rules-based order. 061
Reposted by Laura Purkess50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 11/01/2026New York City turned OUT. @handsoffnyc.bsky.social ✊❤️ 453250836051
Reposted by Laura PurkessThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Ex-Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura: “We’re a 3rd world country now. I know. I’ve been to ‘em. I spent 17 months in SE Asia while the draft dodger was playing golf… that’s what happens in a dictatorship. In comes the military. That’s what’s happening here.” 🇺🇸 7772963110363
Reposted by Laura PurkessRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 09/01/2026I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions. 46373529513498
Reposted by Laura PurkessGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 03/01/2026ABC reporting a “period of rising tension between the United States and Venezuela” Venezuela hasn’t done anything. There is no rising tension, it’s just Trump. 531303312
Reposted by Laura PurkessChad Loder @chadloder.dev · 03/01/2026What if none of these things is a distraction from the other things and instead they're all just horrible things 209155503422
Reposted by Laura Purkessmolly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 03/01/2026babe wake up, they're doing insider trading on war crimes 211163365491
Reposted by Laura PurkessBeardedGenius @beardedgenius.bsky.social · 01/01/2026So we just accept this then? This is a legitimate use of technology going forward? This vile individual's account is just prompt after prompt asking Al to alter real-life images of women. The law needs to catch up with technology now - because we can't trust these tech companies to police themselves 863533670
Laura Purkess @laurapurkess.bsky.social · 01/01/2026Sorry but what on earth is going on - £35k a year to be the *senior editor* of a respected trade magazine, based three days a week in central London? And companies complain about a lack of strong candidates - you’ll only get juniors applying if you advertise junior-level salaries 🤯 3191