Reposted by @lazytrader.bsky.socialThomas I-G @thomasig.bsky.social · 01/10/2026"I've declared myself a traitor by mistake!" 113630
lazytrader.bsky.social @lazytrader.bsky.social · 28/08/2026This is such clever politics as well as showing what a switched on guy Carney is. In the week of the 10th anniversary of the final gig before Gord died and when the USA led by the orange maniac tried to impose itself on Canada, www.facebook.com/share/r/1BLV... 100
lazytrader.bsky.social @lazytrader.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Long-term sickness may be smaller problem for UK than thought, says ONS - www.ft.com/content/1690... via @FT. Well, well, well. So the moral panic over sickness benefit claims may well be overstated due to the poor response rates to the ONS Lab Force Survey. They were warned.ft.comLong-term sickness may be smaller problem for UK than thought, says ONSStatistics agency’s new labour market survey shows lower levels of economic inactivity due to ill health 000
lazytrader.bsky.social @lazytrader.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Why are Sky carrying a speech by Robert Jenrick on social care live at the moment? He is criticising a policy that has not been announced with the usual pack of lies. 470
Reposted by @lazytrader.bsky.socialBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Great @bretdevereaux.bsky.social Odyssey review-essay. foreignpolicy.com/2026/07/23/o...foreignpolicy.comOdysseus at the End of CivilizationNolan’s film confronts the betrayal of the West’s own values. 18912
lazytrader.bsky.social @lazytrader.bsky.social · 20/07/2026John Healey Chancellor. Laughing my head off at the assembled media who were 100% WRONG. Would they like to apologise to the country? They know nothing 010
lazytrader.bsky.social @lazytrader.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Oh no, Coldplay with a child choir. Glee Club 000
lazytrader.bsky.social @lazytrader.bsky.social · 16/07/20261. Fascinating listening to political commentators about the prospective Burnham Govt. With a few honourable exceptions, they are sounding so aggrieved that they haven't been consulted about policy and who gets what. Bleating on how nobody has any idea what they will be. 110
lazytrader.bsky.social @lazytrader.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Well, let's hope Count Binface stands in Clacton. Him beating Farage ( and Farago having to debate him) would be priceless 010
lazytrader.bsky.social @lazytrader.bsky.social · 03/07/2026While the media wazz on about sticking to the manifesto as some sort of morality test for Andy Burnham, the public are much more sensible & realistic. 121
Reposted by @lazytrader.bsky.socialNeil Scott Gordon @drneilscottgordon.bsky.social · 26/06/2026How Nigel Farage Twists the Facts About White Boys in Schools to Manufacture Racial Tension – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2026/06/26/h...bylinetimes.comHow Nigel Farage Twists the Facts About White Boys in Schools to Manufacture Racial TensionOfficial data completely contradicts Nigel Farage’s false claim that ethnic minorities are favoured at the expense of white children, reports Nafeez Ahmed 012
Reposted by @lazytrader.bsky.socialMayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 24/06/2026There were those who doubted us, but a new independent report shows major reductions in air pollution in our city are linked to an estimated 40% fewer annual premature deaths. 341206292
Reposted by @lazytrader.bsky.socialPeter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 04/06/2026In a detail which will surprise no one, the first of the "patriots" to plead guilty to offences connected to the rioting in Southampton on Tuesday night has a criminal record as long as your arm, including.... possessing a knife. 24813420
Reposted by @lazytrader.bsky.socialOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 31/05/2026When he was an MEP, Farage excused his absences on basis that it was an illegitimate government and that sovereignty should reside in Westminster. He's now an MP in Westminster And he's been absent for 77 Parliament votes in a row. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/whe...thelondoneconomic.comWorking hard? Nigel Farage registered 'absent' from the last 77 votes in ParliamentOfficial Parliamentary figures reveal that Reform leader Nigel Farage hasn't bothered to vote for anything in the last 11 weeks... 1291910854
Reposted by @lazytrader.bsky.socialDan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 18/04/2026The accounts weren't audited. We don't know who prepared them, but Richard Tice signed them: 118027
Reposted by @lazytrader.bsky.socialRich Holman @richholman.com · 25/03/2026Today at noon during PMQs - just as Kemi Badenoch was calling for more oil and gas drilling - the UK grid was generating 32.9 GW from renewables alone. That's 77% of the entire grid from wind, solar and hydro. I believe that's the most renewable energy Britain has ever produced at once. 0179
lazytrader.bsky.social @lazytrader.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Why is this not getting any coverage in the media? Stupid question. Of course I know why 000
lazytrader.bsky.social @lazytrader.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Quite remarkable that the President of BAFTA, Prince William, hasn't actually seen most of the films nominated. 000
lazytrader.bsky.social @lazytrader.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Good to see the BBC have rebranded their satire "W1A" as "Reform: Ready to Govern?" 010
lazytrader.bsky.social @lazytrader.bsky.social · 03/02/2026The Mandelson disaster has christalised a thought I've had for a while. Emily Thornberry is emerging as the best option to replace Starmer. Says it like it is, tough, knows what she believes in, articulate and funny 010
Reposted by @lazytrader.bsky.socialSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 01/02/2026This is what’s known as dodgy as fuck… Farage is in hock to murky foreign billionaires, taking their money to prioritise their interests if they buy him power. He’s exploiting people’s racism and anger to pretend he’s on their side. But he’s already sold them out. www.thetimes.com/article/660a...thetimes.comChurchwarden linked to foreign-born billionaire is behind £200k Reform giftThe man whose firm made the donations will not discuss where the money came from, nor his ties to wealthy Farage allies who may not hold citizenship 36677319
Reposted by @lazytrader.bsky.socialDorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Boomer steps up. He feels that impulse. I hope the tradition of the rapid-response song (eg Ohio) doesn't disappear 211117
Reposted by @lazytrader.bsky.socialBen Jennings @bjennings90.bsky.social · 23/01/2026This weekend's @theipaper.com cartoon 412171
Reposted by @lazytrader.bsky.socialElizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 20/11/2025Private equity is looting our malls, doctors' offices, and nursing homes. Heck, you name it, and private equity has probably already bought it. Their scheme spares no one. I’m fighting to stop it. 912058578
lazytrader.bsky.social @lazytrader.bsky.social · 11/11/20251. I do despair of the BBC & it's inability to stand up for itself and defend its values. The truth is they don't seem to know what they believe anymore. The rot started decades ago with their insistence on the outdated "2 sides of a story equals impartiality" approach. 100
Reposted by @lazytrader.bsky.socialBen Jennings @bjennings90.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Latest @theguardian.com cartoon #BBC www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... 617987
Reposted by @lazytrader.bsky.socialTom Baldwin @tombaldwin66.bsky.social · 26/09/2025This is a very important story in the context of Nigel Farage’s publicly expressed - if apparently unconnected - admiration for Putin and other links with a regime that only wants to harm our country.bbc.co.ukEx-Reform UK Wales leader Nathan Gill pleads guilty to bribery chargesNathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament. 918493
Reposted by @lazytrader.bsky.socialJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 01/09/2025Government decisions are led by statistics—on the economy, employment, housing and more. The UK’s statistics are in a mess. There are question marks over key figures, the ONS is underfunded and in crisis…do we even know how things are going any more? www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/busine...prospectmagazine.co.ukWhy the data driving government could be wrongGovernment decisions are led by statistics—on the economy, employment, housing and more. But what if the numbers are unreliable? 5218
lazytrader.bsky.social @lazytrader.bsky.social · 11/08/2025I love how The Gilded Age brings in so many actors from The Good Wife/ Good Fight franchise. It feels like Christine Baranski & Audra McDonald sit in the dressing room and go " I know who'd be great for that role" and click their fingers 000
lazytrader.bsky.social @lazytrader.bsky.social · 10/08/2025Well Threads has become too toxic for me, so just Bluesky now 000
lazytrader.bsky.social @lazytrader.bsky.social · 20/06/2025magazine.newstatesman.com/2025/06/20/l...magazine.newstatesman.comLet the non-doms leaveBritain is better off without the do-nothing rich. 010
Reposted by @lazytrader.bsky.socialajceol.bsky.social @ajceol.bsky.social · 07/06/2025How the BBC’s Flawed Impartiality Scuppered a Podcast About a Heating System – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2025/04/28/h... 'this model of impartiality, in effect, takes the side of the lies – because the truth is not the midpoint between a fact and a lie.'bylinetimes.comHow the BBC’s Flawed Impartiality Scuppered a Podcast About a Heating SystemFormer BBC producer and reporter Patrick Howse explores the latest worrying sign of the BBC's flawed interpretation of 'impartiality' 16532
Reposted by @lazytrader.bsky.socialConsumer Horse @consumerhorse.bsky.social · 24/05/2025For anyone who missed it. This is beyond parody! 611386500
Reposted by @lazytrader.bsky.socialSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 02/05/202515% is the Tories worst ever score, against an unpopular government, as the main opposition. It really is starting to look terminal for them. 3428463
Reposted by @lazytrader.bsky.socialResolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 29/04/2025The number of affordable homes relative to population in the UK has fallen by over a third since 1980. Moreover, under-investment in social housing has meant many low-income households instead live in the private rental sector. 1125
Reposted by @lazytrader.bsky.socialHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 02/04/2025‘Public services are stretched. Waiting for more funding is not a strategy. This means it will need to prioritise the data series & modernisation initiatives of most importance to the public.’ Strong editorial from @financialtimes.com on the urgent need to improve UK statistics on.ft.com/3FOXM49on.ft.comFaulty data leaves Britain in the darkThe quality of ONS governance and critical statistics needs fixing 1175
Reposted by @lazytrader.bsky.socialRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Trump is sending a chill across the entire legal community. His attacks on large law firms are cutting off the litigation lifeline for nonprofit public-interest groups who are challenging his policies — which is exactly why he’s doing it. Connect the dots. 1033686960
Reposted by @lazytrader.bsky.socialResolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 02/04/2025There appears to be no relationship between changes in employment in local areas and the number of workers on the minimum wage. This is consistent with, if not evidence of, a lack of significant negative employment effects from recent minimum wage increases. Read more➡️ buff.ly/zd2MNKO 0113
Reposted by @lazytrader.bsky.socialYouGov @yougov.co.uk · 01/04/202580% of Britons say courts should have the power to ban people from standing for election if they are convicted of crimes related to elections or holding office, following French far-right leader Marine Le Pen's ban They should: 80% They should not: 8% yougov.co.uk/topics/polit... 21529159
Reposted by @lazytrader.bsky.socialThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 31/03/2025Discussions about federal spending in the U.S. are difficult because the numbers are so large that they can be difficult to grasp. Our reporters explore what it spends its money on. nyti.ms/3RuWVYS 5026485
Reposted by @lazytrader.bsky.socialWimbledon Society @wimsoc.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Fifty Metropolitan Open Land (Green Spaces) under threat of development in the London area.If Wimbledon Tennis get permission to build over Wimbledon Park it sets a precedent – where next ? Please help fund our legal costs in stopping this! crowdjustice.com/case/save-wi... #environmentcrowdjustice.comSave Wimbledon ParkHold Merton Council and the All England Lawn Tennis Club to their promises and Save Wimbledon Park for future generations 034
Reposted by @lazytrader.bsky.socialWimbledon Society @wimsoc.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Private Eye: A SURPRISE twist has surfaced in the ongoing Wimbledon Park saga! Read Save Wimbledon Park's latest news post for all the details: wix.to/63ApyYN #WimbledonPark #GreenNotGreed #Environmentwix.toPrivate Eye: Parks & Recreation. A SURPRISE twist in the ongoing Wimbledon Park saga.Private Eye | 8 January 2025"A SURPRISE twist in the ongoing Wimbledon Park saga. It seemed to be full steam ahead for plans from the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) to expand on to its neighbour... 014
lazytrader.bsky.social @lazytrader.bsky.social · 07/03/2025The grifting is so blatant. Good to see the FT breaking this, but where are the rest of the media? www.ft.com/content/cb1d...ft.comDonald Trump’s crypto project netted $350mn from presidential memecoinFT analysis shows potential windfall for US president in three weeks following launch in January 000
lazytrader.bsky.social @lazytrader.bsky.social · 20/02/202533 years since I last visited Liverpool city centre. My God, it's impressive. It feels like the capital of a mythical Chicago- Hanseatic hybrid state 010
