mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 8h@thegrenoblegirl.bsky.social Happening your end of the country? 100
Reposted by @mickrab.bsky.socialTom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 29/09/2026My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com 41029275
Reposted by @mickrab.bsky.socialPhilippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 21hA personal view, borne from investigating illegal betting networks, is that one of the best ways to fight financial crime is to criminalise the enablers; the lawyers, accountants and trust managers who are perfectly aware of the criminal nature of their clients' activities but choose to look away. 316219
mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Before Burnham's speech, consider that sometimes the least worst option is the one you have to take. A bit like voting. 020
Reposted by @mickrab.bsky.socialCh6Red @ch6red.bsky.social · 29/09/2026As if he’ll listen, they wanna be cruel, evil and abusive to everyone but stubbornly refuses to tax the rich and seem to feel bad that the rich threaten to leave when if the rich do that then they should be told to get lost and good riddance and end all contracts with them if applicable 122
Reposted by @mickrab.bsky.socialJames Woodfield @jameswoodfield.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Nationalising social care would reduce its costs by removing expensive parasites. “Social care systems are being deprived of millions of pounds as private companies extract large profits, with much of it going to firms owned by private equity or based in tax havens.” lowdownnhs.info/private-prov...lowdownnhs.infoMillions extracted in profit from publicly funded social care - The LowdownSocial care systems in three regions of England are being deprived of millions of pounds as private companies extract large profits, with much of it going to firms owned by private equity or based in ... 1812
mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026A man with dollar signs for eyes, who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. Typical agent! sportingintelligence832.substack.com/p/long-befor...sportingintelligence832.substack.comLong before the 115 charges, there was a telex machine in Berkeley SquarePatrick Nally is known by many as the godfather of sports marketing, a man who took the IOC and FIFA from barely solvent to unbelievable riches. 000
mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Thoughts and Prayers for Nigel. He'll be gutted! 000
Reposted by @mickrab.bsky.socialMrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Norway produces more oil than Venezuela. And yet, between January and August 2026, electric vehicles made up 97.8 percent of all new cars sold in that country. Moving to EVs is often based on intelligence, not need. Which is why it lags in the notoriously short-sighted and stupid United States. 529146393576
mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Serious question. Would it help to make care home fees, up to a certain level, tax deductible? If not, why not? 110
mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Sadly, with this Labour Govt, principled leadership takes second place to opinion polls. 120
Reposted by @mickrab.bsky.socialPatrick Dunleavy @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026From the left, centre and right “Majority of Britons say government only protects free speech it agrees with” www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...independent.co.ukMajority of Britons say government only protects free speech it agrees withA survey commissioned by the human rights organisation Liberty and conducted by pollsters More in Common found 54 per cent of Britons believe the government only protects speech that it agrees with 1156
Reposted by @mickrab.bsky.socialFeral Millennial Communists of Late Stage Capitalism @feralcommie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Over 3500 people have been arrested in the UK for voicing support for Palestine Action. Anti-terrorism legislation was used for these arrests. The result is that one of the largest demographics of terrorist in the UK is now elderly middle class white people. 471003465
Reposted by @mickrab.bsky.socialbillkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026 170110793389
Reposted by @mickrab.bsky.socialAndy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 27/09/2026These investment bankers trashed the economy in the 2008 crash and now they are back to their old games whilst the rest of us are staring down the barrels of a cost of living crisis and a massive climate change crisis. www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comLondon’s investment bankers and lawyers make more than £1bn in takeover frenzyBumper fees paid in the year’s mergers and acquisitions spark anger over high City pay during cost of living crisis 518688
Reposted by @mickrab.bsky.socialMickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Hey MAGA some of those great jobs that immigrants stole from you are available. Don’t miss out. 3289
Reposted by @mickrab.bsky.socialStephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · 26/09/2026A deeply underrated skeet. 110423
mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Can anyone tell me this 1st paragraph is wrong? 000
Reposted by @mickrab.bsky.socialMickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Benjamin Netanyahu allowed ~1,200 of his own Israeli people to be killed, thousands to be wounded, and others to be raped—all to justify the genocide in Gaza. 🤬 www.mediaite.com/media/news/n... 32311
Reposted by @mickrab.bsky.socialClaire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 @fbpech.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Every word the truth @nazirafzal.bsky.social 👏 312251
Reposted by @mickrab.bsky.socialWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Shot (BBC) / chaser (Basingstoke Gazette) 422775
Reposted by @mickrab.bsky.socialthesepretzelsaremakingmethirsty @bessiebear.bsky.social · 26/09/2026“…the first thing you can do for me is to chuck all your medals… and all your pots and all your pans into the biggest dustbin you can find, because you've never won any of them fairly. You've done it all by bloody cheating." 011
Reposted by @mickrab.bsky.socialHoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 26/09/2026They warned us Mamdani would impose Sharia law. Instead, he unleashed the real threat: line dancing in Bryant Park. 1372302976626
mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Blair is the new Mandelson. TBI is the new Global Counsel. 000
Reposted by @mickrab.bsky.socialFight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 24/09/2026DoorDash spent $1.4 million trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming NYC mayor. Mamdani just made them pay $131.5 million in wage theft settlements to 264,000 delivery workers. This is why they fear working class solidarity. It comes with accountability. 2551190
Reposted by @mickrab.bsky.socialAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 25/09/2026You have to get a very long way through this BBC report before you learn which party runs the council which took the decision to close all these nurseries www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukSouth Tyneside Council nursery closures decision 'devastating'Councillors confirm that all 10 Stanley's nurseries in South Tyneside will close by July 2027. 78903328
mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Financial jargon gives camouflage for financial malpractice. Discuss. 020
mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 25/09/2026@davidmcwecon.bsky.social @chrisbjohns.bsky.social @jimpowerecon1962.bsky.social Hes not wrong! 010
mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Another shame for a Labour Gov't. Never mind what they say, see what they do...still rewarding these law-breaking bastards with new contracts. Shouldn't breaking the law be a fundamental breach of contract? And fucking Serco again!!! 030
Reposted by @mickrab.bsky.socialAlan Stedman @alanjstedman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Thought I might repost this from 7th September 2026 in the light of Basingstoke tonight Govt seems to think the people in shorts legitimate concerns are more important than mine which are that these people are sticking two fingers up at the law and law enforcement bsky.app/profile/alan... 1165
Reposted by @mickrab.bsky.socialM Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Good Question.......? 475136653893
Reposted by @mickrab.bsky.socialInfinity Connect @infinityconnect.bsky.social · 24/09/2026@fbpech.bsky.social @poorscousertom.bsky.social Another load of grants for the Billionaire, but let’s pay top rate for food, energy and fuel, why Jim gets millions of our money in handouts, and then buggers of to Monaco. Oh, but those 51000 migrants (2025) are the problem of course 1812
Reposted by @mickrab.bsky.socialTanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 23/09/2026How I feel right now about the British/ 🇬🇧English( whatever) political landscape is that some one wrapped in a Union Jack could whack me over the head with a flag pole & the BBC would shove a microphone in my face asking why I provoked the attacker & the Home Sec would invite the attacker for tea . 271369379
mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 23/09/2026And so much in their own fucking interests. What's the point of voting for them if they won't help themselves? 120
Reposted by @mickrab.bsky.socialDale Vince @dalevince.com · 23/09/2026But Labour have it all to do still, to create a clear gap - cost of living is key, reform the energy market, and our tax system - my top two..:) 3273
Reposted by @mickrab.bsky.socialWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I wouldn't consider myself a particular expert in national security, but it is absolutely obvious what the problem is and what needs to be done. The failure of the UK government to respond to disorder over a sustained period is egregious. 325337
Reposted by @mickrab.bsky.socialDuchess Gemma 🐠🕷️🇪🇺 @gemmagould.bsky.social · 23/09/2026"Daniel Thomas, known as Danny Tommo, shared a YouTube livestream of the boat from the Channel." fucks sake BBC not once do you mention 1. he had a knife 2. he slashed the boat with said knife 3. he committed criminal acts live on camera do fucking betterbbc.co.ukDozens of migrants taken to Dover after more than 30 hours at seaProtesters had earlier gathered in Gosport after an initial report that the small boat would be brought further west. 28424151
Reposted by @mickrab.bsky.socialDale Vince @dalevince.com · 22/09/2026Bit of correction needed to this story - I suggested ending the payment of interest to banks for their deposits - which costs us £30 Billion a year, to pay for a restoration of the income tax allowance - which has been frozen for five years - taking £600 off hard working families. buff.ly/HxRQgFn 3209
Reposted by @mickrab.bsky.socialIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Lots of talk of growth ahead of the Budget, as if it were a baroque puzzle. Our problem is basic. It's that we no longer support the things which facilitate growth: Europe, immigration, higher education, tax simplification, policy stability. These are all choices and could stop making them anytime. 591608420
Reposted by @mickrab.bsky.socialLarry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Things that aren't patriotic: - Racism - Moving abroad for tax purposes Things that are patriotic: - A love and sense of duty to your country, including paying taxes that contribute to it 362851518
Reposted by @mickrab.bsky.socialRoland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Now, if I see a private house with a big St George's flag outside I instantly think 'a racist lives here'. 5140744
Reposted by @mickrab.bsky.socialBrizo75 @brizo75.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This cunt, who looks and acts like he is on a never ending stag do, is no more a follower of the teachings of Jesus as he is safe to be left alone with the kids. This is imported American funded christian nationalism and it has no place in the UK. Fuck this prick and his followers. 032