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mickrab.bsky.social

@mickrab.bsky.social
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Europhile boomer who appreciates how lucky I am. London accent with Yorkshire twinges, but heart in Galway. Savage cynic, a bit sweary, no prisoners. Tax is the price you pay for a civilised society.

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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 8h
@thegrenoblegirl.bsky.social Happening your end of the country?
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com
A figure stands in a barren landscape; reaches for the lever on a large, eccentric contraption covered in wires, pipes, dials and buttons; looks over towards two figures inside a bunker and says:

"'Trust me, it's safe' would sound a lot more reassuring if you weren't saying it from inside a concrete bunker."
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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · 21h
A 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.
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Before Burnham's speech, consider that sometimes the least worst option is the one you have to take. A bit like voting.
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Ch6Red @ch6red.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
As 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
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
What unions were invented to do.
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Genius.
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James Woodfield @jameswoodfield.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Nationalising 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.info
Millions extracted in profit from publicly funded social care - The Lowdown
Social 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 ...
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A 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...
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Long before the 115 charges, there was a telex machine in Berkeley Square
Patrick 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.
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Thoughts and Prayers for Nigel. He'll be gutted!
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Norway 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.
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Serious question. Would it help to make care home fees, up to a certain level, tax deductible? If not, why not?
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Vincent Zimmerman @zimmermanv66.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
NO!
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Sadly, with this Labour Govt, principled leadership takes second place to opinion polls.
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Patrick Dunleavy @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
From 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.uk
Majority of Britons say government only protects free speech it agrees with
A 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
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Shame on the Labour Party and Gov't.
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Feral Millennial Communists of Late Stage Capitalism @feralcommie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Over 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.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
These 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.com
London’s investment bankers and lawyers make more than £1bn in takeover frenzy
Bumper fees paid in the year’s mergers and acquisitions spark anger over high City pay during cost of living crisis
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Words are cheap. WTF is he actually DOING?
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Mickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Hey MAGA some of those great jobs that immigrants stole from you are available. Don’t miss out.
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Stephen McGann @stephenmcgann.uk · 26/09/2026
A deeply underrated skeet.
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Can anyone tell me this 1st paragraph is wrong?
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Mickey Kuhns @mickeykuhns.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Benjamin 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...
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Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 @fbpech.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Every word the truth @nazirafzal.bsky.social 👏
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Shot (BBC) / chaser (Basingstoke Gazette)
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thesepretzelsaremakingmethirsty @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."
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
They warned us Mamdani would impose Sharia law. Instead, he unleashed the real threat: line dancing in Bryant Park.
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Blair is the new Mandelson. TBI is the new Global Counsel.
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Ignore what he says. Watch what they do.
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Fight For A Union @fightforaunion.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
DoorDash 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.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
You 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.uk
South Tyneside Council nursery closures decision 'devastating'
Councillors confirm that all 10 Stanley's nurseries in South Tyneside will close by July 2027.
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Financial jargon gives camouflage for financial malpractice. Discuss.
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
@davidmcwecon.bsky.social @chrisbjohns.bsky.social @jimpowerecon1962.bsky.social Hes not wrong!
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Another 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!!!
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Alan Stedman @alanjstedman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Thought 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...
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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Good Question.......?
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Infinity 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
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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
How 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 .
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
And so much in their own fucking interests. What's the point of voting for them if they won't help themselves?
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 23/09/2026
But 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..:)
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I 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.
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Duchess 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 better
bbc.co.uk
Dozens of migrants taken to Dover after more than 30 hours at sea
Protesters had earlier gathered in Gosport after an initial report that the small boat would be brought further west.
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Dale Vince @dalevince.com · 22/09/2026
Bit 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
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Lots 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.
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Things 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
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Now, if I see a private house with a big St George's flag outside I instantly think 'a racist lives here'.
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Brizo75 @brizo75.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This 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.
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mickrab.bsky.social @mickrab.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Standard food chain of capitalism.
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