Reposted by Richard WilkinsonMax B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 12/09/2026An easy way to limit party donation. You can only donate to a party if you're a UK taxpayer on the majority of you income. If you can afford to give £36m to a politicial party - or indeed a Ltd company - then you can afford to pay more tax. 26517
Reposted by Richard WilkinsonMax B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 01/09/2026No names given ... or required 312743
Reposted by Richard WilkinsonGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Officially, the water industry in England is regulated. Practically, it's unregulated. There's no difference between what it does under the eye of the Environment Agency and what it would do if the EA did not exist. The EA is completely useless, by design. www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comDry weather sewage discharges soar as water companies face scrutinyExclusive: 7,280 suspected illegal spills in rivers and sea recorded in first five months of 2026 9824421018
Reposted by Richard WilkinsonSir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 20/08/2026“Look Peter! I can see Julia Fartly Brewer, Sarah Whine, Isabel Cokeshot & all the right wing press doing a collective knife sharpening in preparation for Meghan’s return.” 621057261
Reposted by Richard WilkinsonPeter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Not every immigrant to Europe is a Kylian Mbappe or Bukayo Saka but the vast majority contribute to society - doctors, cleaners, carers, nurses, teachers etc. A truth that I wish more politicians would acknowledge. 1545342975
Reposted by Richard WilkinsonBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Tesco are making £4bn a year in profit. About 50% of their staff are on Universal Credit. Why don't we crackdown on this unneeded benefit for billionaires? 12304102
Reposted by Richard WilkinsonBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Everything broken in Britain comes from Thatcher. Filthy rivers. Ripoff electricity. Landlords. Trillions in Oil/gas stolen. No Social Housing. All Thatcher's poison. 16407118
Reposted by Richard WilkinsonBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 25/06/2026I think the biggest trick that has been pulled on people is that stopping Climate Change is going to cost them huge amounts of money. When actually it will save huge amounts of money by producing unlimited cheap clean energy forever. 519664
Reposted by Richard WilkinsonAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 16/05/2026One of the biggest mistakes by the government was to tolerate and pander to this group. Far right extremist thugs posing as patriots, who should have been clamped down on from day one www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comMan hit by van in Birmingham after residents take down union flags put up by anti-migrant groupPolice investigate incident on Thursday after witness claims seeing Raise the Colours logo on side of vehicle 1242770800
Reposted by Richard WilkinsonMax B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 06/05/2026Labour won the '97 General Election with a 179-seat majority. In council elections in '99 they lost 1,150 seats and a year later lost 574 more. But in 2001, their general election majority was 166. Thursday may be a shit show for Labour. But local elections are no indicator of national polling. 1314546
Reposted by Richard WilkinsonRuss Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 06/05/2026I'm 56. Racism was everywhere when I was a kid. People just did it, without comment. Normalised. In the 90s political correctness (later: Woke) appeared, and racism withdrew. I'm not saying it vanished. But by 2015, it was socially unacceptable, even in the rough areas I grew up in. Then Brexit. 741206258
Reposted by Richard WilkinsonDamian Low @damianlow3.bsky.social · 02/05/2026What do you think the media would do if a Labour MP took an undeclared £5 million gift? 45816
Reposted by Richard WilkinsonSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Now.. very slowly for those at the back… Who wins when states go to war and when politicians promote fossil fuels over renewables and push to scrap Net Zero? Because it isn’t us. Our bills don’t go down. Our planet doesn’t get prioritised. Our futures don’t get safer. (Sky News) 571023483
Reposted by Richard WilkinsonRuss Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 12/04/2026I'll start believing the"minor administrative error" stories when just one of these motherfuckers accidentally OVERPAYS their tax. 11451100
Reposted by Richard WilkinsonPatrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 06/04/2026It’s our Patriotic Duty to pay our taxes to contribute towards our defence, healthcare, education, social services, emergency services etc Multimillionaire Richard Tice avoided paying £600,000 in tax because he’s a self entitled, greedy shit Yet he feels he can lecture us on Patriotism❗️😡 3127088
Reposted by Richard WilkinsonDana Gould @danagould.bsky.social · 20/03/2026So when he bragged about grabbing women by the pussy, you were cool with that? When he made fun of a handicapped reporter, you were cool with that? When he had a mob attack the capital to steal the election, you were cool with that? But now gas is expensive so you regret your vote? Yeah? 783206145493
Reposted by Richard WilkinsonSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Why would you pig-headedly ignore the voice of the next generation? Why would you saddle them with debt, shrink the job market and limit their opportunities? It runs counter to everything politics and society should want for them. For all of us. They’re the future. www.itv.com/news/2026-02... 641593477
Reposted by Richard WilkinsonSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Problem is, Jenrick, you can go on #r4today and bemoan the state of the economy and the cost of living, you can claim to be oh so concerned… but we all know you’re full of shit. We know you don’t care. You spent years failing us as a Tory. You’ve swapped rosettes, not had a personality transplant. 581419358
Reposted by Richard WilkinsonRuss Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 12/02/2026Demographics, not dinghies, will decide Britain's future, and nothing Jim Radcliffe or Nigel Farage says can change that. No paywall. open.substack.com/pub/russinch...open.substack.comThe Indisputable Maths of MigrationHow Demography, Not Dinghies, Will Decide Britain’s Future 815447
Reposted by Richard WilkinsonSenator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 05/02/2026If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff. Democracy dies in oligarchy. 11575202614519
Reposted by Richard WilkinsonSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 17/01/2026We threw away such a lot for that not-so “special relationship”. A more confident nation, with more honest politicians, would admit it and make amends with Europe. This is all such bullshit. 531353288
Reposted by Richard WilkinsonSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Key question for Farage. There’s nothing new, reforming or anti-establishment about Reform. Exactly the same people, corruption, uselessness and racism just sidling over to the Reform/Tory recycling bin. And he’ll never fix the mess the Tories made because they made it for Farage. He is the mess. 31659201
Reposted by Richard Wilkinson@Julianshea.bsky.social @julianshea.bsky.social · 10/01/2026It's almost as if years of relentless media saturation bombing of flat-out lies, demonisation and blaming don't help the public to understand what is actually happening. 1242460876
Reposted by Richard WilkinsonPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 06/01/2026Remember when a guy lost an election and then spent months making wild, baseless claims that it was stolen, leveraging the personality cult he’d built to try to get people to reject the results? And then thousands of his supporters rioted, injuring hundreds of cops? Whatever happened to that guy? 1173472638
Reposted by Richard WilkinsonDamian Low @damianlow3.bsky.social · 21/12/2025Two questions. Who put Michelle Mone in the House of Lords? Who gave her company the Covid contract? Neither were good choices. 6345
Reposted by Richard WilkinsonThe News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 21/12/2025"Do people get cross with the BBC? They do. Do people have their own sense of what the BBC is getting wrong all the time? They do," says Emily Maitlis. "But do they really want to see the end of an institution at Trump's hand? I don't think so" www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/trum...thenewsagents.co.ukTrump vs BBC: Will the British public stand with the broadcaster? | The News AgentsDonald Trump is suing the BBC for $10 billion over a Panorama edit which cut together two clips from his 2021 speech ahead of the Washington riot by MAGA supporters. The BBC’s next steps are not… 1610736
Reposted by Richard WilkinsonThe Flexible Chef 🇪🇺 @theflexiblechef.bsky.social · 12/12/2025‘Never trust a Tory,’ says Farage — while welcoming 22 ex-Tory MPs under his own umbrella. Irony, eh? 37638179
Reposted by Richard WilkinsonGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 10/12/2025How many times do we need to point this out? By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it. While weakening your own position. There's a vast amount of academic research showing this. But Labour will not listen. www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...theguardian.comStarmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far rightExclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders 1302262866
Reposted by Richard WilkinsonRuss Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 08/12/2025Labour are attacking Greens. Fine. I have yet to see any party that has entirely affordable aspirations. But at least the Greens HAVE aspirations. Labour have seemingly decided the status quo cannot be touched, even when it doesn't work for 90% of people, or the viability of life on the planet. 821649333
Reposted by Richard WilkinsonSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 04/12/2025The super-rich rightwing are pouring money into Reform. Do ordinary voters really think their aim is to even out social inequality and make their lives better? Do they think they’re doing it so Farage invests in infrastructure and public services? Ffs. Democracy being beaten to death in plain sight. 1091727653
Reposted by Richard WilkinsonEd Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 25/11/2025Brexit has cost each and every one of us £3,700 a year. But instead of solving the problem, Labour are using Brexit as an excuse to raise your taxes. My message ahead of the Budget: Stop blaming Brexit and start fixing it! 45934360
Reposted by Richard WilkinsonFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 25/11/2025Carole Cadwalladr asks why the Labour gov are choosing not to investigate Russian interference in British elections and referendums 42830405
Reposted by Richard WilkinsonAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 25/11/2025the price of populism 421227382
Reposted by Richard WilkinsonAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 22/11/2025This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...theatlantic.comTrump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not PeaceWho would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine? 32192304244
Reposted by Richard WilkinsonPatrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 22/11/2025Did Farage say racist things at school❓ He says no, it’s his word against 20 others.. so how good is his word 🤔 He said authorities told him not to hold surgeries in Clacton bc of risk to his life. Oops it was a lie 🤥 He announced he’d bought a house in Clacton Whoops another lie 🤥 Serial liar 🤷🏼♂️theguardian.comTwenty people allege he has a racist past. He denies it. Who’s telling the truth about Farage’s schooldays?Reform UK’s leader refuses to answer questions about his abusive behaviour, claiming there’s ‘no evidence’. We talk to victims and witnesses 56225
Reposted by Richard WilkinsonJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage. www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...thetimes.comCovid inquiry live: ‘Inexcusable’ delays under Johnson led to 23,000 deathsLockdowns may have been avoided if Boris Johnson’s government had acted faster, damning report finds 16039931405
Reposted by Richard WilkinsonLed By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 19/11/2025The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford 11833751976
Reposted by Richard WilkinsonHOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 18/11/2025By mimicking Reform to win back support, the Labour government is making a serious mistake. This race to the bottom emboldens Farage, punishes vulnerable people, amplifies racism, and undermines those working to hold communities together. 35928261
Reposted by Richard WilkinsonMark Hebden @unionlib.bsky.social · 17/11/2025Tommy Robinson and Nigel Farage have both praised, or alluded to their pleasure, in Labour's immigration policies - Labour will see this as a success rather than the shameful, spineless capitulation to fascism that it actually is. 17823
Reposted by Richard WilkinsonRuss Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 17/11/202545% of British voters are strongly opposed to Reform, and 33% favourable to Reform. 71% of 2025 Labour voters are strongly opposed to Reform. And immigration has fallen 50% in a year. What possible reason is there for this mess? 1031691
Reposted by Richard WilkinsonBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 15/11/2025Samir Zitouni a Muslim Immigrant from Algeria left hospital today, 2 weeks after being the first person to try stop the attack in Huntingdon train attack. They won't want to talk about this immigrant. 28840293
Reposted by Richard WilkinsonOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 15/11/2025Without asylum: Marks and Spencer wouldn't exist Queen would have been without a front man The other queen wouldn't have had a husband Judith Kerr would never have written The Tiger Who Came to Tea And thousands of less famous people wouldn't have been teachers, politicians, neighbours, etc 922825792
Reposted by Richard WilkinsonKuntie Plopkins @kuntieplopkins.bsky.social · 15/11/2025The odious criminal who is in charge of the US is trying to take down our national broadcasting service & people like Farage are cheering him on. I'm beyond livid. 61962172
Reposted by Richard WilkinsonDavid @zero-4.bsky.social · 13/11/2025There has now been 9 episodes of #BBCQT since it returned from its summer break A Reform representative/mouthpiece has appeared on 5 of them: Kruger - Nov 13 Goodwin - Oct 30 Dorries - Oct 23 Yusuf - Oct 9 Tice - Sept 25 But please tell me more about the BBC’s left wing bias 14267126
Reposted by Richard WilkinsonPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 13/11/2025I don’t want McSweeney sacked because of this briefing ‘war’. I want him sacked because he’s steered Labour down such an awful, xenophobic path and paved the way for Farage in number 10. 311009181
Reposted by Richard WilkinsonLaindonFeminist @viviane49.bsky.social · 14/11/2025I’ll be honest I can’t abide any of the ‘leading’ political journalists. Not one stands up as someone with integrity and impartiality. The ones we see daily and on Sundays look bought and paid for and it’s obvious they’re on a mission. 🤮🤮 158711
Reposted by Richard WilkinsonLaindonFeminist @viviane49.bsky.social · 05/11/20252,600 prison places created since Labour came to Power. Labour have approved the building of a new prison. 500 places were created by the Tories between 2010 and 2024. No new prisons built in 14 years. But it’s all Labour’s fault. Yeah right. We are not stupid. 27320
Reposted by Richard WilkinsonMarina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 31/10/2025A woman is killed by a man every 3 days in the UK... 78% are murdered by a partner/ex Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety In fact, they voted against them... 18153971883