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🔴Keir Starmer’s Labour Government Is Much Better Than the Media Admits
There is a deep disconnect between the Government’s actions to improve the country and its standing in the polls, argues @PrfChrisPainter
bylinetimes.com/2026/01/29/k…
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Minority representation on TV causes outrage
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
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When Reform supporters are presented with Reform's policies they often don't like them.
This interview my newsletter carried out in Caerphilly sums up why Reform are so hesitant to announce real policies.
Once they have policies, they can be scrutinised. Far better for Reform to just use vague phrases than actual commitments.
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Minimum wage in 2005 was £5.05 and a Freddo was 10p. Meaning that one hour of work got you 50 Freddos.
Fast forward to 2025, minimum wage is £12.21 and a Freddo is 35p. Now one hour of work will only get you 34 of them.
That's a 142% rise in pay but a 250% rise in frog shaped chocolate bars.
If wages had kept up with the price Freddos, the minimum wage would be £17.50 an hour.
The economy’s in shambles and yes I’m measuring it in chocolate frogs. But this post is about more than that. Too many people are working full time and struggling to survive because absolutely everything is increasing faster than wages.
Something needs to change.
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My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve_news. We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
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The piece is here.
Please read. Please share and if you want us to be able to continue our work on this vital topic, please follow @thenerve_news & consider becoming a paid subscriber.
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It’s still the Department of Defense.
Just like it’s still the Gulf of Mexico.
Just like this is still Twitter.
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Time to stop using @WeTransfer who from 8th August have decided they'll own anything you transfer to power AI
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“Scene by Scene” with Mark Cousins (1997-2003) guests:
1. Sean Connery. May 10, 1997: xitter.cf/_SceneByScene/status/1…
2. Steve Martin. February 21, 1998: xitter.cf/_SceneByScene/status/1…
3. Terence Stamp. February 28, 1998: xitter.cf/_SceneByScene/status/1…
4. Martin Scorsese. April 4, 1998: xitter.cf/_SceneByScene/status/1…
5. Paul Schrader. April 25, 1998: xitter.cf/_SceneByScene/status/1…
6. Jack Lemmon. August 15, 1998: xitter.cf/_SceneByScene/status/1…
7. Brian De Palma. November 8, 1998: xitter.cf/_SceneByScene/status/1…
8. Jonathan Demme. February 27, 1999: xitter.cf/_SceneByScene/status/1…
9. Jane Russell. May 15, 1999: xitter.cf/_SceneByScene/status/1…
10. Bernardo Bertolucci. September 18, 1999: xitter.cf/_SceneByScene/status/1…
11. David Lynch. November 28, 1999: xitter.cf/_SceneByScene/status/1…
12. James Coburn. March 11, 2000: xitter.cf/_SceneByScene/status/1…
13. Roman Polanski. May 27, 2000: xitter.cf/_SceneByScene/status/1…
14. Woody Allen. June 10, 2000: xitter.cf/_SceneByScene/status/1…
15. Rod Steiger. July 15, 2000: xitter.cf/_SceneByScene/status/1…
16. Lauren Bacall. August 5, 2000: xitter.cf/_SceneByScene/status/1…
17. Janet Leigh. December 16, 2000: xitter.cf/_SceneByScene/status/1…
18. Kirk Douglas. December 28, 2000: xitter.cf/_SceneByScene/status/1…
19. Tom Hanks. January 21, 2001: xitter.cf/_SceneByScene/status/1…
20 Donald Sutherland. March 22, 2001: xitter.cf/_SceneByScene/status/1…
21. Jeff Bridges. August 8, 2001: xitter.cf/_SceneByScene/status/1…
22. Dennis Hopper. August 20, 2001: xitter.cf/_SceneByScene/status/1…
23. Jeanne Moreau. April 1, 2002: xitter.cf/_SceneByScene/status/1…
24. John Sayles. January 5, 2003 (INCOMPLETE): xitter.cf/_SceneByScene/status/1…
Watch 21 full episodes of "Scene by Scene" with Mark Cousins (1997-2003) on my other account: x.com/_SceneByScene
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Landowners and farmers will still enjoy gold-plated Inheritance Tax terms.
Three times the allowance of other people then half the rate with 10 years to pay instead of months is a bloody good deal, whatever they say.
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Here’s a video produced by “Led by Donkeys” out of the U.K. that puts down the timeline of how Musk used X to get Donald Trump elected. I would save it because I don’t think it will be up for long.
