Never forget.

LDbruja1.bsky.socialOct 20, 2024 11:43am

Fury as Tories wasted £100bn of taxpayers' cash in 4 years since 2019 election

An average of £25billion was wasted by the Tory Government every year since the 2019 election – almost all when Rishi Sunak was Chancellor or Prime Minister, claim campaigners

The Tory on #bbcpnw, as many others do, equates Reeves' £22bn for this year with the £22bn allocated for carbon capture over 25 years. He also claims that "even freedom of information" hasn't told us what the first sum is, despite the treasury telling us. And nobody questions him.

EWeddwilson.bsky.socialOct 17, 2024 11:32am

1. Details of the £22bn in-year unfunded commitments for 2024-25 assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/66ab7c... 2. The OBR's letter acknowledging that they only became "aware of the extent of these pressures" after the election, and announcing a review of how this happened #politicslive

#Brexit#RejoinEUwww.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

There’s an elephant in the room at Keir Starmer’s big investment summit: Brexit | Stella Creasy

We need a salvage operation to fix the problems this created. Otherwise, how else will we attract global investment, asks Labour MP Stella Creasy

UK fudge on Horizon Brexit deal risks killing new research Researchers celebrated a big post-Brexit deal to rejoin Horizon. Now they fear they will end up footing the bill. #Horizonwww.politico.eu/article/uk-h...

UK fudge on Horizon Brexit deal risks killing new research

Researchers celebrated a big post-Brexit deal to rejoin Horizon. Now they fear they will end up footing the bill.

Amazing after 14 years in Government in a position to get things right, soon as Badenoch is out on her arse she knows what needs to be done❗️👇🏼🙄 Next she’ll be saying “It’s obvious to me that the Captain of the Titanic should have avoided the iceberg”😂

Oh we wonder why!!! "Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Thursday failed to make the shortlist for a prestigious European human rights award, despite a far-right campaign praising his hard line on free speech" www.politico.eu/article/elon...

Elon Musk fails to get nod for EU human rights award

Far right sought to award Musk for his positions against “radical Islamism and wokism.”

There’s your black hole! Minister confirms UK has paid £24 billion for Brexit divorce bill. The damage & cost of Brexit will continue to get worse unless the government do more, much more to prevent it. www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/how...

There's your black hole! Minister confirms UK has paid £24 billion for Brexit divorce bill

The reported £22 billion 'black hole' in Britain's finances is dwarfed by the actual cost of Brexit - and the figure is set to rise further.

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He's also offering $100 to everyone who signs. This is essentially 'treating', which in the UK is an electoral offence punishable by up to a year in prison

A reminder that Robert Jenrick's most recent donor is a sanctioned oligarch whose firm has extensive fossil fuel interests. bylinetimes.com/2024/10/17/r...