Steve
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@TRobinsonNewEra Right or wrong 2 different Juries could not reach a verdict Tommy. People were jailed because they pleaded guilty to offences. The Juries had the full facts before them, not just a 18 second video on X
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@stuey_beef Read the statement. They have been loss making for years - note the plural
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Morrisons just said the quiet part out loud.
Around 100 convenience stores are now on the chopping block.
Hundreds of jobs are at risk.
And the reason given is not “greedy supermarkets”, not “corporate profiteering”, not “Tory austerity”, not any of the slogans Labour spent years throwing around.
It is “significant cost increases resulting from Government policy choices”.
That is corporate-speak for: Labour made it more expensive to employ people, more expensive to operate, and harder to keep marginal stores alive.
This is the basic economic reality the Government pretends does not exist.
You can raise employer costs and call it “fairness”.
You can increase wage mandates and call it “growth”.
You can load more regulation onto businesses and call it “responsibility”.
You can demand lower prices at the till while making every input cost higher behind the scenes.
But eventually the spreadsheet wins.
And when the spreadsheet wins, shops close.
Not the imaginary shops in a Treasury forecast.
Real ones.
Local ones.
The ones people use for milk, bread, prescriptions, newspapers, top-up groceries and last-minute essentials.
The ones staffed by people who do not have the luxury of working from home while lecturing everyone else about “resilience”.
This is the part Labour never wants to own.
Their policies are always sold as compassion.
But the consequences are brutally practical.
A store that was just about viable becomes loss-making.
A worker who was just about employed becomes “at risk”.
A community that had a local shop now has an empty unit with metal shutters.
And then ministers will stand up and blame “global pressures”, “market conditions”, “corporate decisions” or “the legacy we inherited”.
NO.
Morrisons has named the problem directly: government policy choices.
That phrase matters.
Because it means this was not inevitable. It was chosen.
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@Tim30do @Keir_Starmer He isn’t going to blow you Tim, you sir are a blind leftie clown
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This is exactly why Britain needs leadership like Keir, that brings communities together.
The future of Britain cannot be built on anti-Muslim hatred, racism or culture war politics.
Strong leadership means defending every citizen equally and standing against extremism from all sides. Communities deserve safety, respect and dignity no matter their religion or background.
The UK becomes stronger when people stand together, not when politicians divide them for votes.
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I condemn the deadly attack on a mosque in San Diego. My thoughts are with those affected.
I know many Muslims in the UK will be shaken by this, worried about their safety when going about their lives and attending mosque, and what it says about the times we’re living in. I understand those fears.
Violence like this does not happen in a vacuum. It grows in an environment where division and anti-Muslim hostility are normalised.
That is intolerable. We must all come together against it.
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@Capt_Fishpaste You are a blind leftie that accepts the Fabian way, muppet
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I welcome HMRC’s conclusion, which has cleared me of any wrongdoing.
I have been exonerated by HMRC of the accusation that I deliberately sought to avoid tax.
When purchasing a home of my own with a mortgage, I did not own any other property and had no personal financial interest in the court-instructed trust set up to manage my son’s financial award. I was advised by experts that I should pay stamp duty at the standard rate.
I set out to pay the correct amount of tax. I took reasonable care and acted in good faith, based on the expert advice I received, and HMRC has accepted this.
I have always sought to act with integrity, and I believe politicians should be held to high standards - that is why I resigned from government and cooperated fully with HMRC.
I wanted to ensure that I paid every penny that I owed, and have done so. I am relieved that my family can now move on - and that I can get on with my job.
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This is exactly how a club should react to something like this - sunderland afc should take note.
AFC Bournemouth 🍒@afcbournemouth
Club statement: Álex Jiménez
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@G233ny @_C_1_9 @boldonlad Was cisse proved, no, is salman the owner of Nufc, no. Was AJ proved yes!
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@stevedmurph @_C_1_9 @boldonlad Morning Steve! AJ was a nonce, Cisse was a nonce, Mohammad bin Salman was lining up a forced marriage to an 11 year old, I’m not sure you cunts should be throwing stones in glass houses!
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Howay ✊
The Green Party@TheGreenParty
💚 HUGE WINS IN NEWCASTLE 🎉 Newcastle Greens are up from 4 to 23 seats. Huge congratulations all round.
Cramlington, England 🇬🇧 English

@G233ny @_C_1_9 @boldonlad One post in a tabloid rag and you cling onto hope that you try and get one over after supporting a convicted pedo, sleep well 😂😂
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@stevedmurph @_C_1_9 @boldonlad Another nonce sympathiser!
Striker bucks a lass at 13, and you’re choosing to ignore it! Wow!
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The best Sunderland has been in my lifetime and we go and throw it all that hard work away to this mess. Embarrassed and ashamed to be from Sunderland. Dark dark days ahead !
Reform UK@reformparty_uk
Reform UK have won full control of Sunderland City Council! ✅
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@G233ny @boldonlad As I thought.
Thank you for playing, Lee. You’re dismissed.
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@RobinW1966 @PJW6466 @Batts110 That’s not my fault mate, I always aimed to get on the property ladder as early as I could, but that’s me, that was one of my goals.
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I'm a white, middle-aged, working-class man. This government and much of the left seem to actively despise people like me.
There was a time when I would have voted Labour without hesitation, because I believed they stood up for ordinary workers. Now they've shown they hold me in contempt - I'm nothing more than a cash cow to fund their ideological obsessions, while in the real world people are working long, exhausting hours and still can't make ends meet on even the basics.
Even now, the left shows no interest in understanding why I'm voting the way I am. Instead, they prefer to demonise, insult and attack me. We are not the same. You've made absolutely sure I'll never come round to your way of thinking.
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@stevedmurph @PJW6466 @Batts110 Oh right I am single so I was entitled to full if I had not earnt any money
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@stevedmurph @PJW6466 @Batts110 Reasons?
As i was on it until recently
I am working now although only got over 100 quid from them.
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Just voted for @TheGreenParty.
I voted for hope - and against a political and media establishment which has ruined this country.
It felt good. I highly recommend it 💚

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As a single parent, I’m being taxed into the ground while this government looks me in the eye and claims “we’re on the side of the workers.” Nothing could be further from the truth.
With no increase in the tax threshold, by the end of this term the unemployed will be taking home more than me, while I’m left significantly worse off. I’m working 70+ hours a week, seven days a week, just to survive - and my taxes are funding people who sit at home and have more kids.
This government hasn’t introduced a single policy to stimulate growth. Everything they’ve done will achieve the opposite: stifling the economy while punishing anyone trying to stay afloat.
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