Rock Austin

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Rock Austin

Rock Austin

@yourdriving

This is the account for Stuart Austin. Yourdriving was a website that I wrote on but is no more. This is all that's left of it.

Katılım Temmuz 2009
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Zack Polanski
Zack Polanski@ZackPolanski·
Oracle’s £250m gift to the Tony Blair Institute appears to buy you an entire Question Time episode.
BBC Question Time@bbcquestiontime

Tomorrow, Question Time is in Dulwich for an AI special Joining Fiona on the panel are Darren Jones, Julia Lopez, Mo Gawdat, Laura Gilbert, and Victor Riparbelli Join #bbcqt, 9pm on @BBCiPlayer, @BBCSounds, and @BBCNews, 10:40pm on @BBCOne Apply to be in the audience here: eu.castitreach.com/ag/mentorn/que…

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Rock Austin
Rock Austin@yourdriving·
@bbcquestiontime is there anyone in the audience in that doesn't work at the Tony Blair institute?
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PEOPLE OF BRITAIN
PEOPLE OF BRITAIN@britspatriots·
i was at a protest in my town last weekend and a plumber from stoke had a sign saying we just want our country back it's not about striking or not it's about who's in charge and whose side you're on seems like labour's still on the side of the unions not the people. reform uk is the only party talking about breaking free from all this.
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Rock Austin
Rock Austin@yourdriving·
@Jenny_1884 What about the fact that wealth is not taxed and tech titans pay next to no tax? Its not immigrants that deprive HMRC of billions of £.
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Jen k 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
It just makes me so angry when you read that Tony Blair & Labour MPs keep saying the Pension Triple Lock is unsustainable & yet you never ever hear them saying that the thousands upon thousands of illegal migrants arriving in this country is unsustainable even though it’s costing £billions. It just makes me so mad.
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Zia Yusuf
Zia Yusuf@ZiaYusufUK·
I know many are angry that Labour MPs have written to the ‘Equalities Watchdog’ to complain about Reform. Take solace in the fact that this letter will become a historical artefact: Both the senders and the recipients will be unemployed by 2029.
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Rock Austin
Rock Austin@yourdriving·
@ZackPolanski Keep going Zack. Maybe one day you can debate with Farage, if he ever shows his face again.
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Zack Polanski
Zack Polanski@ZackPolanski·
Old housemates, old school friends, family members, - they even asked a local launderette for an itinerary of what I've had washed! All this from billionaire owned media because they don't want a party to continue growing that challenges power & wealth. Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Nigel Farage MP
Nigel Farage MP@Nigel_Farage·
I have written to the Charity Commission regarding Hope Not Hate’s political activities.
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Cuckturd
Cuckturd@CattardSlim·
Elon Musk: If Kamala wins she'll hide the Epstein files, & be a threat to democracy. If Trump wins he'll release the Epstein files, & focus on the people. This idiot has NEVER been right about anything. 👇
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John North
John North@johnanorth·
@KathyConWom @DestroyerGort Some people's hatred of Reform and Farage are greater than their hatred of this Labour government which will continue with a Burnham win. Sad but true
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Rt Hon. Will || Portfolio for Sarcasm (parody)
Don't let scumbags get away with it!!! Every GBNews presenter, every Reform MP, every Reform supporter celebrated this prick!!! Now they're desperately scrambling to delete their posts.
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The Receipts UK ♿
The Receipts UK ♿@david_hollas·
I've obtained the master contract between the Ministry of Defence and Palantir Technologies UK Ltd. It covers 2026 to 2029. It was signed on 30 December 2025 — while Parliament was in recess. There was no competitive tender. Here's what's in it. And what they don't want you to see. The contract is administered through Defence Digital at MoD Corsham, the nerve centre of UK military digital and intelligence infrastructure. The contract number is redacted. Not the value. Not the scope. The contract number itself is classified. The entire pricing section is gone. Redacted under Section 43 of the Freedom of Information Act, commercial interests. So is the IP clause. So are the key liability figures. So are all the contract schedules. A US company is embedded into UK defence infrastructure for three years. The public cannot see what we are paying for it. Now here's the clause that should be getting more attention. Palantir staff working on classified MoD sites must hold Security Check clearance as a minimum, with Developed Vetting available when required. The contract says personnel should be UK nationals where site classification requires. Should. Not must. Palantir was founded by Peter Thiel. It grew out of a CIA seed investment. Its largest shareholder base is American. Its founders have direct relationships with US intelligence going back two decades. The contract does not prohibit non-UK nationals from working on classified UK defence environments. It expresses a preference. Condition 14. The media clause. Palantir is contractually prohibited from communicating with press, television, radio or other media about anything in this contract without prior written MoD consent. That is why Palantir UK has said nothing publicly about this deal. They are legally barred from doing so. The contract was signed on 30 December 2025. Parliament was in recess. No tender process. No public announcement at signing. The contract number is a state secret. The price is hidden. And the contractor is gagged. This is how £240 million of public money gets committed to a single American company with no scrutiny whatsoever. Section 43, commercial interests, is a qualified exemption under FOIA. That means a public interest test applies. The argument that Palantir's commercial sensitivity outweighs the public's right to know the cost of a no-tender three-year defence contract is not a strong one. I'll be filing for an internal review. I'll be publishing the full analysis on Substack. If you think Parliament should be able to see what we're paying Palantir and why no other company was given the chance to bid, share this thread. The document is real. The redactions are real. Draw your own conclusions.
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C3
C3@C_3C_3·
Most popular new baby names in the UK: 2015: Oliver 2016: Oliver 2017: Oliver 2018: Oliver 2019: Oliver 2020: Oliver 2021: Noah 2022: Noah 2023: Muhammad 2024: Muhammad All planned. Insane.
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Parody Nigel Farage
Parody Nigel Farage@Parody_PM·
Some notes on my work ethic: -I last voted in Parliament on 18 March, so I haven’t done my job for ten weeks. -I’ve never held any face-to-face constituency surgeries, despite apparently having £5 million to spend on security. -I refuse to do interviews or face press scrutiny of any sort. -when I was in the European Parliament I had the 4th worst attendance record out of 748 MEPs. -although I did manage to turn up to vote AGAINST plans to tackle Russian misinformation. -I was on the Fisheries Committee but I only turned up to ONE out of 42 meetings. -but I will of course be taking my £73,000 EU pension. Vote Reform, get lazy, grifting, self-serving sacks of shit.
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puddlex
puddlex@puddlex129021·
@AllisonPearson Come on Alison you can`t just say they fake unless you show the figures proving they fake Alison you don`t work for GB news do you 😂
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Allison Pearson
Allison Pearson@AllisonPearson·
I am under attack for saying Labour’s claims about getting immigration under control are fake. Because they are fake. The situation is horrendous, much worse than people know. Hundreds of thousands of rejected illegal migrants are still here. Deportations are a tiny fraction.
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Dan Neidle
Dan Neidle@DanNeidle·
Reform UK wants to abolish income tax on overtime. It sounds like a tax cut for hard work. Actually a tax cut for the word “overtime”. So little GDP impact & huge cost - we reckon £14bn not Reform's £5bn If you want to spent £5bn on tax cuts, we have ten better ways: 🧵
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Carole Cadwalladr
Carole Cadwalladr@carolecadwalla·
@thenerve_news Shocked - shocked! - to read ex-head of National Cybersecurity Centre, Ciaran Martin, saying: ‘Senior figures in public life should not make unsubstantiated claims about foreign (especially Russia) hacking against them when something inconvenient comes out’
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Cllr Scott Cameron
Cllr Scott Cameron@CllrScottC·
It would be a shame if this video was shared far and wide. Do you really want these charlatans running the country?!
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