@fleetstreetfox.bsky.social
Fleet Street hack and author. Often sarcastic, occasionally right. Fox (n) carnivore of genus vulpes; crafty person; scavenger; (vb) to confuse; to be drunk.
Contact: www.susieboniface.com Books: https://tinyurl.com/foxy-books Drink: G&T with lime
@fleetstreetfox.bsky.socialWARNING: contains swearing, cynicism, and insults. pressgazette.co.uk/news-leaders...
@fleetstreetfox.bsky.socialIf it’s Monday, there must be a fresh batch of snake oil to sell.
Trying stop a poll plunge rather than face reality, Nigel Farage’s 5-year freeze on asylum claims is a headline to tickle the toes of his base, not a policy for a government-in-waiting.
@fleetstreetfox.bsky.socialYou clearly think removing cushions will help Poor mite
@fleetstreetfox.bsky.socialToday in the news, it’s 2020. Donald Trump is in charge of the free world, a biohazard has leaked out of a secret lab, and an insurgent Hard Left faction just got its arse handed to it on a plate. It’s officially déjà flu.
@fleetstreetfox.bsky.socialThis guy thought looking like Donald Trump would get him elected in Brazil. He got 161 votes, and came 626th out of 710 candidates. Midterms ahoy!
@fleetstreetfox.bsky.socialThey flew six times straight through a mushroom cloud, absorbing a century of radiation in just 12 minutes. Officials hid the truth to prevent "needless anxiety" - and tracked their blood in secret.
Here's What They Don't Want You To Know:👇 whattheydontwantyoutoknow.substack.com/p/nuked-bloo...
@fleetstreetfox.bsky.socialI'll bet no
@nedflippers.bsky.socialReposted by @fleetstreetfox.bsky.socialI remember when my daughter was in the Guides. They taught them how to fend off attackers. Teaching little girls how to protect themselves from grown men is a grim situation. I wonder if the Scouts had an equivalent on how boys shouldn't attack girls?
@fleetstreetfox.bsky.socialAs pupils head back to the classroom, I went back to the school where I was assaulted as a teenager. Standing on that staircase, I realized a grim truth: sexual assault is still a normal hazard of growing up for every girl.
But no-one tells the boys.
@fleetstreetfox.bsky.socialCareer politicians couldn’t run a tap without fucking it up.
Now someone explain Andy Burnham.
His 15-yr blueprint for Britain might just be the antidote to a decade of chaos:
@fleetstreetfox.bsky.socialHaving big ideas while Westminster chases headlines, Andy Burnham is building a 15-year blueprint for the British state. It makes a nice change.
@fleetstreetfox.bsky.socialNuclear test veterans and widows were set to receive a £20m payout in 2009. It never arrived.
Now, a former minister reveals his instructions were subverted by officials. Read my full investigation for free on What They Don't Want You To Know:
@fleetstreetfox.bsky.socialDefence Secretary Wes Streeting is being urged to waive legal privilege and expose the cover-up.
@charlierad.bsky.socialReposted by @fleetstreetfox.bsky.socialYet another example of MOD civil servants hiding facts, reports and guidance from MPs Gutting to hear about
@fleetstreetfox.bsky.socialNuclear veterans could have got £20m compo in 2009 - but now a former minister says his instructions were subverted by officials. Defence Secretary Wes Streeting has been asked to personally investigate and waive legal privilege to enable to papers to be published. Story in today's Daily Mirror.
@fleetstreetfox.bsky.socialFrom policy battles and choreographed unity to plotting, bonking and merch sales, what happens behind the scenes is rarely what you see on TV…
@fleetstreetfox.bsky.socialEXC: Thousands of British veterans have had their medical files "hidden", according to MoD emails.
Anyone who claimed a war pension had files emptied. Records were never returned, condemning injured troops to worse diagnosis and treatment.
@fleetstreetfox.bsky.socialEXC: Official emails show medical records are "hidden" by MoD staff handling war pension claims.
Thousands of ex-troops are affected, with a potential medical negligence bill that would blow a hole in @wesstreeting's NATO spending commitments.
@fleetstreetfox.bsky.socialWaking up to news that AI has hacked the Australian government, and doing a HEADDESK because this is just so bleeding obvious.
Dear World Leaders: If you haven’t heard of a Zeroth Law already, you soon will.
@fleetstreetfox.bsky.socialIn which I compare the Royal Family to Highlander, point out nothing would be different if Diana had lived, and make a Christopher Lambert joke with the punchline: "Ook ai le nous."
