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🚨Authority Led by Burnham as Mayor Paid Nearly £1m to Anonymous Recipients
The Greater Manchester Combined Authority — led at the time by Andy Burnham, who was then Mayor of Greater Manchester, has funnelled nearly £1 million of taxpayer money to completely anonymous beneficiaries since 2024 in a series of secret payments.
The total breaks down into clear chunks: £83,000 in rent paid to a hidden landlord, thousands more handed out in anonymous consultancy fees, and a £210,000 capital grant given to a property developer whose name was fully redacted from the public ledger.
When journalists asked questions, the authority called the missing developer name a simple “human error” and blamed the rest of the secrecy on data protection laws.
Ordinary citizens who make a small mistake on a tax form face investigations and heavy fines. Yet when this body hands a fifth of a million pounds of public cash to an unnamed developer, it is dismissed as a clerical typo.
This is how the modern political class operates — using the language of bureaucracy as a legal shield to move public money into private, hidden hands.
They are not running an open city. They are protecting a shadow ledger with your cash, and they do not want you knowing who is actually cashing the cheques.
For a man who now sits in Downing Street preaching accountability, the fact that this level of secrecy happened on his watch as Mayor is not just embarrassing — it is yet another troubling incident from his past that raises serious questions about the standards he claims to represent.
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🚨Labour handed £68m of pensions cash to an energy firm that built ZERO wind farms and paid £58m to its shareholders
Labour-linked pension funds, led by Ted Palmer, poured £68m of public workers’ savings into Bute Energy’s unfinished wind farm proposals in Wales. Not a single turbine has spun. Instead, after a paper revaluation, directors Oliver Millican, Stuart George and Lawson Steele pocketed roughly £58m in dividends while projects remain stuck on drawing boards. Seven of eight funds waved it through despite clear risks.
Reported close links between the company and Labour politicians include a £3,000 donation and event sponsorship for Cardiff North MP Anna McMorrin, free tickets and hospitality for former Newport East MS John Griffiths, and an advisory board seat given to the partner of Cardiff Central MS Jenny Rathbone. These ties add to concerns about the investment decision.
Ordinary pensioners’ money has been treated as play money for green vanity projects that delivered private windfalls, not power.
Heads must roll for this brazen raid on other people’s savings dressed up as climate virtue, with Labour politicians looking the other way while insiders cash out.
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The government are contravening Section 7 of The Food Safety Act 1990, which states "It is a criminal offence to add or remove anything from food, or treat it in a way that makes it injurious to health".
Folic Acid raises cancer risk amongst other health issues.
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Churches begin to burn in New York for unknown reasons, just like in France..
South Bushwick Church is 173 years old.
It has lasted 6 months under the mandate of the first Muslim mayor.
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To me this is CONCLUSIVE PROOF that the folic acid mandate is nefarious + malicious.
SACN ADVISED IN 2009 THAT OVER 50'S NEED AVOID OVER 200MCG PER DAY TO LOWER RISK OF GETTING CANCER.
The current @CMO_England IS AWARE of this.
@RupertLowe10 @EstherMcVey1 @AlPinkerton
5⃣What are the potential risks? - Dosing
Before I get onto summarising why this is a bad policy that should be reversed, I want to talk a bit about doses.
One of the main arguments from the pro-fortification camp (and indeed the government) is that the amounts of folic acid going into food are low compared to what is in a typical supplement.
This argument is bogus. It doesn't stand up to the evidence. First, a bit of context:
💊A typical folic acid supplement targeted at women of child-bearing age is 400 micrograms/day.
🔝The "upper limit" which has been adopted as the "safe maximum" for adults, is 1000 micrograms/day. (You'll remember from previous posts in the thread that some of the adverse effects of folic acid supplementation were observed in studies involving supplementation of 1000ug per day, so I'm not sure how "safe" this safe level is).
🧑🔬In 2009, the UK Chief Medical Officer was advised by the Scientific Advisory Committee:
"For people who choose to take supplements, as a precaution, it would be advisable for those aged over 50 years not to consume supplements containing folic acid above the recommended nutrient intake (RNI) for folate of 200 µg/day since the risk of developing colorectal adenomas/colorectal cancer increases after this age".
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Let's have a look at a typical day's eating for someone who's not especially health conscious, and how much folic acid they will consume after these new rules are in force:
Breakfast
🥣Bowl of corn flakes, whole milk 50-120 ug
🍞2 slices of white toast 100-120 ug
with Marmite 100ug
Orange
Coffee with milk
Mid morning
🍪2 digestive biscuits 15-30 ug
Cup of coffee with milk
Lunch
🍞Coronation chicken sandwich, three slices of white bread 150-180ug
Packet of crisps
Bottle of orange juice
Banana
Mid afternoon
🧁Slice of sponge cake 20-40ug
coffee with milk
Dinner
🍕2/3rd of a typical supermarket Margherita pizza 80-150ug
🧄Portion of Garlic bread 30-50 ug
🥧slice of apple pie 15-30ug
custard
cup of coffee with milk
Supper
🍘🧀cheese with crackers 10-20 ug
hot chocolate
Total folic acid intake from food alone = 500 to 700 ug
So the folic acid supplementation here is around 3 times the maximum recommended for the over 50s, and approaching twice what is in a folic acid supplement for pregnant women.
Add in a few more slices of bread or pizza or cake, and the 1000ug "upper limit" - the one where adverse effects were observed in several studies - is at risk too.
So no, dear government, the amounts of folic acid in food are not going to be insignificant at all - for many people with a diet rich in baked and processed foods they will be highly significant and easily exceed what is in a folic acid pill.
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BT will not postpone the traditional UK landline switch-off again gbnews.com/tech/landline-swi…
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Now they've gone even larger. £1,570/MWh to keep the lights on because there's no solar and sod all wind. Intermittent renewables are at the root of sky high energy prices.
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No country can tackle the climate crisis. Because 1) there is no crisis and 2) no matter how hard we try, we cannot make significant changes to the weather. Stop wasting our time and money and come home.
As #COP31 begins, my message is clear: no country can tackle the climate crisis alone.
Britain will work with countries around the world to tackle the climate crisis, while leading a transition at home that brings down bills, creates jobs and protects our communities.
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Finally it's happening Europe is waking up!
When our turn in America is going to come???
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Apparently at 58 my cholesterol is the most dangerous thing about me.
More dangerous than the 3am wake-ups. More dangerous than the brain fog I used to have. More dangerous than the folder of diagnoses I had when I was eating "healthily".
Cholesterol is what your body uses to make oestrogen, progesterone, testosterone, cortisol and vitamin D. Your liver makes it every day on purpose.
And in 2016 a review in BMJ Open looked at people over 60 and found those with higher LDL lived as long as, or longer than, those with low LDL.
I'm not telling anyone to bin their tablets. That's a conversation with your doctor.
I'm saying "your number is high" should be the start of a conversation, not the end of one.
Has anyone ever asked you what you eat before handing you a prescription?
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Food Safety Act 1990 AND General Food Law (Regulation 178/2002)👇
"It is a criminal offence to render Food injurious to health"
"Adding prescription/over the counter medicines (folic acid is both) to commercial Food constitutes adulteration and Food fraud"
@RupertLowe10
6⃣Why is this a bad policy that needs to be overturned? - Part 2
Putting aside the medical/health arguments, let's look at this policy from a wider perspective.
🗳️It's been a democratic catastrophe. There was no Parliamentary debate or vote on the legislation. It was slipped through Parliament via a Statutory Instrument when our, and Parliament's, attention was taken up by COVID lockdowns. The public had no opportunity to have their say via their MPs. It did not earn the electorate's consent. And, since both Labour and Conservatives pushed the legislation through, there is effectively no Parliamentary representation for those who oppose it.
🍞Consumer choice has been removed. It will be virtually impossible to buy non-wholemeal bread without folic acid, after December 2026. Even organic flour will have folic acid added. The only exceptions are a few niche types of flour and small mills with very low production which will be quickly exhausted by demand. Even wholemeal bread is not an option as much of it contains white flour.
🪤 Aside from bread, white flour is in a huge variety of everyday foods. Cakes, biscuits, pancakes, muffins, crackers, breaded chicken, battered fish, sausage fillings, Marmite, Vegemite, rusks for babies, black pudding, gluten-free bread. It will be virtually impossible to avoid unless you cook everything at home from raw ingredients and never eat out. We're trapped.
🏢It's yet another example of the kind of government / public health overreach and trampling on personal autonomy that we saw during COVID.
"If it saves one life, it's worthwhile".
"It's your responsibility to take this medicine so that that different person over there doesn't get sick".
No. It's the other person's responsibility!
⚖️This is a step backwards in terms of food safety. The Sale of Food and Drugs Act 1875 made it an offence to knowingly add something to food which was injurious to health. But that's exactly what the government is doing here. Are they breaking their own law?
💊💊💊💊💊💊💊And lastly and perhaps most importantly of all.
This law constitutes a slippery slope. If the government can get away with adding folic acid to a staple food like flour, what next?
🧀Statins in cheese?
🍨Anti-depressants in ice-cream?
🍚Diabetes medication in rice?
☕️Midazolam in Ovaltine?
Don't think that a technocrat somewhere hasn't thought of it.
This is a terrible, terrible piece of legislation. Please oppose it. Sign and share Dr Clare Craig's petition if you haven't already. Write to your MP and the Health Secretary. Tell your friends and neigbours. Complain to your supermarket.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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“It makes no sense to import oil and gas, often from repressive regimes abroad, if there are still hydrocarbons available locally,” @iainmacwhirter warns.
With up to 11 billion barrels of oil equivalent potentially remaining, even John Swinney is finally talking sense on oil and gas and Labour’s determination to leave reserves untapped could be a gift to Scottish nationalism.
#CostOfNetZero
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“I am Persian, I am NOT a Muslim”
The total rejection of Islam echoes among millions of Iranians after decades of brutally oppressive Islamic rule.
I believe that after the inevitable fall of the Islamic regime, Islam will completely collapse, and Iran will emerge as a close ally of America.
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The Scottish Government has questions to answer.
More than 207,000 fallen men and women are listed on the Scottish War Memorial's Roll of Honour.
Yesterday, the country fell silent at 11am to remember those to gave their lives for us.
Also at precisely 11am yesterday, the Scottish Government's X account published a post. Not about Remembrance Sunday, but about a Sikh festival. In fact, that account did not post to mark Remembrance Sunday at all.
Later in the day they also posted about climate change. But still, did not see it necessary to mark one of the most poignant days in our nation's calendar.
Bandi Chorr Divas is, of course, an important date for Sikhs. Indeed, it coinciding with Remembrance Sunday was the perfect opportunity for the Scottish Government to recognise the almost 200,000 Sikhs who were killed or injured fighting in the World Wars alongside allied forces.
They didn't do this. They chose to just ignore Remembrance Sunday altogether.
I have written to the Scottish Government for answers, not least in identifying who is responsible for showing such contempt and disrespect to our armed forces and veterans.
