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Alan Helliwell @alan160755.bsky.social · 1h

Not just snake oil.

Dirty, filthy, climate changing, environmental catastrophe causing oil.

Fascist Farage & Dubai Dicky do t care. They just want to feed their personal greed until they pass away in some awful tax haven.

Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 7h

Every day is a good day to point out that 92% of Reform's donations were found to come from figures and groups linked to the fossil fuel industry. @desmog.com

Nigel Farage’s Reform Party Has Accepted £2.3 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests, Climate Deniers, and Polluters Since 2019 Election

Reform UK has received more than £2.3 million from oil and gas interests, highly polluting industries, and climate science deniers since December 2019, amounting to 92 percent of the party’s donations...

www.desmog.com

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Alan Helliwell @alan160755.bsky.social · 1h

The alternative is very, very scary. Which is why we need a leader of ‘the opposition’ who shares absolutely none of the attributes, experience, attitudes, charisma, character, principles and spine of Starmer (and his hapless Cabinet chums)!!
Now!
Not tomorrow!
An immediate priority!
Obviously!

Alan Helliwell @alan160755.bsky.social · 1h

Still the very shitty side of the range of available shit though, isn’t it?
A new Leader & Cabinet required mucho pronto to avoid a deserved (self-imposed) extinction.
If Starmer hangs on, my vote will continue to belong to Greens or Your Party. Or a move to Scotland and SNP.

Alan Helliwell @alan160755.bsky.social · 2h

Maybe there is something in the rumours that Fascist Farage has been Fascist Putin’s pet poodle since the good old days of Brexit lies, misinformation and those alleged Referendum shenanigans?

Alan Helliwell @alan160755.bsky.social · 9h

Agreed. 🤞

Alan Helliwell @alan160755.bsky.social · 17h

Who needs higher education when you already have Blair, Clegg, Musk, Zuckerberg, Ellison, Uncle Tom Cobley and AI?
In fact google-eyed geeks & greedy failed politicians have made humans surplus to requirements.

At least that is what they think!!!

Alan Helliwell @alan160755.bsky.social · 22h

I reckon you (all of us) will outlive the ketamine king. We already have in terms of brain function.
To answer his question: the people who appear to have suffered severe trauma are currently X followers in the ReformUK or Tory Parties.

Alan Helliwell @alan160755.bsky.social · 22h

A new form of comedy.
Dim witted, far right wing, moronic shock jocks (sponsored by Putin or other malign fascists) have a collective meltdown.
Can’t wait for next weeks episode!
Love it!!

Keep up the good work Zack

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Alan Helliwell @alan160755.bsky.social · 22h

At this fragile time, we all hope, at best, for a slightly better prospect for the Palestinian survivors of the genocide. Their outcome will depend on what the Israelis and Trump want. Not on anything that Hamas may imagine they want.
Trump holds the cards, & will play them for his personal benefit.

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Alan Helliwell @alan160755.bsky.social · 1d

Is Farage on acid?

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

The message from Robert Jenrick has been clear. If you’re a far-right thug threatening migrants, refugees, or Muslims, then your rights to protest are to be protected at all costs. If you’re not then they won’t
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-descen...

The Descent of Robert Jenrick

The Shadow Justice Secretary's transformation from a 'Generic' moderate Conservative to the Great Hope of the far-right should alarm us all

www.adambienkov.co.uk

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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 1d

stop thinking right now

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Alan Helliwell @alan160755.bsky.social · 1d

Did Trump undergo psychological and psychiatric assessments?

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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 1d

Teesside’s freeport, initiated in 2021 under Rishi Sunak, has cost £560 million far exceeding the standard £25 million allocation (22 times the standard £25m).
90% profits go to the private sector.
This clearly shows the UK model of State aid post-Brexit is utterly corrupt.

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Alan Helliwell @alan160755.bsky.social · 1d

Every single politician (past & present & of all parties) on the ‘Putin payroll’ should be front page newspaper & media headlines every day.
The fact that they aren’t suggests a much deeper national scandal.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.

Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.

Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.

Alan Helliwell @alan160755.bsky.social · 1d

Because lurchers with two legs can be a liability?

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Alan Helliwell @alan160755.bsky.social · 1d

Always disliked that pompous godsqadder. Awful, self gratificating twerp.
Shocked that he was an organ player in Communards! Ffs!

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Alan Helliwell @alan160755.bsky.social · 1d

I am a member of Your Party. I am not a landlord.
Are you?

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Alan Helliwell @alan160755.bsky.social · 1d

Oh look! One of those Bad Boys of Brexit (who had no contacts with Russia) is in the photo too! Can’t remember his name, but he isn’t the other fat, sweaty, arrogant one. Just arrogant.

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Alan Helliwell @alan160755.bsky.social · 1d

The BBCNews has become the definitive ‘Enemy Within’. Promoting Fascism at the licence payers expense.
It cannot, must not, be allowed to continue if the UK is still pretending to be a democracy!

Tom Hunter @onelifestand87.bsky.social · 2d

It is embarassing not to see the BBC pulling up Reform leaders claiming that Nathan Gill was just some fan who got photos taken with Farage - he was an MEP for them & their leader in Wales while taking cash from Russia to act against the UK! Literally the very basics of your job to point this out

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Tom Hunter @onelifestand87.bsky.social · 2d

It is embarassing not to see the BBC pulling up Reform leaders claiming that Nathan Gill was just some fan who got photos taken with Farage - he was an MEP for them & their leader in Wales while taking cash from Russia to act against the UK! Literally the very basics of your job to point this out

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Alan Helliwell @alan160755.bsky.social · 1d

There seems to be barrels full of bad apples across right wing politicians & associates. Farage on the Russian payroll yesterday, Russia Today, tomorrow?. Johnson pissed as a Yeti with the KGB Mevedev’s, those Bad Brexit Boys. Tufton St fascist stink tanks….until they prove different…?

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Alan Helliwell @alan160755.bsky.social · 2d

Fashman Farage hasn’t got this quite right has he? If ReformUK won the General Election, the whole country would go on strike within weeks.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 2d

'Nigel Farage [serving the interests of his Clacton constituents in Michigan] has claimed teachers would go on strike within weeks of a Reform UK election win, and accused them of “poisoning our kids” by telling them that black children are victims and white children oppressors.' 1/2

Nigel Farage accuses teachers of ‘poisoning our kids’ on race issues

Exclusive: Reform UK leader’s remarks at event for private US college criticised as ‘grossly irresponsible’ by NEU leader

www.theguardian.com

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Virginia @virginiagjh.bsky.social · 2d

And avoided building on the actual story of Russian bribery Polanski brought up about Nathan Gill, Farages friend . bylinetimes.com/2025/10/04/t...

‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem

Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides, while we reveal how Gill worked on the Kremlin’...

bylinetimes.com

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