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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 5h

Thanks

Govts of Australia, Bermuda, Canada, Cayman, China, France, Germany Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Qatar, Singapore, Spain, UAE, US would like to thank UK for letting their entities own UK infrastructure.

Vast profits exported, Britons stare at sewage in rivers.

If the government wants economic growth it must bring essential industries into public ownership

Successive governments clobber households and small businesses by hiking interest rates to manage inflation, but don’t inconvenience corporations.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 10h

Limited liability is one of our weird silences. It's a massive free gift society makes to plutocrats, seldom remarked upon, let alone contested.
Shareholders should have to buy limited liability, like any other insurance. The insurers would then be liable. 🧵
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

Will UK taxpayers get their £122m back from PPE Medpro?

The high court told the company linked to Michelle Mone to pay up over the supply of defective gowns, but there appears no clear route to reclaim the funds

www.theguardian.com

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gec236.bsky.social @gec236.bsky.social · 10h

Reform Limited .. 🤔

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David McFadyen @dave8001.bsky.social · 10h

Claire Mackie-Brown (Reform UK Councillor, Falkirk) is having a bit of a nightmare after her Reporting Scotland interview.

Can’t think why?

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gec236.bsky.social @gec236.bsky.social · 10h

Yeh .. that was a lovely moment .. saying the quite bit out loud

Is this racist councillor still in post

Reform .. all of them so bloody awful

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gec236.bsky.social @gec236.bsky.social · 10h

Yay .. freedom

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Simon Calder @simoncalder.bsky.social · 10h

EU entry-exit system explainer.
Key points:
No need to prepare anything in advance.
On first contact, facial biometric and fingerprints (not for under-12s) are collected. After that, just the face.
Initially it's an extra layer on top of existing manual checks.
www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...

I am travelling to the EU on or after 12 October. What is changing?

All you need to know about handling the Schengen area entry-exit system

www.independent.co.uk

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gec236.bsky.social @gec236.bsky.social · 10h

.. RAC I57 .. maybe 🤔

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Mollichella 🍝 @lalabiso.bsky.social · 12h

Meanwhile, in the town where I live...

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gec236.bsky.social @gec236.bsky.social · 10h

Eww .. integration not working in that house .. enquire within on how to be a racist

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 11h

Former PM Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office.

Secretly lobbied the UAE for a billion-dollar private venture,
Used senior contacts in the Saudi govt to pitch for a consultancy firm.

Lust for private wealth is the main cause of UK decline.

Boris Johnson breached rules designed to stop abuse of contacts made in public office, watchdog finds

Johnson found to have breached rules after refusing to answer specific questions about allegations published by the Guardian

www.theguardian.com

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gec236.bsky.social @gec236.bsky.social · 11h

Still .. at least Isabel Oakeshott’s designer handbags are safe

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 12h

Seems @Nigel_Farage is trying damage limitation on the Reform Russian Bribes scandal.

He’s known Nathan Gill for 20 years, and claims he knew nothing.

No one believes you, Nigel.

Keep the story moving. Questions must be answered.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 11h

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.

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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 12h

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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Supertanskiii @supertanskiiii.bsky.social · 4d

Throwing myself into researching Farage’s Russian links including Nathan Gill’s treachery, which the mainstream press is refusing to cover.

@bylinetimes.bsky.social is though.

The self proclaimed patriots are traitors. Obviously.

This is a must read 👇🏼

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’...

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thattimwalker.bsky.social @thattimwalker.bsky.social · 20h

You know why I like this guy? No one owns him. That’s why his words resonate across all demographics. And he can attack rich men.

Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · Sep 4

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Is Zack Polanski the Left's answer to Nigel Farage?

YouTube video by Channel 4 News

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

I called this out on #BBCQT last night and I'm calling it out again now.

He is gaslighting a nation.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Farage insists ex-Reform UK Wales leader convicted of bribery is ‘bad apple’

Farage said he was shocked by Nathan Gill’s admissions relating to pro-Russia statements Nigel Farage has insisted his party’s former leader in Wales who was convicted of taking pro-Russian bribes was a “bad apple” who betrayed him. The Reform UK leader was in Caerphilly campaigning for his candidate in a forthcoming Senedd byelection when he was asked about his links to Nathan Gill. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 21h

Same day. Same plenary session. Same visit to Gill’s office. Same Farage, Same Gill, same wife of sanctioned pro Russian agent.

Six days after the first bribery charge

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gec236.bsky.social @gec236.bsky.social · 21h

Whoa 😳

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 21h

BREAKING: ICE agents just abducted a press camera operator in Chicago.

WGN-TV’s Debbie Brockman was dragged to the ground, cuffed and bundled into a van - which then rammed her vehicle to escape.

What the hell is happening in America?

(🎥 Original footage via Josh Thomas/FB)