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Jim Higham

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Photographer. Love wildlife. Climate change is our biggest existential threat.

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Jim Higham @jimhigham.bsky.social · Nov 16

Stodmarsh NNR, kingfisher teal shoveler

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Jim Higham @jimhigham.bsky.social · 15h

I mentioned it just now, but I think I got away with it.

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Jim Higham @jimhigham.bsky.social · 15h

Unfortunately the BBC and other media has failed to report the similar restrictions we are introducing for visitors to the UK. They will need to buy an ETA to visit. Like Canada and US have had for some time. But you did know that didn’t you?

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Jim Higham @jimhigham.bsky.social · 15h

Indeed, so many Brexit supporters have left ironically

Jim Higham @jimhigham.bsky.social · 15h

He didn’t. His weasel words tried to imply that so that’s what people heard. He knew he was being deliberately misleading

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Jim Higham @jimhigham.bsky.social · 15h

We both thrive if we are joined in the EU. It’s called mutual benefit. A concept lost on brexiteers. Being in the EU was good for both sides. It’s really not a question of one needing the other more.

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Jim Higham @jimhigham.bsky.social · 15h

Exactly. They’re taking control of their borders. A good thing. Surely even right wingers can understand that because it’s what they love.

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 18h

BBC News explain that because of Brexit, Brits will be photographed and have their fingerprints taken when going into the EU, as the UK now is a third country

BBC News forget to explain that the UK helped create these rules when we were part of the EU because we wanted stronger border control

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18h

Pritzker: "You just heard a tidal wave of lies from the VP. It's a bit shocking. And you heard over & over him just making things up. There's a reason why the judge here in federal court said that they admin lacks credibility and why even the Nobel committee chair said the admin lacks integrity."

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Jim Higham @jimhigham.bsky.social · 15h

And the rest are possibly from Russia, itself a big fossil fuel industry?

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 1d

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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Jim Higham @jimhigham.bsky.social · 21h

Thank you

Jim Higham @jimhigham.bsky.social · 22h

Isn’t it controlling, checks notes, OUR borders though? You know, the thing everyone is SUPPOSED to care about?

Jim Higham @jimhigham.bsky.social · 23h

Oh dear. Reducing budget will surely just make matters worse. It’s never a good plan. Allow successful universities to increase fees instead. Carrot, not ridiculous stick

Jim Higham @jimhigham.bsky.social · 23h

Aurora farming would be much more fun

Jim Higham @jimhigham.bsky.social · 23h

The wrong right, Shirley.

Jim Higham @jimhigham.bsky.social · 23h

Oh shit, they’re, er, brown. Holy cow, it’s a miracle. 🤣

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

The thing I'm "stunned" about is why this isn't the biggest domestic news item on every flipping platform

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...

'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

Insiders have told Byline Times it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements

bylinetimes.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 1d

Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.

Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 1d

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Another Green @anothergreen.bsky.social · 1d

Alarming that both Tories and Reform are committed to accelerating fossil fuel use and rolling back renewables. A suicide lobby, enthusiastic about wrecking our future! #Fossilfools #ClimateChange

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Jim Higham @jimhigham.bsky.social · 23h

Right wingers can’t complain about the EU controlling it’s own borders can they? Oh, I forgot, right wingers are fine with their own rank hypocrisy…

Jim Higham @jimhigham.bsky.social · 23h

And it remains (pun unintended) a very good thing.

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Jim Higham @jimhigham.bsky.social · 23h

So much foreign winning 🤮

Jim Higham @jimhigham.bsky.social · 23h

Gill and reform definitely are

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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 2d

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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