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Nick Newman

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Nick Newman @ncwnick.bsky.social · 5d

The well funded Holocaust educational programme is supported by the Starmer Government . It is right to teach young people about the results of hate, fascism, extremism.
With the current #genocide in Palestine and other atrocities globally, combine them all in #Peace Studies
#Education

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 11h

NEW: We need to talk about Russia.

So, yes, that's why we need to talk about Nigel Farage.

My personal newsletter on the story behind the story. Brexit, Trump, Russia & now...Nathan Gill.

open.substack.com/pub/broligar...

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Sadie @mouseandproud.bsky.social · 14h

This is why Fartage wasn't on BBC Laura K or SKY Trevor P politics Sunday shows. They'd have been forced to ask about the Russia connection and the bribes.

Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 2d

Farage on Gill and Pro Russian media bribes” I told him not to go. He defied me and went. I was completely unaware of any statements that he made."

Farage with pro Russian media (and wife of briber) on the day Gill made his statements in 2018

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@DrJoePajak CSci CChem FRSC @drjoepajak.bsky.social · 21h

Data for England show COVID levels increasing.
Little likelihood that these data have peaked yet.
Issues?
🛑Limited testing
🛑Waning immunity
🛑Low priority by leaders
🛑Limited vaccine eligibility
🛑Scant use of face coverings
🛑HCAIs in healthcare settings
🛑Mixing in poorly ventilated, cramped spaces.

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Team Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 2d

James Talarico: We have politicians who have ‘Christ follower’ in their Twitter bios, but they are kicking the sick off health care. It's estimated 51,000 Americans will die needlessly if these GOP cuts go through. That's 51,000 flesh and blood human beings. That’s a moral crime

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 20h

Laura Kuenssberg has interviewed all the Party Leaders with more than 10% in the polls.

Except Zack Polanski.

She cancelled his interview and now refuses to do it.

They are scared of Zack, they are scared of you.

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Nick Newman @ncwnick.bsky.social · 8h

It will end in boundary disputes , illegal cutlery settlements or worse still .. a full invasion from a table cloth

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 12h

Checking out my war-ravaged neighborhood here in SE Portland this morning. Everyone stay safe out there.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 9h

It is interesting that Jeremy Corbyn has been an MP for 42 years and led the opposition for 5 years.

He's been on Question Time once.

Nigel Farage, 44 times.

Our Media is corrupt, corrupt to the core.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 23h

Imagine being the UK diplomat having to respond to these "concerns" about how intel is handled, knowing that on the other side the people in charge are Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard, Pete Hegseth, and Donald Trump.

White House anger over UK spy case fiasco
US warns of damage to shared intelligence
Caroline Wheeler Political Editor
George Grylls
Washington Correspondent
Gabriel Pogrund Whitehall Editor
The White House has warned Sir Keir Starmer that the failure to prosecute two alleged Chinese spies risks undermining the special relationship and could threaten intelligence-sharing between Brit ain and the US.
President Trump is understood to be concerned about the UK's reliability after charges against two Britons accused of spying for Bei jing were dropped. The case against Chris Cash, 30, a former parliamentary researcher, and Christopher Berry, 33, an aca demic, collapsed last month after the government failed to provide evidence that China was a threat to national security.
A senior Trump administration official said: "The United States has been warning allies about the Chi nese threat to our combined national security since Preside Trump first came into office in 2017. The US government exercises mation with foreign governments subject to adversarial coercion and influence. We are especially
careful in jurisdictions where our adversaries can act with impunity." Senior Republicans insisted that
the prosecution go ahead. John Moolenaar, chairman of the House of Representatives' China commit tee, said: "As a target of [Chinese state) espionage, it is my hope that the UK government will not allow this case to falter and will take the steps necessary to ensure a clear message is sent and proper justice is served."
Trump's administration has pre viously warned against allowing a Chinese mega-embassy to be built near London financial centres. The American president is understood to have raised the matter person ally with Starmer.
While the prime minister is sof tening Britain's position on China, Trump reignited his trade war with Beijing on Friday, raising tariffs to 130 per cent after China blocked the export of critical minerals used in the defence and tech industries.

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European Movement in Scotland @euromovescotland.bsky.social · 3d

"Farage’s Brexit and Tory misrule wrecked our immigration system. Now Farage and the Tories are trying to tear Britain apart because of the mess they made. In the process, they will kill everything good that we stand for as a country." Neil Mckay, The Herald, Scotland

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 15h

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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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 17h

Pope Leo quotes Hannah Arendt:

“The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the convinced Communist, but people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction and the distinction between true and false no longer exist."

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

Pope Leo calls for news agencies to stand as bulwark against "post-truths," lies and manipulation

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the "ancient art of lying" and manipulation.

www.cbsnews.com

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James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 10h

The most dangerous form of government is theocracy.

Because the only thing worse than a tyrant is a tyrant who thinks they're on a mission from God.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 8h

Yes AI is having an effect on me. I’m getting closer to buying a fountain pen than I’ve been for decades.

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 8h

Political hacks learned to “sup with the devil” – trading soft coverage for access.

That’s how client journalism is born, and truth gets buried.

Peter Thurlow reports

How deference becomes client journalism in plain sight

We have come through a period of often shameful journalism, bending the knee to Downing Street. Can our journalism recover?

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 8h

Political hacks learned to “sup with the devil” – trading soft coverage for access.

That’s how client journalism is born, and truth gets buried.

Peter Thurlow reports

How deference becomes client journalism in plain sight

We have come through a period of often shameful journalism, bending the knee to Downing Street. Can our journalism recover?

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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Nick Newman @ncwnick.bsky.social · 14h

Has there ever been a bigger grifter in American Presidential history than Donny Trump ?

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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 14h

Trump’s fraud stunt with the tariffs on China, cost the US economy $1.65 trillion, which was wiped out in seconds.

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Nick Newman @ncwnick.bsky.social · 22h

The ‘market’ is a casino .. by continually shorting it he and his friends make millions. Never has a president continuously acted with such corrupt financial self interest at the expense of his own people’s financial well being

Nick Newman @ncwnick.bsky.social · 2d

First experience like that for him … so much to say, so much passion, I think it only came across as too much because the other panelists were lacking personality, passion and the same integrity in comparison