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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 1d

Nigel’s got a monorail to sell Wales…

Farage promises ‘fresh thinking’ for Wales but says policies will come later

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Farage promises ‘fresh thinking’ for Wales but says policies will come later

Reform leader hints at major changes ahead of Senedd election REFORM UK leader Nigel Farage has said it is “too early” to set out detailed policies for next year’s Senedd election – but promised his p...

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Dial M for Madeye 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇮🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @carnaptiousmadeye.bsky.social · 4h

Exactly that 👇

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I know, why does she even get on any news, without a "and here's what the silly auld boot is saying now" precursor.

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Truss too, she fecked up so badly and STILL gets a pension!!! 🤬😡

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"Breached rules", is that another euphemism they've started to use, like misled, outside the law, donations, misspoke, can't remember, mislaid, forgot, etc etc. Time to use the correct words, like lied, broke the law, bribes, lied again, lied again, threw away, lied yet again.

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Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 @fbpech.bsky.social · 7h

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
He needs to be tried in court and imprisoned. But that only happens to us: the little people.

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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Dame Knitting Cat @dameknittingcat.bsky.social · 5h

On so many counts he deserves a prison sentence.

Spent his whole narcissistic life failing upwards.

Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 @fbpech.bsky.social · 7h

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
He needs to be tried in court and imprisoned. But that only happens to us: the little people.

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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Aggy @aggykins.bsky.social · 6h

#ScottishIndependence

Scotland's No1 Comrade @scotlandscomrade.bsky.social · 8h

Gladly Mr Taylor, Scotland wants to leave, Just tell us the correct way we can leave this supposedly 'Voluntary union' then.

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 7h

So it now appears the woman Farage and Gill were so close to has a direct link not only to Putin’s “Man in Ukraine” Medvedchuk, but his predecessor as President, Medvedev

These are top Russian agents.

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Poodle (Scottish Independence) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @poodle19631.bsky.social · 5h

He's down to his last few hundred million maybe?

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The SNP @snp.org · 5h

The Westminster parties are limiting Scotland’s ambitions, with a parochial focus on the broken UK economy.

Only the SNP offers a better future, with the fresh start of independence. #SNP25

Quote from Kate Forbes MSP at SNP Annual National Conference 2025 emphasizing a choice between Labour's empty promises and SNP's proud record.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 7h

Nigel Farage could never be trusted to run Britain after getting Brexit so wrong'.

Brexit is the biggest self-harm. UK economy hasn't recovered.

Farage, the part-time MP, collects millions from 2nd/3rd jobs, full time MP pay+exps; often missing from the Commons.

Pushes hatred to grab power.

'Farage could never be trusted to run Britain after getting Brexit so wrong'

No Brexit champion, particularly Nigel Farage, is worthy of high office after proving so conclusively wrong on such a seismic issue, says Mirror Associate Editor Kevin Maguire

www.mirror.co.uk

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All these "errors" are blatant attempts to lie, which then have to be "corrected" when they get called out. The "correction" is never a headline saying this was a lie and we're sorry, no it gets hidden way down where no one looks.

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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 1d

This is like Looney Tunes levels of criminal corruption

Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 2d

Trump said he deserved a cut for brokering the TikTok deal, and at once there was agreement that his son Baron would have a top executive slot... though he hasn't asked for it, and has no apparent qualifications to hold it. This is how Trump 2.0 works. www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025...

Barron Trump tipped for top TikTok job

US president’s 19-year-old son could be appointed to the app’s board

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 6h

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Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 2d

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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Richard M. @mat70x.bsky.social · 8h

Who knew 🤔 A vote for Farage is a vote for Trumpism......

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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 21h

31% of the vote gives Reform 351 seats, an overall majority of 52! First Past The Vote in all its unfair, ridiculous glory. We need electoral reform now!

Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 1d

Nowcast Update: Reform Steady, Labour at lowest & Greens at highest since GE24.

RFM: 351 (+346), 31.0% - (52 Maj.)
LAB: 103 (-308), 20.3%
LDM: 76 (+4), 13.5%
SNP: 43 (+34), 2.7%
CON: 35 (-86), 17.8%
GRN: 8 (+4), 10.2%
PLC: 6 (+2), 1.0%
Oth: 9 (+4), 3.5%

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Chickyholic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @chickyholic.bsky.social · 16h

The totally unsubtle fight-back against the rising support for Indy. I hope most people will realise what's going on but sadly tthe unsure/unwary/gullible won't and the unionist cause will use it as fact. The Indy politicians and spokes-people need to be alert to this 🤞.

Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 19h

Just like the BBC in Scotland, Laura Kuenssberg is stepping up the deliberate errors to knock The SNP. Twice she claimed the UK Gov was supplying £10bn to build warships on the Clyde. This is false. The £10bn will come from Norway after it signed a deal with BAE systems.

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@itvnews.bsky.social @channel4news.bsky.social @skynewsrss.bsky.social shouldn't you be reporting this, rather than sucking up to and promoting Farage at every opportunity? How about scrutinising him and his party on Russian bribes while you're at it.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 13h

ICE GOONS, laughing and pepper spraying Pastor after shooting him in the face with pepper balls, proceeded to gas the crowd who were trying to protect him.

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Despicable him.

a cartoon character wearing a scarf and a jacket is standing in front of a fountain

ALT: a cartoon character wearing a scarf and a jacket is standing in front of a fountain

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Mark McGeoghegan @markmcgeoghegan.bsky.social · 1d

Analysis in @thetimes.com by @leaskyd.bsky.social & Anna Dowell of the sharp decline in British identity uncovered by the Scottish Social Attitudes survey.

With comment from Sir John Curtice on the polarising of Scottish politics and from myself on the decoupling of Scottish and British identities:

Why Scots are losing their British identity

With only a quarter of respondents to the Scottish Social Attitudes survey identifying with Britishness, Scotland faces a generational political split

www.thetimes.com

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mimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 19h

Far be it from me to stick up for the gestapo looking Jenrick.

But why has he received all the stick while racist Farage can basically help fuel riots, be a racist on a number of occasions and the media say fuck all?

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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 1d

Great to see publicly owned ScotRail doing its bit for the half term next week. £50 Family Pass, allows for 1 week of unlimited travel across Scotland for up to two adults and four children 👏

www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/10/7-da...

7 days of unlimited ScotRail travel for families this half term

Ahead of the October holidays, ScotRail has launched a Family Pass to help make travel more affordable.

www.railadvent.co.uk

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Talking-up Scotland @talking-upscotland.bsky.social · 20h

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Correcting the BBC – UK Government is not paying to build warships on the Clyde, Norway is

By Liz S MSM Monitor posted this on ‘X’ on 12/10/25 in respect to a Laura Kuenssberg interview with John Swinney on her Sunday Politics programme……. “Laura Kuenssberg twice claimed the UK Govt…

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