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Russell England

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Moodle/Totara developer Love travelling (41 countries so far), silly jokes, Marmite Brummie, Remoaner, bit of a nomad, fact finder Mostly post about climate, Brexit, health, poverty, UK politics and comedy 🌍💉💙🇪🇺🧳🌻🇺🇦🍉🗿🐧

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · Oct 17

"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime"

- "Innocents Abroad" Mark Twain, 1869

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 2h

Kamala Harris, October 2024

"He’s saying he would use the military to go after them… and we know who he would target, because he has attacked them before

He’s talking about the enemy within … anyone that doesn’t support him, or who will not bend to his will, an enemy of our country"

Harris uses Trump’s ‘enemy from within’ comment to portray GOP rival as dangerous and unstable | CNN Politics

Vice President Kamala Harris slammed Republican rival Donald Trump in Pennsylvania on Monday night over the former president’s comment that the US military should handle “the enemy from within” on Ele...

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 2h

Incredible

Trump was president on January 6

The FBI director on January 6, Christopher Wray, was appointed by Trump

The 274 agents were dispatched in response to Trump's attempted insurrection

Truth Social post by Trump on 12 Oct, 2025 at 12:38am

"THE BIDEN FBI PLACED 274 AGENTS INTO THE CROWD ON JANUARY 6. If this is so, which it is, a lot of very good people will be owed big apologies. What a SCAM - DO SOMETHING!!! President DJT"

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 8h

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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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 11h

BBC asking Bridget Phillipson at length about rising antisemitism in the UK (which actually fell last year according to new figures, albeit still very high) but not at all about rising Islamophobia, which is up by 19% year-on-year

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 1d

Military families on day 9 of the shutdown lining up at the food bank

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 14h

One of my pet hates - parking apps

Don't force drivers to use parking apps, RAC says - BBC News

A survey suggests three-quarters of drivers had issues with parking apps.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 14h

"It's no longer America"

"Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It"

Michael Tomasky @mjtoma.bsky.social · 2d

New Column: You know how some historians wonder if people recognize the onslaught in real time? Well, I'm here to tell you that millions of us do. And we're fighting it. newrepublic.com/post/201625/... via @newrepublic.com

Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It

From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.

newrepublic.com

Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 15h

That's another myth

France nationalised energy (EDF) in 2023

The Italian steel company, IIlva, became state owned in 2020

Germany bailed out Lufhthansa in 2020

The UK, while in the EU, bailed out the banks in 2008

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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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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 1d

Kinda hoping they will adopt "We All Stand Together" as their anthem

The Frog Chorus and Paul McCartney, originally released in 1984

Paul McCartney - We All Stand Together (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by PaulMcCartneyVEVO

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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 1d

Just under two weeks ago Ted Cruz accused Qatar of funding Antifa.

Yesterday Pete Hegseth announced Qatar is to build an Air Force base on US soil.

Now guys, who didn’t read the brief!?

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 1d

Kinda hoping they will adopt "We All Stand Together" as their anthem

The Frog Chorus and Paul McCartney, originally released in 1984

Paul McCartney - We All Stand Together (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by PaulMcCartneyVEVO

www.youtube.com

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 1d

Doomscrolling break...

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 2d

Printing presses kept their letters in cases.

Capital letters went in the upper case.
Smaller letters went in the lower case.

This is why we say ‘UPPER CASE’ and ‘lower case.’

Ok, but what did we call them before the invention of the printing press?

MAJUSCULE and minuscule.

Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 1d

Cartoon by @mackinnonart.bsky.social

Cartoon of Trump and President Xi standing either side of a trade line. Trump has used a slingshot/peashooter to fire a tiny stone which has bounced off Xi's forehead. Xi is standing in front of a giant catapult loaded with a big rock.

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Cartoon by @mackinnonart.bsky.social

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Sue Wilson MBE @suewilson91.bsky.social · 1d

This is a major shift in Labour comms. It seems Brexit will be blamed for the budget.
But naming the issue is not enough. They now need to name the solution or be left behind parties that will.

Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 1d

This strikes me as a pretty major Brexit shift from Starmer.

Perhaps the beginning of 'Brexit is sh1t and has caused real economic damage'.

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 1d

"Let them eat flags"

Ben Jennings @bjennings90.bsky.social · 3d

Let them eat flags! Illustration for today's @theguardian.com to accompany Aditya Chakrabortty's piece on all the chatter from politicians about patriotism when the cost of living is the real issue affecting people

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 1d

Or the usual "People won't accept the Euro!!"

Ask people if they would accept the Euro if it reduced their food bill

Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · Aug 21

I'm sure its not the only reason but

"Britain leaving the EU has helped fuel the highest food inflation in 45 years"

- Catherine Mann, Bank of England policy maker

Brexit Fueled UK Food Price Surge, Says BOE Rate-Setter

Britain leaving the European Union has helped fuel the highest food inflation in 45 years after causing an exodus of small EU exporters from the UK market, according to Bank of England policy maker Ca...

www.bloomberg.com

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Rear Admiral Eileen Laubacher @eileenforco.bsky.social · 2d

It’s now official: our troops will miss paychecks while the Senate skips town. The people who defend this nation are left scrambling to pay rent while politicians keep getting paid.
www.military.com/daily-news/2...

Troops Will Miss Paychecks Next Week Without Action on the Government Shutdown

The federal government shutdown is raising anxiety levels among service members and their families, because those in uniform are working without pay.

www.military.com

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 1d

“Here Farage is, in Gill’s office, with Voloshyn’s wife Nadia, on the day Gill makes an intervention on behalf of Medvedchuk’s channels, with an employee of one of those channels, whose husband started bribing Gill to make these statements 6 days earlier”

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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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 1d

Most people seem to have missed who retweeted this picture of Farage in Gill’s office a few days after Gill began receiving his first bribes from Oleh Voloshyn (Oleg Voloshin). None other than…

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 1d

I'd make an excellent tour guide

If people could understand my accent

Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 1d

"Our campaign for British membership of the EU will be loud and it will be proud."

Green party 'loud and proud' about backing Britain in Europe

Caroline Lucas says Brexit would threaten UK’s environmental protection and rights at work

www.theguardian.com

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 1d

"The bulk of Britain’s unions are campaigning for Britain to stay in the European Union"

Why it’s lose-lose for unions in the EU referendum

The bulk of Britain’s unions are campaigning to stay in the European Union – but they’ll be hard pressed to secure workers’ rights.

theconversation.com

Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 1d

"Big majority of Labour members 'want UK to stay in single market'

Research could put pressure on Jeremy Corbyn to adjust Brexit stance, given his desire to give power to party grassroots"

Big majority of Labour members 'want UK to stay in single market'

Research could put pressure on Jeremy Corbyn to adjust Brexit stance, given his desire to give power to party grassroots