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Vanblerkisms @vanblerkisms.bsky.social · 44m

No. Reasons being: 1) I have an IQ in triple digits; 2) I am not a vexillophile; 3) I can't afford private healthcare 4) I'm neither rich, not connected enough to benefit from insider trading; 5) I have critical thinking skills and can see their game and 6) I don't hate people from other cultures.

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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 3h

On the centenary of Thatcher's birth, there have been predictable calls for a memorial to her memory. But Britain's 2300 food banks serve that purpose already.

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Vanblerkisms @vanblerkisms.bsky.social · 2h

Can't help feeling that Yaxley-Lennon has fucked up over this case in letting it slip that Space Karen is sorting his legal fees.

If he had kept quiet he could have had yet another fundraiser so hard-of-thinking racist knuckledraggers could support his alleged love of 'Bolivian Marching Powder'.

Vanblerkisms @vanblerkisms.bsky.social · 2h

'Journalistic' meaning 'A record of illegal activities that will inevitably end in more jailtime'.

He's no journalist.

Oh, and anyone still having an account on Space Karen's Hate Site is directly supporting this racist. Leave now if you haven't already.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Tommy Robinson refused to give police phone Pin to protect 'journalistic material'

The far-right activist was charged under the Terrorism Act over an incident at the Channel Tunnel in July 2024.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Tom Scott @tom--scott.bsky.social · 1d

Farage claims Nathan Gill was a "bad apple".

So you can visualise his relationship with other leading figures in Reform as something like this.

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Vanblerkisms @vanblerkisms.bsky.social · 2h

'Journalistic' meaning 'A record of illegal activities that will inevitably end in more jailtime'.

He's no journalist.

Oh, and anyone still having an account on Space Karen's Hate Site is directly supporting this racist. Leave now if you haven't already.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Tommy Robinson refused to give police phone Pin to protect 'journalistic material'

The far-right activist was charged under the Terrorism Act over an incident at the Channel Tunnel in July 2024.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Vanblerkisms @vanblerkisms.bsky.social · 5h

Damn right!

Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 @fbpech.bsky.social · 13h

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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Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 @fbpech.bsky.social · 13h

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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Catherine 🕊️🇪🇺💚 @demcath.bsky.social · 11h

It definitely is, we lost trillions of tax revenue for public services by losing EU passporting for Financial services. Brexit had a huge factor, and it was all about the super wealthy and corrupt not paying tax as the EU brought in a new directive on tax havens.

a1957.bsky.social @a1957.bsky.social · 11h

Brexit is a massive part of it - up to 4% lost GDP a year since Jan 2020. Plus a reduction in HMRC staff (by Johnson) has lead to taxes not collected. £36bn in 2021/22 alone.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 1d

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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Vanblerkisms @vanblerkisms.bsky.social · 6h

You are not alone...

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Vanblerkisms @vanblerkisms.bsky.social · 6h

Incidentally, from this I am reminded what a sewer Musk's hate site really is - I was fed his utter lies & BS on a very regular basis. As well as fash shit from GBNews.

Bluesky is much nicer!

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Vanblerkisms @vanblerkisms.bsky.social · 7h

Why is he not in jail?

With what he has done, he shouldn't be free to roam the streets.

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Vanblerkisms @vanblerkisms.bsky.social · 7h

"A lot of people" being him and his family and cronies.

Not a lot of people as a proportion of the general population in fact. But then; fact is an alien concept to Trump.

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Vanblerkisms @vanblerkisms.bsky.social · 7h

Young is a right-wing grifter sans pareil. He'll take cash to promote any dodgy cause.

He's so avaricious, the Tories ennobled him. That's how venal this boil on the arse of humanity is.

Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 11h

Really good piece from Jane Bradley and co at NYT.

Earlier this summer Democracy for Sale revealed how anti abortionists, including ADF, were pumping money into the U.K.

Free Speech Union still hasn’t responded to our queries. Funny that…

democracyforsale.substack.com/p/us-antiabo...

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Vanblerkisms @vanblerkisms.bsky.social · 7h

Good to see the BBC platforming has-been extremists without any balance.

Sort that Board out Starmer!

Vanblerkisms @vanblerkisms.bsky.social · 7h

Proper cringe in the most hateful way. I'm guessing James wasn't the one volunteering to give up his show for the orange manbaby?

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 15h

Corrupt chancers urged to come up with an economic plan that isn’t utter bullshit. So, no tax cuts and austerity on steroids for a country already stuck in Farage’s Brexit dead end.
But hey, some super wealthy industry big (k)nobs will come on board to help con the little guy.

(Times)

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Vanblerkisms @vanblerkisms.bsky.social · 8h

I still can't find where I can join Antifa. They seem a thoroughly decent bunch.

Colin Gordon @colinngordon.bsky.social · 12h

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

European far right follows Trump in calling for antifa to be declared terrorists

Netherlands and Hungary move towards designation as draft resolution reportedly backed by 79 MEPs in 20 countries

www.theguardian.com

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Vanblerkisms @vanblerkisms.bsky.social · 8h

If the MSM revealed his true intentions the Reform vote would collapse very quickly.

Same as Brexshit all those years ago.

Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 11h

If you wondered why Nigel Farage turned up in US Congress in September speaking about "freedom of speech", this story has the answer

His appearance was orchestrated by a powerful American anti-abortion group that is trying to increase its influence in the UK by influencing the free speech debate

Jane Bradley @bradleyjane.bsky.social · 15h

NEW: How a U.S. anti-abortion group has quietly positioned itself as a powerbroker between the Trump administration and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK.

Latest investigation w Elizabeth Dias.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

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Vanblerkisms @vanblerkisms.bsky.social · 9h

I did the same. I don't tune in to his show to listen to murderous extremists blowing smoke up each others' arses for or hours on end.

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Ms Robot (governed by idiots) @trudi.bsky.social · 11h

www.thecanary.co/trending/202...

Tommy Robinson is spreading misinformation again with 'white knifeman' tweet

Tommy Robinson isn't posting to be correct; he's posting to feed raw meat into the anger machine - and his racism was on full display again

www.thecanary.co

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 12h

My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.

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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Supertanskiii @supertanskiiii.bsky.social · 1d

Show this to a flagshagger. They’ll hate it.

Reform isn’t a party. It’s a pyramid scheme. Farage and his billionaire donors aren’t patriots. They’re con men up to their BALLS in foreign money.

This explains how they do it.

Stop believing the bullshit.

youtu.be/e4CrfRpjvCY?...

The Farage Con Explained: Send This To A Flagsh*gger. They’ll Hate It

YouTube video by Supertanskiii

youtu.be

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Vanblerkisms @vanblerkisms.bsky.social · 1d

Wonder why they are so keen on untraceable clandestine tax-free payments from unidentifiable dodgy sources?

It's a mystery.

Catherine 🕊️🇪🇺💚 @demcath.bsky.social · 2d

This should be illegal. Reform are crooked as hell.

BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 2d

Several sources told The Observer that the Electoral Commission had been given prior notice by a party, understood to be Reform UK, that it had received a donation made in cryptocurrency in recent weeks.
Reform is the only political party in Europe to accept donations in crypto

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 1d

How about ‘cut him off forever and turn all the evidence over to the police’?

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