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Richard Taylor

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Richard Taylor @voxterrier.bsky.social · Nov 13

I thoroughly recommend "The Dog Listener" by Jan Fennell and "The Dog Guardian" by Nigel Reed. Both approach #dogtraining by firstly building mutual trust. Both are easy reads, Nigel's has a slightly more scientific slant.

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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 13h

"London reported the lowest number of homicides of under-25s for more than two decades. Overall, murders are at a five-year low, and the rate is much lower than in other international cities such as New York, Paris, Brussels, Berlin and Madrid" www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

‘London has turned into something crazy’: is the city in the grip of a crime wave?

Perception of runaway crime partly blamed for ‘driving away the super-rich’ but in reality some high-profile offences such as watch theft are falling

www.theguardian.com

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 6h

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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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 11h

For more on Nadia Sass/Borodi's role at the heart of a pan-European Russian influence machine, read more here

desk-russie.eu/2024/09/08/n...

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 2h

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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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 7h

This sadly demented man doesn't realize *he* was president on Jan 6, 2021. Get him in an assisted living facility ASAP.

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Matt Owen @mjowen174.bsky.social · 5h

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www.mathew-owen.co.uk

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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 7h

Good thread. The UK certainly did avoid many calls for further information / investigations into Russian interference before and after the heavily redacted Russia Report was published

JohnWest_JAWS @johnwestjaws.bsky.social · 9h

These 2 speeches, which, as Nick points out, on the same day, precede what Gill has pled guilty to by 4 years, are more damning for Farage as they also precede Brexit.

All European secret services would have been alarmed by this & would/should have been investigating.

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Reece Dinsdale @reecedinsdale.bsky.social · 7h

Like I never met John Thaw. 👀

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Richard Taylor @voxterrier.bsky.social · 6h

I don't think there has ever been one, so no change there.

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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 12h

It'll soon be 10 years since the Brexit ref. So much has changed since then. If Brexit is the cause of our economic problems, as the government now admits, then surely we need to ask ourselves whether we want to carry on down the Brexit road or turn around and head back to the Single Market and EU.

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Richard Taylor @voxterrier.bsky.social · 6h

He also said he was "prepared to take the financial hit" for brexit. But he hasn't given an invoice address.

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Richard Taylor @voxterrier.bsky.social · 12h

...or Croydon.

Richard Taylor @voxterrier.bsky.social · 12h

After seeing what's going on in Portland I'm beginning to think the mastermind behind antifa might be Bernie Clifton.

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Brendan May @brendanmay.bsky.social · 1d

Turns out it was a middle aged white man. Awks.

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

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Richard Taylor @voxterrier.bsky.social · 13h

I'll never forget that on GMB, after Andrew Pierce had spluttered that it was "not what we voted for", Simon Calder calmly pointed out that it was exactly what he had voted for.

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Richard Taylor @voxterrier.bsky.social · 1d

Are you mixing up Huel Lewis and the News with Complay?

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 2d

Adelita Grijalva won her election to Congress over two weeks ago, but Mike Johnson still hasn't sworn her in.

Why the delay?

Perhaps it's because Grijalva would cast the final vote needed to release the Epstein files.

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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 1d

What will you tell your children when history judges the times we live in?

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Richard Taylor @voxterrier.bsky.social · 1d

Very good.

Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 2d

Good. ;)

Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 2d

If they do this, they’ll need a convincing answer to the obvious question some will ask: ‘why don’t we rejoin?’ Keir Starmer’s plan to blame Nigel Farage for budget tax rises

www.thetimes.com/article/8875...

Richard Taylor @voxterrier.bsky.social · 1d

Someone here said American football was like rugby if your mum was in charge.

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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 1d

From the US to Europe and Asia, grievances are being exploited to gain power. But moderate voices are still in tune with the majority

By Gordon Brown - UK prime minister 2007 to 2010

Don’t fall for the authoritarian hype – Reform and the hard right can be stopped in their tracks | Gordon Brown

From the US to Europe and Asia, grievances are being exploited to gain power. But moderate voices are still in tune with the majority, says former prime minister Gordon Brown

www.theguardian.com

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Louis 〓〓 @louishenwood.bsky.social · 1d

But I thought Keir Starmer could "Make Brexit Work"?

Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 2d

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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Richard Taylor @voxterrier.bsky.social · 1d

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