Ian Garrow
@4242bb.bsky.social
Variously ex-teacher, shepherd,truck driver, judoka, motorcyclist…
Surely “you need to publish your principles and your policies to realise them-if the voters agree with these, you win. If not …”
As a Labour MP said to me last week: ‘obviously if you get 34 per cent you need to ask “how to get more votes” and we basically looked at three groups of voters, for different reasons it offended the egos in No 10 to go after them, and here we are’.
February 14, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Surely “you need to publish your principles and your policies to realise them-if the voters agree with these, you win. If not …”
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27 years ago today, artist John Myatt was sentenced to a year in prison for conspiracy to defraud, after painting around 200 fake works, including Chagalls and Matisses over a period of eight years, which convinced buyers despite usually being rendered in household emulsion mixed with KY Jelly 🧵
February 13, 2026 at 9:22 AM
27 years ago today, artist John Myatt was sentenced to a year in prison for conspiracy to defraud, after painting around 200 fake works, including Chagalls and Matisses over a period of eight years, which convinced buyers despite usually being rendered in household emulsion mixed with KY Jelly 🧵
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The HO quote conflates the piece's subject matter with the asylum system.
February 11, 2026 at 7:58 AM
The HO quote conflates the piece's subject matter with the asylum system.
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Imagine bringing American food to Italy
Not only did they bring a small private army, but among the waste of taxpayer money was BRINGING A FULL PLANE OF FOOD.
To *Italy*.
To *Italy*.
February 7, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Imagine bringing American food to Italy
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Ok, let’s do this🙄
We’ll start with an explainer covering:
🕒What is a 15-minute city
🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford
👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from
And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article
🧵
1/25
We’ll start with an explainer covering:
🕒What is a 15-minute city
🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford
👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from
And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article
🧵
1/25
February 1, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Ok, let’s do this🙄
We’ll start with an explainer covering:
🕒What is a 15-minute city
🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford
👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from
And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article
🧵
1/25
We’ll start with an explainer covering:
🕒What is a 15-minute city
🏫What on Earth is going on with Oxford
👽Where the conspiracy theories have come from
And then we’ll look at the Telegraph article
🧵
1/25
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I enjoyed reading this column, which somehow blames Keir Starmer for the result of an employment tribunal following laws passed under the Tory government regarding an incident and suspension that took place before the last election.
January 31, 2026 at 2:48 PM
I enjoyed reading this column, which somehow blames Keir Starmer for the result of an employment tribunal following laws passed under the Tory government regarding an incident and suspension that took place before the last election.
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This is the BEST explanation I have seen so far.
January 28, 2026 at 3:12 AM
This is the BEST explanation I have seen so far.
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Nearly two years since Rachel Reeves said - to my face - if Labour was elected they would send the NAO in to investigate the whole Teesworks scandal.
Since then, nothing.
Since then, nothing.
January 27, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Nearly two years since Rachel Reeves said - to my face - if Labour was elected they would send the NAO in to investigate the whole Teesworks scandal.
Since then, nothing.
Since then, nothing.
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Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
Does the USA not have an offence of Perjury?
Happy to help, sir.
From Judge Ellis:
"Bovino admitted in his deposition that he lied multiple times about the events that occurred in Little Village that prompted him to throw tear gas at protesters."
From Judge Ellis:
"Bovino admitted in his deposition that he lied multiple times about the events that occurred in Little Village that prompted him to throw tear gas at protesters."
January 26, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Does the USA not have an offence of Perjury?
Gunmen still at large
January 25, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Gunmen still at large
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Please be Dignitas. Please be Dignitas.
January 20, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Please be Dignitas. Please be Dignitas.
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"US officials have hit out at the deal for harming [US] farmers, barring them from selling produce ... tied to particular places in European countries, such as prosciutto di Parma, feta cheese & champagne."
Let's be clear, this is about using the NAME. The produce can be sold with a different name.
Let's be clear, this is about using the NAME. The produce can be sold with a different name.
US accuses EU of seeking cheese ‘monopoly’ in Mercosur deal ft.trib.al/5Wgz9Ts
US accuses EU of seeking cheese ‘monopoly’ in Mercosur deal
Bloc and four South American countries will sign trade agreement on Saturday after 25 years of talks
ft.trib.al
January 17, 2026 at 3:08 AM
"US officials have hit out at the deal for harming [US] farmers, barring them from selling produce ... tied to particular places in European countries, such as prosciutto di Parma, feta cheese & champagne."
Let's be clear, this is about using the NAME. The produce can be sold with a different name.
Let's be clear, this is about using the NAME. The produce can be sold with a different name.
Reform UK now to be rebranded as The Defective Party
NEW: Nigel Farage says the "door for defections" will close after the May 7 local elections.
January 15, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Reform UK now to be rebranded as The Defective Party
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Over 20 years, Iran has been the No1 country of origin for asylum seekers in the UK.
Those who campaign to slash the rights of refugees, but today decry the savagery of the Iranian regime, need to have a little think.
There is no safe route to the UK for Iranian asylum seekers.
Those who campaign to slash the rights of refugees, but today decry the savagery of the Iranian regime, need to have a little think.
There is no safe route to the UK for Iranian asylum seekers.
January 15, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Over 20 years, Iran has been the No1 country of origin for asylum seekers in the UK.
Those who campaign to slash the rights of refugees, but today decry the savagery of the Iranian regime, need to have a little think.
There is no safe route to the UK for Iranian asylum seekers.
Those who campaign to slash the rights of refugees, but today decry the savagery of the Iranian regime, need to have a little think.
There is no safe route to the UK for Iranian asylum seekers.
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The United States needs military access to Greenland, which it already has, to defend the Arctic, which it already does, from Russian and Chinese ships, which aren’t actually there, and this is so important we should destroy the Western alliance to get it, do I have that right?
January 14, 2026 at 1:23 PM
The United States needs military access to Greenland, which it already has, to defend the Arctic, which it already does, from Russian and Chinese ships, which aren’t actually there, and this is so important we should destroy the Western alliance to get it, do I have that right?
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He was fined for not having a licence to carry building waste in his car while carrying building waste sacks.
No one can fill a 2ft bag with lunch wrappers! Surely?!🤷🏼♀️
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No one can fill a 2ft bag with lunch wrappers! Surely?!🤷🏼♀️
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January 14, 2026 at 2:51 PM
He was fined for not having a licence to carry building waste in his car while carrying building waste sacks.
No one can fill a 2ft bag with lunch wrappers! Surely?!🤷🏼♀️
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No one can fill a 2ft bag with lunch wrappers! Surely?!🤷🏼♀️
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I am calling for a complete and total boycott of the Mercator projection in all news stories about Greenland until every member of the American public has seen this
January 13, 2026 at 5:32 PM
I am calling for a complete and total boycott of the Mercator projection in all news stories about Greenland until every member of the American public has seen this
Seems somewhat partisan?
January 13, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Seems somewhat partisan?
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2026: Nigel Farage lies about the vaccine rollout claiming the UK did it faster because of Brexit
2020:: Dr June Raine (CEO of the MHRA), "We have been able to authorise the supply of this vaccine using provisions under European law which exist until the first of January"
2020:: Dr June Raine (CEO of the MHRA), "We have been able to authorise the supply of this vaccine using provisions under European law which exist until the first of January"
January 12, 2026 at 11:54 AM
2026: Nigel Farage lies about the vaccine rollout claiming the UK did it faster because of Brexit
2020:: Dr June Raine (CEO of the MHRA), "We have been able to authorise the supply of this vaccine using provisions under European law which exist until the first of January"
2020:: Dr June Raine (CEO of the MHRA), "We have been able to authorise the supply of this vaccine using provisions under European law which exist until the first of January"
USA, you have a problem.
January 9, 2026 at 12:48 PM
USA, you have a problem.
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After the US admin cancelled the $B Climate + Weather Disaster dataset, @climatecentral.org hired the scientists who ran it and set it back up.
Now the 2025 numbers are in: it's 3rd highest year on record and highest year w/o land-falling hurricanes.
More: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
Now the 2025 numbers are in: it's 3rd highest year on record and highest year w/o land-falling hurricanes.
More: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
January 8, 2026 at 5:33 PM
After the US admin cancelled the $B Climate + Weather Disaster dataset, @climatecentral.org hired the scientists who ran it and set it back up.
Now the 2025 numbers are in: it's 3rd highest year on record and highest year w/o land-falling hurricanes.
More: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
Now the 2025 numbers are in: it's 3rd highest year on record and highest year w/o land-falling hurricanes.
More: www.climatecentral.org/climate-serv...
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Conservative Mayor of Tees Valley Lord Houchen told Newsnight in 2024 that 2 private developers had ‘£50m of their money sitting in a bank account’ when I quoted an independent report pointing out the pair had put no direct cash of their own into regenerating the huge old Redcar steelworks site 👇
January 8, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Conservative Mayor of Tees Valley Lord Houchen told Newsnight in 2024 that 2 private developers had ‘£50m of their money sitting in a bank account’ when I quoted an independent report pointing out the pair had put no direct cash of their own into regenerating the huge old Redcar steelworks site 👇