Andrew Lawrence
@altimeuk.bsky.social
Opinions based on fact; Brexit is nonsense.
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Labour grandee tells Starmer to sack No 10 chief McSweeney
Labour grandee tells Starmer to sack No 10 chief McSweeney
Labour grandee tells Starmer to sack No 10 chief McSweeney
www.independent.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Labour grandee tells Starmer to sack No 10 chief McSweeney
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Marjorie Taylor Greene and Donald Trump have had a falling out over Jeffrey Epstein.
If he's lost Marge, Donald is in real trouble over the Epstein Files.
If he's lost Marge, Donald is in real trouble over the Epstein Files.
November 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene and Donald Trump have had a falling out over Jeffrey Epstein.
If he's lost Marge, Donald is in real trouble over the Epstein Files.
If he's lost Marge, Donald is in real trouble over the Epstein Files.
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Alan Dershowitz is one of those claiming Epstein was not a pedophile because he pleaded guilty to one count of having sex for money with a 17-year-and-10-month-old person. "That’s not a pedophile." See this important response from Julia Brown, the brave reporter who broke the news on this
November 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Alan Dershowitz is one of those claiming Epstein was not a pedophile because he pleaded guilty to one count of having sex for money with a 17-year-and-10-month-old person. "That’s not a pedophile." See this important response from Julia Brown, the brave reporter who broke the news on this
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Well done Reform UK Kent! 👀
November 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Well done Reform UK Kent! 👀
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A study by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) shows that estimates about the damage done by Brexit have underestimated its impact over the course of a decade. Data now suggests that Brexit has reduced UK GDP by 6%–8%, reduced investment 12%–18%, and reduced productivity by 3%–4%.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:46 PM
A study by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) shows that estimates about the damage done by Brexit have underestimated its impact over the course of a decade. Data now suggests that Brexit has reduced UK GDP by 6%–8%, reduced investment 12%–18%, and reduced productivity by 3%–4%.
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Ken Clarke demolishing Reform UK with harsh facts on Question Time is a must-watch moment
www.thepoke.com/2025/11/14/k...
www.thepoke.com/2025/11/14/k...
Ken Clarke demolishing Reform UK with harsh facts on Question Time is a must-watch moment
With a lot of talk about whether the BBC has a left-wing bias, we were all completely unsurprised to see Reform UK represented on last night’s Question Time, in the form of recently defected Danny Kru...
www.thepoke.com
November 15, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Ken Clarke demolishing Reform UK with harsh facts on Question Time is a must-watch moment
www.thepoke.com/2025/11/14/k...
www.thepoke.com/2025/11/14/k...
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Y'all I need you to focus on one thing...
Please
Elon Musk admitted he knew Trump was a paedophile when he bankrolled and won him the presidency. Elon Musk knowingly put a paedophile in the Whitehouse.
Please. As one hive voice project that out here, and on X.
As Loud as you fucking can.
That.
Please
Elon Musk admitted he knew Trump was a paedophile when he bankrolled and won him the presidency. Elon Musk knowingly put a paedophile in the Whitehouse.
Please. As one hive voice project that out here, and on X.
As Loud as you fucking can.
That.
I remember a lawyer friend in around 2005 saying there were rumours of a big pedophile ring that involved every level of government and we were like no way, how would they hide that
and now I'm like well, i see
and now I'm like well, i see
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Y'all I need you to focus on one thing...
Please
Elon Musk admitted he knew Trump was a paedophile when he bankrolled and won him the presidency. Elon Musk knowingly put a paedophile in the Whitehouse.
Please. As one hive voice project that out here, and on X.
As Loud as you fucking can.
That.
Please
Elon Musk admitted he knew Trump was a paedophile when he bankrolled and won him the presidency. Elon Musk knowingly put a paedophile in the Whitehouse.
Please. As one hive voice project that out here, and on X.
As Loud as you fucking can.
That.
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Nigel Farage said their flagship council in Kent would be a "shop window" for how they would run the country.
Just months after taking over they're now set to slash multiple council committees as they struggle to fill posts after sacking nine of their own councillors
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/12/r...
Just months after taking over they're now set to slash multiple council committees as they struggle to fill posts after sacking nine of their own councillors
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/12/r...
Reform Council in Chaos as It Prepares to Slash Scrutiny Committees Following Wave of Councillor Suspensions
EXCLUSIVE: Reform's flagship Kent administration is planning to shut down multiple council committees as it struggles to fill posts after suspending nine of its own councillors
bylinetimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Nigel Farage said their flagship council in Kent would be a "shop window" for how they would run the country.
Just months after taking over they're now set to slash multiple council committees as they struggle to fill posts after sacking nine of their own councillors
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/12/r...
Just months after taking over they're now set to slash multiple council committees as they struggle to fill posts after sacking nine of their own councillors
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/12/r...
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Nigel Farage: "Small businesses shouldn't trust politicians who get freebies from big corporations."
*3 MINUTES LATER*
Nigel Farage: Lord Bamford and JCB, the Tories' old donors, are giving Reform UK £200,000!
*3 MINUTES LATER*
Nigel Farage: Lord Bamford and JCB, the Tories' old donors, are giving Reform UK £200,000!
Farage admits Big Business funding during Small Business launch!
YouTube video by Femi - F Politics!
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Nigel Farage: "Small businesses shouldn't trust politicians who get freebies from big corporations."
*3 MINUTES LATER*
Nigel Farage: Lord Bamford and JCB, the Tories' old donors, are giving Reform UK £200,000!
*3 MINUTES LATER*
Nigel Farage: Lord Bamford and JCB, the Tories' old donors, are giving Reform UK £200,000!
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The Telegraph had to correct its multiple lies about "illegal immigrants" in London at least three separate times.
It takes an obscene amount of hubris to lecture the BBC when you have The Telegraph’s record on truth-telling.
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy
A paper that knows a thing or two about editorial f*ck-ups...
writesbright.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The Telegraph had to correct its multiple lies about "illegal immigrants" in London at least three separate times.
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When Boris Johnson was Prime Minister one of his senior advisers confided to me that one of the only things in politics his boss actually cared about was “killing off the BBC”.
Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
The BBC’s Attempts to Appease the 'Right-Wing Coup' Against It Are Now Seeding Its Own Destruction
By attempting to appease those forces seeking to destroy them, the BBC has helped trigger a crisis that now threatens its very future, argues Adam Bienkov
bylinetimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
When Boris Johnson was Prime Minister one of his senior advisers confided to me that one of the only things in politics his boss actually cared about was “killing off the BBC”.
Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
Five years on, and it is a campaign that appears to be finally coming to fruition.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/10/t...
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In law, you don’t just say (in fact, you very rarely say) how much you’re suing someone for. You say what you’re suing for, under what law, in what jurisdiction and so forth.
Saying “I’m suing for a billion dollars” is meaningless.
Saying “I’m suing for a billion dollars” is meaningless.
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
In law, you don’t just say (in fact, you very rarely say) how much you’re suing someone for. You say what you’re suing for, under what law, in what jurisdiction and so forth.
Saying “I’m suing for a billion dollars” is meaningless.
Saying “I’m suing for a billion dollars” is meaningless.
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I mean, what kind of legal action would this be exactly? Defamation? I would truly love to see it. 'They made it look like I instigated a coup during my very well recorded coup attempt.'
The US president has sent a letter to the corporation threatening legal action.
Donald Trump Preparing To Sue BBC Over Panorama Speech Row
The US president has sent a letter to the corporation threatening legal action.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I mean, what kind of legal action would this be exactly? Defamation? I would truly love to see it. 'They made it look like I instigated a coup during my very well recorded coup attempt.'
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Mind you, Richard Tice would have lost when he threatened to sue the BBC for calling Reform Far Right. But still the BBC caved: it's strong with the weak and weak with the strong.
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Mind you, Richard Tice would have lost when he threatened to sue the BBC for calling Reform Far Right. But still the BBC caved: it's strong with the weak and weak with the strong.
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The BBC isn't perfect, but it belongs to Britain not Trump.
Political leaders across the UK must unite in defending its independence from the White House.
Political leaders across the UK must unite in defending its independence from the White House.
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The BBC isn't perfect, but it belongs to Britain not Trump.
Political leaders across the UK must unite in defending its independence from the White House.
Political leaders across the UK must unite in defending its independence from the White House.
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I’ve written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage urging them to condemn Donald Trump’s attack on the BBC.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I’ve written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage urging them to condemn Donald Trump’s attack on the BBC.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
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The departure of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness means the BBC is leaderless when it needs leadership more than ever. Where are the people at the head of the BBC standing up for it?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC is facing a coordinated, politically motivated attack. With these resignations, it has given in | Jane Martinson
The corporation should have stood up to the Telegraph, Trump and the Tories. Now, its enemies know how little it takes for it to fold, says Jane Martinson, professor of financial journalism
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
The departure of Tim Davie and Deborah Turness means the BBC is leaderless when it needs leadership more than ever. Where are the people at the head of the BBC standing up for it?
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Michael Prescott and Sir Robbie Gibb both bailed out of journalism years ago, and enjoy lucrative careers in corporate PR. And now they are the arbiters of BBC editorial standards. Go figure www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
The BBC has bigger impartiality problems than its coverage of Trump
It is the BBC’s entire governance structure–rather than individual stories–that should cause most concern
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Michael Prescott and Sir Robbie Gibb both bailed out of journalism years ago, and enjoy lucrative careers in corporate PR. And now they are the arbiters of BBC editorial standards. Go figure www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
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This Robbie Gibb?
Robbie Gibb who cancelled a BBC investigation into Farage's Leave dot EU campaign shortly before the EU Ref
Arron Banks thanked him for it
"Robbie Gibb is being quite helpful and says he’s trying to hose it down."
- @channel4news.bsky.social in 2019
Arron Banks thanked him for it
"Robbie Gibb is being quite helpful and says he’s trying to hose it down."
- @channel4news.bsky.social in 2019
Revealed: Brexit group covered up its targeting of right-wing extremists
Brexit-backer Arron Banks repeatedly denied that Leave.EU appealed to National Front supporters - in a bid to get the BBC to drop an investigation
www.channel4.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:46 AM
This Robbie Gibb?
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Do hope people will take note of this part.
November 10, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Do hope people will take note of this part.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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‘More clowns than Billy Smart’s circus’: Reform mocked as Kent council holds first meeting since video leak chaos
Reform UK suspends another councillor just hours before a Kent County Council meeting
First full council meeting held since several suspended following leaked meeting footage
www.independent.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 7:47 AM
‘More clowns than Billy Smart’s circus’: Reform mocked as Kent council holds first meeting since video leak chaos
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Important, timely, analysis by @lgilbert.co debunking the commonly used line that "migrants are a burden". Shows that migrants are overwhelmingly bet fiscal contributors. Basically, you target migration, you crash the country.
"Home Office data suggests that recent immigrants are more likely to be working than British nationals and make higher wages than them."
✍️ Lauren Gilbert argues that migrants to the UK are net fiscal contributors, adding much more to the economy than they take out,
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
✍️ Lauren Gilbert argues that migrants to the UK are net fiscal contributors, adding much more to the economy than they take out,
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
Lower migration is bad news for the UK economy - UK in a changing Europe
Lauren Gilbert argues that migrants to the UK are net fiscal contributors, adding much more to the economy than they take out, and that the recent collapse in immigration will harm the UK's economic p...
ukandeu.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Important, timely, analysis by @lgilbert.co debunking the commonly used line that "migrants are a burden". Shows that migrants are overwhelmingly bet fiscal contributors. Basically, you target migration, you crash the country.