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andrew442.bsky.social @andrew442.bsky.social · 1d

Well done Nottingham

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

Lots of flag-botherers over on Facebook now suddenly demanding the council step in to take these down
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Signs of kindness put up along Nottingham road in place of flags

It is not clear who put up the signs, which have appeared on lamp-posts along a road in Nottingham.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 1d

Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.

SHOCK POLL:
NIGEL FARAGE WILL BE PM TOMORROW
IN an amazing poll conducted
by The Pointless Polling Company, it was revealed that voters' intentions
may well change over the next three and a half years and at present it's 100 percent impossible to guess what the next government might look like.
However, 99 percent of journalists
agree that it would be much more fun if we had an election tomorrow and everybody resigned and everything was chaos and Farage had a go at being PM, just for the hell of it, because it was so much fun when
Brexit happened and then the government kept falling every five minutes and we could write endless pieces about (cont. p94)

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andrew442.bsky.social @andrew442.bsky.social · 11d

Did he really say that? You're quoting from the Express

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brexit_sham @brexitshambles.bsky.social · 17d

In a bizarre bid to out Trump Trump, the embarrassing Reform UK leader made the ridiculous claim that eastern europeans are "eating swans in Royal Parks" only for the Royal Parks to confirm that NO swans had been killed or eaten in London’s eight Royal Parks. www.lbc.co.uk/article/nige...

Farage in a flap after claims migrants eating swans rejected by Royal Parks | LBC

The Royal Parks have rejected Nigel Farage’s claims that migrants are killing and eating swans from their grounds.

www.lbc.co.uk

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 17d

Nigel Farage claims his mass deportation plan would save the UK hundreds of billions of pounds over the coming decades.

New analysis of official statistics, forecasts and Reform's own figures suggests it would actually *cost* the UK hundreds of billions over the same period

Farage’s Trillion Pound Black Hole: The Real Cost of Reform UK’s Mass Deportation Plan

Exclusive: Reform's plan, which it claims would net huge savings over the coming decades, would actually cost the UK about £70-90bn over the next ten years alone, new analysis of official statistics a...

bylinetimes.com

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 18d

THE NHS WRECKER: FARAGE’S DISASTROUS PLAN

Nigel Farage has been warned his bid to deport legal migrants could cripple the NHS and care sectors that rely on them

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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · Sep 6

He didn't "misspeak". He lied. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Nigel Farage admits he was wrong to say he had bought house in Clacton

Reform UK leader says he should not have claimed he was buyer of property that was really bought by his partner

www.theguardian.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · Sep 5

Since this is apparently a resigning matter, I’ll just leave this here…

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings

Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum

www.theguardian.com

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · Sep 5

Reform media ban in Nottinghamshire is a disturbing glimpse of a future with Farage in power

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Reform local media ban is a glimpse of what may happen with Farage in power

As Nigel Farage attacked the state of free speech in the UK in front of a congressional committee in Washington DC, The Independent’s political editor David Maddox discusses Reform’s attitude to a fre...

www.independent.co.uk

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 3

Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · Sep 3

Rep. Jamie Raskin tears into Nigel Farage as a "far-right pro-Putin politician" and a "Donald Trump sycophant and wannabe".

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · Aug 27

Reform UK council leader bans engagement with Nottinghamshire Live in unprecedented step

www.nottinghampost.com/news/news-op...

Reform leader bans engagement with Notts Live in unprecedented step

All of Reform UK's Nottinghamshire county councillors will now refuse to speak to any of our journalists

www.nottinghampost.com

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · Aug 26

Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations

When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?

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andrew442.bsky.social @andrew442.bsky.social · Aug 23

Come on County

a black and white photo of a woman with the words `` whoa , we 're halfway there '' .

ALT: a black and white photo of a woman with the words `` whoa , we 're halfway there '' .

media.tenor.com

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andrew442.bsky.social @andrew442.bsky.social · Aug 12

Coincidence, I'm reading Origins as well 😁

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · Aug 10

OPINION: Why Nigel Farage is to blame for the small boats migrant crisis

nation.cymru/opinion/why-...

Why Nigel Farage is to blame for the small boats migrant crisis

Martin Shipton You wouldn’t know it from the way he is weaponising the issue for his own political ends, but if there’s one person more responsible for the “small boats” migration crisis than anyone e...

nation.cymru

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andrew442.bsky.social @andrew442.bsky.social · Aug 7

She is so horrible

andrew442.bsky.social @andrew442.bsky.social · Aug 7

The right thing to do

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Liz Webster 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺 @lizwebster.bsky.social · Aug 3

The Brexit tide has turned

🗳️ Latest poll:
🔵 Remain: 52%
🔴 Leave: 29%
⚪️ Wouldn’t vote: 11%
⚪️ Don’t know: 8%

But if you remove the non-voters, real result is:

✅ Remain: 64%
❌ Leave: 36%

That’s nearly a 2:1 margin to rejoin.
Mandate gone.

#Rejoin #BrexitReality #EU

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andrew442.bsky.social @andrew442.bsky.social · Aug 2

Amen, although at half time and the way we were playing i thought a win was on the cards, still at start of the game I'd have settled for a point

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andrew442.bsky.social @andrew442.bsky.social · Jul 31

This is their only route left to raise more taxes, better do it sooner rather than later

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Phil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social · Jul 19

I signed this letter.

This isn't about party politics but about my constituents.

Only last week Japanese manufacturer Astemo confirmed £100 million of investment into new highly-skilled jobs for the electric vehicle supply chain right here in Horwich.

Reform would rip that up. Irresponsible.

Labour MPs challenge Richard Tice over Reform UK’s plan to scrap green projects

Exclusive: Letter signed by 59 MPs criticises party’s deputy leader after his warned energy firms over new contracts

www.theguardian.com

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · Jul 20

Stephen Flynn, "On Brexit, everyone across the UK right now feels that Britain is broken"

"And the guy who orchestrated Brexit, Nigel Farage, doesn't have to face the consequences of the economic damage that Brexit has done to the UK"

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · Jul 13

“Being gay is a sin.” Says Reform UK’s Councillor Rory Green of Nottinghamshire County Council.

Yes, the same Cllr Green that was pen friend to the mastermind of 9/11.

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andrew442.bsky.social @andrew442.bsky.social · Jul 4

If we had PR I'd be happy with this, however I'm filled with the dread of unintended consequences

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