Dawny B
@dawnbritten.bsky.social
Shadow Reform Minister for Hedgehogs. Hobbit. A bit silly. An ally . 🏳️⚧️
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I served in multiple authoritarian countries. One common thread that I witnessed first-hand is that when autocrats assault their own citizens, their first response is ALWAYS to claim that the victims were guilty of "attacking" the state. That's exactly what DHS/DOJ does.
This is Trump's America.
This is Trump's America.
ON TAPE: Federal immigration agents have repeatedly shot at drivers
YouTube video by MS NOW
www.youtube.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:05 AM
I served in multiple authoritarian countries. One common thread that I witnessed first-hand is that when autocrats assault their own citizens, their first response is ALWAYS to claim that the victims were guilty of "attacking" the state. That's exactly what DHS/DOJ does.
This is Trump's America.
This is Trump's America.
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People know where the bodies are buried.
New Investigation Launched into Epstein's 7,600-Acre Zorro Ranch. Here's What We Know — TIME
Lawmakers will to attempt uncover what happened at Zorro ranch, where many women say abuse occurred.
apple.news
February 17, 2026 at 8:58 PM
People know where the bodies are buried.
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“The cavalry is coming.”
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band to launch Land of Hope & Dreams Tour 'in defense of America' — Billboard
“The calvary is coming,” the Boss declares with the 20-date outing
apple.news
February 17, 2026 at 8:11 PM
“The cavalry is coming.”
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It's becoming clearer. The plan is to create a veritable government of all the talentless.
Reform’s new shadow cabinet team:
Leader: Nigel Farage
Chancellor: Robert Jenrick
Home: Zia Yusuf
Business, Trade & Energy: Richard Tice
Education & Skills: Suella Braverman
Chief Whip: Lee Anderson
Leader: Nigel Farage
Chancellor: Robert Jenrick
Home: Zia Yusuf
Business, Trade & Energy: Richard Tice
Education & Skills: Suella Braverman
Chief Whip: Lee Anderson
February 17, 2026 at 12:36 PM
It's becoming clearer. The plan is to create a veritable government of all the talentless.
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The very worst of the Tories live again… 🙄 www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:31 PM
The very worst of the Tories live again… 🙄 www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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A thing we've forgotten over the past 18 months but is becoming increasingly clear again: Nigel Farage is quite bad at politics
February 17, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A thing we've forgotten over the past 18 months but is becoming increasingly clear again: Nigel Farage is quite bad at politics
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Russia, Iran and China are all supplying warships for joint naval exercises in the Strait of Hormuz over the next few days, Russian presidential aide Nikolai Patrushev said. (Iran International)
February 17, 2026 at 8:21 AM
Russia, Iran and China are all supplying warships for joint naval exercises in the Strait of Hormuz over the next few days, Russian presidential aide Nikolai Patrushev said. (Iran International)
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Not surprising Farage hasn't bothered to announce a health spokesperson - his entire team is populated by politicians who broke the NHS.
They've also forgotten about a foreign affairs spokesperson, but I guess they will take their orders straight from Trump's White House anyway.
They've also forgotten about a foreign affairs spokesperson, but I guess they will take their orders straight from Trump's White House anyway.
February 17, 2026 at 12:15 PM
Not surprising Farage hasn't bothered to announce a health spokesperson - his entire team is populated by politicians who broke the NHS.
They've also forgotten about a foreign affairs spokesperson, but I guess they will take their orders straight from Trump's White House anyway.
They've also forgotten about a foreign affairs spokesperson, but I guess they will take their orders straight from Trump's White House anyway.
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The DOJ managed to do something remarkable with the Epstein files. They’ve over-protected the powerful and under-protected the victims.
I wrote about what we know, what’s still redacted, and why the surveillance of Congress should alarm everyone: open.substack.com/pub/logicall...
I wrote about what we know, what’s still redacted, and why the surveillance of Congress should alarm everyone: open.substack.com/pub/logicall...
February 17, 2026 at 11:52 AM
The DOJ managed to do something remarkable with the Epstein files. They’ve over-protected the powerful and under-protected the victims.
I wrote about what we know, what’s still redacted, and why the surveillance of Congress should alarm everyone: open.substack.com/pub/logicall...
I wrote about what we know, what’s still redacted, and why the surveillance of Congress should alarm everyone: open.substack.com/pub/logicall...
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This is a pretty bizarre cock-up. "Reform UK-led North Northamptonshire Council has had to halt planning projects after publishing consultation notices in the Northamptonshire Telegraph, which doesn’t circulate locally, instead of the Peterborough Telegraph."
Planning projects halted thanks to council's local paper blunder - Journalism News from HoldtheFrontPage
Councillors told of local paper blunder
www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk
February 17, 2026 at 11:48 AM
This is a pretty bizarre cock-up. "Reform UK-led North Northamptonshire Council has had to halt planning projects after publishing consultation notices in the Northamptonshire Telegraph, which doesn’t circulate locally, instead of the Peterborough Telegraph."
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Suella Braverman has just been made Reform’s minister for EDUCATION!!!
😳😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
😳😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
February 17, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Suella Braverman has just been made Reform’s minister for EDUCATION!!!
😳😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
😳😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
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Conspiring to overthrow a UK Prime Minister might be called a coup. To do so for payment from and the interests of a foreign state like the US, contrary to UK interests? Treason. For the benefit of an enemy state like Russia? Traitors. For which the highest penalties are reserved.
Which is it?
Which is it?
The messages between the far-right former Trump adviser Steve Bannon and the late convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein reveal how Bannon worked with Boris Johnson and Farage to “overthrow” Theresa May at the height of the 2018 Brexit crisis in the UK
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/16/b...
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/16/b...
Bannon, Epstein, Farage and Johnson and the Plot to 'Topple' Theresa May
The far-right former Trump adviser told Jeffrey Epstein that "we are overthrowing May right now" as he worked with Boris Johnson to remove the then Conservative Prime Minister from office
bylinetimes.com
February 17, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Conspiring to overthrow a UK Prime Minister might be called a coup. To do so for payment from and the interests of a foreign state like the US, contrary to UK interests? Treason. For the benefit of an enemy state like Russia? Traitors. For which the highest penalties are reserved.
Which is it?
Which is it?
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“Clean energy drove more than 90% of China’s investment growth last year”.
The new Industrial Revolution is here and we‘re going to miss the boat if we listen to fossil fuel gimps like Trump, Farage and Tice — renewables are the present as well as the future.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The new Industrial Revolution is here and we‘re going to miss the boat if we listen to fossil fuel gimps like Trump, Farage and Tice — renewables are the present as well as the future.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on Donald Trump and the climate crisis: the US is in reverse while China ploughs ahead | Editorial
Editorial: The president’s destructive policies enrich fossil fuel billionaires, while Beijing has bet big on the green transition
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 10:17 AM
“Clean energy drove more than 90% of China’s investment growth last year”.
The new Industrial Revolution is here and we‘re going to miss the boat if we listen to fossil fuel gimps like Trump, Farage and Tice — renewables are the present as well as the future.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The new Industrial Revolution is here and we‘re going to miss the boat if we listen to fossil fuel gimps like Trump, Farage and Tice — renewables are the present as well as the future.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
February 17, 2026 at 9:56 AM
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We seem to be losing a lot of good ones recently. That’s across all industries and so on RIP
BREAKING NEWS
Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson has died. A towering figure in American activism and politics, Jackson spent decades fighting for racial justice and equality. More to follow as details emerge.
Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson has died. A towering figure in American activism and politics, Jackson spent decades fighting for racial justice and equality. More to follow as details emerge.
February 17, 2026 at 9:51 AM
We seem to be losing a lot of good ones recently. That’s across all industries and so on RIP
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Brighton Dome capacity is 1700!
And we've only got a couple of hundred tickets left for this Monday in Brighton with Caroline Lucas.
Join us for a live @boldpolitics.bsky.social
brightondome.org/whats-on/LT0...
And we've only got a couple of hundred tickets left for this Monday in Brighton with Caroline Lucas.
Join us for a live @boldpolitics.bsky.social
brightondome.org/whats-on/LT0...
Bold Politics live with Zack Polanski and Caroline Lucas / Talks / What's On - Brighton Dome
Brighton & Hove Green Party brings the hit podcast Bold Politics with Zack Polanski to the Dome for a live episode with special guest Caroline Lucas.
brightondome.org
February 17, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Brighton Dome capacity is 1700!
And we've only got a couple of hundred tickets left for this Monday in Brighton with Caroline Lucas.
Join us for a live @boldpolitics.bsky.social
brightondome.org/whats-on/LT0...
And we've only got a couple of hundred tickets left for this Monday in Brighton with Caroline Lucas.
Join us for a live @boldpolitics.bsky.social
brightondome.org/whats-on/LT0...
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#RecipeOfTheDay is, as it must be on Pancake Day, obviously enough, pancakes and, specifically, crêpes. These are the pancakes of my childhood and, furthermore, I have to eat them with just sugar and lemon juice. But that’s me: you go as wild as you want! www.nigella.com/recipes/crepes
Crepes
Although thick, fluffy American pancakes seem to predominate in my house, I couldn't let Pancake Day pass without making a batch of these: it would seem a sin against tradition, nature and greed. They...
www.nigella.com
February 17, 2026 at 9:43 AM
#RecipeOfTheDay is, as it must be on Pancake Day, obviously enough, pancakes and, specifically, crêpes. These are the pancakes of my childhood and, furthermore, I have to eat them with just sugar and lemon juice. But that’s me: you go as wild as you want! www.nigella.com/recipes/crepes
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No one puts it better.
Farage scrabbles around in his grubby little cesspit of cheats, fools and racists and chooses Robert *cash-for-favours* Jenrick as his chancellor. I guess it was between him, a tax dodger or a couple of morons.
But still. That “experience of government” is looking very much like the wrong kind…
But still. That “experience of government” is looking very much like the wrong kind…
February 17, 2026 at 9:11 AM
No one puts it better.
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Brits would decisively support rejoining the European Union if a new referendum were held, according to the latest polling from YouGov, with clear majorities emerging across all age groups – especially among younger voters
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bri...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bri...
Brits would overwhelmingly back Rejoin in new referendum
Brits would decisively support rejoining the European Union if a new referendum were held, YouGov polling has found.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
February 17, 2026 at 9:29 AM
Brits would decisively support rejoining the European Union if a new referendum were held, according to the latest polling from YouGov, with clear majorities emerging across all age groups – especially among younger voters
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bri...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bri...
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No thank you. I imagine my absence from social media will be a massive relief to most people, I don't want to prolong the pain.
Meta has patented AI that can run a dead person's account, continuing to post and chat on their behalf
It can message and video call by replicating a user's online behavior using their past data
It can message and video call by replicating a user's online behavior using their past data
February 17, 2026 at 9:16 AM
No thank you. I imagine my absence from social media will be a massive relief to most people, I don't want to prolong the pain.
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Staggering that 24% of voters in this advanced country continue to believe in a bunch of entitled bigots with unworkable policies, whose very ideas put us in the abject chaos we are in. Truly God awful idiots, and I make no apology for saying that.
YouGov Reform 24% (Reform + Cons 42% on the right) fits genereal pattern: Reform 2026 < Reform 2025.
Westminster Voting Intention:
REF: 24% (-3)
LAB: 19% (=)
CON: 18% (=)
GRN: 17% (+1)
LDM: 13% (-1)
SNP: 3% (=)
OTH: 4% (+2)
Via @YouGov, On 15-16th February,
Changes w/ 8-9 February.
Westminster Voting Intention:
REF: 24% (-3)
LAB: 19% (=)
CON: 18% (=)
GRN: 17% (+1)
LDM: 13% (-1)
SNP: 3% (=)
OTH: 4% (+2)
Via @YouGov, On 15-16th February,
Changes w/ 8-9 February.
February 17, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Staggering that 24% of voters in this advanced country continue to believe in a bunch of entitled bigots with unworkable policies, whose very ideas put us in the abject chaos we are in. Truly God awful idiots, and I make no apology for saying that.
Anyone?
This may have been missed today. More than 150,000 adults with disabilities should have at least £400 a year extra to help with living costs under changes announced by the government
February 17, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Anyone?
My MP 😍 he puts up with me x
🎓In recent years we’ve seen significant changes to the system including the freezing of repayment thresholds & continuous changes to terms & conditions, something no other lender would be permitted to do.
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February 17, 2026 at 9:00 AM
My MP 😍 he puts up with me x
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Dim-witted real estate guy and inexplicably US envoy Steve Witkoff will be taking part in talks in Geneva today to end the war in Ukraine *and* the forthcoming one in Iran.
Real estate guy and possible vampire Jared Kushner will be accompanying him.
Real estate guy and possible vampire Jared Kushner will be accompanying him.
February 17, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Dim-witted real estate guy and inexplicably US envoy Steve Witkoff will be taking part in talks in Geneva today to end the war in Ukraine *and* the forthcoming one in Iran.
Real estate guy and possible vampire Jared Kushner will be accompanying him.
Real estate guy and possible vampire Jared Kushner will be accompanying him.