Graham
@grahamph.bsky.social
IT Consultant. Author - CIO Magazine, FX Trader. Book ‘Dynamic Web Programming’ - Prentice Hall.
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Can I suggest that everyone disgusted by Farage’s shameful treatment of @annasophiegross.bsky.social follows her en masse?
Let’s show her our support, solidarity and that we stand with her, and every other journalist, who is doing their job and holding all politicians to account.
Let’s show her our support, solidarity and that we stand with her, and every other journalist, who is doing their job and holding all politicians to account.
February 17, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Can I suggest that everyone disgusted by Farage’s shameful treatment of @annasophiegross.bsky.social follows her en masse?
Let’s show her our support, solidarity and that we stand with her, and every other journalist, who is doing their job and holding all politicians to account.
Let’s show her our support, solidarity and that we stand with her, and every other journalist, who is doing their job and holding all politicians to account.
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History teaches us that the greatest harms often begin with the quiet acceptance of the unacceptable. I have seen where that road leads, and I will not walk it again without resistance.
February 17, 2026 at 5:51 PM
History teaches us that the greatest harms often begin with the quiet acceptance of the unacceptable. I have seen where that road leads, and I will not walk it again without resistance.
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Appointing Robert Jenrick as Reform UK's shadow chancellor should raise a few tens of thousands of pounds in donations from billionaire property developers keen to avoid £45m tax bills
February 17, 2026 at 4:24 PM
Appointing Robert Jenrick as Reform UK's shadow chancellor should raise a few tens of thousands of pounds in donations from billionaire property developers keen to avoid £45m tax bills
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Read and share all over..he nails it
February 16, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Read and share all over..he nails it
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From @theathletic.com: Team USA's Elana Meyers Taylor is 41 years old, with an all-time great bobsledding career already to her name. She is a mother twice over, with two deaf sons under the age of 5. And now she's an Olympic gold medalist.
nyti.ms/4amQilT
nyti.ms/4amQilT
February 16, 2026 at 9:21 PM
From @theathletic.com: Team USA's Elana Meyers Taylor is 41 years old, with an all-time great bobsledding career already to her name. She is a mother twice over, with two deaf sons under the age of 5. And now she's an Olympic gold medalist.
nyti.ms/4amQilT
nyti.ms/4amQilT
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Asked back in 2019 about reports of his work with Steve Bannon, Boris Johnson described them as “the biggest load of codswallop I have ever heard.”
His spokesperson did not respond to requests for comment following the publication of Bannon's messages to Epstein confirming the relationship
His spokesperson did not respond to requests for comment following the publication of Bannon's messages to Epstein confirming the relationship
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 16, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Asked back in 2019 about reports of his work with Steve Bannon, Boris Johnson described them as “the biggest load of codswallop I have ever heard.”
His spokesperson did not respond to requests for comment following the publication of Bannon's messages to Epstein confirming the relationship
His spokesperson did not respond to requests for comment following the publication of Bannon's messages to Epstein confirming the relationship
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@zackpolanski.bsky.social: “This is more confirmation that Reform and Goodwin are not just part of an extremist anti-British project,” Polanski said, “but are also enriching themselves on foreign far-right money.”
Blimey. Looks like Matt Goodwin, who seems to think the Handmaid's Tale is an instruction manual, is in the pay of an Orban think tank, funded by Russian oil money.
Orbán’s pay cheques: Reform candidate fuelled by profits from Russian oil
The Reform candidate at this month’s byelection claims he wants to put Britain first, but is he still on the payroll of Viktor Orbán’s far-right propaganda unit?
goodlaw.social
February 16, 2026 at 5:47 PM
@zackpolanski.bsky.social: “This is more confirmation that Reform and Goodwin are not just part of an extremist anti-British project,” Polanski said, “but are also enriching themselves on foreign far-right money.”
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Didnt contradict Johnson's ties to Russia, it in fact complements the puzzle pieces we have on Epstein. Johnson is tied to former KGB officers Alexander Lebedev and Vladimir Yakunin and their sons (Yakunin pushes fake Western conservatism + has ties to former Austrian Social Democratic chancellors
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 16, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Didnt contradict Johnson's ties to Russia, it in fact complements the puzzle pieces we have on Epstein. Johnson is tied to former KGB officers Alexander Lebedev and Vladimir Yakunin and their sons (Yakunin pushes fake Western conservatism + has ties to former Austrian Social Democratic chancellors
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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 16, 2026 at 12:17 PM
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...
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So good to see this recognition of what’s happening in GM.👇🏻
It’s based on
🐝 setting high, long-term ambitions & sticking to them
🐝 strong partnership between public, private and other sectors
🐝 collaborative ‘place-first’ politics
And we’re only getting started! 💪🏻
It’s based on
🐝 setting high, long-term ambitions & sticking to them
🐝 strong partnership between public, private and other sectors
🐝 collaborative ‘place-first’ politics
And we’re only getting started! 💪🏻
Could Manchester be a model for the UK to kickstart growth?
With an annual growth rate of 3.1%, Manchester's economy has performed twice as well as that of the UK as a whole.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 6:07 PM
So good to see this recognition of what’s happening in GM.👇🏻
It’s based on
🐝 setting high, long-term ambitions & sticking to them
🐝 strong partnership between public, private and other sectors
🐝 collaborative ‘place-first’ politics
And we’re only getting started! 💪🏻
It’s based on
🐝 setting high, long-term ambitions & sticking to them
🐝 strong partnership between public, private and other sectors
🐝 collaborative ‘place-first’ politics
And we’re only getting started! 💪🏻
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Munich Disagreement: Conflict In Our Time
Marco Rubio’s Munich Security Conference performance highlighted fundamental flaws in a US security strategy which, if not corrected, will drive Europe, the USA and the world to destruction.
What can Europe do?
A 🧵 /1.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...
Marco Rubio’s Munich Security Conference performance highlighted fundamental flaws in a US security strategy which, if not corrected, will drive Europe, the USA and the world to destruction.
What can Europe do?
A 🧵 /1.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...
Once the Americans Warned of the Russian Threat. Now, It’s the Europeans’ Turn.
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Munich Disagreement: Conflict In Our Time
Marco Rubio’s Munich Security Conference performance highlighted fundamental flaws in a US security strategy which, if not corrected, will drive Europe, the USA and the world to destruction.
What can Europe do?
A 🧵 /1.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...
Marco Rubio’s Munich Security Conference performance highlighted fundamental flaws in a US security strategy which, if not corrected, will drive Europe, the USA and the world to destruction.
What can Europe do?
A 🧵 /1.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...
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Reform UK’s Jenrick is busy blaming Nottinghamshire Council for crumbling roads and chaos - conveniently ignoring that Reform UK runs the council. What a jenprick.
Source: His Facebook account
#UKPolitics
Source: His Facebook account
#UKPolitics
February 15, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Reform UK’s Jenrick is busy blaming Nottinghamshire Council for crumbling roads and chaos - conveniently ignoring that Reform UK runs the council. What a jenprick.
Source: His Facebook account
#UKPolitics
Source: His Facebook account
#UKPolitics
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"I have a hunch more Brits would say they prefer people, immigrants or not, who pay their taxes, rather than billionaires who bugger off to Monaco and don’t," says
Emily Maitlis.
Jim Ratcliffe, she adds, is "out of his depth" with 'colonisation' claims
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/why-...
Emily Maitlis.
Jim Ratcliffe, she adds, is "out of his depth" with 'colonisation' claims
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/why-...
Why does a billionaire living in Monaco think the UK has been ‘colonised’ by migrants? | The News Agents
Jim Ratcliffe, believed to be the seventh-richest Brit in the world, has faced backlash for claims the UK has been “colonised” by migrants. Has this language been normalised in Britain?
www.thenewsagents.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 11:00 AM
"I have a hunch more Brits would say they prefer people, immigrants or not, who pay their taxes, rather than billionaires who bugger off to Monaco and don’t," says
Emily Maitlis.
Jim Ratcliffe, she adds, is "out of his depth" with 'colonisation' claims
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/why-...
Emily Maitlis.
Jim Ratcliffe, she adds, is "out of his depth" with 'colonisation' claims
www.thenewsagents.co.uk/article/why-...
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Growth up, population up, per capita GVA up too, productivity of any other city in recent years.
tram system setting records, now a net inflow of workers from London to GM, reversing the flow so familiar from history… spoke to CEOs, historians, the Mayor showing me about …
tram system setting records, now a net inflow of workers from London to GM, reversing the flow so familiar from history… spoke to CEOs, historians, the Mayor showing me about …
February 15, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Growth up, population up, per capita GVA up too, productivity of any other city in recent years.
tram system setting records, now a net inflow of workers from London to GM, reversing the flow so familiar from history… spoke to CEOs, historians, the Mayor showing me about …
tram system setting records, now a net inflow of workers from London to GM, reversing the flow so familiar from history… spoke to CEOs, historians, the Mayor showing me about …
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MOST READ:
Look up at the skyscrapers and look down at the buzz of a city full of young workers, and you see something occasionally elusive in Britain, a city full of growth and optimism.
In the week of more sluggish UK growth figures, for Radio 4’s In Other News…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Look up at the skyscrapers and look down at the buzz of a city full of young workers, and you see something occasionally elusive in Britain, a city full of growth and optimism.
In the week of more sluggish UK growth figures, for Radio 4’s In Other News…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Could Manchester be a model for the UK to kickstart growth?
With an annual growth rate of 3.1%, Manchester's economy has performed twice as well as that of the UK as a whole.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 9:45 AM
MOST READ:
Look up at the skyscrapers and look down at the buzz of a city full of young workers, and you see something occasionally elusive in Britain, a city full of growth and optimism.
In the week of more sluggish UK growth figures, for Radio 4’s In Other News…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Look up at the skyscrapers and look down at the buzz of a city full of young workers, and you see something occasionally elusive in Britain, a city full of growth and optimism.
In the week of more sluggish UK growth figures, for Radio 4’s In Other News…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The crisis in NHS dentistry is so bad that a charity set up to run clinics in poorer countries is now spending more time working in the UK.
news.sky.com/story/nhs-de...
news.sky.com/story/nhs-de...
DIY dentistry and 'no teeth left to chew with' as people go almost a decade without check-up
Patients are going almost a decade without a check-up. Others are resorting to DIY surgery. This is existential for NHS dentistry, experts warn.
news.sky.com
February 14, 2026 at 11:24 AM
The crisis in NHS dentistry is so bad that a charity set up to run clinics in poorer countries is now spending more time working in the UK.
news.sky.com/story/nhs-de...
news.sky.com/story/nhs-de...
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Andy Burnham, Lucy Powell and Ed Milliband campaigning in Denton today with Labour’s by-election candidate Angeliki Stogia
February 14, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Andy Burnham, Lucy Powell and Ed Milliband campaigning in Denton today with Labour’s by-election candidate Angeliki Stogia
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Very good from @verybrexitproblems.bsky.social
February 12, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Very good from @verybrexitproblems.bsky.social
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‘Jim Ratcliffe has moved to Monaco to save £4 billion worth of tax in this country one might question whether he is the patriot we need to comment on this issue'
Home Office minister Jake Richards speaks to #BBCBreakfast Ratcliffe claimed UK had been "colonised by immigrants"
Home Office minister Jake Richards speaks to #BBCBreakfast Ratcliffe claimed UK had been "colonised by immigrants"
February 12, 2026 at 8:07 AM
‘Jim Ratcliffe has moved to Monaco to save £4 billion worth of tax in this country one might question whether he is the patriot we need to comment on this issue'
Home Office minister Jake Richards speaks to #BBCBreakfast Ratcliffe claimed UK had been "colonised by immigrants"
Home Office minister Jake Richards speaks to #BBCBreakfast Ratcliffe claimed UK had been "colonised by immigrants"
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btw, Man Utd’s last starting 11 had the following nationalities:
Belgium, England, Argentina, England, Portugal, Brazil, England, Ivory Coast, Portugal, Cameroon, Brazil
Belgium, England, Argentina, England, Portugal, Brazil, England, Ivory Coast, Portugal, Cameroon, Brazil
February 12, 2026 at 8:32 AM
btw, Man Utd’s last starting 11 had the following nationalities:
Belgium, England, Argentina, England, Portugal, Brazil, England, Ivory Coast, Portugal, Cameroon, Brazil
Belgium, England, Argentina, England, Portugal, Brazil, England, Ivory Coast, Portugal, Cameroon, Brazil
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Jes Staley - former senior exec at JPM and CEO of Barclays - told the FCA he and Epstein were not friends.
Let's break that rule that we can't call rich/famous people "liars".
Thread:
Let's break that rule that we can't call rich/famous people "liars".
Thread:
February 12, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Jes Staley - former senior exec at JPM and CEO of Barclays - told the FCA he and Epstein were not friends.
Let's break that rule that we can't call rich/famous people "liars".
Thread:
Let's break that rule that we can't call rich/famous people "liars".
Thread:
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UPDATE: A former Trump attorney has now publicly stated that he believes Kasparov has summarized Trump's intentions *perfectly*: what the convicted felon, adjudicated rapist, and pedophile protector-in-chief is planning is the end of democracy—a fascist regime—this year or next.
February 11, 2026 at 7:08 PM
UPDATE: A former Trump attorney has now publicly stated that he believes Kasparov has summarized Trump's intentions *perfectly*: what the convicted felon, adjudicated rapist, and pedophile protector-in-chief is planning is the end of democracy—a fascist regime—this year or next.
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Given how much Nigel Farage hates working from home, it would be nice to see him turn up at his workplace a bit more regularly
February 10, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Given how much Nigel Farage hates working from home, it would be nice to see him turn up at his workplace a bit more regularly
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@elliechowns.bsky.social: "The Epstein files make it clear that Gill was not one bad apple, but part of something much bigger and darker: a web of pro-crypto, far-right, Russia-linked anti-democratic forces. It is an oblique and shady movement, in which [Farage] appears to be embroiled deeply."
February 10, 2026 at 4:58 PM
@elliechowns.bsky.social: "The Epstein files make it clear that Gill was not one bad apple, but part of something much bigger and darker: a web of pro-crypto, far-right, Russia-linked anti-democratic forces. It is an oblique and shady movement, in which [Farage] appears to be embroiled deeply."
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Wrongs and rights: the real Keir Starmer
It’s wrong to say Keir Starmer isn’t interested in policy.
Contrary to so much supposedly informed political commentary, he’s a revolutionary at heart who wants to embed for at least a generation social democratic government, for the betterment of all. /1.
It’s wrong to say Keir Starmer isn’t interested in policy.
Contrary to so much supposedly informed political commentary, he’s a revolutionary at heart who wants to embed for at least a generation social democratic government, for the betterment of all. /1.
February 9, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Wrongs and rights: the real Keir Starmer
It’s wrong to say Keir Starmer isn’t interested in policy.
Contrary to so much supposedly informed political commentary, he’s a revolutionary at heart who wants to embed for at least a generation social democratic government, for the betterment of all. /1.
It’s wrong to say Keir Starmer isn’t interested in policy.
Contrary to so much supposedly informed political commentary, he’s a revolutionary at heart who wants to embed for at least a generation social democratic government, for the betterment of all. /1.