lesleybruce
@lesleybruce.bsky.social
Wife, mother, grandma to 3 lovely girls. Horrified by the consequences of austerity, Brexit and the previous Tory government. Wanting a better country for my grandchildren.
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The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.
The US has declared rhetorical war on the EU
The calls from America this weekend to destroy the EU are revealing. They hate the union because it's the only thing that can keep European countries from being Russian or American vassals.
davekeating.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:05 AM
The calls from America this weekend to "abolish the EU" are for one simple reason: the EU is the only thing that can keep European nation-states from becoming Russian or American vassals.
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For reasons completely unrelated to any opinions about regulatory policy, a Day 1 executive order here in the US should be ending every government agency account on X. Just delete them all, plain as that. For the same reason the US government need not have accounts on Stormfront or 4chan.
Pretty crazy that nearly all of the EU Commission is still on X even as Elon Musk is literally talking about destroying the EU.
You can leave X. It's really not that difficult.
You can leave X. It's really not that difficult.
So what's the outcome?
2️⃣5️⃣ of the 27 Commissioners have posted in the last week
2️⃣4️⃣ of the 27 generally post every week (Albuquerque has never been on X, Ribera is sporadic, McGrath has somehow stopped)
0️⃣ have stopped as a result of what Twitter has become since the Musk takeover
2️⃣5️⃣ of the 27 Commissioners have posted in the last week
2️⃣4️⃣ of the 27 generally post every week (Albuquerque has never been on X, Ribera is sporadic, McGrath has somehow stopped)
0️⃣ have stopped as a result of what Twitter has become since the Musk takeover
December 7, 2025 at 11:28 PM
For reasons completely unrelated to any opinions about regulatory policy, a Day 1 executive order here in the US should be ending every government agency account on X. Just delete them all, plain as that. For the same reason the US government need not have accounts on Stormfront or 4chan.
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Hope Walz, whose brother Gus has a non-verbal learning disability, has hit out now that MAGA supporters have taken to chanting the word as they drive by the family’s house.
Tim Walz’s Daughter Eviscerates Trump for Calling Her Dad a Vile Slur
Hope Walz, whose brother Gus has a non-verbal learning disability, has hit out now that MAGA supporters have taken to chanting the word as they drive by the family’s house.
trib.al
December 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Hope Walz, whose brother Gus has a non-verbal learning disability, has hit out now that MAGA supporters have taken to chanting the word as they drive by the family’s house.
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First, leave X. Leave X. Now.
December 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
First, leave X. Leave X. Now.
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Don't do drugs, kids
December 8, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Don't do drugs, kids
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#Farage #EnochPowell Farage as part of Alan Skeds 1993 Newbury by-election campaign for the pre-UKIP Anti-federalist League. Farage reportedly chauffeured Powell to an AFL event at Newbury Racecourse.
November 26, 2025 at 2:59 AM
#Farage #EnochPowell Farage as part of Alan Skeds 1993 Newbury by-election campaign for the pre-UKIP Anti-federalist League. Farage reportedly chauffeured Powell to an AFL event at Newbury Racecourse.
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I mean, we only have to look back a few years to understand why Farage won’t apologise for his Neo Nazi school days
Nigel Farage given standing ovation at German far-right AfD election rally in 2017
news.sky.com/story/farage...
Nigel Farage given standing ovation at German far-right AfD election rally in 2017
news.sky.com/story/farage...
Nigel Farage given standing ovation at German far-right AfD election rally
The former UKIP leader says the key poll challengers are refusing to discuss Brexit as it is a "huge embarrassment" to the EU.
news.sky.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:14 AM
I mean, we only have to look back a few years to understand why Farage won’t apologise for his Neo Nazi school days
Nigel Farage given standing ovation at German far-right AfD election rally in 2017
news.sky.com/story/farage...
Nigel Farage given standing ovation at German far-right AfD election rally in 2017
news.sky.com/story/farage...
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Putin should have accepted Trump’s deal. Now Russia’s collapsing economy could lead to his downfall | Simon Tisdall
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Putin should have accepted Trump’s deal. Now Russia’s collapsing economy could lead to his downfall | Simon Tisdall
The war against Ukraine has hit ordinary Russians hard, and the deteriorating situation is likely to inflame tensions, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Putin should have accepted Trump’s deal. Now Russia’s collapsing economy could lead to his downfall | Simon Tisdall
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Manic week - apologies for multiple posts, but its all in plain sight now
The Double Headed Eagle - Russia and America and Authoritarian Big tech
The EU is the enemy of both
pdjukes.substack.com/p/the-double...
The Double Headed Eagle - Russia and America and Authoritarian Big tech
The EU is the enemy of both
pdjukes.substack.com/p/the-double...
The Double-Headed Eagle: Russia, America and the Authoritarian Big Tech Alliance
It’s all in plain sight: Bannon and Dugin preach a pro-Russian “Christian” civilisation, Musk and Medvedev call for the EU’s undoing, while Vance and Thiel’s network shields Kremlin-aligned Big Tech
pdjukes.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Manic week - apologies for multiple posts, but its all in plain sight now
The Double Headed Eagle - Russia and America and Authoritarian Big tech
The EU is the enemy of both
pdjukes.substack.com/p/the-double...
The Double Headed Eagle - Russia and America and Authoritarian Big tech
The EU is the enemy of both
pdjukes.substack.com/p/the-double...
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Three more British MEPs in Nigel Farage’s bloc now alleged to have “followed the script” given to Nathan Gill by an alleged Russian asset, according to prosecutors.
At least eight UKIP and Brexit Party MPs were focus of efforts by Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
At least eight UKIP and Brexit Party MPs were focus of efforts by Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Three more Farage bloc MEPs alleged to have followed Russian asset’s script
At least eight MEPs elected for Ukip or Brexit party now known to have been focus of efforts by jailed Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Three more British MEPs in Nigel Farage’s bloc now alleged to have “followed the script” given to Nathan Gill by an alleged Russian asset, according to prosecutors.
At least eight UKIP and Brexit Party MPs were focus of efforts by Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
At least eight UKIP and Brexit Party MPs were focus of efforts by Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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People should note that Voloshyn tried to disguise Gill’s bribes as ‘media payments’
Do we know how much Farage received for his regular appearance on RT/Russia Today around the time of Brexit?
Do we know how much Farage received for his regular appearance on RT/Russia Today around the time of Brexit?
Three more British MEPs in Nigel Farage’s bloc now alleged to have “followed the script” given to Nathan Gill by an alleged Russian asset, according to prosecutors.
At least eight UKIP and Brexit Party MPs were focus of efforts by Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
At least eight UKIP and Brexit Party MPs were focus of efforts by Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Three more Farage bloc MEPs alleged to have followed Russian asset’s script
At least eight MEPs elected for Ukip or Brexit party now known to have been focus of efforts by jailed Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:58 PM
People should note that Voloshyn tried to disguise Gill’s bribes as ‘media payments’
Do we know how much Farage received for his regular appearance on RT/Russia Today around the time of Brexit?
Do we know how much Farage received for his regular appearance on RT/Russia Today around the time of Brexit?
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Winter Equinox: Russia’s Celebration of Trump’s Strategy Masks a Dying Doom Loop
Putin began his road to ruin with a war many times worse than Vietnam and Afghanistan by underestimating Ukraine a decade ago. And now it looks like he will bring Trump down with him
open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...
Putin began his road to ruin with a war many times worse than Vietnam and Afghanistan by underestimating Ukraine a decade ago. And now it looks like he will bring Trump down with him
open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...
Winter Equinox: Russia’s Celebration of Trump’s Strategy Masks a Dying Doom Loop
Putin began his road to ruin with a war many times worse than Vietnam and Afghanistan by underestimating Ukraine a decade ago. And now it looks like he will bring Trump down with him
open.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Winter Equinox: Russia’s Celebration of Trump’s Strategy Masks a Dying Doom Loop
Putin began his road to ruin with a war many times worse than Vietnam and Afghanistan by underestimating Ukraine a decade ago. And now it looks like he will bring Trump down with him
open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...
Putin began his road to ruin with a war many times worse than Vietnam and Afghanistan by underestimating Ukraine a decade ago. And now it looks like he will bring Trump down with him
open.substack.com/pub/pdjukes/...
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This story more than any other disgusts me.
Yinka was a little 9 year old boy
Farage was a swaggering bully aged 17
We all knew those bullies at school and in this case teenager Farage was a racist bully too
Yinka was a little 9 year old boy
Farage was a swaggering bully aged 17
We all knew those bullies at school and in this case teenager Farage was a racist bully too
Yinka Bankole was 12 when Farage spotted him in the playground:
“He towered over me. ‘Where are you from?’ he asked. Within seconds of offering my rather confused and sputtering answers, he had a clear response: ‘That’s the way back to Africa,’.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
“He towered over me. ‘Where are you from?’ he asked. Within seconds of offering my rather confused and sputtering answers, he had a clear response: ‘That’s the way back to Africa,’.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Former Dulwich pupil says Farage told him: ‘That’s the way back to Africa’
Exclusive: Yinka Bankole says he felt compelled to speak out after Reform leader’s attempts to ‘dismiss’ hurt of alleged targets
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
This story more than any other disgusts me.
Yinka was a little 9 year old boy
Farage was a swaggering bully aged 17
We all knew those bullies at school and in this case teenager Farage was a racist bully too
Yinka was a little 9 year old boy
Farage was a swaggering bully aged 17
We all knew those bullies at school and in this case teenager Farage was a racist bully too
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Three more Farage bloc MEPs alleged to have followed Russian asset’s script
At least eight MEPs elected for Ukip or Brexit party now known to have been focus of efforts by jailed Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
At least eight MEPs elected for Ukip or Brexit party now known to have been focus of efforts by jailed Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Three more Farage bloc MEPs alleged to have followed Russian asset’s script
At least eight MEPs elected for Ukip or Brexit party now known to have been focus of efforts by jailed Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Three more Farage bloc MEPs alleged to have followed Russian asset’s script
At least eight MEPs elected for Ukip or Brexit party now known to have been focus of efforts by jailed Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
At least eight MEPs elected for Ukip or Brexit party now known to have been focus of efforts by jailed Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Malcolm Offord claimed more than £34,000 from the taxpayer for attending the House of Lords in the space of seven months, The National can reveal
Revealed: Scottish peer's £34k expense bill before defecting to Reform UK
www.thenational.scot
December 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Malcolm Offord claimed more than £34,000 from the taxpayer for attending the House of Lords in the space of seven months, The National can reveal
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The EU has slapped a fine on Musk's X because it is untransparent and supports deceptive practices. Nothing to do with "censorship."
December 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The EU has slapped a fine on Musk's X because it is untransparent and supports deceptive practices. Nothing to do with "censorship."
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The real question this raises is: why are the EU institutions still active on X at all? www.politico.eu/article/x-ax...
X axes European Commission’s ad account after €120M EU fine
Nikita Bier, X’s head of product, accused the EU executive of trying to amplify its own social media post about the fine on X by trying “to take advantage of an exploit in our Ad Composer.”…
www.politico.eu
December 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The real question this raises is: why are the EU institutions still active on X at all? www.politico.eu/article/x-ax...
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"I have never seen the line this long at this food bank, This is 4x the size of every previous year...the line wraps around the building a second time..Everyone is freezing and an older lady in line had to be taken inside because she looked like she was about to pass out from being too cold..."
December 6, 2025 at 11:02 PM
"I have never seen the line this long at this food bank, This is 4x the size of every previous year...the line wraps around the building a second time..Everyone is freezing and an older lady in line had to be taken inside because she looked like she was about to pass out from being too cold..."
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Otherwise we follow the lead of the abysmal Remain campaign of 2016, life is terrible unless we reform which we probably can't so vote to stay in the EU...
December 6, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Otherwise we follow the lead of the abysmal Remain campaign of 2016, life is terrible unless we reform which we probably can't so vote to stay in the EU...
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Choice right now is between tech bro fuelled nationalist populists against flawed democracy just about delivering and I know which side I'm on.
December 6, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Choice right now is between tech bro fuelled nationalist populists against flawed democracy just about delivering and I know which side I'm on.
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At some point politicians and commentators in Europe might want to start defending our system as really not too bad and far better than any realistic alternative notwithstanding frustration that we aren't all richer.
Elon Musk and his Russian friends call for the abolishment of the EU
December 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
At some point politicians and commentators in Europe might want to start defending our system as really not too bad and far better than any realistic alternative notwithstanding frustration that we aren't all richer.
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We should be crystal clear about the American intent here: in the UK, a Reform government.
December 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
We should be crystal clear about the American intent here: in the UK, a Reform government.
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The hits just keep coming….
December 6, 2025 at 10:48 PM
The hits just keep coming….
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I suspect you have to be quite racist to stand out as "the racist guy" at a boys public school of the 1980s.
December 5, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I suspect you have to be quite racist to stand out as "the racist guy" at a boys public school of the 1980s.