Paul
@pauljer.bsky.social
Professional science teacher. Amateur singer and guitarist.
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Farage failed to declare over £380,000 in outside earnings on top of his MP's salary.
He's lining his pockets when he should be standing up for Britain.
www.parliament.uk/globalassets...
He's lining his pockets when he should be standing up for Britain.
www.parliament.uk/globalassets...
January 21, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Farage failed to declare over £380,000 in outside earnings on top of his MP's salary.
He's lining his pockets when he should be standing up for Britain.
www.parliament.uk/globalassets...
He's lining his pockets when he should be standing up for Britain.
www.parliament.uk/globalassets...
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Vicki Young raises the high cost of UK energy without the vital context that this is due to gas setting the price, not renewables. With that omission, she sets up the Tory MP to attack renewables on the completely false basis that they are responsible. Inexcusable sloppy. journalism.
#politicslive
#politicslive
January 21, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Vicki Young raises the high cost of UK energy without the vital context that this is due to gas setting the price, not renewables. With that omission, she sets up the Tory MP to attack renewables on the completely false basis that they are responsible. Inexcusable sloppy. journalism.
#politicslive
#politicslive
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Brexit isolated us from our European partners but now is the time for Europe to act united.
Former NATO Secretary General and former Danish PM Anders Rasmussen said: "The time of flattery has ended.”
Former NATO Secretary General and former Danish PM Anders Rasmussen said: "The time of flattery has ended.”
January 21, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Brexit isolated us from our European partners but now is the time for Europe to act united.
Former NATO Secretary General and former Danish PM Anders Rasmussen said: "The time of flattery has ended.”
Former NATO Secretary General and former Danish PM Anders Rasmussen said: "The time of flattery has ended.”
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I was heckled by another MP while asking about inclusive relationship education in schools
Sickened but not really surprised that homophobia is alive and well on the bench behind me
'They're primary school kids' he says - as if no primary school kids have lesbian or gay parents!
Sickened but not really surprised that homophobia is alive and well on the bench behind me
'They're primary school kids' he says - as if no primary school kids have lesbian or gay parents!
January 21, 2026 at 11:32 AM
I was heckled by another MP while asking about inclusive relationship education in schools
Sickened but not really surprised that homophobia is alive and well on the bench behind me
'They're primary school kids' he says - as if no primary school kids have lesbian or gay parents!
Sickened but not really surprised that homophobia is alive and well on the bench behind me
'They're primary school kids' he says - as if no primary school kids have lesbian or gay parents!
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Keir Starmer responds to Trump's threats against Greenland:
"Britain will not yield on our principles and values about the future of Greenland under threats of tariffs."
"Britain will not yield on our principles and values about the future of Greenland under threats of tariffs."
January 21, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Keir Starmer responds to Trump's threats against Greenland:
"Britain will not yield on our principles and values about the future of Greenland under threats of tariffs."
"Britain will not yield on our principles and values about the future of Greenland under threats of tariffs."
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Keir Starmer on Robert Jenrick's defection to Reform UK:
"She (Badenoch) read the guy's defection letter. And then decided to sack him."
"What was she going to do? Correct the typos and give it back to him?"
"She (Badenoch) read the guy's defection letter. And then decided to sack him."
"What was she going to do? Correct the typos and give it back to him?"
January 21, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Keir Starmer on Robert Jenrick's defection to Reform UK:
"She (Badenoch) read the guy's defection letter. And then decided to sack him."
"What was she going to do? Correct the typos and give it back to him?"
"She (Badenoch) read the guy's defection letter. And then decided to sack him."
"What was she going to do? Correct the typos and give it back to him?"
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The press release for the Warm Homes Plan - the long-awaited Warm Homes Plan! - is out
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
No ban on gas boilers in UK warm homes plan but heat pumps get £2.7bn push
Government opts against phasing out new boilers by 2035 in effort to cut energy bills by as much as £1,000 a year
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:33 PM
The press release for the Warm Homes Plan - the long-awaited Warm Homes Plan! - is out
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The New World asked me to speak to some British trans women about what life has been like for them over the past few years - here's what they had to say, in their own words: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...
January 21, 2026 at 9:38 AM
The New World asked me to speak to some British trans women about what life has been like for them over the past few years - here's what they had to say, in their own words: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...
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Lest we forget...
'Helen Whately is claiming up to £39,000-a-year to rent a property in London despite her home only being 50 miles from Westminster. She has been named as the Tory MP claiming the highest rent at £3,250 a month.' (Apr 2021)
#politicslive
www.mylondon.news/news/uk-worl...
'Helen Whately is claiming up to £39,000-a-year to rent a property in London despite her home only being 50 miles from Westminster. She has been named as the Tory MP claiming the highest rent at £3,250 a month.' (Apr 2021)
#politicslive
www.mylondon.news/news/uk-worl...
MP 'claiming £39k-a-year' London rent while her is 50 miles from Westminster
The Conservative MP is claiming £3,250 rent expenses a month
www.mylondon.news
January 21, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Lest we forget...
'Helen Whately is claiming up to £39,000-a-year to rent a property in London despite her home only being 50 miles from Westminster. She has been named as the Tory MP claiming the highest rent at £3,250 a month.' (Apr 2021)
#politicslive
www.mylondon.news/news/uk-worl...
'Helen Whately is claiming up to £39,000-a-year to rent a property in London despite her home only being 50 miles from Westminster. She has been named as the Tory MP claiming the highest rent at £3,250 a month.' (Apr 2021)
#politicslive
www.mylondon.news/news/uk-worl...
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If you want the actual report and not an account of it behind a paywall, here it is.
Although offshore wind farms as security assets is something I have mentioned many times here and in the old days on Twitter to, I have nothing to do with this report.
www.e3g.org/publications...
Although offshore wind farms as security assets is something I have mentioned many times here and in the old days on Twitter to, I have nothing to do with this report.
www.e3g.org/publications...
January 21, 2026 at 11:05 AM
If you want the actual report and not an account of it behind a paywall, here it is.
Although offshore wind farms as security assets is something I have mentioned many times here and in the old days on Twitter to, I have nothing to do with this report.
www.e3g.org/publications...
Although offshore wind farms as security assets is something I have mentioned many times here and in the old days on Twitter to, I have nothing to do with this report.
www.e3g.org/publications...
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… including payments for promoting gold, presenting on GB News and from his friend George Cottrell, within 28 days.
Reform UK leader apologised for what he described as administrative errors by his team.
Reform UK leader apologised for what he described as administrative errors by his team.
January 21, 2026 at 8:48 AM
… including payments for promoting gold, presenting on GB News and from his friend George Cottrell, within 28 days.
Reform UK leader apologised for what he described as administrative errors by his team.
Reform UK leader apologised for what he described as administrative errors by his team.
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New - Nigel Farage has been found by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards to have made 17 standards breaches, adding up to over £380,000 in late declarations.
He’s apologised, so no further investigation (which seems unusual for a breach this large)
He’s apologised, so no further investigation (which seems unusual for a breach this large)
January 21, 2026 at 8:53 AM
New - Nigel Farage has been found by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards to have made 17 standards breaches, adding up to over £380,000 in late declarations.
He’s apologised, so no further investigation (which seems unusual for a breach this large)
He’s apologised, so no further investigation (which seems unusual for a breach this large)
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Once upon a time there lived a funny little man called Trumpy Wumpy.
He had straw hair, orange skin & smelled horrible.
But he could do magic!
He grew back his ear once & he had a strange power called Redaction which made things he didn’t like disappear.
He was jolly nasty…
He had straw hair, orange skin & smelled horrible.
But he could do magic!
He grew back his ear once & he had a strange power called Redaction which made things he didn’t like disappear.
He was jolly nasty…
January 21, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Once upon a time there lived a funny little man called Trumpy Wumpy.
He had straw hair, orange skin & smelled horrible.
But he could do magic!
He grew back his ear once & he had a strange power called Redaction which made things he didn’t like disappear.
He was jolly nasty…
He had straw hair, orange skin & smelled horrible.
But he could do magic!
He grew back his ear once & he had a strange power called Redaction which made things he didn’t like disappear.
He was jolly nasty…
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Compare & contrast. This is Trump’s demand for Greenland. And this is Hitler’s for the Sudetenland.
There is no difference. The language. The unstoppable need to dominate. The megalomania. It’s the same.
And Keir Starmer’s response is appeasement. We are in that moment.
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There is no difference. The language. The unstoppable need to dominate. The megalomania. It’s the same.
And Keir Starmer’s response is appeasement. We are in that moment.
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January 20, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Compare & contrast. This is Trump’s demand for Greenland. And this is Hitler’s for the Sudetenland.
There is no difference. The language. The unstoppable need to dominate. The megalomania. It’s the same.
And Keir Starmer’s response is appeasement. We are in that moment.
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There is no difference. The language. The unstoppable need to dominate. The megalomania. It’s the same.
And Keir Starmer’s response is appeasement. We are in that moment.
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The Standards Commissioner has found Farage failed to declare £380,000 in outside interests within the required 28 days, including GB News work and promoting gold. He blamed administrative errors by his team.
January 21, 2026 at 9:23 AM
The Standards Commissioner has found Farage failed to declare £380,000 in outside interests within the required 28 days, including GB News work and promoting gold. He blamed administrative errors by his team.
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Oxfam says billionaires are not only wealthier than ever they also have more influence over politics and own most major news and social media companies
www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/...
Billionaires have more money and political power than ever, Oxfam says
Charity says superrich 4,000 times more likely to hold political power than others and own all social media companies.
www.aljazeera.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:29 AM
Oxfam says billionaires are not only wealthier than ever they also have more influence over politics and own most major news and social media companies
www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/...
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Don’t know about you but not sure I want a computer illiterate ‘oddball’ anywhere near power in the UK and let alone someone who can’t follow the rules with his finances.
Who paid for his house????
Who paid for his house????
January 21, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Don’t know about you but not sure I want a computer illiterate ‘oddball’ anywhere near power in the UK and let alone someone who can’t follow the rules with his finances.
Who paid for his house????
Who paid for his house????
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I’d like to see countries stepping out of The World Cup and The Olympics.
The King should cancel his visit.
And the bankers should sell a few US bonds.
Let’s put our money where our mouth is.
The King should cancel his visit.
And the bankers should sell a few US bonds.
Let’s put our money where our mouth is.
January 21, 2026 at 8:13 AM
I’d like to see countries stepping out of The World Cup and The Olympics.
The King should cancel his visit.
And the bankers should sell a few US bonds.
Let’s put our money where our mouth is.
The King should cancel his visit.
And the bankers should sell a few US bonds.
Let’s put our money where our mouth is.
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Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from just 32 fossil fuel firms.
Will get the worse as execs appease Trump, and shareholders count profits from destruction of livelihoods and the planet
Will get the worse as execs appease Trump, and shareholders count profits from destruction of livelihoods and the planet
Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from just 32 fossil fuel firms, study shows
Critics accuse leading firms of sabotaging climate action but say data increasingly being used to hold them to account
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 8:16 AM
Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from just 32 fossil fuel firms.
Will get the worse as execs appease Trump, and shareholders count profits from destruction of livelihoods and the planet
Will get the worse as execs appease Trump, and shareholders count profits from destruction of livelihoods and the planet
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Still the big question for me is what those who cheerled for Trump - Boris Johnson, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Farage etc - actually expected would happen with his presidency?
Did they think his economic illiteracy would help? Did they think deporting tens of thousands would be peaceful?
Did they think his economic illiteracy would help? Did they think deporting tens of thousands would be peaceful?
January 21, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Still the big question for me is what those who cheerled for Trump - Boris Johnson, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Farage etc - actually expected would happen with his presidency?
Did they think his economic illiteracy would help? Did they think deporting tens of thousands would be peaceful?
Did they think his economic illiteracy would help? Did they think deporting tens of thousands would be peaceful?
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Farage fawned over Trump for a decade. Begged to sit at his dining table and ride in his gold lift. Played the presidential tribute to him as his LBC intro. Said he'd be great for Brexit.
Trump’s reign was never in Britain's interests.
But Farage didn't care because it flattered his fragile ego.
Trump’s reign was never in Britain's interests.
But Farage didn't care because it flattered his fragile ego.
January 20, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Farage fawned over Trump for a decade. Begged to sit at his dining table and ride in his gold lift. Played the presidential tribute to him as his LBC intro. Said he'd be great for Brexit.
Trump’s reign was never in Britain's interests.
But Farage didn't care because it flattered his fragile ego.
Trump’s reign was never in Britain's interests.
But Farage didn't care because it flattered his fragile ego.
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This is how they plan to "fix" the NHS.
(By "fix" they mean fix it in favour of profiteer shareholders).
bsky.app/profile/char...
(By "fix" they mean fix it in favour of profiteer shareholders).
bsky.app/profile/char...
Good evening bluesky! #RejoinTheEU 🇪🇺
@NaverEverFarage
@NaverEverFarage
January 21, 2026 at 8:35 AM
This is how they plan to "fix" the NHS.
(By "fix" they mean fix it in favour of profiteer shareholders).
bsky.app/profile/char...
(By "fix" they mean fix it in favour of profiteer shareholders).
bsky.app/profile/char...
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Hull and the Greenland controversy. In 1605 Christian IV, King of Denmark and Norway, appointed Hull sailor James Hall as pilot on Greenland expedition to locate Viking colonies founded by Erik the Red c1000 AD. Contact had been lost c1500. Made three voyages for King Christian to Greenland. His map
January 20, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Hull and the Greenland controversy. In 1605 Christian IV, King of Denmark and Norway, appointed Hull sailor James Hall as pilot on Greenland expedition to locate Viking colonies founded by Erik the Red c1000 AD. Contact had been lost c1500. Made three voyages for King Christian to Greenland. His map
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More than half of Greenland's capital turnout to protest Donald Trump's planned invasion.
January 20, 2026 at 4:34 PM
More than half of Greenland's capital turnout to protest Donald Trump's planned invasion.
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If you think gas power is cheap, meet Keadby 2, the last CCGT gas plant built in Great Britain
It opened in 2023, after 5yrs of development, at a cost of £350m
Owner SSE says it would now cost 3.5x to build the same plant (~£1.2bn)
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It opened in 2023, after 5yrs of development, at a cost of £350m
Owner SSE says it would now cost 3.5x to build the same plant (~£1.2bn)
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January 20, 2026 at 4:00 PM
If you think gas power is cheap, meet Keadby 2, the last CCGT gas plant built in Great Britain
It opened in 2023, after 5yrs of development, at a cost of £350m
Owner SSE says it would now cost 3.5x to build the same plant (~£1.2bn)
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It opened in 2023, after 5yrs of development, at a cost of £350m
Owner SSE says it would now cost 3.5x to build the same plant (~£1.2bn)
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