Alison Webster
@pepperperson.bsky.social
Interested in what makes the world go round and playing in a brass band. Be kind if you can. Following Pompey since 1967, a rollercoaster ride! Proud alumna of the University of Portsmouth.
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Not comfortable with the celebrations in some replies, but the article is weird. Paints him as a working class hero and "character", rather than a man with a lifetime of violence.and hooliganism, who fell to his death while taking part in a festival of xenophobia. It normalises it. Dangerous.
"He was reputed to be the first person in the country to receive a football banning order when they were introduced, and spent several spells in prison in his younger days for football-related violence."
Well-known Bristol football fan died in tragic fall from lamppost
City fan Paul Lumber was a published author of books about the days of football casuals in the 1980s
www.bristolpost.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Not comfortable with the celebrations in some replies, but the article is weird. Paints him as a working class hero and "character", rather than a man with a lifetime of violence.and hooliganism, who fell to his death while taking part in a festival of xenophobia. It normalises it. Dangerous.
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Yes, Reform's Events Co-ordinator called LGBT people nonces, but who hasn't when they've had a few drinks? After all, that's when we say what we really think.
December 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Yes, Reform's Events Co-ordinator called LGBT people nonces, but who hasn't when they've had a few drinks? After all, that's when we say what we really think.
Put 2 fingers up to Putin (and his paid lackeys) - petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Apply to Rejoin the EU as soon as possible to increase growth in the UK
We believe Brexit's not working. The OBR judges that the UK economy is smaller and trade is weaker because of Brexit, and it will just get worse. 10 years after the Brexit vote, let's apply to rejoin ...
petition.parliament.uk
December 12, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Put 2 fingers up to Putin (and his paid lackeys) - petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Ahhhhhhh.
Days after FIFA awarded Trump a fake peace prize, DOJ moves to drop charges in FIFA corruption case www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/n...
U.S. Moves to Drop Charges in International Soccer Corruption Case
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Ahhhhhhh.
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If the book is a collection of the Brexit benefit claims its author makes on X then it will mostly be a mix of falsity or garbled half-truth. But it's a big job to unpick them, so kudos to @bearlypolitics.co.uk for starting to undertake it.
Debunking Brexit Benefit 1: turns out “we got the same trade deals for free” is… not a thing.
Side note: I can already hear Brandolini somewhere laughing at me.
Side note: I can already hear Brandolini somewhere laughing at me.
Debunking Benefit 1: No, We Didn’t Get the Same Trade Deals "For Free"
When “we kept what we already had” becomes a triumph, you know the bar has been dug into the earth’s crust.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
If the book is a collection of the Brexit benefit claims its author makes on X then it will mostly be a mix of falsity or garbled half-truth. But it's a big job to unpick them, so kudos to @bearlypolitics.co.uk for starting to undertake it.
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Can we just stop and reflect on how fucking terrifying it is that “mainstream” conservatism is just straight up normalising anti-semitism and the Nazi holocaust now?
Six million people were murdered!
Synagogues still get attacked.
What the fuck is wrong with you people?
Six million people were murdered!
Synagogues still get attacked.
What the fuck is wrong with you people?
So we've gone from "he never said anything Nazi" to "well he might have said something Nazi but not in a hurtful way" to "well okay he probably did say something Nazi in a hurtful way, but didn't we all?"
December 10, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Can we just stop and reflect on how fucking terrifying it is that “mainstream” conservatism is just straight up normalising anti-semitism and the Nazi holocaust now?
Six million people were murdered!
Synagogues still get attacked.
What the fuck is wrong with you people?
Six million people were murdered!
Synagogues still get attacked.
What the fuck is wrong with you people?
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Here I am with Reform councillor Andrew Harrison, who was one of a group of people fined over £1m for employing illegal workers. Like all good patriots, he hates immigrants, apart from the ones he can exploit for profit.
December 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Here I am with Reform councillor Andrew Harrison, who was one of a group of people fined over £1m for employing illegal workers. Like all good patriots, he hates immigrants, apart from the ones he can exploit for profit.
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Donald Trump is a Kremlin stooge who wants to sell out Ukraine and the rest of Europe to Putin. We can't let that happen.
Starmer should seize frozen Russian assets in this country - today - and convince Merz and Macron to do the same.
Starmer should seize frozen Russian assets in this country - today - and convince Merz and Macron to do the same.
December 8, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Donald Trump is a Kremlin stooge who wants to sell out Ukraine and the rest of Europe to Putin. We can't let that happen.
Starmer should seize frozen Russian assets in this country - today - and convince Merz and Macron to do the same.
Starmer should seize frozen Russian assets in this country - today - and convince Merz and Macron to do the same.
If this doesn't make us rejoin nothing will.
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 8:42 AM
If this doesn't make us rejoin nothing will.
From The Telegraph "The White House is on high alert, alarmed by what it sees as a crackdown on free speech in the UK."
Interesting to see one the UK's papers so concerned by what Trump thinks.
Interesting to see one the UK's papers so concerned by what Trump thinks.
December 8, 2025 at 8:34 AM
From The Telegraph "The White House is on high alert, alarmed by what it sees as a crackdown on free speech in the UK."
Interesting to see one the UK's papers so concerned by what Trump thinks.
Interesting to see one the UK's papers so concerned by what Trump thinks.
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Farage's protégés, colleagues & close friends.
Not sure shouting "Bernard Manning" like a closing time drunk will help much here.
Not sure shouting "Bernard Manning" like a closing time drunk will help much here.
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 9:14 PM
Farage's protégés, colleagues & close friends.
Not sure shouting "Bernard Manning" like a closing time drunk will help much here.
Not sure shouting "Bernard Manning" like a closing time drunk will help much here.
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"BERNARD MANNING!"
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/989c0d4...
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/989c0d4...
Exclusive: Farage reported to police over ‘election fraud’
Former campaign team member’s claim of overspending in Clacton is rejected by Reform UK
www.telegraph.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM
"BERNARD MANNING!"
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/989c0d4...
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/989c0d4...
This is big: Spain, Ireland and the Netherlands have all pulled out of Eurovision, because Israel have been allowed to enter. We need the BBC to do the same to up the pressure on the competition's bosses. Sign the petition calling for a UK boycott now: 38d.gs/aba_
Sign the petition: tell the BBC to boycott Eurovision unless Israel is banned
This is big: Spain, Ireland and the Netherlands have all pulled out of Eurovision, because Israel have been allowed to enter. We need the BBC to do the same to up the pressure on the competition's bos...
38d.gs
December 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
This is big: Spain, Ireland and the Netherlands have all pulled out of Eurovision, because Israel have been allowed to enter. We need the BBC to do the same to up the pressure on the competition's bosses. Sign the petition calling for a UK boycott now: 38d.gs/aba_
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Nigel Farage made 90 times more Cameo videos than speeches in Parliament, records show
Nigel Farage made 90 times more Cameo videos than speeches in Parliament, records show | LBC
The Reform UK leader has filmed close to 2,000 fan videos in the last 12 months, which he sold on the US-based Cameo platform
www.lbc.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Nigel Farage made 90 times more Cameo videos than speeches in Parliament, records show
The man is an utter disgrace to journalism.
December 1, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The man is an utter disgrace to journalism.
Nigel’s Salad Days
open.substack.com/pub/mattcarr...
open.substack.com/pub/mattcarr...
Nigel’s Salad Days
Portrait of the (Con) Artist as a Young Nazi
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Nigel’s Salad Days
open.substack.com/pub/mattcarr...
open.substack.com/pub/mattcarr...
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Dunce Hat Dickie might want to tread carefully…
An E in Maths, an E in Politics at A-Level, then a 2.2 in his Quantity Surveying Degree.
4 years later, aged 27, Tice was appointed CEO of the Sunley Group*.
*his family's company.
An E in Maths, an E in Politics at A-Level, then a 2.2 in his Quantity Surveying Degree.
4 years later, aged 27, Tice was appointed CEO of the Sunley Group*.
*his family's company.
November 30, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Dunce Hat Dickie might want to tread carefully…
An E in Maths, an E in Politics at A-Level, then a 2.2 in his Quantity Surveying Degree.
4 years later, aged 27, Tice was appointed CEO of the Sunley Group*.
*his family's company.
An E in Maths, an E in Politics at A-Level, then a 2.2 in his Quantity Surveying Degree.
4 years later, aged 27, Tice was appointed CEO of the Sunley Group*.
*his family's company.
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Through his life and extraordinary talent, the immigrant and refugee child Tomáš Sträussler who became known to us all as Tom Stoppard made British theatre and this country a better place to be.
You might even argue that he helped redefine Englishness through his astonishing legacy of work.
You might even argue that he helped redefine Englishness through his astonishing legacy of work.
November 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Through his life and extraordinary talent, the immigrant and refugee child Tomáš Sträussler who became known to us all as Tom Stoppard made British theatre and this country a better place to be.
You might even argue that he helped redefine Englishness through his astonishing legacy of work.
You might even argue that he helped redefine Englishness through his astonishing legacy of work.
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Can’t remember budget ‘case studies’ ever being quite so funny. Especially in newspapers that recently anointed Liz Truss a fiscal genius.
Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
November 29, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Can’t remember budget ‘case studies’ ever being quite so funny. Especially in newspapers that recently anointed Liz Truss a fiscal genius.
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🚨The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy is now within touching distance of 80,000 signatures!
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 28, 2025 at 8:34 AM
🚨The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy is now within touching distance of 80,000 signatures!
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
LET’S KEEP GOING!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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“Dear Diary,
People are still being mean about me being a racist at school. I tried saying I was only racist in a nice way, but that didn’t work so I pretended that the 23 witnesses were all making it up. Hopefully that will do the trick…”
People are still being mean about me being a racist at school. I tried saying I was only racist in a nice way, but that didn’t work so I pretended that the 23 witnesses were all making it up. Hopefully that will do the trick…”
November 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
“Dear Diary,
People are still being mean about me being a racist at school. I tried saying I was only racist in a nice way, but that didn’t work so I pretended that the 23 witnesses were all making it up. Hopefully that will do the trick…”
People are still being mean about me being a racist at school. I tried saying I was only racist in a nice way, but that didn’t work so I pretended that the 23 witnesses were all making it up. Hopefully that will do the trick…”