Paul Russell
@pwrussell.bsky.social
Woke stuff good. Fascist stuff bad.
“Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state becomes lawless or corrupt.”
— Mahatma Gandhi
I block bots, spammers and fascists on sight.
#PAFC
“Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state becomes lawless or corrupt.”
— Mahatma Gandhi
I block bots, spammers and fascists on sight.
#PAFC
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Paul Russell
@pwrussell.bsky.social
· Nov 6
Right now I don’t even know how to process this, but I do know that all decent people have to stick together, support each other and fight back
Brexit has turned us into a joke country, economically crippled, diplomatically neutered, power and prestige all but vanished, laughed at and pitied by the rest of the word. Nice work Nigel.
"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 25, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Brexit has turned us into a joke country, economically crippled, diplomatically neutered, power and prestige all but vanished, laughed at and pitied by the rest of the word. Nice work Nigel.
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BBC cowed and Donald Trump’s objective achieved.
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 10:26 AM
BBC cowed and Donald Trump’s objective achieved.
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“The self-proclaimed techno-utopians in Silicon Valley… have enabled this ruin. They’ve traded reality for profit and prioritized technologies that aren’t just soulless and amoral, but inhuman in the most literal sense of the word.”
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk’s Worthless, Poisoned Hall of Mirrors
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:25 AM
“The self-proclaimed techno-utopians in Silicon Valley… have enabled this ruin. They’ve traded reality for profit and prioritized technologies that aren’t just soulless and amoral, but inhuman in the most literal sense of the word.”
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Nigel only goes in for kind, supportive racial abuse.
“I would never ever do it in a hurtful or insulting way”
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
Nigel Farage responds to allegations of racist behaviour from when he was a teenager at school
@itvnewspolitics.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Nigel only goes in for kind, supportive racial abuse.
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This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 26,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 26,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Is it just possible the chasing voters on the far right fringes is not the road to electoral success? Labour, are you paying attention?
New polling data shows Tories could be left with just 14 SEATS at next election
The Tories could end up coming to the next Parliament in a minibus...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/tor...
The Tories could end up coming to the next Parliament in a minibus...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/tor...
New polling data shows Tories could be left with just 14 SEATS at next election
If this doesn't set a few alarm bells ringing, nothing will. The Tories could end up coming to the next Parliament in a minibus...
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Is it just possible the chasing voters on the far right fringes is not the road to electoral success? Labour, are you paying attention?
Twentieth century fascists tended to be clinical, disciplined and organised. It may be our good luck that their modern iteration are bunch of incompetent ass clowns.
Criminal charges against both James Comey and Letitia James have been dismissed by the presiding federal judges.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Twentieth century fascists tended to be clinical, disciplined and organised. It may be our good luck that their modern iteration are bunch of incompetent ass clowns.
The far right are not patriots. They are traitors and foreign infiltrators. There’s an opening here for a progressive party that wants to show what real patriotism is - and if they are brave enough to take it.
We urgently need to know how many of these accounts have been spreading/amplifying hate, division and instability in Britain. We already know that a foreign actor - Elon Musk - promoted violent overthrow of the government. Has his platform been enabling foreign adversaries to do the same?
This is one of the big accounts boosting Tommy Robinson, Farage and Reform and ‘English Patriots’.
It’s Russian.
It’s Russian.
November 24, 2025 at 10:23 AM
The far right are not patriots. They are traitors and foreign infiltrators. There’s an opening here for a progressive party that wants to show what real patriotism is - and if they are brave enough to take it.
If this grifting, bigoted, fake ‘man of the people’ was subjected to a fraction of the scrutiny regularly applied to other politicians, he would sink without trace. He’s a nasty little nobody who should never have been allowed to achieve such influence.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage urged to explain conspiracy theories linked to antisemitism he voiced in US media
Exclusive: The Reform UK leader discussed far-right talking points in web TV and radio appearances between 2009 and 2018
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:26 AM
If this grifting, bigoted, fake ‘man of the people’ was subjected to a fraction of the scrutiny regularly applied to other politicians, he would sink without trace. He’s a nasty little nobody who should never have been allowed to achieve such influence.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Amazing story, state legislator and Turning Points USA leader who crusaded against bogus voter fraud claims pleads guilty to attempted election fraud. azmirror.com/briefs/turni...
Turning Point leader, former GOP Rep pleads guilty to attempted election fraud | Arizona Mirror
Austin Smith election fraud guilty plea: Former GOP Rep admits forging 100+ signatures on ballot petitions in Arizona
azmirror.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Amazing story, state legislator and Turning Points USA leader who crusaded against bogus voter fraud claims pleads guilty to attempted election fraud. azmirror.com/briefs/turni...
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Grand opening, grand closing.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
November 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Grand opening, grand closing.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
Brazil shows the rest of the world how to deal with insurrectionists
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro arrested in Brazil
Politician reportedly taken from his villa into custody at a federal police base about 7 miles from presidential palace
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Brazil shows the rest of the world how to deal with insurrectionists
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Communities seeking asylum here - Huguenots, Poles, Jews, Somalis, Ugandans, Syrians, Afghans - have all enriched the UK. They make us what we are. Now Labour intend to terminate centuries of history, pull up the drawbridge and leave us to stagnate in our own bigotry.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Communities seeking asylum here - Huguenots, Poles, Jews, Somalis, Ugandans, Syrians, Afghans - have all enriched the UK. They make us what we are. Now Labour intend to terminate centuries of history, pull up the drawbridge and leave us to stagnate in our own bigotry.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Compulsory volunteering. That’s a new one.
November 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Compulsory volunteering. That’s a new one.
What they fail to understand is it’s not ‘the trots’ they’ve pissed off, but millions of their natural supporters. People who actually wanted them to succeed, understood the difficulties they face and were prepared, for a long while, to give them the benefit of the doubt. All squandered.
So Wes Streeting allies want him to become Prime Minister - for the Labour Government to tank even faster.
We don't have time to play these silly games - people are suffering now.
Keep growing the alternative - they need replacing.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
We don't have time to play these silly games - people are suffering now.
Keep growing the alternative - they need replacing.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 9:56 AM
What they fail to understand is it’s not ‘the trots’ they’ve pissed off, but millions of their natural supporters. People who actually wanted them to succeed, understood the difficulties they face and were prepared, for a long while, to give them the benefit of the doubt. All squandered.
I recently read Kate Atkinson’s (excellent) novel ‘When Will There Be Good News?’. It feels like a very relevant question.
November 14, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I recently read Kate Atkinson’s (excellent) novel ‘When Will There Be Good News?’. It feels like a very relevant question.
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Thanks to months of pitch rolling, the Labour government has now effectively told anyone paying attention that income tax rises are necessary, but they’re not going to do them because they’re politically weak. Let’s see how that plays!
November 14, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Thanks to months of pitch rolling, the Labour government has now effectively told anyone paying attention that income tax rises are necessary, but they’re not going to do them because they’re politically weak. Let’s see how that plays!
We already knew that the attacks on the BBC are not being made in good faith and that board members are actively trying to undermine their own organisation, but just in case you’re in doubt - here’s the author of the internal report accusing the BBC of doctoring quotes…doctoring the exact same quote
EXCLUSIVE 🚨 A report alleging Panorama broadcast misleading Trump quotes contains misleading quotes itself
✏️ @jamesrball.com
✏️ @jamesrball.com
Exclusive: the error at the heart of Trump’s BBC attack
A report alleging Panorama broadcast misleading Trump quotes contains misleading quotes itself
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
We already knew that the attacks on the BBC are not being made in good faith and that board members are actively trying to undermine their own organisation, but just in case you’re in doubt - here’s the author of the internal report accusing the BBC of doctoring quotes…doctoring the exact same quote
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To be very clear - questions of whether Epstein provided compromising information on Trump to Putin - which then in turn explains Trump’s dangerous subservience to Putin - is back on the table.
Now there are legit questions about whether Epstein was working with/for Putin.
bsky.app/profile/kyle...
bsky.app/profile/kyle...
NEW: Jeffrey Epstein said in emails that he had been advising the Russian government on how to deal with Donald Trump, one of several cases in which he wielded his connections to try to influence the course of foreign affairs. w @nahaltoosi
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
To be very clear - questions of whether Epstein provided compromising information on Trump to Putin - which then in turn explains Trump’s dangerous subservience to Putin - is back on the table.
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🚨BREAKING: Oversight Dems have received new emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate that raise serious questions about Donald Trump and his knowledge of Epstein’s horrific crimes.
Read them for yourself. It’s time to end this cover-up and RELEASE THE FILES.
Read them for yourself. It’s time to end this cover-up and RELEASE THE FILES.
November 12, 2025 at 1:31 PM
🚨BREAKING: Oversight Dems have received new emails from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate that raise serious questions about Donald Trump and his knowledge of Epstein’s horrific crimes.
Read them for yourself. It’s time to end this cover-up and RELEASE THE FILES.
Read them for yourself. It’s time to end this cover-up and RELEASE THE FILES.
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CONFIRMED: the gold snot covering the Oval Office is $58-apiece onlays from Home Depot that have been spraypainted.
When Laura Ingraham confronted Trump about this in the Oval—specifically and correctly noting that the tacky garbage was from Home Depot—he lied to her face and insisted it wasn't.
When Laura Ingraham confronted Trump about this in the Oval—specifically and correctly noting that the tacky garbage was from Home Depot—he lied to her face and insisted it wasn't.
November 12, 2025 at 12:29 PM
CONFIRMED: the gold snot covering the Oval Office is $58-apiece onlays from Home Depot that have been spraypainted.
When Laura Ingraham confronted Trump about this in the Oval—specifically and correctly noting that the tacky garbage was from Home Depot—he lied to her face and insisted it wasn't.
When Laura Ingraham confronted Trump about this in the Oval—specifically and correctly noting that the tacky garbage was from Home Depot—he lied to her face and insisted it wasn't.
“If public debate lacks shared facts, then it becomes a contest of shouting rather than reasoned argument, and power wins by force or by spectacle rather than persuasion.
“The fight for truth is a political struggle: against oligarchic media owners, corporate capture, and authoritarian impulses.”
“The fight for truth is a political struggle: against oligarchic media owners, corporate capture, and authoritarian impulses.”
Does the coup at the BBC matter? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11...
Does the coup at the BBC matter?
Is there a coup going on at the BBC, as many of its staff suggested in a meeting yesterday? Of course there is. Not only is that apparent in plain sight, as senior staff are toppled for what are, in t...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
November 12, 2025 at 8:06 AM
“If public debate lacks shared facts, then it becomes a contest of shouting rather than reasoned argument, and power wins by force or by spectacle rather than persuasion.
“The fight for truth is a political struggle: against oligarchic media owners, corporate capture, and authoritarian impulses.”
“The fight for truth is a political struggle: against oligarchic media owners, corporate capture, and authoritarian impulses.”