Raymond Bennett
@raymondbennett.bsky.social
Londoner
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His choice of Christmas film is appalling but Sadiq Khan is still my favourite UK politician.
Christmas, for me, is all about family.
From traditions to my seasonal favourites, I share what Christmas is like in our house in my latest edition of Ask Me Anything 👇🏽
From traditions to my seasonal favourites, I share what Christmas is like in our house in my latest edition of Ask Me Anything 👇🏽
December 21, 2025 at 7:37 AM
His choice of Christmas film is appalling but Sadiq Khan is still my favourite UK politician.
I know nothing about either English cricket or Scottish football, but the collision between expectation and inevitability seems pretty much identical.
December 21, 2025 at 7:30 AM
I know nothing about either English cricket or Scottish football, but the collision between expectation and inevitability seems pretty much identical.
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There should be something similar for scientists. Doctors, maybe. If Trump gets sick and needs treatment, let RFK Jr look after him, as he seems to know so much. Then compare against someone who's spent decades treating people.
December 20, 2025 at 10:25 AM
There should be something similar for scientists. Doctors, maybe. If Trump gets sick and needs treatment, let RFK Jr look after him, as he seems to know so much. Then compare against someone who's spent decades treating people.
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The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.
December 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.
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Ludicrous
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage avoids police investigation over alleged electoral law breach
Essex force says report falls outside timeframe for prosecution while watchdog says it is looking into claims
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Ludicrous
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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This is extremely important
December 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
This is extremely important
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My first Reith Lecture is now out in video form: A Time of Monsters.
On moral decay, elite cowardice, and why we need a moral revolution. Watch here 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=fUJ-...
(With one tiny edit at 4:28, for those who notice such things 😉)
On moral decay, elite cowardice, and why we need a moral revolution. Watch here 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=fUJ-...
(With one tiny edit at 4:28, for those who notice such things 😉)
Are we living through the fall of civilisation? | The Reith Lectures 2025
YouTube video by BBC Sounds
youtube.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
My first Reith Lecture is now out in video form: A Time of Monsters.
On moral decay, elite cowardice, and why we need a moral revolution. Watch here 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=fUJ-...
(With one tiny edit at 4:28, for those who notice such things 😉)
On moral decay, elite cowardice, and why we need a moral revolution. Watch here 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=fUJ-...
(With one tiny edit at 4:28, for those who notice such things 😉)
History, will note how the West chose the worst possible time to be anti-immigration.
À Bergerac, de moins en moins de bébés… et de plus en plus de seniors.
Avec l’un des taux de natalité les plus faibles de l’Hexagone et de plus en plus de personnes âgées, la ville multiplie les innovations pour attirer ou conserver les familles
➡️ https://l.leparisien.fr/QXaJ
Avec l’un des taux de natalité les plus faibles de l’Hexagone et de plus en plus de personnes âgées, la ville multiplie les innovations pour attirer ou conserver les familles
➡️ https://l.leparisien.fr/QXaJ
December 16, 2025 at 10:19 AM
History, will note how the West chose the worst possible time to be anti-immigration.
Sharia law anyone?
www.ft.com/content/cd17...
www.ft.com/content/cd17...
Bitcoin investor plans Caribbean community — with its own court system
Some locals on the island of Nevis oppose the libertarian project, calling it a ‘state within a state’
www.ft.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Sharia law anyone?
www.ft.com/content/cd17...
www.ft.com/content/cd17...
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This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.
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If handing someone their arse, was a video clip
December 12, 2025 at 8:12 AM
If handing someone their arse, was a video clip
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Labour is coalescing around the idea that a policy of unpicking Brexit could save the party at the next election. But Keir Starmer is not the man to pull it off, argues @robertshrimsley.bsky.social.
Read his column on #FTEdit 👉 on.ft.com/3XPWLP2
Then take today's #FTEdit poll 🗳️ on.ft.com/4ae3tWE
Read his column on #FTEdit 👉 on.ft.com/3XPWLP2
Then take today's #FTEdit poll 🗳️ on.ft.com/4ae3tWE
December 12, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Labour is coalescing around the idea that a policy of unpicking Brexit could save the party at the next election. But Keir Starmer is not the man to pull it off, argues @robertshrimsley.bsky.social.
Read his column on #FTEdit 👉 on.ft.com/3XPWLP2
Then take today's #FTEdit poll 🗳️ on.ft.com/4ae3tWE
Read his column on #FTEdit 👉 on.ft.com/3XPWLP2
Then take today's #FTEdit poll 🗳️ on.ft.com/4ae3tWE
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OMG we only went and bloody won!! 🎉🎉
In barely two years Democracy for Sale has gone from nothing to winning a British journalism award
Am absolutely blown away!! Thanks to everyone who reads D4S and supports us. Couldn’t do it without you all 😊
In barely two years Democracy for Sale has gone from nothing to winning a British journalism award
Am absolutely blown away!! Thanks to everyone who reads D4S and supports us. Couldn’t do it without you all 😊
Congrats to Specialist Journalism winners @petergeoghegan.bsky.social Jenna Corderoy and Lucas Amin of Democracy for Sale #BJA2025
December 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
OMG we only went and bloody won!! 🎉🎉
In barely two years Democracy for Sale has gone from nothing to winning a British journalism award
Am absolutely blown away!! Thanks to everyone who reads D4S and supports us. Couldn’t do it without you all 😊
In barely two years Democracy for Sale has gone from nothing to winning a British journalism award
Am absolutely blown away!! Thanks to everyone who reads D4S and supports us. Couldn’t do it without you all 😊
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I grew up in the 70s and 80s.
If you weren't there, just a little clarification on that Spectator piece.
Literally, NOBODY admired Hitler. Apart from nazis.
Hope that helps.
If you weren't there, just a little clarification on that Spectator piece.
Literally, NOBODY admired Hitler. Apart from nazis.
Hope that helps.
December 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I grew up in the 70s and 80s.
If you weren't there, just a little clarification on that Spectator piece.
Literally, NOBODY admired Hitler. Apart from nazis.
Hope that helps.
If you weren't there, just a little clarification on that Spectator piece.
Literally, NOBODY admired Hitler. Apart from nazis.
Hope that helps.
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1/ Russian soldiers who fall out with their commanders – due to personality clashes, disagreements, or a refusal to pay bribes – are routinely sent to their deaths in stormtrooper squads. Few survive for long; the following account vividly describes the life of a stormtrooper. ⬇️
December 10, 2025 at 9:31 AM
1/ Russian soldiers who fall out with their commanders – due to personality clashes, disagreements, or a refusal to pay bribes – are routinely sent to their deaths in stormtrooper squads. Few survive for long; the following account vividly describes the life of a stormtrooper. ⬇️
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Interesting that the BBC will call National Rally "Far Right" (in an article about Bardella meeting Farage) - when they would never use that term for Reform. Their policies are very similar. If anything Reform's are more authoritarian.
December 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Interesting that the BBC will call National Rally "Far Right" (in an article about Bardella meeting Farage) - when they would never use that term for Reform. Their policies are very similar. If anything Reform's are more authoritarian.
Given his past comments about his own daughter, Trump is projecting again. He is one vile creature.
Hier, dans un meeting en Pennsylvanie, Donald Trump a réitéré ses attaques, dans un registre encore plus violent, contre l’élue démocrate Ilhan Omar, d’origine somalienne, relayant notamment des thèses complotistes.
« Elle a épousé son frère » : qui est Ilhan Omar, l’élue démocrate d’origine somalienne insultée par Donald Trump ?
l.leparisien.fr
December 10, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Given his past comments about his own daughter, Trump is projecting again. He is one vile creature.
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Russian sabotage operations in Europe may be part of preparations for a full-scale war.
The hybrid war that Russia is conducting across Europe may not simply be a series of isolated operations driven by short-term tactical considerations.
The hybrid war that Russia is conducting across Europe may not simply be a series of isolated operations driven by short-term tactical considerations.
December 9, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Russian sabotage operations in Europe may be part of preparations for a full-scale war.
The hybrid war that Russia is conducting across Europe may not simply be a series of isolated operations driven by short-term tactical considerations.
The hybrid war that Russia is conducting across Europe may not simply be a series of isolated operations driven by short-term tactical considerations.
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They can only conceive of dual citizens as brown immigrants. It hasn't occurred to them that most dual citizens are born and raised Brits
For example, two million Britons hold Irish citizenship through their parents. But that's not who they mean
For example, two million Britons hold Irish citizenship through their parents. But that's not who they mean
The Conservative party’s policy also includes stripping people of their British citizenship when they are found guilty of a crime ⬇️
All criminals with dual nationality must be deported, say Tories
The Conservative party’s policy also includes stripping people of their British citizenship when they are found guilty of a crime
www.thetimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
They can only conceive of dual citizens as brown immigrants. It hasn't occurred to them that most dual citizens are born and raised Brits
For example, two million Britons hold Irish citizenship through their parents. But that's not who they mean
For example, two million Britons hold Irish citizenship through their parents. But that's not who they mean
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Putin complained about the negative trends in Russian demography and said that "our long-term historical task is to preserve and increase our nation’s population."
That's why he's sending hundreds of thousands of Russians to die in the war.
That's why he's sending hundreds of thousands of Russians to die in the war.
December 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Putin complained about the negative trends in Russian demography and said that "our long-term historical task is to preserve and increase our nation’s population."
That's why he's sending hundreds of thousands of Russians to die in the war.
That's why he's sending hundreds of thousands of Russians to die in the war.
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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 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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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 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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...
December 6, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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I'm really pleased that the accusations against Farage are quite rightly not going away. He appears very, very rattled and deservedly so.
This is very long overdue.
This is very long overdue.
December 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I'm really pleased that the accusations against Farage are quite rightly not going away. He appears very, very rattled and deservedly so.
This is very long overdue.
This is very long overdue.