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✅Climate change exists 🚫MAGA 🚫👁️⃤ 🚫Reform🚫Tories
🚫Romance 🚫DMs
Proud atheist⚛️, bookworm📚, science 🧬 vegan 🌱
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Simon Dalling 🇪🇺
@simond1954.bsky.social
· Aug 19
Red deer stag after the apples but bribed for a photo with a carrot.
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Tonight 8pm The Martin Lewis Money Show - Electricity bills to rise 5.1% in Jan, I'll show you how you can beat it (and does your energy firm owe you £100s) plus put your questions to the boss of UK's biggest energy retailer Octopus.
Send questions to the team at [email protected]
Send questions to the team at [email protected]
November 25, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Tonight 8pm The Martin Lewis Money Show - Electricity bills to rise 5.1% in Jan, I'll show you how you can beat it (and does your energy firm owe you £100s) plus put your questions to the boss of UK's biggest energy retailer Octopus.
Send questions to the team at [email protected]
Send questions to the team at [email protected]
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Bossy headline from The Times letting Farage insist his “Hitler was right” racism was just ‘banter’.
If that were true, his politics now would be different and he’d apologise. He’s defensive because this is what he is and always has been and he’s angry with us for knowing that and for minding.
If that were true, his politics now would be different and he’d apologise. He’s defensive because this is what he is and always has been and he’s angry with us for knowing that and for minding.
November 25, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Bossy headline from The Times letting Farage insist his “Hitler was right” racism was just ‘banter’.
If that were true, his politics now would be different and he’d apologise. He’s defensive because this is what he is and always has been and he’s angry with us for knowing that and for minding.
If that were true, his politics now would be different and he’d apologise. He’s defensive because this is what he is and always has been and he’s angry with us for knowing that and for minding.
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If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch.
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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This man has made a career from xenophobia and racism. He currently heads an extremist party. Listen carefully to how he answers the questions, we know what he is, because once in no.10, he will reveal himself.
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
This man has made a career from xenophobia and racism. He currently heads an extremist party. Listen carefully to how he answers the questions, we know what he is, because once in no.10, he will reveal himself.
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A young Nigel Farage with the leader of the National Front.
October 4, 2025 at 10:06 AM
A young Nigel Farage with the leader of the National Front.
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The idea of Trump assisting in a covert operation is like imagining a llama trying to do brain surgery.
November 25, 2025 at 4:44 AM
The idea of Trump assisting in a covert operation is like imagining a llama trying to do brain surgery.
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BBC board member Robbie Gibb, whose previous jobs have included being Conservative communications director to Theresa May, and helping to set up GB News, tells MPs that he is "hugely impartial"
November 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
BBC board member Robbie Gibb, whose previous jobs have included being Conservative communications director to Theresa May, and helping to set up GB News, tells MPs that he is "hugely impartial"
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Gibb; “ I had no editorial role whatsoever at the Jewish Chronicle”. Lee Harpin, reporter at the paper; “RG made a habit of calling into the office on print days to check up on what stories were topping the news list, and offering a view’”
November 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Gibb; “ I had no editorial role whatsoever at the Jewish Chronicle”. Lee Harpin, reporter at the paper; “RG made a habit of calling into the office on print days to check up on what stories were topping the news list, and offering a view’”
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Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy.
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...
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November 24, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy.
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Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy.
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UK gambling firms spent ‘astronomic’ £2bn on advertising last year
UK gambling firms spent ‘astronomic’ £2bn on advertising last year
Calls for Rachel Reeves to increase taxes in budget as estimate outstrips duties collected from online casinos
British gambling companies spent an “astronomic” £2bn on advertising and marketing last year, according to a new estimate that has intensified calls for the chancellor to increase taxes on the sector.
Bookmakers, online casinos and slot machine companies spent the sum through a mixture of print and digital promotions, as well as affiliate programmes, where third parties are paid to steer gamblers towards particular operators in return for a fee. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:05 AM
UK gambling firms spent ‘astronomic’ £2bn on advertising last year
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Britain can't have sustainable growth without Rejoining the EU.
When Rachel Reeves looks to the budget, perhaps she forgot that Brexit costs us £140 bn pa.
See www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FZLQW9TQ for a comprehensive appraisal of the #RejoinEU opportunities and
#Brexit threats.
When Rachel Reeves looks to the budget, perhaps she forgot that Brexit costs us £140 bn pa.
See www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FZLQW9TQ for a comprehensive appraisal of the #RejoinEU opportunities and
#Brexit threats.
Reboot Britain : Brexit RIP: A better Britain in a better Europe for a better World: Amazon.co.uk: Cook, Mr Peter, Clutterbuck, Dr Charlie, Hindley MEP, Mr Michael, Knott, Mr Terence, Ward, Ms Julie, ...
Buy Reboot Britain : Brexit RIP: A better Britain in a better Europe for a better World by Cook, Mr Peter, Clutterbuck, Dr Charlie, Hindley MEP, Mr Michael, Knott, Mr Terence, Ward, Ms Julie, Nowak, M...
www.amazon.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Britain can't have sustainable growth without Rejoining the EU.
When Rachel Reeves looks to the budget, perhaps she forgot that Brexit costs us £140 bn pa.
See www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FZLQW9TQ for a comprehensive appraisal of the #RejoinEU opportunities and
#Brexit threats.
When Rachel Reeves looks to the budget, perhaps she forgot that Brexit costs us £140 bn pa.
See www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FZLQW9TQ for a comprehensive appraisal of the #RejoinEU opportunities and
#Brexit threats.
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For the Tories to be truly honest, they’d have to tear down their own narrative on Brexit, immigration, NetZero, tax, their wild economic, social and geopolitical irresponsibility… and that would finish this current version of the party.
But this version doesn’t deserve to survive anyway.
But this version doesn’t deserve to survive anyway.
November 22, 2025 at 9:32 AM
For the Tories to be truly honest, they’d have to tear down their own narrative on Brexit, immigration, NetZero, tax, their wild economic, social and geopolitical irresponsibility… and that would finish this current version of the party.
But this version doesn’t deserve to survive anyway.
But this version doesn’t deserve to survive anyway.
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‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
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The UK’s response to Covid was “too little, too late”, a damning official report on the handling of the pandemic has concluded, saying the introduction of a lockdown even a week earlier than happened could have saved more than 20,000 lives.
The document also has stinging criticism of a “toxic and chaotic” culture inside Boris Johnson’s Downing Street – which it said the then prime minister actively embraced – in which the loudest voices held sway and women were sidelined. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
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Drafting a "peace plan" with Putin and then telling the Ukrainians to accept it is not mediation. It's acting as an agent for the Kremlin. Trump's and Witkoff's efforts to appease Putin are deeply disappointing. I was fooled into thinking Trump had finally figured Putin out. Looks like I was wrong
November 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Drafting a "peace plan" with Putin and then telling the Ukrainians to accept it is not mediation. It's acting as an agent for the Kremlin. Trump's and Witkoff's efforts to appease Putin are deeply disappointing. I was fooled into thinking Trump had finally figured Putin out. Looks like I was wrong
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Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
Covid inquiry live: ‘Inexcusable’ delays under Johnson led to 23,000 deaths
Lockdowns may have been avoided if Boris Johnson’s government had acted faster, damning report finds
www.thetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
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Gosh. What a shock.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Dominic Cummings ‘poisoned the atmosphere’ of Boris Johnson’s No 10, Covid inquiry finds
Report from inquiry’s second module also says Johnson as PM ‘at times actively encouraged’ chaotic culture
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Gosh. What a shock.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Lancashire's Reform-run council is planning to save £4m a year by closing 10 council-run care homes and day care centres, and moving them into the private sector. In unrelated news, Graham Dalton (Reform) is Lancashire council's Head of Adult Social Care, and owns a private care home business.
November 6, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Lancashire's Reform-run council is planning to save £4m a year by closing 10 council-run care homes and day care centres, and moving them into the private sector. In unrelated news, Graham Dalton (Reform) is Lancashire council's Head of Adult Social Care, and owns a private care home business.
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Our Twitter account has been locked because we posted an expose of a Councillor in Lancashire.
Because we copied in Lancashire Council and said ‘are they going to act’ this has been deemed as ‘incitement’.
Incitement of a council doing this job.
Let’s look at what Councillor Tom Pickup did…
Because we copied in Lancashire Council and said ‘are they going to act’ this has been deemed as ‘incitement’.
Incitement of a council doing this job.
Let’s look at what Councillor Tom Pickup did…
November 18, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Our Twitter account has been locked because we posted an expose of a Councillor in Lancashire.
Because we copied in Lancashire Council and said ‘are they going to act’ this has been deemed as ‘incitement’.
Incitement of a council doing this job.
Let’s look at what Councillor Tom Pickup did…
Because we copied in Lancashire Council and said ‘are they going to act’ this has been deemed as ‘incitement’.
Incitement of a council doing this job.
Let’s look at what Councillor Tom Pickup did…
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I remember when I called Nigel Farage an anti-semite whilst on the BBC and Ben Habib said he'd sue me. Needless to say, I am still waiting for his lawyer's letter.
“He would sidle up to me and growl: ‘Hitler was right,’ or ‘Gas them,’ sometimes adding a long hiss to simulate the sound of the gas showers" www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I remember when I called Nigel Farage an anti-semite whilst on the BBC and Ben Habib said he'd sue me. Needless to say, I am still waiting for his lawyer's letter.
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People arriving here by small boat are desperate, often traumatised. Latest figures are 68% of boat arrivals granted asylum (see link)
The idea of the govt stripping people of their valuables & then hawking it off literally makes me sick to my stomach
migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br...
The idea of the govt stripping people of their valuables & then hawking it off literally makes me sick to my stomach
migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br...
Confiscating jewellery from survivors of a war zone makes you look like a fucking Nazi. And the obscene thing is, that is the intention. It's there to look appropriately harsh. Indecent. Filthy. A moral stain. And no-one of good character would have ever proposed such a thing in the first place.
November 17, 2025 at 11:46 AM
People arriving here by small boat are desperate, often traumatised. Latest figures are 68% of boat arrivals granted asylum (see link)
The idea of the govt stripping people of their valuables & then hawking it off literally makes me sick to my stomach
migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br...
The idea of the govt stripping people of their valuables & then hawking it off literally makes me sick to my stomach
migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br...
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‘GDP reduced by 8%’ – Nine-year study reveals how Brexit decimated UK economy
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...
'GDP reduced by 8%' - Nine-year study reveals how Brexit decimated UK economy
Can't help but feel those responsible for Brexit should not, for example, be riding high in the polls with a new party...
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
‘GDP reduced by 8%’ – Nine-year study reveals how Brexit decimated UK economy
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...
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Labour MP Brian Leishman: "The Government has surrendered to... the vile rhetoric of Reform. Does the Home Secretary not see that removing the legal obligation to support asylum seekers who will be otherwise destitute, is as far away from Labour Party principles and values as we can get?"
November 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Labour MP Brian Leishman: "The Government has surrendered to... the vile rhetoric of Reform. Does the Home Secretary not see that removing the legal obligation to support asylum seekers who will be otherwise destitute, is as far away from Labour Party principles and values as we can get?"
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The government won’t achieve ‘decency’ over ‘division’ by trying to be Reform Lite and please remember this - the ECHR is much more than a treaty. It’s a quiet promise - a shield against abuse of power, a lifeline for the vulnerable, a declaration of who we are as a nation
Labour’s plan risks weakening protections for all of us. Human rights are universal - politicians may not always find them politically convenient but it shouldn’t fall to any government to say who those rights should and should not apply to. It’s a slippery slope to oblivion youtu.be/bl0Lm7v_T18?...
The government won’t achieve ‘decency’ over ‘division’ by trying to be Reform Lite
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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November 17, 2025 at 8:29 AM
The government won’t achieve ‘decency’ over ‘division’ by trying to be Reform Lite and please remember this - the ECHR is much more than a treaty. It’s a quiet promise - a shield against abuse of power, a lifeline for the vulnerable, a declaration of who we are as a nation
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The UK’s political right wants to quit another European institution.
But battle-scarred Remainers are leaving nothing to chance this time.
But battle-scarred Remainers are leaving nothing to chance this time.
Farage is gunning for Brexit 2.0. Can he be stopped?
U.K. officials vow to “get on the front foot” as populist Brexiteer Nigel Farage picks his next target: the European Convention on Human Rights.
www.politico.eu
November 17, 2025 at 8:02 AM
The UK’s political right wants to quit another European institution.
But battle-scarred Remainers are leaving nothing to chance this time.
But battle-scarred Remainers are leaving nothing to chance this time.
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NEW: Welcome to the Great AI Bubble. Yes, it’s here. And yes, it’s going to burst.
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
The Great AI Bubble
Yes, it's a bubble. And yes, it's going to burst.
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
NEW: Welcome to the Great AI Bubble. Yes, it’s here. And yes, it’s going to burst.
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...