Somersetchris
@somersetchris.bsky.social
Brighton based tofu eating wokerati. Kedi is my cat. Never voted Tory. Voted Remain. Atheist. #AirbnbSucks. Scuba diver. Prolific gig goer. Grungy shoegazer. He/him
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Just 48 hours after the government fell in May 2010, the "commercial" phase began.
Epstein immediately began brokering a role for Mandelson at Deutsche Bank.
("Petie" being Epstein's affectionate name for Mandelson)
Epstein immediately began brokering a role for Mandelson at Deutsche Bank.
("Petie" being Epstein's affectionate name for Mandelson)
February 4, 2026 at 8:49 AM
Just 48 hours after the government fell in May 2010, the "commercial" phase began.
Epstein immediately began brokering a role for Mandelson at Deutsche Bank.
("Petie" being Epstein's affectionate name for Mandelson)
Epstein immediately began brokering a role for Mandelson at Deutsche Bank.
("Petie" being Epstein's affectionate name for Mandelson)
You might believe that it was accidental if they were brand new MPs
You couldn’t make this stuff up. Robert Jenrick and Suella Braverman accidentally voted with Labour to abolish the two-child benefit cap tonight after entering the wrong lobby!
February 4, 2026 at 10:25 AM
You might believe that it was accidental if they were brand new MPs
Foreign billionaires are not attacking the opposition to Reform for the good of the UK, they are doing it for the good of foreign billionaires
Foreign accounts are swarming UK Green candidate Hannah Spencer
Fake-nationalists are targeting Green Party's Hannah Spencer, having previously spread misinfo that the Hannah was someone else entirely
www.thecanary.co
February 4, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Foreign billionaires are not attacking the opposition to Reform for the good of the UK, they are doing it for the good of foreign billionaires
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The owner of Twitter is inciting murder, according to the owner of Twitter.
February 4, 2026 at 9:19 AM
The owner of Twitter is inciting murder, according to the owner of Twitter.
Do you remember a couple of weeks ago when the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) stopped a car in Oregon and shot two people who they said were members of Tren de Aragua?
It was a load of bollocks
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
It was a load of bollocks
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
DHS’s account of two Venezuelans shot by border patrol falls apart in court: ‘a smear campaign’
Immigration officials said agent shot two ‘vicious gang members’ in Portland, but records obtained by the Guardian reveal US prosecutor contradicted claims
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Do you remember a couple of weeks ago when the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) stopped a car in Oregon and shot two people who they said were members of Tren de Aragua?
It was a load of bollocks
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
It was a load of bollocks
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
February 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM
happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.
At last we have some good news from the USA
US judge allows last of five offshore wind projects halted by Trump to proceed
Ruling clears Denmark’s Ørsted to resume construction on its Sunrise Wind project off the coast of New York
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 4:27 PM
At last we have some good news from the USA
ALEXA: Show me a coward
February 3, 2026 at 4:11 PM
ALEXA: Show me a coward
Jeffrey Archer and Michelle Mone like this
February 3, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Jeffrey Archer and Michelle Mone like this
Jeffrey Archer and Michelle Mone like this
Understand Tories won't create or back a bill to remove Mandelson's peerage. There is unease among politicians in Westminster about the precedent of a government using its large majority to go after individuals, no matter how egregious. But mechanisms should still be there to expel him.
February 3, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Jeffrey Archer and Michelle Mone like this
Can you give a link to where that came from? It looks AI to me
February 3, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Can you give a link to where that came from? It looks AI to me
The Tories are that desperate to keep Michelle Mone as a peer?
February 3, 2026 at 1:27 PM
The Tories are that desperate to keep Michelle Mone as a peer?
Danny Kruger on #PoliticsLive trying to say that Reform are on the side of families. Meanwhile.......
Reform pledge to cut pint prices by 5p - by reintroducing the two-child benefit cap
Reform have been slammed after revealing they would end the two-child benefit cap to fund a 5p reduction in pint prices.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Danny Kruger on #PoliticsLive trying to say that Reform are on the side of families. Meanwhile.......
February 3, 2026 at 12:34 PM
I am still waiting for #PoliticsLive to mention this
How is it that a church warden behind an interior design firm originally incorporated in the BVIs & tied to a Kazakh billionaire can make a £200,000 donation to Reform UK?
Source of funds not disclosed.
Farage has questions to answer.
The Electoral Commission must investigate.
Source of funds not disclosed.
Farage has questions to answer.
The Electoral Commission must investigate.
Churchwarden linked to foreign-born billionaire is behind £200k Reform gift
The man whose firm made the donations will not discuss where the money came from, nor his ties to wealthy Farage allies who may not hold citizenship
www.thetimes.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:33 PM
I am still waiting for #PoliticsLive to mention this
I like drinking pints of beer and would love for a pint to be cheaper, but I would prefer to pay 5p more a pint than letting children starve
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ref...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ref...
Reform pledge to cut pint prices by 5p - by reintroducing the two-child benefit cap
Reform have been slammed after revealing they would end the two-child benefit cap to fund a 5p reduction in pint prices.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:26 PM
I like drinking pints of beer and would love for a pint to be cheaper, but I would prefer to pay 5p more a pint than letting children starve
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ref...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ref...
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Don’t remember this being on the side of a fucking bus.
February 3, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Don’t remember this being on the side of a fucking bus.
From the Reform Council that has just spent £600,000 on eight free parking spaces for senior councillors
*shocked face*
The quotes are brilliant:
Yusuf pinpointed Kent, saying that government officials’ “snouts have been in the trough for too long”
But, Chamberlain said there “just weren’t big cuts to make, because services had been hacked away for years and years”
www.ft.com/content/fc3c...
The quotes are brilliant:
Yusuf pinpointed Kent, saying that government officials’ “snouts have been in the trough for too long”
But, Chamberlain said there “just weren’t big cuts to make, because services had been hacked away for years and years”
www.ft.com/content/fc3c...
Reform UK admits Kent council’s Musk-inspired cost-cutting drive found little waste
County councillors say former Conservative administration ‘weren’t crazy, they were business people’
www.ft.com
February 3, 2026 at 12:00 PM
From the Reform Council that has just spent £600,000 on eight free parking spaces for senior councillors
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The files mention Putin has film of Trump in compromised situations.
February 3, 2026 at 6:30 AM
The files mention Putin has film of Trump in compromised situations.
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Only in the UK can we have documentary evidence of documents being leaked, no denial of the leak, but journalists still have to put "alleged" in the headline.
Libel law is broken.
Libel law is broken.
February 3, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Only in the UK can we have documentary evidence of documents being leaked, no denial of the leak, but journalists still have to put "alleged" in the headline.
Libel law is broken.
Libel law is broken.
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Borrowed from Twitter.
February 3, 2026 at 8:22 AM
Borrowed from Twitter.
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Allison Gill reveals she’s been in contact with a woman who reported trafficking tied to Trump’s modeling agency to the FBI. The tip appears on the Epstein file pages that went viral — the FBI interview is missing.
February 1, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Allison Gill reveals she’s been in contact with a woman who reported trafficking tied to Trump’s modeling agency to the FBI. The tip appears on the Epstein file pages that went viral — the FBI interview is missing.
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Was built by a foreign power - the British - shortly before it was forced to quit India in some ignominy. Would seem an odd inspiration for something celebrating 250 years of freedom *from* British colonialism.
February 2, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Was built by a foreign power - the British - shortly before it was forced to quit India in some ignominy. Would seem an odd inspiration for something celebrating 250 years of freedom *from* British colonialism.
You have got to be fucking kidding me
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
February 2, 2026 at 2:18 PM
You have got to be fucking kidding me
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
Can you ask him to do the same with Michelle Mone
February 2, 2026 at 12:50 PM
Can you ask him to do the same with Michelle Mone