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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"Rhe only reason we know any of this [about Mandelson] is because Epstein became entangled in the MAGA movement’s narrative.
"What we still aren’t asking is how similar networks of influence are operating elsewhere today."
New on D4S: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/release-th...
"What we still aren’t asking is how similar networks of influence are operating elsewhere today."
New on D4S: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/release-th...
Release the files - on Mandelson, Starmer and McSweeney
Sunlight is the only disinfectant to the corruption that's been revealed this week
democracyforsale.substack.com
February 4, 2026 at 6:50 PM
"Rhe only reason we know any of this [about Mandelson] is because Epstein became entangled in the MAGA movement’s narrative.
"What we still aren’t asking is how similar networks of influence are operating elsewhere today."
New on D4S: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/release-th...
"What we still aren’t asking is how similar networks of influence are operating elsewhere today."
New on D4S: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/release-th...
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Crawling so far up Musk's backside that he'll likely meet the team from GB news coming the other way.
Rupert Lowe being ghastly again, suggesting we owe gratitude to Elon Musk.
Calls of 'shame!'
Calls of 'shame!'
February 4, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Crawling so far up Musk's backside that he'll likely meet the team from GB news coming the other way.
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it’s genuinely reassuring to me that this is the most miserable and paranoid person in the entire world
February 5, 2026 at 1:16 AM
it’s genuinely reassuring to me that this is the most miserable and paranoid person in the entire world
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www.theguardian.com/politics/201... Bannon and Trump are in Epstein files -Farage is close friends with Bannon and Trump -I think Farage should resign from public office
Nigel Farage discussed fronting far-right group led by Steve Bannon
Footage shows Brexit party leader calling Bannon’s plan a ‘fightback against globalists’
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:06 PM
www.theguardian.com/politics/201... Bannon and Trump are in Epstein files -Farage is close friends with Bannon and Trump -I think Farage should resign from public office
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Former speechwriter for Bush the Younger and Senior Editor at The Atlantic:
February 4, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Former speechwriter for Bush the Younger and Senior Editor at The Atlantic:
Man of the people Nigel Farage sticks it to the elite with a two day jaunt to Davos that costs £50,000
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage’s two-day trip to Davos cost more than £50,000, documents reveal
Reform UK leader who received two guest passes from Iranian-born billionaire declares attendance at event on register of MPs’ interests
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Man of the people Nigel Farage sticks it to the elite with a two day jaunt to Davos that costs £50,000
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Has Krasnov made a comment about this?
Jeffrey Epstein investigated for being a Russian spy
Polish PM says photographs suggest financier was recruited to supply Moscow with kompromat — as Christopher Steele notes Robert Maxwell connection
www.thetimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Has Krasnov made a comment about this?
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We all knew that Badenoch was going to raise Mandelson and Epstein at #PMQs, but it was @eddavey.libdems.org.uk that hit the bullseye by asking if Epstein was a Russian agent
February 4, 2026 at 12:28 PM
We all knew that Badenoch was going to raise Mandelson and Epstein at #PMQs, but it was @eddavey.libdems.org.uk that hit the bullseye by asking if Epstein was a Russian agent
February 4, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Why am I not surprised that Lord David Frost has gone to the IEA
A man who fucked the UK with his far right Brexit negotiations turns up at an opaquely funded far-right think-tank who wants to fuck the UK
#PoliticsLive
A man who fucked the UK with his far right Brexit negotiations turns up at an opaquely funded far-right think-tank who wants to fuck the UK
#PoliticsLive
February 4, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Why am I not surprised that Lord David Frost has gone to the IEA
A man who fucked the UK with his far right Brexit negotiations turns up at an opaquely funded far-right think-tank who wants to fuck the UK
#PoliticsLive
A man who fucked the UK with his far right Brexit negotiations turns up at an opaquely funded far-right think-tank who wants to fuck the UK
#PoliticsLive
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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
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
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.