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
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.
Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
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...
I see that #PoliticsLive are mentioning Mandelson's payments from Epstein 20 years ago. Will they be mention this which is current?
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 2, 2026 at 12:21 PM
I see that #PoliticsLive are mentioning Mandelson's payments from Epstein 20 years ago. Will they be mention this which is current?
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Tonight other dumb napkin cartoon…
February 2, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Tonight other dumb napkin cartoon…
@greenpartyhan.bsky.social @zackpolanski.bsky.social
is a foreign billionaire trying to buy a by-election? How can you compete and this be legal?
is a foreign billionaire trying to buy a by-election? How can you compete and this be legal?
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 2, 2026 at 10:51 AM
@greenpartyhan.bsky.social @zackpolanski.bsky.social
is a foreign billionaire trying to buy a by-election? How can you compete and this be legal?
is a foreign billionaire trying to buy a by-election? How can you compete and this be legal?
@andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social In case you missed this over the weekend
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 2, 2026 at 10:14 AM
@andrewsparrowgdn.bsky.social In case you missed this over the weekend
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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 1, 2026 at 10:44 AM
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.
No and no
"ambushed by a cake" brought down Johnson.
A lettuce lasted longer than Truss.
Will the Lord in Underpants bring down Starmer?
And Will the Prince of Pizza Express bring down the monarchy?
And it's not even tuesday.
A lettuce lasted longer than Truss.
Will the Lord in Underpants bring down Starmer?
And Will the Prince of Pizza Express bring down the monarchy?
And it's not even tuesday.
February 2, 2026 at 10:08 AM
No and no
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🚨 A holder of our NHS data, Thiel, is celebrating with Epstein the first major success (with Russia and Farage) in dismantling the EU. With each day, it’s more and more obvious that Farage is foreign-backed operator with no loyalty to our country - only to money paid by American paedophiles.
February 2, 2026 at 10:04 AM
🚨 A holder of our NHS data, Thiel, is celebrating with Epstein the first major success (with Russia and Farage) in dismantling the EU. With each day, it’s more and more obvious that Farage is foreign-backed operator with no loyalty to our country - only to money paid by American paedophiles.
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Bannon bragging he has control of the far right across Europe. Including Nigel Farage.
#EpsteinFiles
#EpsteinFiles
February 2, 2026 at 7:09 AM
Bannon bragging he has control of the far right across Europe. Including Nigel Farage.
#EpsteinFiles
#EpsteinFiles
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It's rare to see how lobbyists operate. But the Epstein-Mandelson correspondence shows us what happens all the time: plutocrats and government ministers conspiring against the public interest. This is why all lobbying should be in the public domain, but despite Labour and Con promises, it's not. 🧵
February 2, 2026 at 8:20 AM
It's rare to see how lobbyists operate. But the Epstein-Mandelson correspondence shows us what happens all the time: plutocrats and government ministers conspiring against the public interest. This is why all lobbying should be in the public domain, but despite Labour and Con promises, it's not. 🧵
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Why isn't this a major news story?
February 2, 2026 at 7:53 AM
Why isn't this a major news story?
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"All that's left is 3 million horrible photographs of Epstein and his mates doing terrible things, which isn't enough for us to prosecute anybody, so the case is closed."
Literally. That's his argument.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Literally. That's his argument.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Todd Blanche says review of Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking case ‘is over’
Deputy US attorney general says victims ‘want to be made whole’ but that doesn’t mean ‘we can just create evidence’
www.theguardian.com
February 2, 2026 at 7:07 AM
"All that's left is 3 million horrible photographs of Epstein and his mates doing terrible things, which isn't enough for us to prosecute anybody, so the case is closed."
Literally. That's his argument.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Literally. That's his argument.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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February 1, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
February 1, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Yesterday, five-year-old Liam and his dad Adrian were released from Dilley detention center. I picked them up last night and escorted them back to Minnesota this morning.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.
Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack.