thepolyorchid
@thepolyorchid.bsky.social
LFC season ticket holder & dad to 2 beautiful girls. Bad guitarist. Soft spot for @altrinchamfc, #BillsMafia & #GoLeafs. @thefabians @humanists_uk. Woke isn’t a pejorative term. Not a fan of Tories, Elon Musk, Farage or sportswashing. Never kissed a Tory….
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Crypto investor and former Tory donor Christopher Harborne has just given a record-breaking £9 million donation to Reform.
Nigel Farage has spent recent months publicly calling for deregulation of the crypto industry, telling an industry conference that "I am your champion"
Nigel Farage has spent recent months publicly calling for deregulation of the crypto industry, telling an industry conference that "I am your champion"
December 4, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Crypto investor and former Tory donor Christopher Harborne has just given a record-breaking £9 million donation to Reform.
Nigel Farage has spent recent months publicly calling for deregulation of the crypto industry, telling an industry conference that "I am your champion"
Nigel Farage has spent recent months publicly calling for deregulation of the crypto industry, telling an industry conference that "I am your champion"
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Billionaire
Lives outside the U.K.
Russian connections
Donates £9 million to Reform U.K. Ltd.
Lives outside the U.K.
Russian connections
Donates £9 million to Reform U.K. Ltd.
December 4, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Billionaire
Lives outside the U.K.
Russian connections
Donates £9 million to Reform U.K. Ltd.
Lives outside the U.K.
Russian connections
Donates £9 million to Reform U.K. Ltd.
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Reform gets largest ever political donation by an individual in UK history from a crypto baron living in Thailand
This is not normal
www.ft.com/content/db73...
This is not normal
www.ft.com/content/db73...
Reform UK gets £9mn donation from Christopher Harborne
Nigel Farage’s party attracts far more funding than both Labour and the Conservatives
www.ft.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Reform gets largest ever political donation by an individual in UK history from a crypto baron living in Thailand
This is not normal
www.ft.com/content/db73...
This is not normal
www.ft.com/content/db73...
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Unfortunately nowadays it is
Reform gets largest ever political donation by an individual in UK history from a crypto baron living in Thailand
This is not normal
www.ft.com/content/db73...
This is not normal
www.ft.com/content/db73...
Reform UK gets £9mn donation from Christopher Harborne
Nigel Farage’s party attracts far more funding than both Labour and the Conservatives
www.ft.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Unfortunately nowadays it is
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"No-one has stood up against antisemitism more than Nigel and I," says Richard Tice, in the same breath as he calls a Jewish victim of Farage's antisemitism a liar
December 4, 2025 at 9:12 AM
"No-one has stood up against antisemitism more than Nigel and I," says Richard Tice, in the same breath as he calls a Jewish victim of Farage's antisemitism a liar
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A: Who gives a fuck apart from racists?
B: His figure is wrong. 71.2% of Glaswegian children speak English as their first language.
C: So that's 28.8% who speak it as a second and I'll bet you they speak brilliant English and that it's much better than most Reform voters I've met online.
B: His figure is wrong. 71.2% of Glaswegian children speak English as their first language.
C: So that's 28.8% who speak it as a second and I'll bet you they speak brilliant English and that it's much better than most Reform voters I've met online.
December 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
A: Who gives a fuck apart from racists?
B: His figure is wrong. 71.2% of Glaswegian children speak English as their first language.
C: So that's 28.8% who speak it as a second and I'll bet you they speak brilliant English and that it's much better than most Reform voters I've met online.
B: His figure is wrong. 71.2% of Glaswegian children speak English as their first language.
C: So that's 28.8% who speak it as a second and I'll bet you they speak brilliant English and that it's much better than most Reform voters I've met online.
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Reform UK are raising Council Tax across the country. They claim they didn’t formally pledge to reduce it.
The graphic attached shows exactly what they campaigned on during the Local Elections.
‘Council tax rise cannot be ruled out, says Reform’
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The graphic attached shows exactly what they campaigned on during the Local Elections.
‘Council tax rise cannot be ruled out, says Reform’
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
December 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Reform UK are raising Council Tax across the country. They claim they didn’t formally pledge to reduce it.
The graphic attached shows exactly what they campaigned on during the Local Elections.
‘Council tax rise cannot be ruled out, says Reform’
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
The graphic attached shows exactly what they campaigned on during the Local Elections.
‘Council tax rise cannot be ruled out, says Reform’
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
I know we’re in a real mess and are playing like shite, but panicking/cryarsing really doesn’t help.
A massive part of supporting a side is belief… and those lads need us to show that now. We need to rebuild them.
A massive part of supporting a side is belief… and those lads need us to show that now. We need to rebuild them.
December 4, 2025 at 8:29 AM
I know we’re in a real mess and are playing like shite, but panicking/cryarsing really doesn’t help.
A massive part of supporting a side is belief… and those lads need us to show that now. We need to rebuild them.
A massive part of supporting a side is belief… and those lads need us to show that now. We need to rebuild them.
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2 things about grief and LFC. 1. Grief makes you slow 2. A lot of smaller things go out the window.
Until eventually you get back to how you were before. Takes a while
Until eventually you get back to how you were before. Takes a while
December 4, 2025 at 8:15 AM
2 things about grief and LFC. 1. Grief makes you slow 2. A lot of smaller things go out the window.
Until eventually you get back to how you were before. Takes a while
Until eventually you get back to how you were before. Takes a while
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These people want legal clearance for murder at scale, and they can just say it out loud, in public. Meanwhile, in here, if we get a little colorful expressing our derision for these monsters, the ban-hammer finds us with a pointed quickness.
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
gizmodo.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:34 AM
These people want legal clearance for murder at scale, and they can just say it out loud, in public. Meanwhile, in here, if we get a little colorful expressing our derision for these monsters, the ban-hammer finds us with a pointed quickness.
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I'm beginning to think that history will see the demise of the Tory party something like this
Cameron: caused Brexit
May: compounded Brexit
Johnson: lies, lies, lies
Truss: bonkers
Sunak: beige (likes rain)
Badenoch: the Grim Reaper
She's killing it stone dead
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Cameron: caused Brexit
May: compounded Brexit
Johnson: lies, lies, lies
Truss: bonkers
Sunak: beige (likes rain)
Badenoch: the Grim Reaper
She's killing it stone dead
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Spoilt for choice, Conspiracy Kemi grabs wrong end of every stick | John Crace
After the budget there should have been easy wins for Badenoch at PMQs but the Tory leader just can’t help herself
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:16 AM
I'm beginning to think that history will see the demise of the Tory party something like this
Cameron: caused Brexit
May: compounded Brexit
Johnson: lies, lies, lies
Truss: bonkers
Sunak: beige (likes rain)
Badenoch: the Grim Reaper
She's killing it stone dead
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Cameron: caused Brexit
May: compounded Brexit
Johnson: lies, lies, lies
Truss: bonkers
Sunak: beige (likes rain)
Badenoch: the Grim Reaper
She's killing it stone dead
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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I do sometimes wonder if I'm losing my mind. thecritic.co.uk/full...
December 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I do sometimes wonder if I'm losing my mind. thecritic.co.uk/full...
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The Trump Administration's latest rationale for killing striken seamen was that they knew that two men had survived the initial strike but that they "needed to sink the vessel" so they fired again.
That is the EXACT same defense Heinz-Wilhelm Eck used after WWII. He was found guilty and executed.
That is the EXACT same defense Heinz-Wilhelm Eck used after WWII. He was found guilty and executed.
Pentagon knew boat attack left survivors but still launched a follow-on strike, AP sources say
The Pentagon knew there were survivors after a September attack on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean Sea and the U.S. military still carried out a follow-up strike.
www.seattletimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:56 AM
The Trump Administration's latest rationale for killing striken seamen was that they knew that two men had survived the initial strike but that they "needed to sink the vessel" so they fired again.
That is the EXACT same defense Heinz-Wilhelm Eck used after WWII. He was found guilty and executed.
That is the EXACT same defense Heinz-Wilhelm Eck used after WWII. He was found guilty and executed.
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Polls suggest that Reform support may have peaked, perhaps because it appeals only to a very distinctive, and noisy, minority | Stephen McNair
Odd and incompetent: Reform hits a ceiling
Polls suggest that Reform support may have peaked, perhaps because it appeals only to a very distinctive, and noisy, minority
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Polls suggest that Reform support may have peaked, perhaps because it appeals only to a very distinctive, and noisy, minority | Stephen McNair
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Defending trial by jury is crucial in a society where democracy is being eroded
David Lammy’s proposals to reduce the public’s role in criminal cases will further undermine trust in a justice system already under strain
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
David Lammy’s proposals to reduce the public’s role in criminal cases will further undermine trust in a justice system already under strain
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
Defending trial by jury is crucial in a society where democracy is being eroded | The Observer
observer.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Defending trial by jury is crucial in a society where democracy is being eroded
David Lammy’s proposals to reduce the public’s role in criminal cases will further undermine trust in a justice system already under strain
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
David Lammy’s proposals to reduce the public’s role in criminal cases will further undermine trust in a justice system already under strain
observer.co.uk/news/columni...
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2 in 3 of Nigel Farage’s current and former partners do not speak English as their first language.
December 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
2 in 3 of Nigel Farage’s current and former partners do not speak English as their first language.
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I often boast about being the national schoolboy public speaking champion in my youth. Just in case anyone at the Times, Telegraph, Mail, Spectator etc is preparing a humiliating exposé, I would like to clarify that it was the 1988 English Speaking Union National Schools Public Speaking competition.
Truly shocking that Rachel Reeves had the audacity to call herself the U14 girls chess champions when she won the U14 girls chess championship but some bloke thought she was talking about something else.
December 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I often boast about being the national schoolboy public speaking champion in my youth. Just in case anyone at the Times, Telegraph, Mail, Spectator etc is preparing a humiliating exposé, I would like to clarify that it was the 1988 English Speaking Union National Schools Public Speaking competition.
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A prime example of how the far right can never be appeased. Give them whatever they demand and they’ll bank it, then use it as a new base camp to strike out for more and worse.
December 3, 2025 at 8:46 PM
A prime example of how the far right can never be appeased. Give them whatever they demand and they’ll bank it, then use it as a new base camp to strike out for more and worse.
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Blatant corruption on full display.
December 4, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Blatant corruption on full display.
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Yet another vile person
Reform seems to be full of racists
The modern day version of Oswald Mosley’s Union Movement
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform seems to be full of racists
The modern day version of Oswald Mosley’s Union Movement
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform council leader accused of racism after alleged remarks about Sadiq Khan
Ian Cooper allegedly called Khan ‘narcissistic Pakistani’ and made comments about lawyer Shola Mos-Shogbamimu
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Yet another vile person
Reform seems to be full of racists
The modern day version of Oswald Mosley’s Union Movement
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform seems to be full of racists
The modern day version of Oswald Mosley’s Union Movement
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Just read an excellent thing on Reddit (www.reddit.com/r/LiverpoolF...) about an interview on Dutch TV with Khalid Boulahrouz, who joined Sevilla just before they lost a player to a heart-attack. The whole transcript is worth reading, but this stood out to me:
December 3, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Just read an excellent thing on Reddit (www.reddit.com/r/LiverpoolF...) about an interview on Dutch TV with Khalid Boulahrouz, who joined Sevilla just before they lost a player to a heart-attack. The whole transcript is worth reading, but this stood out to me:
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I understand the London Evening Standard, the Daily Mail and the Daily Express have all claimed to be newspapers (ie purveyors of factual information) - surely a far more egregious and misleading claim
December 4, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I understand the London Evening Standard, the Daily Mail and the Daily Express have all claimed to be newspapers (ie purveyors of factual information) - surely a far more egregious and misleading claim
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You will be shocked to discover after reading these stories that while Rachel Reeves claimed to have been the "British girls under-14 [chess] champion" she was in reality merely the "Under 14s British Women’s Chess Association (BWCA) Girls" Champion.
This is getting utterly ridiculous now
This is getting utterly ridiculous now
December 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
You will be shocked to discover after reading these stories that while Rachel Reeves claimed to have been the "British girls under-14 [chess] champion" she was in reality merely the "Under 14s British Women’s Chess Association (BWCA) Girls" Champion.
This is getting utterly ridiculous now
This is getting utterly ridiculous now
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🧐… Checks out!… 🔥👇🎯
December 2, 2025 at 10:41 PM
🧐… Checks out!… 🔥👇🎯
Right then….. straight into these tonight redmen! Come on Liverpool!!!
December 3, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Right then….. straight into these tonight redmen! Come on Liverpool!!!