Toby Venables
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Co-writer of #BAFTA winning #HisHouse. Fixer of broken things. Sometimes stories. Sometimes shelves.
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American Dream – American Nightmare: Cinema, Landscape and the Rise of Road Horror
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Only 16% of Trump voters support Ukraine making territorial concessions to Russia and 72% are in favor of selling Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, according to a new poll by The Vandenberg Coalition.
72% of Trump voters also believe the US should help Ukraine and hold Russia accountable.
72% of Trump voters also believe the US should help Ukraine and hold Russia accountable.
November 25, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Only 16% of Trump voters support Ukraine making territorial concessions to Russia and 72% are in favor of selling Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, according to a new poll by The Vandenberg Coalition.
72% of Trump voters also believe the US should help Ukraine and hold Russia accountable.
72% of Trump voters also believe the US should help Ukraine and hold Russia accountable.
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Trump envoy Steve Witkoff has been outed as a Russian asset. This is traitorous stuff.
Steve Witkoff helped Russia derail Ukraine’s access to Tomahawk missiles. He tipped off the Kremlin about Zelensky’s U.S. visit, giving Moscow time to arrange a call that convinced Trump to block the deal. Witkoff actively works against Ukraine’s defense, in coordination with Putin’s regime.
November 26, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Trump envoy Steve Witkoff has been outed as a Russian asset. This is traitorous stuff.
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Kremlin operative Kirill Dmitriev drew up the “US Peace Plan” months ago. It was a Russian operation against Ukraine and Europe and Trump and his team of losers went along with it.
Made in Moscow: The “U.S. peace plan” for Ukraine was substantially formulated months ago by Kremlin operative Kirill Dmitriev
Since it was first published on Nov. 20, the much-discussed 28-point plan for ending the war in Ukraine has borne all the signs of a Kremlin information operation. In fact, many of its most controvers...
theins.press
November 26, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Kremlin operative Kirill Dmitriev drew up the “US Peace Plan” months ago. It was a Russian operation against Ukraine and Europe and Trump and his team of losers went along with it.
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Trump has fully backed the Russian asset Witkoff and said he’ll be meeting with Putin in Moscow next week. Jared Kushner may also go along. Some big property deals to sort out.
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Trump has fully backed the Russian asset Witkoff and said he’ll be meeting with Putin in Moscow next week. Jared Kushner may also go along. Some big property deals to sort out.
“I hope I have not done anything that could be construed as racist,” said Herr Hitler yesterday.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Three more ex-pupils at school with Nigel Farage reject ‘banter’ claims
Exclusive: Dulwich college contemporaries ‘rubbish’ Reform UK leader’s suggestion alleged racist taunts not intended to hurt
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
“I hope I have not done anything that could be construed as racist,” said Herr Hitler yesterday.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Chaos on TwitterX as they roll out a new change which shows the location of the user and inadvertently reveal how many fake accounts there are and how much foreign interference.
Earlier a vocal Scottish independence campaigner was outed as an Iranian account. Then there’s this pro Trump one:
Earlier a vocal Scottish independence campaigner was outed as an Iranian account. Then there’s this pro Trump one:
November 23, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Chaos on TwitterX as they roll out a new change which shows the location of the user and inadvertently reveal how many fake accounts there are and how much foreign interference.
Earlier a vocal Scottish independence campaigner was outed as an Iranian account. Then there’s this pro Trump one:
Earlier a vocal Scottish independence campaigner was outed as an Iranian account. Then there’s this pro Trump one:
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The UK’s waters are rising and we’re being kept in the dark.
Sewage Watch – Protect our rivers and beaches
Since April 2023 Sewage Watch has been keeping a running log of press coverage on the state of sewage dumping into our rivers and onto our beaches - Updated November 2025
westenglandbylines.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 6:57 AM
The UK’s waters are rising and we’re being kept in the dark.
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Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study explains it:
a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else.
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study explains it:
a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else.
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study explains it:
a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else.
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study explains it:
a 6–8% hit to GDP – that's £180bn-£240bn a year – means less tax, less investment and less money for everything else.
Brexit made Britain poorer. Much poorer.
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France has added Musk’s Grok to an ongoing cybercrime investigation after it produced French-language posts echoing Holocaust denial about Auschwitz.
November 22, 2025 at 1:29 PM
France has added Musk’s Grok to an ongoing cybercrime investigation after it produced French-language posts echoing Holocaust denial about Auschwitz.
The peace plan and the timing of it come directly from the Kremlin. Putin knows he may not survive the winter.
Trump: “You mean Zelenskyy doesn’t like it? He’ll have to like it… at some point he's going to have to accept something… you remember right in the oval office, not so long ago, I said, you don't have the cards. Don't forget, I inherited this war."
November 22, 2025 at 8:32 AM
The peace plan and the timing of it come directly from the Kremlin. Putin knows he may not survive the winter.
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Several years ago I suggested that Farage, Wigmore and Banks would one day be spoken of in the same way as Philby, Burgess and Maclean - and that day now feels significantly closer.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes
Nathan Gill has been sentenced at the Old Bailey after pleading guilty to eight counts of bribery.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Several years ago I suggested that Farage, Wigmore and Banks would one day be spoken of in the same way as Philby, Burgess and Maclean - and that day now feels significantly closer.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c8...
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Ukraine, if you fancy a little trip to the UK, we would be happy to point out where this ship is hanging out…
www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/bri...
www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/bri...
Britain warns Russia after spy ship comes close to its waters: "We are ready"
Britain has warned Russia that it's ready to deal with any incursions into its territory after the spy ship Yantar was detected on the edge of U.K. waters north of Scotland.
www.cbsnews.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Ukraine, if you fancy a little trip to the UK, we would be happy to point out where this ship is hanging out…
www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/bri...
www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/bri...
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None of this is new, but it's still impeachable and awful and should be stopped.
www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022...
www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022...
Perspective | Far-right figures are newly embracing a scary symbol: The gallows
It’s trolling — but it’s not just that.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:53 PM
None of this is new, but it's still impeachable and awful and should be stopped.
www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022...
www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022...
If the US military have to choose between obeying Trump or protecting the Constitution, their oath makes that choice clear.
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#CNNBreakingNews Media actually airing this, guess finally is the answer...
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#CNNBreakingNews Media actually airing this, guess finally is the answer...
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November 21, 2025 at 6:41 AM
If the US military have to choose between obeying Trump or protecting the Constitution, their oath makes that choice clear.
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Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives | CNN Business
Sales of an artificial intelligence-enabled plush toy have been suspended after it was found that it engaged in conversation around sexually explicit topics and offered potentially dangerous advice.
www.cnn.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Sales of AI-enabled teddy bear suspended after it gave advice on BDSM sex and where to find knives
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All going well.
One Russian paper today reports that “Half of all clothes and shoe shops in Russia have shut down….[due to] drop in incomes & slowing economic growth.” Another wonders whether Russia is suffering from “economic stagnation or technical recession.” #ReadingRussia
"Half of all Russian clothes and shoe shops have shut down", says Russian paper
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
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November 18, 2025 at 10:14 AM
All going well.
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Epstein’s brother Mark on News Nation: “They’re sanitising these files.
“There’s a facility in Winchester, Virginia where they’re scrubbing the files to take Republican names out.”
“There’s a facility in Winchester, Virginia where they’re scrubbing the files to take Republican names out.”
November 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Epstein’s brother Mark on News Nation: “They’re sanitising these files.
“There’s a facility in Winchester, Virginia where they’re scrubbing the files to take Republican names out.”
“There’s a facility in Winchester, Virginia where they’re scrubbing the files to take Republican names out.”
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The Danish party that inspired Labour’s hardline immigration policy is on course to lose Copenhagen for the first time in more than a hundred years.
Among the reasons cited: fatigue and frustration with its hardline immigration policy.
Among the reasons cited: fatigue and frustration with its hardline immigration policy.
Centre-left tipped to lose Copenhagen for first time in electoral history
Political rivals say PM’s divisive politics have encouraged voters to ditch the Social Democrats for the far right
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The Danish party that inspired Labour’s hardline immigration policy is on course to lose Copenhagen for the first time in more than a hundred years.
Among the reasons cited: fatigue and frustration with its hardline immigration policy.
Among the reasons cited: fatigue and frustration with its hardline immigration policy.
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The whole world is being gaslighted. Just say we’re all at war with Russia.
November 18, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The whole world is being gaslighted. Just say we’re all at war with Russia.
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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk: “As a result of the investigation, we now know it was the Russian Secret Services that commissioned the blast of the Polish railway and recruited two Ukrainians to do it. We also know the identities of the perpetrators who immediately fled Poland for Belarus.”
November 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk: “As a result of the investigation, we now know it was the Russian Secret Services that commissioned the blast of the Polish railway and recruited two Ukrainians to do it. We also know the identities of the perpetrators who immediately fled Poland for Belarus.”
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November 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
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More of this. It’s time the world took a stand.
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break — CNN
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
apple.news
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
More of this. It’s time the world took a stand.