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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 13h

Nathan Gill who went from UKIP ⏩ Brexit Party ⏩ Reform UK has admitted to taking bribes to speak pro Russian and anti- EU statements?

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➡️ Oleg Voloshyn and his wife Nadia Borodi
➡️ Nigel Farage with Nadia Borodi
➡️ Nathan Gill with Nadia Borodi
➡️ Nigel Farage with Nathan Gill

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KimBo @zapperfan7.bsky.social · 1d

On #BBCQT - Fiona Bruce said that the audience and public didn't want to press Reform UK on their dodgy links to Russia.

I disagree.

RT if you agree it's in the public interest for Reform to explain about their links to Russian money and bribery!

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Alex Richards @alxrchrds.bsky.social · 1d

The brilliant @privateeyenews.bsky.social captures British journalists and political commentators in a nutshell over their Nigel Farage and Reform Party UK Ltd obsession.

SHOCK POLL:
NIGEL FARAGE ‘WILL BE PM TOMORROW’

IN an amazing poll conducted by The Pointless Polling Company, it was revealed that voters' intentions may well change over the next three and a half years and at present it's 100 percent impossible to guess what the next government might look like.
However, 99 percent of journalists agree that it would be much more fun if we had an election tomorrow and everybody resigned and everything was chaos and Farage had a go at being PM, just for the hell of it, because it was so much fun when Brexit happened and then the government kept falling every five minutes and we could write endless pieces about (cont. p94)

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Parody Keir Starmer @parodypm.bsky.social · 7d

On the anniversary of The Battle of Cable Street, let us remember that the Daily Mail was cheering on Fascists then and continues that proud tradition today.

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tomreed81.bsky.social @tomreed81.bsky.social · 7d

Just look what X's owner is up to on the other side of the pond: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Elon Musk, the Anti-Defamation League and the right: what’s behind the latest blow-up?

The Jewish advocacy and anti-hate group is at the center of a rightwing backlash campaign led by Musk over the ADL’s online database on extremism

www.theguardian.com

tomreed81.bsky.social @tomreed81.bsky.social · 7d

This is chilling. Absolutely no doubt that SYL well be celebrating and looking to mimic this www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Elon Musk, the Anti-Defamation League and the right: what’s behind the latest blow-up?

The Jewish advocacy and anti-hate group is at the center of a rightwing backlash campaign led by Musk over the ADL’s online database on extremism

www.theguardian.com

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tomreed81.bsky.social @tomreed81.bsky.social · 7d

Why no naming and shaming?
What not hold the hot coals of their lies to their feet?
Facts and truth must not be smothered by self-serving snakes.

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Prof Naomi Fulop @profnaomifulop.bsky.social · 10d

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Covid-19 Bereaved Families For Justice UK @cbffjuk.bsky.social · 10d

🚨 Today the High Court ruled that a company linked to Michelle Mone must repay £122 million for faulty PPE.🚨

She still sits in the House of Lords.

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BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 10d

“Not you again!”

Health Secretary Wes Streeting tells Nick Watt that he thinks Sir Keir Starmer’s conference speech was “unifying” and “in stark contrast to the snake oil salesman Nigel Farage.”

#Newsnight

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tomreed81.bsky.social @tomreed81.bsky.social · 9d

Just read this as well: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Farage, Trump, Musk: your boy Javier Milei just took one hell of a beating. Why so quiet?

The wild politics and chainsaw made Argentina’s president an economic hero for the right. And now, with his nation’s finances in chaos: silence, writes Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty

www.theguardian.com

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 10d

Javier Milei had to beg a bail-out and already needs another. Argentina's economy is in a tailspin. Gov't bonds and peso in freefall. People starving, throwing rocks at him.

Farage last year: "He's amazing. It's Thatcherism on steroids. Cutting and slashing expenditure. That's leadership."

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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 14d

So to recap:

🟣Farage made Gill Welsh UKIP leader

🟣Gill left UKIP 2 days after Farage and has admitted to his first count of Russian bribery THE SAME DAY

💎Gill joined Brexit party and re-elected to Brexit Party during the bribes period

💎Gill made Welsh Reform UK leader

11/14

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The Secret Labuor MP🥀🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧 @secret-labour-mp.bsky.social · 11d

6. In response to Matt Frei’s 2019 question as to who was funding his operations, Nigel Farage terse, single word answer was “Russians”

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LaindonFeminist: 10 Year Keir @viviane49.bsky.social · 11d

A flurry of announcements yesterday. From young people guaranteed work to new powers for Covid enforcement to uplifting pay for Care Workers.

Labour Rebuilding Britain

1. Tech firms to prevent unwanted sexual images under tougher laws to protect women and girls online
2. Reform of public procurement to back British suppliers
3. High-talent visa routes
4. Youth Guarantee scheme: guaranteed work for eligible people who have been on UC for 18m
5. £500m for first ever Fair Pay Agreement for care workers
6. UK Space Agency goes global with 23 new projects
7. Military families/veterans prioritised in ‘forces first’ housing scheme
8. Scottish defence skills & jobs boost as welding facility secured by new funding
9. Targeted maintenance grants for students to be reintroduced
10. New team with more powers to track down fraudulent Covid loans 💪💪
11. Pledge Library in every primary school
12. Cutting-edge rail ticket technology trials launch in the North
13. Over £4m government backing for next-gen aviation technology projects
14. Government backs Jaguar Land Rover with £1.5 billion loan guar

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 15d

What do you do when your media org is captured? You start your own.

Introducing....The Nerve!!! @thenerve-news.bsky.social

We're all-female, journalist-owned & launching next week.

Please help us build a truly independent, progressive new media!👊👊👊

Press Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 15d

Former Observer big-hitters inc @carolecadwalla.bsky.social launch new title The Nerve with redundancy payouts

After Observer sale: "We decided to launch a title that the journalists themselves would own, that would be truly independent"
pressgazette.co.uk/news/former-...

Former Observer big-hitters launch new title with redundancy payouts

Five former Observer journalists including Carole Cadwalladr have launched their own culture publication using their redundancy money.

pressgazette.co.uk

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The Secret Labuor MP🥀🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧 @secret-labour-mp.bsky.social · 12d

Nathan’s mate Nigel sure did seem to want to brush it all away when questioned by Matt Frei back in 2019.

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tomreed81.bsky.social @tomreed81.bsky.social · 14d

Calling in the big guns... @natashadevon.bsky.social , @mrjamesob.bsky.social , @lewisgoodall.com ;)

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tomreed81.bsky.social @tomreed81.bsky.social · 14d

@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social , this feels too important to swap under the carpet. Don't be on the wrong side of history

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tomreed81.bsky.social @tomreed81.bsky.social · 17d

Might be the first time his team have de-escalated anything

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tomreed81.bsky.social @tomreed81.bsky.social · 18d

My clothes have certainly become 'tighter' the older I get. Must be because I'm fashionable

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tomreed81.bsky.social @tomreed81.bsky.social · 21d

Perhaps, Chris Mason is merely news entertainment, so not requiring of editorial rigor

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tomreed81.bsky.social @tomreed81.bsky.social · 21d

I remember that time Angus Deayton became the news, and has to quit, because he WAS the news

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tomreed81.bsky.social @tomreed81.bsky.social · 24d

Sweating?

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tomreed81.bsky.social @tomreed81.bsky.social · 25d

Gosh, that's not very pinet!

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LBC Watch @lbcwatchuk.bsky.social · 26d

The crazy thing about this is they are delivering somewhat (see the link). They've certainly done more already than the Tories did in 14 years. The issue for me is that Starmer is personally coming quite annoying by not being persuasive enough in public.

fullfact.org/government-t...

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