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Wanderscotwild @wanderscotwild.bsky.social · 3m

I remember those little milk bottles when I was a child in primary school

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 4h

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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The Marsh Family @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social · 1h

We've just hit *LAUNCH* on a @kickstarter.com to fund our debut album #HollowChapters. We've finished 7 of the mixes (explainer & extracts in video via link), but as independent artists need a final push to get over the line 🎶

PLEASE share and support if you can

www.kickstarter.com/projects/mar...

The Marsh Family: debut album campaign

Support an independent musical family group in releasing their debut album of ten original folk-pop songs, "Hollow Chapters" in 2026.

www.kickstarter.com

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2h

Glad to see Nigel Farage has finally remembered Nathan Gill, former leader of Reform in Wales - found guilty of taking bribes from Russia.

Maybe he'll now remember how much he took from Putin's propaganda broadcaster Russia Today for all his TV appearances when he was a MEP?

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Han🌹🏳️‍🌈 @ceremonialgeek.bsky.social · 8h

The UK Labour Instagram account has just posted about Nathan Gill. This is more like it!

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 9h

Most people seem to have missed who retweeted this picture of Farage in Gill’s office a few days after Gill began receiving his first bribes from Oleh Voloshyn (Oleg Voloshin). None other than…

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Wanderscotwild @wanderscotwild.bsky.social · 8h

Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 10h

stop thinking right now

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 13h

Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.

Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.

Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.

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Jenny Hall @jennohall.bsky.social · 11h

Why are folk still voting Reform in council by elections?

Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 14h

The Reform UK Councils that are considering raising Council tax (one even by 10%):

Kent
Durham
West Northamptonshire
Warwickshire
Leicestershire
Worcestershire
Staffordshire
Lincolnshire

TBC:
Derbyshire
Lancashire

Eight Reform UK councils likely to raise tax next year

Despite Nigel Farage’s promises to cut waste and ‘save a lot of money’, senior officials have now admitted they will likely have to resort to tax rises

www.thetimes.com

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 11h

Good to blame Farage for the dull-arsed, ruinous, tedious failure of Brexit.
Not that good to keep punishing us for that failure, rather than looking to swiftly boost our prosperity by asking to rejoin the Single Market and Customs Union.
But yes. It’s a start.

www.thetimes.com/article/8875...

Starmer and Reeves are expected to argue that if it hadn't been for Brexit this type of downgrade would not have been needed - and cite official figures suggesting that if Britain had not left the European Union the economy would be about £120 billion greater by 2035 than current forecasts suggest.
The message is simple: Farage is ultimately to blame, as the man who delivered Brexit with "easy sloganeering" then walked away from the aftermath rather than putting in the hard yards.
Or to put it another way: Farage, not us, is responsible for putting up your taxes.
The theme will tie to the main thrust of Starmer's argument at conference, that the Reform leader is selling easy solutions that are just a fantasy.

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Wanderscotwild @wanderscotwild.bsky.social · 9h

Sh*t!

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 9h

Byline Times has been told by various sources that Farage has maintained a close interest in Ukraine’s conflict with Russia…
But Farage’s ignorance of this particular set of pro-Russian influencers around Nathan Gill is even more questionable….

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/11/s...

'Stunned?' Farage's Admission He Knew Nathan Gill but Not His Kremlin Associates Does Not Stand Up to Scrutiny

Insiders have told Byline Times, it is 'inconceivable' the Reform Leader did not know about his close aide's pro Russian statements

bylinetimes.com

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 1d

Pay strict attention to this when considering forthcoming US elections.

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1d

Why has Dominion Voting Systems been settling defamation lawsuits with Trump allies who falsely claimed the company stole the 2020 election?

Because Dominion has just been bought by a company run by a former GOP election official.

Be warned.

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Wanderscotwild @wanderscotwild.bsky.social · 1d

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Children in Gaza crisis appeal

Widespread malnutrition is threatening the lives of children and families in Gaza. Please donate to our Gaza Appeal for children in crisis.

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Wanderscotwild @wanderscotwild.bsky.social · 1d

That's bad news

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JohnWest_JAWS @johnwestjaws.bsky.social · 1d

I have issues with Mandatory ID.

However, I need to point out a few things.

The Tories made ID for voting a requirement - and then dictates what ID was acceptable.

That excluded a lot of people from voting.

People are excluded from services because they do not have "approved ID"

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Dr Steve Taylor @drstevetaylor.bsky.social · 1d

Why does the NHS keep costing more?
1950 life expectancy was 69yrs it’s now 83yrs

14 more years of experience, living, grandchildren
14yrs of more costs £3600/person/year

5.6million people over 70yrs £20bn/pa

It costs to keep people alive with prevention, treatments, medicine

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 1d

And each and every single one more deserving of the prize.

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251010-ten-contenders-for-the-nobel-peace-prize-who-are-not-donald-trump

Ten contenders for the Nobel Peace Prize who are not Donald Trump

The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded Friday in Oslo, Norway, to one of 338 candidates, among them 244 individuals and 94 organisations. US President Donald Trump has been hinting that he deserve...

www.france24.com

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Wanderscotwild @wanderscotwild.bsky.social · 1d

⬆️ This ⬆️ 👏🏻

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Wanderscotwild @wanderscotwild.bsky.social · 1d

I wonder if it's connected to innate Tribalism in human beings. We all want to be part of a Tribe - to be part of something important. Also, if you're not sure who you would vote for, you might vote for who seems more 'popular' in Polls . . .

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 2d

Nigel Farage accuses teachers of "poisoning our kids" on race issues.

Here's a reminder of what teachers and fellow pupils at Farage's own school remember of his own views on that subject.

www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...

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Wanderscotwild @wanderscotwild.bsky.social · 1d

Polls are designed to influence Elections, not a true reflection of the way the public would vote in a real GE, IMHO

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 1d

After pointing out that she's an immigrant Joanna Lumley asks why we don't fix the problems that create asylum seekers and address climate change

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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 2d

Videos claiming that a new rule will ban pensioners from driving at night have been shared thousands of times online.

But this is completely false - and the videos also feature fake audio of the PM.

Fake nighttime pensioner driving ban rumour spreads online – Full Fact

A spokesperson from the Department for Transport confirmed this is not true.

fullfact.org

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Chris Rivers @chrisrivers50.bsky.social · 2d

Reform is increasing Derbyshire Chief Exec’s pay. Yet claimed in local elections that the role was overpaid…

www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-n...

Derbyshire's Reform team defends increasing chief exec salary to £201k

The chief executive salary at Derbyshire County Council had been criticised by Reform in May but they have now increased it

www.derbytelegraph.co.uk

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