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Ben Curnow @wonruc77.bsky.social · 16h

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Ben Curnow @wonruc77.bsky.social · 16h

If you have always voted Tory, then flirted with UKIP, was taken in by the Brexit Party, voted Brexit, then listened to Boris Johnson and voted Tory (Again) to"Get Brexit Done" and now you support/voted Reform, the state the country is in is because of you! *copied*
#Farage #ReformUK #Tory #Badenoch

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 1d

You *really* should be by now but you don’t *actually* have to call them liars or racists, if it offends your commitment to now almost entirely redundant BBC principles of ‘objectivity’ & ‘ balance’. You just have to ask them again & again & again to justify their words & explain their exact meaning

James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve been saying this for ten years now but possibly not often enough: Ask Them What They Think The Words They’re Using Mean. And then ask them to name the ‘problematic’ people. We had ‘sovereignty’, ‘laws’ & ‘unelected bureaucrats’. The US now has ‘Antifa’, the ‘radical left’ & ‘insurrection’. Ask!

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 2d

One significant - & dangerous - thing to watch for is professional commentators objecting to words rather than examining the evidence. It's pearl-clutching & cowardly, obviously, but also a deliberate attempt to avoid confronting exactly what they themselves are facilitating and often cheering on.

BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 3d

“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”

“Because that’s what they are”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.

#Newsnight

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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 2d

Takes some doing, but I think Kemi Badenoch has found the policies to tank the economy even quicker than Liz Truss if given the chance.

Fantasy tax and spending cuts plus trade chaos with neighbours from leaving the ECHR. Great stuff!

Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 2d

Good to see the Conservative Party committed to keeping the deficit down by *checks notes* spending £2 billion giving tax breaks for private education, creating a massive new deportation force and pledging to maintain pensioner benefits.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d

I'm never actually going to need to write another comment piece again am I?

The right wing shit rags are just going to keep recruiting for us.

Folks - want a better country?

Join.greenparty.org.uk

The party even more dangerous than Starmers labour - UK's answer to Putin's communists

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Ben Curnow @wonruc77.bsky.social · 2d

#GBNews #LBC #BBC #Channel4News #ToryPartyConference #ToriesOut #Badenoch #Starmer #Farage #Labour #ReformUK #TalkTV #SkyNews #ITVNews #GMB #DailyMail #TheGuardian #TheSun #TheMirror #TheIndependent #TheTimes #TimesRadio

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Iain Lee @iainlee.com · 2d

Has there ever been a greater fall from integrity and grace than this prick?

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Ben Curnow @wonruc77.bsky.social · 2d

After listening to that awful speech on the @mrjamesob.bsky.social show this morning, I really do struggle now on the question "Who would you least want in government next election?" I despise Farage and his outfit but at least he, i think, pretends to like the working class. Awful woman!

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Andrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int · 3d

Should the UK leave the European Convention on Human Rights?

Interesting comments from Dominic Grieve, former Attorney General for England and Wales👇

#ECHR

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Catherine @shadowdogdesigns.bsky.social · 3d

#Photographer Bernd Nowack Shares the Story Behind Viral #Photo of the #Moon Perfectly Centered Behind a #Tree

Link for more info: mymodernmet.com/full-moon-tr...

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 3d

Do watch this. It’s very good. Sound absolutely on.

Dave Bagpuss Forsey 🍺 @bagpuss.org · 3d

Robert Jenrick and his wiggy puppet

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Ben Curnow @wonruc77.bsky.social · 3d

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HMRC Investigate Farage's Close Adviser

YouTube video by A Different Bias

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ET Heisenberg @utdheisenberg.bsky.social · 4d

Powerful words from Gary Neville.

Respect

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 6d

Do read all of this.

Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 6d

🔴NEW🔴

Thread 🧵

@bylinetimes.bsky.social can now reveal that, during the crucial period when convicted Reform leader Nathan Gill was most active, working directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most senior ally in Ukraine, he was also one of Nigel Farage’s closest confidantes 1/12

‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem

Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides, while we reveal how Gill worked on the Kremlin’...

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JimAnder @jimander.bsky.social · 6d

Picture I took of my wife on our first night at Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park last week

#Photography #NationalPark #OriginalContent #ShotOnIphone

The silhouette of a person is seen standing at the end of a long pier on a calm lake as darkness sets in. There is a boat in the water with tall mountains seen in the background.

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 8d

“Nigel Farage is wrong in principle, his approach is racist, and we oppose it”

“Nigel Farage is right on immigration, but he doesn’t have the skill or experience to deliver his plans”

At some point, the government has to pick *one* of these narratives, instead of veering wildly between the two.

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 9d

Right-wing media fluffs Farage for years, to the point where he now leads the polls, and then start whining about Starmer being 'obsessed' when he starts telling some long overdue home truths. It's actually hilarious.

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 9d

So was *The Sun* ‘inciting violence’ against Nigel Farage in 2014 when its editorial described his racist comments on my show as ‘racism, pure and simple’? And would somebody who interviews these ghouls on a regular basis at least ask them this question!

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Ben Curnow @wonruc77.bsky.social · 10d

Snowflake!

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 10d

Nigel Farage doesn’t think the Prime Minister should have free speech in this country. But he’ll tell foreigners that yours is somehow under threat from the Prime Minister. He’s a whiny little liar. Always has been. Always will be.

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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 10d

Hugged a self-described racist jailed for inciting racial hatred at his party conference.
Threatened to ‘don khaki’ in the event of Brexit being frustrated.
Disseminated the racist lies of an alleged rapist & stayed silent as racists responded by setting fire to buildings full of foreigners.

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 10d

Nigel Farage: Labour rhetoric incites violence against Reform

Reform UK leader will claim in a speech today that Keir Starmer’s labelling of his migrant plan as ‘racist’ has endangered the safety of his candidates and activists ⬇️

Nigel Farage: Labour rhetoric incites violence against Reform

www.thetimes.com

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Neil Lewis @neil-lewis.bsky.social · 11d

Oh look, immigrants (refugees even) make their host country richer.

That'll get a mention at Labour conference, won't it?

MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 11d

🇨🇿🇺🇦 Ukrainian refugees brought the Czech Republic about €616 million in income in half a year: this is twice as much as Czech Republic itself spent on supporting refugees in the first half of 2025 — €312 million, — Radio Praga International

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Ben Curnow @wonruc77.bsky.social · 10d

Thank you James 👍

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Al Yankovic @alyankovic.bsky.social · 11d

Always wonderful to bump into my old friend Daniel Radcliffe!

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