@artiant.bsky.social
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While purporting to care deeply about the funding of other organisations and the importance of free speech, Lord Young's FSU won't reveal who funds the er ... Free Speech Union
Excellent work from @petergeoghegan.bsky.social
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-funds-...
Excellent work from @petergeoghegan.bsky.social
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-funds-...
Who funds the Free Speech Union?
Toby Young’s outfit went to court to hide its donors. Today we reveal that funders include US anti-abortion groups, Brexit politicians and Tufton Street insiders.
democracyforsale.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:53 AM
While purporting to care deeply about the funding of other organisations and the importance of free speech, Lord Young's FSU won't reveal who funds the er ... Free Speech Union
Excellent work from @petergeoghegan.bsky.social
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-funds-...
Excellent work from @petergeoghegan.bsky.social
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/who-funds-...
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Incredibly, no-one on Nigel Farage’s team has got round to deleting this post. It’s still live as Robert Jenrick gives his big defection speech.
January 15, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Incredibly, no-one on Nigel Farage’s team has got round to deleting this post. It’s still live as Robert Jenrick gives his big defection speech.
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The only questio about 'defectors' to Farage is: "Were they lying before or are they lying now?"
The answer, invariably, is "Both".
I'm watching the snooker.
The answer, invariably, is "Both".
I'm watching the snooker.
January 15, 2026 at 5:02 PM
The only questio about 'defectors' to Farage is: "Were they lying before or are they lying now?"
The answer, invariably, is "Both".
I'm watching the snooker.
The answer, invariably, is "Both".
I'm watching the snooker.
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Of course, the definitive text on precisely how they broke Britain (How They Broke Britain by 😀) contains an entire chapter on Farage.
A third group said "it's broken, but we can't say so, because the Conservative party broke it".
"If they can't admit that to you, the British people, what they broke, then how can they possibly begin to fix it".
"If they can't admit that to you, the British people, what they broke, then how can they possibly begin to fix it".
January 15, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Of course, the definitive text on precisely how they broke Britain (How They Broke Britain by 😀) contains an entire chapter on Farage.
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Channel 4 News close to examplary this evening. It pains me to point out that some people working for the broadcast partner of Bari Weiss's CBS News, the BBC, could learn a lot from Matt Frei & Anushka Asthana. But I also wonder how much 'balance' we give to obvious liars, however powerful they are.
January 8, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Channel 4 News close to examplary this evening. It pains me to point out that some people working for the broadcast partner of Bari Weiss's CBS News, the BBC, could learn a lot from Matt Frei & Anushka Asthana. But I also wonder how much 'balance' we give to obvious liars, however powerful they are.
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"What will I do when they start murdering civilians & blatantly lying about it?"
I think a lot of people will, somewhere deep inside, be surprised to discover their actual answer to this question. Mostly 'free speech' campaigners, terminally online 'classical liberals' & self-styled 'libertarians'.
I think a lot of people will, somewhere deep inside, be surprised to discover their actual answer to this question. Mostly 'free speech' campaigners, terminally online 'classical liberals' & self-styled 'libertarians'.
January 9, 2026 at 8:48 AM
"What will I do when they start murdering civilians & blatantly lying about it?"
I think a lot of people will, somewhere deep inside, be surprised to discover their actual answer to this question. Mostly 'free speech' campaigners, terminally online 'classical liberals' & self-styled 'libertarians'.
I think a lot of people will, somewhere deep inside, be surprised to discover their actual answer to this question. Mostly 'free speech' campaigners, terminally online 'classical liberals' & self-styled 'libertarians'.
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What makes a building good?
My good friend @ecominimalnick.bsky.social and Jon Broom have distilled decades of experience between them to write this book.
Recommended for anyone interested in efficient, elegant sustainable design
My good friend @ecominimalnick.bsky.social and Jon Broom have distilled decades of experience between them to write this book.
Recommended for anyone interested in efficient, elegant sustainable design
January 10, 2026 at 8:30 AM
What makes a building good?
My good friend @ecominimalnick.bsky.social and Jon Broom have distilled decades of experience between them to write this book.
Recommended for anyone interested in efficient, elegant sustainable design
My good friend @ecominimalnick.bsky.social and Jon Broom have distilled decades of experience between them to write this book.
Recommended for anyone interested in efficient, elegant sustainable design
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The world's richest 0.1% took just three days to exhaust their annual carbon budget
The UK’s richest 1% produced more carbon pollution in eight days than the poorest 50% used in a year.
We can't afford the rich - they produce corruption, poverty, environmental degradation; destroy democracy.
The UK’s richest 1% produced more carbon pollution in eight days than the poorest 50% used in a year.
We can't afford the rich - they produce corruption, poverty, environmental degradation; destroy democracy.
World’s richest 1% have already used fair share of emissions for 2026, says Oxfam
Richest 1% took 10 days while wealthiest 0.1% needed just three days to exhaust annual carbon budget, study shows
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 7:56 AM
The world's richest 0.1% took just three days to exhaust their annual carbon budget
The UK’s richest 1% produced more carbon pollution in eight days than the poorest 50% used in a year.
We can't afford the rich - they produce corruption, poverty, environmental degradation; destroy democracy.
The UK’s richest 1% produced more carbon pollution in eight days than the poorest 50% used in a year.
We can't afford the rich - they produce corruption, poverty, environmental degradation; destroy democracy.
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Cold 🥶 but sunny 🌞 day, useful solar gains keeping our house at comfy 21 degrees C without any additional heating. The same glazing will be fully shaded in summer, preventing overheating.
Passivhaus and good design works in all seasons 👌
Passivhaus and good design works in all seasons 👌
January 2, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Cold 🥶 but sunny 🌞 day, useful solar gains keeping our house at comfy 21 degrees C without any additional heating. The same glazing will be fully shaded in summer, preventing overheating.
Passivhaus and good design works in all seasons 👌
Passivhaus and good design works in all seasons 👌
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'Tangier Bay at Night.' During his time in Tangier, John Lavery painted many nocturnes which for the most part are subtle transitions of grey and blue, adopting the vocabulary of Whistler, an artist he greatly respected. This is from 1913.
January 1, 2026 at 9:01 PM
'Tangier Bay at Night.' During his time in Tangier, John Lavery painted many nocturnes which for the most part are subtle transitions of grey and blue, adopting the vocabulary of Whistler, an artist he greatly respected. This is from 1913.
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Homes England standard adopts passive house principles for new housing 🥳
From the latest issue of @phplus.bsky.social
From the latest issue of @phplus.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Homes England standard adopts passive house principles for new housing 🥳
From the latest issue of @phplus.bsky.social
From the latest issue of @phplus.bsky.social
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Can’t remember budget ‘case studies’ ever being quite so funny. Especially in newspapers that recently anointed Liz Truss a fiscal genius.
Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
November 29, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Can’t remember budget ‘case studies’ ever being quite so funny. Especially in newspapers that recently anointed Liz Truss a fiscal genius.
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She’s just asking questions.
‘Is Nigel Farage a Russian asset?’
‘Are you seriously asking me that?’
@shelaghfogarty.bsky.social refuses to back down while questioning Reform’s Zia Yusuf.
‘Are you seriously asking me that?’
@shelaghfogarty.bsky.social refuses to back down while questioning Reform’s Zia Yusuf.
November 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
She’s just asking questions.
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'This isn't an opinion. This is counting.'
- A 100,000 drop in net migration costs us £7bn
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
November 27, 2025 at 11:29 AM
'This isn't an opinion. This is counting.'
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BBC staff have now been banned from repeating the description of Donald Trump excised from Rutger’s Reith lecture. Makes his warning here all the more chilling.
youtu.be/9UlYdocG5Bs
youtu.be/9UlYdocG5Bs
'What are they afraid of?' Historian's lecture cut by BBC
YouTube video by LBC
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 3:43 PM
BBC staff have now been banned from repeating the description of Donald Trump excised from Rutger’s Reith lecture. Makes his warning here all the more chilling.
youtu.be/9UlYdocG5Bs
youtu.be/9UlYdocG5Bs
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"Welfare spending went up, you raised taxes 20 times in the last parliament... you added £1.5 trillion to national debt..."
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social challenges Harriett Baldwin, Shadow Business Minister, on her party's 14-year record - after her criticism of Labour's Budget.
#Newsnight
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social challenges Harriett Baldwin, Shadow Business Minister, on her party's 14-year record - after her criticism of Labour's Budget.
#Newsnight
November 27, 2025 at 12:36 PM
"Welfare spending went up, you raised taxes 20 times in the last parliament... you added £1.5 trillion to national debt..."
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social challenges Harriett Baldwin, Shadow Business Minister, on her party's 14-year record - after her criticism of Labour's Budget.
#Newsnight
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social challenges Harriett Baldwin, Shadow Business Minister, on her party's 14-year record - after her criticism of Labour's Budget.
#Newsnight
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Child Poverty %
Denmark 2.4%
Finland 3.2%
Norway 3.6%
Sweden 3.6%
The UK 32.1%
Denmark 2.4%
Finland 3.2%
Norway 3.6%
Sweden 3.6%
The UK 32.1%
November 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Child Poverty %
Denmark 2.4%
Finland 3.2%
Norway 3.6%
Sweden 3.6%
The UK 32.1%
Denmark 2.4%
Finland 3.2%
Norway 3.6%
Sweden 3.6%
The UK 32.1%
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Boris Johnson didn't apologise to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, even when she told him in person the lasting impact his comments about her had on her detention in Iran, her husband tells the BBC
November 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Boris Johnson didn't apologise to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, even when she told him in person the lasting impact his comments about her had on her detention in Iran, her husband tells the BBC
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Gosh. What a surprise.
🚨 BREAKING: Kent County Council is hurtling towards financial oblivion under Reform.
A shocking new council report reveals a projected budget black hole of £46.5 million for this year. The Reform Administration has completely lost control of our finances. 🔶
A shocking new council report reveals a projected budget black hole of £46.5 million for this year. The Reform Administration has completely lost control of our finances. 🔶
November 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Gosh. What a surprise.
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Rustenburgstraat is a development of 89 homes for a social housing provider 'Trudo' in Eindhoven/ The Netherlands 🇳🇱
Built with pre-assembled EcoCocon straw wall system 🌾
This is how to normalise construction with biobased materials
Built with pre-assembled EcoCocon straw wall system 🌾
This is how to normalise construction with biobased materials
November 13, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Rustenburgstraat is a development of 89 homes for a social housing provider 'Trudo' in Eindhoven/ The Netherlands 🇳🇱
Built with pre-assembled EcoCocon straw wall system 🌾
This is how to normalise construction with biobased materials
Built with pre-assembled EcoCocon straw wall system 🌾
This is how to normalise construction with biobased materials
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Have written for the New Statesman about why, if he will not accept an apology, the BBC should welcome a Trump lawsuit. They should show guts and fight it because impartially matters and if they don't, they will have tacitly accepted a rewritten history.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/med...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/med...
Trump's attack can rescue the BBC
The BBC should use the threat of legal action to strike a blow for press freedom
www.newstatesman.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Have written for the New Statesman about why, if he will not accept an apology, the BBC should welcome a Trump lawsuit. They should show guts and fight it because impartially matters and if they don't, they will have tacitly accepted a rewritten history.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/med...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/med...
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It makes me wonder whether Prescott actually consulted the original source himself & doctored it or simply took dictation from someone else. A person, for example, who had helped insert a right-wing lobbyist who hadn’t done journalism for over 20 years into such a potentially important position…
The remarkable story we discussed this morning. (No paywall but do consider subscribing.) www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
EXCLUSIVE: Michael Prescott himself doctored Trump quote in his anti-BBC report
A report alleging Panorama broadcast misleading Trump quotes contains misleading quotes itself
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
It makes me wonder whether Prescott actually consulted the original source himself & doctored it or simply took dictation from someone else. A person, for example, who had helped insert a right-wing lobbyist who hadn’t done journalism for over 20 years into such a potentially important position…
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BBC Question Time audience laugh as Nadine Dorries squirms amid immigration debate
Question Time audience laugh as Nadine Dorries squirms amid immigration debate
Nadine Dorries, a former nurse who last month ditched the Conservative Party for Reform UK, was grilled on Question Time on BBC One on Thursday about immigration
www.mirror.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 12:15 PM
BBC Question Time audience laugh as Nadine Dorries squirms amid immigration debate