@billingtonian.bsky.social
CAMRA member. Retired librarian. Londoner living in rural Lancashire. Hablo español. Park run volunteer.
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Farage still doesn’t own a house in Clacton.
January 12, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Farage still doesn’t own a house in Clacton.
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❤️🔥Tory sources confirm that Nadhim Zahawi made approaches to senior members of Kemi Badenoch's team about getting a peerage just weeks before defecting to Reform UK - but was turned down.
January 12, 2026 at 2:35 PM
❤️🔥Tory sources confirm that Nadhim Zahawi made approaches to senior members of Kemi Badenoch's team about getting a peerage just weeks before defecting to Reform UK - but was turned down.
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NEW: Many people have been trying to talk London down, but the evidence tells a very different story.
Last year saw:
The lowest homicide rate since records began
The fewest homicides of those aged under 25 this century
Last year saw:
The lowest homicide rate since records began
The fewest homicides of those aged under 25 this century
January 12, 2026 at 7:33 AM
NEW: Many people have been trying to talk London down, but the evidence tells a very different story.
Last year saw:
The lowest homicide rate since records began
The fewest homicides of those aged under 25 this century
Last year saw:
The lowest homicide rate since records began
The fewest homicides of those aged under 25 this century
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Please share this Nadhim Zahawi tweet as I think it’s now been deleted.
January 12, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Please share this Nadhim Zahawi tweet as I think it’s now been deleted.
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Reform: the home for failed Tories. In this case failed in the sense of failed to pay HMRC loads of tax he owed
NEW: Former Tory Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi defects to Reform.
Most senior member of the last Conservative govt yet to join the party.
Most senior member of the last Conservative govt yet to join the party.
January 12, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Reform: the home for failed Tories. In this case failed in the sense of failed to pay HMRC loads of tax he owed
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He may be deleting the tweets, but he won't have the authority to remove this article from Con Home website
#wato
conservativehome.com/2015/03/23/n...
#wato
conservativehome.com/2015/03/23/n...
Nadhim Zahawi MP: In Farage's Britain, it would be legal to discriminate against me on the grounds of race | Conservative Home
Welfare, skills and immigration policy require deep thought and serious long-term reform rather than angry slogans.
conservativehome.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:29 PM
He may be deleting the tweets, but he won't have the authority to remove this article from Con Home website
#wato
conservativehome.com/2015/03/23/n...
#wato
conservativehome.com/2015/03/23/n...
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Nadim Zahawi arrived in the UK from Iraq as a child refugee. His family claimed asylum once they were here. Today he has joined Reform who will stop all in country asylum applications. Under his new party, his own family fleeing persecution would be immediately deported.
January 12, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Nadim Zahawi arrived in the UK from Iraq as a child refugee. His family claimed asylum once they were here. Today he has joined Reform who will stop all in country asylum applications. Under his new party, his own family fleeing persecution would be immediately deported.
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Remember this guy didn’t just fail to pay the tax he owed. He then used legal threats to try and stop people setting out the truth of what happened
Reform: the home for failed Tories. In this case failed in the sense of failed to pay HMRC loads of tax he owed
NEW: Former Tory Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi defects to Reform.
Most senior member of the last Conservative govt yet to join the party.
Most senior member of the last Conservative govt yet to join the party.
January 12, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Remember this guy didn’t just fail to pay the tax he owed. He then used legal threats to try and stop people setting out the truth of what happened
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Nigel Farage on GB News in 2022: "I thought Zahawi had principles. Tonight we learn he's just about climbing that greasy pole, as so many of them are"
Nadhim Zahawi has just joined Reform.
Nadhim Zahawi has just joined Reform.
January 12, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Nigel Farage on GB News in 2022: "I thought Zahawi had principles. Tonight we learn he's just about climbing that greasy pole, as so many of them are"
Nadhim Zahawi has just joined Reform.
Nadhim Zahawi has just joined Reform.
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Reform priorities ...
"£75,000 of taxpayers’ money has been spent on flags by Reform councillors while our roads are left to crumble."
via Anti-Reform
"£75,000 of taxpayers’ money has been spent on flags by Reform councillors while our roads are left to crumble."
via Anti-Reform
January 12, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Reform priorities ...
"£75,000 of taxpayers’ money has been spent on flags by Reform councillors while our roads are left to crumble."
via Anti-Reform
"£75,000 of taxpayers’ money has been spent on flags by Reform councillors while our roads are left to crumble."
via Anti-Reform
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Man of the people Nigel Farage has just warmly accepted into his party a man who used the taxpayer to heat his stables.
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
Tory MP Nadhim Zahawi admits taxpayers paid power bill for his stables
MP promises to repay the part of £5,822.27 expenses claim for second home energy bills that relates to electricity for stables
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Man of the people Nigel Farage has just warmly accepted into his party a man who used the taxpayer to heat his stables.
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
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Vote Reform get the Tories.
Same old same old.
They are fast becoming ridiculous and so are the people who intend to vote for them.
Same old same old.
They are fast becoming ridiculous and so are the people who intend to vote for them.
January 12, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Vote Reform get the Tories.
Same old same old.
They are fast becoming ridiculous and so are the people who intend to vote for them.
Same old same old.
They are fast becoming ridiculous and so are the people who intend to vote for them.
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Former Conservative cabinet minister Nadhim Zahawi has defected to Reform UK
Having served in numerous ministerial positions for successive prime ministers, his defection will likely be seen as the most high-profile yet
"Britain needs Nigel Farage as prime minister," he said on Monday morning
Having served in numerous ministerial positions for successive prime ministers, his defection will likely be seen as the most high-profile yet
"Britain needs Nigel Farage as prime minister," he said on Monday morning
Former Tory Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi Defects To Reform UK
Former Conservative cabinet minister Nadhim Zahawi has defected to Reform UK.
www.politicshome.com
January 12, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Former Conservative cabinet minister Nadhim Zahawi has defected to Reform UK
Having served in numerous ministerial positions for successive prime ministers, his defection will likely be seen as the most high-profile yet
"Britain needs Nigel Farage as prime minister," he said on Monday morning
Having served in numerous ministerial positions for successive prime ministers, his defection will likely be seen as the most high-profile yet
"Britain needs Nigel Farage as prime minister," he said on Monday morning
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Making minorities the enemy, extreme nationalism, a cult leader, denying election results, normalising corruption, a secret police, attempts to control health, education and media, loyal rich rewarded, excusing and glamourising violence. When do we admit that the USA is becoming a fascist state?
January 11, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Making minorities the enemy, extreme nationalism, a cult leader, denying election results, normalising corruption, a secret police, attempts to control health, education and media, loyal rich rewarded, excusing and glamourising violence. When do we admit that the USA is becoming a fascist state?
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Lloyds Bank CEO latest banking boss in line for huge pay and bonus hike to £13m.
Last year Barclays boss got 45% rise, HSBC 43%, NatWest 43%.
Govts preach pay restraint to workers. No curbs on profiteering, exec pay, dividends, share buybacks.
Last year Barclays boss got 45% rise, HSBC 43%, NatWest 43%.
Govts preach pay restraint to workers. No curbs on profiteering, exec pay, dividends, share buybacks.
Lloyds CEO Charlie Nunn latest banking boss in line for huge bonus hike
Barclays, HSBC and NatWest shareholders already approved big pay rises after post Brexit loosening of remuneration rules
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Lloyds Bank CEO latest banking boss in line for huge pay and bonus hike to £13m.
Last year Barclays boss got 45% rise, HSBC 43%, NatWest 43%.
Govts preach pay restraint to workers. No curbs on profiteering, exec pay, dividends, share buybacks.
Last year Barclays boss got 45% rise, HSBC 43%, NatWest 43%.
Govts preach pay restraint to workers. No curbs on profiteering, exec pay, dividends, share buybacks.
And they have the gall to tell the Iranian government not to shoot protestors…
Apparently the US government can kill people on the high seas, in other lands and on its own streets—and nothing will be done to stop it. The US is now a gangster state at home and a rogue state abroad, writes dag
Death in Minnesota
The significance of the reaction to the killing of Renee Nicole Good
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 7:26 PM
And they have the gall to tell the Iranian government not to shoot protestors…
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So the guy who wanted peaceful protesters in DC to be shot is threatening Iran for shooting protesters there. Have I got that right?
January 11, 2026 at 6:06 PM
So the guy who wanted peaceful protesters in DC to be shot is threatening Iran for shooting protesters there. Have I got that right?
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January 11, 2026 at 3:20 PM
It’s going to be an interesting soccer World Cup.
Unless the journey is absolutely necessary why would anyone in their right mind visit the USA at the moment?
January 10, 2026 at 9:04 PM
It’s going to be an interesting soccer World Cup.
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The leaders of all five Greenland political parties, including the PM, have issued a joint statement:
“We don't want to be Americans, we don't want to be Danish, we want to be Greenlanders.”
“The future of Greenland must be decided by Greenlanders… We must decide our country's future ourselves.”
“We don't want to be Americans, we don't want to be Danish, we want to be Greenlanders.”
“The future of Greenland must be decided by Greenlanders… We must decide our country's future ourselves.”
January 10, 2026 at 12:20 PM
The leaders of all five Greenland political parties, including the PM, have issued a joint statement:
“We don't want to be Americans, we don't want to be Danish, we want to be Greenlanders.”
“The future of Greenland must be decided by Greenlanders… We must decide our country's future ourselves.”
“We don't want to be Americans, we don't want to be Danish, we want to be Greenlanders.”
“The future of Greenland must be decided by Greenlanders… We must decide our country's future ourselves.”
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It's three weeks after the deadline to release the Epstein files.
January 10, 2026 at 7:01 AM
It's three weeks after the deadline to release the Epstein files.
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The threat to shut X in the UK is a threat to the whole far right ecosystem.
They're going to throw everything at stopping it because they know it would cause them almost irreparable damage.
That's not the case for more moderate voices on left and right who have choices..
They're going to throw everything at stopping it because they know it would cause them almost irreparable damage.
That's not the case for more moderate voices on left and right who have choices..
January 10, 2026 at 3:42 PM
The threat to shut X in the UK is a threat to the whole far right ecosystem.
They're going to throw everything at stopping it because they know it would cause them almost irreparable damage.
That's not the case for more moderate voices on left and right who have choices..
They're going to throw everything at stopping it because they know it would cause them almost irreparable damage.
That's not the case for more moderate voices on left and right who have choices..
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While I applaud the @theguardian.com in general and for headlines like this, particularly compared to our increasingly corporatized and toothless mass media, it continues to amaze me how hard it is for them to say "lies."
January 9, 2026 at 2:14 PM
While I applaud the @theguardian.com in general and for headlines like this, particularly compared to our increasingly corporatized and toothless mass media, it continues to amaze me how hard it is for them to say "lies."