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@coeliacexpat.bsky.social
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These people track the businesses still paying millions in taxes to Putin's war machine

leave-russia.org
#LeaveRussia
#LeaveRussia: The List of Companies that Stopped or Still Working in Russia
leave-russia.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Also reminder of this

Robbie Gibb cancelled an investigation into Farage's Leave dot EU campaign shortly before the EU Ref

Arron Banks thanked him for it

"Robbie Gibb is being quite helpful and says he’s trying to hose it down."

cc @baghdaddi.bsky.social
"Funnily enough Andy [Wigmore], the only time I ever experienced political interference in one of my investigations at the BBC, was when I was investigating you and Arron Banks

Your mate Robbie Gibb put a stop to a story we were running."

- former BBC investigative reporter Manveen Rana, 2022
November 10, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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This was a story from just last week.
November 11, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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Trump was found as a matter of fact (unchallenged on appeal) by a US court to be an insurrectionist
November 11, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Thanks for the link. Like you, I would *love * to wave a magic wand (though in my case it's purely selfish, also gluten so not as serious.) Can't imagine trying to negotiate life as a mother whose kids have an allergy.
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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And that’s partly thanks to the wilful, gloating ignorance Sitwell and his audience, who revel in their luck of having had an easier ride.

They would never speak like this about a family whose child has cancer.
November 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Agree on both counts: JC is, apart from anything else, more human than the rest of the Tory front bench.
Re Other cultures: Agreed, I hesitated before posting. It's the rhythm of BC. )Someone mashed up Bercow calling BC with Under Pressure.) I don't see it as mockery. But perhaps I'm being unfair.
November 11, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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But that is not enough. No.10 should never have been in a position to install Gibb in the first place. It shouldn't control the board membership, the DG appointment, or the purse strings. What's required is genuine independence for the BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
These are all excellent. I'm sorry Bambos Charalambous is no longer a front bencher, hence called less often by the speaker.
November 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM