Cressida Sparrow
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Oh excellent news. Brexit sovereignty strikes again.
‘Global’ Little Britain gets to plead with foreign powers not to screw us over. And foreign powers say no.
We will be doing this shit for years. What an idiotically avoidable waste of our time and resources.
www.farminguk.com/news/chlorin...
‘Global’ Little Britain gets to plead with foreign powers not to screw us over. And foreign powers say no.
We will be doing this shit for years. What an idiotically avoidable waste of our time and resources.
www.farminguk.com/news/chlorin...
December 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Oh excellent news. Brexit sovereignty strikes again.
‘Global’ Little Britain gets to plead with foreign powers not to screw us over. And foreign powers say no.
We will be doing this shit for years. What an idiotically avoidable waste of our time and resources.
www.farminguk.com/news/chlorin...
‘Global’ Little Britain gets to plead with foreign powers not to screw us over. And foreign powers say no.
We will be doing this shit for years. What an idiotically avoidable waste of our time and resources.
www.farminguk.com/news/chlorin...
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Sigh! Trying to see if the studio in Manchester could hear us from the London studio. I said "Mork calling Orsen, come in Orsen!" to be met by total blank faces (of the youngsters Im working with)
December 18, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Sigh! Trying to see if the studio in Manchester could hear us from the London studio. I said "Mork calling Orsen, come in Orsen!" to be met by total blank faces (of the youngsters Im working with)
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It’s exactly this kind of dismal, prejudiced bollox from the Daily Mail that’s got us into the ruinous Brexit mess we’re in. What a moronic response to us rejoining Erasmus and all the benefits that brings. If they’re really worried about cost, they should push to cancel Brexit altogether.
December 18, 2025 at 7:21 AM
It’s exactly this kind of dismal, prejudiced bollox from the Daily Mail that’s got us into the ruinous Brexit mess we’re in. What a moronic response to us rejoining Erasmus and all the benefits that brings. If they’re really worried about cost, they should push to cancel Brexit altogether.
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Those people are not terrorists and we all know it including Labour MPs.
Terror arrests surge by 660% due to Palestine Action ban
Terror arrests surge by 660% due to Palestine Action ban
www.independent.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Those people are not terrorists and we all know it including Labour MPs.
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The incredibly right Joe Lycett is still the only good guest to go on Laura Kuenssberg's show.
He nearly got her fired, and she hates being reminded of it, so don't RT.
He nearly got her fired, and she hates being reminded of it, so don't RT.
December 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The incredibly right Joe Lycett is still the only good guest to go on Laura Kuenssberg's show.
He nearly got her fired, and she hates being reminded of it, so don't RT.
He nearly got her fired, and she hates being reminded of it, so don't RT.
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TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE. For shame, Mr Johnson and the team you pretended to lead. Preventable deaths on your hands. They will not return to us. You live on, rich and vainglorious.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE. For shame, Mr Johnson and the team you pretended to lead. Preventable deaths on your hands. They will not return to us. You live on, rich and vainglorious.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Hey Labour
Remember the majority of voters who believe in treating people decently and not stealing from those who've endured months and years of hardship fleeing war and persecution to seek a place of safety?
We're still over here 👋
Remember the majority of voters who believe in treating people decently and not stealing from those who've endured months and years of hardship fleeing war and persecution to seek a place of safety?
We're still over here 👋
November 17, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Hey Labour
Remember the majority of voters who believe in treating people decently and not stealing from those who've endured months and years of hardship fleeing war and persecution to seek a place of safety?
We're still over here 👋
Remember the majority of voters who believe in treating people decently and not stealing from those who've endured months and years of hardship fleeing war and persecution to seek a place of safety?
We're still over here 👋
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Dear Mahmood/Labour,
Once the strutting fascist, Yaxley Lennon, is taking credit for your policies, you must know you’ve completely lost your way. You need to get your head out of your arse and your account off X.
Yours
The real silent (fair-minded and ignored) majority of the UK
Once the strutting fascist, Yaxley Lennon, is taking credit for your policies, you must know you’ve completely lost your way. You need to get your head out of your arse and your account off X.
Yours
The real silent (fair-minded and ignored) majority of the UK
Tommy Robinson is claiming credit for the language/policy being used by the Labour government (about deporting people found to be refugees once their home country is deemed safe)
November 16, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Dear Mahmood/Labour,
Once the strutting fascist, Yaxley Lennon, is taking credit for your policies, you must know you’ve completely lost your way. You need to get your head out of your arse and your account off X.
Yours
The real silent (fair-minded and ignored) majority of the UK
Once the strutting fascist, Yaxley Lennon, is taking credit for your policies, you must know you’ve completely lost your way. You need to get your head out of your arse and your account off X.
Yours
The real silent (fair-minded and ignored) majority of the UK
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www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... Words fail. Well, nothing says, "We care about children" more than criminalising the parent trying to protect them from further trauma, eh?
Do we learn absolutely nothing from one year to the next, as a nation?
Do we learn absolutely nothing from one year to the next, as a nation?
Domestic abuse victims who flee with children overseas to be criminalised under new law
Change to crime and policing bill backed by fathers’ rights groups seeking support in cross-border abduction cases
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:50 AM
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... Words fail. Well, nothing says, "We care about children" more than criminalising the parent trying to protect them from further trauma, eh?
Do we learn absolutely nothing from one year to the next, as a nation?
Do we learn absolutely nothing from one year to the next, as a nation?
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And that company was…..
Palantir
Slow slow handclap to Cummings and his unerring instinct for a bad ‘un
Palantir
Slow slow handclap to Cummings and his unerring instinct for a bad ‘un
Dominic Cummings pushed for Covid tech contracts to be handed to a company run by a Trump-supporting billionaire after holding a secret meeting with him alongside Boris Johnson.
Officials were lobbied to ignore official procedures and bypass ministers in order to get the contracts signed
Officials were lobbied to ignore official procedures and bypass ministers in order to get the contracts signed
Dominic Cummings Lobbied Officials to Hand 'Test and Trace' Contracts to Palantir After Secret Meeting With Peter Thiel
Exclusive: Boris Johnson's senior advisor pushed for Covid contracts to be handed to companies run by Trump-supporting tech billionaires Peter Thiel and Larry Ellison
bylinetimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:29 AM
And that company was…..
Palantir
Slow slow handclap to Cummings and his unerring instinct for a bad ‘un
Palantir
Slow slow handclap to Cummings and his unerring instinct for a bad ‘un
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Michael Gove personally intervened to ensure that a Conservative donor's firm was awarded a multimillion pound covid contract.
Private correspondence reveals that Ciga Healthcare’s Brexit-supporting owner had pushed Gove to “take control” of the process.
The contract was awarded just days later
Private correspondence reveals that Ciga Healthcare’s Brexit-supporting owner had pushed Gove to “take control” of the process.
The contract was awarded just days later
Michael Gove Lobbied Government Officials to Hand Conservative Donor Multimillion Pound Covid Contract
Private correspondence seen by Byline Times reveals that Ciga Healthcare's Brexit-supporting owner had pushed Gove to "take control" of the process
bylinetimes.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Michael Gove personally intervened to ensure that a Conservative donor's firm was awarded a multimillion pound covid contract.
Private correspondence reveals that Ciga Healthcare’s Brexit-supporting owner had pushed Gove to “take control” of the process.
The contract was awarded just days later
Private correspondence reveals that Ciga Healthcare’s Brexit-supporting owner had pushed Gove to “take control” of the process.
The contract was awarded just days later
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X is a cesspit led by an unhinged billionaire who is desperately trying to stir up civil war in Britain.
Nobody with any sense or decency should be there.
No organisations, government departments, or politicians should be there.
Everyone who is, is enabling this monster.
Nobody with any sense or decency should be there.
No organisations, government departments, or politicians should be there.
Everyone who is, is enabling this monster.
October 29, 2025 at 8:22 AM
X is a cesspit led by an unhinged billionaire who is desperately trying to stir up civil war in Britain.
Nobody with any sense or decency should be there.
No organisations, government departments, or politicians should be there.
Everyone who is, is enabling this monster.
Nobody with any sense or decency should be there.
No organisations, government departments, or politicians should be there.
Everyone who is, is enabling this monster.
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Farage “will argue that the heroic liberation dream was traduced by cowardice in the implementation but even that puts him in complicity with disappointment. Simpler to change the subject”
So, don’t let him. His lies got us into this mess. Only truth gets us out.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
So, don’t let him. His lies got us into this mess. Only truth gets us out.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Nothing else has worked – so Starmer and Reeves are finally telling the truth about Brexit | Rafael Behr
It is the right way to go, but taking the long way round to such an obvious point has cost Labour precious time and credibility, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Farage “will argue that the heroic liberation dream was traduced by cowardice in the implementation but even that puts him in complicity with disappointment. Simpler to change the subject”
So, don’t let him. His lies got us into this mess. Only truth gets us out.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
So, don’t let him. His lies got us into this mess. Only truth gets us out.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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If I were running Labour comms I would commission an app called 'Will the Tories/Reform deport you?' then let the reactions on TikTok and Instagram do their work.
October 22, 2025 at 10:29 AM
If I were running Labour comms I would commission an app called 'Will the Tories/Reform deport you?' then let the reactions on TikTok and Instagram do their work.
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Sorry @theipaper.com but WHY is this guy talking to us about what will make the UK poorer? He was happy to grenade our economy twice…
Brexit and then his batshit budget with Truss.
He should be in political oblivion for the mess he made and the price we all have to pay for his party’s failures.
Brexit and then his batshit budget with Truss.
He should be in political oblivion for the mess he made and the price we all have to pay for his party’s failures.
October 24, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Sorry @theipaper.com but WHY is this guy talking to us about what will make the UK poorer? He was happy to grenade our economy twice…
Brexit and then his batshit budget with Truss.
He should be in political oblivion for the mess he made and the price we all have to pay for his party’s failures.
Brexit and then his batshit budget with Truss.
He should be in political oblivion for the mess he made and the price we all have to pay for his party’s failures.
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US spy-tech giant Palantir is moving into our NHS to handle patient data, the same company with a troubling record of surveillance and deportations.
Our Tech and Data Lead, Duncan, spoke at Hackney Town Hall as Homerton Hospital considers adopting Palantir software.
What do you think?
Our Tech and Data Lead, Duncan, spoke at Hackney Town Hall as Homerton Hospital considers adopting Palantir software.
What do you think?
October 18, 2025 at 7:01 AM
US spy-tech giant Palantir is moving into our NHS to handle patient data, the same company with a troubling record of surveillance and deportations.
Our Tech and Data Lead, Duncan, spoke at Hackney Town Hall as Homerton Hospital considers adopting Palantir software.
What do you think?
Our Tech and Data Lead, Duncan, spoke at Hackney Town Hall as Homerton Hospital considers adopting Palantir software.
What do you think?
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And if there was ever a story that proves why Britain needs fiercely independent news outlets, it’s this.
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The glamorous TV host, the web of influence and a mysterious trip to Moscow – inside the downfall of Reform’s disgraced MEP
Ahead of a critical Welsh byelection for Reform next week, part two of our investigation into Nathan Gill uncovers the web of Russian influence that encircled him – and asks why it took so long to cha...
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October 18, 2025 at 8:53 AM
If you share this thread or images, please credit @thenerve_news.
We are only 3 weeks old (!!) & can only do this work with your support.
And if there was ever a story that proves why Britain needs fiercely independent news outlets, it’s this.
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NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
October 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
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BBC asking Bridget Phillipson at length about rising antisemitism in the UK (which actually fell last year according to new figures, albeit still very high) but not at all about rising Islamophobia, which is up by 19% year-on-year
October 12, 2025 at 8:24 AM
BBC asking Bridget Phillipson at length about rising antisemitism in the UK (which actually fell last year according to new figures, albeit still very high) but not at all about rising Islamophobia, which is up by 19% year-on-year
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After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season.
TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...
TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...
England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet
The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter
christinapagel.substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
After a long pause, I've just done another England Covid & NHS update as we head into the autumn/winter season.
TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...
TLDR: we're in a significant Covid wave now, the NHS is stretched, get boosted if you're eligible.
christinapagel.substack.com/p/england-is...
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This is quite frankly terrifying- someone who hears voices, believes in conspiracy theories like chemtrails and pseudomedicine influences decisions of the Florida surgeon general Joseph Ladapo who is himself already a vaccine skeptic ..
Guided by angels, pursued by chemtrails: the weird world of Florida health chief’s influential wife
Brianna Ladapo, the wife of Florida surgeon general Dr Joseph Ladapo, claims her husband won’t work with anyone she hasn’t vetted
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 7:49 AM
This is quite frankly terrifying- someone who hears voices, believes in conspiracy theories like chemtrails and pseudomedicine influences decisions of the Florida surgeon general Joseph Ladapo who is himself already a vaccine skeptic ..
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Men in balaclavas set fire to a mosque in East Sussex last night. It's only appearing on the BBC's local coverage, rather than its main national headlines, despite coming just a week after the (also under-reported) firebombing of an asylum hotel in London last week
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Peacehaven: Fire at East Sussex mosque probed as 'hate crime'
Video appears to show two people in balaclavas at the mosque before a large blaze spreads.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 5, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Men in balaclavas set fire to a mosque in East Sussex last night. It's only appearing on the BBC's local coverage, rather than its main national headlines, despite coming just a week after the (also under-reported) firebombing of an asylum hotel in London last week
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I had to flee the US – as a foreign, Black, pro-Palestinian activist, I tick every box on Ice’s list | Amandla Thomas-Johnson
I had to flee the US – as a foreign, Black, pro-Palestinian activist, I tick every box on Ice’s list | Amandla Thomas-Johnson
I’ve never been accused of any crimes, let alone prosecuted. My experience sums-up the draconian plight of non-citizens in the US, says journalist Amandla Thomas-Johnson
www.theguardian.com
October 5, 2025 at 9:14 AM
I had to flee the US – as a foreign, Black, pro-Palestinian activist, I tick every box on Ice’s list | Amandla Thomas-Johnson
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Yesterday: imagine managing to get the last seat on a packed train even in 1st class, just to be confronted by a frail 75+ White man who decided that the only Black person in the carriage (and NOT the only person who got on that carriage) couldn't possibly have a 1st class ticket.
October 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Yesterday: imagine managing to get the last seat on a packed train even in 1st class, just to be confronted by a frail 75+ White man who decided that the only Black person in the carriage (and NOT the only person who got on that carriage) couldn't possibly have a 1st class ticket.