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I BEG every smug commentator who praised Mahmood for doing the “tough but necessary thing” to read this.
All the disadvantages of plummeting immigration for the economy & public services, for NO POLITICAL GAIN.
Labour in DESPERATE need of a 180 change of course on immigration
All the disadvantages of plummeting immigration for the economy & public services, for NO POLITICAL GAIN.
Labour in DESPERATE need of a 180 change of course on immigration
January 11, 2026 at 10:56 AM
I BEG every smug commentator who praised Mahmood for doing the “tough but necessary thing” to read this.
All the disadvantages of plummeting immigration for the economy & public services, for NO POLITICAL GAIN.
Labour in DESPERATE need of a 180 change of course on immigration
All the disadvantages of plummeting immigration for the economy & public services, for NO POLITICAL GAIN.
Labour in DESPERATE need of a 180 change of course on immigration
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I’m going to try to post more on here - because the other place is awful.
January 10, 2026 at 10:06 AM
I’m going to try to post more on here - because the other place is awful.
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January 10, 2026 at 9:19 AM
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I think it's a bad sign that every major news media outlet has spent days asking whether or not murder is bad and how much child porn is an okay amount
January 10, 2026 at 4:07 AM
I think it's a bad sign that every major news media outlet has spent days asking whether or not murder is bad and how much child porn is an okay amount
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I've spoken quite openly in the past about abuse I have received online and I stopped using X, formerly known as Twitter, last year due to how toxic the platform had become. I know many of my colleagues have suffered similar, and some have had it way worse than me, too.
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January 8, 2026 at 3:19 PM
I've spoken quite openly in the past about abuse I have received online and I stopped using X, formerly known as Twitter, last year due to how toxic the platform had become. I know many of my colleagues have suffered similar, and some have had it way worse than me, too.
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Amongst everything else, I'm thinking about how eager the UK press were initially to swallow the Met's lie that Jean Charles de Menezes was a terrorist after they executed him in a tube station
January 8, 2026 at 10:11 AM
Amongst everything else, I'm thinking about how eager the UK press were initially to swallow the Met's lie that Jean Charles de Menezes was a terrorist after they executed him in a tube station
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I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
January 8, 2026 at 12:31 PM
I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
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Leyton and Wanstead MP Calvin Bailey investigated for 'influencing' standards commissioner
Bailey allegedly tried to influence the outcome of a separate ongoing investigation into an MP's conduct
walthamforestecho.co.uk/2025/10/13/l...
Bailey allegedly tried to influence the outcome of a separate ongoing investigation into an MP's conduct
walthamforestecho.co.uk/2025/10/13/l...
Leyton and Wanstead MP Calvin Bailey investigated for 'influencing' standards commissioner
Bailey allegedly tried to influence the outcome of a separate ongoing investigation into an MP's conduct
walthamforestecho.co.uk
October 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Leyton and Wanstead MP Calvin Bailey investigated for 'influencing' standards commissioner
Bailey allegedly tried to influence the outcome of a separate ongoing investigation into an MP's conduct
walthamforestecho.co.uk/2025/10/13/l...
Bailey allegedly tried to influence the outcome of a separate ongoing investigation into an MP's conduct
walthamforestecho.co.uk/2025/10/13/l...
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I'm afraid there *is* an obvious answer: it can't.
January 6, 2026 at 7:10 AM
I'm afraid there *is* an obvious answer: it can't.
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what. on. earth.
WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
January 5, 2026 at 9:21 AM
what. on. earth.
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Here's a thing I did for the Observer yesterday looking at non-voters - the 'dark matter' of electoral politics- hard to observe, seldom discussed, yet potentially very influential
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
January 5, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Here's a thing I did for the Observer yesterday looking at non-voters - the 'dark matter' of electoral politics- hard to observe, seldom discussed, yet potentially very influential
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
observer.co.uk/news/politic...
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Once again Nigel Farage has been denied a knighthood. Still eligible for a white hood.
December 30, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Once again Nigel Farage has been denied a knighthood. Still eligible for a white hood.
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Let’s air those grievances. I want to hear your pettiest gripes on this the holiest of days.
December 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Let’s air those grievances. I want to hear your pettiest gripes on this the holiest of days.
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A friend has sent me this photo from the website of the Sandringham Estate. That fireplace looks *remarkably* familiar, doesn't it? bsky.app/profile/jame...
December 19, 2025 at 10:41 PM
A friend has sent me this photo from the website of the Sandringham Estate. That fireplace looks *remarkably* familiar, doesn't it? bsky.app/profile/jame...
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"The Epstein files have been released."
December 19, 2025 at 11:39 PM
"The Epstein files have been released."
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🔴A British academic and his wife have been told their cousin can't come to the UK for Christmas.
Despite sending over 100 pages of evidence, the Home Office said that they could not prove "a genuine relationship".
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/18/t...
Despite sending over 100 pages of evidence, the Home Office said that they could not prove "a genuine relationship".
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/18/t...
'They've Ruined Christmas': Nigerian Student Blocked By Home Office From Visiting UK Family for Holidays
British academic and his Nigerian wife repeatedly stopped from hosting family members, including at their own wedding, due to visa restrictions brought in by Keir Starmer's Government
bylinetimes.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
🔴A British academic and his wife have been told their cousin can't come to the UK for Christmas.
Despite sending over 100 pages of evidence, the Home Office said that they could not prove "a genuine relationship".
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/18/t...
Despite sending over 100 pages of evidence, the Home Office said that they could not prove "a genuine relationship".
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/18/t...
Review for a bulldog clip.
December 18, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Review for a bulldog clip.
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i was sceptical but @atrupar.com is not wrong, this absolutely delivers
December 15, 2025 at 2:55 PM
i was sceptical but @atrupar.com is not wrong, this absolutely delivers
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Gareth - I am blaming the government under which race relations have gone backwards and digital hatred has spread unchecked and unpunished for that. Not 'weird' at all.
It is quite weird that you’re attacking Starmer for this interview Stephen. Sorry, but it is.
December 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Gareth - I am blaming the government under which race relations have gone backwards and digital hatred has spread unchecked and unpunished for that. Not 'weird' at all.
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Incidentally the ending of EU de minimis is really going to cost a lot of UK small businesses, many of who will probably stop exporting as a result, as well as causing more confusion in terms of Northern Ireland's trading position. More that you haven't been reading...
December 12, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Incidentally the ending of EU de minimis is really going to cost a lot of UK small businesses, many of who will probably stop exporting as a result, as well as causing more confusion in terms of Northern Ireland's trading position. More that you haven't been reading...
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Innocent people end up in our criminal courts.
Completely, terrifyingly innocent.
And all that stands between them and losing everything is a fair trial.
Politicians would do well to remember this when they tell us that justice is all about processing “criminals” swiftly.
Completely, terrifyingly innocent.
And all that stands between them and losing everything is a fair trial.
Politicians would do well to remember this when they tell us that justice is all about processing “criminals” swiftly.
December 11, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Innocent people end up in our criminal courts.
Completely, terrifyingly innocent.
And all that stands between them and losing everything is a fair trial.
Politicians would do well to remember this when they tell us that justice is all about processing “criminals” swiftly.
Completely, terrifyingly innocent.
And all that stands between them and losing everything is a fair trial.
Politicians would do well to remember this when they tell us that justice is all about processing “criminals” swiftly.
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🎵 Dashing through the snow, with our Naughty List in hand… 🦌🛷🌨️
Who's on our Naughty List this year? Well, these 10 brands are advertising on one or more of some of the most toxic media outlets in the UK, funding their relentless spread of hate, division, and misinformation.
Who's on our Naughty List this year? Well, these 10 brands are advertising on one or more of some of the most toxic media outlets in the UK, funding their relentless spread of hate, division, and misinformation.
December 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
🎵 Dashing through the snow, with our Naughty List in hand… 🦌🛷🌨️
Who's on our Naughty List this year? Well, these 10 brands are advertising on one or more of some of the most toxic media outlets in the UK, funding their relentless spread of hate, division, and misinformation.
Who's on our Naughty List this year? Well, these 10 brands are advertising on one or more of some of the most toxic media outlets in the UK, funding their relentless spread of hate, division, and misinformation.
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With the peerages announced today, the Prime Minister has now added more peers than they are removing by scraping the 92 hereditary peers. We need a smaller, elected second chamber where the public, not politicians, decide who joins and who leaves. buff.ly/sxfoF5s
Add your name: Tell the PM - No New Lords!
Enough is enough. We need to put a complete halt to new appointments until the house has been properly reformed.
ers.tools
December 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
With the peerages announced today, the Prime Minister has now added more peers than they are removing by scraping the 92 hereditary peers. We need a smaller, elected second chamber where the public, not politicians, decide who joins and who leaves. buff.ly/sxfoF5s
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🔴 NEW 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
“Groundbreaking investigation” reveals how the IEA has campaigned against climate action after taking cash from fossil fuel firms.
📝 @writesbright.bsky.social
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
“Groundbreaking investigation” reveals how the IEA has campaigned against climate action after taking cash from fossil fuel firms.
📝 @writesbright.bsky.social
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group – received more than £640,000 from fossil fuel companies and Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate between 1957 and ...
www.desmog.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:06 AM
🔴 NEW 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
“Groundbreaking investigation” reveals how the IEA has campaigned against climate action after taking cash from fossil fuel firms.
📝 @writesbright.bsky.social
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
“Groundbreaking investigation” reveals how the IEA has campaigned against climate action after taking cash from fossil fuel firms.
📝 @writesbright.bsky.social