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The United Kingdom has allowed people who hate it and want to see it collapse control over most social media and their own TV channel. Weak and unserious.
February 10, 2026 at 5:34 PM
The United Kingdom has allowed people who hate it and want to see it collapse control over most social media and their own TV channel. Weak and unserious.
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One danger ahead is the pack of lies Reform UK is dangling. Cut equalities, get rid of green policies, stop immigration - all obvs will fall apart or make things worse. Imagine the rage and hatred then, just as now after Brexit now its reality has dawned. Another turn of the screw.
Another thing many underestimate is the sheer rage and the depth of the misinformation they're facing. Much right populism is emotional and psychological, a deep phenomenon which may not be particularly amenable to policy. At its simplest it's a turning outwards of insoluble frustration. (1/3)
February 9, 2026 at 9:16 AM
One danger ahead is the pack of lies Reform UK is dangling. Cut equalities, get rid of green policies, stop immigration - all obvs will fall apart or make things worse. Imagine the rage and hatred then, just as now after Brexit now its reality has dawned. Another turn of the screw.
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The reality-based and patriotic parties need to get their arses in gear. They can do this. Farage is a rubbish politician whose case isn't even a single cell thick. He only has one shot at grasping executive power. After him his confected potemkin 'movement' will splinter. But they need to try.
February 9, 2026 at 9:22 AM
The reality-based and patriotic parties need to get their arses in gear. They can do this. Farage is a rubbish politician whose case isn't even a single cell thick. He only has one shot at grasping executive power. After him his confected potemkin 'movement' will splinter. But they need to try.
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This most of all pertains to the state defence and security structures. These are especially sensitive and inherently vulnerable, as we see with the scandals engulfing both the DNI and government surveillance in the US right now.
Most politicians and advisers seem to way underestimate the stakes they're playing with. The fantasists, conspiracists and wreckers of Reform UK deeply sympathise with the dictators we face. Idea of them with executive power and access to the panoply of state functions dwarfs most else we've faced.
February 9, 2026 at 9:24 AM
This most of all pertains to the state defence and security structures. These are especially sensitive and inherently vulnerable, as we see with the scandals engulfing both the DNI and government surveillance in the US right now.
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Policy by Pub Bore. He's just that spittle-flecked Hate Guy in the corner of your done-up bar saying that modern beer is horrible and anyone under 50 is lazy and a loser. As beatable a politician as there'll ever be.
BREAKING: Nigel Farage calls for an end to working from home and the focus on work-life balance
"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense”
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!
"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense”
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!
February 9, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Policy by Pub Bore. He's just that spittle-flecked Hate Guy in the corner of your done-up bar saying that modern beer is horrible and anyone under 50 is lazy and a loser. As beatable a politician as there'll ever be.
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Always believe people when they tell you what they are.
This is pretty menacing.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
February 10, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Always believe people when they tell you what they are.
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Count to one hundred. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog reflecting on a frenetic fortnight of domestic and international news, the state of the reset, the significance of the latest calls for 'proper Brexit', and the anger suffusing our politics: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/02/coun...
February 6, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Count to one hundred. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog reflecting on a frenetic fortnight of domestic and international news, the state of the reset, the significance of the latest calls for 'proper Brexit', and the anger suffusing our politics: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/02/coun...
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"'Khelif confirmed she has the SRY gene, located on the Y chromosome" Khelif is not trans but a biological male who was allowed to beat up women in a boxing ring. For shame.
February 6, 2026 at 9:42 AM
"'Khelif confirmed she has the SRY gene, located on the Y chromosome" Khelif is not trans but a biological male who was allowed to beat up women in a boxing ring. For shame.
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“The combined tuition fees of the entire Question Time panel would not cover my cost for 1 year of uni. Is that fair?”
Oli Dugmore
It’s absolutely NOT fair. This outrageous scandal must end
Oli Dugmore
It’s absolutely NOT fair. This outrageous scandal must end
February 6, 2026 at 7:34 AM
“The combined tuition fees of the entire Question Time panel would not cover my cost for 1 year of uni. Is that fair?”
Oli Dugmore
It’s absolutely NOT fair. This outrageous scandal must end
Oli Dugmore
It’s absolutely NOT fair. This outrageous scandal must end
@gsoh31.bsky.social heard Vince Cable call for reform of HE on Today programme at 8.40am today as he debated student loans. Does he have a plan or making it up as he goes along?
February 6, 2026 at 9:39 AM
@gsoh31.bsky.social heard Vince Cable call for reform of HE on Today programme at 8.40am today as he debated student loans. Does he have a plan or making it up as he goes along?
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Now tell me again how much it's okay that English Lit has collapsed at A-Level and in our universities.
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Now tell me again how much it's okay that English Lit has collapsed at A-Level and in our universities.
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Dead ahead: years of snobbery, misogyny and hatred about a northern single mum from a council house. So that's not worth looking forward to either.
February 5, 2026 at 8:40 AM
Dead ahead: years of snobbery, misogyny and hatred about a northern single mum from a council house. So that's not worth looking forward to either.
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Not to be crass about it, but this is the electoral equivalent of letting off a stink bomb in public and running around with your pants down. Can't defeat these guys, can't defeat anybody.
Farage claims Trump never meant to insult British troops, and ICE victim in Minneapolis shouldn't have been there with gun - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
January 26, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Not to be crass about it, but this is the electoral equivalent of letting off a stink bomb in public and running around with your pants down. Can't defeat these guys, can't defeat anybody.
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Everyone still think athletes will avoid DHS (ICE, CBP etc) racial profiling?
#WorldCup ⚽️
#WorldCup ⚽️
Giants star Jung Hoo Lee detained by CBP
The South Korean was traveling to California on Wednesday to take part in a Giants FanFest tour stop in San Ramon.
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January 26, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Everyone still think athletes will avoid DHS (ICE, CBP etc) racial profiling?
#WorldCup ⚽️
#WorldCup ⚽️
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What a mess. This is the damage done by social media lies and disinformation - aided by a government that subsidises and cossets the platforms that spread it. news.sky.com/story/uk-los...
UK loses measles elimination status, warns WHO
Vaccination rates in 2024-25 among five-year-olds who had received both MMR jabs hit the lowest level in 15 years.
news.sky.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:25 PM
What a mess. This is the damage done by social media lies and disinformation - aided by a government that subsidises and cossets the platforms that spread it. news.sky.com/story/uk-los...
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A reminder that the BBC have consistently platformed Goodwin as an 'impartial' commentator.
January 27, 2026 at 2:24 PM
A reminder that the BBC have consistently platformed Goodwin as an 'impartial' commentator.
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If UK news shows are going to give Nigel Farage a platform to spout this absolute boll**** about Brexit & the vaccine rollout (unchallenged) I’ll happily come back every week to correct it.
We cannot allow him & others to rewrite history.
youtu.be/vL7_mwSNMvc?...
We cannot allow him & others to rewrite history.
youtu.be/vL7_mwSNMvc?...
When are UK News Shows going to start calling out Nigel Farage and his completely rubbished claims?
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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January 12, 2026 at 3:37 PM
If UK news shows are going to give Nigel Farage a platform to spout this absolute boll**** about Brexit & the vaccine rollout (unchallenged) I’ll happily come back every week to correct it.
We cannot allow him & others to rewrite history.
youtu.be/vL7_mwSNMvc?...
We cannot allow him & others to rewrite history.
youtu.be/vL7_mwSNMvc?...
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We cannot allow Nigel Farage & others to rewrite history. If UK News Shows won’t call this absolute boll**** out let’s do it ourselves
If UK news shows are going to give Nigel Farage a platform to spout this absolute boll**** about Brexit & the vaccine rollout (unchallenged) I’ll happily come back every week to correct it.
We cannot allow him & others to rewrite history.
youtu.be/vL7_mwSNMvc?...
We cannot allow him & others to rewrite history.
youtu.be/vL7_mwSNMvc?...
When are UK News Shows going to start calling out Nigel Farage and his completely rubbished claims?
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
January 12, 2026 at 3:47 PM
We cannot allow Nigel Farage & others to rewrite history. If UK News Shows won’t call this absolute boll**** out let’s do it ourselves
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Or ... or you'll ... shoot the babies?
DHS I don't know if you were all absent on training day but you can't shoot babies even if you don't like their parents. There is nothing that can be happening with a baby that makes it ok to shoot babies.
DHS I don't know if you were all absent on training day but you can't shoot babies even if you don't like their parents. There is nothing that can be happening with a baby that makes it ok to shoot babies.
January 11, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Or ... or you'll ... shoot the babies?
DHS I don't know if you were all absent on training day but you can't shoot babies even if you don't like their parents. There is nothing that can be happening with a baby that makes it ok to shoot babies.
DHS I don't know if you were all absent on training day but you can't shoot babies even if you don't like their parents. There is nothing that can be happening with a baby that makes it ok to shoot babies.
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"A few years ago you tweeted: 'I'm not British born Mr Nigel Farage, I'm as British as you are. Your comments are offensive and racist
"I would be frightened to live in a country run by you"
Nadhim Zahawi is questioned on previous criticism of Farage after defecting to Reform
"I would be frightened to live in a country run by you"
Nadhim Zahawi is questioned on previous criticism of Farage after defecting to Reform
January 12, 2026 at 4:45 PM
"A few years ago you tweeted: 'I'm not British born Mr Nigel Farage, I'm as British as you are. Your comments are offensive and racist
"I would be frightened to live in a country run by you"
Nadhim Zahawi is questioned on previous criticism of Farage after defecting to Reform
"I would be frightened to live in a country run by you"
Nadhim Zahawi is questioned on previous criticism of Farage after defecting to Reform
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This exposes the most likely calamity ahead: that at the v moment the UK population turns completely against Brexit and starts to demand its reversal, a Reform UK govt is elected and tears it all up. Could poison politics for decades.
Tory MP Matt Vickers' car crash encounter with @lewisgoodall.com on #Brexit.
LG: Do you accept you damaged the economy?
MV: No.
LG: Are you saying Brexit has been good for business?
MV: It's created opportunities.
LG: What about all the evidence?
MV: You need to come up north.
Huh? 😵💫 ~AA
LG: Do you accept you damaged the economy?
MV: No.
LG: Are you saying Brexit has been good for business?
MV: It's created opportunities.
LG: What about all the evidence?
MV: You need to come up north.
Huh? 😵💫 ~AA
December 22, 2025 at 12:21 PM
This exposes the most likely calamity ahead: that at the v moment the UK population turns completely against Brexit and starts to demand its reversal, a Reform UK govt is elected and tears it all up. Could poison politics for decades.
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Only 11% of the UK population tell YouGov they think Brexit has been a success. Farage comes to power and tears up the Brexit deal, the Windsor Framework and the UK's membership of the ECHR. Not sustainable in any way.
December 22, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Only 11% of the UK population tell YouGov they think Brexit has been a success. Farage comes to power and tears up the Brexit deal, the Windsor Framework and the UK's membership of the ECHR. Not sustainable in any way.
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The marking marathon might be near its end! I have now marked 58 scripts and written nearly 17,000 words of comments and advice on them.
a laptop with smoke coming out of it and the word maron on the bottom left
ALT: a laptop with smoke coming out of it and the word maron on the bottom left
media.tenor.com
December 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The marking marathon might be near its end! I have now marked 58 scripts and written nearly 17,000 words of comments and advice on them.
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Here's the writeup! And you can pre-order the book here... (2/2)
www.amazon.co.uk/New-Labour-B...
www.amazon.co.uk/New-Labour-B...
December 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Here's the writeup! And you can pre-order the book here... (2/2)
www.amazon.co.uk/New-Labour-B...
www.amazon.co.uk/New-Labour-B...