Greg Thornton
@gregthornton.bsky.social
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Late adopter of neologisms and americanismphobic. Grumpy old man in training. 🏳️‍🌈
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implausibleblog.bsky.social
Keir Starmer, "Before we left the EU we had a returns agreement (for asylum seekers) with every country in the EU"

"These are Farage' Brexit Boats that are coming across the channel"
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implausibleblog.bsky.social
Nigel Farage on Nathan Gill, "Our leader in Wales. An honest, decent, honourable man. Who has been loyal to me and the party at all times"
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lewisgoodall.com
Keir Starmer: “Think about it- when was the last time Nigel Farage said something positive about Britain’s future? He can’t. He doesn’t like Britain. he wants to turn our proud country into a competition of victims. “
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bestforbritain.org
"We must call his scheme to round up and deport our French, our Indian, our Caribbean neighbours, who already have Indefinite Leave to Remain what it is: It is racist. I say, not in our country, not in our name, not in our time."

Lammy's delivered a bit of a barn-stormer. ~AA
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theosthinktank.bsky.social
"Jesus calls us to love both our neighbours and our enemies and to welcome the stranger. Any co-opting or corrupting of the Christian faith to exclude others is unacceptable"

@chinemcdonald.bsky.social signs open letter condemning the misuse of Christian symbols at Far-right rally.
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Church leaders' condemn Tommy Robinson march 'co-opting and corrupting' crosses
Dozens of bishops and Christian leaders wrote: "Jesus calls us to love both our neighbours and our enemies and to welcome the stranger. Any co-opting or corrupting of the Christian faith to exclude ot...
www.mirror.co.uk
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duckenjoyer.gay
The guy currently most likely to be our next Prime Minister wants to punish my fiancé, an immigrant from the US who has the legal right to be here, for the crime of [checks notes] paying into the British tax system his whole adult life

I’m so stressed and upset

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage vows to scrap settled status, placing thousands at risk of deportation
Reform UK plans to force non-citizens to apply for visas with high salary thresholds and no access to NHS services
www.theguardian.com
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edwinhayward.com
A truly despicable thing to propose, but sadly also the most natural course of action for Farage to take because the Tories and Labour keep copying his immigration stance.

He needs clear blue water, and from Reform's POV that's only to be found to the Right.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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bylinetimes.bsky.social
🔴How Reform UK Is Importing Conspiracy-Fuelled MAGA Politics to the UK

Reform’s annual conference was filled with anti-vaxxers, climate change deniers and senior advisers to the Trump administration

bylinetimes.com/2025/09/09/h...
How Reform UK Is Importing Conspiracy-Fuelled MAGA Politics to the UK
Reform's annual conference was filled with anti-vaxxers, climate change deniers and senior advisers to the Trump administration
bylinetimes.com
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pickardje.bsky.social
“Farage claimed last year to have “bought a house” in his constituency but the property is actually owned in the name of his partner, meaning he legally avoided higher-rate stamp duty on the purchase of an additional home – given he already owns other properties”

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings
Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum
www.theguardian.com
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newsagents.bsky.social
"Farage was wearing a GB News pin. He was there to launch and promote a show in a company he has shares in."

Is Farage in the US to represent Britain, as he claims, or to represent a right-wing news channel launching in America that very day? 🤔
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mrjamesob.bsky.social
He’s always so shit in the face of decent questioning. Absolutely amazing how rarely it happens.
adamjschwarz.bsky.social
Democrat @raskin.house.gov excoriates Nigel Farage for banning journalists from Reform UK events:

"I'm asking you a direct question. Why do you ban journalists who oppose your views from coming to your events? Why did you tell local government not to do interviews with your local newspaper?"
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implausibleblog.bsky.social
Jamie Raskin, "They only want to protect free speech that they agree with"

JR then demolishes Farage, ending with

"You might want to think twice before you let Nigel Farage Make Britain Great Again"
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adambienkov.bsky.social
Nigel Farage, who repeatedly campaigned for Donald Trump to be elected and called alleged serial rapist Andrew Tate an "important voice" for men, says he wants mass deportations of migrants in order to make women safe
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europeanmovement.co.uk
What Reform’s “detain and deport” really means:

❌ Sending people to torture and death.
❌ Making the UK a rogue state outside international law.
❌ Higher prices as leaving the ECHR wrecks our EU trade deal.

This is not about control, it is about cruelty - we must stand against it.
gregthornton.bsky.social
So why are people who wear Plasticine Action T-shirts assumed by the police to be supporting Palestine Action but people putting up flags of the Patron Saint of Palestine aren’t? Shouldn’t we arrest them all to be on the safe side? #twotierpolicing
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bestforbritain.org
A reminder: Asylum seekers are in hotels because of a huge application backlog that the gov't must work through. Robert Jenrick - now, bursting with creative solutions - processed applications slowly ***on purpose*** as a deterrent.

Here he is, as Immigration Minister two years ago, saying so. ~AA
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bestforbritain.org
We don't often share a clip from GB News...

But Barry Gardiner MP calling out Reform UK's voting record on protecting women is worth a watch!
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therestpolitics.bsky.social
Alastair goes full Malcolm Tucker over Robert Jenrick 🔥