Jo Swadkin
@jo-intw.bsky.social
English teacher in a former life. Anti Tories, pro EU. Now in Tunbridge Wells, but not disgusted. We have a Lib Dem MP! History, Cricket, politics.
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This is so perfect. No one have any doubts at this point about what Elon Musk really represents.
December 7, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This is so perfect. No one have any doubts at this point about what Elon Musk really represents.
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Farage's protégés, colleagues & close friends.
Not sure shouting "Bernard Manning" like a closing time drunk will help much here.
Not sure shouting "Bernard Manning" like a closing time drunk will help much here.
Three more British MEPs in Nigel Farage’s bloc now alleged to have “followed the script” given to Nathan Gill by an alleged Russian asset, according to prosecutors.
At least eight UKIP and Brexit Party MPs were focus of efforts by Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
At least eight UKIP and Brexit Party MPs were focus of efforts by Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Three more Farage bloc MEPs alleged to have followed Russian asset’s script
At least eight MEPs elected for Ukip or Brexit party now known to have been focus of efforts by jailed Nathan Gill
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Farage's protégés, colleagues & close friends.
Not sure shouting "Bernard Manning" like a closing time drunk will help much here.
Not sure shouting "Bernard Manning" like a closing time drunk will help much here.
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Still growing, but much more slowly than before. Note the massive impact of Trump's re-election.
Do keep dragging your friends out of the seventh circle of X and onto this platform.
Do keep dragging your friends out of the seventh circle of X and onto this platform.
December 8, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Still growing, but much more slowly than before. Note the massive impact of Trump's re-election.
Do keep dragging your friends out of the seventh circle of X and onto this platform.
Do keep dragging your friends out of the seventh circle of X and onto this platform.
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Finally, a foe worthy of her talents.
Nothing says getting into the festive spirit like going online to shout at some biscuits
December 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Finally, a foe worthy of her talents.
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'How on earth could the winner of the Fifa peace prize not be in the business of promoting peace?!’
@mrjamesob.bsky.social tries to wrap his head around how 'Trump can side with Putin against the UK'.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social tries to wrap his head around how 'Trump can side with Putin against the UK'.
December 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
'How on earth could the winner of the Fifa peace prize not be in the business of promoting peace?!’
@mrjamesob.bsky.social tries to wrap his head around how 'Trump can side with Putin against the UK'.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social tries to wrap his head around how 'Trump can side with Putin against the UK'.
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'I don't know whether it's time for an intervention or medical help...'
@mrjamesob.bsky.social reacts to Liz Truss' new YouTube channel.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social reacts to Liz Truss' new YouTube channel.
December 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
'I don't know whether it's time for an intervention or medical help...'
@mrjamesob.bsky.social reacts to Liz Truss' new YouTube channel.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social reacts to Liz Truss' new YouTube channel.
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Today the i get the exclusive on our latest policy recommendation - how to get a UK EU Youth scheme over the line for the under 30s. It's a floor not a ceiling and should form the basis of negotiation discussions. I am extremely proud of the team and all our trade commissioners for their work. 🇬🇧🇪🇺🤝
@pimlicat.bsky.social: "Young people have been deprived for far too long of the chance to live, work and travel abroad - opportunities that enrich their futures while strengthening our economies. This report shows there is a sensible way to progress the scheme."
https://bit.ly/3Myjcps
https://bit.ly/3Myjcps
Launch UK-EU youth experience scheme with initial 44,000 cap, says cross-party commission
A new cross-party report recommends the UK and EU should launch the UK’s largest and most generous scheme to restore opportunities for young people who have been denied them by Brexit.
www.bestforbritain.org
December 9, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Today the i get the exclusive on our latest policy recommendation - how to get a UK EU Youth scheme over the line for the under 30s. It's a floor not a ceiling and should form the basis of negotiation discussions. I am extremely proud of the team and all our trade commissioners for their work. 🇬🇧🇪🇺🤝
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Hi Andrew Pierce, remember this article about Nigel Farage?
December 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Hi Andrew Pierce, remember this article about Nigel Farage?
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Despite a nearly 50 percent increase in nitrate levels in Iowa’s waterways and mounting evidence linking agricultural practices to pollution, Iowa has not substantively updated its fertilizer and manure rules since 2002.
Read more in The Core: buff.ly/fpJx7qD
Read more in The Core: buff.ly/fpJx7qD
December 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Despite a nearly 50 percent increase in nitrate levels in Iowa’s waterways and mounting evidence linking agricultural practices to pollution, Iowa has not substantively updated its fertilizer and manure rules since 2002.
Read more in The Core: buff.ly/fpJx7qD
Read more in The Core: buff.ly/fpJx7qD
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As part of a new and remarkable partnership, detectives gave a cold case file to students in a criminology class at the University of Texas at Arlington.
A Texas murder case went cold. Then college students found a suspect
As part of a new and remarkable partnership, detectives gave a cold case file to students in a criminology class at the University of Texas at Arlington.
bit.ly
December 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
As part of a new and remarkable partnership, detectives gave a cold case file to students in a criminology class at the University of Texas at Arlington.
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More than a dozen Labour MPs have defied the party whips and voted in favour of the UK rejoining a customs union with the European Union ⬇️
MPs defy whip on Brexit with vote for UK rejoining customs union
The ‘advisory’ Liberal Democrat bill passed the Commons with a majority of one
www.thetimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
More than a dozen Labour MPs have defied the party whips and voted in favour of the UK rejoining a customs union with the European Union ⬇️
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The French presidency said Macron will tell Chinese leader Xi Jinping that Beijing must 'refrain from providing any means, by any means, to Russia to continue the war.'
France's Macron in China with Ukraine on the agenda
ebx.sh
December 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
The French presidency said Macron will tell Chinese leader Xi Jinping that Beijing must 'refrain from providing any means, by any means, to Russia to continue the war.'
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Exclusive: The Department of Veterans Affairs is creating an urgent and massive new internal database of non-US citizens who are “employed or affiliated” with the government department, a sensitive memo leaked to the Guardian has revealed.
Leaked memo reveals US veterans affairs officials vetting non-citizen workers
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Exclusive: The Department of Veterans Affairs is creating an urgent and massive new internal database of non-US citizens who are “employed or affiliated” with the government department, a sensitive memo leaked to the Guardian has revealed.
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⚡️ Russia tightens grip on occupied Ukraine with illegal mobilization and child militarization, experts warn
Russia tightens grip on occupied Ukraine with illegal mobilization and child militarization, experts warn
While leaked reports of a U.S.-proposed peace plan have sparked international debates about the future of Ukraine`s occupied territories and the people who live there, Russia is forging ahead, entrenc...
kyivindependent.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
⚡️ Russia tightens grip on occupied Ukraine with illegal mobilization and child militarization, experts warn
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🚨 SCOOP: Toyota and Aston Martin secretly lobbied a Conservative cabinet minister to weaken Britain’s climate policy.
We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
Victory! We’ve won major legal battle exposing car industry lobbying
After two years we can finally reveal “backdoor channels where corporate money hijacks our democracy.”
democracyforsale.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:57 AM
🚨 SCOOP: Toyota and Aston Martin secretly lobbied a Conservative cabinet minister to weaken Britain’s climate policy.
We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
Banks are making record profits while our bills go up! 😡 We need to tax bank profits and fund our NHS & schools. Sign the petition and tell Rachel Reeves to #TaxtheBanks you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
#TaxTheBanks
Years of higher interest rates have sent our rent, mortgage, and debt payments soaring, while banks have raked in huge profits for doing absolutely nothing.
The big four UK banks (Barclays, HSBC, Ll...
you.38degrees.org.uk
November 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Banks are making record profits while our bills go up! 😡 We need to tax bank profits and fund our NHS & schools. Sign the petition and tell Rachel Reeves to #TaxtheBanks you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...
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Some of Johannesburg’s inner-city homeless are in limbo as the City has been clearing them from the streets ahead of the G20 Summit – without a plan for where they should go.
Homeless told to 'go home' as City of Joburg clears the streets for G20 summit Homeless told to 'go home' as City of Joburg clears the streets for G20 summit
www.dailymaverick.co.za
November 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Some of Johannesburg’s inner-city homeless are in limbo as the City has been clearing them from the streets ahead of the G20 Summit – without a plan for where they should go.
While the NHS is at breaking point, Britain's biggest pharmaceutical companies are receiving BILLIONS in tax breaks - enough is enough, sign the petition calling for Rachel Reeves to end the tax breaks for Big pharma:
November 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
While the NHS is at breaking point, Britain's biggest pharmaceutical companies are receiving BILLIONS in tax breaks - enough is enough, sign the petition calling for Rachel Reeves to end the tax breaks for Big pharma:
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EXCLUSIVE COLUMN: New York is quietly preparing for a Trump takeover of the country’s largest city, writes our Jonathan Martin.
Inside Hochul’s Emergency Plan to Keep Trump Out of New York
State officials, business leaders and activists are quietly forming a coalition to stop a federal incursion into America’s largest city following Zohran Mamdani’s victory.
www.politico.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:51 PM
EXCLUSIVE COLUMN: New York is quietly preparing for a Trump takeover of the country’s largest city, writes our Jonathan Martin.
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Three biggest US airlines to cancel hundreds of flights due to shutdown on.ft.com/3JPFr9o
Three biggest US airlines to cancel hundreds of flights due to shutdown
American Airlines, United Airlines and Delta to scrap almost 600 trips collectively on Friday
on.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Three biggest US airlines to cancel hundreds of flights due to shutdown on.ft.com/3JPFr9o
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Unparalleled TV #CelebrityTraitors
This guy literally laughed his head off when he was asked if he was a faithful and these muppets still didn’t get it 🤣🤣🤣
November 6, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Unparalleled TV #CelebrityTraitors
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When you desperately want to starve Americans:
November 6, 2025 at 11:06 PM
When you desperately want to starve Americans:
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Was lepassword taken?
The password to the Louvre’s video surveillance system was “Louvre,” according to a museum employee
Password to Louvre’s video surveillance system was 'Louvre', according to employee
According to an employee with knowledge of the system, the password to the Louvre's video surveillance system was simply "Louvre" at the time of the robbery last month.
abcnews.go.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Was lepassword taken?