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John Petrie @johnpetrie.bsky.social · 11h

Does anybody know why Europeans are not visiting the USA in the numbers they did before? Significant loss of income to the US. Can't imagine why.

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John Petrie @johnpetrie.bsky.social · 2d

As this is Tory conference week, it is worth recalling what their two favourite former leaders had to say about Europe and the single market.

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 7d

It’s increasingly clear that convicted Russian influencer Nathan Gill was a senior member of Farage’s entourage. (Banks and Wigmore were also in and out of the Russian embassy sharing FBI files, RT talking points, and discussing gold and diamond privatisation deals)

Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 11d

Spot which one ISN’T a Kremlin asset

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Dill Childs @furiousteddy.bsky.social · 8d

Here's a nice piece of video in which Are Nige calls Nathan Gill 'an honourable, decent man'... bsky.app/profile/refo...

Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 8d

Who wants to see a video of Nigel Farage calling Nathan Gill a “decent, honourable man”?

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John Petrie @johnpetrie.bsky.social · 8d

Nathan Gill (Reform) admitted eight counts of bribery relating to pro-Russia statements he made in the European parliament.

Reform would like you to think there is no link to Farage, but here he is out campaigning with Gill. Time to expose Farage's links to Russia.

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Juan Pablo De Wes @juanpablodewes.bsky.social · 9d

Proper weak sauce explanation offered by Reform.

A LOT more needs to be said about this!

Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 9d

Really, Reform UK? THIS is what you're going with? That this man, who served as an MEP next to Nigel Farage for years and was made leader of your party in Wales by current deputy, Richard Tice, is just "one of tens of thousands of people Nigel meets on an annual basis"?~AA

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John Petrie @johnpetrie.bsky.social · 9d

Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty to taking bribes from Russia to make pro Russian statements.

Richard Tice - Deputy Leader of Reform: I have never met Nathan Gill and he has nothing to do with Reform.

Well ok then…

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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 12d

Brexit: How Britain was out-negotiated
Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator, kept a secret diary of the talks.
Published in 2021, it revealed in painful detail why Britain lost so badly at the negotiating table
@jondanzig.bsky.social
eu-rope.ideasoneurope.eu/2025/09/25/b...

Brexit: How Britain was out-negotiated

Michel Barnier, the EU’s chief Brexit negotiator, kept a secret diary of the talks. Published in 2021, it revealed in painful detail why Britain lost so badl

eu-rope.ideasoneurope.eu

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@DemocracyHere @democracyhere.bsky.social · 12d

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John Petrie @johnpetrie.bsky.social · 13d

When the BBC made this appointment it was not by accident. You can see the shift in news reporting since it was made. BBC News is now GB News lite

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John Petrie @johnpetrie.bsky.social · 17d

Reform. They will tell you one thing then do something else.

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Nanner @nrosenburg.bsky.social · 22d

Let’s keep reposting this.

minutesdrag.bsky.social @minutesdrag.bsky.social · 23d

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John Petrie @johnpetrie.bsky.social · 22d

This week:
Hillsborough Law
Employment Rights Law
Google £5Bn investment in UK AI
£1.2Bn investment from US Banks

But Mason, Coates, Rigby et al only want to talk about Starmer under pressure.

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John Petrie @johnpetrie.bsky.social · 26d

White
Male
Republican
Mormon
Guns from an early age.

But Trump blames the radical left. Am I missing something?

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John Petrie @johnpetrie.bsky.social · 26d

This is why grammar is so important.

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John Petrie @johnpetrie.bsky.social · Sep 6

Angela Rayner did the right thing standing down. But the rank hypocrisy of some of those criticising her just stinks.

Farage's tax affairs and property portfolio needs close scrutiny. And what about the rest of these.....

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · Sep 1

You couldn't script this stuff. The flag fanatics are defacing war memorials now it seems www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwal...

Idiots deface memorial to Cornish war dead with St George's flag

Cornwall Council's leader, who lives near the defaced clock tower, slammed the 'mindless vandalism' as 'disrespectful' and insulting 'to the memory of the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice...

www.cornwalllive.com

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TeeDixie 📎 @teedixie.bsky.social · Sep 2

OMFG please all vote for Gary Lineker!

(And the other good ones as well)

Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · Sep 1

Imagine the message it would send if Gary Lineker won 'Presenter of the Year' at this year's National Television Awards

Standing up for compassion & the right to speak out

And, the feathers it would ruffle

My lovely followers, you know what to do:

nationaltvawards.com/vote

🗓️ Deadline: 12th Sep

Vote | National Television Awards

Choose your winners in this year’s National Television Awards

nationaltvawards.com

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · Sep 2

Sacked, Expelled, or in the Dock: All the Reform UK Councillors Nigel Farage Has Lost in Just Four Months

Party faces questions over candidate screening after string of resignations, expulsions and criminal investigations

Sacked, Expelled, or in the Dock: All the Reform UK Councillors Nigel Farage Has Lost in Just Four Months

Party faces questions over candidate screening after string of resignations, expulsions and criminal investigations

bylinetimes.com

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John Petrie @johnpetrie.bsky.social · Sep 2

Trump may think he is the big cheese that can change the world order.

President XI is rather showing that it has not worked out as Trump expected.

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John Petrie @johnpetrie.bsky.social · Aug 4

Only followers of cricket will understand the drama and tension. Woakes goes into folklore regardless of the result. #bbccricket

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · Aug 2

Kemi Badenoch believes everybody's identity is assigned at birth, and nobody should be able to change how they self-identify later in life.

Except for her, of course.

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Kemi Badenoch: I don't identify as Nigerian any more

The Conservative Party leader says she has not renewed her passport for the West African country in years.

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Thomas @tomrom1.bsky.social · Aug 4

💙 #MondayMotivation 🏳️‍🌈 #FBR #FBPE #Resistance #StrongerTogether #KindnessMatters #Motivation #Bluecrew

YOU'RE FIRED, FOR REPORTING THE TRUTH. I DON'T LIKE THAT.
JOB STATISTICS

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John Petrie @johnpetrie.bsky.social · Aug 3

These are the same people that want Burka's to be banned because people should not cover their face.

They haven't thought this through.

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