Lee Wales
@leroy74.bsky.social
Hartley Wintney, Arsenal, Dad Jokes and occasional politics
Completely agree. It’s why animals pretend to be bigger than they actually are and why the fear of Putin is effectively a case of his bark being worse than his bite. My only question is are we (Europe) prepared to be as ruthless as he can be and do we have the stomach for it
Putin is a far more successful manipulator of Western psychology than he is a conqueror of Ukrainian defensive positions share.google/t4tDq7zXBj7o...
December 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Completely agree. It’s why animals pretend to be bigger than they actually are and why the fear of Putin is effectively a case of his bark being worse than his bite. My only question is are we (Europe) prepared to be as ruthless as he can be and do we have the stomach for it
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23,000 people died because Boris Johnson was too busy walking a dog, riding a motorbike and hosting guests as he took four days off at Chevening, instead of addressing warning signs of the pandemic
Why isn't Boris Johnson in jail?
Why isn't Boris Johnson in jail?
November 22, 2025 at 11:14 PM
23,000 people died because Boris Johnson was too busy walking a dog, riding a motorbike and hosting guests as he took four days off at Chevening, instead of addressing warning signs of the pandemic
Why isn't Boris Johnson in jail?
Why isn't Boris Johnson in jail?
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Foden had so many chances today, if only he could have put them on a plate for himself
November 22, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Foden had so many chances today, if only he could have put them on a plate for himself
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Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
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This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty.
If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐
There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..
If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐
There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..
September 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This tweet has been doing the rounds on Twitter now that Nathan Gill has pleaded guilty.
If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐
There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..
If only someone had tried to investigate UKIP & Russian interference 🧐
There’s another timeline where the Guardian supported me, doubled down on the investigation & I look 5 years younger ..
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@sidlowe.bsky.social proving once again that he's one of the best journos out there. This is a lovely article on Zubimendi.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Martín Zubimendi: ‘I have to adapt but Arsenal signed me because they like what I do’
From replacing Rodri in the Euro 2024 final to leaving his hometown club, the calm Spain midfielder is taking everything in his stride, he tells Sid Lowe
www.theguardian.com
October 12, 2025 at 10:51 AM
@sidlowe.bsky.social proving once again that he's one of the best journos out there. This is a lovely article on Zubimendi.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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ENGLAND RUNS ON WOMEN’S SPORTS 🏴
The Red Roses are world champions — 2 months after the Lionesses’ 2nd straight Euros title. England’s women are redefining a nation’s sporting standard and inspiring a new generation. If you want it to be brought home — just watch women’s sports
The Red Roses are world champions — 2 months after the Lionesses’ 2nd straight Euros title. England’s women are redefining a nation’s sporting standard and inspiring a new generation. If you want it to be brought home — just watch women’s sports
September 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
ENGLAND RUNS ON WOMEN’S SPORTS 🏴
The Red Roses are world champions — 2 months after the Lionesses’ 2nd straight Euros title. England’s women are redefining a nation’s sporting standard and inspiring a new generation. If you want it to be brought home — just watch women’s sports
The Red Roses are world champions — 2 months after the Lionesses’ 2nd straight Euros title. England’s women are redefining a nation’s sporting standard and inspiring a new generation. If you want it to be brought home — just watch women’s sports
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Okay - so #TheHack ends on the select committee and the cliffhanger about whether Nick Davies can save the Guardian. It’s now going to pivot to the ‘most investigated murder in British history’. If you want to know about that go here
Www.untoldmurder.com
Www.untoldmurder.com
UNTOLD: The Daniel Morgan Murder
The Daniel Morgan Murder. Private Detectives. Corrupt Cops. Rupert Murdhoch's News of the World
Www.untoldmurder.com
September 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Okay - so #TheHack ends on the select committee and the cliffhanger about whether Nick Davies can save the Guardian. It’s now going to pivot to the ‘most investigated murder in British history’. If you want to know about that go here
Www.untoldmurder.com
Www.untoldmurder.com
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If everyone watched The Hack on ITV right now, we could start to repair our media, our discourse & our country. It is TV drama at its absolute best. I know most of this stuff & I’m reeling.
September 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
If everyone watched The Hack on ITV right now, we could start to repair our media, our discourse & our country. It is TV drama at its absolute best. I know most of this stuff & I’m reeling.
When most news is bleak, this shows that there is good in the world and that if we invest in research and science, we can achieve some amazing results
“An emotional research team became tearful as they described how data shows the disease was slowed by 75% in patients.”
What an absolutely incredible, joyous achievement for everyone involved. Hurrah for science and scientists! www.bbc.com/news/article...
What an absolutely incredible, joyous achievement for everyone involved. Hurrah for science and scientists! www.bbc.com/news/article...
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that could transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC
www.bbc.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
When most news is bleak, this shows that there is good in the world and that if we invest in research and science, we can achieve some amazing results
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Businessman Richard Allen exposed a Channel Islands export-import VAT scam used by major retailers, saving taxpayers billions. Despite his detailed evidence, HMRC suppressed it, letting the illegal tax evasion continue for six more years.
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September 22, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Businessman Richard Allen exposed a Channel Islands export-import VAT scam used by major retailers, saving taxpayers billions. Despite his detailed evidence, HMRC suppressed it, letting the illegal tax evasion continue for six more years.
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This Christianity in action. Didn't Jesus himself say "Forgive us our trespasses as we hound those who trespass against us into financial ruin."
White House Faith Director Jenny Korn: "They've shown their evil. And thank goodness for companies now who are firing nurses and teachers and people like Jimmy Kimmel, because people should not be able to celebrate others' deaths in a very public way and the keep their jobs."
September 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
This Christianity in action. Didn't Jesus himself say "Forgive us our trespasses as we hound those who trespass against us into financial ruin."
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Wait a minute, where is Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage to defend our free speech?
🚨Watch as police confiscate van showing Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump in Windsor amid the US president's state visit
September 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Wait a minute, where is Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage to defend our free speech?
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Appalled to see this image of Donald Trump and the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein projected onto Windsor Castle.
Please... for the love of all that is good, do not share it on all your social media channels... because it simply wouldn't be done to remind the world of the association
Please... for the love of all that is good, do not share it on all your social media channels... because it simply wouldn't be done to remind the world of the association
September 17, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Appalled to see this image of Donald Trump and the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein projected onto Windsor Castle.
Please... for the love of all that is good, do not share it on all your social media channels... because it simply wouldn't be done to remind the world of the association
Please... for the love of all that is good, do not share it on all your social media channels... because it simply wouldn't be done to remind the world of the association
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Choosing to believe the travelling fans are singing, “Twenty pound, twenty pound, twenty pound pound pound!”
September 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Choosing to believe the travelling fans are singing, “Twenty pound, twenty pound, twenty pound pound pound!”
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Ed Davey, "Elon Musk has applied to sell energy in this country"
"When someone is calling for the overthrow of a democratically elected government, we should take that seriously"
"I don't think Elon Musk is a fit and proper person for us to do business with"
"When someone is calling for the overthrow of a democratically elected government, we should take that seriously"
"I don't think Elon Musk is a fit and proper person for us to do business with"
September 15, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Ed Davey, "Elon Musk has applied to sell energy in this country"
"When someone is calling for the overthrow of a democratically elected government, we should take that seriously"
"I don't think Elon Musk is a fit and proper person for us to do business with"
"When someone is calling for the overthrow of a democratically elected government, we should take that seriously"
"I don't think Elon Musk is a fit and proper person for us to do business with"
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You can see how nerve-racking it was to say this. If it was easy for Hollywood people in Hollywood spaces to speak out in 2025, then more would be doing so. It takes courage
"I just want to say, go birds, fuck ICE and free Palestine," "Hacks" star Hannah Einbinder at the #Emmys
September 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
You can see how nerve-racking it was to say this. If it was easy for Hollywood people in Hollywood spaces to speak out in 2025, then more would be doing so. It takes courage
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How the nation's newspaper of record is running cover for a fascist: A story in two skeets.
First, below, Trump is asked how he's holding up in the wake of Charlie Kirk's murder.
Trump clearly doesn't care. He's already moved on. He's more interested in his new ballroom than Charlie Kirk.
First, below, Trump is asked how he's holding up in the wake of Charlie Kirk's murder.
Trump clearly doesn't care. He's already moved on. He's more interested in his new ballroom than Charlie Kirk.
Q: My condolences on the loss of your friend Charlie Kirk. How are you holding up?
TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there you see all the trucks. They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they've been trying to get for about 150 years.
TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there you see all the trucks. They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they've been trying to get for about 150 years.
September 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM
How the nation's newspaper of record is running cover for a fascist: A story in two skeets.
First, below, Trump is asked how he's holding up in the wake of Charlie Kirk's murder.
Trump clearly doesn't care. He's already moved on. He's more interested in his new ballroom than Charlie Kirk.
First, below, Trump is asked how he's holding up in the wake of Charlie Kirk's murder.
Trump clearly doesn't care. He's already moved on. He's more interested in his new ballroom than Charlie Kirk.
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And please, spare me the idea that the normalisation of political violence is confined to one side or group of people.
September 11, 2025 at 8:54 AM
And please, spare me the idea that the normalisation of political violence is confined to one side or group of people.
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it's real support from actual racists
September 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
it's real support from actual racists
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September 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Angela Rayner accidentally pays less tax than she should have, resigns, and the media gives her hell.
Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass.
That, right there, is the problem.
Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass.
That, right there, is the problem.
September 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Angela Rayner accidentally pays less tax than she should have, resigns, and the media gives her hell.
Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass.
That, right there, is the problem.
Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass.
That, right there, is the problem.
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On the same day in the Telegraph:
![The Telegraph
Rayner tax scandal - £40k tax dodge - Statement
Angela Rayner dodges £40,000 stamp duty
Deputy Prime Minister reduces tax bill for Hove flat by declaring it as her main residence
[Photo: Angela Rayner pictured at the weekend in Hove, where she has just bought a flat Credit: Dan Charity/The Sun on Sunday]
Robert Mendick Chief Reporter. Amy Gibbons Political Correspondent
29 August 2025 8:57am BST](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreihe5mm7nwmwvzhtgadmsafyvsaxhrufuai2d2j2rju5zt6g2lytea@jpeg)
![The Telegraph
Money > Property > Second homes
How to avoid tax on your second home
From stamp duty to council tax, shield your wealth from Labour's tightening net
[Photo of houses around a bay - Areas such as Cornwall have added a premium to council tax bills for second homes Credit: iStockphoto]
Fran Ivens Senior Money Writer
29 August 2025 1:21pm BST](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreieuwgc2vsmyfcctmf4cnpcqckij2pqdk2gmzajpnihrsqyqmzyr5e@jpeg)
September 5, 2025 at 7:55 AM
On the same day in the Telegraph:
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In a functioning democracy with a decent press, these would be wall-to-wall headlines:
Fury as Farage Urges U.S. to Punish Britain
Farage Accused of Undermining UK Sovereignty
But no...
"The stamp duty receipt that ended Angela Rayner’s career"
FML
Fury as Farage Urges U.S. to Punish Britain
Farage Accused of Undermining UK Sovereignty
But no...
"The stamp duty receipt that ended Angela Rayner’s career"
FML
September 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
In a functioning democracy with a decent press, these would be wall-to-wall headlines:
Fury as Farage Urges U.S. to Punish Britain
Farage Accused of Undermining UK Sovereignty
But no...
"The stamp duty receipt that ended Angela Rayner’s career"
FML
Fury as Farage Urges U.S. to Punish Britain
Farage Accused of Undermining UK Sovereignty
But no...
"The stamp duty receipt that ended Angela Rayner’s career"
FML
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Since this is apparently a resigning matter, I’ll just leave this here…
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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
September 5, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Since this is apparently a resigning matter, I’ll just leave this here…
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...